Category: Travel Writing
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It appears that not long ago, the chief wife of our Head man took offence at his scolding her, and ran away to his younger brother who lives at Lobaha. Our great man was very fo...
2. Part 2At 11 o’clock we had service in Mota, at which we had the attendance of all the Melanesians of both sexes in the ship, and a very hearty, cheering service it was. I reserved my...
12. Part 12_Wednesday, October 13th._--Very fine morning and very warm. After our morning duties were over there was soon a dead silence over the village, the people all going off to their...
6. Part 6He built the school himself and keeps it in most extraordinary order. In many cases he has acted as a deterrent on his countrymen, when they have proposed some heathen act which...
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7. Part 7_Sunday, August 15th._--There are two very homely sounds which break the stillness of the early morning here, and the first is the cock which seems to have a peculiar faculty fo...
11. Part 11_Monday, September 27th._--A most beautiful day, and a whole holiday. I told the scholars in the morning that I wished to see only smiling and happy faces all day, and to hear o...
3. Part 3_Monday, 26th July._--I reckoned without my host last night when I rashly permitted Agnes and Kate to cook for me this week at their own request. They made a tremendous fuss abo...
8. Part 8_Sunday, August 22nd._--A most glorious Sabbath morning. We had school before breakfast, both because it was cooler and also on account of the blue bottle flies, which become ve...
5. Part 5_Monday, August 2nd._--Another peculiarly cold night ushered in a most glorious day. A very heavy dew lay all round, and until the sun was quite high in the heavens the cold was...
13. Part 13_Thursday, October 28th._--Fine day with strong fresh Trade wind blowing. I was busy all day here at home doing little odds and ends of things preparatory to my anticipated visi...
4. Part 4_Thursday, 29th July._--My house has been thronged all day with heathen visitors, and I have tried to say something about our blessed religion. I hope they were duly impressed....
9. Part 9The men returned in the afternoon with about thirty nice fish, which were at once consigned to the oven, and in the evening the feast was spread here in front of my house, and t...
14. Part 14On the next day, the 9th, we arrived at the north end of the island, having been almost becalmed on the way thither. The _Southern Cross_ anchored, my belongings were put togeth...