Abipone Indians,180Abortion, procuring,221;compatible with high birth-rate,223;by mechanical means,224;in Gilbert I.,225;law against,226Abstinence during suckling,176;in Tonga,178Adulteration,307Agriculture,339Alluvial land,370Amiable Josephinecaptured,36Ancestor worship,xi;key to government,57Ancestry, common,5Annexation,55Argo, wreck of,25,246Aristocracy created by war,59Army, size of,91;of Thakombau,101Arnold, Sir E.,179Assault on forts,13Banana disease,338Bantus, increasing,xiiBarter,385Basques,ixBeachcombers,27Bêche-de-mer,32,43Bethencourt, de,xviiBetrothal, customs of,201;gifts,204Birth, customs,206Bligh, Capt.,24Boasting ceremony,90Bora rites in Australia,148Borderers,88Bougainville,viiiBouro,118Burial, Lament of Shades,131Bushrangers,309Calico, displacestapa,2Canal dug by natives,32Cannibalism,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,128Cannon first used,53Canoes,9,46;evolution of,290;twin,292;cost of,293;Tongan,294Carew, Mr. W.,179Carnac,147Castaways,15,22;eaten,102Catoira, Gomez,viiiCaves,92Census,195Ceremonial licence,154,157,171Cession, proposed,54Charms,164,168Chatham, wreck of,249Chiefs, spiritual,60;temporal,61;titles of, at Mbau,61;power curtailed by missions,64;rarely complained of,74Circumcision,216Claims of U.S. Government,52Club-houses,175,241,388Clubs, working,68Codrington, Dr. R. H.,179,193Comet,26,246Community of property,79Conclusions,387Concubitancy,184;limitations of,190;fecundity of,199Confederations, a modern growth,60;in decay,62Conquest, safest civilizing method,xConstabulary, armed native,101,317Convicts, myth concerning,27Cook, Capt.,248,271Copts,xivCorney, Dr. B. G.,255,260Corvée,68Councils, provincial,288,337Couvâde,179Cows, improperly kept,229,336Creation myth,134Crèches,214Cricket,332Cruelty,305Cruelty to animals,3Daily habits,229Dances,284Dates, calculated by genealogies,4,18;of Melanesian settlement,10Death dance,96Decay of custom,xiiDeluge,17,26,137Dengue fever,252d'Entrecasteaux,86Depilation,303Detection of crime, by witchcraft,167;by soul stealing,168Disease, native theory of,xiii;treatment of,xiii;epidemic,243;from European contact,253Disenchantment,250Dismisser,125,132Divinities,112Dollars, from wreck,28Drugs,223Drums,93d'Urville, Capt. Dumont,27,37Dysentery,246,251Eclipse of sun,26,246Edwards, Capt.,24Eel bridge,121Eliza, wreck of,27Elysium,118Epic of Ndengei,138Epidemic diseases,xii,243Erskine, Commodore,41Eskimo,viiiEssomeric,xviiExecution,342Exorcism,250Games,318,328Genealogies, average twenty-five years,18Gilbert I.,210God of Fire,113;of Increase,114;of Origin,5;of the Afterworld117;of Thunder Hill,130Gods,111Gordon, Sir A.,65Gordon, Rev. G. N.,247Hairdressing,302Half-castes,xviiHatred, race,xv,xviiHawaii,4;genealogies,11Honesty,3Hunter, visit of,31,95Hysteria, religious,162Ilai Moto-ni-thothoka,6Immortality, heresy,141Immortality maidens,142Inbreeding,200Insouciance,228Inspectors, travelling,79Inspiration of priests,158,160Intellect of savages,xivInvulnerable, making,156Iron, name for,11Iroquois,195Irrigation,339Japanese,179Joske, Mr. Adolph,148Juju,xiiiJumping-off place,6,118Kalourere, rites,169Kalou-Vu,5Kamba, siege of,46,50Kaunitoni, first canoe,6Kava,213,283,307,341;chant,344Kerekere,79;results