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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER V. 
Visit Oeno Island— Description of it— Loss of a Boat and one Seaman— Narrow Escape of the 
Crew— Crescent Island— Gambier Groupe— Visited by Natives on Rafts— Discover a 
Passage into the Lagoon — Ship enters— Interview with the Natives — Anchor off two 
Streams of Water Visited by the Natives — Theft — Communication with them suspended 
—Morai- Manner of preserving the Dead— Idols and Places of Worship. Page 101 
CHAPTER VI. 
Second Interview with the Natives— Visit to the principal Village— Bodies exposed to dry— 
Areghe or Chief— Lieutenant Wainwright attacked by Natives— Advantage of the Port 
I urther Description of the Island, its Soil and Productions. . . 124 
CHAPTER VIE 
Quit Gambier Islands Visit Lord Hood’s Island — Water-Spout — Clermont Tonnere — De- 
scription ot the Island and Natives, Canoe, &c. — Serle Island — Whitsunday Island — 
Lagoon Island Thrum Cap Island — Egmont Island — Discover Barrow Island ; de- 
scription of it — Carysfort Island — Discover Cockburn Island — -Osnaburgh Island^ — Find 
the Wreck of the Matilda— Bligh’s Lagoon Island— Discovery of Byam Martin Island- 
Meet a Party of Chain Islanders there — Mystery attached to their History — Take two 
of them on board the Ship— Gloucester Island— See Bow Island. . . 145 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Boat sent to examine the Channel into Bow Island Lagoon — Unexpected Interview between 
Tuwarri and his Brother — A Pearl Brig at anchor in the Lagoon — Mystery attached 
to the Byam Martin Islanders dispelled — Their interesting History, extensive Wan- 
derings and Sufferings — Sequel of Tuwarri’s History — Ship enters the Lagoon — Descrip- 
tion of the Island — A short Account of the Natives — Visit several other coral Islands, 
and discover Melville and Croker Islands — Remarks on the Discoveries of Cook, Wallis, 
Carteret, &c. — Peculiarities of the coral Islands — Arrival at Otaheite. . .167 
CHAPTER IX. 
Proceedings at Otaheite— The Ship visited by the Queen Regent, the Royal Family, and 
several Chiefs — Short Account of the Chiefs since Captain Cook’s Visit — Successful Issue 
of a Dispute with the Government respecting the Detention of a trading Vessel — Visit to 
the Queen Regent’s House — Present Condition of the Chiefs and of the Inhabitants — 
Superstitions — Trial of Natives for Theft of the Ship’s Stores — The King visits the 
Ship — Lake and Morai of Mirapaye — Dance exhibited by a Party of New Zealanders 
— Considerations on the Effect of the Introduction of Christianity. . .196 
