CONTENTS. 
XV 
CHAP. XII. 
FROM PAGE 295 TO PAGE 820. 
Estimation in which fighting men were held—Weapons— 
Dress—Ornaments—Various kinds of helmet and ar¬ 
mour—Ancient arms, &c. superseded by the introduction 
of fire-arms—Former ideas respecting the musket, &c. 
—Divination or augury—Savage and merciless conduct 
of the victors—Existence of wild men in the mountains 
—Account of one at Bunaau'ia who had fled from the field 
of battle—Treatment of the captives and the slain—Di¬ 
vision of the spoil, and appropriation of the country— 
Maritime warfare—Encampments—Fortifications—In¬ 
stance of patriotism—Methods of concluding peace—- 
Religious ceremonies and festivities that followed— 
Present sentiments of the people in reference to war— 
Triumph of the principles of peace—Incident atRurutu. 
CHAP. XIII. 
FROM PAGE 321 TO PAGE 352. 
General view of Polynesian mythology—Ideas relative to 
the origin of the world—Polytheism-—Traditionary 
theogony—Taaroa supreme deity—Different orders of 
gods—Oro, Hiro, &c. gods of the wind—Power of 
spirits to raise tempests—Gods of the ocean, &c.— 
Supposed cause of an eclipse.—Gods of artificers and 
fishermen—Oramatuas, or demons—Emblems—Images 
—Uru, or feathers—Temples-—Worship—Prayers—The 
awakening of the gods—Offerings—Sacrifices—Occa¬ 
sional 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. 
CHAP. XIV. 
FROM PAGE 353 TO PAGE 381. 
Description of Polynesian idols—Human sacrifices—An- 
thropophagism—Islands in which it prevails—Motives 
and circumstances under which it is practised—Tradi¬ 
tion of its existence in Sir Charles Sanders’ Island— 
Extensive prevalence of Sorcery and Divination—Views 
of the natives on the subject of satanic influence—De- 
