CHAPTER I. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM OAHU— WASHINGTON ISLAND— JARVIS'S ISLAND— MAGNETIC EQUA- 

 TOR — ENDERBURY'S ISLAND — BIRNIE'S ISLAND — HULL'S ISLAND — DUKE OF YORK'S 

 ISLAND— ITS NATIVES VISIT THE SHIP— THEIR ALARM AT THE FIRING OF CANNON— A 

 PARTY LANDS— ITS RECEPTION— TATTOOING— VILLAGE— QUAYS— ABSENCE OF CULTI- 

 VATION—MUSIC—CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES— PRODUCTIONS— DUKE OF CLARENCE'S 

 ISLAND— BOWDITCH'S ISLAND— NATIVES SEEN FISHING — INTERVIEW WITH THEM— A 

 PARTY LANDS — PRIEST — CAPTAIN HUDSON LANDS— INTERVIEW WITH THE KING — 

 VILLAGE AND TEMPLE— RELICS OF A VESSEL — WELL — DRUMS — DRESS AND ORNA- 

 MENTS—MANUFACTURES AND TOOLS— POPULATION — GENTE HERMOSAS— SAVAII- 

 UPOLU— APIA— STORM OF DECEMBER 1840— HURRICANES— HALOS— PEA, THE CHIEF OF 

 APIA— MODE OF TRADING— IMPROVEMENTS — NEW EFFORTS OF THE MISSIONARIES— 

 MALIETOA'S ILLNESS, AND ITS CAUSE— MOLE— STRONG GALE— DESERTION FROM THE 

 SURVEYING PARTY — DESERTERS RECOVERED — DEMAND FOR THE MURDERER OF 

 SMITH— IT IS REFUSED— EXCURSIONS OF THE NATURALISTS— JOE GIMBLET — VISIT TO 

 MALIETOA— RETURN OF THE BOATS— CAPTAIN HUDSON PROCEEDS TO SALUAFATA, 

 AND DESTROYS IT— RESULTS OF THE PUNISHMENT — FRUITLESS ATTEMPT TO CAP- 

 TURE OPOTUNO — MATU AT A— MALIETOA— FAREWELL VISIT FROM THE CHIEFS — THE 

 VESSELS SAIL FROM MATUATA. 



