CHAPTER III. 
CONTENTS. 
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 O* 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 PITTS 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^E-SHIP MAGNOLIA — 
OAHU-ARRIVAL AT AND DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU-REACH COLUMBIA RIVER. 
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