VI CONTENTS. 



Presents and Solemnities on the Occasion. Single Combats 

 with Clubs. Wrestling and Boxing Matches. Female Com- 

 batants. Marines exercised. A Dance performed by Men. 

 Fireworks exhibited. The Night-entertainments of Singing 

 and Dancing particularly described - - Page 307 



CHAP. VI. 



Description of Lefooga. Its cultivated State. Its Extent. 

 Transactions there. A Female Oculist. Singular Expedients 

 for shaving off the Hair. The Ships change their Station. A 

 remarkable Mount and Stone. Description of Hoolaiva. Ac- 

 count of Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands. Respect- 

 ful Manner in which he is treated by his People. Departure 

 from the Hapaee Islands. Some Account of Kotoo. Return 

 of the Ships to Annamooka. Poulaho and Feenou meet. 

 Arrival at Tongataboo - 320 



CHAP. VII. 



Friendly Reception at Tongataboo. Manner of distributing a 

 baked Hog and Kava to Poulaho's Attendants. The Observ- 

 atory, &c. erected. The Village where the Chiefs reside, and 

 the adjoining Country described. Interviews with Mareewa- 

 gee, and Toobou, and the King's Son. A grand Haiva, or En- 

 tertainment of Songs and Dances, given by Mareewagee. 

 Exhibition of Fireworks. Manner of Wrestling and Boxing. 

 Distribution of the Cattle. Thefts committed by the Natives. 

 Poulaho, and the other Chiefs, confined on that Account. 

 Poulaho's Present, and Haiva - - - 34-0 



CHAP. VIII. 



Some of the Officers plundered by the Natives. A Fishing Party. 

 A Visit to Poulaho. A Fiatooka described. Observations 

 on the Country Entertainment at Poulaho's House. His Mourn- 

 ing Ceremony: Of the Kava Plant, and the Manner of pre- 

 paring the Liquor. Account of Onevy, a little Island. One 

 of the Natives wounded by a Sentinel. Messrs. King and An- 

 derson visit the King's Brother. Their Entertainment. 

 Another Mourning Ceremony. Manner of passing the Night. 

 Remarks on the Country they passed through. Preparations 

 made for sailing. An Eclipse of the Sun, imperfectly ob- 

 served. Mr. Anderson's Account of the Island, and its Pro- 

 ductions .-_-_- 368 



CHAP. IX. 



A grand Solemnity called Natche, in Honour of the King's Son? 



