CHAPTER I. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM NEW ZEALAND — CAPE BRETT — HALO AND PARHELIA — SU.NDAY 

 ISLAND— SHIP TOBACCO-PLANT— WATER-SPOUTS— ARRIVAL AT TONGATABOO— THREAT- 

 ENED WAR — OFFERED MEDIATION — LANDING AND RECEPTION — NATIVE WARRIORS- 

 KING JOSIAH— KING GEORGE— COUNCIL CALLED— ITS PROCEEDINGS— CAUSE OF HOSTILI- 

 TIES—AMBITION OF KING GEORGE— MESSENGER SENT TO THE HEATHEN PARTY— TOWN 

 OF NUKUALOFA — MR. AND MRS. TUCKER — KING GEORGE'S TOWN — HIS HOUSE AND 

 FURNITURE — RETURN OF THE MESSENGER — ARRIVAL OF THE HEATHEN CHIEFS — 

 FEELINGS OF THE HEATHEN OF TONGA — MUMMI— CASE OF THE CURRENCY LASS- 

 DEPARTURE OF THE HEATHEN CHIEFS— VISIT OF THE KINGS TO THE VINCENNES— 

 THEIR CANOE — CANOES OF THE TONGESE — BOAT-SONG — NATIVE MUSIC— INTERVIEW 

 WITH THE KINGS— FAILURE OF THE MEDIATION — VISIT TO MOA— RELIGION OF THE 

 HEATHENS — NATIVES OF ROTUMA — APPEARANCE AND DRESS OF THE TONGESE — 

 THEIR CHARACTER— TAMAHAA— SPORT OF RAT-CATCHING— FEEJEE WARRIOR— COUNCIL 

 OF WAR — POPULATION OF THE ISLANDS — MISSIONARY OPERATIONS — FEATS OF THE 

 TONGESE IN SWIMMING — GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TONGA — VEGETATION— CULTI- 

 VATION— PRODUCTIONS— CLIMATE— DISEASES— MODE OF TRAFFIC— ARRIVAL OF THE 

 PORPOISE— DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PILOTS— ARRIVAL OF THE PEACOCK-HER REPAIRS 

 AT SYDNEY— DIFFICULTIES ATTENDING THEM— PASSAGE OF THE PEACOCK FROM NEW 

 SOUTH WALES-ROYAL FAMILY OF TONGA— TERMINATION AND RESULT OF THE WAR- 

 CASE OF THE FEEJEE WOMEN— TOM GRANBY. 



