AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVES OF THE TONGA ISLANDS, IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. WITH AN ORIGINAL GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY COMPILED AND ARRANGED FROM THE EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS OF MR WILLIAM MARINER, SEVERAL YEARS RESIDENT IN THOSE ISLANDS. BY JOHN MARTIN, M. D. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. THIRD EDITION, CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE AND CO. AND HURST, CHANCE AND CO. LONDON. Geuthner 11972 CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER I. The large fortress of Felletos rebuilt-The late king CHAPTER II. The king annihilates the divine chiefdom of Tooiton- PAGE anecdote respecting two chiefs, Hála A'pi A'pi and Tálo-Attempt from the people of Hapai-Mr Mariner discovers an European vessel whilst on a fishing excursion; his men refusing to take him on board, he wounds one mortally, and threatens the others, upon which they paddle towards the ship- Anecdote of the wounded man-Mr Mariner's ar- rival on board, and reception from the captain- The king visits him in the ship; his behaviour on board; his earnest wish to go to England-Mr Mariner sends on shore for the journal of the Port au Prince, and procures the escape of two of his countrymen-Further transactions on board-He Preliminary remarks-Anecdote of the late King- -Generosity of Robert Brown-Anecdote of the dote respecting the death of this great man-Arri- val of the Favourite at the Island of Pau-Some account of the natives, and of the white people there-Departure of the ship from the Fiji Islands, and her arrival in Macao Roads-Mr Mariner's re- Preliminary observations-Rank in society-Tooti- tonga-Veachi-Inspired priests-The king-No- bles Order of succession to rank-Matabooles- Mooas-Tooas-Professional classes of society, he- reditary and otherwise-Table of the order of pro- fessionsSuccession to property-Old age-Fe- male sex- -Wives of chiefs Adopted mothers- Enumeration of the principal notions on which the religion of Tonga is founded-Traditionary account of the Island of Bolotoo-Division of the gods into six classes-Names and attributes of the principal original gods-Souls of Chiefs-Souls of Mata- booles-Other Hotooas or inhabitants of Bolotoo -Hotooa Pow, or mischievous gods-The god that supports the earth-Observations upon death- Origin of the habitable earth, or rather of the Isl- ands of Tonga-Popular traditions respecting the original inhabitants of Tonga-Remarks Another tradition respecting the same subject-Fiji story respecting an island of immortal women-Popular account of the origin of Turtles-General notion of the earth, sky, and heavenly bodies-Notions re- specting the human soul and animal life-Ideas |