INDEX. 



393 



Ra Bithi (Fijian chief), massacre 

 in honour of, 81. 



Rabone's, Rev. S., Tongan Voca- 

 bulary, xix. 



Race, the Polynesian divided into 

 three classes, ix. ; the Sawaiori, 

 x.-xiii.; the Tarapon, xii. ; the 

 Papuan, ix., x., xii., xiii., 319; 

 lists of islands peopled by the 

 three distinctive races of Pacific, 

 xiii., xiv. ; race peopling Mar- 

 shall Group, 342 ; Solomon 

 Group, 360 ; Society Group, 364. 



Radack Chain (Marshall Archi- 

 pelago), xxii.; Strings', or Kusaie 

 Island, 351. 



Radik and Ralick Chains. (See 

 Marshall Group.) 



Raiatea (Society Islands), 363. 



Railway, American Trans-conti- 

 nental, 1. 



Rakahanga Island, industry and 

 civilisation of the natives, 331, 

 332 ; their laws, characteristics, 

 religion, etc., 332, 333 : their 

 refusal to trade with passing 

 vessels and^their reason, 333, 334. 



Ra Kambasanga (Fijian mytho- 

 logy), 65. 



Raki-Raki (district in Fiji), 207. 



Ralick and Radik Chains (See 

 Marshall Group.) 



Rambi Plantation Co., 162. 



Raoul (Huon Kermadec Group), 

 337, 338. 



Rapa (Austral Group), 257, 336. 



Rapa Iti. (See Oporo. ) 



Rapanui Islands, xxi. 



Rarotonga (Hervey Group), xx., 

 337. 



Ratans, 158. 



Ratu Joe (son of King Cacobau), 

 circumstances of his marriage, 

 86. 



Ratu Savanatha, 25. 



Ra Undreundre (Fijian gourmand), 

 68. 



Ravu-Ravu (Fijian mythology), 65. 



Reefs. (See Coral reefs.) 



Religion. (See also Christianity.) 

 Its observance by Sawaiori 

 races, xii. ; its introduction into 



Fiji, 59, 61 ; Tonga, 302, 303 ; 



Line Islands, 314. 

 Rewa (Fijian province), 56. 

 Rewa river (Fiji), 11, 39, 50, 202, 



207-210. 



Rewa tree. (See Vasa.) 

 Rheumatism, Fijian remedy for, 



135. 



Rice, 155, 224. 

 Richards, Admiral, 341. 

 Roberts, Mr., 207. 

 Robinson, Sir Hercules, 24. 

 Rocholl, Mr. H., 378. 

 Rodi. (See Beche-de-mer.) 

 Roggewein, The discoverer, Pre- 

 face. 

 Roko Bati-dua (Fijian mythology), 



65. 



Rokola (Fijian mythology), 64. 

 Rokora (Fijian mythology), 64. 

 Rokos (Fijian), 33, 50, 91, 94. 

 Rosewood, 158. 

 Rotuma Island, xxi. 

 Rouankiti (Ascension Island), 353. 

 Rowena (a Fijian servant), story 



concerning, 105. 

 JRoyal Gazette, The Fijian, 49. 

 Rugg, Captain, 252. 

 Ruins, Ascension Island, 353,354; 



Easter Island, 357-360 ; Strong's 



Island, 352. 

 Rum, distilled in Fiji, 52, 160 ; 



in Tonga, 312. 



Rurutu (Austral Group), 336. 

 Ryder (Messrs.), 141, 162,203, 204, 



205, 206. 



Saavedra, Alonzo de, Preface, 341. 



Sabbatarianism in Tonga, 310. 



St. Augustine Island (Ellice 

 Group), 343. 



St. Christoval Island (Solomon 

 Group), 361, 362. 



St. Thomas, 185. 



St. Mary, U.S.S., 22. 



Sal, 158. 



Samoan Group, peculiarities of the 

 language and method of address, 

 xi., 219 ; probable early settlers, 

 xii. ; peopled by the Sawaiori 

 race, xiv. ; the construction of 

 the language, xv., 219 ; works 



