xiv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



CULTIVATION — FOOD, <fec. 



Cultivation — Sago Palm — Diet essentially Vegetarian — Common Vegetables 

 and Fruits — Modes of Cooking — Articles of Animal Food — Modes of 

 Cooking — Tobacco Smoking — Betel Chewing ... pp. 81-97 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERS AND RACE AFFINITIES OF THESE ISLANDERS. 



Race Affinities — Migrations of the Pacific Islanders — Evidence derived from 

 the Native Names of Littoral Trees — A Typical Solomon Islander 

 — Variations in the Type — Physical Measurements — Height — 

 Weight — Limbs — Skull — Features — Hair — Colour of Skin — Powers 

 of Vision — Colour-sense — Gestures and Expressions of the Emotions 

 — Disposition — The Estimation of Dumont D'Urville — My Own 



pp. 98-129 



CHAPTER VIL 



DRESS — TATTOOING — SONGS, &C. 



Dress — Personal Ornaments — Fondness for Decorating Themselves with 

 Flowers— Tattooing — Head Coverings — Ornamentation — Songs — • 

 Musical Instruments — Dances — Boys' Games ... pp. 130-145 



CHAPTER VIIL 



CANOES FISHING HUNTING. 



Canoes — Paddles and Paddling — Fishing — Kite Fishing — Fish-Spear — Nets 

 — Hooks — Snares — Dynamite — Pig Hunting — Wild Dogs — Opos- 

 sums — Path-Finding ... ... ... ... pp. 14G-162 



CHAPTER IX. 



PREVALENT DISEASES 



Medicine-Men. — Indifference to the Sick — Great Recuperative Powers after 

 Severe Injuries — The Hot-Stone Treatment — Nostalgic Melancholy 

 — Ulcers — Solomon Island or Tokelau Ringworm — Very Widely- 

 spread and very Prevalent in the Western Pacific — Has spread 

 Eastward from the Indian Arclupelago — Pustular Eruptive Disease 

 of ("hildren — Epidemics of Influenza and Mumps — Elepliantiasis — 

 Congenital Deformities — Venereal Diseases — Susceptibility to Small 

 Falls of Temperature — Mental Diseases rare ... pp. 163-179 



CHAPTi:i{ X. 



A VOCABULARY OF UOUGAINVILLE STRAITS. 



Vocabulary of Bougainville Straits — Divisions of the Solomon Island 

 Languages — Aflinities of tlie Vocabulary — Important Clues afforded 



