CHAPTER I, 
CONTENTS. 
DEPARTURE FROM OAHU — WASHINGTON ISLAND — JARVIS’S ISLAND — MAGNETIC 
EQUATOR — ENDERBURY’S ISLAND — BIRNIE’S ISLAND — HULL’S ISLAND — DUKE OF 
YORK’S ISLAND—ITS NATIVES VISIT THE SHIP—THEIR ALARM AT THE FIRING OF 
CANNON — A PARTY LANDS —ITS RECEPTION — TATTOOING — VILLAGE — QUAYS-AB 
SENCE OF CULTIVATION — MUSIC — CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES — PRODUCTIONS— 
DUKE OF CLARENCES ISLAND — BOWDITCH’S ISLAND — NATIVES SEEN FISHING — 
INTERVIEW WITH THEM — A PARTY LANDS —PRIEST —CAPTAIN HUDSON LANDS — 
INTERVIEW WITH THE KING—VILLAGE AND TEMPLE—RELICS OF A VESSEL—WELL 
-DRUMS —DRESS AND ORNAMENTS —MANUFACTURES AND TOOLS - POPULATION— 
GENTE HERMOSAS-SAVAII—UPOLU—APIA—STORM OF DECEMBER 1840 — HURRICANES 
— HALOS — PEA, THE CHIEF OF APIA -MODE OF TRADING —IMPROVEMENTS —NEW 
EFFORTS OF THE MISSIONARIES — MALIETOA’S ILLNESS, AND ITS CAUSE —MOLE — 
STRONG GALE—DESERTION FROM THE SURVEYING PARTY—DESERTERS RECOVERED 
—DEMAND FOR THE MURDERER OF SMITH-IT IS REFUSED —EXCURSIONS OF THE 
NATURALISTS—JOE GIMBLET—VISIT TO MALIETOA — RETURN OF THE BOATS—CAP¬ 
TAIN HUDSON PROCEEDS TO SALUAFATA, AND DESTROYS IT —RESULTS OF THE 
PUNISHMENT—FRUITLESS ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE OPOTUNO—MATAATU—MALIETOA 
-FAREWELL VISIT FROM THE CHIEFS—THE VESSELS SAIL FROM MATAATU. 
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