A-iii CONTENTS. 



—THEIR MARRIAGES AND COURTSHIP-THEIR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN— THEIR BURIALS 

 —THEIR MOURNING — THEIR MANNERS AND APPEARANCE — THEIR DRESS — IMPROVE- 

 MENTS IN THE ANCIENT DRESS— TATTOOING— THEIR MANUFACTURE OF TAPA AND 

 MATS— SAMOAN CANOES— BOAT-SONG— HOUSES OF THE NATD/ES— THEIR LIGHTS— THEIR 

 FOOD — THEIR HABITS— THEIR MALANGAS-THEIR PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIMES — THEIR 

 WARS— THEIR OLOS — THEIR PEACE-MAKING — CLASSES OF SAMOAN SOCIETY— ALLOT- 

 MENT OF LANDS-MODE OF GOVERNMENT— DESCENT OF CHIEFTAINSHIP— CEREMONIES 

 AT THE FONOS 123—162 



CHAPTER VI. 



DEPARTURE FROM THE SAMOAN GROUP — WALLIS ISLAND — DISPOSITION MADE OF 

 TUVAI— CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AT WALLIS ISLAND — HOORN ISLAND— MATTHEWS- 

 ROCK — REMARKABLE THUNDER-STORM— BALL'S PYRAMID— PORT JACKSON ENTERED — 

 ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY— VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR— FORT MACQUARIE— FATE OF REV. MR. 

 WILLIAMS— DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN OF SYDNEY— ITS STREETS— ITS RESEMBLANCE 

 TO AMERICAN TOWNS— RELIGIOUS SECTS— PREVALENCE OF INTOXICATION — GOVERN- 

 MENT;- HOUSE— DRIVE TO SOUTH HEAD — PUBLIC GROUNDS— MR. CUNNINGHAM THE 

 BOTANIST— HIS MELANCHOLY FATE— COUNTRY AROUND SYDNEY — THE NATURALISTS 

 LEFT IN NEW SOUTH WALES— GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THAT COLONY— ITS FORESTS 

 — ITS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE — COUNTRY SOUTHWEST OF SYDNEY — LIVERPOOL 

 MOUNTAINS — COUNTRY NORTH OF THE LIVERPOOL MOUNTAINS — ILLAVVARRA — 

 DROUGHTS AND FLOODS — REMARKS OF MAJOR MITCHELL — RIVERS OF NEW SOUTH 

 WALES— ITS MINERAL PRODUCTS— ITS WATER— THE HEIGHT OF ITS MOUNTAINS— ITS 

 CLIMATE— ITS TEMPERATURE— PREVAILING WINDS— ITS VEGETATION — MONOTONY OF 

 ITS SCENERY 7 — ITS HORTICULTURE— NATIVES OF AUSTRALIA— THEIR NUMBERS— THEIR 

 PHYSICAL TRAITS— THEIR CHARACTER— THEIR WANDERING HABITS— THEIR TIMIDITY'— 

 THEIR CONFLICTS- THEIR CORROBORY DANCES— ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THEIR BATTLES 

 —THEIR MODE OF SETTLING PRIVATE QUARRELS— THEIR WEAPONS— THEIR MODE OF 

 CLIMBING— THEIR CANOES— THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM— THEIR CUSTOM OF MAKING YOUNG 

 MEN— THEIR MARRIAGES— BURIAL OF THEIR DEAD— THEIR RELIGIOUS OPINIONS. 165— 208 



CHAPTER VII. 



EXTENT OF SEA-COAST OF AUSTRALIA— PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY — EXTENT OF THE 

 GOVERNMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES— HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES— AUSTRALIAN 

 LAND COMPANY— LAND FUND— POLICY OF GOVERNOR MACQUARIE — CONVICT-SHIP — 



