CONTENTS. 
Introduction 
CHAPTER I. 
PAGE 
I 
CHAPTER II. 
The Two Races which Peopled Polynesia . , 
12 
Our Race and its Origin 
CHAPTER III. 
6l 
Civilization 
CHAPTER IV. 
91 
Religion 
CHAPTER V. 
97 
Mythology 
CHAPTER VI. 
107 
Mythology ( continued ) . 
CHAPTER VII. 
• i34 
Tapu 
CHAPTER VIII. 
163 
CHAPTER IX. 
Whare-Kura. — Religious Worship. — Infant Baptism. — War Ceremonies 174 
CHAPTER X. 
Fishing Ceremonies. — Manner of Hunting the Rat. — Witchcraft. — Niu. 
— Cursing. — Kura — Red ...... 197 
CHAPTER XI. 
Wakapakoko— Images . . . . » . .211 
CHAPTER XII. 
Singular Rites and Customs relating to the Dead . .215 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Singular Rites and Customs relating to the Dead ( continued ) . , 229 
