CHAPTER XVIII.

Taviuni—Tui Thakow—Missionary perils—Their fruit of peace—Ratu Lala—Rambi Isle—Gipsy life—Vanua Levu—A mission conference—The isle of Kia—A village feast, 191

The Chief of Mbua—Feudal rights—A night in a miserable village—Church _à la_ St Columba—Night on a desert isle—Savu Savu—Boiling springs—Their use—Past and future, 211

Nasova—The mountain war—A year’s progress—Fijian homage, 219

A planter’s house—Angora goats—A lovely shore—Sericulture—The mosquito plague, 235

The pottery districts of Viti Levu—A cannibal’s register—A night in a corn-shed—Funeral of Ratu Taivita, 243

Start for New Zealand—Extinct volcanoes—Sir George Grey’s treasures—Tree-kangaroos, 260

Gold-mines—A new city—Native defences—Kauri forest—A hard ride—Kati Kati—Tauranga Gate Pah, and cemetery—Ohinemutu—A volcanic region, 272