CHAPTER IV. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES FROM TUTUILA— HER NARROW ESCAPE FROM WRECK- 

 APPEARANCE OF UPOLU— MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN HUDSON— CASE OF TUVAI-COUNCIL 

 OF THE CHIEFS — ARGUMENTS IN BEHALF OF TUVAI — CAPTAIN HUDSON'S REPLY — 

 DECISION OF THE CASE OF TUVAI— HIS BEHAVIOUR— COMPLAINTS OF THE NATIVES 

 AGAINST WHALERS — PEA'S VISIT TO TUVAI— OUTRAGES OF OPOTUNO — VISIT TO MR. 

 WILLIAMS— INTERVIEW WITH MALIETOA— HIS DAUGHTER— REQUEST FOR A COUNCIL 

 OF CHIEFS — THE VINCENNES ORDERED INTO PORT— SURVEYING PARTIES— LAKE OF 

 LAUTO— ITS LEGEND— SUPERSTITION REGARDING IT— MOUNT TOFUA-SUBTERRANEAN 

 STREAMS — GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF UPOLU — STREAMS OF LAVA — CAVERNS — 

 SWALLOWS AT SANGA — WATERFALLS — GIMBLET RELIGION — ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE 

 OPOTUNO— FONO, OR COUNCIL OF HIGH CHIEFS— ITS OBJECT— MR. J. WILLIAMS RECOG- 

 NISED AS CONSUL— REGULATIONS DISCUSSED AND ADOPTED— DEMAND FOR OPOTUNO— 

 FONO ADJOURNED— ITS SECOND MEETING— SPEECH OF MALIETOA'S ORATOR— REWARD 

 OFFERED FOR THE APPREHENSION OF OPOTUNO— TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS OF UPOLU— 

 TYRANNY OF TAMAFAGO— WAR OF A AN A — DESOLATION OF THAT DISTRICT— ISLAND 

 OF MANONO— ISLAND OF APOLIMA — PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE AT SAVAII — DR. 

 PICKERING AND LIEUTENANT MAURY LAND THERE— SURVEY OF THE COAST OF SAVAII 

 —NATIVE MISSIONARY AT SALACHUA— FELIALUPO— ASAU— BAY OF MATAATUA— PECU- 

 LIARITIES OF ITS INHABITANTS — SAPAPALE — DR. PICKERING'S JOURNEY IN THE 

 INTERIOR OF SAVAII— CURIOSITY OF THE NATIVES— FISHING ON THE CORAL REEF- 

 DESCRIPTION OF SAVAII— ITS PEAK— ITS INTERIOR— ITS WANT OF STREAMS— ITS CORAL 

 REEF — ITS SOIL — THE PORPOISE PROCEEDS TO TUTUILA, AND THENCE TO UPOLU — 

 REUNION OF THE SQUADRON— REVIEW OF THE MARINES— EARTHQUAKES. 



