[Illustration] AT HOME IN FIJI [Illustration: OUR HOME IN FIJI. _Frontispiece._] AT HOME IN FIJI BY C. F. GORDON CUMMING AUTHOR OF ‘A LADY’S CRUISE IN A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR’ ‘FROM THE HEBRIDES TO THE HIMALAYAS,’ ETC. NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME _WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS_ New York A. C. ARMSTRONG & SON, 714 BROADWAY MDCCCLXXXII TO DEAR LITTLE NEVIL AND GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON THESE NOTES OF ONE OF THE MANY SUNNY HOMES OF THEIR HAPPY CHILDHOOD ARE LOVINGLY DEDICATED CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION, 1 CHAPTER I. The voyage out, 9 CHAPTER II. Sydney—Camellia trees—Orange gardens, 12 CHAPTER III. Life in the Blue Mountains—Death of Commodore Goodenough—Life in the bush, 19 CHAPTER IV. Arrive in Fiji—Tropical luxury in Levuka—King Thakombau—Plague of measles, 26 CHAPTER V. Levuka—The harbour—Coral-reef—Churches—Animal life—Plants—How to brew yangona—Picnics—Spear-throwing, 35 CHAPTER VI. Fijian spelling—The future capital—A planter’s life—Foreign labour—Quaint postage-stamps, 53 CHAPTER VII. A canoe adventure—Sharks—Fever—The feast of worms—Results of mission work—No means of locomotion—God’s acre, 61 CHAPTER VIII. Life on Viti Levu—Suva—A floral clock—The Rewa river—Obsolete customs—First night in a native house, 70 CHAPTER IX. Bathing _al fresco_—The Upper Rewa—Barter—Native houses—A funeral—Weddings—Grace, 80 CHAPTER X. Upper Rewa—Sunday among the converts—School examinations—A “missionary meeting”—Savage ornaments—Red tape—_Mékés_—Evening prayer—Marriages, 85 CHAPTER XI.