8 CONTENTS. 



Missionaries — Christian and Heathen Parties at War -with each other 

 — Arrival of a War Canoe filled with Christian Warriors — Eight 

 Heathens or Devils killed in a skirmish — Visited by several Heathen 

 Chiefs — Their Complaints against the Christians — Description of Noo- 

 kualofa Town — Manufacture of Tapa — Visits of the two Kings, Josiah 

 and George, at the Observatory — An American Whale Ship wrecked — 

 Preparations for going to Sea — Pilot refuses to take us out of the 

 Harbor — Proceed to Sea — Productions and Climate of Tonga Island — 

 Intercourse with the Fejee Group — Manners — Customs — Government — 

 Religion — Education — Missionaries. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Arrival at the Eejee Islands — Description of Levuka Harbor — Visit from 

 its Head Chief — Visited the Shore — Beautiful Scenery — Witness a 

 Native Female Dance — The Girls beg from us some Paint — King Toanoa 

 arrives from Ambou — His reception — The King and his Chiefs visit the 

 Ship — His alarm at the sound of the guns — He spends on board all the 

 following day — His return to Ambou — Receive a visit from his Queen 

 and eldest Son — The cruel character of the latter— The Peacock cap- 

 tures the Chief Vendovi — An account of his attack on the " Charles 

 Daggett" — Send officers and men to the Observatory to protect it 

 against a night attack from the Natives — Taboo taken off the Cocoanut 

 trees — Sail for Saver Bay — Hot Springs in its vicinity — Superstition of 

 the Natives — Sail for Sandal Wood Bay— Broils between two brothers 

 Receive from the " Peacock" the prisoner Vendori — The Vincennes' 

 1st Cutter captured by the Natives — Send an Expedition to punish them 

 and recover the Boat — Mr. Baxter of the Brig " Leonidas" dies from 

 an explosion — Sail for Matawata Bay — Description of the Town — The 

 King's Wives — Our Surveying Signals are stolen by the Natives — The 

 King is compelled to restore them — Two of our Officers are massacred 

 by the Inhabitants of Malolo — Destruction of their Town, and other 

 punishment inflicted on them — Tribute to the Dead by the Chaplain of 

 the Expedition — Meeting of Officers for the purpose of subscribing 

 towards the erection of a Monument in the Cemetery at Mount Auburn 

 — Bid adieu to the Fejee Islands. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Extent of the Fejee Group — Soil and Productions — Description of the 

 Inhabitants — How they wear their Hair — Power of the Chiefs over the 

 common people — Women treated as Slaves — How they carry Messages 



