CHAPTER II. 



CONTENTS. 



SAILING OF THE PORPOISK— APPLICATION FROM "JIM" THE PILOT— SURVEY OF HAR- 

 BOURS—DOLPHIN BANK— THE VINCENNES PROCEEDS TO PAPIETI— VIEW OF PAPIETI— 

 INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEFS — GENERAL FREYRE— HITOTI — SECOND ATTEMPT TO 

 ASCEND OROHENA — GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TAHITI — VILLAGE AND BAY OF 

 PAPIETI— COMMERCE OF PAPIETI— POPULATION OF TAHITI— DISEASES— CRIMINAL TRIAL 

 —CULTIVATION— USEFUL PLANTS— ASCENT OF MOUNT AORAI— ABSENCE OF FOSSILS ON 

 TAHITIAN MOUNTAINS — RETURN FROM MOUNT AORAI — MANUFACTURES OF TAHITI- 

 REMARKS ON THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN VISITERS— THEATRICALS BY THE CREW OF 

 THE PEACOCK — VINCENNES SAILS FOR EIMEO— VIEW OF EIMEO — TALOO HARBOUR- 

 LANDING AT EIMEO-RESIDENCE OF MR. SIMPSON — SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF 

 MISSIONARIES-CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES— SCENERY AND STRUCTURE OF EIMEO 

 —SUPPLIES TO BE PROCURED THERE— VILLAGES— COTTON FACTORY— SUGAR PLANTA- 

 TIONS—OTHER PRODUCTS— VON SCHANTZ'S CHART OF TALOO HARBOUR-CONCLUSION. 



