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FEEJEE GROUP. 



Brought over 









62,000 



Tocanova 







3,000 



Muthuata 











15,000 



Ovolau . 











8,000 



Kantavu 











13,500 



Vuna 











7,000 



Rambe . 











1,500 



Nairai 











7,000 



Goro 











2,000 



Ambatiki 











500 



Angau . 











1,300 



Moala . 











1,400 



Ono 











500 



Matuku . 











1,500 



Totoia 











1,000 



Wakaia 











200 



Mokungai 











100 



Asaua Group 











5,000 



Eastern Group 











3,000 



Total 



133,500 



This of course can be considered only as an approximation, but I 

 am inclined to believe it rather above than below the actual number 

 of inhabitants. It will be perceived that I have set down no more 

 than five thousand for the number of inhabitants of the interior, 

 although there are a number of persons who believe that this portion 

 of the large islands is densely peopled. But all my own observations 

 tend to confirm me in the opinion, that there are very few inhabitants 

 in the interior of these islands. The circumstances attending a resi- 

 dence there are so contrary to Feejee habits, that I cannot give credit 

 to a statement so entirely at variance with what we find at the other 

 Polynesian islands. The food that the natives most esteem, is 

 gathered near the sea-shore and from the sea, and there is little pro- 

 bability that any persons would dwell in the interior unless compelled 

 by necessity. 



The natives of the different islands are of various sizes : some have 

 their forms more fully developed than others, as will have been seen. 

 In the opinion of the white residents, the natives of Ovolau were 

 thought to be of inferior size to those of the other islands ; this, how- 

 ever, did not strike us particularly, and I was of opinion that they 

 were a fair specimen of the natives of the group. Those who have 

 Tonga blood are designated as the Vitonga, and are decidedly the 



