INDEX

Abipone Indians, 180 Abortion, procuring, 221; compatible with high birth-rate, 223; by mechanical means, 224; in Gilbert I., 225; law against, 226 Abstinence during suckling, 176; in Tonga, 178 Adulteration, 307 Agriculture, 339 Alluvial land, 370 Amiable Josephine captured, 36 Ancestor worship, xi; key to government, 57 Ancestry, common, 5 Annexation, 55 Argo, wreck of, 25, 246 Aristocracy created by war, 59 Army, size of, 91; of Thakombau, 101 Arnold, Sir E., 179 Assault on forts, 13 Banana disease, 338 Bantus, increasing, xii Barter, 385 Basques, ix Beachcombers, 27 Bêche-de-mer, 32, 43 Bethencourt, de, xvii Betrothal, customs of, 201; gifts, 204 Birth, customs, 206 Bligh, Capt., 24 Boasting ceremony, 90 Bora rites in Australia, 148 Borderers, 88 Bougainville, viii Bouro, 118 Burial, Lament of Shades, 131 Bushrangers, 309 Calico, displaces tapa, 2 Canal dug by natives, 32 Cannibalism, 102; seen by Whilkes, 102; origin of, 103; vitiated taste for, 103; tabu to women, 104; drum, 104; names for human joints, 104; reasons for, 104; act of triumph, 105; feast at Male, 106; chant, 107; forks, 109; among ghosts, 128 Cannon first used, 53 Canoes, 9, 46; evolution of, 290; twin, 292; cost of, 293; Tongan, 294 Carew, Mr. W., 179 Carnac, 147 Castaways, 15, 22; eaten, 102 Catoira, Gomez, viii Caves, 92 Census, 195 Ceremonial licence, 154, 157, 171 Cession, proposed, 54 Charms, 164, 168 Chatham, wreck of, 249 Chiefs, spiritual, 60; temporal, 61; titles of, at Mbau, 61; power curtailed by missions, 64; rarely complained of, 74 Circumcision, 216 Claims of U.S. Government, 52 Club-houses, 175, 241, 388 Clubs, working, 68 Codrington, Dr. R. H., 179, 193 Comet, 26, 246 Community of property, 79 Conclusions, 387 Concubitancy, 184; limitations of, 190; fecundity of, 199 Confederations, a modern growth, 60; in decay, 62 Conquest, safest civilizing method, x Constabulary, armed native, 101, 317 Convicts, myth concerning, 27 Cook, Capt., 248, 271 Copts, xiv Corney, Dr. B. G., 255, 260 Corvée, 68 Councils, provincial, 288, 337 Couvâde, 179 Cows, improperly kept, 229, 336 Creation myth, 134 Crèches, 214 Cricket, 332 Cruelty, 305 Cruelty to animals, 3 Daily habits, 229 Dances, 284 Dates, calculated by genealogies, 4, 18; of Melanesian settlement, 10 Death dance, 96 Decay of custom, xii Deluge, 17, 26, 137 Dengue fever, 252 d'Entrecasteaux, 86 Depilation, 303 Detection of crime, by witchcraft, 167; by soul stealing, 168 Disease, native theory of, xiii; treatment of, xiii; epidemic, 243; from European contact, 253 Disenchantment, 250 Dismisser, 125, 132 Divinities, 112 Dollars, from wreck, 28 Drugs, 223 Drums, 93 d'Urville, Capt. Dumont, 27, 37 Dysentery, 246, 251 Eclipse of sun, 26, 246 Edwards, Capt., 24 Eel bridge, 121 Eliza, wreck of, 27 Elysium, 118 Epic of Ndengei, 138 Epidemic diseases, xii, 243 Erskine, Commodore, 41 Eskimo, viii Essomeric, xvii Execution, 342 Exorcism, 250 Games, 318, 328 Genealogies, average twenty-five years, 18 Gilbert I., 210 God of Fire, 113; of Increase, 114; of Origin, 5; of the Afterworld 117; of Thunder Hill, 130 Gods, 111 Gordon, Sir A., 65 Gordon, Rev. G. N., 247 Hairdressing, 302 Half-castes, xvii Hatred, race, xv, xvii Hawaii, 4; genealogies, 11 Honesty, 3 Hunter, visit of, 31, 95 Hysteria, religious, 162 Ilai Moto-ni-thothoka, 6 Immortality, heresy, 141 Immortality maidens, 142 Inbreeding, 200 Insouciance, 228 Inspectors, travelling, 79 Inspiration of priests, 158, 160 Intellect of savages, xiv Invulnerable, making, 156 Iron, name for, 11 Iroquois, 195 Irrigation, 339 Japanese, 179 Joske, Mr. Adolph, 148 Juju, xiii Jumping-off place, 6, 118 Kalourere, rites, 169 Kalou-Vu, 5 Kamba, siege of, 46, 50 Kaunitoni, first canoe, 6 Kava, 213, 283, 