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stalks of the, occasionally eaten,, 
i. 50. 
Polygamy, its prevalence in Ta¬ 
hiti, i. 273; in the Sandwich 
islands, iv. 435. 
Polynesia, meaning of the name, 
i. 3; principal groups, ibid; 
early visits, 4. 
Pomare, his friendly conduct to the 
missionaries, ii. 29, 30, 43; re¬ 
bellion against, 53; his wanton 
cruelty, 57 ; his death and cha¬ 
racter, 66; meaning of the name, 
70; assumed as the regal name, 
ibid . 
Pomare (Otu), learns to write, ii. 
72; death of Ins queen, ibid; 
massacres the Atehurans,77; war, 
80 ; is defeated, 81 ; driven into 
exile in Eimeo, 89; invites the 
missionaries to join him there, 
ibid ; publicly professes his belief 
in Christianity, 93; proposes to 
build a place of worship in Ei- 
meo,95; is recalled to Tahiti, 
96; extracts from his letters, 97 ; 
his undaunted profession of his 
faith, 99; returns to Eimeo, 119 ; 
labours to spread Christianity 
there, 142; returns to Tahiti, 145 ; 
gains a decisive victory, 150; 
his moderation, 151 ; destroys 
the idols and idol temples, 153 ; 
prayer by, 162; the author’s first 
interview with him, 197; learns 
the art of printing, 221 ; favours 
the establishment of a native 
missionary society, 265 ; ground¬ 
less jealousy, 284; builds the 
royal mission chapel at Papaoa, 
376 ; his reason for its large size, 
381; is baptized, iii. 18; promul¬ 
gates a code of laws, 137 ; copy 
of, in his own handwriting, 140; 
his commercial speculations, 146; 
bis proposals rejected by the Lee¬ 
ward island chiets, 147 ; his ar¬ 
bitrary proceedings, 156; bis 
death and character, 249; his 
acquirements, 252. 
Pomare III. coronation of, iii. 261 ; 
his death, 262. 
Pomare, name bestowed on the 
young chief of Tahaa, iii. 263, 
287. ' 
Pomare-vahine, sister of Pomare’s 
queen, her visit to Eimeo,ii. 134 ; 
public acknow lodgment of Chris- 
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tianity on the occasion, 135 ; her 
appearance at the battle of JBu- 
naauia, 148 ; visit from, 199. 
Ponahohoa, volcanic rocks of, iv. 
219. 
Population of Tahiti, various esti¬ 
mates of, i. 101; of the Sand¬ 
wich islands, iv. 23. 
Pori, a conspirator against Pomare, 
execution of, iii. 141. 
Pork, the chief animal food in 
Polynesia, i. 71. 
Port Jackson, several of the mis¬ 
sionaries retire to, ii. 88 ; tem¬ 
pest off, iii. 333. 
Portsmouth, bishop of, some Eng¬ 
lish clergyman so styled by 
Boki, iv. 456. 
Potato, sweet, cultivation of the, 
i. 46. 
Pote, (he chiefs’ houses so called, 
in Tahiti, i. 175. 
Poultry reared to supply shipping 
in Tahiti, i. 74. 
Prayer, by Pomare, ii. 162. 
Prayer-meeting, monthly, at La- 
hairia, iv. 85. 
Prayers and offerings to idols, i, 
343. 
Pray ers to God (Bure Atua), a term 
of reproach for the Christian 
converts, ii. 116. 
Preaching in the native language 
in Tahiti, ii. 50; annoyances, 
61. 
Precedence in Tahiti, singular 
order of, iii. 99. 
Priest, tradition of the arrival of a 
foreign white, in Hawaii, iv. 
392. 
Priest, tomb of a celebrated, at 
Hokukano, iv. 129. 
Priest of an idol, public exposure 
o( his imposture, i. 375. 
Priests, idolatrous, also ph) sicians, 
iii. 36. 
Piiests, in the Sandwich islands, 
conversation with, iv. 296. 
Presents to unenlightened people, 
injurious effects of, ii. 258; 
usually looked for, 9, 125. 
Preserves for fish, mode of con¬ 
structing, in Tahiti, i. 138. 
Press, the printing, excitement 
caused by the establishment of 
the, at Afareaitu, by the mission¬ 
aries, ii. 226. 
Printers, native, ii 0 224. 
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