Milk, Cocoa-nut, 147.
Mille, xxii.
Mirage, 7.
Missionaries, at Rotuma Island,
xxi.; E. T. Doane, xxii.; Ameri-
can in Sandwich Islands, 3; old
witticism relating to Fijian, 56;
general remarks on, 59-61; the
French in Fiji, 61; Samoa, 227;
ill-feeling existing between mis-
sionaries and traders, 236; mis-
sionaries in Tonga, 294, 310; in
New Hebrides, 320; San Ber-
nardo, 329; Marquesas Group,
334, 336; Marshall Group, 342.
Moka (Fijian), meaning of term, 36.
Moli apple (Fijian fruit), 54.
Molokai (Sandwich Group), 4.
Monteverde Island (Caroline Group),
356.
Moorea or Eimeo (Society Islands),
364, 369.
Mortgage (in Fiji), 171, 173-175.
Mortlock Island (Caroline Group),
Moseley, Mr. H. N., F.R.S., xxiii.
Mosquitoes, 131, 166, 167, 206, 218.
Mota Island, Grammar of language
xxiii.
Mother of Pearl. (See under Pearl.)
Motungongau Island. (See Nassau.)
Moulton, Rev. J. E., work on Poly-
nesian Dictionary, xx.
Moumoua (Tongan chief), 292.
Mudu (chief of the Quali Mari), 38.
Mulinunu (Samoa), 226, 227.
Müller (Dr. Friedrich's) Sketch
of Sawaiori Languages,' xviii.
Na Cagi Levu (Fijian chief), 33.
Nadi (Fiji), 38.
Na Drau (Fiji), 71.
Nadroga, Fijian province, 50; Fi-
jian harbour, 38.
Naicobocobo (Fijian mythology), 64.
Naitisiri (Fijian province), 50, 207,
209.
Naitono (Fijian mythology), 65.
Na Lotu, massacre of inhabitants
by cannibals, 72.
Namena massacre (Fiji), 81.
Namosi (Fiji), 156, 210.
Nangiia timber, 321, 330.
Nanomea Island, 344.
Naples, Bay of, surpassed in beauty
by the harbour of Apia, 226.
'Napoleon of the Pacific,' Kame-
hameha so called, 3.
Narragansett, U.S.S., 242.
Nasaucoko (Fijian town), 37, 38.
Na-Seivau (Fiji), 210.
Nasova (suburb of Levuka), 28;
episode at, 190, 191.
Nassau Island, 330.
Na Ulivou, chief of Bau, 19.
Navigators' Islands. (See Samoan
Group.)
Navuso (Fiji), 208, 209.
Ndanthina (Fijian mythology), 65.
Ndengi (Fijian mythology), 64, 110.
Negrito Polynesian. (See Papuan).
New Britain, peopled by Papuan
race, xiii.; philological work on,
xxiii.
New Caledonia, xiii., xxiii., 363.
Newfoundland, 245.
New Georgia (Solomon Group), 361.
New Guinea, ix., xiii., xxiii., 267.
New Hanover, xxiii.
New Hebrides, xiii., xxii., xxiii.,
223, 316, 319, 320.
New Holland, 267.
New Ireland, xiii., xxiii., 361.
Newspapers, Fijian, 49; Hawaiian,
xix.
New Zealand. (See also Maori.)
Physical characteristics of inhabi-
tants, ix. ; probable early settlers,
xii. ; peopled by Sawaiori race,
xiii.; fallacy of some ideas con-
cerning, 164.
Nichau (Sandwich Group), 4.
Nieué. (See Savage Island.)
Niusana trees, 209.
Nombre de Dios, a painting at, Pre-
face.
North's (Lord) Island, xxii.
Nukahiva (Marquesas Group), 334.
Nukufetau (Ellis Group), 234.
Nukunivano fishing contract, 272,
273.
Numuka (Tonga), 286, 287.
Nutele Island (Samoa), 212, 214.
Nutmegs, 141, 155, 224, 320.
Oahu (Sandwich Group), 2-4.
Of'u Island (Samoa), 212.
Ohio antiquities, 62.
Oil-producing trees, 225.
Olive, Captain, 38.
Olosenga Island (Samoa), 212, 214.
