CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. LIFE IN A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR—CONVENT-LIFE IN TONGA- EARLY MARTYRS — WESLEYAN MISSION — ROMAN CATHOLIC BOAT TRANSIT TO LEONE—SPOUTING CAVES—COUNCIL OF WAR —SKETCH OF SAMOAN HISTORY—NIGHT DANCES, . .81 A SHORE WITHOUT A REEF—SAMOAN PLANTS—HOUSES—ANI- MALS—LAYING FOUNDATION-STONE OF A CHURCH—SCHOOL FESTIVAL—THE NAVIGATOR'S ISLES, . . . 103 VANQUISHED CHIEFS OF THE PULETOA FACTION UNDER PRO- TECTION OF THE UNION-JACK—CONVENT-SCHOOL—" BULLY" HAYES — POSTAL DIFFICULTIES — HOUSE OF GODEFFROY — VILLAGE OF MALINUNU—VEGETABLES AND FISH—ADVAN- TAGES OF ANGLO-AMERICAN COMPANIES, . . .125 THE ISHMAELITES OF THE PACIFIC — INJUDICIOUS INTERVEN- TION— FA-SAMOA PICNIC—A TORCH-LIGHT WALK—TRAIN- ING-COLLEGE AT MALUA — APT ILLUSTRATIONS BY NATIVE PREACHERS DR TURNER—MISSION TO THE NEW HEBRIDES —ESCAPE TO SAMOA—OF MANY CHANGES ON MANY ISLES, 150 A SKETCH OF THE SAMOAN MISSION — THE REV. JOHN WIL- LIAMS DETERMINES TO VISIT THE NAVIGATOR'S ISLES— PRELIMINARY WORK IN THE HERVEY GROUP — DISCOVERY OF RAROTONGA—CONVERSION OF ITS PEOPLE—THEY HELP WILLIAMS TO BUILD A SHIP WHICH SHALL CONVEY HIM TO SAMOA—VISIT TONGA—PROCEED TO SAMOA—OVERTHROW LEAVE SAMOA — REACH TAHITI — GREY SHADOWS—DEATH OF QUEEN POMARE—LA LOIRE AND HER PASSENGERS—A GEN- ERAL DISPERSION—LIFE ASHORE AT PAPEETE — ADMIRAL SERRE AND THE ROYAL FAMILY — FAMILIES OF SALMON AND BRANDER—ADOPTION, ..... 248 PAPEETE—CATHOLIC MISSION—PROTESTANT MISSION—A CHRIS- ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME. PAOB Papeete—Capital, . . ■ Frontispiece. Trilithon, Tonga, ..... 29 Opunuhu Bay, Moorea, .... 256 Lb Biademe, . . . . . .281 Map, . . . . . At the end. NOTE The "Wa Kalou,"—i.e., "Fern of God,"—introduced on the cover of this book, is a most delicate climbing fern which overtwines tall trees and shrubs in the Pacific Isles, forming a misty veil of indescribable loveliness. When in the state of fructification, each leaf is edged with a dotted fringe of brown seed. In the Fijian Isles its beauty has gained for it the name here given; and in olden days the ridge-poles of the temples were wreathed with it, as those of chiefs' houses are to this day. It also finds favour for personal adornment, trailing garlands of this exquisite green being singularly becoming to a clear brown skin. A LADY'S CRUISE —♦— CHAPTER I. LETTER TO ENGLAND ANNOUNCING START FROM FIJI VAGUE PLANS. Nasova, Fiji, 5th Sept. 1877. My Dear Eisa,—I have only time for a line, to enclose a packet of seed of a lovely shrub which hears clusters of golden bells. Also to tell you that I am just starting for a cruise in a French man-ofwar, the Seignelay, commanded by Captain Aube, who is taking Monseigneur Elloi, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Samoa, a round of his diocese. Both are exceedingly pleasant, and have made themselves much liked here. The officers are a particularly gentlemanlike set. Judge of my amazement (accustomed to the rigid regulations of the English VOL. I. A |