The Kings of the Reefs: A Poem, in One Hundred and Seventeen Cantos (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Kings of the Reefs: A Poem, in One Hundred and Seventeen Cantos Duty took me to the Fiji Islands early in the year 1859, and removed me finally from them sixteen years afterwards, towards the close of 1875. At this latter date they had been recently annexed to the British Empire, and the first Governor of the newly erected Crown colony, Sir Arthur Gordon, was in his place at Government House, Levuka. All the high chieftains had abdicated in favour of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, whose rule had been inaugurated by the death, in six months, of 40,000 natives - victims of the "measles" plague. That scourge swept away armies of stalwart men in the prime of life, together with whole parliaments of wise old Nestors, the chief depositories of the nation's unwritten history and learning. Going to the grave as they did, suddenly and in silence, they carried with them much of the interesting lore of their country, and must have taken well nigh all of it but for efforts made some years previously resulting in successful rescue. Among those efforts were some of my own, which brought me many treasures, till then stored away in Fijian brains. These I sought with no view to publication, but in order the better to fit myself for the mission upon which I had been sent to the islanders. My desire was to learn something of the native mind; its modes of thought, its imagination, its powers of invention, and the materials it chose for its use. I set my mind to look at the history and religion of the kingdoms and tribes, as presented in the unwritten compositions of native experts, ancient and modern, whose works had been popularised by professional talkers or minstrels. Every day's enquiries obtained me fresh introductions to gods and men, heroes and spirits, giants and pigmies, and, in short, made me familiar with all sorts of historic and mythic personages, places, objects, and events. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Paperback, Label: Forgotten Books, Forgotten Books, Product group: Book, Published: 2015-09-27, Studio: Forgotten Books.

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