CHAPTER VIII.

_MORE MISSION LEAVES FROM TANNA._

The Blood-Fiend Unleashed 179

In the Camp of the Enemy 180

A Typical South Sea Trader 182

Young Rarip’s Death 183

The Trader’s Retribution 185

Worship and War 186

Saved from Strangling 187

Wrath Restrained 188

Under the Axe 191

The Clubbing of Namuri 193

A Native Saint and Martyr 195

Bribes Refused 197

Widows Rescued 197

The Sinking of a Well 198

Church-Building on Tanna 199

Ancient Stone God 201

Printing First Tannese Book 201

A Christian Captain 203

Levelled Muskets 204

A French Refugee 205

A Villainous Captain 208

Like Master—Like Men 209

Wrecked on Purpose 212

The Kanaka Traffic 213

A Heathen Festival 215

Sacrifices to Idols 218

Heathen Dance and Sham Fight 219

Six Native Teachers 221

A Homeric Episode 222

Victims for Cannibal Feast 223

The Jaws of Death 224

_Nahak_ or Sorcery 226

Killing me by Nahak 227

Nahak Defied 229

Protected by Jehovah 230

“Almost Persuaded” 231

Escorted to the Battle-Field 232

Praying for Enemies 233

Our Canoe on the Reef 233

A Perilous Pilgrimage 236

Rocks and Waters 237

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