1845 - Wilkes, C. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition Vol. II. [Part only] - [Front Matter, Part]

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Wm. L. Hudson, U.S.N.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER I.

GENERAL ASPECT OF TAHITI--ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION--GENERAL FIGURE OF THE ISLAND-ITS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE--OVERHAUL OF THE VESSELS--AN OBSERVATORY ESTABLISHED--SURVEY OF HARBOURS--LONGITUDE OF POINT VENUS--HEIGHT OF MOUNTAINS--VISITERS-TAUA, THE GOVERNOR OF MATAVAI--HIS HOSPITALITY --CHURCH AT MATAVAI--CONCOURSE OF NATIVES--CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES-SCHOOL AT PAPIETI--ADDRESS TO THE SCHOLARS--REPLY OF PAOFAI--GENERAL DIFFUSION OF EDUCATION--COMPLAINTS OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL--COUNCIL OF THE CHIEFS--INFLUENCE OF THE MISSIONARIES--CHARACTER OF A PART OF THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS--CHANGE OF THE NATIONAL DRESS--GENERAL VIEW OF THE LABOURS OF THE MISSIONARIES--IMPROVEMENT IN THE NATIVE CHARACTER-CAUSES OF WANT OF INDUSTRY--CONSTITUTION OF TAHITI--COURTS OF JUSTICE-- QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY--JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT--STATE OF PARTIES -- CASE OF THE CATHOLIC PRIESTS --DWELLINGS OF THE NATIVES --APPEARANCE OF THE FEMALES -- DRESS OF THE TWO SEXES -- TASTE OF THE NATIVES FOR FLOWERS--COOKERY AND MODE OF EATING--MUSIC OF THE ISLANDERS--THEIR DANCES -- EXPEDITION TO LAKE WAIHEREA -- ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO ASCEND OROHENA--DESCENT TO THE COAST--RETURN ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COAST OF PAPIETI-NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND FOREIGN TRADE.........1-36

CHAPTER II.

SAILING OF THE PORPOISE--APPLICATION FROM "JIM" THE PILOT-SURVEY OF HARBOURS--DOLPHIN BANK--THE VINCENNES PROCEEDS TO PAPIETI--VIEW OF PAPIETI

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--INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEFS-GENERAL FREYRE--HITOTI--SECOND ATTEMPT TO ASCEND OROHENA--GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TAHITI--VILLAGE AND BAY OF PAPIETI --COMMERCE OF PAPIETI -- POPULATION OF TAHITI --DISEASES-CRIMINAL TRIAL--CULTIVATION--USEFUL PLANTS--ASCENT OF MOUNT AORAI--ABSENCE OF FOSSILS ON TAHITIAN MOUNTAINS--RETURN FROM MOUNT AORAI--MANUFACTURES OF TAHITI--REMARKS ON THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN VISITERS-THEATRICALS BY THE CREW OF THE PEACOCK--VINCENNES SAILS FOR EIMEO--VIEW OF EIMEO-TALOO HARBOUR--LANDING AT EIMEO--RESIDENCE OF MR. SIMPSON--SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF MISSIONARIES-- CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES -- SCENERY AND STRUCTURE OF EIMEO--SUPPLIES TO BE PROCURED THERE--VILLAGES--COTTON FACTORY -- SUGAR PLANTATIONS -- OTHER PRODUCTS --VON SCHANTZ'S CHART OF TALOO HARBOUR--CONCLUSION.............37-60

CHAPTER III.

DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES FROM TAHITI -- BELLINGHAUSEN'S ISLAND --ROSE ISLAND-MANUA--ITS DESCRIPTION--THREATENED WAR--ITS CAUSE--CANOES OF MANUA-APPEARANCE AND CONDUCT OF THE NATIVES--VILLAGE--DRESS OF THE NATIVES-PRODUCTIONS OF MANUA--OLOOSINGA--ITS DESCRIPTION--HOUSE OF THE KING--HIS ENTERTAINMENT--RETURN TO THE SHIP-CORAL REEF OF OLOOSINGA-OFOO-TEMPERATURE DURING THE PASSAGE--PLAN OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE SaUADRON--APPEARANCE OF TUTUILA--HARBOUR OF PAGO-PAGO--ANCHORAGE-TOA--OBSERVATORY--GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TUTUILA--APPEARANCE AND CHARACTER OF ITS INHABITANTS--MASSACRE OF M. DE LANGLE--VILLAGE OF PAGO-PAGO -- GOVERNMENT -- WAR-MATS -- VISIT TO TOA --HIS FEAST--PRICE OF PROVISIONS--WAR-SONG--BATHING--MODE OF LIVING--EMPLOYMENTS AND AMUSE MENTS --MR. MURRAY, THE MISSIONARY -- CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES -- PUBLIC WORSHIP -- MISSIONARY-JUNCTION OF THE PEACOCK AND FLYING-FISH --SURVEYS -CLIMATE -- VISIT TO HEATHEN VILLAGES -- SAVAGE FEAST -- TEMPERATURE AT THE TOP OF MATAFOA -- SUPPOSED MURDER -- REMARKABLE PHENOMENA OF THE TIDES.............................61-83

CHAPTER IV.

DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES FROM TUTUILA --HER NARROW ESCAPE FROM WRECK - APPEARANCE OF UPOLU -- MESSAGE FROM CAPTAIN HUDSON --CASE OF TUVAI--COUNCIL OF THE CHIEFS--ARGUMENTS IN BEHALF OF TUVAI-CAPTAIN HUDSON'S REPLY--DECISION OF THE CASE OF TUVAI--HIS BEHAVIOUR--COMPLAINTS OF THE NATIVES AGAINST WHALERS --PEA'S VISIT TO TUVAI -- OUTRAGES OF OPOTUNO--VISIT TO MR. WILLIAMS-INTERVIEW WITH MALIETOA--HIS DAUGHTER -REQUEST FOR A COUNCIL OF CHIEFS--THE VINCENNES ORDERED INTO PORT-SURVEYING PARTIES--LAKE OF LAUTO-ITS LEGEND-SUPERSTITION REGARDING

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IT-MOUNT TOPUA--SUBTERRANEAN STREAMS-GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF UPOLU --STREAMS OF LAVA-CAVERNS--SWALLOWS AT SANGA--WATERFALLS--GIMBLET RELIGION--ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE OPOTUNO--FONO, OR COUNCIL OF HIGH CHIEFS-ITS OBJECT--MR. J. WILLIAMS RECOGNISED AS CONSUL--REGULATIONS DISCUSSED AND ADOPTED--DEMAND FOR OPOTUNO--FONO ADJOURNED--ITS SECOND MEETING -- SPEECH OF MALIETOA'S ORATOR -- REWARD OFFERED FOR THE APPREHENSION OF OPOTUNO-TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS OF UPOLU--TYRANNY OF TAMAFAGO--WAR OF AANA -- DESOLATION OF THAT DISTRICT -- ISLAND OF MANONO -- ISLAND OF APOLIMA--PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE AT SAVAII--DR. PICKERING AND LIEUTENANT MAURY LAND THERE --SURVEY OF THE COAST OF SAVAII -- NATIVE MISSIONARY AT SALACHUA--FELIALUPO--ASAU--BAY OF MATAATUA-PECULIARITIES OF ITS INHABITANTS--SAPAPALE--DR. PICKERING'S JOURNEY IN THE INTERIOR OF SAVAII--CURIOSITY OF THE NATIVES--FISHING ON THE CORAL REEF--DESCRIPTION OF SAVAII--ITS PEAK--ITS INTERIOR--ITS WANT OF STREAMS--ITS CORAL REEF-ITS SOIL-THE PORPOISE PROCEEDS TO TUTUILA, AND THENCE TO UPOLU--RE UNION OF THE SaUADRON--REVIEW OF THE MARINES--EARTHQUAKES.......85-114

CHAPTER V.

