Effect! or the intention tn take 

 Vendovl. 



FEEJEE GROUP. 



Effect! of the intention to tiki> 

 Vendovi. 



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crew were killed, eight of them in the bicbo do 

 mar house, and the mate and boy near the boat. 

 The people of the towns of Numhuwallo, Lueti, 

 and Roro, liad cut large vines to pass under the 

 cnhle, Tor the purpose of hauling the ves-sr] <»n 

 shore during tli- nijdil, il-- :iVo Rt:iti-d lliat ri 

 black man had been roasted and eaten by (he 

 natives, but that he himself did not partake. Nino 

 bodies were given up to Paddy Connel, and were 

 takf-n on board, sowed tip in canvass, ami sunk 

 alongside. Tho bodies afterwards floated on shore, 

 and were eaten by the natives. His statement, 

 therefore, conformed to that of Paddy in all im- 

 portant particulars. 



Vendovi likewise mentioned another act of his, 

 as follows. About two years before, tho mate of 

 the whale-ship Nimrod, of Sydney, New South 

 Wales, landed at Kantavu to purchase provisions. 

 Vendovi saw some large whales' teeth in possession 

 of tho mate, in order to obtain which, he made him 

 and tho boat's crew prisoners. Ho then told the 



tnato to write to his captain to ransom him and his 

 men, and that he must have fifty whales' teeth, 

 four axes, two plates, a case of pipes, a bundle of 

 fish-hooks, an iron pot, and a bale of cloth. These 

 wore all sent him, and they were released, he giving 

 the mate a present of a head of tortoise-shell. 



Captain Hudson, having thus successfully ac- 

 complished the capture of Vendovi, steered for 

 Knntavn, hi order, if possible, to bring to punish- 

 ment more of the offenders; but the wind fell 

 light, and he found that the ship had drifted, during 

 the night, to the eastward of the Astrolabe Reef, 

 and consequently would be compelled, in proceed- 

 ing to Kantavu, to retrace his route. This would 

 have occupied much time, and the prospect of 

 gaining their port would have been faint. Ho 

 therefore determined, as the allotted time for join- 

 ing the boats had nearly expired, to bear up for 

 tho west end of Vitilevu; where 1 shall now leave 

 him, and return to Levuka, to the rest of the 

 squadron. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



FEEJEE GROUP— (continued). 



effects or the intention to take vendovi— pear or aw attack on the observatory— ir.nr detained At 



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 COCE ANCHOR IS SANDALWOOD BAY. 



Immediately after despatching Paddy Connel on 

 his errand to Captain Hudson, Whippy came tome. 

 He had heard, on board the ship, somo intimation 

 of the purport of the message sent to Rewa by 

 Connel, and he advised me to be on my guard for 

 the first movement after Vendovi'a capture. He 

 thought that an endeavour would be made by the 

 people of Ambau to surprise the observatory, and 

 to take me prisoner, (for the purpose of ransoming 

 Vendovi,) for they are closely allied to those of 

 Kewa. As ottr distance from Ambau was no more 

 than a few hours' travel, it would lie easy for 

 Tanoa, or his son Scrti, to fall upon us with a 

 thousand men, before we could have any notice 

 whatever of their approach. After hearing all he 

 had to say upon the subject, T sent him for l\tJ 

 Levuka, who came to my tent. His amastement 

 was p-eat when he was told what was in progress, 

 and he seemed to be almost beside himself for 



a few moments. When he was sufficiently re- 

 covered, I told him that I put implicit confidence 

 in him ; that if he suffered me to be surprised by 

 any force, on him and his people would rest the 

 responsibility, and that I looked to him to give me 

 the earliest notice of any attempt to attack me. 

 This ho accordingly promised, and, at the same 

 lime, he told Whippy, the most probable persons 

 from whom any attack would come would be the 

 mountaineers, who were all now under the influence 

 of Ambau, and would bo easily induced to attack 

 us. A thousand of them, according to his opinion, 

 might be upon us in a few hours ; but we bad 

 little to fear before dawn of day, for that was the 

 only time at which they made an attack, choosing 

 I he' time of the v mini or soiinoVst sleep. He tin n 

 went off to send out his scouts and spies, in order 

 to bring me the earliest information. 



Seru was on board the ship when I heard these 

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