Ono Buleanga Valley (Fiji), 210.
Oporo (Soro Archipelago), 359.
Oratory (Samoan), 223, 224.
Oranges, 54, 141, 156, 337, 369, 370.
Orchids, 362.
Orestes, The ship, 239.
Orient S.S. Line, 165.
Oro, Tahitian mythology, 367, 368.
Orohena, Mount, 364.
Orotetefa, Tahitian mythology, 367.
Otouli (Easter Island), 359.
Ovalau (Fiji), its area and position,
11; its anchorage, 43; suited for
growth of coffee, 153.
Oven, a Polynesian, 276.
Owyhee. (See Hawaii.)
Pacific Mail Co., 1, 2, 4, 164.
Palaos Islands, 354, 355.
Pali (Hawaii), 5.
Palmerston Island, 321.
Palmyra (Fanning's Group), 339.
Pama dialect, xxiii.
Panama Canal, Preface, 336.
Panama pearl-fisheries, 249.
Pandanus, or screw palm, 37, 117,
155, 325-327, 341, 343.
Pango-Pango harbour, 214-216.
Papalagis or white men, Fijian tra-
dition concerning their origin, 65.
Papeete or Papeite (Tahiti), 369.
Papuans, works on their languages,
xxii., xxiii.; their physical charac-
teristics, ix., X., 319; their origin,
and treatment of women, x. ; list
of islands they inhabit, xiv. ; ap-
proximate date of their migra-
tion, xiii.; construction of their
languages, xiv., xv.
Parrots, Polynesian, 339, 340.
Patteson, Bishop, xxiii., 60.
Patioli, Samoan chief, 227, 228.
Paumotus. (See Tuamotus.)
Peach, The, 155.
Pea-nuts, 207.
Pearl, H.M.S., 28.
Pearl-fishing, in Fiji, 125; deprecia-
tion in value during 1867 of pearl,
233; fisheries at Nukufetau, 234;
in North Australia, 246; advan-
tages enjoyed by South Pacific
fisheries, prices obtained and
quality of yield, 246; different
systems under which were con-
ducted the fisheries at Tahiti and
Manilla, 246, 247; value of
fisheries generally, 247; fisheries
in the Low Archipelago, and de-
scription of appearance they pre-
sent, 247, 248; comparative safety
of Pacific pearl-fishing, 249; the
propagation of pearl-oysters and
their partiality for certain places,
249, 250; use made by the natives
of pearls and shell, 249, 250, 252;
varieties of the pearl-oyster, the
formation of pearls, 251, 254;
method of opening the pearl-
oyster, 251, 252, 255, 256; pearl-
robbers, 252; state of the Tua-
motus fisheries, 253; the oyster's
powers of locomotion, 253, 254;
the spawn probably deposited
outside the lagoons, in which the
oysters are afterwards found,
254, 255; history of the Tuamotus
fisheries, 256; large profits made
by beachcombers, 256, 257;
native pearl-divers, 257, 258;
average cost of raising shell per
ton, 258; the Empress Eugenie's
pearl necklace, 258; shell used
for special purposes, 258-259;
bargaining for pearls, 259; pearls
of the Paahua oyster, 258-260;
found at various islands, 322, 330,
331, 354, 355, 356, 362, 369.
Pease, Captain, 241.
Peckham, Mr., 202.
Peninsular and Oriental S.S. Co.,
164, 165.
Penrhyn Island, 257.
Pentecost (New Hebrides), 319.
Pepper, 155.
Perouse, La, Preface, 337.
Peru, 122.
Petherick's, Mr. E. A., catalogue of
works bearing on Australia and
the Pacific, xxiv.
Philippine Islands, 16.
Phoenix Islands, peopled by Sawai-
ori race, xiv.
Pillans, Mr., 192.
Pinard, M., xxi.
Pine-apples, 54, 141, 156.
Pinkham, Captain, 243.
Pitcairn's Island antiquities, 62, 63.
Plantains, 141, 158.
Poisoning, professional, in Fiji, 132.
Polygamy, its practice formerly
in Fiji, 87.
Polynesia, the people of, ix., its
commercial importance, Preface.
Polynesian Land Co., 23.
Polyparia, 12, 13.
