A Brief History of Tonga

Among the ten missionaries who had stayed on tonga, a gentleman named george vasan went the farthest in adopting local customs. At one point, george reports having several wives in a plot of and where he farmed tarrow and yams. And it was not long ere i disencumbered myself of my european garment and contented myself with native dress. I lament to say that i now entered with the utmost eagerness into every pleasure and entertainment of the natives...and endeavoured to forget that i was once called a christian"