Wreck of the Glide; With an Account of Life and Manners at the Fiji Islands

Wreck of the Glide; With an Account of Life and Manners at the Fiji Islands. Written by James Oliver. Published in Boston in 1846. (120 pages)

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Contents:

Chapter I
Departure — Storm — Tropical calms — Good Hope — New-Zealand — English whale-ships — Trade with the natives — Their dress — Weapons — Dwellings — War dance — Visit of Pomare — Ship six New Zealanders — Departure.

Chapter II.
Friendly Islands — Appearance of the natives — Eooa — Tongataboo — Sail for Fijii Islands— Nerei — Coro — Sail for Tacanova — Dangerous navigation — The Glide strikes a rock — Arrival at the Bay of Miambooa — Quill's arrival — Incident in a boat — Repair the ship — Bechede-la-mer ; manner of curing it — Tortoise shell — Sandal- wood.

Chapter III.
A business scene — The Quill sails — The Glide — A New-Zealander leaves the ship — An Albino — Visit of Timbooa — Death of Richardson — Loss of our batter-house — Sail for Nungalooa — Arrival and trade with the natives — Loss of our second batter- house — Fill out the cargo — Set fire to the buildings — Sail for Manilla — Obliged to return — Encounter a storm — Sail for Miambooa — Leave the islands.

Chapter IV.
Tacanova — Bratta — Overlou — Soma- Soma — Bou — Soil — Climate — Villages — Dwellings — Canoes — The natives — Mode of wearing the hair — Their dress — Ornaments — Barbarous customs — Wars — Religion.

Chapter V.
Arrival at Luzon — Severe thunder-storm — A visit from the telegraph station — Anchorage off Civete — Description of that place — The peasantry — Fourth of July— Sail for Manilla— Appearance of the city — River Pasig — Fort — Aborigines — Chinese — Their dress, food, mechanical skill ; their junks — Spanish, English, and American residents — The schooner Antarctic — The Glide sails for the Sandwich Islands.

Chapter VI.
An American whale-ship — Arrival at Maui — Lahaina — A missionary meeting — Respect shown by the natives for the Sabbath — Departure — Owyhee — Penrhyn's Island — Attacked by the natives — Narrow escape of the captain — Perilous situation — The Glide fills away.

Chapter VII.
Arrival at Coro — Loss of the brig Fawn — Sail for Overlou ; arrive there and commence trade — David Whelpy — The King of Bou and his warriors — Relieve four shipwrecked Englishmen — A severe storm — Massacre of two men — Sail for Miambooa.

Chapter VIII.
Arrival at Miambooa — Intelligence concerning our New-Zealanders — Sail for Nungalooa — Another disaster — Sail for Bonne Rarah — Occupation — The king — Santa Beeta — Important event.

Chapter IX.
Santa Beeta — The captain and others leave the wreck — Their mishaps — Natives come aboard — Remainder of the crew leave the ship — Savages encountered — Stop for the night — Resume our journey — Reach Bonne Rarah — A missing shipmate — Account of Mr. William Carey.

Chapter X.
Visit the wreck and return — A council of natives — The priest — Kindness of the king — The Boore — The captain sails for Bou — Commence house-keeping — Intercourse with the natives — The mountaineers — Books — A play — Ways of passing time.

Chapter XI.
Amusements of the natives — Excursion to the interior of the island — Reception by the natives — Return — General account of a Fijiian festival attended by the crew — Burning of the ship — Intelligence of the loss of the brig Niagara — Others of the crew leave for Bou.