Îles éloignées; Fijian images avec stylo et pinceau . extrtsde Ratu Sukunas lettres ; il est d'une lettre écrite par l'un de ses collègues légionnaires, je crois que l'américain a mentionné ci-dessus :— Comme les étoiles étaient en train de pallers avant que les nains à venir et que les canards sauvages aient cessé leurs squabbles domestiques dans les marais thenighennuyants, mon compagnon sentinelle, un Chiefwho Fijian est aussi un premier cycle d'Oxford, a fait des yeux poeticalyvers les tranchées allemandes : Il est vraiment temps que la boîte de second tuck arrive, a dit tout simplement. Unpoetic, mais délicieusement pensée. Il y aurait des biscuits, des peppermints, de la confiture, de l'anglais

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Islands far away; Fijian pictures with pen and brush . extractsfrom Ratu Sukunas letters ; it is from a letter written by oneof his fellow legionaries, I believe the American referred toabove :— As the stars were paling before the oncoming dawnand the wild ducks ceased their domestic squabbles in theneighbouring marshes, my companion sentinel, a Fijian Chiefwho is also an Oxford undergraduate, rolled his eyes poeticallytowards the German trenches : It is really time that secondtuck box arrived, he said simply. Unpoetic, but delightfulthought. There would be biscuits, peppermints, jam, Englishtobacco, for S is a generous chap and never lets his fellow-sentinel go hungry. The tail-piece hereto annexed is a copy of a Christmascard, drawn by Miss King for me, which was sent to everyFijian then serving, with their Christmas dinner for 1917. Itis a most Ufe-like representation of the piece de resistance served at every considerable Fijian feast. The legend belowmay be translated : This, sir, is my little feast for you atChristmas. E. IM T. ^. ^ -Y.^/^^ NOTE TO SECOND EDITION. I should liko slightly to modify my statement that the few ships whichhad passed through the Islands before the wreck of the Argo in 1800 haddone so without landing or communicating with the natives.^ The writer ofa review in the Sydney Morning Herald points out that Mrs. Marriott, in herrecently published Captain Blighs Second Voyage to the South Sea, statesthat in 1792 Bligh had examined the Islands closely and had had dealingswith the natives, and that therefore it is not quite accurate to say that ourfirst practical knowledge of Fiji dates from the wreck of the Argo in 1800.*As a matter of fact I have long been acquainted with Lieut. Tobins Journalof the second voyage, and those of others of his messmates ; but I had notactually seen Blighs own account, and I am indebted to Mrs. Marriott for amuch clearer understanding of what Bligh actvially did in Fiji in 1792. It isclear that neither Bligh n

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