vi CONTENTS. 



OF THE ISLAND-FOOD OF THE NATIVES — HARBOUR — VISIT FROM THE KING— THE 

 NATIVES' KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER LANDS — THEIR RELIGION — SPEIDEN'S ISLAND — 

 HUDSON'S ISLAND — ST. AUGUSTINE — DRUMMOND'S ISLAND — ITS NATIVES — THEIR 

 HEAD-DRESS — THEIR LANGUAGE — THEIR WEAPONS — THEIR DEFENSIVE ARMOUR — 

 THEIR ORNAMENTS— THEIR CANOES— A PARTY LANDS AT UTIROA— ITS RECEPTION- 

 RUDENESS AND PILFERING OF THE NATIVES — DANCE — SECOND VISIT TO UTIROA — 

 RECEPTION IN THE COUNCIL-HOUSE— INCREASED RUDENESS OF THE NATIVES— ONE 

 OF THE SEAMEN MISSING — MESSAGE SENT TO THE UTIROANS — TOWNS ON DRUM- 

 MOND'S ISLAND— DETERMINATION TO PUNISH UTIROA FOR THE MURDER— EXPEDITION 

 AGAINST THAT TOWN— PARLEY WITH ITS INHABITANTS— UTIROA BURNT— CONDUCT 

 OF THE NATIVES OF ETA— CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE OF DRUMMOND'S ISLAND- 

 SUPPLIES FOR SHIPS — BISHOP'S ISLAND — HENDERVILLE ISLAND — HALL'S ISLAND — 

 APAMAMA — JOHN KIRBY TAKEN ON BOARD — WOODLE'S ISLAND— DISGRACEFUL CON- 

 DUCT OF AN ENGLISH WHALER — ERRORS OF CHARTS— TARAWA — APIA— IDOL— THE 

 TENDER GROUNDS-DRIFT OF THE PEACOCK— THREATENED ATTACK ON THE TENDER 

 —MATTHEWS ISLAND — PITT'S ISLAND — MAKIN — ROBERT WOOD TAKEN ON BOARD — 

 NATIVES OF PITT'S ISLAND — THEIR CANOES — THEIR TREATMENT OF FEMALES — 

 KING TEKERE AND HIS RELATIVES— A NATIVE DESIRES TO BE TAKEN FROM THE 

 ISLAND 37—79 



CHAPTER III. 



SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE KINGSMILL GROUP — ISLANDS OF 

 WHICH IT IS COMPOSED — THEIR GENERAL CHARACTER— THEIR SOIL— TARO-PONDS— 

 TRADITION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE— ANCIENT INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE 

 ISLANDS— PHYSIOGNOMY AND APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES— THEIR SOCIAL STATE 

 —GOVERNMENT— DESCENT OF PROPERTY — RELIGIOUS BELIEF — PRIESTS — ORACLES- 

 OMENS— PRETENDED COMMUNICATION WITH SPIRITS— BELIEF IN A FUTURE STATE — 

 THEIR ELYSIUM— THEIR MODE OF LIFE— THEIR CHARACTER— THEIR TREATMENT OF 

 CHILDREN, OF THE AGED, AND OF WOMEN— THEIR WARS— CANNIBALISM NOT PRAC- 

 TISED—THEIR WEAPONS — THEIR HOUSES AND CANOES — THEIR MANUFACTURES — 

 DRESS-ORNAMENTS— THEIR FOOD-THEIR MODE OF COOKING— THEIR AMUSEMENTS— 

 THEIR MARRIAGES-MODE OF GIVING NAMES— PRACTICE OF ABORTION— TATTOOING— 

 FUNERAL CEREMONIES-DISEASES-CLIMATE OF THE GROUP — EARTHQUAKES-POPU- 

 LATION-THEIR INTERCOURSE WITH STRANGERS — THEIR PRONENESS TO SUICIDE — 

 THEIR IDEA OF AN ACCOMPLISHED PERSON-CONTRAST BETWEEN PITT'S AND THE 

 OTHER ISLANDERS — DEPARTURE OF THE PEACOCK AND FLYING-FISH FROM THE 

 KINGSMILL GROUP-THEIR CREWS PUT ON SHORT ALLOWANCE-PESCADORES — KOR- 

 SAKOFF— OBJECTS REMAINING UNACCOMPLISHED - SEPARATION OF THE VESSELS- 

 LARGE QUANTITIES OF MOLLUSCjE— SHIP MAGNOLIA— OAHU— ARRIVAL AT AND DE- 

 PARTURE FROM HONOLULU — REACH COLUMBIA RIVER 81—116 



