CONTENTS. 



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ing head — Meeting at Papiete — Dress — Behaviour — Elo- 

 quence of natives — Honourable feelings — Interesting dis- 

 cussion — Venilia 506 



CHAPTER XXni. 



Continuation of the Meeting at Papiete — Questions — Expla- 

 nation — Meeting ends — Pilotage — Mr. Wilson — Queen's 

 Visit — Fireworks — School — Intelligence — Letters— Inha- 

 bitants — Dress — Conduct — Abolition of Spirits — Defect 

 in Character — Domestic Scene — Aura Island — Newton at 

 Bow Island — Pearl Oyster Shells — Divers — Steering — 

 Queen's Letter — Collection — Sail from Otaheite — Why- 

 lootacke — Flight of Birds — Navigators — Friendly — Fee- 

 jee Islands — English Chief — Precautions — LaPerouse 540 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



New Zealand — Bay of Islands — Kororareka — Fences — Flag 

 — Paihia — Natives — Features — Tattow — Population — 

 Colour — Manner — War-Canoes — Prospects — Mackintosh 

 — Fern — Church — Resident — Vines — Villages — Houses 

 — Planks — Cooking — Church — Marae — First Mission — 

 Settlers — Pomare — Marion — Cawa-Cawa — Meeting — 

 Chiefs — Rats — Spirits — Wine — Nets — Burial — Divine 

 Service — Singing — Causes of Disturbances — Reflections 

 and Suggestions — Polynesian Interests — Resources for 

 Ships in the Pacific 564 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Waimate — Cultivation — Flax — Apteryx — Gardens — Mis - 

 sionaries — Farm — Barn — Mill — Grave of Shunghi — 

 Horses — Kauri Pine — Keri-keri — Children — Waripoaka 

 — La Favorite — Political condition — Relics — Images, or 

 Amulets — Mats — Leave New Zealand — Remarks — Inter- 

 course — Convicts — Effects of Missionary exertion — Irre- 

 gular Settlements — Trade — Residents and Consuls — 



