At 6 am an armed party went away
and hoisted the Jack on the island Funuoloa about 10
miles distant, The natives of these Islands speak a different
language of those of Santa Cruz although the distance
is only 20 miles, they was very friendly laughing at any
thing they saw done on board like so many Big School Girls
they would do anything you asked them to do, even to help-
ing the men to wash their clothes, the swarmed round the
ship from daylight to Sunset trading in the usual things,
such as Chickens, Pigeons, Fruit & Shells you could get a chick-
en for two sticks of tobacco value of which was one penny
taking all things one with another we got on very well
with the natives and was beginning to get quite chummy
with them.
From Wikepedia
Fenualoa is the second largest island in the Reef Islands, administratively located in the Solomon Islands province of Temotu. At low tide, Fenualoa is connected to the neighboring island of Nifiloli
to the north. The west side of the island is mainly sandy beaches
facing the huge lagoon and the Great Reef. The east side is steep rocky
cliffs with the deep Forest Passage separating Fenualoa from the largest
island of the group Lomlom.
The island is very densely populated with four main villages, each made
up of a number of sub-villages and total approximately 1500 inhabitants
(2008). These are all on the west side of the 8km by 600m long and thin
island. The largest villages are Tuo (Tuwo), Maluba, Tanga and Malapu
(running south to north). There are three schools on the island and the
people are Melanesian. A few yachts (1 or 2 per year) visit the island
by entering the huge lagoon through the Great Reef (the lagoon is
approximately 25km east west by 8km north south). There is no scheduled
transport to the island.
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