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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— THREAT- 

 ENED ATTACK ON THE TENDER— MATTHEW'S ISLAND — PITT'S ISLAND — MAKIN— 

 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.E— SHIP MAGNOLIA— 

 OAHU-ARRIVAL AT AND DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU-REACH COLUMBIA RIVER. 



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