CONTENTS. 



CHAPTKR PAGE 



I. Madeira 1 



II. Cape de Verdes. Rio de Janeiro 6 



III. Rio de Janeiro 10 



IV. The Brazils. Rio Negro, Terra del Fuego .15 



V. Terra del Fuego. Southern Cruise 22 



VI. Southern Cruise. Valparaiso 30 



VII. Chili 37 



VIII. Peru 46 



IX. Peru (continued) 51 



X. Paumotu Group 62 



XI. Tahiti 73 



XII. Tahiti and Eimeo 80 



XIII. Samoan Group. Rose Island. Tutuila 87 



XIV. Samoan Group. Upolu. Savaii 94 



XV. TheSamoans 103 



XVI. New South Wales 116 



XVII. Antarctic Cruise 129 



/ XVIII. Antarctic Cruise. Proceedings of the Vincennes 139 



V^ XIX. Antarctic Cruise (continued) 150 



XX. New Zealand 160 



XXI. Tongataboo 178 



XXII. Feejee Group. Island of Ovolau 192 



XXIII. Customs of the Feejee Group 202 



XXIV. Feejee Group. Rewa 215 



XXV. Feejee Group (continued) 227 



XXVI. Feejee Group (concluded) 240 



XXVII. Hawaiian Group or Sandwich Islands 251 



XXVIII. Hawaiian Group (continued) 258 



XXIX. Hawaiian Group (concluded) 269 



XXX. Paumotu Group and Penrhyn Island 276 



XXXI. Oregon 279 



XXXII. De Fuca's Straits and Loss of the Peacock 285 



XXXIII. Cruise of the Peacock and Flying- Fish from Oahu to the Bar of the 



Columbia 292 



XXXIV. California 301 



XXXV. San Francisco to Manilla 307 



XXXVI. Manilla 314 



XXXVII. Sooloo . 327 



XXXVIII. Singapore 338 



XXXIX. Cape of Good Hope 346 



Appendix 360 



Index . . . 369 



