CHAPTER II. 



CONTENTS. 



THE PEACOCK AND TENDER LEAVE THE SAMOAN GROUP— ELLICE'S GROUP-CANOES 

 —ITS NATIVES— THEIR LANGUAGE— DEPEYSTER'S ISLAND — ITS NATIVES— ALBINOS- 

 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 VIS[T 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. 



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