depart, and as I walked down alone they greeted me in much the same
way as they often greeted Ratu Lala, in a kind of chanting shout that
sounded most effective. It was a Fijian farewell!



Among Ex-Cannibals in Fiji.




CHAPTER 3

Among Ex-Cannibals in Fiji.

Journey into the Interior of Great Fiji -- A Guide Secured -- The Start
-- Arrival at Navua -- Extraction of Sago -- Grandeur of Scenery --
A Man covered with Monkey-like Hair -- A Strangely Coloured Parrot
-- Wild Lemon and Shaddock Trees -- A Tropical "Yosemite Valley" --
Handclapping as a Native Form of Salute -- Beauty of Namosi -- The
Visitor inspected by ex-Cannibals -- Reversion to Cannibalism only
prevented by fear of the Government -- A Man who would like to Eat my
Parrot "and the White Man too" -- The Scene of Former Cannibal Feasts
-- Revolting Accounts of Cannibalism as Formerly Practised -- Sporadic
Cases in Recent Years -- An Instance of Unconscious Cannibalism by a
White -- Reception at Villages EN ROUTE -- Masirewa Upset -- Descent
of Rapids -- Dramatic Arrival at Natondre ("Fallen from the Skies").

Toward the end of my stay in the Fijian Islands I determined to make
a journey far into the interior of Viti Levu (Great Fiji), the largest