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INDEX. 



Mayo, Dr., 218. 



McConnell, Mr., 201. 



McKissack, Messrs., 201. 



Meade, Captain, 242. 



Measles, introduction of the epi- 

 demic into Fiji, 24 ; atrocious 

 rumour concerning its origin, 25 ; 

 its terrible ravages amongst na- 

 tive population, 25-28 ; attri- 

 buted to the adoption of Chris- 

 tianity in Fiji, 35. 



Mehetia. (See Maitea. ) 



Meke-meke (Fijian dance), 114-118, 

 196 ; native dance of Ellice Is- 

 landers, 343. 



Mel, xxii. 



Melanesian. (See Papuan. ) 



Melbourne, speculators, 22, 23 ; 

 communication with Fiji, 56. 



Mendana, Alvaro de, Preface, 329, 

 360. 



Menika, (See Beche-de-mer.) 



Messina, Coral banks of, 245. 



Metalanien (Ascension Island), 353. 



Meteorological observations at Bau, 

 377. 



Micronesian. (See Tarapon.) 



Milk, Cocoa-nut, 147. 



Mille, xxii. 



Mirage, 7. 



Missionaries, at Eotuma Island, 

 xxi. ; E. T. Doane, xxii. ; Ameri- 

 can in Sandwich Islands, 3 ; old 

 witticism relating to Fijian, 56 ; 

 general remarks on, 59-61 ; the 

 French in Fiji, 61 ; Samoa, 227 ; 

 ill-feeling existing between mis- 

 sionaries and traders, 236 ; mis- 

 sionaries in Tonga, 294, 310 ; in 

 New Hebrides, 320; San Ber- 

 nardo, 329 ; Marquesas Group, 

 334, 336 ; Marshall Group, 342. 



Moka (Fijian), meaning of term, 36. 



Moli apple (Fijian fruit), 54. 



Molokai (Sandwich Group), 4. 



Monteverde Island (Caroline Group), 

 356. 



Moore, Mr., 201. 



Moorea or Eimeo (Society Islands), 

 364, 369. 



Mortgage (in Fiji), 171, 173-175. 



Mortlock Island (Caroline Group), 

 356. 



Moseley, Mr. H. N., F.R.S., xxiii. 



Mosquitoes, 131, 166, 167, 206, 218. 



Mota Island, Grammar of language 

 xxiii. 



Mother of Pearl. (See under Pearl.) 



Motungongau Island. (See Nassau.) 



Moulton, Rev. J. E., work on Poly- 

 nesian Dictionary, xx. 



Moumoua (Tongan chief), 292. 



Mudu (chief of the Quali Mari), 38. 



Mulinunu (Samoa), 226, 227. 



Miiller (Dr. Friedrich's) ' Sketch 

 of Sawaiori Languages,' xviii. 



Na Cagi Levu (Fijian chief), 33. 

 Nadi (Fiji), 38. 

 Na Drau (Fiji), 71. 

 Nadroga, Fijian province, 50 ; Fi- 

 jian harbour, 38. 



Naicobocobo (Fijian mythology), 64. 

 Naitisiri (Fijian province), 50, 207, 



209. 



Naitono (Fijian mythology), 65. 

 Na Lotu, massacre of inhabitants 



by cannibals, 72. 

 Namena massacre (Fiji), 81. 

 Namosi (Fiji), 156, 210. 

 Nangiia timber, 321, 330. 

 Nanomea Island, 344. 

 Naples, Bay of, surpassed in beauty 



by the harbour of Apia, 226. 

 'Napoleon of the Pacific,' Kame- 



hameha so called, 3. 

 Narrafjansett, IJ.S.S., 242. 

 Nasaucoko (Fijian town), 37, 38. 

 Na-Seivau (Fiji), 210. 

 Nasova (suburb of Levuka), 28 ; 



episode at, 190, 191. 

 Nassau Island, 330. 

 Na Ulivou, chief of Bau, 19. 

 Navigators' Islands. (See Samoan 



Group. ) 



Navuso (Fiji), 208, 209. 

 Ndanthina (Fijian mythology), 65. 

 Ndengi (Fijian mythology), 64, 110. 

 Negrito Polynesian. (See Papuan). 

 New Britain, peopled by Papuan 



race, xiii. ; philological work on, 



xxiii. 



New Caledonia, xiii., xxiii., 363. 

 Newfoundland, 245. 

 Ne%v Georgia (Solomon Group), 361. 

 New Guinea, ix., xiii., xxiii., 267. 



