INDEX. 



385 



grants of land iinder the old 

 regime, 22, 23, 57, 58 ; distance 

 from natural markets for produce, 

 i.e., Sydney and Auckland, 156 ; 

 live stock, 160-162 ; internecine 

 war, 161 ; the class of colonists 

 required, 163, 164 ; climate bene- 

 ficial in cases of consumption, 166; 

 what to take out, 166, 167 ; pre- 

 cautions against disease, 167 ; 

 bathing, 167 ; price of land, 169 ; 

 advice to a new-comer, 168, 169, 

 170 ; quotation from letter bearing 

 on prospects of Fiji, 170 ; transfer 

 of land, 171-175; LevukatoSavu- 

 Savu Bay, 176, 177 ; Vu-ni-wai 

 Levu, 177, 178, 181 ; Wai-Wai, 

 179, 181-183, 189, 192 ; beach- 

 combers, 179-182; prevalent 

 native disease, 319 ; atmospheric 

 disturbances, 184, 186 ; thescenery 

 of Savu-Savu Bay, 186, 187 ; a 

 storm at Wai-Wai, 187, 188 ; a 

 meke-meke (native dance), 196; 

 the candle nut, 189, 190 ; the 

 'Battle of the Beach,' 190, 191 ; 

 the cultivation of the yam, 193 ; 

 of taro, 193, 194 ; dye barks, 195 ; 

 everyday life of a settler, 182, 183, 

 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 192, 195- 

 197; hot springs, 198; Koro Island, 

 198,199; cultivation of arrowroot, 

 , 199 ; Taviuni, 198, 199-202 ; 

 Mango Island, 202-205; Suva, 

 206, 207 ; the Rewa river, 207- 



210 ; description of an estate in 

 Viti Levu, 210, 211 ; general 

 remarks on the future of Fiji, 



211 ; the native Fijians compared 

 with the native Samoans, 219. 



Fiji Argus, The, 49. 



Fiji Times, The, 47, 49, 57. 



Fil (Efate, New Hebrides), xxii. 



Finoo (Tongan chief), 289, 290-295. 



Fishes of Fijian waters, 138, 139. 



Flinders, Captain, 267. 



Floyd, Rev. W., 49. 



'Flying Fox dance' (Fijian), 116, 



117. 



Forbes, Mr. Litton, 61. 

 Fortuna Island, Tongan tradition 



concerning, 298-300. 



Fotoo (Tongan chief), 292. 



Fotuna, xxi. 



Franco-Prussian war, Tongan de- 

 claration of neutrality, 311. 



French, The, their system of coloni- 

 sation as exemplified in Tahiti, 

 366. 



Friendly Islands. (See Tonga. ) 



Fringing-reefs, their formation, 14. 



Fruits ; tropical compared with 

 those of temperate latitudes, 194 ; 

 Fijian, 54, 155, 156. 



Fulanga, quantity of beche-de-mer 

 found at, 160. 



Funeral rites, 75-85. (See also 

 Burial Ceremonies, Fijian.) 



Fungus, 321, 354. 



Galoa (Fijian harbour), 8. 



Gambier Islands, xxi. 



Gannet Cay Island, fishing contract, 

 272, 273. 



Gaussin's Tahitian Grammar, xx. 



Gaussin's Polynesian Grammar, x viii. 



George, King, of Tonga, 20, 309, 311. 



Gera dialect. (See Guadelcanor. ) 



German emigrants, Messrs. Gode- 

 ffroy's scheme for the supply of, 

 237. 



German government, treaty with 

 Tonga, 311. 



Germans, The, in Samoa, 224 ; how 

 regarded by the South Sea 

 Islanders, 371. 



Gilbert Group. (See Kingsmill 

 Group.) 



Gill, Rev. W. W., xx. 



Gin, Schiedam, its use in Polynesia, 

 52, 53. + 



Ginger, 141, 155, 224. 



Giovanni Appiani, Theschooner, 240. 



Goat Island (Samoa), 215. 



Godeffroy, Messrs., their Journal du 

 Jfiisr-um, xxii. ; the firm repre- 

 sented in Fiji, 138 ; in Samoa, 

 227 ; their history, 231-233, 237- 

 239 ; islands which contained their 

 representatives in 1873, 234 ; 

 their system of business and in- 

 structions to employe's, 235, 236 ; 

 their estate at Apia, 232 ; valuable 

 shipment of pearls fromTuamotus, 

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