tassimaloun

Updated: April 30, 2025

At last we sailed, touching the Banks Islands on our route; and after enjoying a few days of civilization on board, I went ashore at Tassimaloun, on the south-west corner of Santo, where I had the pleasure of being Mr. C.'s guest.

Felix Speiser - Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific

I went to Port Olry to my old priest's house, and a few days later Mr. Th. came in his cutter to take me to Tassimaloun in Big Bay; so I bade a hearty farewell to the good Father, whom I have never had the pleasure of meeting again. There are hardly any natives left in the south of the Bay of St. Philip and St. James, generally called Big Bay.

Felix Speiser - Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific