PAUMOTU GROUP. 
depended upon, for they have no communication whatever with those 
whom they class under this denomination, as they seldom extend 
themselves beyond Hau or Bow Island. 
The Paumotuans are considered more warlike than the Tahitians, 
for which reason Pomare I. kept a body-guard of them in preference 
to his own subjects. They have the reputation of being an honest 
and trustworthy race. 
These islanders are certainly not all from the same stock, and 
those of the Disappointment Group, whom we were much struck 
with at the time of our visit, in particular differ from the others. 
Since we have seen all the different Polynesian groups, these appear, 
however extraordinary it may be, to resemble the Feejee Islanders 
more than any other. 
By all accounts, they speak a different dialect from that of the 
Tahitian nation. The difference is, however, not great, for I was 
told that it required but a few weeks for any of the natives to acquire 
it. Mr. Hale met several Paumotuans at Matavia Bay, and among 
them he found one by the name of Tuoni, who confirmed the 
accounts I have detailed above. 
The population of this group I have nowhere seen given ; I have 
therefore endeavoured to obtain the most satisfactory information in 
relation to it : the whole amounts, in round numbers, to about ten 
thousand, as follows, viz. 
Anaa 5,000 
Manhii 100 
Aratica 60 
Nairsa ........ 70 
Metia 350 
Rurick 200 
King George's 700 
Vincennes ....... 30 
Raraka ........ 40 
Wytoohee 70 
Otooho 40 
Bow Island 60 
Manga Reva, or Gambier Island . . . 2,000 
Serle Island 30 
Clermont de Tonnerre 120 
8,870 
Rest of the group, 1,130 
10,000 
