CHAPTER VIII 



CONTENTS. 



PORPOISE SAILS FROM OAHU — MANUEL RODRIGUEZ — WALKER'S ISLAND— MANHU- 

 ARATICA — SAKEN ISLAND — SEA-GULL GROUP — ISLAND OF BARCLAY DE TOLLY — 

 WOLCONSKY — DEATH OF A KANAKA — TAWEREE — MARGARET'S ISLAND — FOUR 

 CROWNS OF aUIROS- ARCHANGEL — ST. PABLO-INTERVIEW WITH THE NATIVES — 

 RETURN TO ARATICA — RESULTS OF THE BORING — THEORY OF CORAL ISLANDS - 

 TIDAL OBSERVATIONS — INHABITANTS OF ARATICA —CANOE SPOKEN— ARRIVAL AT 

 TAHITI-DOMESTIC QUARRELS OF THE QUEEN— MEETING OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS 

 — MEETING OF THE AUXILIARY SOCIETIES - DISTURBANCE OF THE MEETING — 

 POLICE OF PAPIETI— AMERICAN COMMERCE AT TAHITI-PORPOISE LEAVES TAHTTI 

 -MEETS THE TRADES — FLINT'S ISLAND — STAVER'S ISLAND — PENRHYN'S ISLAND- 

 ISLANDERS-THEIR LANGUAGE-THEIR TURBULENCE— APPEARANCE OF THE WOMEN 

 —FEROCITY OF THE ISLANDERS— THEIR ARMS— THEIR CANO ES— THEIR TALENT FOR 

 HARANGUING — LIEUTENANT • COMMANDANT RINGGOLD RKSOLVES TO RETURN — 

 CURRENTS AND WINDS — ARRIVAL AT HONOLULU — RESULTS OF THE CRUISE — 

 PORPOISE FOUND TO NEED REPAIR — EFFECTS OF THE LAPLACE TREATY - PREPA- 

 RATIONS FOR DEPARTURE— PRODUCTIONS OF THE HAWAIIAN GROUP— ITS FLORA — 

 CLIMATE AND DISEASES. 



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