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INDEX.

  • Abomination, buto, p. 31.
  • Abortion, 229.
  • Acting, 342.
  • Admission to Clubs, 105.
  • —to Mysteries, 80.
  • Adoption, 25, 27, 42, 51 note.
  • Adultery, 243.
  • Agnatic descent, 29.
  • Alite, 298, 325.
  • Alligators, see Crocodiles.
  • Ambrym, 13, 72, 84, 144, 174, 288
  • —note, 306, 332, 337, 355.
  • Amulets, 121, 134, 184.
  • Anaiteum, 123.
  • Animism, 123.
  • Antiquity, 48.
  • Apes, anthropoid, 19 note, 354.
  • Araga, see Pentecost Island.
  • Arrows, Poisoned, 215, 306.
  • Arts of life, 290.
  • —Decorative.
  • Atai, 250.
  • Atolls, 17.
  • Aurora Island, Maewo, 6, 25, 86, 112, *143, 168, 182, 199, 201, 240, 291, 298, 309, 313, 319, 323, 333, 340, 352, 369.
  • Australian Mysteries, 70.
  • Avoidance, 43, 232.
  • Badges, 75, 82, 87, 110, 112.
  • Bamboo Knife, 315.
  • Bananas, 319.
  • Banks' Islands, 2, 3, 4, 7 note, 16, 23, 24, 29, 35, 43, 54, 63, 72, 75, 104, 123, 139, 146, 151, 174, 181, 198, 211, 214, 216, 219, 225, 229, 231, 236, 239, 245, 265, 298, 306, 311, 313, 318, 319, 322, 325, 333, 334, 340, 342, 348, 353, 354.
  • Bastards, 236.
  • Bauro, 4 note, 6 note.
  • Belief in Magic, 193.
  • Bellona Island, 2, 16, 313, 322.
  • Betel nut, 1, 9 note, 351.
  • Betrothal, 237, 238.
  • Bice, Rev. C., 241 note, 301 note, 304 note.
  • Bird's-nest Fern, 265, 277, 279.
  • Birgus latro, 19.
  • Birth, 230.
  • Biu Island, 19.
  • Bligh, 4, 7 note.
  • —Island, see Ureparapara.
  • Bonesetters, 198.
  • Bonito, 179, 233.
  • Bougainville, 3.
  • Boundaries, 65 note.
  • Bows, 8, 304.
  • Bowls, 316.
  • Breadfruit, 83 note, 319.
  • Brenchley, Mr., 5, 122, 295, 299 note.
  • Bridge of Dead, 257.
  • Brothers and Sisters, 36, 232.
  • Bugotu, 30, 135, 180, 196, 256, 299, 300, 302, 318, 343, 345.
  • Bull-roarers, 80, 98, 342.
  • Burial, 254, 257, 258, 261, 263, 267, 270, 278, 284, 287, 288 note.
  • Burning alive, 347.
  • — the dead, 263.
  • Burying alive, 288, 347.
  • — in sea, 254, 258, 262.
  • — wives, 257.
  • Buto, 31.
  • Caladium, 304; see Taro.
  • Canarium, 132, 138, 320.
  • Cannibalism, 343, 395 note, 398.
  • Canoe-houses, 258, 299.
  • Canoes, 290.
  • Capture in Marriage, 238 note, 240. ​
  • Carving, 172.
  • Castanets, 339.
  • Castaways, 345.
  • Casuarina, 186.
  • Catamarans, 293 note, 294.
  • Cat's-cradle, 341.
  • Cause of Sickness, 196.
  • Celebes, 317 note.
  • Changeling Snakes and Spirits, 172, 187, 188.
  • — Trees, 187.
  • Channels, 16.
  • Charms in food, 49.
  • — sung, 119, 161, 190, 198, 202, 359, 395.
  • Chastity, 235.
  • Chiefs, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 56, 60.
  • Childhood, 231.
  • Childless Ghost, 275.
  • Children in Societies, 70, 81, 84, 92, 98.
  • Circumcision, 234.
  • Classes of Ghosts, 253.
  • Cloak in Mysteries, 78, 8 1 note, 91, 99.
  • Close-time in Mysteries, 83, 95.
  • Cloth, 320.
  • Clothing, 321.
  • Club-houses, 102.
