INDEX. 
Flags — national, 29 — signal .... 22, 23 
Flax-trade, account of, 31 — rmethod of preparing it .157 
Food, description of varieties of . . . . .107 
Forest on fire ....... 216,217 
Forests, description of . . . . .16,17,13 
Fraudulent dealings witli New Zealanders . . 30, 31 
Friendly Islands, climate and produce of . . . 106 
Fruits, varieties of ....... 76 
Fuchsia excorticata, fruit . . . . . .Ill 
Furniture, description of . . . . . .154 
Games, description of the native .... 112, 113 
Gospel, effects of the ..... 212, 248, 249 
Grasses, English . . . . . . .75^76 
Hahunga, feast of . . . ... 137, 138 
Hakari, feast of ...... . . 139 
Hamlin, Mr., deputed to go to Waikato . . . 207 
Haruru, fall of ...... . .14 
Harbours, description of ...... 20 
Haurake .... .... . 205 
Hawkes’s Bay described ...... 21 
Heitiki, ornament of ..... . 151 
Herald schooner, mention of, 177? 178 — her voyages to 
Tauranga ........ 180 
Hicks’s Bay described .21 
Hikurangi Mountain, description of .... 4 
Hinau-tree, description of . . . . . 49, 50 
Hina, account of ....... . 142 
Hokianga River, description of . . . . 11, 28, 29 
Hokianga, harbour of, 21 — directions for entering it, 
22, 23, 34, 35 
Hongi, character and death of, 119, 128 — fort built by his 
orders, 125 — his visit to England, 169 — protects the 
Station of Kerikeri ..... 174, 175 
Horeta, a chief, his speech ..... . 248 
Hot-springs, description of . . .... 7 
Houses, description of the native ... . 153 
Hiigel, Baron, his visit to Waimate .... 193 
Infanticide, prevalence of .... . .98 
Inhuman practices, suppression of .... 242 
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