Excerpt from Fijian Society: Or the Sociology and Psychology of the Fijians The work entitled "Fijian Society" was undertaken in the first place at the instance of Professor Anderson of Sydney University, in whose Philosophy class the author was a student. When the latter went as a Missionary to the Fiji Group, the Professor was good enough to take an interest in his preparation for the Master of Arts' examination, and suggested as a thesis an anthropological study of the Fijian people. That thesis formed the foundation of the following chapters. The necessity for such a study is great; because the old men who have an intelligent knowledge of the past are dying out. Very few remain with sufficient vigour of memory to relate accurately what they have seen. In his examination of Fijian Society the author was aided by a knowledge of the vernacular, and by experiences which brought him into daily contact with the Fijians. But he recognises that the present work is very incomplete, and that there is much information still in Fiji to be collected and recorded. 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.