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF THE SAMOAN GROUP -- ITS HARBOURS--ITS TIDES AND CURRENTS-ITS CLIMATE--SIZE OF THE ISLANDS--SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS OF THE GROUP--ITS CULTIVATION--ITS QUADRUPEDS--ITS BIRDS--ITS REPTILES--ITS FISH-ITS PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCE -- LANGUAGE OF ITS NATIVES -- THEIR DISEASES -- THEIR GENERAL APPEARANCE -- THEIR NATIONAL CHARACTER -- LABOURS OF THE MISSIONARIES -- NATIVE MISSIONARIES -- SELECTION OF THEM FOR THE NEW HEBRIDES -- POPULATION OF THE ISLANDS -- RELIGION OF THE HEATHEN--THEIR IDEA OF THE CREATION-OF A FUTURE STATE--THEIR OMENS-- THEIR SUPERSTITION -- THEIR DANCES -- THEIR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS -- THEIR AMUSEMENTS--PAPALANGI SHIP--THEIR BIRTHS--THEIR MARRIAGES AND COURT-SHIP--THEIR ADOPTION OF CHILDREN--THEIR BURIALS--THEIR MOURNING--THEIR MANNERS AND APPEARANCE --THEIR DRESS -- IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ANCIENT DRESS--TATTOOING--THEIR MANUFACTURE OF TAPA AND MATS--SAMOAN CANOES --BOAT-SONG -- HOUSES OF THE NATIVES --THEIR LIGHTS --THEIR FOOD --THEIR HABITS-THEIR MALANGAS --THEIR PUNISHMENTS FOR CRIMES --THEIR WARS-- THEIR OLOS--THEIR PEACE-MAKING-CLASSES OF SAMOAN SOCIETY--ALLOTMENT OF LANDS--MODE OF GOVERNMENT -- DESCENT OF CHIEFTAINSHIP --CEREMONIES AT THE FONOS......................115-154

CHAPTER VI.

DEPARTURE FROM THE SAMOAN GROUP-WALLIS ISLAND--DISPOSITION MADE OF TUVAI -- CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AT WALLIS ISLAND -- HOORN ISLAND -- MAT-

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THEWS' KOCK--REMARKABLE THUNDER-STORM--BALL'S PYRAMID--PORT JACKSON ENTERED--ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY--VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR--FORT MACQUARIE-- FATE OF REV. MR. WILLIAMS -- DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN OF SYDNEY --ITS STREETS --ITS RESEMBLANCE TO AMERICAN TOWNS --RELIGIOUS SECTS--PREVALENCE OF INTOXICATION-GOVERNMENT-HOUSE--DRIVE TO SOUTH HEAD-PUBLIC GROUNDS--MR. CUNNINGHAM THE BOTANIST--HIS MELANCHOLY FATE-COUNTRY AROUND SYDNEY --THE NATURALISTS LEFT IN NEW SOUTH WALES --GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THAT COLONY --ITS FORESTS--ITS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE -COUNTRY SOUTHWEST OF SYDNEY--LIVERPOOL MOUNTAINS--COUNTRY NORTH OF THE LIVERPOOL MOUNTAINS -- ILL AWARRA -- DROUGHTS AND FLOODS -- REM ARKS OF MAJOR MITCHELL--RIVERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES--ITS MINERAL PRODUCTS-ITS WATER--THE HEIGHT OF ITS MOUNTAINS--ITS CLIMATE--ITS TEMPERATURE-PREVAILING WINDS--ITS VEGETATION--MONOTONY OF ITS SCENERY--ITS HORTICULTURE--NATIVES OF AUSTRALIA-THEIR NUMBERS--THEIR PHYSICAL TRAITS-- THEIR CHARACTER --THEIR WANDERING HABITS --THEIR TIMIDITY--THEIR CONFLICTS--THEIR CORROBORY DANCES -- ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THEIR BATTLES -- THEIR MODE OF SETTLING PRIVATE aUARRELS--THEIR WEAPONS-THEIR MODE OF CLIMBING--THEIR CANOES--THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM--THEIR CUSTOM OF MAKING YOUNG MEN --THEIR MARRIAGES --BURIAL OF THEIR DEAD -- THEIR RELIGIOUS OPINIONS........................ 155-198

CHAPTER VII.

