INDEX. 



389 



Lowest types of humanity, ix. 



Loyalty Islands, peopled by Papuan 

 race, xiii. ; language of Uvea, 

 xxi. ; works on dialects, xxiii. 



Lugunor (Caroline Group), 247. 



Lychee tree, 155, 156. 



Maafu (Tongan and Fijian chief), 

 his early history, first appearance 

 in Fiji, and ambitious projects, 

 20 ; successful raids in Vanua 

 Levu, annexation of Benga, diffi- 

 culties with the British Consul, 

 and death, 21 ; his presence at 

 the ceremonial recognition of Sir 

 Arthur Gordon, 33. 



Maafui (Samoan mythology), 347, 

 348. 



Macauley Island (Huon Kermadec 

 Group), 337. 



Macauta (district), 21, 50. 



Macdonald, Dr., 138, 208. 



MacGregor, Dr., 167. 



Mackay's (Angus) ' Semi-tropical 

 Agriculturist,' 169. 



Magalhaens, The explorer, Preface, 

 321. 



Mahaga dialect, xxiii. 



Mahogany, 158. 



Mainatavasari (Fijian mythology), 

 65. 



Maitea (Society Group), 364. 



Maize, 160, 205, 211, 224. 



Malagasy, The, their probable origin, 

 xii. 



Malatta Bay (Kandava, Fiji), 8. 



Malayta (Solomon Group), 361. 



Malietoa family (Tongan), 286. 



Malicolo (New Hebrides), 319, 320 ; I 

 philological work on dialect, xxiii. [ 



Malo (Fijian cloth), 99. 



Malua (Fijian procrastination), 104. 



Mamosi (Fiji), 208. 



Manaar, Straits of, value of pearl 

 bank in, 247. 



Manga Rewa Island (Tuamotus) 

 324, 325. 



Mango Island (Fiji), frontispiece 

 engraving, Preface, 12, 155, 156, 

 202-205. 



Mango Island Co. (See Ryder, 

 Messrs. ) 



Manihiki, or Humphrey Island, 330, 

 331, 333. 



Manilla hemp, 158, 159. 



Manilla pearl-shell, 246, 247. 



Manono Island (Samoa), 212, 214, 

 216. 



Manu'a Island (Samoa), 212. 



Maori language, Philological works 

 bearing on, xviii., xix. 



Maoris, 219, 274, 345. 



Mara dialect, xxiii. 



' Marama Levu ' Appellation given 

 by Fijians to the Queen, 70. 



Marco Polo, 267. 



Mari, xxiii. 



Mariana Islands. (See Ladrone 

 Islands.) 



Mariner, quoted, 286, 291, 292, 294, 

 296, 297, 305. 



Marist Fathers, 60, 61. 



Mark Twain, quoted, 176, 188. 



Marriages (Fiji) in early times, 85- 

 87 ; Samoa, 213, 315; Kingsmills, 

 315. 



Marshall Islands, xiv., xxii., 325, 

 341, 342. 



Marquesas Islands, works on lan- 

 guage, xviii., xx., xxi. ; peopled 

 by Sawaiori race, xiv. ; their 

 position, government, and pro- 

 bable population, 334, 363 ; the 

 principal islands, 334, 335 ; un- 

 successful efforts of missionaries, 

 334, 335 ; cultivation of cotton, 

 335 ; habits and customs of the 

 natives, 335, 336 ; laxness of the 

 French Protectorate, 334, 336. 



Masi or Tappa, 98, 311. 



Ma-siki dialect, xxiii. 



Masonic, The (Fijian hotel), 200. 



Matabooles (Tongan), 302. 



Matafae Mountain (Samoa), 214. 



Mataqalis (Fijian), 91, 92, 98, 99. 



Matantu (Samoa), 226, 227. 



Matawalu (Fijian mythology), 65. 



Mats, Fijian manufacture of, 92 ; 

 99, 146 ; custom of storing, 100 ; 

 Samoan, 220, 221. 



Maui (Sandwich Islands), 4. 



Maunsell's, R., 'Maori Grammar,' 

 xviii. 



Mauritius compared with Fiji, 163. 