  • Clubs, 306.
  • — Societies, 101, 103, 104, 110, 112, 114.
  • Cockatoos, 17.
  • Cocoa-nut, to mark absence, 77.
  • Comet, 348.
  • Comins, Rev. R. B., 42 note.
  • Communal Marriage, 27.
  • Contrariété Island, see Ulawa.
  • Cook, Capt., 4.
  • Cookery, 319.
  • Coral, 14.
  • Cotoira, 2 note, 9 note.
  • Counting, 341, 353, 377.
  • — days, 272.
  • — song, 341.
  • Couvade, 228.
  • Creation, 26, 28, 154, 171.
  • Cremation, 263.
  • Crocodiles, 18, 179, 180.
  • Cultivations, 303.
  • Curses, 51, 147, 216.
  • Cuscus, 17.
  • Cycas, 1 86.
  • Dances, 84, 87, 91, 93, 95, 332.
  • Darkness universal, 182.
  • Death, 247.
  • — Days, 271.
  • — Meals, see Funeral Feasts.
  • — Origin of, 260, 265.
  • Decorations, in, 116, 386.
  • Decorative Arts, 328.
  • Deliverance Feast, 112.
  • Descent in Family, 22, 41.
  • — to Hades, 277, 286.
  • —of Property, 59.
  • Destruction of Property after Death, 255, 263, 285.
  • Devil, 117, 122.
  • Discoveries, 2, 8.
  • Diseases, 12 note.
  • Disposing of corpses, 267, 269.
  • Divination, 196, 210.
  • Division of People, 21, 24, 400.
  • Divorce, 244.
  • Doctors, 195.
  • Dreamers, 208.
  • Dreams, 208, 249, 266.
  • Dress, 107, 231, 234, 241, 321.
  • Drill, 325.
  • Driving Ghosts, 270.
  • Drums, 175, 336.
  • Dugong, 318.
  • Dukduk, 69.
  • Dye, 322, 323.
  • Ear ornaments, 330.
  • Ears pierced, 232, 265 note, 280.
  • Eclipses, 348.
  • Eels, 18, 318.
  • Elevation of land, 16.
  • Elopement, 240.
  • Enclosures, 84, 86.
  • Entrance to Clubs, 105.
  • — to Hades, 273.
  • — to Mysteries, see Initiation.
  • — payments, 81, 84, 92, 103, 106, 115.
  • Espiritu Santo, 3, 6, 8, 17, 306, 315.
  • Exclusion of Women, 128.
  • Exogamy, 21, 24, 29, 34.
  • Exorcism, 220.
  • Fagani, see Ha'ani.
  • Fainting, 260, 287.
  • Familiar Spirits, 142.
  • Family, 25, 26, 34, 68.
  • — System, 35, 40.
  • Fasting, 107, 205.
  • Feasts. 104, 108, no, 112.
  • — funeral, 255, 259, 261, 264, 271, 273, 280, 282, 284, 287.
  • Feather-money, 324.
  • Fenua loa, 17.
  • Fighting, 305.
  • Figure-heads, 296.
  • Figures in Mysteries, 87, 96.
  • Fiji, 2, 22 note, 34, 43, 48, 59, 61 note, 04 note, 69, 72, 122, 147 note, 198 note, 246 note, 248, 315, 319, 340. ​
  • Fines, 30, 52.
  • Fingers, counting on, 353.
  • Fire, 320.
  • First-fruits, 95, 133, 138, 139.
  • Fishing, 316.
  • — hooks, 316.
  • — floats, 317.
  • — kites, 318.
  • — nets, 317, 358.
  • — traps, 318.
  • Fison, Rev. Lorimer, 22 note, 48 note, 59 note, 61 note, 64 note, 72, 122, 147, 198, 246 note, 248.
  • Flies, 18.
  • Floats, 317.
  • Flood, 166.
  • Florida Island, 3, 5 note, 16, 23, 29, 40, 61, 73, 94, 124, 130, 145, 174, 175, 180, 194, 200, 209, 210, 214, 215, 217, 218, 235, 237, 242, 249, 254, 2 57, 295, 300, 305, 325, 333,

337, 343, 345, 348, 352, 353, 354.

  • — flutes, 339.
  • Æolian, 340.
