INDEX, 
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King, Captain, on the height of the 
mountains of Hawaii, iv. 5 ; his 
account of the death of Captain 
Cook, 135 ; on the treatment of 
women, 391. 
King, in Polynesia, ceremony of 
the inauguration of ihe, iii. 107; 
revenues, 127 ; usually necessi¬ 
tous, 128 ; despotic rapacity, 129 ; 
abdication of, on the birth of his 
son, 99 ; acts as regent, 100 ; sa¬ 
credness of the royal person, 101; 
singular mode of travelling in 
consequence, 100; remark of 
Pomare thereon, 101. 
King, in the Sandwich islands, an 
absolute monarch, iv. 411; the 
royal authority hereditary both 
in the male and female line, 412 ; 
punahele, or royal favourites, 
ibid; profound deference paid to 
royalty, ibid ; the king, proprie¬ 
tor of the soil, ibid; revenue, 
413. 
King’s servants, at Lahaina, con¬ 
versation with, iv. 85; their 
sloth and ignorance, 87. * 
Kirauea, approach to the crater of, 
iv.217 ; volcanic sand, 231 ; the 
crater, 235 ; pools of fresh water, 
240 ; sulphur banks, 241; mid¬ 
night view, 247 : native tradi¬ 
tions, 249; dimensions of the 
crater, 253; offence given by the 
visit, 275. 
Kirauea, little, iv. 266; temple of 
Pele near, ibid. 
Knives, substitutes for, iv. 346. 
Konane, a game in Hawaii, iv. 
213. 
Ko Pari— see Pari. 
Koreamoku, the father of medicine 
in the Sandwich islands, iv.335. 
Kuakini, the governor of Hawaii, 
visit from, iv. 35; visits to, 38, 
56; wishes to learn to write, 
ibid; his character and appear¬ 
ance, 39, 105; public preaching 
in his house, 65; his friendly- 
aid, 104; his conversation with 
the missionaries, 113; prohibits 
infanticide, 331 ; builds a chapel, 
404 ; attends public worship, 
407 ; his doubts as to the deluge, 
442. 
Kukairimoku, a war god of the 
Sandwich islanders, iv. 98. 
Lahaina, romantic beauty of its 
situation, iv. 76 ; mission estab¬ 
lished at, 8. 
Lamp, novel kind of, ii. 252. 
Land, tenure of, in the South Sea 
islands, iii. 115; in the Sandwich 
islands, iv. 414. 
Land-marks, removal of, a heinous 
offence among the South Sea 
islanders, iii. 116; in Hawaii, 
iy. 349. 
Language of the Society islands, i. 
8 ; of the Sandwich islands, iv. 20, 
50,459; acquirement of the Ta¬ 
hitian, by the missionaries, ii. 
13, 262 ; friendliness of the na¬ 
tives, 17; native orthography, 19. 
Lanui, a young chief, his auxious 
inquiry after truth, iv. 44. 
Latitudes and longitudes, tables of, 
i. 8. 
Lava streams in Hawaii, iv. 59 ; 
their destructive coui se, how sup¬ 
posed to be arrested, 60 ; ancient 
cataract of, 171; pillars of, 183. 
Laws, first code of, in Tahiti, iii. 
137; its promulgation, 138; 
written out by Pomare himself, 
140; first example of capital 
punishment under, 141 ; judicial 
proceedings, described by Captain 
Gambier, 142; revision, 195. 
Laws of Huahine, when promul¬ 
gated, iii. 144, 175 ; literal trans¬ 
lation of, 177 ; reasons for some 
of their provisions, 192 ; oppo¬ 
sition to, 217. 
Laws of Raiatea, an improvement 
on those of Tahiti, iii. 143. 
Leather, native mode of tanning, 
ii. 231. 
Leeward islands, or Society islands, 
i. 7; Mr. Wilson preaches the 
Gospel in, ii. 118; subversion of 
idolatry in, 167. 
Letter of Pomare, on sending his 
family idols to England, ii. 173. 
Letters from home, value of, to the 
sojourner in a foreign land, iii. 
159. 
Lewis, Mr., a missionary, murder 
of, ii. 37. 
Liliha, or Madame Boki, her voyage 
to England, iv. 455 ; letter from, 
457. 
Lime, native mode of preparing, 
ii. 342. 
Literature of Tahiti, since the in- 
