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"My earliest memories are of Methodist Mission quarters in the diocese of
Dilkusha, Fiji. Dilkusha, the name of a minor Indian principality, was
mentioned in E.M. Forster’s classic novel
A Passage to India: its name
literally means “Heart’s Delight” in Hindi–Urdu.
Dilkusha was the Indian wing of the much larger Fijian diocese of Davuilevu (in
Fiji’s Rewa province), site of the famous Baker Hall – named after Reverend
Thomas Baker, an Australian Methodist evangelist who ended up in the pot of a
disgruntled Fijian chief on July 20 1867.
We were told the reverend had humiliated the high chief in front of his people
by touching his hair: a clear affront to Fijian aristocratic protocol. His
spare boots, however, survived. They may be seen in the Fiji Museum."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
