CHAPTER V. 
CONTENTS. 
EFFECTS OF THE INTENTION TO TAKE VENDOVI—FEAR OF AN ATTACK ON THE 
OBSERVATORY—SERU DETAINED AS HOSTAGE—PREPARATIONS FOR RESISTANCE— 
RETURN OF THE FLYING-FISH—TONGESE CHIEFS— CORODOWDOW — VANUA-VATU— 
TOVA REEF—TOTOIA—MATUKU—MOALA—IMPRUDENCE OF LIEUTENANT UNDERWOOD 
—REPORT OF MIDSHIPMAN MAY—MOTURIKI—VISIT OF RIVALETTA— ARRIVAL OF 
CURRENCY LASS—CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES—CRUISE IN THE FLYING-FISH — RABE- 
RABE POINT—RETURN TO LEVUKA—H. B. M. SHIP SULPHUR—VISIT FROM SERU— 
SECOND CRUISE IN THE FLYING-FISH—WAKAIA—DIRECTION ISLAND—VUNA—SOMU- 
SOMU—GOAT ISLAND—MISSIONARIES AT SOMU-SOMU—CANNIBAL FEAST—TRIALS OF 
THE MISSIONARIES—JUNCTION WITH THE PORPOISE—COUNCIL OF CHIEFS—CERE- 
MONIES OF AVA DRINKING—HORRID PRACTICES AT SOMU-SOMU—FUNERAL OBSE- 
QUIES OF KATU MBITHI—SUFFERINGS OF THE LADIES OF THE MISSIONARIES—OLD 
KING OF SOMU-SOMU—TUIL ILLA-ILLA—RETURN TO OVOLAU. 
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