478 
IXDEX. 
Dves, vegetable substances used as, 
i. 182. 
Early missionaries to Tahiti, their 
acquirements and deficiencies, 
ii. 188 ; unjustly termed Uni* 
tarians, 182. 
Earthquakes, common in the Sand¬ 
wich islands, iv. 286. 
Easter Island, remarkable monu¬ 
ments in, iii. 325. 
clipse, terror of the Polynesians 
at an, i. 331. 
Eels fed and tamed in Tahiti, i. 76. 
Eimeo or Moorea, its situation, i. 
7; size, 11; beauty, 18; excel¬ 
lent harbour, ibid ; first mission¬ 
ary visit to, ii. 62; Pomare (Otu) 
in exile in, 89; progressof Chris¬ 
tianity in, 92, 109,115, 120, 122; 
public acknowledgment of Jeho¬ 
vah, 135; Christians seek refuge 
in, 141; conduct of Pomare, 142; 
the author’s visit to, 200; the 
printing press, 212. 
Ellis, Mr. (the author), his arrival 
in Tahiti, ii. 175, 193; first in¬ 
terview with Pomare, 195; works 
as a printer, 224; his acquisition 
of the language facilitated 
thereby, 235; removes to Hua- 
hine, 248; delivers his first dis¬ 
course to the natives, 274; labours 
to introduce the culture of sugar, 
cotton and coffee, 287-289; in 
peril in a storm, 305; visits Ta¬ 
hiti, 338; embassy to the Queen 
of Huahine, iii. 147; interview 
with Pomare, 155; with the as¬ 
sistance of Mr. Nott, revises the 
laws for Huahine, ibid; visit to 
the Windward Islands, 215; re¬ 
turn to Huahine, 233; visit to 
Borabora, 276 ; to Raiatea, 281 ; 
to the Sandwich Islands, 285; 
voyage to England, 295; return 
to Huahine, ibid; first visit to 
the Sandwich Islands, iv. 34 ; 
second visit, 48 ; tour of Hawaii, 
74; return to Oahu, 457. 
Embalming, practice of, i. 401. 
Eooa— see Ua. 
Epidemic influenza, prevalence of, 
iii. 35. 
European cloths preferred by the 
Polynesians to their own manu¬ 
facture, ii. 391. 
European vessels seized, and the 
crews murdered, ii. 133. 
Eva, plain of, in Oahu, iv. 11. 
Expenses of the missions, how de¬ 
frayed, ii. 75; attempts of the 
missionaries to meet them, 263 ; 
formation of a native missionary 
society, 263. 
Extortion and violence of the royal 
servants in the South Sea islands, 
iii. 129. 
Extinct craters near Kirauea, iv, 
271; other extinct volcanoes, 299. 
Faahee, or surf swimming, i. 223, 
226. 
Family idols of Pomare, ii. 173 ; 
his letter on se» ding them to 
England, ibid. 
Fare Beritani, the missionaries’ 
fir>t dwelling in Tahiti, ii. 5. 
Fa-re, district of, in Huahine, ii. 
248 ; its improvement under the 
care of the missionaries, 328 ; iii. 
80, 295. 
Farefau, a convert, his bold pro¬ 
fession of his faith, ii. 135, 137 ; 
commissioned to destroy the idol 
Oro, 151. 
Farmers, an influential body in 
Tahiti, iii. 96. 
Fei, the mountain plantain, i. 61. 
Female apparel among the Poly¬ 
nesians, i. 178 ; ii. 391 ; partial 
adoDtion of European clothing, 
392.' 
Female degradation in Polynesia, 
i. 121; its removal under the in¬ 
fluence of the spread of Chris¬ 
tianity, ii. 124. 
Female occupations, instruction in, 
given by tbe missionaries’ wives, 
ii. 389. 
Females, low estimation of, in the 
Sandwich Islands, shewn in the 
tradition of Kahavari, iv. 302. 
Feudal system, its chief features 
found to prevail in the South Sea 
islands, iii. 121. 
Fire-arms, resolution of the mis¬ 
sionaries not to retain, ii. 29. 
Fish-hooks, often made of human 
bone, i. 145; European ones little 
valued, 150; conceived to be 
shoots of plants, 150. 
Fishing, methods of, i. 139; nets, 
140 ; spears, 143 ; hooks, 145 ; 
canoe, 148. 
