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CONTENTS.




CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Polynesian Race and its Traditions 9
II. Genealogical Connections and Chronology 21
III. Names of the Traditional Fatherland—
Hawaiki 38
Tawhiti 50
Wawau 53
Mataora 55
Raro or Roro 55
Atia-te-varinga-nui 57
IV. The Polynesians Originated in India 64
V. The Gangetic Race 66
Dates in Indian History 74
VI. The "Log Books" of the Migrations 77
VII. Sketch of the History of the Race 89
Atia-te-varinga-nui, or Hawaiki-nui 90
Avaiki-te-varinga, or Avaiki 95
The White Race 95
Sojourn in Indonesia 98
The Papuan Race of Indonesia 102
Maui, the Ancient Hero 105
Arrival in Fiji 111
The Polynesians as Navigators 123
Occurrences in Fiji, Samoa, Haapai, &c. 140
Sojourn in Eastern Polynesia 165
The Settlement of Rarotonga 172
Tahitian Origin of the Maoris 193
Rarotongan Account of the Migrations to N.Z. 204
Table of Dates in Polynesian History 222