CONTENTS. xxi 



CHAPTER XVI. 



UJI— SOLOMON GBO CAP— continued. 



(August 29 to 30.) 



Alarm on board — Pigeon shooting in the trees — Natural history — Ornamental 

 tie-beam-^A village hall 258-263 



CHAPTER XVII. 



SAN- CHRI8T0 VAL—SOL OMON (?/fO C7P— continued. 



(August 30 to September 4.) 



Anchor at Wanga — Arrival of canoes — Barter — A walk in the island — A native 

 carving resembling a European hat — A grimly decorated canoe-house — 

 Opossum — A glutinous fruit — 'N'illajje — Women entirely naked — Human 

 skulls — Curious groups of natives — Constant state of warfare — Fishing in a 

 river — Anchor at Hada — A self-styled king — A nigger who treats the natives 

 ns niggers — The bishop and the murderer of one of his teachers — Appearance 

 of the natives 204-273 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



GUADALCANAL— SOLOMON GltOUP— continued. 



(September 4 to 5.) 



Marau Sound — Curafoa Harbour — Visit ashore — Marslies — Dwellings — Men 

 and women — The Island of Malata in the distance .... 274-276 



CHAPTER XIX. 



FL OlilDA—SOL OMON Gj!?0 CP— continued. 



(September 5 to 7.) 



Aspect of the island — Gulf of Mboli, and anchorage in Port Wiseman — Native 

 canoes — Ornaments — Barter — Judicious advice not to land — Fishing on the 

 reef — Uneasiness caused by the prolonged absence of our hj-drographic 

 officer — Important result of Mr. Scudamore's survey . . . 277-285 



CHAPTER XX. 



YSABEL— SOLOMON Gi?OCrP— continued. 



(September 7 to 10.) 



At anchor in St. George's Bay — Cockatoo Island — Barter — Ebony trees — Trip 

 inland — Difficult walk — A convoy of women — Houses perched in trees — 

 Pigeon Island . 280-293 