EXTENT OF SEA-COAST OF AUSTRALIA--PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY--EXTENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES--HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES--AUSTRALIAN LAND COMPANY--LAND FUND--POLICY OF GOVERNOR MACQ.UARIE--CONVICT-SHIP-- VALUE OF CONVICT LABOUR--DISPOSITION OF CONVICTS ON ARRIVAL -- ALLOWANCES TO CONVICT SERVANTS--WORKING OF THE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM-SEPARATION OF FEMALE CONVICTS FROM THEIR CHILDREN--FACTORY AT PARAMATTA--ITS DISCIPLINE -- CHILDREN IN THE FACTORY-- IRON-GANGS --CAPTAIN MACONOCHIE'S SOCIAL SYSTEM -- ITS OPERATION -- ITS PARTIAL ADOPTION AT SYDNEY, AND AT NORFOLK ISLAND--TWO DIFFERENT FORMS OF SOCIAL SYSTEM-CONDITION OF CONVICTS AND SOLDIERS COMPARED -- TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN -- DISTINCTIONS IN SOCIETY--FREE EMIGRANTS--LABOURING CLASS OF FREE EMIGRANTS-CRIMPS--HIGHER CLASS OF SOCIETY--GOVERNOR, HOW APPOINTED, AND FOR WHAT TERM--HIS POWERS--HIS SUCCESSOR IN CASE OF DEATH OR ABSENCE-LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-COLONIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS--EXPENDITURE AND MODE OF TAXATION--WORKING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM--STATUTE OF NEW SOUTH WALES--DESIRE FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION--BOUNTY ON IMMIGRATION-EMIGRATION--MODE OF PROCURING GRANTS OF LAND-STATE OF CRIME IN NEW SOUTH WALES-JUDGE BURTON'S CHARGE--HIS REPORT ON THE JURY SYSTEM-OPINIONS OF OTHER JUDGES --COURTS OF LAW--EDUCATION --BISHOPRIC OF NEW SOUTH WALES--COLLEGES............199-239

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CHAPTER VIII.

JAUNT TO PARAMATTA -- DESCRIPTION OF THAT PLACE -- OBSERVATORY--GOVERNMENT-HOUSE AND FARM--VISIT OF NATURALISTS TO ILLAWARRA--WOOLONGONG --VEGETATION OF ILLAWARRA--LAKE OF ILLAWAERA--JAUNT OF MESSRS. HALE AND AGATE TO HUNTER'S RIVER--TOWN OF NEWCASTLE--COAL MINES--CONVICT MARRIAGES--CONVICT STOCKADE--NATIVES--JOURNEY TO LAKE MACaUARIE--MR. THRELKELD -- MACQUARIE LAKE --CONVICT SERVANTS -- M'GILL, THE NATIVE -- SHEEP-SHEARING--VISIT TO PEUEN BEUEN--BANKS OF HUNTER RIVER--MR. HALE'S JOURNEY TO WELLINGTON VALLEY--MAIL CARRIAGE--POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT --PENRITH--BLUE MOUNTAINS--MOUNT VICTORIA--VALLEY OF CLWYD--BATHURST --LAKES--BUSH-RANGERS--WELLINGTON--NATIVE CHILDREN--MR. WATSON-SHEEP-SHEARING--PROFITS OF SHEEP-FARMS--FLOODS OF THE MACQUARIE--POPULATION OF THE WEST--NATIVE LANGUAGES--MR. PEALE'S JOURNEY--CLIFTON--CAPTAIN M'ARTHUR-HE INTRODUCES THE FINE-WOOL SHEEP--LIVERPOOL--DAM IN COOK'S RIVER -- NEPEAN RIVER -- BIRDS --WALLABIES -- STRATHARA--BIRDS--DECREASE OF NATIVE ANIMALS--VISIT TO NEWINGTON-SALT-WORKS--PREVALENCE OF SALT IN AUSTRALIA--DECREASE OF LAKES--ANCIENT FLOODS--DESCRIPTION OF FISSURES-EARTHQUAKES--BURNING MOUNTAIN--TRADE OF NEW SOUTH WALES--FISHERIES --BANKS--EXPORTS--DEPOTS FOR GRAIN--COLONY AT SWAN RIVER--SOUTH AUSTRALIA -- FETE AT FORT MACQUARIE -- SURPRISE OF THE COLONISTS AT OUR WANT OF PREPARATION--STATE OF THE PEACOCK-ARRIVAL OF H. B. M. SHIP DRUID --SEASON OF OUR VISIT--FACILITIES FOR OUTFITS AT SYDNEY --KINDNESS AND HOSPITALITY OF CITIZENS--CHRISTMAS DINNER-DEPARTURE OF THE SQUADRON--DESERTERS FOUND ON BOARD.......................241-277

