Waiiria. 



State of the island at the close of last century. — The London 

 Missionary Society and its emissaries. — Gi-eat mortality among 

 the native population. — First arrival of Catholic Priests in 1 

 Oceania. — French Protectorate audits consequences. — TheTahi- * 

 tian Parliament and Tahitian debaters. — William Howe. — Adam Kulc- 

 zycki. — Scientific aims and achievements. — The Catholic mission. — 

 Pj-e Catalan and native dances.— Prisoners of war from New Cale- 

 donia. — Point Venus. — Guava-fields. — The fort of Fautaua. — Lake 

 -Popij^lar Fete at Faaa. — Ball given by the Governor. — Queen Pomare. 

 — Geographical notes on Tahiti and Eimeo. — Climate. — Vegetation. — The Kawa 

 root, and the intoxicating drink produced from it. — Great expense of the French 

 Stations in Oceania. — Projects of reform. — Results of English and French 

 colonization. — Two convicts. — Departure. — The Whaler Emily Morgan. — At- 

 tempt to fix the zero point of magnetic declination. — " Colique vegetale." — A 

 victim. — Pitcairn Island. — A fire-side tale of the tropical world. — An accident 

 without ill results. — Humboldt's Current. — Arrival at Valparaiso. 



Of all the innumerable islands of the vast Pacific, there is 

 none which at various periods lias attracted the attention 

 and aroused the interest of the civilized world in the same 

 degree as that in whose harbour we were now lying at an- 



