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Navindi, the cannibal chief of the fishermen, whose natural disposition they describe as kindly and confiding, was received quite on the footing of a friend, and Thakombau was also spoken of as a man of great energy and good intentions, by whose instrumentality much good might yet be effected among his numerous subjects or dependants. The wisdom of their conduct has been proved.
Elijah Verani undertook a mission to that chief, in the hopes of bringing about peace, when he and most of his companions were traitorously murdered and eaten. Not long after this the king of Rewa himself died, and his people sued for peace. "Thakombau, the once cannibal and homicide, was not allowed to remain quiet.
Had time allowed, we should have been glad to touch at Fiji, the inhabitants of which were by that time no longer to be dreaded many, with their old king, Thakombau, once a cannibal, having been converted to Christianity, and partially civilised but Harry was anxious to conclude the voyage, which had already been longer than he had at first intended.
Ten days before, its sound had called people together to a cannibal feast. Three hundred persons were present in the ample lotu dress, before whom stood Thakombau, the chief, with his children and wives. The missionary, who had so long watched for this event, was deeply moved, and could scarcely proceed with the service. It was indeed a day to be remembered in the annals of Fiji.
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