Fiji and the Fijians . ST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, Thakombau, Vu-ni-valu Frontispiece. Chart of the Fiji Islands to face Page 1 Spear-heads Priests Bowls 46 Likus .... 51 Fans and Sun-screens 52 Fijian Pottery 54 Transverse Section of Camakau it C Veindovi 80 Heads of Chiefs in full Dress 123 Hair-dressing 12^ Modes of Painting the Face 128 Girl playing on the Nose-flute 129 Drums and Musical Instruments . . 129 Cannibal Forks 166 Bure of Na Ututu 169 Sacred Stones 173 Bure of Na Tavisara, Taviuni 174 Priests Comb 179 Nat Tabus 184 X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Takiveleyawa Page 191 Savu Falls 198 Grave o
Fiji and the Fijians . ST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, Thakombau, Vu-ni-valu Frontispiece. Chart of the Fiji Islands to face Page 1 Spear-heads Priests Bowls 46 Likus .... 51 Fans and Sun-screens 52 Fijian Pottery 54 Transverse Section of Camakau it C Veindovi 80 Heads of Chiefs in full Dress 123 Hair-dressing 12^ Modes of Painting the Face 128 Girl playing on the Nose-flute 129 Drums and Musical Instruments . . 129 Cannibal Forks 166 Bure of Na Ututu 169 Sacred Stones 173 Bure of Na Tavisara, Taviuni 174 Priests Comb 179 Nat Tabus 184 X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Takiveleyawa Page 191 Savu Falls 198 Grave of Mr. Cross 238 Mbau to face 893 Bure of Na Vata-ni-Tawake, Mbau 439 Chapel, Mission-House, and School, Mbua 483 Nambekavu 493 Fright of Natives on first seeing a Horse 530 «.*» \ 4. *\;. mff <h„« iV j A ...» - ,\,.i,,. 2 , \\. ,i ??• It,//.... ?J-/,.,/,1 . III, I N A .a l, v *>! I , ..; -/ sv* Jf[4?9*???? i M„l, A * \W.«I„ I V I -. 3 i , •/ i - Pass ?» fcf* TnW, 1 .ll.,r,. u,/„.. /: j T<» ? Niriiuiku I U • h.,,,,,,,, I /J „. fl -» ? FIJI AND THE FIJIANS. CHAPTER I. FIJI. The Fiji group includes the islands lying between the latitudes of15° 30 and 20° 30 S., and the longitudes of 177° E. and 178° W.,comprising, among others, what were named by Tasman, PrinceWilliams Islands, and Heeniskirks Shoals, extending over about40,000 square miles of the South Pacific, and forming a connecting linkbetween the abodes of the Malayan and Papuan races which inhabit thewidely-spread Polynesia. The way of writing the name of this group is so remarkably variedas to deserve
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