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give, according to our computation (29 x 30 = 870), nearly nine hun- 

 dred years since the settlement of the Hervey Islands. 



MANGAREVA, OR THE GAMBIER ISLANDS. 



In the manuscript vocabulary of the Mangarevan dialect, which I 

 owe to the kindness of M. Maigret, formerly missionary to this group, 

 is found the following definition : " Avaiki, bas, en bas ; ko runga 

 tenei, ko avaiki tena, ceci est le haut, cela est le bas." From this it 

 would appear that Avaiki, which, in the Hervey Islands, is used to 

 signify the region beneath, has come to denote, in the Gambier Group, 

 simply below, or that which is below. Examples of similar changes 

 are not uncommon in the other dialects. At the Navigator Group, 

 the wind which blows from the direction of the Tonga Islands (i. e. 

 from the south) is called the Tonga wind. At the Hervey and So- 

 ciety Islands, this same word (tonga and too] is used as the general 

 term for south wind. 



A genealogy of the kings of Mangareva, drawn up by a native 

 pupil of M. Maigret, with a few of the traditions respecting them, 

 offers some points of considerable interest. The number of kings 

 whose names are given is twenty-seven. The first was Teatumoana, 

 a name which means " Lord of the Sea." From him, the history 

 says, "all the inhabitants of the land are descended. He had no 

 father, or perhaps he was a foreigner." From him the line continues 

 unbroken till the ninth king, Anna ; he was succeeded by his son-in- 

 law, Toronga, the name of whose father is not known. He was not, 

 it appears, acknowledged by many of the chiefs, and a civil war 

 ensued. One of the principal rebels, named Uma, was worsted, and, 

 it is said, " took refuge on the sea, and fled to a foreign land." 

 Afterwards Toronga was killed by another chief who endeavoured 

 to obtain his body in order to eat it; but the son of the murdered 

 king secreted his father's corpse and buried it. The names of the 

 son and grandson of Toronga are given, but their reigns must have 

 been very short, perhaps merely nominal, for one of the chief com- 

 batants in the civil war succeeded finally in gaining the supreme 

 power. His name was Koa, the thirteenth on the list, and from him 

 the reigning sovereign derives his authority. His principal opponent, 

 Tapau, fled to a foreign land, or abroad. After this follows an account 

 of the numerous dissensions which took place in the different reigns, 

 and the annalist remarks, " formerly they fought much ; formerly 



