INDEX. 
479 
Wishing canoes in Tahiti, i. 148. 
iVhing-spear, different kinds of, 
and how used, i. 143. 
Fish-pond at Kihoro, a monument 
of the genius of Tamehameha, 
iv. 407. 
Flag of truce, use of, among the 
Tahitians, i. 315. 
Folger, Captain, murdered by Ta¬ 
hitian mutineers, ii. 133. 
Foot-ball, a game followed more 
bv the women than the men, U 
213. 
Foot-race, in Tahiti, i. 210. 
Foreign Missions—see American 
Board. 
Fortifications, ancient, in Hawaii, 
iv. 103. 
Fortresses, how constructed among 
the Polynesians, i. 313. 
Fowl, the domestic, found in Ha¬ 
waii, iv. 25; seldom eaten by 
the natives, ibid. 
Funeral ceremonies in Tahiti, i. 
412; in the Sandwich islands, 
iv. 358. 
Furniture, native articles of, i. 188. 
Fur-trading vessels, their visits to 
the Sandwich Islands, iv. 26 ; 
one seized by the natives, and the 
crew murdered, 27. 
Future state, ideas of the Hawaiians 
regarding a, iv. 145. 
Gambier, Captain, R.N., his testi¬ 
mony in favour of the efforts of 
the missionaries in Tahiti and 
Huahine, ii. 349. 
Games, native, in the Sandwich 
Islands, iv. 197 ; in Tahiti, i. 193. 
Geese, wild, found in Hawaii, iv. 
6. 25. 
Gentry, a recognised class in Ta¬ 
hiti, iii. 97. 
Geological character of Tahiti, i. 
11; of Hawaii, iv. 6, 59, 171, 
183 ; volcanoes, 217, 266. 
Georgian Islands, their situation, 
i. 7 ; islands composing the 
group, ibid. 
Goats, large flocks of, reared in the 
Sandwich Islands, iv. 379. 
Gods of the Sandwich Islands, san¬ 
guinary character ascribed to the, 
iv. 362. 
Goodrich, Mr., his visit to Hawaii, 
iv. 55, 67. 
Gospels, translation of the, ii. 118 ; 
St. Luke’s, printing of, 224 ; the 
other Gospels printed, iii. 13. 
Government, form of, in the South 
Sea islands, iii. 93 ; intimately 
connected with idolatry, 132 ; 
new form established, 137, in 
the Sandwich islands, iv. 411. 
Grammar, brief sketch of the, of the 
Hawaiian language, iv. 465. 
Grief' for the dead, inodes of ex¬ 
pressing, i. 407; iv. 175, 358 ; 
self-inflictions, i. 409. 
Gunpowder, many natives of Tahiti 
killed or wounded by an explo¬ 
sion of, ii. 32. 
Gyles, Mr., endeavours to introduce 
the sugar manufacture in Eimeo, 
ii. 283 ; opposition, 284; is 
obliged to withdraw, 285. 
Haa, the chief of Waipio, iv. 355 ; 
his hospitality and intelligence, 
357. 
Haaraanemane, the high-priest, in 
Tahiti, ii. 7; his character and 
influence, 34; is murdered, 36. 
Haapii parau, or learners, a name 
adopted by the converts, ii. 117. 
Haari, or cocoa-nut tree, cultiva¬ 
tion of the, i. 50. 
Hamakua, a district of Hawaii, its 
romantic appearance, iv. 379. 
Harbour regulations of Huahine, 
iii. 209. 
Harwood, Mr., his visit to Hawaii, 
iv. 55. 
Haupape, a house in shape resem¬ 
bling an English dwelling, i. 175. 
Hautaua, valley of, the first native 
meetings for prayer held in the, 
ii. 104. 
Hautia, governor of H uahine, rebels 
captured by, iii. 210, 226. 
Hawaii, its position and size, iv. 4; 
its striking appearance, 5 ; height 
of its mountains, ibid; the inte¬ 
rior uninhabited, 6 ; the popula¬ 
tion found only on the sea-shore, 
7 ; estimate of its number, ibid; 
not now the residence of the 
kings, ibid; tour of, 55; vol¬ 
canic phenomena, 217. 
Haw'eis, Dr., promotes the mission 
to the South Sea islands, ii. 4. 
Haweis, a vessel built by the King 
and the missionaries, launch of 
the, ii. 240; is sold, 242. 
Hayward, Mr., visits Huahine and 
