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INDEX. 
atea, 317; at Borabora, iii. 276 ; 
takes the charge of the South 
Sea Academy, in Eimeo, 269. 
Osmond, Mrs. death of, ii. 303. 
Otaheite, an erroneous name —see 
Tahiti. 
Otu, son of Pomare, makes war on 
his father, ii. 33; assumes the 
name of Pomare, 70 .— see Po¬ 
mare (Otu). 
Ovens, Tahitian, described, i. 40. 
Oviriviri ( erythrina corolloden- 
drum), a beautiful tree, its uses, 
iv. 223. 
Paao, tradition of, iv. 392. 
Pacific Ocean, discovery of the, 
i. 1. 
Paea, a variety of the bread fruit, 
i. 43. 
Pahe, a favourite game in Hawaii, 
iv. 197, 
Pahi, or war canoe, i. 152. 
Pahi,orship, a large double canoe, 
i. 170. 
Pai, the head man of Waiohinu, 
his hospitality, iv. 197. 
Pahu,or drum, of the Poljnesians, 
i. 193. 
Papahia, a distinguished warrior, 
hanged for treason, iii. 141. 
Papaoa, the royal mission chapel 
at, ii. 376; first public baptism 
in, iii. 18 ; the first code of Ta¬ 
hitian laws theie promulgated, 
138. 
Papara, a missionary station in 
Tahiti, iii. 79; Mr. Davies takes 
the charge of, ibid. 
Papetoai, mission school at, ii. 118; 
its increase, 165 ; described, 205. 
Parental discipline, laxity of,among 
the Polynesians, iii. 82; evil 
effects, 83; singular punishment, 
ibid. 
Pari, pass of, in Oahu, romantic 
scenery of the, iv. 13; idols 
placed in this and other moun¬ 
tain passes, 15. 
Parliament, the fir.-t Tahitian, iii. 
207; a law of, concerning s< a- 
men, ibid. 
Patara, and hoi, edible plants, i. 47. 
Patii, a priest, at Papetoai, pub¬ 
licly burns his idols, ii. 109; 
providential restraint of the ido¬ 
laters, 113; effects of his exam pie, 
114. 
Paumoana, a native missionary, ii. 
119. 
Paumotu canoes, described, i. 170. 
Paumotus, or Pearl islanders, em¬ 
ployed by Pomare, as a body¬ 
guard, iii. 255; Moorea, one of 
them, endeavours to convert 
them, 305. 
Peace, mode of concluding, i. 319. 
Pearl fishery, European vessel 
seized by the Raiateans while 
engaged in the, ii. 133. 
Pearl Islands, description of, iii. 
303; Christianity introduced, 
305; native teachers murdered, 
307; Captain Beechey’s visit, 
ibid. 
Pete, the goddess of the volcano, 
iv. 249; supposed to take the 
S art of Tamehameha against 
Leoua, 252; tradition of her 
combat w ith Kahavari, 301 ; her 
priestess demands the punish¬ 
ment of the missionaries for 
visiting the volcano of Kirauea, 
275 ; power still remaining to 
her priests, 313; tern pie dedicated 
to, at Hamakua, 350. 
Pens and ink, native substitutes 
for, iii. 7. 
Persecution of the Christian con¬ 
verts, ii. 123, 125, 139. 
Peter the Swede, his bad conduct, 
ii. 13; his barbarous advice to 
the natives, 29. 
Pets, full-grown hogs employed as, 
in the Sandwich islands, iv. 41. 
Physic, native practice of, iii. 36. 
Pia ( chailea tacca ), or arrow-root, 
culture and preparation of, i. 47. 
Piia, a Sandwich island chief, iv. 
47. 
Billow, the Tahitian, i. 188. 
Pitcairn’s I-land, discovery of, iii. 
321 ; its colonization by the mu¬ 
tineers of the Bounty, 322 ; its 
population, 324. 
Plantain (musa paradisiaca), cul¬ 
ture ard uses of the, i. 60 
Plantain leaves used as substitutes 
for writing paper, iii. 263. 
Poetry, specimens of Tahitian, i. 
199. 
Poetry of the Sandwich islands, 
how constructed, iv. 462. 
Pohiri, the tubers of the arum, i 
. 44. 
Pohue (convolvulus Brasiliensis), 
