INDEX. 
Rangaunu Bay . 202 
Rangi, baptism of ..... . . 233 
Rangiboua, village of, 23 — first Mission Station, 167 — 171 
— tapues abolished there .... 244 — 246 
Rapu, obituary of .... . . 294 — 296 
Rarawa, chief and tribes ..... . 201 
Rata-tree, description of ..... . 50, 51 
Raupo ........ . 205 
Reinga, description of . . . . . .140 
Religious remarks by natives ... . 222 — 225 
Rengarenga root, its uses and properties ... 89 
Revenge, instances of ..... . 130 
Rewa, a chief, thievish habits of the tribe under his pro- 
tection ....... . 249 
Rewarewa-tree, description of .... 44, 45 
Rimu-tree, description of ... . . 40, 41 
Riroriro bird, description of . . . • . .58 
Roads, formation of . . . . . . .191 
Rongo Pai,” motto of 200 
Rotorua, lakes of . . . . . . . 7 
Sabbath Services at Paihia .... 181, 199, 200 
Sacraments, administration of . . . . 234, 235 
Sandy Bay ......... 202 
Schools, establishment of, at Paihia, 179, 181 — state of . 183 
Scriptures, translations of, 182 — portions of, and of Li- 
turgy, into the New.Zealand language . . 230 — 233 
Sea-birds, descriptions of ..... 69, 70 
Seal-fishery, remarks on .... . .28 
Shells of New Zealand .... ... 73 
Settlers, European, on Hokianga River . . . .29 
Sharks’-tooth ornaments, description of . . . . 152 
Singing of birds ....... .52 
Slavery, state of, 120 — redemption of slaves . . .121 
Soil, nature of, 7^ — 78 — cultivation of different kinds . 156 
South Cape 1 
Staple commodities of New Zealand ... .31 
Stewart’s Island ........ 1 
Superstition, its terrors described ... .93 
Swamps, description of 14, 15 
