CHAPTER I. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM OAHU — WASHINGTON ISLAND — JARVIS'S ISLAND — MAGNETIC 

 EQUATOR — ENDERBURYS ISLAND — BIRNIES 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 — QUA YS-AB- 

 SENCE OF CULTIVATION — MUSIC — CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES — PRODUCTIONS — 

 DUKE OF CLARENCE'S 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 — MALIETO AS 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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