CHAPTER I. 



CONTENTS. 



GENERAL ASPECT OF TAHITI — ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION — GENERAL FIGURE OF THE 

 ISLAND— ITS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE— OVERHAUL OF THE VESSELS— AN OBSERVATORY 

 ESTABLISHED — SURVEY OF HARBOURS — LONGITUDE OF POINT VENUS — HEIGHT OF 

 MOUNTAINS — VISITERS— TAUA, THE GOVERNOR OF MATAVAI — HIS HOSPITALITY — 

 CHURCH AT MATAVAI — CONCOURSE OF NATIVES — CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES — 

 SCHOOL AT PAPIETI — ADDRESS TO THE SCHOLARS — REPLY OF PAOFAI — GENERAL 

 DIFFUSION OF EDUCATION — COMPLAINTS OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL — COUNCIL OF 

 THE CHIEFS — INFLUENCE OF THE MISSIONARIES— CHARACTER OF A PART OF THE 

 FOREIGN RESIDENTS — CHANGE OF THE NATIONAL DRESS — GENERAL VIEW OF THE 

 LABOURS OF THE MISSIONARIES— IMPROVEMENT IN THE NATIVE CHARACTER— CAUSES 

 OF WANT OF INDUSTRY— CONSTITUTION OF TAHITI— COURTS OF JUSTICE— QUEEN AND 

 ROYAL FAMILY— JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT— STATE OF PARTIES— CASE OF THE 

 CATHOLIC PRIESTS— DWELLINGS OF THE NATIVES— APPEARANCE OF THE FEMALES- 

 DRESS OF THE TWO SEXES— TASTE OF THE NATIVES FOR FLOWERS— COOKERY AND 

 MODE OF EATING— MUSIC OF THE ISLANDERS— THEIR DANCES— EXPEDITION TO LAKE 

 WAIHEREA — ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO ASCEND OROHENA— DESCENT TO THE COAST- 

 RETURN ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COAST TO PAPIETI— NAVAL ARCHI- 

 TECTURE AND FOREIGN TRADE. 



