[Illustration: SHIP GLIDE OF SALEM From a water-color painted at Marseilles in 1823 by Anton Roux, Jr.] WRECKED AMONG CANNIBALS IN THE FIJIS _A NARRATIVE OF SHIPWRECK & ADVENTURE IN THE SOUTH SEAS_ BY WILLIAM ENDICOTT Third Mate of the Ship _Glide_ _with Notes by_ LAWRENCE WATERS JENKINS Assistant-Director of the Peabody Museum of Salem [Illustration] MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS 1923 PUBLICATION NUMBER THREE OF THE MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY SALEM, MASS. COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY THE MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES THE SOUTHWORTH PRESS PORTLAND, MAINE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 5 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