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and Mr. Rich threaded many miles of these creeks, in the canoe of — 
Mr. Cargill, who was kind enough to loan it to them. During this 
excursion they landed and went to a village, where they saw a well- 
planned ball-alley, kept in good order, level and clean. Taro and 
sugar-cane were found to be extensively cultivated. After wading 
across several creeks, they finally reached an uncleared wood, consist- 
ing of large trees of Inocarpus, Barringtonia, and Uvaria, with Palms 
and Pandanus, resembling the vegetation of Ovolau. The country 
appeared very wet, and was full of mud-holes and small creeks, which 
rendered walking irksome. They returned to Rewa by dark, and 
the next day proceeded in another direction, when a Feejee dandy 
offered to be their guide, and was extremely attentive to them through- 
out their excursion. He refused all compensation, until a little girl, 
who was near, seeing a jews-harp, requested to have it. He then 
accepted it, and gave it to her. This act, together with his civil and 
attentive behaviour, produced a favourable impression upon them. 
The town of Rewa, though in a low situation, has a picturesque 
though singular appearance. It extends about a mile along the river, 
and contains from five to six hundred houses of all sizes, from the 
lofty mbures with their pointed roofs, and the barn-like edifices of the 
chiefs, to the rickety shantees of the kai-sis, and the diminutive yam- 
houses, perched on four posts, to protect the yams from the depredations 
of the rats. It is every where intersected by narrow lanes, closely shut 
in with high reed fences. 
The party visited the most conspicuous houses of the place. The 
first which they saw was the mbure, situated on the spot where the 
king’s father was murdered; the mound on which it is built is an 
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MBURE-HOUSE. 
artificial one, ten feet high. The mbure is about twelve feet square, 
and its sides or walls only four feet high; while its high-pitched roof 
rises to the height of about thirty feet. The walls and roof of the 
