CHAPTER VIII. 



CONTENTS. 



PORPOISE SAILS FROM OAHU — MANUEL RODRIGUEZ — WALKER'S JSLANE-MANHII- 

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

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

 CROWNS OF Q.UIROS — 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 Q.UARRELS OF THE OUEEN— MEETING OF THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS 



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

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



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

 ISLANDERS— THEIR LANGUAGE— THEIR TURBULENCE— APPEAR A NCE OF THE WOMEN 

 —FEROCITY OF THE ISLANDERS— THEIR ARMS— THEIR CANOKS— THEIR TALENT FOR 

 HARANGUING — LIEUTENANT -COMMANDANT RINGGOLD R I SOLVES 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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