of,80Kites, war,93Koroi, form of knighthood,28,97Labour among hill women,209,210Lakemba I.,51Lala,66;misunderstood,66;communal,67;compared to local rates,68;sanitation by,69;personal,70;a landed interest,71;commutation of,73,77;oppressive,73Lala, Ratu,16Land 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,377Lands, sold to Europeans,55Lasakau fishermen,23Lavo,330Law of custom, decay of,xviiiLawry, Rev. W., on abortion,221Leasehold,376Leper stones,260Leprosy in Fiji,255;in other islands,255;described by Aristotle,257;introduction into Europe,257;contagious,259;traditions concerning,261Levuka town,33;expulsion of whites,40;burnt,45Levuka tribe,23Licence, ceremonial,154,157;sexual, in war,240Lifu I.,249Lila, wasting sickness,25,243Liquor law,386Loot,96Love sickness,241Lutu-na-sombasomba, first ancestor,6,8Lying,305,312Maafu, leads Tongans,53;death,55Maclennan, Mr.,57,203Maine, Sir H.,356,389Malae, Polynesian temple,149Malake,8Malaria,251Maoris, leprosy among,256Mara, Ratu,34Mariner, William,29,271Markets,288Marquesas I.,4Marriage system,182;restrictions of,193;origin of,193;census of,195Marriages, mixed,xviMasai,xiv,xvMassage,225Mata-ni-vanua, functions of,62Matchmaker at Mbau,62Maternal instinct,231Matuku I.,25Mba province,32Mbaki rites,146Mbalolo,324Mbanuve, King of Mbau,23;death of,26,246Mbati, borderers,88Mbau, sets fashions,2;origin,22;constitution of,61Mbole, boasting,90Mbua, province,51Mbulotu, Fijian Elysium,117Mbutoni,23Meals,337Measles epidemic,252Medical students,313Mendaña,viiiMeningitis,252Mercenaries,86Merivale alignments,147Midwives,206,209,210Milk, substitutes for,214,336,337Missionaries, arrival of,36,52;repulsed from Mbau,42;persecuted,43;short-sightedness,389Missionary killed and eaten,107Mixed blood in Europe,ix;through conquest,xMoats,91Moe-moe, act of homage,xiMoerenhout,255Money, use of,289;copper coin unpopular,307;effect of,386Monomotapa, Emperor of,xviiMourning, ceremonial,311,375Murdu legend,193Musket, first,28;imported,86Nailatikau, King of Mbau,23Nakauvandra,5,6,9,134,136Namara tribe,31Nandronga,15,64Nangarites,146;origin of,149Narauyamba, siege of,136Natewa,41Native races, decay of,xiiNaulivou, King of Mbau,26Navigation, prehistoric,16,290Ndambe, injury to children,177,388Ndauthina, fire-god,113Ndengei,7,10,16,112,133;Melanesian deity,134;epic of,138Ndeumba, wealth of,81,287Negroes,ix;educated,xiv;beachcombers,32Nemani Ndreu,149,171New Caledonia, Expedition to,44,249New Guinea,214,250Niué I.,248Nkara, King of Rewa,41,44,46,48;death,49Noikoro tribe,14Nyassa, natives,180Obligatory marriage,184Obstetrics,207Oliver, Mr., discovered Matuku,25Oneata I.,26Orua, preparation for defeat,92Outriggers,291Ovalau I.,33Overlord of land,70Paddles,295Palæolithic men,viiiPandanus tree,121Pandora, H.M.S.,24;tender of,25Path of the Shades,119,120Peering goddesses,122Penrhyn I.,249Perouse, Count de la,29Perversion,241Pigs,336,378;sacred,151Pinching stone,124Place of Wonder,127Planting,337Pocahontas,xviiPoetry,314Polygamy,172,235Polynesians,12;alleged settlement in Fiji,13;route of,14;sexual licence,234Population, decrease of,198Portent, death,49Poultry,336Priests,62,157;inspiration of,158,160;reformation of,159Prostitution unknown,173Pursuer