CHAPTER V.

_SETTLEMENT ON ANIWA._

The _John Williams_ on the Reef 123 A Native’s Soliloquy 124 Nowar Pleading for Tanna 125 The White Shells of Nowar 126 The Island of Aniwa 127 First Landing on Aniwa 129 The Site of our New Home 130 “Me no Steal!” 131 House-Building for God 132 Native Expectations 135 _Tafigeitu_ or Sorcery 136 The Miracle of Speaking Wood 138 Perils through Superstition 139 The Mission Premises—a City of God 141 Builders and their Wages 142 Great Swimming Feat 144 Stronger than the “Gods” of Aniwa 145