CHAPTER III. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES FROM TAHITI — BELLINGHAUSENS ISLAND -ROSE 

 ISLAND -MANUA — ITS DESCRIPTION — THREATENED WAR-ITS CAUSE-CANOES OF 

 MANUA-APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT OF THE NATIVES-VILLAGE-DRESS OF THE 

 NATIVES-PRODUCTIONS OF MANUA-OLOOSINGA— ITS DESCRIPTION-HOUSE OF THE 

 KING— HIS ENTERTAINMENT— RETURN TO THE SHIP— CORAL REEF OF OLOOSINGA— 

 OFOO-TEMPERATURE DURING THE PASSAGE— PLAN OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE 

 SQUADRON— APPEARANCE OF TUTUILA— HARBOUR OF PAGO-PAGO— ANCHORAGE— TOA 

 — OBSERVATORY — GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TUTUILA— APPEARANCE AND CHA- 

 RACTER OF ITS INHABITANTS— MASSACRE OF M. DE LANGLE-VILLAGE OF PAGO- 

 PAGO-GOVERNMENT— WAR-MATS— VISIT TO TOA-HIS FEAST-PRICE OF PROVISIONS 

 —WAR-SONG— BATHING— MODE OF LIVING— EMPLOYMENTS AND AMUSEMENTS — MR. 

 MURRAY, THE MISSIONARY-CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES-PUBLIC WORSHIP-MISSION- 

 ARY-JUNCTION OF THE PEACOCK AND FLYING-FISH-SURVEYS-CLIMATE-VISIT TO 

 HEATHEN VILLAGES-SAVAGE FEAST-TEMPERATURE AT THE TOP OF MATAFOA- 

 SUPPOSED MURDER-REMARKABLE PHENOMENA OF THE TIDES. 



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