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INDEX 
Cats, favourites in Tahiti, i. 72. 
Cattle, herds of wild, in Hawaii, 
iv. 24, 400. 
Caves, burial in, practised in the 
Sandwich islands, iv. 144. 
Caw, Mr., a shipwright, joins the 
mission, ii. 70; his illness and 
death, iii. 52. 
Ceremonious salutations of the 
Polynesians, ii. 337. 
Chamberlain, Mr., an American 
missionary, iv. 39; his account 
of the crater of Kirauea,253. 
Chandeliers, native, in the chapel 
at Raiatea, ii. 360. 
Chesnut, the native, a tree of stately 
growth, i. 63. 
Chiefs, the highest rank of, in 
Tahiti, allied to royalty, iii. 
98; homage paid to, 105; each 
sovereign in his own district, 
119; resembled the barons of the 
feudal system, 121; in the Sand¬ 
wich islands, iv. 412. 
Children, ceremonies on the birth 
of, i. 258; treatment of, 261; iii. 
82 ; singular punishment, 83. 
Children of missionaries, anxiety 
concerning, iii. 267; establish¬ 
ment for their education, 269. 
Christian church, general view of 
a, iii. 53 ; preparatory teaching, 
56; qualifications and duties of 
communicants, 58; the sacra¬ 
ment of the Lord’s supper, 60; 
manner of admitting church 
members, 65; appointment of 
deacons, 80 ; female conversa¬ 
tional meetings, 82; dismissal of 
members, 89. 
Christian experience, questions on, 
ii. 437 ; pleasing instances of, iii. 
10; devotional feelings, 62. 
Christian refugees in Eimeo, ii. 
141; return to Tahiti, 145 ; bat¬ 
tle of Bunaau'ia, 147; general 
reception of Christianity, 159. 
Christianity, first impressions from, 
on the adult heathen, iv. 315 ; 
forma! establishment of, in Tahiti, 
ii. 159. 
Church, Christian, general view of 
a, iii. 53—see Christian church. 
Church members, how admitted, 
iii. 65; dismissal of, 89; fanatical 
visionaries, 91. 
Church Missionary Society, their 
labours in New Zealand, iii. 
358. 
Cities of refuge ( puJionuas ) in 
Hawaii, iv. 167, 363. 
Clocks unknown in the South Sea 
islands, ii. 383 ; mode of indi¬ 
cating time, 384. 
Cloth, manufacture of, from various 
materials, in Tahiti, i.l79; the 
chief women excel in the, 185; 
in the Sandwich islands, iv. 109. 
Clothing made of cocoa-nut fibre, 
i. 53. 
Cloth-plant of the Sandwich is¬ 
lands (a variety of the moms 
:papyri/era ), iv. 109. 
Cock-fighting, a favourite sport of 
the Tahitians, i. 221. 
Cocoa-nut oil received in payment 
for copies of the Scriptures,ii.231. 
Cocoa-nut tree ( cocos nucifera) 
its various uses, i. 51 ; mode of 
gathering the fruit, 57. 
Coffee plant, the, successfully in¬ 
troduced into the Society islands, 
ii. 291. 
Commerce of the Sandwich islands, 
iv. 26. 
Commercial and maritime enter; 
prise of the Hawaiians, iv. 408 - 
national flag, 409. 
Communicants, qualifications and 
duties of, iii. 58. 
Conscience, instances of the power 
of, iii. 77. 
Contributions from native mis¬ 
sionary societies, amount of, iii. 
299. 
Conversational meetings, ii. 420 ; 
when held, and their objects, ib . 
Converts to Christianity, their satis¬ 
factory conduct, ii. 116; perse¬ 
cution of, 123, 125, 139; seek 
refuge in Eimeo, 141; return to 
Tahiti, 145. 
Cook, Captain, visits Tahiti, i. 8; 
mistakes the native name, 9; 
carries Mai to England, ii. 365 ; 
various islands discovered by 
him, iii. 379, 393, 404; iv. 1 ; 
accuracy of his descriptions, iv. 
2 ; visit to the scene of his death, 
38 ; native account of that event, 
131; sorrow expressed by them, 
133; reverence paid to his me¬ 
mory, 134; question as to the 
disposal of his bones, 137. 
Coral reefs, surrounding Eimeo and 
other islands, i. 18, !9, 2! ; 
breaks in the, form harbours, 23; 
of the Sandwich islands, iv. 21. 
