The King and the People of Fiji (Paperback)

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• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Number of Pages: 192
• ISBN: 0217391273
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113888479
• Release Date: August 1, 2009
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: .' NAULIVOU. 23 tute of some of the most ordinary comforts of life. They had oil; but did not know how to use it for lighting their houses. Burning reeds were the principal substitute for the lamp, with a little oil dropped on the reeds on special occasions. They had arrowroot; but were ignorant of its use, and of the mode of its preparation. The tobacco-plant was a luxuriant weed; but its use for smoking was unknown. It was very legitimately employed to lessen vermin, and was called " The Destroyer of Lice." But during this reign it was used for smoking, and the poet composed "The Song of the Tobacco." The intercourse between the respective tribes was very restricted. When one clan visited another, both parties met armed, and prepared for fighting. Women and children were never allowed to be present on either side. The respective parties entered the market-place from opposite directions. The exchange of property was then made; both sides being continually on their guard against surprise and treachery. But they were not as pusillanimous as is the present generation. A strong proof exists in the fact that they frequently fought pitched battles; and the field of action generally assumed the appearance of an army of duellists. They had their legendary heroes, even their Goliaths, who have defied a whole army. Their system of knighting heroes is perpetuated to this day. An account of the ceremony will be found on a subsequent page. Emulous of partaking in this chivalrous custom, its aspirants have not hesitated at fratricide in war. The first event of importance that transpiredpriests of Basulu eventually beat the ocean with their sacred shovel-clubs, and the wind ceased A dead whale, supposed to have been killed by the tempest, was found. Whales'-teeth were then high...

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