  • Food, 319.
  • — fragments of, 203.
  • — offered to Dead, 128, 147, 259, 271, 283.
  • — of Ghosts, 260, 286, 288.
  • Forbes, Mr., 186 note, 262 note.
  • Forts, 302.
  • Fowls, 10, 18.
  • Fragments of food, 203.
  • Frigate-birds, 126, 145, 179, 180, 257.
  • Frogs, 17.
  • Fruit-trees, property in, 61, 62, 65, 68.
  • Funeral feasts, see Feasts.
  • — oration, 268.
  • Funerals, 268, 281, 284, 287.
  • Futuna Island, 8, 15.
  • Gallego, 2 note, 5 note, 8.
  • Gamal, 101, 113, 298.
  • Games, 340.
  • Gardens, 59, 68, 303, 349.
  • —Spirits, 134.
  • Gaua, Santa Maria, 3, 13, 17, 85, 86, 105, 166, 189, 268, 302.
  • Geology, 13.
  • Gera, Gela, 5, 16.
  • Ghost-shooters, 205.
  • Ghosts, 11, 120, 125, 194, 196, 247, 253, 260, 288.
  • — Societies of, 75.
  • Ginger, 133, 180, 195, 197, 200.
  • Gods, 122, 124.
  • Grafting, 304.
  • Graves, 257.
  • Guadalcanar, 5, 327, 354.
  • Guest-wives, 24.
  • Gulf Island, see Ugi.
  • Guppy, Dr., 2 note, 5 note, 9 note, 19, 263 note, 290, 294 note, 299 note, 317 note.
  • Ha'ani, 173, 294, 301.
  • Hades, 255, 256, 260, 264, 273, 280, 285, 287, 367, 395.
  • Harlots, 235.
  • Hats, 69, 77, 85, 104.
  • Haunting Ghosts, 255, 258, 261, 264, 267, 288.
  • Head, 43, 45, 233 note.
  • — hunting, 345.
  • — taking, 257, 297, 301, 345.
  • Heaps of Stones, 185.
  • Heavenly Bodies, 348.
  • Hereditary Succession, 50, 55, 56.
  • Hickson, Dr., 317 note.
  • Hot Springs, 13.
  • House-mounds, 48, 66, 68, 301.
  • House-sites, 61, 65, 301.
  • Houses, 298.
  • Human Sacrifices, 134, 297, 301.
  • Idols, 173.
  • Images, 105, 110, 173, 259.
  • Implements, 313.
  • Incest, 23, 30.
  • Infancy, 230.
  • Infanticide, 229.
  • Inheritance, 50, 59, 64 note, 65, 67, 68.
  • Initiation, 70, 80, 84, 86, 88, 92, 97, 233.
  • Intercourse of Sexes, 23, 235.
  • Invocations, 50, 145, 148.
  • Iron, 313.
  • Irregular intercourse, 23, 235.
  • Irrigation, 303.
  • Jew's-harps, 339.
  • Joske, Mr., 72.
  • Journey of the Dead, 256, 279, 285.
  • Judgment after Death, 256, 257, 269, 274.
  • Kahausibware, 150.
  • Kava, 1, 3, 351.
  • Kema, 30, 33.
  • Kindreds, 24, 29.
  • Kingfishers, 147, 190, 221, 257.
  • Kinship, 21, 37, 40, 41.
  • Kissing, 354.
  • Kites, 342.
  • — fishing, 318.
  • — song, 336. ​
  • Koevasi, 21.
  • Kolekole, 110, 392.
  • Lagoons, 17.
  • Lakes, 17, 166.
  • Lakona, Santa Maria, 13, 66, 86, 157, 266, 272, 275, 293 note, 318, 341.
  • Land, 29, 50, 59, 61, 65 note.
  • — reclaimed from forest, 61, 62, 64, 67.
  • Lang, Mr. A., 91.
  • La Perouse, 4.
  • Lepers' Island, 3, 14, 24, 26, 45, 56, 67, 113, 170, 183, 199, 201, 207, 210, 213, 214, 218, 223, 229, 230, 232, 236, 322, 323, 337, 344, 347, 348, 353, 355, 371
  • Levirate, 244.
  • Libations, 128, 147.
  • License at Feasts, 27.
  • — of Societies, 83, 98.
