INDEX, 



397 



etc., 324 ; the products, 324- 

 327 ; trade, 327-329 ; govern- 

 ment, 3C3 ; tradition, 64 ; pearl- 

 fisheries, etc., 247, 248, 249, 253, 

 256, 257, 258. 



Tubuai (Austral Group, 336. 



Tubu Neuha (Tongan chief), 289- 

 291. 



Tubu Toa (Tongan chief), 291. 



Tui Bua (Fijian chief), 33. 



Tui Cakau (Fijian king), his fune- 

 ral, 76-80 ; contrasted with that 

 of one of his successors, 83-85. 



Tui-hala-Fatai (Tongan chief), 288, 

 289, 290. 



Tui B,a, quoted in reference to 

 beche-de-mer fishing, 125. 



Tui Thakau (Fijian chief), 33. 



Tuitonga (Tongan rank), 301, 302, 

 306, 307, 308. 



Tui Viti, Cacobau so-called, 18. 



Turmeric, 141. 



Turner, Dr., ix., 218. 



Turtle, The Hawk's-bill, 264, 265 ; 

 native customs concerning the 

 proprietorship of turtle when 

 caught, 279, 280 ; uses to which 

 it is put, 279, 280; its weight 

 and the value of its oil, 280 ; its 

 flesh highly esteemed by the 

 natives, 280 ; method of killing 

 the turtle and withdrawing its 

 shell, 280, 284, 338; cooking 

 arrangements and preservation 

 of oil and meat, 280, 281 ; how 

 caught, 281-284; the instinct 

 shown by the female in the se- 

 cretion of her eggs, 282, 283; 

 the eggs described, 284 ; fishers 

 of Palmerston Island, 321; found 

 in Hervey Group, 337 ; Huon 

 Kermadec Group, 338; Fiji, 139, 

 140. 



Tutuila Island (Samoa), 212, 214, 

 217. 



Twain, Mark, 176, 188, 202. 



Uea or Uvea dialect, xx i.,xxii. ,xxiii. 



Umi, King, of Hawaii, 3. 



Union Group. (See Tokelau 



Islands. ) 

 United States Government claim 



upon King Cacobau of Fiji, 22. 



Upolu Island (Samoa), 212, 213, 

 214; Apia, 212, 216, 217, 218, 

 226, 227, 228. 



Urutetefa (Tahitian mythology), 

 367. 



Uvea. (See Uea.) 



Vaca Acawooli, 305. 



Vagadace, suburb of Levuka, 46. 



Vakadredre (Fijian funeral rite), 



80. 



Vakandua (Fiji), 210. 

 Vakavidiulo (Fijian funeral rite), 



80. 



Valaga (Fiji), 192, 195, 198. 

 Valenza, Cardinal, Preface. 

 Vancouver's Island, 2. 

 Vanikoro (Santa Cruz Group), 



Preface. 



Vanilla, 155, 224, 370. 

 Vanua Balavu (Fiji), 12, 20. 

 Vanua Levu (Fiji), 11, 17, 2], 105, 



153, 160, 176, 210. 

 Vasa or Rewa, Fijian medicinal 



tree, 133. 

 Vasco Nunez de Balboa, particulars 



concerning, vii. 

 Vavau (Tonga), 286, 287, 288. 

 Veachi (Tongan chief), 301. 

 Verata (Fijian chief), 19. 

 Violette's, Father, Samoan Gram- 

 mar and Polyglot Dictionary, xix. 

 Viti Levu, ii., 15, 17, 28, 34-43, 



145, 153, 154, 160, 210. 

 Voaux, Geo. W. des, 49. 

 Vogel, Sir Jiilius, Preface. 

 Volcanic disturbances, 15, 16, 17. 

 Voyages, Long, in open boats, 63. 

 Vuna (Fiji), 200, 201. 

 Vuni Valu (Fijian hereditary title), 



19. 



Vu-ni-wai-Levu(Fiji),177, 178,181. 

 Vunmarama dialect, xxiii. 



Wai Manu river (Fiji), 208, 209. 

 Wai Ndia river (Fiji), 210. 

 Wai-ni-kumi (Water of the beard), 



209. 



Wairiki (Fiji), 201. 

 Waitova Falls (Fiji), 51, 52, 187. 

 Wai Wai (Fiji), 179, 181-183, 189, 



192, 202. 

 Wakeman, Captain, 214. 



