CHAPTER V. 



CONTENTS. 



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 aUADRUPEDS— ITS BIRDS— ITS REPTILES— ITS FISH — 

 TTS 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 — PAP ALANGI 

 SHIP — THEIR BIRTHS — THEIR MARRIAGES AND COURTSHIP — THEIR ADOPTION OF 

 CHILDREN— THEIR BURIALS-THEIR MOURNING— THEIR MANNERS AND APPEARANCE 

 —THEIR DRESS-IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ANCIENT DRESS— TATTOOING— THEIR MANU- 

 FACTURE OF TAPA AND MATS — SAMOAN CANOES — BOAT-SONG — HOUSES OF THE 

 NATIVES— THEIR LIGHTS— THEIR FOOD— THEIR HABITS — THEIR MALANG AS — 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. 



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