  • Lifting brides, 238, 242.
  • Lizards, 180.
  • Lodges, 72, 77.
  • Looms, 10, 20, 316, 321.
  • Lopevi, 13.
  • Loyalty Islands, 1, 15, 324.
  • Madagascar, 21.
  • Madness, 218.
  • Mae, Three Hills.
  • Maewo, see Aurora Island.
  • Magic, 191.
  • —Sympathetic, 200, 214, 310.
  • Magicians, 191.
  • Mala, Malaita, Malanta, 3, 4, 5, 16, 33, 330, 345, 346.
  • Paina and Masiki, 16.
  • Malanta, see Saa.
  • Malicolo, 3.
  • Man, making of, 21, 157, 167, 171.
  • — in Moon, 348.
  • Mana, 51, 57, 90, 103. 115, 119, 191, 200, 307.
  • Manslaughter, 133.
  • Mara, see Mala.
  • Marawa, 152, 157, 373, 383 note.
  • Marina, Espiritu Santo.
  • Marriage, 23, 27, 37, 238, 240, 242.
  • Masks, 69, 72, 77, 83, 96.
  • Mat, 316.
  • — money, 323.
  • Matambala, 69, 94.
  • Matema Group, 17.
  • Maternal Descent, 21.
  • Matriarchal System, 34.
  • Max Müller, Prof., 118 note.
  • Measures, 353.
  • Medicine, 195.
  • Megapod, 17.
  • Mendana, 2, 9.
  • Meralava, Star Island.
  • Merig, Sainte Claire Island.
  • Merlav, Star Island.
  • Messer, Dr. R. N., 307 note.
  • Metamorphosis, 207.
  • Mission Voyages, 10 note.
  • Money, 63, 66, 323.
  • — feather, 324.
  • — lending, 326.
  • — mat. 323.
  • — shell, 325.
  • Months, 349.
  • Moon, 348.
  • Man in, 348.
  • Mosquitos, 18.
  • Mota, Sugarloaf Island, 11, 15, 18, 25, 35, 104, 147, 158, 223, 250, 266, 292, 337, 340, 342, 346, 347, 349, 353, 379.
  • Mother-in-law, 42.
  • Motlav, Saddle Island, 25, 47, 48, 55, 66, 146, 181, 211, 249, 268, 274.
  • Mourning, 245, 282.
  • Music, 337.
  • Musical Instruments, 336.
  • Mysteries, 69.
  • Names of Islands, 4, 5 note, 7.
  • — new personal, 87, 94, 114.
  • — not mentioned, 43.
  • Nanga of Fiji, 69, 72.
  • Narcotics, 351.
  • Native Names of Islands, 4, 5, 7.
  • Ndeni, Santa Cruz, 5.
  • Nearness in blood, 29.
  • Nets, 317.
  • New Caledonia, 2, 13, 69, 73.
  • New Hebrides, 2, 3, 6, 24, 56, 67, 72, 84, 86, 124, 143, 148, 151, 199, 240, 291, 298, 309, 313, 319, 337, 340, 342, 344, 345, 348, 351 , 353, 355.
  • Nggela, Florida, 16.
  • Night, 156, 171.
  • Nitendi, 5.
  • Nopitu, 153.
  • Nose-rings, 231, 256.
  • Nufilole Island, 17.
  • Oaths, 217.
  • Oba, Omba, Opa, see Lepers' Island.
  • Offerings, 127.
  • Olu Malau Islands, Three Sisters, 5 note.
  • Omens, 220.
  • Ordeals, 212.
  • Origin of Chiefs power, 51, 56, 116, 167. ​
  • Origin of Death, 260, 265, 283, 286.
  • — of Kindreds, 26.
  • — of Man, 21, 26.
  • Original Self, 253.
  • Ornamentation, 328.
  • Ornaments buried, 254, 263, 268.
  • Ovens, 320.
  • Owa-raha and -rii, 5 note.
  • Paddles, 297.
  • Palmer, Rev. J., 14, 81 note, 83 note, 199 note, 201 note, 268 note, 269 note.
  • Palolo, 356.
  • Panoi, 264; see Hades.
  • Panpipes, 337.
  • Paternal Descent, 22, 41, 50.
  • Path of the Dead, 256, 275, 278, 285.
