INDEX. 



ADA 



ADAMS, George, son of a mutineer of 

 the ' Bounty,' 4 



Alofi, a village in Nine Island, 20 



Ambrym Island, 233 



Amedi5e, lighthouse of, 329 



Amed, island of, 329 



Anatom, island of, visit to, 193. Beauty 

 of, 193. Whale fishery of, 19o, 199. 

 Climate of, 195. Hurricanes of, 195. 

 Population of, 195. Diseases of, 196. 

 Causes of a decrease of the population 

 of, 196. Language of, 196. Character 

 and acquirements of the natives, 196, 

 197. Missionaries and their work, 

 197. Government of, 198. Fruits 

 and vegetables of, 198, 199. Exports 

 from, 199. Indigenous rat of the 

 island, 199. Birds of, 199. Reptiles 

 of, 200. Fish of, 200. Insects of, 200. 

 Common articles of barter, 200. Red 

 earth of, 207 



Animals in Upolu, 86 



Ants of Guadalcanar, 275 



Anuu, or Cocoanut Island, -37 



Aoloau, village of, in Tutuila Island, 57 



Api Island, 283 



Apia Bay, in Upolu, 61, 62. Food to be 

 obtained iit, 85 



Arrowroot in the Fiji Islands, 189 



Ass's Ears on Florida Island, the roclcs 

 so called, 278 



Asur, an active volcano of, 211 



Ava made on Tutuila Island, 50. For- 



BUK 



bidden by the missionaries in the 

 Hawaiian Archipelago, 51. Ava 

 (Piper niephystieimi) plentiful in 

 Tanna, 213 



BALISTES, native bas-relief of, 261 

 Ball's Pyramid, 2, 3 



Banks' Islands, visit to, 233, 23-1. Na- 

 tives of, 240 



Bea, Captain Croker's siege of, and 

 death at, 113 



Beche-de-Mer, yield of, in the Fiji Is- 

 lands, 189 



Birds of Nine Island, 25. Of Tutuila, 

 49. In Upolu, 86. Of Tongatabu, 

 112, 135. Of Ovalau, 1.52. Of San 

 Christoval, 269. Found at sea, 296. 

 Found in the South Sea Islands, 

 353. 



Bligh Island, 234 



Bocatatanoa, or the Great Argo, 144 



Boutan, M., manager of the model farm 

 at Yahove, 337. His plough, 339 



Boscawen, or Cocos Island, 89 



Braidwood, Mr., on Tutuila Island, 50, 

 51 



Brazier, Mr., accompanies the cruise of 

 the ' Cura^oa ' as shell collector, 2 



Bread-fruit wood never attacked by 

 worms, 85 



Biiena Vista, 'sland of, 286 



Buke-Levu, mountain clilf of, 177 



