VI 
CONTENTS. 
CHAP. VIII. 
FROM PAGE 215 TO PAGE 247. 
Visit from the Windward Islands—Opposition to the 
moral restraints of Christianity—Tatauing prohibited 
by the chiefs—Revival of the practice—Trial and pe¬ 
nalty of the offenders—Rebellion against the laws and 
government—Public assembly—Address of Tana—De¬ 
parture of the chiefs and people from the encampment 
of the king's son—Singularity of their dress and ap¬ 
pearance—Interview between the rival parties—Return 
of Hautia and the captives-—Arrival of the deputation 
at Tahiti—Account of Taaroarii—Encouraging circum¬ 
stances connected with his early life—His marriage— 
Profligate associates—Effects of bad example—Disor¬ 
derly conduct—His illness—Attention of the chiefs and 
people—Visits to his encampment—-Last interview—■ 
Death of Taaroarii—Funeral procession—Impressive 
circumstances connected with his decease and interment 
—His monument and epitaph—Notice of his father— 
His widow and daughter—Institution of Christian 
burial—Dying expressions of native converts. 
CHAP. IX. 
FROM PAGE 248 TO PAGE 275. 
Arrival of the deputation in Huahine—Death of Pomare— 
Notice of his ancestry—Description of his person—His 
mental character and habits—Perseverance and profi¬ 
ciency in writing—His letter to England, &c.—Fac¬ 
simile of his hand-writing—Translation of his letter on 
the art of drawing—Estimation in which he was held 
by the people—Pomare the first convert to Christianity—* 
His commendable endeavours to promote its extension 
—Declension during the latter part cf his life—His 
friendship to the Missionaries uniform—His aid im¬ 
portant—Circumstances connected with his death— 
Accession of his son Pomare III.—Coronation of the 
infant king—Encouraging progress in learning—Early 
death—Extensive use of letters among the islanders— 
Writing on plantain-leaves—Value of writing-paper— 
South Sea Academy—Trials peculiar to Mission families 
among uncivilized nations—Advantages oL sending 
Missionary children to civilized countries. 
