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CONTENTS. 
CLOTHING OF ITS INHABITANTS-THEIR SYMBOL OF PEACE-WOMAN AND CHIEF 
OF THE ISLAND—FOOD OF THE NATIVES-HARBOUR—VISIT FROM THE KING—THE 
NATIVES’ KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER LANDS—THEIR RELIGION—SPEIDEN’S ISLAND— 
HUDSON’S ISLAND—ST. AUGUSTINE —DRUMMOND’S ISLAND-ITS NATIVES — THEIR 
HEAD DRESS—THEIR LANGUAGE—THEIR WEAPONS —THEIR DEFENSIVE ARMOUR— 
THEIR ORNAMENTS—THEIR CANOES—A PARTY LANDS AT UTIROA—ITS RECEPTION 
-RUDENESS AND PILFERING OF THE NATIVES—DANCE-SECOND VISIT TO UTIROA 
—RECEPTION IN THE COUNCIL-HOUSE—INCREASED RUDENESS OF THE NATIVES— 
ONE OF THE SEAMEN MISSING—MESSAGE SENT TO THE UT1ROANS-TOWNS ON 
DRUMMOND’S ISLAND—DETERMINATION TO PUNISH UTIROA FOR THE MURDER- 
EXPEDITION AGAINST THAT TOWN —PARLEY WITH ITS INHABITANTS- UTIROA 
BURNT —CONDUCT OF THE NATIVES OF ETA - CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE OF 
DRUMMOND’S ISLAND — SUPPLIES FOR SHIPS — BISHOP’S ISLAND — HENDERVILLE 
ISLAND-HALL’S ISLAND—APAMAMA - JOHN KIRBY TAKEN ON BOARD-WOODLE’S 
ISLAND—DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF AN ENGLISH WHALER—ERRORS OF CHARTS— 
TARAWA—APIA—IDOL—THE TENDER GROUNDS-DRIFT OF THE PEACOCK—THR EAT- 
ENED ATTACK ON THE TENDER—MATTHEW’S ISLAND — PITT’S ISLAND — M AKIN— 
ROBERT WOOD TAKEN ON BOARD-NATIVES OF PITT’S ISLAND—THEIR CANOES- 
THEIR TREATMENT OF FEMALES-KING TEKERE AND HIS RELATIVES—A NATIVE 
DESIRES TO BE TAKEN FROM THE ISLAND-...-.35-75 
CHAPTER III. 
SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE KINGSMILL GROUP-ISLANDS OF 
WHICH IT IS COMPOSED—THEIR GENERAL CHARACTER—THEIR SOIL—TARO-PONDS— 
TRADITION OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE—ANCIENT INTERCOURSE BETWEEN 
THE ISLANDS—PHYSIOGNOMY AND APPEARANCE OF THE NATIVES-THEIR SOCIAL 
STATE-GOVERNMENT-DESCENT OF PROPERTY-RELIGIOUS BELIEF—PRIESTS-ORA 
CLES-OMENS—PRETENDED COMMUNICATION WITH SPIRITS—BELIEF IN A FUTURE 
STATE—THEIR ELYSIUM—THEIR MODE OF LIFE—THEIR CHARACTER—THEIR TREAT¬ 
MENT OF CHILDREN, OF THE AGED, AND OF WOMEN—THEIR WARS—CANNIBALISM 
NOT PRACTISED —THEIR WEAPONS —THEIR HOUSES AND CANOES-THEIR MANU¬ 
FACTURES-DRESS - ORNAMENTS-THEIR FOOD-THEIR MODE OF COOKING-THEIR 
AMUSEMENTS—THEIR MARRIAGES—MODE OF GIVING NAMES—PRACTICE OF ABOR¬ 
TION—TATTOOING—FUNERAL CEREMONIES—DISEASES—CLIMATE OF THE GROUP- 
EARTHQUAKES — POPULATION — THEIR INTERCOURSE WITH STRANGERS — THEIR 
PRONENESS TO SUICIDE—THEIR IDEA OF AN ACCOMPLISHED PERSON—CONTRAST 
BETWEEN PITT’S AND THE OTHER ISLANDERS-DEPARTURE OF THE PEACOCK AND 
FLYING-FISH FROM THE KINGSMILL GROUP—THEIR CREWS PUT ON SHORT ALLOW¬ 
ANCE- PESCADORES —KORSAKOFF-OBJECTS REMAINING UNACCOMPLISHED—SEPA¬ 
RATION OF THE VESSELS-LARGE QUANTITIES OF MOLLUSC A3—SHIP MAGNOLIA— 
OAHU-ARRIVAL AT AND DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU-REACH COLUMBIA RIVER 
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