levukaJuly 1839: From July 1839 Hunt and his family lived at Somosomo on Taveuni, where the Tui Cakau, an elderly warrior and intemperate man-eater, presided over his war-wracked realm of Cakaudrove,where his son, Tui Kilakila, wielded much of the effective military power. Richard Burdsall Lyth, another notable missionary, who was both minister and medical man [...]
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