INDEX. 



691 



Nott, Mr,, senior missionary at Ota- 

 heite, translation of Bible, 517. 



Obstruction Sound, 198 — lar^e canoes 

 and wigwams deserted, swan- traps, 

 deer, 199. 



Oens, or Coin men, inroads, 20^, 206 



— atWoollya, 325, 326. 

 Orp:an Mountains, 80, 82. 

 Osorno, Mount, in eruption, 378 — 



height, form, 379. 

 Ostriches near river Santa Cruz, 33B — 



swimming, 343. 



Otaheite, or Tahiti, view, 508" — scenery, 

 Matavai Bay, canoes, natives, 509 — 

 traffic, dress, Point Venus, 510 — 

 chiefs, native houses, 511, 512 — 

 curiosity, fair, theft, singing, 513 — 

 taboo-marks, tombs, 'aito,' sugar-mill, 

 514 — Papiete, cottages, 515— natives, 

 shells, Papawa, 516 — Otaheitan 

 Bible, weather, 517— old ' Ua,' dis- 

 eases, 520, 521 — industry, anecdotes, 

 curious relics, 522 — church, congre- 

 gations, 523 — recreations, children, 

 ' Hitote,' 524— Queen Pomare— au- 

 dience, 524, 525 — customs, 527 — 

 meeting with queen and chiefs, 527- 

 542 — pilotage among coral reefs, 

 542 — school-house, service, ' Hitote,' 

 extempore prayer, 543— songs, school, 

 natives teaching each other, children, 

 545 — discussion, intelligence of na- 

 tives, communication of news, 'Mare's' 

 letter, 546—' Paofai's' letter, children 

 of early missionaries, classes of na- 

 tives, 547— proportions, attire, moral 

 conduct, 54B, 549 — prohibition of 

 spirits, harsh usage of infirm, anec- 

 dotes, 551— domestic manners, 552 

 — snuff, provisions, seizure of the 

 Newton, 554 — Pearl fishing, steering, 

 555 — Queen's letter, natives pay her 

 debts, taking leave, 557. 



Oven, the, singular spot described, 

 water, 304. 



Paamutos (see Low Islands). 

 Packsaddle Bay, 224. 



Paihia, missionary settlement in New 

 Zealand, 566. 



Pampas, 85 — absence of trees, 93 — 

 droughts, herds of cattle, fertility, 94 

 — on eastern coast, 97. 



Pampero, in River Plata, 85-89. 

 Papiete (see Otaheite). 

 Papudo, 426. 



Patagonians, general sketch of 129-137 

 — details, physiognomy, friendliness, 

 size, wanderings, 145 — clothing, i4t) 

 — arms, ornaments, 147-149 — food, 

 hunting, dogs, 150, 151 — huts, sleep- 

 ing-places, 152 — marriages, domestic 

 state, 153 — children, cradles, 154 — 

 health, sickness, 155 — funeral cere- 

 monies, 1 56- 1 60— warfare, horseman- 

 ship, racing, cards, 160 — religious 

 ideas, 161 — worship, 162— witchcraft, 

 163 — sacred tree, government, ca- 

 ciques, 164-166 — warfare, horses, 166, 

 167 — moral restraints, 167 — anec- 

 dotes, traffic, 168 — San Leon, partia- 

 lity for white men, subdivisions, 169 

 — bo)'-chief, ' Capitan Chups,' beha- 

 viour, 170 — ' Chico,' Fuegians, trade 

 with them in slaves, 171 — counting, 

 time, language, respect to age, cook- 

 ery, 1 72 — women, gratitude of boy, 

 173— emigrations, 174 — in Gregory 

 Bay, 322. 



Patch Cove, 372, 373. 



Paul, St., Rocks, or Penado de San 

 Pedro, examined, multitudes of birds, 

 sharks, 56 — current, 57. 



Paz, schooner, reasons for hiring to 

 extend survey, 109, 110— refiit, m, 

 112 — off River Negro, 286 — dis- 

 charged, 288— sketch of proceedings, 

 295-314. 



Peat at Falklands, 248, 256. 



Pembroke, Cape (Falklands), 226. 



Penas, Gulf of, wild potato, * pangue,' 

 200. 



Penco, 420,— castle, 421— coal, 4^3- 

 Peru, coast of, survey, 483* 

 Pichidanque, 426. 



Plata River, entrance, width, depth, 

 shoals, currents, pamperoes, 85-88 — 

 effects on river, 89 — level of river and 

 ocean, 9 1 — fluctuations, Yngles Bank, 

 92 — tides, want of trees, 93, 94 — ob- 

 servations on, 115. 



Pococke, Cape, 565. 



Pomare, New Zealand, 581. 



Pomare's tomb, at Otaheite,. 514. 



Pomare Vahine, Queen of Otaheite, 516 

 — arrival at Papiete, dress, 524— at- 



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