307, 341; chant, 344 Kerekere, 79; results of, 80 Kites, war, 93 Koroi, form of knighthood, 28, 97 Labour among hill women, 209, 210 Lakemba I., 51 Lala, 66; misunderstood, 66; communal, 67; compared to local rates, 68; sanitation by, 69; personal, 70; a landed interest, 71; commutation of, 73, 77; oppressive, 73 Lala, Ratu, 16 Land customs increase power of chiefs, 59; Polynesian, 70; worthless without cultivation, 71; England confirms native titles, 72; tenure, 354; sale of, 354; arable, 358; waste, 362; tenure in Rewa, 366; leasehold, 376; reclaimed, 377 Lands, sold to Europeans, 55 Lasakau fishermen, 23 Lavo, 330 Law of custom, decay of, xviii Lawry, Rev. W., on abortion, 221 Leasehold, 376 Leper stones, 260 Leprosy in Fiji, 255; in other islands, 255; described by Aristotle, 257; introduction into Europe, 257; contagious, 259; traditions concerning, 261 Levuka town, 33; expulsion of whites, 40; burnt, 45 Levuka tribe, 23 Licence, ceremonial, 154, 157; sexual, in war, 240 Lifu I., 249 Lila, wasting sickness, 25, 243 Liquor law, 386 Loot, 96 Love sickness, 241 Lutu-na-sombasomba, first ancestor, 6, 8 Lying, 305, 312 Maafu, leads Tongans, 53; death, 55 Maclennan, Mr., 57, 203 Maine, Sir H., 356, 389 Malae, Polynesian temple, 149 Malake, 8 Malaria, 251 Maoris, leprosy among, 256 Mara, Ratu, 34 Mariner, William, 29, 271 Markets, 288 Marquesas I., 4 Marriage system, 182; restrictions of, 193; origin of, 193; census of, 195 Marriages, mixed, xvi Masai, xiv, xv Massage, 225 Mata-ni-vanua, functions of, 62 Matchmaker at Mbau, 62 Maternal instinct, 231 Matuku I., 25 Mba province, 32 Mbaki rites, 146 Mbalolo, 324 Mbanuve, King of Mbau, 23; death of, 26, 246 Mbati, borderers, 88 Mbau, sets fashions, 2; origin, 22; constitution of, 61 Mbole, boasting, 90 Mbua, province, 51 Mbulotu, Fijian Elysium, 117 Mbutoni, 23 Meals, 337 Measles epidemic, 252 Medical students, 313 Mendaña, viii Meningitis, 252 Mercenaries, 86 Merivale alignments, 147 Midwives, 206, 209, 210 Milk, substitutes for, 214, 336, 337 Missionaries, arrival of, 36, 52; repulsed from Mbau, 42; persecuted, 43; short-sightedness, 389 Missionary killed and eaten, 107 Mixed blood in Europe, ix; through conquest, x Moats, 91 Moe-moe, act of homage, xi Moerenhout, 255 Money, use of, 289; copper coin unpopular, 307; effect of, 386 Monomotapa, Emperor of, xvii Mourning, ceremonial, 311, 375 Murdu legend, 193 Musket, first, 28; imported, 86 Nailatikau, King of Mbau, 23 Nakauvandra, 5, 6, 9, 134, 136 Namara tribe, 31 Nandronga, 15, 64 Nanga rites, 146; origin of, 149 Narauyamba, siege of, 136 Natewa, 41 Native races, decay of, xii Naulivou, King of Mbau, 26 Navigation, prehistoric, 16, 290 Ndambe, injury to children, 177, 388 Ndauthina, fire-god, 113 Ndengei, 7, 10, 16, 112, 133; Melanesian deity, 134; epic of, 138 Ndeumba, wealth of, 81, 287 Negroes, ix; educated, xiv; beachcombers, 32 Nemani Ndreu, 149, 171 New Caledonia, Expedition to, 44, 249 New Guinea, 214, 250 Niué I., 248 Nkara, King of Rewa, 41, 44, 46, 48; death, 49 Noikoro tribe, 14 Nyassa, natives, 180 Obligatory marriage, 184 Obstetrics, 207 Oliver, Mr., discovered Matuku, 25 Oneata I., 26 Orua, preparation for defeat, 92 Outriggers, 291 Ovalau I., 33 Overlord of land, 70 Paddles, 295 Palæolithic men, viii Pandanus tree, 121 Pandora, H.M.S., 24; tender of, 25 Path of the Shades, 119, 120 Peering goddesses, 122 Penrhyn I., 249 Perouse, Count de la, 29 Perversion, 241 Pigs, 336, 378; sacred, 151 Pinching stone, 124 Place of Wonder, 127 Planting, 337 Pocahontas, xvii Poetry, 314 Polygamy, 172, 235 Polynesians, 12; alleged settlement in Fiji, 13; route of, 14; sexual licence, 234 Population, decrease of, 198 Portent, death, 49 Poultry, 336 Priests, 62, 