xviii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



UPOLU-SAMOAN GROUP— continued. 



(July 5 to 10.) 



Apia Bay— Consul Williams, son of the Martyr of Ei-amanga— Mischief caused 

 by a hurricane — Resident strangers— Baptisms on board — Sunday at Apia- 

 Catholic bishop— Protestant missionary— Missionary disputes— History of 

 a Bible in the Ellice Islands — Unfair treatment of natives— Visit of the 

 great chief Malietoa — Inconsistent appreciations of native character — Re- 

 markable testimonies in favour of the Samoans — Natives and whites — Man- 

 ners and customs — Ancient crater — Cascade — Island products . 61-87 



CHAPTER V. 

 VAVAU- TONGA GROUP. 



(JlLY 10 TO 15.) 



Boscawen and Keppel Islands — Sandy point — Excursion on shore — Mission- 

 aries — Village of Neiafu — Visit to the governor David Unga — His singular 

 mutilation — The guide Papalangi — Roads and convicts — Volcano of Latte 

 — Curious natural grottoes — Population — Diseases — Government — Laws — 

 Products 83-103 



CHAPTER VI. 



TONGA TAB U— TONGA GROUP— confmnadi 



(July 17 tu 22.) 



Numerous islands — Volcano of Latte — First trip on shore — Royal palace — 

 Schools — Muscular Christianity — The Wesley an Mission and its chapel — 

 Captain Croker and the siege of Bea — Catholic and Protestant missionaries 

 — Their mission houses — Their mutual criminations, and recriminations — 

 Visit to King George — The king's return visit — His Majesty dines on board 

 — Fear of the French — A dinner at the king's — Catholic missionaries — 

 Cmmcil-house — The Kava Ring — Public school examinations — Native diver- 

 sions — Tongan Stonehenge — The island and its productions — Climate — 

 Maladies — Population — The race and its customs — Christianity and its 

 effects — Relations of the Topgans with the Fijians — Government and con- 

 stitution 104-142 



CHAPTER VII. 



OVALAU—FIJI GROUP. 



(July 26 to 29.) 



The Island of Neau — Anchorage at Levuka — A visit on shore — The consul 

 and his clerk absent — A French lady and her turn for natural history — 

 Excursion into the interior — Method of kindling wood — Canoe building — 

 Appearance of the natives — Sharks aud sword-fish .... 14:1-153 



