Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . ^ for us. It took us out to thequeer little steamer, which was trumpeting its desire for de-parture in a rather nerve-racking manner. The steamer was dirty and not at all attractive ; and all. THE GLOOMY KAUVANDRA MOUNTAINS. day the rain poured down in torrents, so that we got onlyglimpses of the fine coast scenery. Towards evening we camein sight of the gloomy Kauvanclra mountains where all thesuperstitions of the Fijian mythology concentrated in their deep recesses their great god, Dengei, issupposed even now to be h
Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . ^ for us. It took us out to thequeer little steamer, which was trumpeting its desire for de-parture in a rather nerve-racking manner. The steamer was dirty and not at all attractive ; and all. THE GLOOMY KAUVANDRA MOUNTAINS. day the rain poured down in torrents, so that we got onlyglimpses of the fine coast scenery. Towards evening we camein sight of the gloomy Kauvanclra mountains where all thesuperstitions of the Fijian mythology concentrated in their deep recesses their great god, Dengei, issupposed even now to be hiding away. He generally takesthe form of a serpent, so that he did not disappear before themissionaries, but promptly became the old serpent the does not, however, like his loss of pre-eminence, and allthe other changes and disturbances in Fiji ; and from allaccounts they seem to have brought on a kind of nervousbreak-down, for he never comes out, or takes any interest in 158 Islands Far Away. anything. He does not even trouble to feed himself, but letsan attendant put the food into his nioutb. He has alwaysbeen rather a nervous subject, and was so even in his noise of pottery maldng annoyed him, so he struck offmth his
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