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the name of the " Dog of the Mountains," he was offered a large 

 reward if he would assist in killing them ; but this he positively 

 refused to do, or to let any of his people be engaged in so dishonest 

 an affair, assigning as a reason that they had always behaved well 

 and been their friends, and he would in all ways protect them. When 

 he visits Levuka, since this became known to the white residents, he 

 is treated with marked distinction and kindness. 



Here I. again saw Paddy Connel. He complained of ill health, and 

 imputed it to his being capsized in the canoe off Kamba Point, when 

 proceeding to Rewa with my letters. He said he was now on his 

 way to Ambatiki to live again with his fourth wife and his two small 

 brats, the forty-seventh and forty-eighth, and trusted before he died 

 he would have two more to make up fifty, for his ambition was alto- 

 gether in that way now. I endeavoured again to find out the cause of 

 Paddy's banishment from Levuka, in order to discover by what secret 

 laws or rules this small community of whites governed themselves ; 

 but he would not tell me. He only said that it was as much as his 

 life was worth to remain beyond his time. He appeared perfectly 

 contented, and was more nearly allied to a savage in feeling and taste 

 than any other white man I met with during the cruise. 



My observations being completed, I went on board the tender, 

 (leaving the Porpoise taking in yams for the squadron,) and proceeded 

 round the north side of the island, within the reef. The afternoon 

 was a beautiful one, and the water unruffled. As we passed abreast 

 of the valley of Voona, which is one of the most fruitful in the group, 

 Mr. Agate succeeded in getting a sketch of it, which is extremely 

 characteristic of Feejee scenery. 



One of those almost inaccessible peaks on which the natives locate 

 their towns for safety, is conspicuous in this view. 



Sailing along the north side of the island, we passed many fish- 

 weirs formed of reeds, into which the fish are sometimes driven. 

 At other times the fish are lured by food into these traps at high 

 water; the weir is then closed, and the fish taken at low water. The 

 women use the hand-net, which is thrown over the school. They 

 have large seines for turtles, as well as smaller ones, both of which 

 resemble our own, the weights being small bits of coral, while for 

 floats they use the seed of the Barringtonia. These nets are all well 

 made. 



They likewise make pens of stones, into which they drive the fish, 

 and capture them either by spearing or when the water runs out at low 



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