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INDEX. 



motus fisheries, 253 ; the oyster's 

 powers of locomotion, 253, 254 ; 

 the spawn probably deposited 

 outside the lagoons, in which the 

 oysters are afterwards found, 

 254,255 ; history of the Tuamotus 

 fisheries, 256 ; large profits made 

 by beachcombers, 256, 257 ; 

 native pearl-divers, 257, 258 ; 

 average cost of raising shell per 

 ton, 258 ; the Empress Eugenie's 

 pearl necklace, 258 ; shell used 

 for special purposes, 258-259 ; 

 bargaining for pearls, 259 ; pearls 

 of the Paahua oyster, 258-260 ; 

 found at various islands, 322, 330, 

 331, 354, 355, 356, 362, 369. 



Pease, Captain, 241. 



Peckham, Mr., 202. 



Peninsular and Oriental S.S. Co., 

 164, 165. 



Penrhyn Island, 257. 



Pentecost (New Hebrides), 319. 



Pepper, 155. 



Perouse, La, Preface, 337. 



Peru, 122. 



Petherick's, Mr. E. A., catalogue of 

 works bearing on Australia and 

 the Pacific, xxiv. 



Philippine Islands, 16. 



Phoenix Islands, peopled by Sawai- 

 ori race, xiv. 



Pillans, Mr., 192. 



Pinard, M., xxi. 



Pine-apples, 54, 141, 156. 



Pinkham, Captain, 243. 



Pitcairn's Island antiquities, 62, 63. 



Plantains, 141, 158. 



Poisoning, professional, in Fiji, 132. 



Polygamy, its practice formerly 

 in Fiji, 87. 



Polynesia, the people of, ix., its 

 commercial importance, Preface. 



Polynesian Land Co., 23. 



Polyparia, 12, 13. 



Pomare, the Great, of Tahiti, 324. 



Pomegranates, 54. 



Pomelo tree, 155. 



Ponape. (See Ascension Island.) 



Population : Fanning's Island, 340 ; 

 Fiji, 12; Kingsniills, 313, 316; 

 Levuka, 46 ; Marquesas, 334 ; 



Papeite, 369 ; Samoa, 212 ; 

 Sandwich Islands, 4, 7 ; Savage 

 Island, 321 ; Society Islands, 364 ; 

 Whites engaged in commerce in 

 Fiji, 121 ; Tonga, 287. 



Porpoise, U.S.S., 252, 262. 



Potatoes, 194. 



Pottery manufacture in Fiji, 99, 

 118, 119. 



Pratt's, Rev. G., Samoan Dic- 

 tionary, xix. 



Prescott, Mr., 63. 



Priests, Fijian, 41. 



Prince William's Island, Fiji Group 

 so called by Tasman, 18. 



Pritchard, Mr., 21. 



Products (see also under separate 

 headings, e.g. Btche de mer, 

 Pearl, Cotton, Sugar, etc.) : As- 

 cension Island, 354 ; Austral 

 Group, 336 ; Ellice Islands, 343 

 Fanning's Island, 341 ; Fiji, 133 

 141-162; Hervey Island, 337 

 Hogoleu (Caroline Group), 355 

 356 ; Manihiki Island, 331 

 Marshall Group, 341 ; Monte- 

 verdeandMortlock Islands (Caro- 

 line Group), 356 ; Nassau Island, 

 330 ; Rakahanga, 333 ; Raro- 

 tonga, 337 ; Samoa, 215, 224- 

 226 ; San Bernardo, 330 ; Sand- 

 wich Group, 4, 6 ; Solomon Group, 

 362, 363 ; Tahiti or Society 

 Group, 369, 370 ; Tonga, 133, 

 311, 312 ; Tuamotus or Low 

 Archipelago, 324-327. 



Proverbial sayings, 349. 



Pukapuka or San Bernardo Island, 

 329, 330. 



Puraka plant, 311. 



Pyjamas, 166. 



Quali Mari (Fijian tribe), 38, 40. 

 Qualis (Fijian), 91. 

 Queen, The, 33, 70, 311, 324. 

 Quinine, a remedy for elephantia- 

 sis, 217. 



Quiros, Fernando, Preface. 

 Quixote, Don, quotation from, 248. 



Rabi (Fiji), 153. 



Ra (Fijian province), 50. 



