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INDEX; 
troduction of printing, ii. 236 ; 
substitutes for books, iii. 7. 
London Missionary Society, its 
foundation, ii. 4; supports the 
Polynesian mission, 75; favours 
the introduction of industrial arts, 
283; send a deputation to visit 
the missions in the South Sea 
islands, iii. 232 ; founds the South 
Sea Academy, 269 ; how delayed 
in sending missionaries to the 
Sandwich islands, iv. 29; visited 
by the Sandwich island chiefs, 
455. 
Loomis, Mr., an American mis¬ 
sionary, iv. 39. 
Lord’s supper, mode of administer¬ 
ing the, iii. 60. 
Maaro, a Sandwich island chief, 
his sickness, iv. 316; visits to, 
326, 332. 
Macquarie, Governor, his endea¬ 
vours to restrain the bad conduct 
of seamen and others visiting the 
South Sea islands, ii. 42. 
Maeva, in Huahine, a fortification, 
i. 314; afterwards a missionary 
station, iii. 2; scenery in the 
neighbourhood, 3. 
Magellan, missionary zeal of, ii. 3. 
Mahamene, a native missionary, 
iii. 397. 
Mahapu, a missionary station in 
Huahine, iii. 2. 
Mahi, a preparation of the bread 
fruit, i. 42. 
Mahine, king of Huahine, his con¬ 
duct at the battle of Bunaaui'a, 
ii. 147 ; establishes a missionary 
society, 270 ; is baptized, iii. 25 ; 
rebellion and death of his son, 
217, 243. 
Maia, or plantain, indigenous, i. 
60; the fruit, ibid. 
Mai, a Christian chief of Borabora, 
ii. 168; improvement of native 
dwellings commenced by, 342. 
Mai (Oniai), account of his visit to 
England, ii. 365 ; his return to 
Huahine, 368; his subsequent 
career, 369 ; Cowper’s lines, 374. 
Mairikini, visit to the temple of, 
iv. 99. 
Makoa, a guide, his singular ap“ 
pearance, iv. 115 ; deserts the 
party, 207; rejoins them, 284; 
exhorts the people to listeu to 
them, 216 ; reproves the priestess 
ofPele, 311; his address to the 
people, 353. 
Mandeville, Sir John, his account 
of the fountain of youth, i. 119. 
Manona, death of, iv. 123; her 
tomb, 125. 
Manu, a converted Areoi,his after 
life, 171. 
Ma-pe, or rata (tuscarpus edulis), 
a splendid tree, i. 63. 
Mara {beslaria laurifolia), its fra¬ 
grant flowers, i. 33. 
Marini, a conspirator against Po- 
mare, execution of, iii. 141. 
Maro, a Huahian, his ludicrous 
appearance, iii. 224., 
Maro ura, or sacred girdle, used at 
the inauguration of kings, iii. 
108; human sacrifices accom¬ 
panying its preparation, ibid. 
Marquesas, discovery of the, iii 
309; the inhabitants, 312; can¬ 
nibalism, 318 ; Mr. Crook’s re¬ 
sidence among them, ii. 10; his 
second visit, iii. 319 ; native mis¬ 
sionaries, 320. 
Marriage ceremony in Tahiti, i. 
271; ceremonies at present used, 
iii. 292. 
Marsden, Rev. S., charged with the 
expenditure for the Polynesian 
mission, ii. 75; his kindness to 
the missionaries, 88; his notice 
of the death of Mrs. Henry, 90 ; 
his first night in New Zealand 
alluded to, 202. 
Martial games of the Polynesians, 
i. 211. 
Martyrdom of a native Christian, 
ii. 127. 
Matapuupuu, a high priest, conver¬ 
sion of, ii. 116; carries the tidings 
of the Christians’ victory to 
Eimeo, 164 ; accompanies the 
author to Tahiti, iii. 147. 
Matavai, district of, ceded to the 
missionaries, ii. 7; war in, 33; 
description of the bay, 195. 
Mate (ficus'prolixa), uses to which 
applied, i. 36. 
Matlieson, Mr., hisaccount of Kee- 
aumoku, or Cox, iv.46. 
Mato-ereere, a mountain in Hua¬ 
hine, iii. 273. 
Mats, beautiful, made by the Palli- 
ser islanders, i. 187; in the 
Sandwich islands, iv. 325. 
