2 1 2 The TriiLtnphs of the Gospel in Fiji, 
dish. Their personal habits were very dirty; the added 
dirt of years, appearing even on the bluish-black skins of 
the Fijians. The furniture of a native hut would consist of 
nets, pots for cooking food, bows, spears, knives, forks, and 
other weapons of war. Among these were large four- 
pronged forks, made of dark polished wood, and having 
richly carved handles, used solely for human meat, the flesh 
KITCHEN OF A FIJIAN CHIEF. 
of victims killed and eaten. This article is now known by 
the Europeans as the " Cannibal Fork.'' Beside this, fish- 
ing rods, bamboos, mosquito nets, and bone knives, could 
be seen. Usually, the fire-place was in the middle of the 
house, for the people invariably cooked their food ; while a 
raised part of the floor covered with mats served for seats 
during the day, and bed by night. In some cases there 