Pomare, the Great, of Tahiti, 324.
Pomegranates, 54.
Pomelo tree, 155.
Ponape. (See Ascension Island.)
Population: Fanning's Island, 340;
Fiji, 12; Kingsmills, 313, 316;
Levuka, 46; Marquesas, 334;
Papeite, 369; Samoa, 212;
Sandwich Islands, 4, 7; Savage
Island, 321; Society Islands, 364;
Whites engaged in commerce in
Fiji, 121; Tonga, 287.
Porpoise, U.S.S., 252, 262.
Potatoes, 194.
Pottery manufacture in Fiji, 99,
118, 119.
Pratt's, Rev. G., Samoan Dic-
tionary, xix.
Prescott, Mr., 63.
Priests, Fijian, 41.
Prince William's Island, Fiji Group
so called by Tasman, 18.
Pritchard, Mr., 21.
Products-(see also under separate
headings, e.g. Bêche de mer,
Pearl, Cotton, Sugar, etc.): As-
cension Island, 354; Austral
Group, 336; Ellice Islands, 343;
Fanning's Island, 341; Fiji, 133,
141-162; Hervey Island, 337;
Hogoleu (Caroline Group), 355,
356; Manihiki Island, 331;
Marshall Group, 341; Monte-
verde and Mortlock Islands (Caro-
line Group), 356; Nassau Island,
330; Rakahanga, 333; Raro-
tonga, 337; Samoa, 215, 224-
226; San Bernardo, 330; Sand-
wich Group, 4, 6; Solomon Group,
362, 363; Tahiti or Society
Group, 369, 370; Tonga, 133,
311, 312; Tuamotus or Low
Archipelago, 324-327.
Proverbial sayings, 349.
Pukapuka or San Bernardo Island,
329, 330.
Puraka plant, 311.
Pyjamas, 166.
Quali Mari (Fijian tribe), 38, 40.
Qualis (Fijian), 91.
Queen, The, 33, 70, 311, 324.
Quinine, a remedy for elephantia-
sis, 217.
Quiros, Fernando, Preface.
Quixote, Don, quotation from, 248.
Rabi (Fiji), 153.
Ra (Fijian province), 50.
ACREAGE of Fiji, 11.
Admiralty Islanders, xxiii.
Adenosma triflora (Bot.), 134.
Afoo (Tongan chief), 292.
Albino parrot, found in Fiji, 138.
Alexander's, Prof. W. P., 'Synopsis
of Hawaiian Grammar,' xix.
Allender, Mr. H. Phipps, Preface.
Allspice, 155.
Alo-Alo (Tongan mythology), 304.
Ambati (Fijian priest), 65.
Amboyna, Candle-nut found in, 190;
dialect, xxiii.
America, Western States of, more
suitable market than Europe for
Fijian produce, 156.
America, Elevation of south coast,
16.
Andrews', Judge, 'Hawaiian Gram-
mar and Dictionary,' xix.
Anemones (British), 265, footnote.
Angau (Fiji), 17.
Anglo-Saxons destined to develop
the resources of the Pacific, Pre-
face; 'Anglo-Saxons of Pacific,'
Tongans so-called, 286.
Angona, 10, 29, 32, 98. (See also
Kava.)
Angora goat, 161, 162, 205.
Aniwa, xxii.
'Annatom or Aneityum,' philologi-
cal work on dialect, xxii.
Anselm, Mr., 231.
Antelope, The wreck of the, 354,
355.
Antietum (New Hebrides), 320.
Antiquities, Fijian, 112, 113; Tua-
motu, Kentucky, Ohio, and
Tennessee, 62; Pitcairn's and
Fanning's Islands, 63. (See also
Ruins.)
Anudha dialect, xxiii.
Apemama (Kingsmill Group), 316,
317, 318.
Apia (Samoa), 212, 216, 217, 218,
226, 227, 228, 232.
Apolima Island (Samoa), 212.
Aranuka (Kingsmills), 316.
Areoi Society, The, 366-368.
Argo reef, The, 17.
Armies, Kamehameha's Hawaiian, 2.
Arorais, 312.
Arrowroot, 98, 155, 198, 199, 224,
311, 370.