of Shades,122Pylstaart I.,15Race antipathy,xv,xviiRajakarya in Ceylon,68Rebellion of inland tribes,55Reclaimed land,377Reefs, property in,385Relationships,182Religion, ancestor-worship,xi,111Rent,376,379Review,tangka,90Revolt at Seankanka,145Rewa,23;war with Mbau,39;burnt,39;constitution,367Ritova,201Robson, Capt.,30Roko Tui, spiritual chief,61Rokola, ancestor of craftsmen,6,9Romans, as slave-holders,ixRotuma,317Rowe, G. S.,56Sailosi, scribe of Mba,82St. Christoval I.,118St. Kilda I.,250Salt-pans,360Sambeto, murder of,306Sandal-wood traders,27Sanitation bylala,69,79;by fear of witchcraft,166,210Savage, Charles,28,95;madekoroi,100;armoured chair,101;death,30Savage I.,248Savings of Fijians,82Scrofula,200Seemann,107Serpent-worship,16,17,114Sexual morality,233;decline of,236,388Shades, Lament of,130Sharks,115,309Sieges,93Sierra Leone,178Skin diseases,250,276Slade, Rev. W.,229Smell, sense of,303Smoking out enemy,92Smythe, Col.,54Solevu,68,280;in decay,286Solomon I.,viii,xvSomosomo,37,51Sorties,94Soul stealing,168Souls of children,126South Africa, report of Native Commission,174Spiritual chiefs, origin of,60Spoliation byvasu,75Stewart, Mr. James,195Still-births,210Strangling of widows,132Stratagems,94,136Submission, mode of,97,364Suckling,176,177,211Suva, destruction of,38Swimming,316Tabu, decay of,64Tama, shout of respect,305Tamils,195Tanka, review,90Tanna I.,195,247Tanoa, King of Mbau,33;rebellion against,33;return from exile,35;death,44Tasman,24Tattooing of women,217,241Tauvu, kinship by,5,89,380Taveuni I.,37Tenure, individual,369;in Tailevu,382Thakaundrove province,60Thakombau,34,35,38;assumes title of King of Fiji,42,54;becomes Christian,47;limits of territory,48;declares constitution,54;pension,55;death,55Theft, rare,308Thimbi, death dance,96Thriftlessness,2Thunder Hill,128Thurston, Sir J.,65Tinku, a game,330Tobacco,352Tofua I.,25Tombe, token of virginity,202,302Tongans, voyages of,15;assist Thakombau,50;conquer Lau,52;bravery,94;canoes,294Tortures,96,108Totemism,115Tower builders,17Trade,280;in European goods,286Traits of character,304Transfer of land,372Transition, state of,232,389Treachery,95Tribal division,355Tuberculosis,277Tuka heresy,140Tukuaho, Premier of Tonga,16Turner, Rev. J.,247Turtles,321;mode of killing,321Turukawa, Ndengei's pigeon,135Tylor, Dr. E. B.,104Ulcers,278Undreundre, remarkable cannibal,109Vasu, spoliation by,75Vatulele I.,92Verani,37Verata tribe,22,23,60Vessels, effect of,69Vitality of offspring,197Viwa, massacre at,38;revival at,162Vunda,7,9Vunivalu, temporal chief,61Wailea, massacre at,30War, creates aristocracy,59;losses in,85,86;causes of,88;declaration of,89War-cry,96War-paint,303Wasting sickness, Lila,25,243Water, drinking,340Water games,318Water of solace,120,123,132Waterhouse, Rev. J.,45Waya I.,11Weaning,215Wells, Mr. H. G.,viiWet nurses,213Whooping-cough,252Widows, strangled,132Wilkes, Commodore,37Wilkinson, Mr. D.,65Williams, Rev. J.,248Williams, Rev. T.,27,56,85Williams, U.S. Vice-consul,51Witchcraft,163;sanitation by,166,210,388;detection of crime by,167Wyandots,195Yams,339Yasawa I.,8,63Yaws,270;distribution of,270,275;in Timor,270;symptoms,271;sequelæ,272;contagion,273;treatment,274;believed beneficial,275