CONTENTS. vii 



IT-MOUNT TOFU A— SUBTERRANEAN STREAMS-GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF UPOLU 

 -STREAMS OF LAVA-CAVERNS-SWALLOWS AT SANGA-WATERFALLS-GIMBLET 

 RELIGION- ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE OPOTUNO-FONO, OR COUNCIL OF HIGH CHIEFS- 

 ITS OBJECT-MR. J. WILLIAMS RECOGNISED AS CONSUL— REGULATIONS DISCUSSED 

 AND ADOPTED— DEMAND FOR OPOTUNO— FONO ADJOURNED— ITS SECOND MEETING 

 — SPEECH OF MALIETOA'S ORATOR — REWARD OFFERED FOR THE APPREHENSION 

 OF OPOTUNO-TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS OF UPOLU— TYRANNY OF TAMAFAGO— WAR 

 OF AANA — DESOLATION OF THAT DISTRICT — ISLAND OF MANONO — ISLAND OF 

 APOLIMA-PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE AT SAVAII— DR. PICKERING AND LIEU- 

 TENANT MAURY LAND THERE — SURVEY OF THE COAST OF SAVAII — NATIVE MIS- 

 SIONARY AT SALACHUA-FELIALUPO— ASAU— BAY OF MATAATUA-PECULIARITIES 

 OF ITS INHABITANTS— SAPAPALE— DR. PICKERINGS JOURNEY IN THE INTERIOR OF 

 SAVAII— CURIOSITY OF THE NATIVES— FISHING ON THE CORAL REEF-DESCRIPTION 

 OF SAVAII— ITS PEAK— ITS INTERIOR— ITS WANT OF STREAMS— ITS CORAL REEF- 

 ITS SOIL— THE PORPOISE PROCEEDS TO TUTUILA, AND THENCE TO UPOLU— RE- 

 UNION OF THE SQUADRON— REVIEW t)F THE MARINES— EARTHQUAKES 85-114 



CHAPTER V. 



GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF THE SAMOAN GROUP — ITS HARBOURS -ITS TIDES AND 

 CURRENTS-ITS CLIMATE-SIZE OF THE ISLANDS— SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS OF THE 

 GROUP— ITS CULTIVATION— ITS QUADRUPEDS— ITS BIRDS— ITS REPTILES-ITS FISH- 

 ITS PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCE — LANGUAGE OF ITS NATIVES — THEIR 

 DISEASES — THEIR GENERAL APPEARANCE — THEIR NATIONAL CHARACTER — 

 LABOURS OF THE MISSIONARIES — NATIVE MISSIONARIES — SELECTION OF THEM 

 FOR THE NEW HEBRIDES — POPULATION OF THE ISLANDS — RELIGION OF THE 

 HEATHEN— THEIR IDEA OF THE CREATION-OF A FUTURE STATE— THEIR OMENS— 

 THEIR SUPERSTITION — THEIR DANCES — THEIR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS — THEIR 

 AMUSEMENTS— PAPALANGI SHIP— THEIR BIRTHS— THEIR MARRIAGES AND COURT- 

 SHIP—THEIR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN— THEIR BURIALS— THEIR MOURNING— THEIR 

 MANNERS AND APPEARANCE — THEIR DRESS — IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ANCIENT 

 DRESS— TATTOOING— THEIR MANUFACTURE OF TAPA AND MATS— SAMOAN CANOES 

 —BOAT-SONG — HOUSES OF THE NATIVES — THEIR LIGHTS — THEIR FOOD — THEIR 

 HABITS- THEIR MALANGAS — THEIR PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIMES— THEIR WARS — 

 THEIR OLOS— THEIR PEACE-MAKING— CLASSES OF SAMOAN SOCIETY— ALLOTMENT 

 OF LANDS — MODE OF GOVERNMENT — DESCENT OF CHIEFTAINSHIP — CEREMONIES 

 AT THE FONOS 115—154 



CHAPTER VI. 



DEPARTURE FROM THE SAMOAN GROUP— WALLIS ISLAND— DISPOSITION MADE OF 

 TUVAI- CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AT WALLIS ISLAND — HOORN ISLAND — MAT- 



