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INDEX. 



sinnet, 76 ; its commercial value, 

 144 ; its growth and utility, 146 ; 

 white plantain, pine-apple, aloe, 

 and arum, 159 ; machinery for 

 preparation of, 159. 



Field, The, newspaper, quoted, vi., 

 met with in Fiji, 183. 



Fig-trees, 324. 



Fiji, physical characteristics of in- 

 habitants, ix. ; peopled by the 

 Papuan race, xiii. ; influence of 

 Sawaiori race on language and 

 inhabitants, xxi. ; direct passenger 

 service to islands temporarily sus- 

 pended, 1 ; Kandavu Island, de- 

 scription of natives, etc., 9 ; 

 Ovalau ; Levuka ; position and 

 extent of group, its acreage, soil, 

 and climate ; the Rewa river, 11 ; 

 the climate, rainfall, and wind 

 velocity characterising the group ; 

 population, 12, 377, 378 ; the sur- 

 rounding coral reefs, 13; history of 

 the islands previous to their cession 

 to Great Britain, 18-24 ; probable 

 unitj- of islands at an early period 

 under one rule, 18, 19 ; uncondi- 

 tional transfer of the sovereignty 

 to Great Britain, 24 ; ravages of 

 measles epidemic, 24-28 ; recep- 

 tion of Sir Arthur Gordon, 28, 

 29 ; native homage-ceremony, 30- 

 34 ; native practices previous to 

 going into battle, 42 ; cannibal 

 outbreak of 1876, 34-43 ; defence 

 of early Fijian colonists (their 

 character), 47, 48 ; Levuka, 43- 

 50 ; life at Levuka, 50-56 ; ocean 

 communication with Levuka, 56, 

 164, 166; postal arrangements, 

 coinage, etc., 57 ; financial com- 

 panies, 58 ; religion, ancient tra- 

 ditions, and ceremonies, 59-67 ; 

 cannibalism, 67-73 ; superstitions, 

 74, 88 ; Fijian treatment of the 

 sick and infirm, 74, 75 ; cere- 

 monies observed at the death of a 

 chief, 75, 85 ; courtship and mar- 

 riage, 85, 86 ; classes of society, 

 rank and polygamy, 87 ; treat- 

 ment of children, 87, 88 ; native 

 mariners, 88, 89 ; construction 



and capacity of native canoes, 89, 

 90 ; a long swim, 90 ; the present 

 system of administration, 49, 50, 

 91-96 ; social organisation, 91-93, 

 95, 98 ; divisional and municipal 

 authorities and their duties, 50, 

 93, 94 ; Fijian irony, 97 ; native 

 estimation of English law, 95, 96 ; 

 physical characteristics of the 

 natives, 97 ; cultivation of the 

 land, 97-99, 123 ; native manu- 

 factures, 99 ; social and domestic 

 economy, 99, 100 ; moral charac- 

 teristics of natives, 100, 101, 103, 

 104, 123 ; Kava-drinking, 102, 

 103 ; the relative positions of 

 native and white man, 105-107 ; 

 Fijian love of extreme unction, 

 107, 108 ; Fijian games and pas- 

 times, 108 ; hair-dressing, 108, 

 109 ; personal adornment, 109, 

 110 ; tattooing, 110, 111 ; remarks 

 on the language, 111, 112 ; native 

 manufactures, clubs, bows, arrows, 

 curios, etc., 112, 113 ; conch -shell 

 trumpets and their use, 113 ; 

 practical jokes, 114 ; Aleke-mekefi 

 (or native dances), 114-118 ; 

 native pottery manufactures, 

 118, 119 ; the use of tobacco, 

 119 ; the percentage of native 

 population, 120 ; the difficulties 

 which confronted the present 

 government, 119, 120 ; taxes 

 (whether to be collected in specie 

 or produce), 120-125, 129, 131 ; 

 the arrangements under which 

 the latter system is carried out, 

 126, 127 ; its result, 128 ; the 

 opinion of the natives, 128, 129 ; 

 the labour supply, 105, 130, 131 ; 

 the amount levied in taxes in 1879, 



131 ; the mosquito, 132 ; com- 

 parative insensibility of natives to 

 pain, 132 ; diplomatic poisoning, 



132 ; medicinal plants and herbs, 

 132-137 ; beasts, birds, reptiles, 

 an:l fishes found in the islands, 

 137-140 ; extract from a lecture 

 given by Sir Arthur Gordon on 

 the prospects of Fiji, 140, 141 ; 

 Fijian products, 141-162, 170; 