CHAPTER IX.

PRELIMINARY REMARKS -- PROCEEDINGS OF THE SQUADRON TO THE SECOND OF JANUARY--SEPARATION OF THE FLYING-FISH AND PEACOCK--FIRST ICEBERG SEEN -- FALL IN WITH THE ICY BARRIER -- PORPOISE LOST SIGHT OF --PROCEEDINGS OF THE PEACOCK FROM THE THIRD OF JANUARY -- HER VISIT TO MACQUARIE'S ISLAND --FIRST ICEBERG SEEN BY HER -- SHE FALLS IN WITH THE ICY BARRIER -- PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE--SEA-ELEPHANTS SEEN AND TAKEN--LAND SEEN FROM ALL THE VESSELS -- PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINCENNES FROM THE SIXTEENTH OF JANUARY--SHE ENTERS A DEEP BAY IN THE BARRIER--PEACOCK AND PORPOISE SEEN -- PEACOCK SPOKEN -- LAND DISTINCTLY SEEN FROM THE VINCENNES AND PEACOCK--FIGHT BETWEEN A WHALE AND KILLER, SEEN FROM THE PEACOCK --PROCEEDINGS OF THE PEACOCK -- SOUNDINGS OBTAINED BY HER --HER PERILOUS SITUATION AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE --HER CRIPPLED CONDITION --

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CAPTAIN HUDSON RESOLVES TO RETURN--HIS ADMIRABLE CONDUCT, AND THAT OF HIS OFFICERS AND CREW.........................................................279-306

CHAPTER X.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINCENNES FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND OF JANUARY--DISAPPOINTMENT BAY--WATERING ON THE ICE--DIAGRAMS OF THE ICE-ISLANDS-- THEIR UTILITY -- VIOLENT GALE AND SNOW-STORM -- NARROW ESCAPE FROM STRIKING THE ICE -- THE OPEN SEA REACHED -- RETURN OF FINE WEATHER -- VINCENNES STANDS AGAIN TO THE SOUTH, AND REACHES THE ICY BARRIER-- PINER'S BAY -- SOUNDINGS IN THIRTY FATHOMS -- ANOTHER VIOLENT GALE -- REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS-OPINION OF THE WARD-ROOM OFFICERS-DETERMINATION TO PROCEED WITH THE CRUISE--ITS EVENTS UP TO THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY -- LANDING ON AN ICEBERG -- SPECIMENS OF ROCKS OBTAINED-- INO.UIRY IN RELATION TO THE FORMATION OF ICEBERGS--THEIR SEPARATION FROM THE LAND --THEIR PROGRESS -- FURTHER EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT -- ESTIMATE OF THE RATE AT WHICH THE FLOATING ICE MOVES--THE VINCENNES BEGINS HER RETURN TO THE NORTH......307-338

