INDEX. 
487 
National temple at Atehnra, i. 841. 
Native books, how prepared, iii. 
7; estimation in which held, 
ibid. 
Native missions, solicitations for, 
ii. 262; native missionary so¬ 
ciety established, 264,270; native 
missionaries, designati on of, iii. 
283; operations of the societies, 
298; contributions, 299; anni¬ 
versaries, ibid. 
Nautilus, arrival of the, at Tahiti, 
ii. 23; troubles in consequence, 
25. 
Navenavehia, an inferior chief in 
Huahine, builds a house for 
himself in the European style, 
ii. 344. 
^Needlework taught by the wives of 
the missionaries, ii. 889 ; its pre¬ 
valence, 397. 
Nets, various kinds of, i. 140; how 
made, 141. 
New Holland, aborigines of, iii. 335. 
New South Wales, friendly conduct 
of the Governors of, towards the 
missionaries, ii. 42; settlements 
in, iii. 334. 
Newtonian theory of the tides, ex¬ 
ception to the, in the South Sea 
islands, i. 28. 
New Zealand, description of, iii. 
337; the author’s visit to, 339, 
350; character of the population, 
341 ; cruelty to slaves, 341,347 ; 
missionary labours, 358. 
Niau, leaves of the cocoa-nut tree, 
uses applied to, i. 51; an emblem 
of royal authority, iii. 122; re¬ 
fused by the Raiatean and neigh¬ 
bouring chiefs, when sent by 
Pomare, 147. 
Nihau, an appendage of Tauai, iv. 
20; fine mats manufactured in, 
ibid ; extensive cultivation of the 
yam, 21. 
Ninole, singular superstition re¬ 
garding the pebbly beach of, iv. 
212 . 
Nono (morindo citrifolia), berries 
of the, i. 50. 
Nott, Mr., visits Huahine and 
other islands, ii. 78 ; is favourably 
listened to, ibid; remains at 
Eimeo with the king, 88 ; is in¬ 
vited to Huahine, and preaches 
there, 107 ; translates the Gospel 
of St. Luke, 118, repairs to 
Tahiti, 165; assists in the pre¬ 
paration of a code of laws, iii. 
137 ; his visit to Tubuai, 385. 
Nott and Davies, Messrs., draw up 
a brief summary of scripture 
history, ii. 73. 
Nott and Hayward, Messrs., mis¬ 
sionary tour of, ii. 117. 
Nott and Scott, Messrs., act as me¬ 
diators between Pomare and the 
rebels, ii. 80. 
Numbers, use of, among the Ta¬ 
hitians, i. 90 ; their system of 
numeration, ibid. 
Oahu, a volcanic island, iv. 11 ; 
its size and beauty, ibid; the 
plain of Honoruru, ibid ; valley 
of Annanu, 13 ; pass of Pari, 14 ; 
town of Honoruru, 17 ; salt lake, 
18 ; population, 19; history, 16 ; 
visit to, 39 ; town of, 43. 
Oani, the priestess of Pele, com¬ 
plains of the visit of the mission¬ 
aries to the volcano of Kirauea, 
iv. 275 ; conversation with her, 
309. 
Oaths not used in judicial proceed¬ 
ings in the South Sea islands, 
iii. 196. 
Oceanic negroes, their characteris¬ 
tics, i. 78. 
Ohelo berries, superstition regard¬ 
ing, iv. 234. 
Oil, cocoa nut, how prepared, i. 58. 
Omai— see Mai. 
O-o, the chief implement of Ha¬ 
waiian husbandry,iv. 195. 
Opio, how prepared, i. 41. 
Opoa, in Raiatea, a celebrated dis¬ 
trict, ii. 315. 
Oracles, idol, in the Sandwich 
islands, iv. 97. 
Orators of battle, or rauti, their con¬ 
duct, i. 287. 
Ordeal, the water, i. 379. 
Ordeal of shaking water, in the 
Sandwicli islands, iv. 423. 
Oripaia, a chief, death of, ii. 32. 
Oroa, or Taupiti, a Tahitian festi¬ 
val, i. 204. 
Oro, the great national idol, war 
for the possession of, ii. 51; de¬ 
stroyed, 155. 
Orono, or Rono, an early king of 
the Sandwich islands, iv. 134 ; 
Captain Cook identified with 
him by the natives, 3, 135. 
OrsmondjMr. his domestic bereave¬ 
ment, ii. 303; his labours in Rai- 
