INDEX 



479 



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EAR omaments of the natives of Santa 

 Cruz Islands, 246, 247 



Ebony trees of Ysabel Island, 289 



Efat, island of. See Vate 



Eleanor, Queen of Golea, 174. Her 

 dress, 174. Her arguments in defence 

 of polygamj', 176 



Elephantiasis in Tutuila, 57. Among 

 the Samoans, 83 



Eoa, island of, 112. Vegetation of, 134 



Eramanga, visit to, 204, 297. Moun- 

 tains of, 297. War among the natives 

 of, 298. Sandal-wood and Kauri pine 

 of, 298, 299. Shells and birds of, 

 299, 300. The village of Sifu bom- 

 barded, 302. Visit to Dillon's Bay, 

 304, 305. Area of the island, 318. 

 Diseases of, 318. Government of, 319. 

 Infanticide in, 319. Their god Nabu, 

 320. Captain Edwards and his for- 

 tune, 320. Articles exported, 320. 

 Vegetation of, 321. Birds and wea- 

 pons of, 823 



Eramanga, island of, 1 94 



Erronan, or Fotuna, island of, 201 



Erskine, Captain, Ms account of the Nine 

 Islanders, 31 



Espiritu-Santo, island of, 233 



Eutassa, or Auricaria excelsa, the Nor- 

 folk Island pine, 5, 1 1 



FALATELE, or public house of re- 

 ception at Feleasau, 37 



Fala-teles, 78 



Fate, island of. See Vate 



Feleasau, village of, 36, 78 



Fijian idols, 146, 147 



Fijians, model of a buri, or temple 

 of the, 147. Suppression of can- 

 nibalism among them, 165. Jack- 

 son's praise of them, 168. Capt. Er- 

 skine's confirmation of it, 168. Their 

 intelligence and acuteness, 169. Their 

 songs and hymns, 169. Their pro- 

 verbs, 170. Their capacity of con- 

 versing, 170. Their love of fun and 

 jest, 170. What value they attach to 



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truth, 171. Their readiness to welcome 

 foreigners, 172. Notices of the islands, 

 179, Population of all the islands,179. 

 Government of, 179. Dialects of, 180. 

 Mythology of the Fijians, 180. Pro- 

 gress of the islanders in civilisation, 

 183. Their food, 183. Temperature 

 of Fiji, 183. Diseases of the people, 



183. Depopulation of tlie islands, 183. 

 Rapidity of the vegetation of, 184. 

 European population of the group, 



184. Contact of the islanders with 

 Europeans, 184. Land in the islands, 



185. Offer of the islands to Britain, 



185. Internal trade, note 185. Native 

 notions respecting property in land, 



186. Value of the exports in 1863 and 

 1864, 187. Articles of commerce, 189. 

 Introduction of the sugar-cane and 

 coffee, 189. Ai'ticles most in demand 

 in Fiji, 190. Land purchasable in, 

 191. System of scanty cultivation, 

 191. Climate of, healthy, 191 Excel- 

 lence of the wool of, 192. Rapid in- 

 crease of the ilocks of, 193 



Fire, method of igniting wood, 151 



Fishes of Niue Island, 25. Of Tu- 

 tuila, 60. Flying fish, 144. Found 

 in the South Sea Islands, 411. Of 

 Tongatabu, 135. Poisonous fish, 214 



Florida, island of, 277. Natives of, 278, 

 280, 282. Gulf of Mboli, 279. 

 Canoes of the island, 279. Shield 

 and two-handed clubs, 281. Beauty 

 of the island, 284. Madrepore, reef 

 at, 283, 289. Villages of, 284. Is 

 divided by a creek or channel, 295 



Fl3'ing fish, swarms of, 144 



Foljambe, Mr., meets with a waterfall 

 at Waitoba, 150. Goes up to Viria 

 and Naitasiri, 157 



Fotuna, or Erronan, isle of, 201 



France, Port-de-, visit to, 328, 329. 

 Town of, 336, 837. View of, 836 



French lady, and her turn for natural 

 history, 147. Supplies the author 

 with a collection, 148 