CHAPTER XI.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND TO THE THIRTIETH OF JANUARY--FRENCH SQUADRON SEEN--ITS COMMANDER REFUSES TO SPEAK THE PORPOISE -- PROCEEDINGS UP TO THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY -- GALE -- FURTHER PROCEEDINGS TO THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY--SPECIMENS OF ROCK OBTAINED-- WESTERN LIMIT OF HER CRUISE--RETURN TO THE EASTWARD--PORPOISE STANDS TO THE NORTHWARD -- AUCKLAND ISLANDS-- PORPOISE ARRIVES AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS--CRUISE OF THE FLYING-FISH--LANDING AT MACaUARIE'S ISLAND--PROCEEDINGS OF THE FLYING-FISH UP TO THE FOURTH OF FEBRUARY -- STATE OF HER CREW--THEIR LETTER TO LIEUTENANT PINKNEY--HE RESOLVES TO RETURN --ARRIVAL OF THE FLYING-FISH AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS--EVENTS DURING THE RETURN OF THE VINCENNES -- SHE FAILS TO REACH VAN DIEMEN'S LAND -- ARRIVAL OF THE VINCENNES AT SYDNEY--PEACOCK FOUND THERE--RETURN OF THE PEACOCK FROM THE ICY BARRIER -- SHE MAKES MACQUARIE'S ISLAND -- SHE ARRIVES AT SYDNEY -- STATE OF THE PEACOCK -- HOSPITALITIES RECEIVED AT SYDNEY.......................339-365

CHAPTER XII.

DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY--PASSAGE TO NEW ZEALAND-ARRIVAL AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS--MEETING WITH THE SCIENTIFIC CORPS--THEIR PASSAGE FROM SYDNEY --BAY OF ISLANDS --RIVERS WHICH FALL INTO IT -- FACE OF THE COUNTRY --

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ACTIVE VOLCANO--HOT SPRING OF TAIAIMI--CRATER OF POERUA--DR. PICKERING'S VISIT TO HOKIANGA --MISSIONARY ESTABLISHMENT AT PAHIA -- KORORARIKA -- ENGLISH POLICE MAGISTRATE AND ACTING GOVERNOR --TREATY OF CESSION TO ENGLAND-CONDUCT OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL--INSTALLATION OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR--OPINION OF THE CHIEFS IN RELATION TO THE TREATY -- ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH REVENUE OFFICERS --LAND CLAIMS --BURDENSOME TAXES AND TARIFF--THEIR EFFECT ON AMERICAN COMMERCE--EXPENSE OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT -- CASE OF JOHN SAC -- HIS LETTER TO MR. WALDRON -- FURTHER REMARKS ON THE TREATY OF CESSION -- VIOLENT GALE -- ITS EXTENT AND ROTARY CHARACTER --FOREIGN RESIDENTS --HIGH PRICE OF LAND--MISSIONS-TABOO--PAS, OR FORTIFIED TOWNS--DWELLINGS-TOMB-DRESS OF THE NATIVES --THEIR STOREHOUSES -- THEIR FOOD -- THEIR ARMS AND ORNAMENTS -- KING POMARE--MAUPARAWA--CHARLEY POMARE--POMARE'S WARS--CEREMONY OF HIS RETURN--HIS MEANNESS--POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND--VISIT TO WANGARARA --POLITENESS OF KO-TOWATOWA--WANGARARA BAY-CHARACTER OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS -- THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCE -- TRADITION IN RELATION TO THEIR ORIGIN--TATTOOED HEADS--CANNIBALISM--CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE NATIVES--NATIVE DANCES--MUSIC--CHATHAM ISLAND--CHART OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS--MR. COUTHOUY'S PASSAGE FROM SYDNEY--HIS ACCOUNT OF MOUNT EGMONT-OF PORT COOPER--WARS OF ROBOLUA--PORT LEVY--KORAKIBARURU-- PIGEON BAY --CAPE CAMPBELL AND SNOWY PEAKS --CLOUDY BAY--ROBOLUA -- HABITS OF THE NATIVES, AND PREVAILING WINDS AT CLOUDY BAY --CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND --DISEASES --SOIL --CULTIVATION--VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS-TIMBER-- CANOES--aUADRUPEDS--BIRDS--COMMERCE............................367-414