CONTENTS. xii 



CHAPTER XVI. 



UJl— SOLOMON eflOC/P— continued. 



(August 29 to 30.) 



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

 tie-beam — A village hall 258-203 



CHAPTER XVn. 



SAN- CHEISTO VAL—SOL OMON GE C7P— contimied. 



(August 30 to Septembee 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 — Village — 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 

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

 of the natives 2G4-273 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



GUABALCANAB— SOLOMON GEOUP— continued. 



(Septembee 4 to 5.) 



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

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



CHAPTER XIX. 



FL OEWA—SOL OMON GE &"P— continued. 



(Septembeb 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 hydrographic 

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



CHAPTER XX. 



YSABEL— SOLOMON Gi?0;7P— continued. 



(Septembee 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 . 286-293 



