Victoria University of Wellington Library
Fiji and the Fijians 1835-1856
Contents
Contents
Mitchellian Manuscripts
1
Discovery of the Fijian Islands
15
Charters and Cartographers
24
The Archipelago
31
Centres of Interest 1835-56
37
The Fijians
50
Mission Work 1835-40
101
Naval Commanders 1835-40
119
The Practice of Medicine
126
Native Agents
141
Ono-I-Lau
168
Language and Literature
184
Wesleyan Methodists and Roman Catholics
204
The Gospel of Work
230
The Break-Down of Pacifism
242
The Efficacy of Power
261
The Limitations of the Missionaries
274
The Services of the Missionaries
287
"The Best of All"
302