157; inspiration of, 158, 160; reformation of, 159 Prostitution unknown, 173 Pursuer of Shades, 122 Pylstaart I., 15 Race antipathy, xv, xvii Rajakarya in Ceylon, 68 Rebellion of inland tribes, 55 Reclaimed land, 377 Reefs, property in, 385 Relationships, 182 Religion, ancestor-worship, xi, 111 Rent, 376, 379 Review, tangka, 90 Revolt at Seankanka, 145 Rewa, 23; war with Mbau, 39; burnt, 39; constitution, 367 Ritova, 201 Robson, Capt., 30 Roko Tui, spiritual chief, 61 Rokola, ancestor of craftsmen, 6, 9 Romans, as slave-holders, ix Rotuma, 317 Rowe, G. S., 56 Sailosi, scribe of Mba, 82 St. Christoval I., 118 St. Kilda I., 250 Salt-pans, 360 Sambeto, murder of, 306 Sandal-wood traders, 27 Sanitation by lala, 69, 79; by fear of witchcraft, 166, 210 Savage, Charles, 28, 95; made koroi, 100; armoured chair, 101; death, 30 Savage I., 248 Savings of Fijians, 82 Scrofula, 200 Seemann, 107 Serpent-worship, 16, 17, 114 Sexual morality, 233; decline of, 236, 388 Shades, Lament of, 130 Sharks, 115, 309 Sieges, 93 Sierra Leone, 178 Skin diseases, 250, 276 Slade, Rev. W., 229 Smell, sense of, 303 Smoking out enemy, 92 Smythe, Col., 54 Solevu, 68, 280; in decay, 286 Solomon I., viii, xv Somosomo, 37, 51 Sorties, 94 Soul stealing, 168 Souls of children, 126 South Africa, report of Native Commission, 174 Spiritual chiefs, origin of, 60 Spoliation by vasu, 75 Stewart, Mr. James, 195 Still-births, 210 Strangling of widows, 132 Stratagems, 94, 136 Submission, mode of, 97, 364 Suckling, 176, 177, 211 Suva, destruction of, 38 Swimming, 316 Tabu, decay of, 64 Tama, shout of respect, 305 Tamils, 195 Tanka, review, 90 Tanna I., 195, 247 Tanoa, King of Mbau, 33; rebellion against, 33; return from exile, 35; death, 44 Tasman, 24 Tattooing of women, 217, 241 Tauvu, kinship by, 5, 89, 380 Taveuni I., 37 Tenure, individual, 369; in Tailevu, 382 Thakaundrove province, 60 Thakombau, 34, 35, 38; assumes title of King of Fiji, 42, 54; becomes Christian, 47; limits of territory, 48; declares constitution, 54; pension, 55; death, 55 Theft, rare, 308 Thimbi, death dance, 96 Thriftlessness, 2 Thunder Hill, 128 Thurston, Sir J., 65 Tinku, a game, 330 Tobacco, 352 Tofua I., 25 Tombe, token of virginity, 202, 302 Tongans, voyages of, 15; assist Thakombau, 50; conquer Lau, 52; bravery, 94; canoes, 294 Tortures, 96, 108 Totemism, 115 Tower builders, 17 Trade, 280; in European goods, 286 Traits of character, 304 Transfer of land, 372 Transition, state of, 232, 389 Treachery, 95 Tribal division, 355 Tuberculosis, 277 Tuka heresy, 140 Tukuaho, Premier of Tonga, 16 Turner, Rev. J., 247 Turtles, 321; mode of killing, 321 Turukawa, Ndengei's pigeon, 135 Tylor, Dr. E. B., 104 Ulcers, 278 Undreundre, remarkable cannibal, 109 Vasu, spoliation by, 75 Vatulele I., 92 Verani, 37 Verata tribe, 22, 23, 60 Vessels, effect of, 69 Vitality of offspring, 197 Viwa, massacre at, 38; revival at, 162 Vunda, 7, 9 Vunivalu, temporal chief, 61 Wailea, massacre at, 30 War, creates aristocracy, 59; losses in, 85, 86; causes of, 88; declaration of, 89 War-cry, 96 War-paint, 303 Wasting sickness, Lila, 25, 243 Water, drinking, 340 Water games, 318 Water of solace, 120, 123, 132 Waterhouse, Rev. J., 45 Waya I., 11 Weaning, 215 Wells, Mr. H. G., vii Wet nurses, 213 Whooping-cough, 252 Widows, strangled, 132 Wilkes, Commodore, 37 Wilkinson, Mr. D., 65 Williams, Rev. J., 248 Williams, Rev. T., 27, 56, 85 Williams, U.S. Vice-consul, 51 Witchcraft, 163; sanitation by, 166, 210, 388; detection of crime by, 167 Wyandots, 195 Yams, 339 Yasawa I., 8, 63 Yaws, 270; distribution of, 270, 275; in Timor, 270; symptoms, 271; sequelæ, 272; contagion, 273; treatment, 274; believed beneficial, 275

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