CHAPTER II. 



CONTENTS. 



THE PEACOCK AND TENDER LEAVE THE SAMOAN GROUP— ELLICE'S GROUP— CANOES- 

 ITS NATIVES— THEIR LANGUAGE — DEPEYSTER'S ISLAND— ITS NATIVES — ALBINOS— 

 CLOTHING OF ITS INHABITANTS — THEIR SYMBOL OF PEACE — WOMAN AND CHIEF 

 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 — HENDERSVILLE ISLAND— HALL'S ISLAND — 

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

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

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

 —MATTHEW'S 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. 



