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CONTENTS. 
CHAP. V. 
Improved circumstances of the females—Instruction in needlework—Intro¬ 
duction of European clothing—Its influence upon the people—Frequent 
singularity of their appearance—Development of parental aflection 
—Increased demand for British manufactures—Native hats and bonnets 
—Reasons for encouraging a desire for European dress, &c.—Sabbath 
in the South Sea Islands—Occupations of the preceding day—Early 
morning prayer-meetings—Sabbath schools—Order of divine service— 
School exercises—Contrast with idolatrous worship . Page 120 to 148. 
CHAP. VI. 
Public assemblies during the week—Questional and conversational meeting 
—^Topics discussed—The seat of the thoughts and affections—Duty of 
prayer—Scripture biography and history—The first parents of mankind 
—Paradise—Origin of moral evil—Satanic influence—^A future state— 
Condition of those who had died idolaters—The Sabbath—Inquiries 
respecting England—^The doctrine of the resurrection—^Visits to Maeva 
—Description of the aoa—Legend connected with its origin—Considered 
sacred—Cloth made with its bark—Manufacture of native cloth—Variety 
of kinds—Methods of dyeing—Native matting—Different articles of 
household furniture.Page 149 to 184. 
CHAP. VII. 
Station at Maeva—Appearance of the lake and surrounding scenery— 
Ruins of temples, and other vestiges of idolatry—General view of Poly¬ 
nesian mythology—Ideas relative to the origin of the world—Polytheism 
—^Traditionary theogony—Taaroa supreme deity—Different orders of 
gods—Oro, &c. gods of the wind, the ocean, &c.—Gods of artificers and 
fishermen—Oramatuas, or demons—Emblems—Images—Uru, or fea¬ 
thers—Temples—Worship—Prayers—Offerings—Sacrifices—Occasional 
and stated festivals and worship—Rau-mata-vehi-raa Maui-fata—Rites 
for recovery from sickness—Offering of first-fruits—The Pae Atua—The 
ripening of the year, a religious ceremony—Singular rites attending its 
close.Page 185 to 218. 
CHAP. VIII. 
Description of Polynesian idols—Human sacrifices—Anthropophagism— 
Islands in which it prevails—Motives and circumstances under which it 
is practised—Tradition of its existence in Sir Charles Sanders’ Island 
—Extensive prevalence of Sorcery and Divination—Views of the natives 
on the subject of satanic influence—Demons—Imprecations—Modes of 
incantation—Horrid and fatal effects supposed to result from sorcery— 
Impotency of enchantment on Europeans—Native remedies for sorcery— 
Native oracles—Means of inspiration—Effects on the priest inspired—■ 
Manner of delivering the responses—Circumstances at Rurutu and Hua- 
hine—Intercourse between the priest and the god—Augury by the death 
of victims—Divination for the detection of theft . Page 219 to 241. 
CHAP. IX. 
Increased desire for books—Application from the blind—Account of Hiro, 
an idolatrous priest—Methods of distributing the Scriptures—Dangerous 
voyages—Motives influencing to desires for the Scriptures—Character 
of the translation—Cause of delay in baptizing the converts—General 
view of the ordinance—Baptism of the king—Preparatory instructions— 
First baptism in Huahine—Mode of applying the water—Introduction 
