358 FEEJEE GROUP. 
Rewa; Mr. Cross, at Viwa; Messrs. Hunt and Lythe, at Somu-somu; 
and Mr. Calvert, at Lakemba, all of whom belong to the Wesleyan 
Missionary Society of Great Britain. They have had little success, 
and the principal members of the church are the Tongese. At 
Lakemba, which has the largest number, there are two hundred 
and forty-nine admitted to the privileges of the church, and forty- 
four on trial; at Rewa there are thirteen members, and_thirty- 
seven on trial; and only twelve members at Somu-somu; making 
about five hundred in all. But a much greater number attend 
service; of these, many attend divine service more from curiosity 
than from any commendable motive. 
The missionary schools contain about two hundred and fifty chil- 
dren. 
In the course of the narrative of our operations in the Feejee 
Islands, I have already shown some of the trials that the missiona- 
ries have at times had to undergo; but this is only a small part of 
their hardships. They, their wives, and children, are almost hourly 
liable to fall under the displeasure or caprice of these merciless 
savages. The natives, notwithstanding, seem desirous of having 
the missionaries among them, partly from the feeling that it will 
be advantageous to them in their intercourse with the vessels that 
come from time to time to bring them supplies, and partly for the 
protection which, in their opinion, the spirit or God of the mission- 
earies will afford to the koro where they reside. 
Upon the whole I think that the missionaries are safe as to life. 
They require much nerve and temper to withstand the trials they are 
often subjected to. The chiefs and others consider that they have 
a perfect right'to enter the missionaries’ houses at all times, and not 
unfrequently their behaviour is rude and indecent. There is no 
situation in life that requires more moral and physical courage, than 
that into which they are repeatedly thrown, often for the diabolical 
purpose of trying to excite and induce them to commit some act 
which might be taken advantage of to extort presents, or as a pre- 
text to plunder them. The natives are extremely clever in devising 
schemes of annoyance, and will frequently take a vast deal of trouble 
and time to accomplish them. When detected, they have little idea 
of further concealment, and generally join in a laugh at being 
exposed. 
Although they seldom fail in outward respect to the missionaries. 
they interdict their making any converts, or interfering with their 
priests or gods. 
The chiefs will not allow them to construct any dwellings for them- 
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