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INDEX. 



bearing on the language, xix., 

 xxii., xxiii. ; the vicinity of sub- 

 marine volcanoes, 16 ; commu- 

 nication by sailing-vessel with 

 Levuka (Fiji), 56, 57, 211 ; dis- 

 tance from Levuka, 211 ; geo- 

 graphical position, extent, and 

 population of the group, 212 ; 

 enumeration and area of islands 

 comprised in the group, 212 ; 

 Savaii, 212, 213; Upolu, 213, 

 214 ; Olosenga, Manono, and 

 Tutuila, 214 ; Pango-Pango har- 

 bour, 214-216 ; climate and at- 

 mospheric changes, 215 - 218 ; 

 European and American resi- 

 dent population, 217 ; health 

 statistics, 217, 218; physical 

 and moral characteristics of the 

 natives, 219, 221-223, 227 ; tat- 

 tooing, 219, 220; dress, 220; 

 mats, 220, 221 ; hair-dressing, 

 221 ; house and canoe building, 

 221 ; eloquence, 223, 224 ; fer- 

 tility of the land, 224 ; its pro- 

 ducts, 215, 224-226; the har- 

 bour of Apia, 226, 227, 228 ; kava- 

 drinking, 228, 229; a Samoan 

 dinner, 229 ; probability of an- 

 nexation, 230 ; pearl - fisheries, 

 259 ; prevalent native disease, 

 319 ; wages given to Line Island 

 labourers, 315 ; curious marriage 

 custom, 315 ; traditions, various, 

 348, 349 ; concerning the origin 

 of the world, 344, 345 ; the de- 

 velopment of animal life, 345, 

 346 ; the origin of fire, 346, 347. 



Sandal wood, 355. 



Sandwich Group, probable early 

 settlers, xii. ; peopled by Sa- 

 waiori race, xiii. ; authorities 

 on language, xix. ; length of 

 voyage from London, 1 ; San 

 Francisco route to, and general 

 description of islands, 2 ; their 

 history, 2, 3 ; introduction of 

 Christianity, 2, 3 ; ancient rites 

 and traditions, 3 ; present state 

 of civilisation, 3-6 ; the army, 

 islands comprised in group (see 

 also under separate headings), 



and population, 4 ; trade, 4, 6; 

 the inhabitants, their costume, 

 etc., description of Pali and road 

 to, 5 ; the products, labour 

 schemes, and treaties, 6 ; the 

 climate, decline of native popu- 

 lation, and particulars concern- 

 ing Honolulu, 7 ; burial customs, 

 62 ; sarsaparilla found by Dr. 

 Seeman in the group, 133 ; yield 

 of sugar per acre per annum, 

 151 ; use of candle-nut in, 190 ; 

 wages obtained by Line Island 

 labourers, 315. 



San Francisco, 2, 56. 



Sang, Mons. Frederic, Preface. 



San Pablo. (See Palmerston Is- 

 land.) 



Santa Cruz Island, Preface. 



Sarsaparilla, 133. 



Savage, Charley, 19. 



Savage or Nieue Island, xxi. ; 

 223, 232, 320, 321. 



Savaii (Samoa), 8, 212, 213. 



Savu-Savu Bay (Fiji), 27, 176-198. 



Sawaiori races and languages, x., 

 xv., xvii., xviii., xix., xxi., xxii. 



Schiedam gin, 106. 



Scotch fishermen, 125. 



Screw palm. (See Panclanus.) 



Sealsland Cotton, 141,203-205,224. 



Sea Island Cotton seed, 205. 



Seeman, Dr., 18, 64, 133, 158. 



Selia Levu (Fiji), 200. 



Senna, 136, 137. 



Shaddocks, 54, 141. 



Sheppey, Isle of, 325. 



Sigatoka, town in Fiji, 39, 40 ; 

 Fijian river, 36. 



Silonies, 229. 



Sinnet, 76. 



Skull-cap, The, 278, 279. 



Slave-trade, 48, 54, 55. 



Smith, The Hon. J. C., 198. 



Smith, Mr. Donald, 187. 



Smith and Aitchison, Messrs. ,201. 



Smythe, Colonel, 18. 



Snakes, of Fiji, 137. 



Society, Fijian, six classes of, 87. 



Society Islands, peopled by Sa- 

 waiori race, xiv.; political stand- 

 ing, geographical position, ex- 



