that he would kill and eat any of his subjects who should lotu.
The king arrived, and hearing of the tale indignantly denied it. He
ordered, however, that tribute should be paid to him on Sunday. This
the Christians refused to do, but the following day they appeared with
their offerings. This produced a favourable impression on the king,
showing as it did, what was the genuine effect of Christianity when
carried out. No one was punished, though unhappily the king seemed to
remain as complete a heathen as before till his death.

"In Lakemba the Christians multiplied, and the whole population of one
town, that of Yaudrana, lotued in one day. They had been ill-treated,
and two of their number had been killed by the king or his people.
Suddenly they came to the conclusion that their own gods could no longer
protect them, and they resolved to pray to Jehovah the God of the
Christians. They accordingly sent to Mr Calvert, the missionary. The
chiefs of the town met him to speak on the matter, in the principal
temple in the place, and after singing and prayer they bowed down to
worship God. The following Sabbath the whole population, by agreement,
openly abandoned idolatry. The king sent to forbid them, but his
message arrived after the ceremony had been performed, and they replied
that they would pay him lawful tribute, but would not abandon their new
faith. After this movement of the larger number of his subjects, the
king himself became a Christian.

"I can with difficulty recollect the numerous events connected with
missionary work as they occurred in the wide extending group of Fiji.
Of the most important I have not yet spoken. It is necessary to
remember the names of three important places: Mbau, though a small
island, contains the capital of the powerful chief Thakombau, now called
the king of all Fiji. Twelve miles off, on the mainland, is Rewa; and
on another small island two miles from Mbau, is Viwa, the residence of
Namosimalua, who had become nominally Christian, or was at all events
favourable to the Christians. Here Mr Cross took up his abode, when
Thakombau refused him admission to Mbau. Thakombau was the son of
Tanoa, the chief of Mbau. Mbau had obtained the influence it possessed
over other parts of Fiji in consequence of its having become the abode
of Charles Savage, a runaway seaman, a horrible ruffian, a Swede by
birth, who managed to obtain a large supply of firearms and ammunition,
and led