CHAPTER I. 



CONTENTS. 



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-TAUA, 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 WAIHERE A — ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO ASCEND OROHENA — 

 DESCENT TO THE COAST— RETURN ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COAST TO 

 PAPIETI-NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND FOREIGN TRADE. 



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