Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . within thelast five weeks. The proof of their correct performance was mostsatisfactory. Levuka looked almost deserted, in comparison with what it hadbeen during our stay there. Tui Levuka received me with muchhospitality. I took a look at the garden we had planted, and foundthat many of the vegetables had already gone to seed, which thewhite man, George, had gathered; but it wanted weeding, which theypromised me should be done, under an injunction that they wouldpull up nothing that they did n
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . within thelast five weeks. The proof of their correct performance was mostsatisfactory. Levuka looked almost deserted, in comparison with what it hadbeen during our stay there. Tui Levuka received me with muchhospitality. I took a look at the garden we had planted, and foundthat many of the vegetables had already gone to seed, which thewhite man, George, had gathered; but it wanted weeding, which theypromised me should be done, under an injunction that they wouldpull up nothing that they did not know. On the Observatory Point, Seru, Tanoas eldest son, had built anmbure for the accommodation of strangers, and the spot is now heldsacred. I found he had respected the pile of stones I had left as amark for the harbour. The Lebouni people, I was told, would occasionally complainthat they had not been sufficiently rewarded for their services at hiskitchen. They are a remarkably wild-looking set of fellows, andmay be termed wild Feejee men. The wood-cut conveys a goodrepresentation of WILD FEEJEE MAN. An anecdote of a noted chief, proves they have some commendablepoints about them. This man is known by the whites at Ovolau by M A L O L O. 309 the name of the Dog of the Mountains, he was offered a largereward if he would assist in killing them; but this he positivelyrefused to do, or to let any of his people be engaged in so dishonestan affair, assigning as a reason that they had always behaved welland been their friends, and he would in all ways protect them. Whenhe visits Levuka, since this became known to the white residents, heis treated with marked distinction and kindness. Here I. again saw Paddy Connel. He complained of ill health, andimputed it to his being capsized in the canoe off Kamba Point, whenproceeding to Rewa with my letters. He said he was now on hisway to Ambatiki to live again with his fourth wife and his two smallbrats, the forty-seventh and fort
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