CONTENTS. 



Introduction i 



Chapter I. The Polynesian Alphabet 1 1 



Chapter II. Rapanui Sources and Variety 31 



Chapter III. The Paumotu in the Polynesian Scheme 49 



Chapter IV. Mangareva as a Center of Distribution 79 



Chapter V. The Dominance of Tahiti over the Province 107 



Chapter VI. The Marquesas in the Fairway to Hawaii 129 



Chapter VII. Determination of the Place of Rapanui 147 



Rapanui-English Vocabulary 185 



English-Rapanui Finding List 271 



Appendix. Sundry Notices of the Island 309 



TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS. 



