CHAPTER I. 
CONTENTS. 
DEPARTURE FROM NEW ZEALAND—CAPE BRETT—HALO AND PARHELIA—SUNDAY 
ISLAND — SHIP TOBACCO- PLANT — WATER - SPOUTS — ARRIVAL AT TONGATABOO — 
THREATENED WAR — OFFERED MEDIATION —LANDING AND RECEPTION — NATIVE 
WARRIORS— KING JOSIAH—KING GEORGE— COUNCIL CALLED—ITS PROCEEDINGS — 
CAUSE OF HOSTILITIES— 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 —MUMUI—CASE OF THE 
CURRENCY LASS—DEPARTURE OF THE HEATHEN CHIEFS—VISIT OF THE KING 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-CATCH- 
ING — FEEJEE WARRIOR — COUNCIL OF WAR— POPULATION OF THE ISLANDS — MIS- 
SIONARY OPERATIONS—FEATS OF THE TONGESE IN SWIMMING — GEOLOGICAL 
STRUCTURE OF TONGA — VEGETATION — CULTIVATION — 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. 
