INDEX. 



691 



Nott, Mr., senior missionary at Ota- 

 heite, translation of Bible, 517. 



Obstruction Sound, 198 — large canoes 

 and vvig\vanis deserted, swan-traps, 

 deer, 199. 



Oens, or Coin men, inroads, 205, 206 

 — at Woollya, 325, 326. 



Organ Mountains, 80, 8-2. 



Osorno, Mount, in eruption, 378 — 

 height, form, 379. 



Ostriches near river Santa Cruz, 338 — 

 swimming, 343. 



Otaheite, or Tahiti, view, 508 — scenery, 

 Matavai Bay, canoes, natives, 509 — 

 traffic, dress. Point Venus, 510 — 

 chiefs, native houses, 511, 512 — 

 curiosity, fair, theft, singing, 513 — 

 taboo-marks, tombs, 'aito,' sugar-mill, 

 514— Papiete, cottages, 515— natives, 

 shells, Papawa, 516 — Otaheitan 

 Bible, weather, 517 — old ' Ua,' dis- 

 eases, 520, 521 — industry, anecdotes, 

 curious relics, 522 — church, congre- 

 gations, 523 — recreations, children, 

 ' Hitote,' 524— Queen Pomare— au- 

 dience, 524, 525 — customs, 527 — 

 meeting with queen and f^hiefs, 527- 

 542 — pilotage among coral reefs, 

 542 — school-house, service, ' Hitote,' 

 extempore prayer, 543 — songs, school, 

 natives teaching each other, children, 

 545 — discussion, intelligence of na- 

 tives, communication of news, 'Mare's' 

 letter, 546 — ' Paofai's' letter, children 

 of early missionaries, classes of na- 

 tives, 547 — proportions, attire, moral 

 conduct, 548, 549 — prohibition of 

 spirits, harsh usage of infirm, anec- 

 dotes, 551— domestic manners, 552 

 — snuff, provisions, -seizure of the 

 Newton, 554 — Pearl fishing, steering, 

 555 — Queen's letter, natives pay her 

 debts, taking leave, 557. 



Oven, the, singular spot described, 

 water, 304. 



Paamutos (see Low Islands). 



Packsaddle Bay, 224. 



Paihia, missionary settlement in New 

 Zealand, 566. 



Pampas, 85 — absence of trees, 93 — 

 droughts, herds of cattle, fertility, 94 

 — on eastern coast, 97. 



Pampero, in River Plata, 85-89. 



Papiete (see Otaheite). 



Papudo, 426. 



Patagonians, general sketch of 129-137 

 — details, physiognomy, friendliness, 

 size, wanderings, 145 — clothing, 146 

 ^arms, ornaments, 147-149 — food, 

 hunting, dogs, 150, 151— huts, sleep- 

 ing-places, 152 — marriages, domestic 

 state, 153 — children, cradles, 154 — • 

 health, sickness, 155 — funeral cere- 

 monies, 156-160— warfare, horseman- 

 ship, racing, cards, 160 — religious 

 ideas, 161 — worship, 162— witchcraft, 

 163 — sacred tree, government, ca- 

 ciques, 164-166 — warfare, horses, 166, 

 167 — moral restraints, 167 — anec- 

 dotes, traffic, 168— San Leon, partia- 

 lity for white men, subdivisions, 169 

 —boy- chief, ' Capitan Chups,' beha- 

 viour, 170 — ' Chico,' Fuegians, trade 

 with them in slaves, 171 — counting, 

 time, language, respect to age, cook- 

 ery, 172 — women, gratitude of boy, 

 173— emigrations, 174— in Gregory 

 Bay, 322. 



Patch Cove, 372, 373. 



Paul, St., Rocks, or Penado de San 

 Pedro, examined, multitudes of birds, 

 sharks, 56— current, 57. 



Paz, schooner, reasons for hiring to 

 extend survey, 109, no— refit, m, 

 112 — off River Negro, 2B6 — dis- 

 charged, 288— sketch of proceedings, 

 295-314. 



Peat at Falklands, 248, 256. 



Pembroke, Cape (Falklands), 226. 



Penas, Gulf of, wild potato, ' pangue,' 

 200. 



Penco, 420,— castle, 421— coal, 423- 



Peru, coast of, survey, 482. 



Pichidanque, 426. 



Plata River, entrance, width, depth, 

 shoals, currents, pamperoes, 85-88 

 effects on river, 89— level of river and 

 ocean, 91— fluctuations, Yngles Bank, 

 92— tides, want of trees, 93, 94 — ob- 

 servations on, 115. 



Pococke, Cape, 565. 



Pomare, New Zealand, 5S1. 



Pomare's tomb, at Otaheite, 514- 



Pomare Vahine, Queen of Otaheite, 516 

 —arrival at Papiete, dress, 524— at- 



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