CHAP TEH III. 



CONTENTS. 



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 Ot 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 PITTS 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 UN ACCOMPLISHE D - SEP A 

 RATION OF THE VESSELS — LARGE QUANTITIES OF MOLLUSCS— SHIP MAGNOLIA — 



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

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