CHAPTER Y. 



CONTENTS. 



GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF THE SAMOAN GROUP — ITS HARBOURS — ITS TIDES AND 

 CURRENTS — ITS CLIMATE — SIZE OF THE ISLANDS-SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS OF THE 

 GROUP— ITS CULTIVATION— ITS QUADRUPEDS-ITS BIRDS— ITS REPTILES— ITS FISH— ITS 

 PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCE— LANGUAGE OF ITS NATIVES— THEIR DISEASES 

 —THEIR GENERAL APPEARANCE — THEIR NATIONAL CHARACTER — LABOURS OF THE 

 MISSIONARIES— NATIVE MISSIONARIES— SELECTION OF THEM FOR THE NEW HEBRIDES- 

 POPULATION OF THE ISLANDS — RELIGION OF THE HEATHEN — THEIR IDEA OF THE 

 CREATION— OF A FUTURE STATE— THEIR OMENS— THEIR SUPERSTITION— THEIR DANCES— 

 THEIR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS— THEIR AMUSEMENTS— PAPALANGI SHIP— THEIR BIRTHS 

 —THEIR MARRAIGES 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 NATIVES— 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. 



