Paint, 175

Palavanua, 88

Pandean pipe, 130

Papuan, 35, 36, 37, 39

• boy, coming of age, 38

• dandy, 32

Paradise, veritable, 144

Pentecost Island, 179

Petty Sessions Courts, 8

Pig-a-back, 33

• ceremonies, 162

• hunting of, 120

• sacrifices of, 155

Pile dwellings, 86

Pioneer settler, 144

Pitman and Buzacott, Messrs., 198

Planters, 10

Platform, 18, 21

Police, the, 21, 30

• magistrate, 8

Port Moresby, 7, 16, 17, 22, 24, 26, 29, 61, 75

• Resolution, 148

• Vila, 143

Postillion expedition, 6

Pottery, 24, 61, 176

• industry, the, 61

• making, 26, 34

Pratt, Johnnie, 74

Preferential tariff, 12

Queensland, 7, 188

• coast, 188

• Government, 4, 78

• sugar refining, 188

Quiros, de, 9, 10, 11

Rain-maker, the, 168

• making, remarkable, 170

Rano Island, 177, 179

Raratonga, 197, 201

Religion, 124, 155

Resident magistrate, 8

Residents, French, 143

Rubiana, in, 97, 107

Sacedra, Alvaro de, 5

Sacred ideas, 182

• stone, 161

Sacrifice, 29

Sacrifices of pig, 155

Sago, 61, 62

St. Christoval, 101

Sale, 32

Samari, 184

Samoa, 10, 32

San Christoval, 9

Santa Anna, 100

• Catalina, 91

• Cruz, 9

Sanitary arrangements, 151

Sapuna, 100

Savage song, 159

• lands, magic in, 44

Savages, 13

Scratchley, Sir Peter, 7

Sea, men of the, 22

Secret rites, 28

Shaving, 107

Shed, 186

Shell-money, 164

• necklaces, 105

Shields, 133

Shooting fish, 64

Silent philosophy, 36

Simbo, 127

“Sing-sing” 167

• grounds, 157, 158

Skull-huts, 168

Skulls, string of, 37

Slave-dealers, 191

Solomons or New Guinea, 185

Solomon Islands, the, 9, 10, 13, 84, 86, 91, 94, 145

• islanders, clothing of, 104

• King, 9

Somerville, Lieut. Boyle T., R.N., 129, 167

Song, a savage, 159

Sorcerer, the, 44

South Pacific, 10

• Sea Islands, 3, 13, 14

• Seas, excitement of, 75

• trader, 71

Spaniards, the, 11

Spanish explorers, 10

Spearing fish, 63, 118

Spears, 28

• and clubs, 133

Sports, 120

Staple foods, 62

State councils, 8

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 204

Stories, amusing, 78

Streamers, 174

Street, 17

String armlet, 41

Superstition, 22, 39, 44, 45, 88, 115, 137, 163, 170

Superstitions, 14, 15, 23, 40

Surprise attack, 28, 29

Sweet potatoes, 62

Swimmers and divers, born, 32

Swimming natives, 67

Taboo, 88

Tahitian Missionary Society, 197

Taki, 106

“Tamate,” 198, 201

Tambu houses, 90, 91, 92, 152

Tanna Island, 83, 147, 148, 172, 184

Tappa loin-cloth, 174

Taros, 22, 187

“Tartan Jock,” 79, 81

Tattooing, 32, 56, 107, 174

Thatch, 20

Tierra Australis del Espiritu Santo, 11

Tight-lacing, 41

Tohunga, 44

Tohunganism, 45

Tools, the, 176

Torres, Luis Vaez de, 5, 10, 11

• Straits, 5, 11

Trade beads, 172

Traders, 14, 15, 28, 186

• burial-ground, 79, 80

• experiences of, 81

• of the South Sea, 71

• risks of, 72

• small, tales of the, 73

Tredacua shells, the, 105

Tree-houses, 21

Tribal wars, 22

Trinton expedition, 6

Trumpery adornments, 172

Tupusuli, 64, 65, 66

Turtle fishing, 181

Twine skirts, 54

Urio Moquru, 45, 46

Vegetable, 3

Verandahs, 21, 22

Veritable paradise, 144

Villages, 149

Volcano, 148

Wallaby, 23

War, weapons of, 132, 179

Western islands, 41

Wild animals, 17

Wild diet, 180

Willey, Dr., 109

Williams, John, 197, 204

Witchcraft, 163

Wives, plurality of, 43

Women, 29, 31

• folk, 28

• and girls, costumes of, 31

• labour of the, 34

• married, work of the, 35

• workers, 175

• young, 25

Worship, places of, 157

Wyllie, Dr., 64

Yacht, saving of, 67

Yams, 22, 24, 62, 187

• the chief’s, 187

Yost, Prof. von, 64