Arum, Gigantic species of, 311, 341.
Ascension Island, or Ponape (Caro-
line Group), xvii., xxii., 353-354.
Atimano (Tahiti), 364.
Atolls (coral), their formation, 14;
difficulties in accounting for their
foundation, 15; their subsidence,
16; overwhelmed by tidal waves,
16, 17.
Auckland, distance from Fiji Group,
11; steam communication with
Levuka, 56.
Aunu'u Island (Samoa), 212.
Austral (Orient s.s.), 165.
Austral Islands, peopled by Sawai-
ori race, xiv. ; various, 223, 336,
363.
Australia, physical characteristics of
aborigines, ix.; suitable colony
for working classes, 163; pearl
fisheries on north coast, 246;
first named by Spaniards, 267.
Ba (Fijian province), 50, 207, 210.
Ba River (Fiji), Battle on banks of,
Bamboo, used in Fijian house-build-
ing, 92, 93.
Bananas, 54, 98, 141, 156, 205, 337,
343.
Banking Companies, "The Fijian'
and New Zealand,' 57, 58; Le-
vukan, 58.
Banks Islands, xxiii.
Banyan tree, 275.
Barley, 224.
Barrack, Captain, 177; quoted in
reference to measles epidemic,
27, 28.
Barracouta, H.M.S., 222.
Barrier reefs, their formation, 14,
15; examples, 17.
Bath, Mr., 179, 180, 182.
Batimona (Fijian mythology), 65.
Battle of the Beach, The, 190, 191.
Bau (Fiji), its dialect, xxiii.; work
on dialect, xxii. ; average velocity
of the wind, 12, 378; King Ca-
cobau (q.v.), 18; an episode in
the history of Bau, 19; distress
of the inhabitants from measles
epidemic, 26; its political impor-
tance, situation, etc., 31, 209;
Tongan tradition concerning, 300,
301; meteorological observations
at, 377, 378.
Bauro dialect, xxiii.
Beachcombers, 218, 256, 257, 260-
263, 336, 337.
Bêche-de-mer, found in all the
lagoon islands of Pacific, 263;
various names by which it goes,
263; its appearance, form, habits,
etc., 264; different varieties, 264-
266; its value per ton in China,
266; virulent nature of the poison
it discharges; its growth and gre-
garious habits, 266, 267; the de-
mand in China, 267; Chinese
fisheries, 267, 268; variations in
the quality of the supply, 268;
curious characters engaged in the
trade, 268-270; method of collect-
ing and curing the fish adopted
by the regular traders, 270-272,
275-278; labour contracts with
natives, 272, 273; life at a fishery,
273-275; precautions necessary in
shipping, 278; artifice resorted to
by fishers, 279; various, 125, 140,
160, 161, 245, 317, 321, 322, 330,
337, 342, 354, 355, 356.
Belcher, Sir Edward, 335.
Belladonna (plant), 225, 226.
Benga Island (Fiji) conquered by
Maafu, 21; Fijian tradition con-
cerning, 64.
Bete (chief of Vanua Levu), 21.
Bethell, Messrs. Chas. and Co., 165,
166.
Bhering, The, 212.
Bible, The, translated into Hawaiian,
xix.; Pacific ideas concerning its
teaching, etc., 269, 270.
Biblical history, parallel in Fijian
tradition, 61, 62; in Tongan, 305,
306.
Billyard, Mr., 201.
Bird (Beachcomber), 256, 257.
Birds of Fiji, 137, 138.
'Bismarck of Pacific' (term applied
to Maafu), 20.
Bismarck, Prince, 237, 239.
Black, Mr., 183, 187, 190, 191, 193.
Bligh, Captain, 18.
'Blows.' (See Hurricanes.)
Boat Building. (See Canoe Build-
ing.)
Bolivian coin, 236.
Bolotoo (Tongan paradise), 292, 303,
304.
Borabora (Society Group), 363.
Bose ni Tikina (Fijian council), 94,
Bose vaka Turanga (Fijian council),
Bose vaka Yasana (Fijian council),
94, 126.
Botanical Gardens, their introduc-
tion into Fiji suggested, 154.
Bougainville Island (Solomon
Group), 361.
Bowring, Sir John, 158.
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