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INDEX. 
Atehura, national temple at, i. 341. 
Atehurans, ihe, make war on Po- 
mare, ii. 55; his wanton cruelty, 
57 ; are defeated, 58 ; are again 
attacked by Pomaie, (Otu), 77; 
foment a war against him, and 
expel him from Tahiti, 79, 89; 
conduct of the rebels, 87; at¬ 
tempt to murder the converts, 
139. 
Ati, or tamanu (callophyllum ino- 
phyllum), a splendid evergreen, 
i. 32. 
Atua and varua,difference between, 
i. 333. 
An, or needle-fish, how caught, i. 
139. 
Augury, or divination, how prac¬ 
tised, i. 377. 
Anna, a converted Areoi, ii. 201; 
becomes pastor of a Christian 
church, 202; assists in forming 
the native missionary society, 
205 ; accompanies the author to 
Tahiti, iii. 147 ; goes to the Sand¬ 
wich islands, 283, iv. 2; visits to 
the Governor of Hawaii, 36; 
residence in the house of Kaahu- 
mana, 41 ; proceeds to Maui, 
43. 
Aunana, valley of, its beauty, iv. 
13; the last king of Oahu killed 
there, 17. 
Auti, or paper mulberry (morus 
papyrifera ), i. 34. 
Auura, a chief of Kurutu, his 
voyage to Raiatea, iii. 315; his 
conversion, 396; his return to 
Rurutu, and the overthrow of 
idolatry, 397; his friends wish to 
make him “ King of the Church,” 
40 L 
Austral islands, enumeration of the, 
iii. 375. 
Ava, a spirituous drink, how pre¬ 
pared, iv. 381. 
Balboa, discovery of the Pacific 
Ocean by, i. 1. 
Ballads, traditionary, of Tahiti, i. 
202 . 
Banana (musa sapientium ), cul¬ 
ture and uses, i. 60. 
Bandy, a sport called apai, resem¬ 
bling, i. 213. 
Banishment and confiscation re¬ 
sorted to, in punishment of 
various offences, iii. 120. 
Baptism, delay in administering 
the rite of, to the South Sea 
islanders, reasons for, iii. 14, 
32; the first public administra¬ 
tion of, 18 ; preparatory instruc¬ 
tion, 21; mode of administering, 
23 ; Christian names, 27; infant 
baptism, 28. 
Bard, a native, of the Sandwich 
islands, iv. 106; royal bards, 
462; their office hereditary, ibid. 
Barff, Mr., assists in introducing 
industri; 1 arts in Huahine, ii. 
281; in danger in a storm, 304 ; 
visits Tahiti, 338. 
Bartimeus Lalana (Buaiti) a Sand¬ 
wich islander, iii. 11; his views 
of religious truth, 69. 
Bathing, fondness for, of the Tahi¬ 
tians, i. 131; iv. 37. 
Beechey's, Captain, account of the 
Christian settlement in the Pearl 
islands, iii. 307. 
Bells, want of, ii. 334 ; singular 
substitute for, ibid. 
Bennet, Mr., his arrival in Tahiti, 
iii. 232 ; visit to Huahine, 248 ; 
to the Sandwich islands, iv. 34 ; 
introduced to the royal family, 
40; makes the tour of Oahu, 43. 
Beritani, Mai's house in Huahine, 
ii. 370; its present proprietors, 
371. 
Betrothed girls, care taken of, in 
Tahiti, i.~270. 
Beulah, a settlement in Borabora, 
iii. 278. 
Bicknell, Mr., resides at Eimeo 
with the king, ii. 89 ; his visits 
to Tahiti, 100, 165; baptizes 
Pomare, iii. 19 ; his death and 
character, 51 ; his dying charge 
to Mr. Crook, 52; his widow and 
orphans, ibid. 
Bicknell, Mr. G., nephew of the 
missionary, his life spared by 
mutineers, ii. 133. 
Bicknell and Wilson, Mtssrs.* 
make a missionary tour in 
Eimeo, ii. 62. 
Birds in the Sandwich islands, iv. 
24; beauty of some species, ibid. 
Bishop, Captain, his protection of 
the missionaries, ii. 53; assists 
Pomare against the Atehurans, 
58. 
Bishop, Mr., his visit to Hawaii, 
iv. 55; preaches at Kaavaroa, 
