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INDEX. 



BUE 



Bun, a fruit found at San Christoval, 



2G6 

 Byron, Lord, scene of an adventure in 



his poem of ' The Island,' 98, 101 



CALEDONIA, New, view of, from 

 the sea, 326. Waterfall at Un- 



diana, 326. Havannah Passage, 320. 



Port Goro and Good Cove, 326, 327. 



Vegetation of, 327. Birds of, 327. 



Canoes of, 328, 329. Affairs of the 



Isle of Lifu, 334. Visit to the model 



farm of Yahove, 337. Natives of, 



341. Religion of the people, 342. 



Their wars, 343. Women of, in 



battle, 343. Customs of, 343, 344. 



The Kev. Mr. Murray's account of the 



people, 344. Captain Cook's visit 



to, 344. Careful cultivation of, 345. 



Remarkable system of irrigation, 345. 



Women in, 346. Remains of ancient 



aqueducts, 347 

 Cannibalism, suppression of, in Fiji, 



1G5. Conjecture as to origin of, 165. 



Of the natives of Tanna, 209 

 Candle-nut tree {Aleurites triloba), 134 

 Canoe, a double war-, 56. Canoes of 



Vavau, 90. Of Tonga, 136. Of 



Florida Island, 279 

 Caves, curious, on coast of Vavau, 97, 99 

 Cascade Bay, 4, 5. Beauty of, 5 

 Cascade St.ation, Norfolk Island, G 

 Cascade in Upolu, 84. Of Waitoba, 



150 

 Centipedes of gi-eat size on Norfolk 



Island, 11 

 Chevron, M., French missionary at 



Tongatabu, 119. Visit to him, 120 

 Clubs of the natives of Florida Island, 



281 

 Cockatoo, or Eastern, Islet, in St. 



George's Bay, 286. SmaUness of, 287. 



Natives of, 287 

 Cocoa-nut fibre, great quantity to be 



had in the Fiji Islands, 189 

 Cocoa-nut trees -of Eramanga, 321 



Div 



Cocoa-nut oil in Upolu, 85. Of Ton- 

 gatabu, 135. Of Tutuila Island, 46. 

 Of the Fiji Islands, 187 



Cocos Island, or Boscawen's Island, 189 



Coffee, cultivation of, in the Fiji Is- 

 lands, 89. Of New Caledonia, 345 



Cole, Mr., the American Consul at 

 Upolu, 66 



Contrarieties Island. See Ulakua 



Coral beach of the island of San Chris- 

 toval, 265 



Cotton planting at Tongatabu, 136. At 

 Ovalalu, 146. Cultivation in the 

 Fiji Islands, 187, 188. Grown and 

 exported from Anatom, 199 



Crabs, land, in Upolu, their peculiar 

 habits, 86 



Crater, an ancient, in L'^polu, 84. One 

 in the Island of Savaii, 84 



Creelman, a cotton planter, his petition 

 to the captain of the ' Curafoa,' 154, 

 155 



Croker, Captain, his siege of, and 

 death at, Bea, 113 



' Cui-afoa,' accident to the, 297. Visit 

 from King George of Tonga, 115, 

 117. Visited by two French mis- 

 sionaries. 117 



Cypraea moneta, or Nunpuri, passes as 

 money in Eramanga, 299 



'T\AY SPRING' accompanies the 

 -L' ' Curafoa ' to Havannah Harbour, 



216, 218. Goes to port of Vila, 233 

 Deception Isle, 216 

 Deification of warriors and friends 



among the Fijians, 181 

 Dent, Commander, leads the men of the 



'Curafoa' at the attack on Tanna, 



202, 203 

 Dillon's Bay, 297. Visit to, 304. Cost 



of a woman at, .304 

 Diploptera of the South Sea Islands, 468 

 Diseases of Tutuila, 57. Of the Sa- 



moans, 83 

 Diving of the natives of ^'avau, 09-101 



