CHAPTER VI 11. 



CONTENTS. 



PORPOISE SAILS FROM OAHU — MANUEL RODRIGUEZ — WALKER'S ISLAND — MANHII — 

 ARATICA — SAKEN ISLAND — SEA-GULL GROUP — ISLAND OF BARCLAY DE TOLLY — 

 WOLCONSKY— DEATH OF A KANAKA— TAWEREE— MARGARET'S ISLAND-FOUR CROWNS 

 OF QUIROS— ARCHANGEL-ST. PABLO— INTERVIEW WITH THE NATIVES— RETURN TO 

 ARATICA— RESULTS OF THE BORING— THEORY OF CORAL ISLANDS— TIDAL OBSER\A- 

 TIONS— INHABITANTS OF ARATICA— CANOE SPOKEN— ARRIVAL AT TAHITI— DOMESTIC 

 QUARRELS OF THE QUEEN— MEETING OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS— MEETING OF THE 

 AUXILIARY SOCIETIES— DISTURBANCE OF THE MEETING— POUCE OF PAPIETI— AMERI- 

 CAN COMMERCE AT TAHITI— PORPOISE LEAVES TAHITI— MEETS THE TRADES— FLINT'S 

 ISLAND— STAYER'S ISLAND — PENRHYN'S ISLAND — ISLANDERS — THEIR LANGUAGE — 

 THEIR TURBULENCE— APPEARANCE OF THE WOMEN— FEROCITY OF THE ISLANDERS— 

 THEIR ARMS — THEIR CANOES — THEIR TALENT FOR HARANGUING — LIEUTENANT- 

 COMMANDANT RINGGOLD RESOLVES TO RETURN— CURRENTS AND WINDS— ARRIVAL 

 AT HONOLULU — RESULTS OF THE CRUISE — PORPOISE FOUND TO NEED REPAIR — 

 EFFECTS OF THE LAPLACE TREATY— PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE— PRODUCTIONS 

 OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP— ITS FLORA— CLIMATE AND DISEASES. 



