CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL ASPECT OF TAHITI-ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION— GENERAL FIGURE OF THE 

 ISLAND-ITS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE-OVERHAUL OF THE VESSELS— AN OBSERVA- 

 TORY ESTABLISHED-SURVEY OF HARBOURS— LONGITUDE OF POINT VENUS-HEIGHT 

 OF MOUNTAINS— VISITERS-T A U A, THE GOVERNOR OF MATAVAI— HIS HOSPITALITY 

 —CHURCH AT MATAVAI— CONCOURSE OF NATIVES— CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES- 

 SCHOOL AT PAPIETI— ADDRESS TO THE SCHOLARS— REPLY OF PAOFAI— GENERAL 

 DIFFUSION OF EDUCATION— COMPLAINTS OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL— COUNCIL OF 

 THE CHIEFS— INFLUENCE OF THE MISSIONARIES— CHARACTER OF A PART OF THE 

 FOREIGN RESIDENTS— CHANGE OF THE NATIONAL DRESS— GENERAL VIEW OF THE 

 LABOURS OF THE MISSIONARIES-IMPROVEMENT IN THE NATIVE CHARACTER- 

 CAUSES OF WANT OF INDUSTRY— CONSTITUTION OF TAHITI-COURTS OF JUSTICE- 

 QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY— JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT-STATE OF PARTIES 

 — CASE OF THE CATHOLIC PRIESTS — DWELLINGS OF THE NATIVES — APPEARANCE 

 OF THE FEMALES — DRESS OF THE TWO SEXES — TASTE OF THE NATIVES FOR 

 FLOWERS-COOKERY AND MODE OF EATING— MUSIC OF THE ISLANDERS— THEIR 

 DANCES — EXPEDITION TO LAKE WAIHEREA — ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO ASCEND 

 OROHENA— DESCENT TO THE COAST— RETURN ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND WEST- 

 ERN COAST OF PAPIETI-NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND FOREIGN TRADE 1—36 



CHAPTER II. 



SAILING OF THE PORPOISE— APPLICATION FROM "JIM" THE PILOT-SURVEY OF HAR- 

 BOURS—DOLPHIN BANK— THE VINCENNES PROCEEDS TO PAPIETI— VIEW OF PAPIETI 



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