Vi CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



SAILING OF THE PORPOISE— 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 E1MEO — 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. 



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CHAPTER III. 



DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES FROM TAHITI — BELLINGHAUSEN'S ISLAND — ROSE 

 ISLAND — MANUA — ITS DESCRIPTION — THREATENED WAR — ITS CAUSE— CANOES OF 

 MANUA — APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT OF THE NATIVES — VILLAGE — DRESS OF THE 

 NATIVES— PRODUCTIONS OF MANUA — OLOOSINGA— ITS DESCRIPTION — HOUSE OF THE 

 KING— HIS ENTERTAINMENT— RETURN TO THE SHIP— CORAL REEF OF OLOOSINGA — 

 OFOO — TEMPERATURE DURING THE PASSAGE — PLAN OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE 

 SQUADRON— APPEARANCE OF TUTUILA— HARBOUR OF PAGO-PAGO— ANCHORAGE— TOA— 

 OBSERVATORY— GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TUTUILA— APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER 

 OF ITS INHABITANTS— MASSACRE OF M. DE LANGLE-VILLAGE OF PAGO-PAGO— GOVERN- 

 MENT— WAR-MATS— VISIT TO TOA — HIS FEAST— PRICE OF PROVISIONS — WAR-SONG— 

 BATHING — MODE OF LIVING — EMPLOYMENTS AND AMUSEMENTS— MR. MURRAY, THE 

 MISSIONARY — CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES— PUBLIC WORSHIP— MISSIONARY — JUNCTION 

 OF THE PEACOCK AND FLYING-FISH — SURVEYS— CLIMATE— VISIT TO HEATHEN VIL- 

 LAGES—SAVAGE FEAST— TEMPERATURE AT THE TOP OF MATAFOA— SUPPOSED MURDER 

 —REMARKABLE PHENOMENA OF THE TIDES 67—88 



