Chapter X

_FAREWELL SCENES._
The War Fever 303
Forced to the War Council 305
A Truce Among the Chiefs 306
Chiefs and People 308
The Kiss of Judas 309
The Death of Ian 309
The Quivering Knife 310
A War of Revenge 312
In the Thick of the Battle 313
Tender Mercies of the Wicked 315
Escape for Life 316
The Loss of All 317
Under the Tomahawk 318
Jehovah is Hearing 318
The Host Turned Back 320
The War Against Manuman 320
Traps Laid 321
House Broken Up 322
War Against Our Friends 322
A Treacherous Murderer 323
On the Chestnut Tree 324
Bargaining for Life 325
Five Hours in a Canoe 328
Kneeling on the Sands 329
Faimungo’s Farewell 330
“Follow! Follow!” 331
A Race for Life 332
Ringed Round with Death 334
Faint yet Pursuing 336
Out of the Lion’s Jaws 337
Brothers in Distress 339
Intervening Events 341
A Cannibal’s Taste 341
Pillars of Cloud and Fire 342
Passing by on the Other Side 344
Kapuku and the Idol Gods 344
A Devil Chief 344
“In Perils Oft” 345
Through Fire and Water 345
“Sail O! Sail O!” 349
“Let Me Die” 350
In Perils on the Sea 351
Tannese Visitors 352
The Devil Chief Again 353
Speckled and Spotted 354
Their Desired Haven 355
“I am Left Alone” 355
My Earthly All 356
Eternal Hope 356
Australia to the Rescue 357
For My Brethren’s Sake 358
A New Holy League 358
The Uses of Adversity 359
Arm-chair Critics Again 360
Concluding Note 361
Prospectus of Part Second 362

APPENDIX. A. The Prayer of the Chiefs of Tanna 367 B. Notes on the New Hebrides 371

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF JOHN G. PATON _Frontispiece_. “THE MAN THAT KILLS MISSI MUST FIRST KILL ME” _To face p._ 156 NATIVES STEALING PROPERTY „ 160 NATIVES RETURNING STOLEN PROPERTY „ 164 “THERE THEY LAY ME ON COCOA-NUT LEAVES ON THE GROUND” „ 172 “AT DAYBREAK I FOUND MY HOUSE SURROUNDED” „ 188 THE DANGEROUS LANDING THROUGH THE SURF „ 234 “SUDDENLY HE DREW A LARGE BUTCHER-LIKE KNIFE” „ 310 SPRINGING FORWARD HE CAUGHT THE CLUB „ 342

MAP OF THE NEW HEBRIDES „ 100