32 PEEJEE ISLANDS. 
shore. Mr. Bligh concluded, from their 
direction, that these must have been the 
Feejee Islands. 
The appearance of these islands, especially 
of the two largest, is generally very beautiful 
and interesting. They are well-wooded, and 
have extensive rivers. Little, however, is 
known respecting the interior : nor would it 
be safe to penetrate into the country without 
an armed party. 
The late Captain Worth, who visited the 
Feejee islands in the Calypso in 1848, said 
in a report which he sent home, that the 
group, containing a very large population, 
may be conveniently divided into three parts, 
the Central, the Windward, and the Lee- 
ward islands. 
Bligh, in his defenceless state, appears 
to have had a fortunate escape from 'the 
Feejeeans, who are not only cunning, cruel, 
and vindictive, but are to be ranked among 
the vilest cannibals. This horrid custom of 
theirs is the more remarkable, as they excel 
their neighbours in talent and ingenuity, of 
which Captain Cook saw several specimens 
in 1777, and which have been noticed by 
