CONTENTS. 



BOOK ONE 



ShJCnoX OXE. 



THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Coming of the IIawaii.vn Race. 



Plates 1, 2, [3, 5].* 



Plawaiians the First Inhabitants — Polj-nesian Affinities — Evidence of Early 

 Immigration — Traditional and Historical Evidence of Early Voyages — Ancient 

 Voyages — Animals and Plants Brought to Hawaii as Baggage — Double Canoes — 

 Provisions for Long Voyages — Steering a Course by the Stars — P^stablishment 

 of the Hawaiian Race. 



CHAPTER II. 



Tranquil Environment of Hawaii and Its Effect on the People. 



Plates 3, 4, [1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25, 50, 71, 87, 89, 102, 106]. 



Natural Environment and its Effect on the People — Kona Weather — Tem- 

 perature — Eli'ect of the Trade Winds — Altitude and its Effect on Climate — • 

 Rains in Hawaii — Effect of a Sufficient Amount of Food — Inter-Island Com- 

 munication — Inter-tribal War — Agriculture and the Food Supply — The Fauna 

 and Flora Explored by the Hawaiians — Food and its Effect upon the People — 

 Important Foods of the Natives — Response of the Natives to their Environment. 



CHAPTER III. 



Physical Characteristics of the People; Their Language, Manners and 



Customs. 



Plates 5, 6, [1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 15, 16]. 



Splendid Stature and Physical Development of the People — Clothing of 

 the People — Cleanliness — Effect of their Life in the Open Air — Their Lan- 

 guage — The Alphabet — Genealogy and History — Meles and Hulas — Marriage — • 

 Polygamy — Marriage Among Persons of Rank — Infanticide — The Descent of 

 Rank— The Tabu. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Religion of the Hawaiians: Their IMethod of Warfare and Feudal 



Organization. 



Plates 7, 8, [6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17]. 



Religion Among the Hawaiians — Idol Worship — The Future State — 

 Heiaus — Warfare — Temples of Refuge — Preliminary to a Battle — The King and 

 His Power — Sorcerers — The Nobility, Priests and Common People — The King 

 and the Land — Taxes. 



