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In 1861-1862, his
Pacific travels included several visits to Norfolk Island.
It was previously
a convict settlement in conjuction with the establishment of a British
colony at Port Jackson
(Sydney) but was
now the home to some of the Bounty descendants, who were relocated there
in 1856 from
Pitcairn Island.
Although the book was written by Charlotte Mary Yonge, an enthusiastic moral and financial supporter of Patteson's evangelical work, as it is largely based on his correspondence, this entry is accredited to Patteson.
Also see:
1868 Mrs. Selwyn
: Surfriding on Norfolk Island.
Extracts from Sketches
of the Life of Bishop Patteson in Melanesia.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,
London, 1873, pages 63 to 65.
The Santa Cruz Islands
are a part of Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.
They lie approximately
400 km to the southeast of the Solomon Islands Chain and just o the north
of the archipelago of Vanuatu.
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July 21, 1856
All day we have
been very slowly drifting along the west side of Espiritu Santo.
A grand mountainous
chain runs along the whole island, the peaks we estimate at 4,000 feet
high. This alone is a fine sight - luxuriant vegetation to nearly the top
of the peaks, clouds resting upon the summit of the range, from the evaporation
caused by the vast amount of vegetable matter.
...
'Well, on we
rowed, half a mile to shore - such a lovely scene.
A bend in the
coral reef made a beautiful boat harbour, and into it we rowed.
Clear as crystal
was the water, bright as tropical sun at 2.30 P.M. could make it was the
foliage on the shore.
Numbers of children
and boys were playing in the water or running about on the rocks and sands,
and there were several men about, all of course naked, and as they lead
an amphibious life they find it very convenient.
They work little;
breadfruit trees, cocoa-nut trees, and bananas grow naturally, ...
Page 270
... and the yam
and taro cultivations are weeded and tended by the women.
They have nothing
to do but eat, drink, and sleep, and lie on the warm coral rock, and bathe
in the surf.
Page 320
CHAPTER VIII.
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE
AND LIFU, 1857-1859.
Page 332
The Santa Cruz
group was visited again on the 23rd of September (1857).
Nothing remarkable
occurred; indeed, Patteson's journal does not mention these places, but
that of the Bishop (Bishop Harper / Bishop Selwyn ?) speaks of a
first landing at Nukapu, and an exchange of names with the old chief Acenana;
and the next day of going to the main island, where swarms of natives swam
out, with cries of Toki, toki, and planks before them to
float through the surf.
About 250 assembled
at the landing place, as before, chiefly eager for traffic.
The Volcano Isle
was also touched at, but the language of the few inhabitants was incomprehensible.
The mountain
was smoking, and red-hot cinders falling as before on the steep side.
It was tempting
to climb it and investigate what probably no white man had yet seen, but
it was decided to be more prudent to abstain.
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