Chapter I: Introduction: 7

WILLIAM ENDICOTT’S NARRATIVE 15

A CANNIBAL FEAST AT THE FIJI ISLANDS 55

VOCABULARY OF THE FIJI ISLANDS 71

VOCABULARY OF WALLIS ISLAND 75

LIST OF OFFICERS AND CREW ON THE SHIP _GLIDE_ 76

ILLUSTRATIONS

SHIP GLIDE OF SALEM _Frontispiece_

From a water-color painted at Marseilles in 1823 by
Anton Roux, Jr.

WILLIAM ENDICOTT 15

From a photograph made about 1860.

FIJIAN MEN 20

From a photograph made in 1898.

SHIP ANN ALEXANDER OF NEW BEDFORD 29

From a water-color in the possession of the Old
Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford.

FIJI WAR CLUBS 34

Presented to the East India Marine Society of Salem
between 1823 and 1834. Now in the Peabody Museum of
Salem.

FIJIAN HOUSE 40

From a photograph made in 1898.

MODEL OF A FIJI DOUBLE CANOE 44

Brought to the United States in 1856 by Capt. Thomas
C. Dunn, while on the bark _Dragon_ of Salem. Now in
the Peabody Museum of Salem.

SHIP CHINCHILLA OF NEW YORK 50

“Scrimshawed” on a whale’s tooth. Presented to the
East India Marine Society of Salem in 1825, by Capt.
William Osgood. Now in the Peabody Museum of Salem.

A SHOAL OF SPERM WHALE OFF THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN 1833 52

From an engraving by J. Hill after a painting by
T. Birch. The picture shows the famous Roach (Rotch)
whaling fleet,--the _Enterprise_, _Wm. Roach_,
_Pocahontas_ and _Houqua_, all from Nantucket.

FIJIAN WOMEN 56

Wearing “maiden locks” indicating that they are
unmarried.

TOOTH OF A FIJIAN CANNIBAL 66

Presented to the Essex Institute in 1851 by Capt.
John H. Eagleston who stated that it was “A tooth from
Na Massa Ngaloa, the greatest cannibal that ever lived,
head chief of Rewa, Fiji Islands. Twenty years since
conquered most of the islands in the archipelago; since
died aged about sixty years. Eleven years ago became
Christian--baptised Ratu Mill.” Now in the Peabody
Museum of Salem.

MODEL OF A BURE OR FIJI TEMPLE 66

Such models were presented to the temples as
offerings. Given to the East India Marine Society of
Salem, by Capt. Joseph Winn, Jr., in 1835. Now in the
Peabody Museum of Salem.

OBJECTS FROM FIJI 68

Presented to the East India Marine Society of Salem
and The Essex Institute between 1831 and 1860. Now in
the Peabody Museum of Salem.