CHAPTER VIII.

ATTENDING A NATIVE CHURCH.--A FEEJEEAN PREACHER.--DINNER WITH A FEEJEEAN FAMILY.--THE SEASONS IN FEEJEE.--A TROPICAL SHOWER.--A HURRICANE.--A PLANTER'S ADVENTURES.--SCENES OF DEVASTATION.-- THE CLIMATE OF THE FEEJEE ISLANDS.--WRECKED ON A REEF.--ESCAPING FROM THE JAWS OF CANNIBALS.--A WALKING ART GALLERY.--A TATTOOED WHITE MAN.--RETURNING TO SUVA.--THE FRIENDLY, OR TONGA, ISLANDS.--TONGATABOO.--THE KING OF THE TONGAS: HOW HE LIVES.--A REMARKABLE CAVERN AND A LOVE STORY ABOUT IT.--FROM FEEJEE TO NEW ZEALAND.--HAURAKI GULF.--AUCKLAND.--A FINE SEAPORT AND ITS COMMERCE.--HOW NEW ZEALAND WAS COLONIZED.--THE MAORIS.--CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT A CURIOUS PEOPLE.--MISSIONARIES IN NEW ZEALAND.-- HOW THE MAORIS MAKE WAR. 173