  • Patriarchal System, 22, 41, 50, 68.
  • Patteson, Bishop, 4 note, 6 note, 9, 10 note, 11, 12 note, 74 note, 85 note, 121 note, 144, 166, 294 note, 301, 302.
  • Pedigree of Mota family, 37.
  • Penny, Kev. A., 99 note, 176 note, 257 note, 356.
  • Pentecost Island, Whitsuntide Island,
  • Araga, 3, 26, 45, 48, 67, 92, 114, 169, 183, 187, 188, 199, 209, 228,230, 240, 253, 286, 311, 323, 344, 347.
  • Personal Property, 63, 66, 67.
  • Pigs, 57 note, 249.
  • — souls of, 249, 263, 269.
  • — world, 286.
  • Pile-houses, 300.
  • Piper methysticum, Kava, 351.
  • Pipes, 337, 352.
  • Pitcairn Island, 342.
  • Places, Sacred, 173.
  • Plant, Rev. J. H., 238 note.
  • Poison, 213.
  • Poisoned Arrows, 306, 368.
  • Polyandry, 245.
  • Polygamy, 39, 245.
  • Polynesian Colonies, 2, 322.
  • Possession, 153, 209, 218, 224.
  • Pottery, 315.
  • Power of Chiefs, 47, 51, 56,116, 167.
  • Prayer, 127, 145, 148.
  • Priests, 128, 132.
  • Primogeniture, 64.
  • Property, 33, 50, 59.
  • — personal, 63, 66, 67.
  • — in trees, 61, 65 note, 68.
  • Prophecy, 209.
  • Public Halls, 102.
  • Qat, II, 21, 22, 154, 156, 397, 398.
  • — Society, 69, 75, 84, 86.
  • Quiros, 2, 5, 7, note.
  • Rainbow, 341.
  • Rainmaking, 200.
  • Ranks in Societies, 103, 104, 113, 115, 385, 391.
  • Rattles, 342.
  • Reclaimed Land, 61, 62, 64, 67.
  • Red, 183.
  • Redemption of Land, 65.
  • Reef Islands, 17.
  • Reef Islands of Santa Cruz, 2, 6, 9, 17, 232, 346.
  • Reflection, 250,
  • Relation of Brother and Sister, 36.
  • — by Marriage, 37.
  • — in Polygamy, 39.
  • — of Sister's son, 24.
  • Relationship, 35.
  • Relics, 126, 134, 258, 262.
  • Religion, 117, 123.
  • Rennell Island, 2, 16, 313.
  • Reserve, 42, 232, 242.
  • Respect, 45.
  • Restriction on intercourse of sexes, 23, 43.
  • — on Marriage, 30.
  • Retainers, 52, 58.
  • Romilly, Mr., 307.
  • Rowa Island, 7, 17, 298, 327.
  • Rubbing noses, 354.
  • Saa, Malanta, 48, 63, 124, 136, 176, 191, 209, 212, 2l6, 219, 221, 230, 233, 235, 238, 250, 260, 288, 299, 305, 316, 336, 344, 349, 352, 353, 355.
  • Sacred Places and Things, 173, 177.
  • Sacrifices, 128, 144 note.
  • — in Ambrym, 144.
  • — in Aurora Island, 143.
  • — in Banks' Islands, 139.
  • — of First Fruits, 132, 138, 139.
  • — in Florida, 1 30.
  • Human, 134.
  • — in Lepers' Island, 144.
  • — in New Hebrides, 139.
  • — in Pentecost Island, 143.
  • — at Saa, 136.
  • — in San Cristoval, 129, 138.
  • — at Santa Cruz, 1 39.
  • — in Ysabel, 135.
  • Saddle Island, see Motlav and Valuwa.
  • Sago, 319.
  • Salagoro, 73, 77.
  • Sale of Land, 50, 60, 65 note.
  • Salt; 311 note.
  • Salutations, 354, 394.
  • San Cristoval Island, 3, 4, 12 note, 17, 41, 42 note, 51 note, 124, 129, 138, 146, 150, 177, 179, 190, 196, ​228, 229, 235, 245, 294, 299, 303, 305, 318, 325, 329, 333, 336, 344, 345, 352.
  • Santa Ana Island, 5 note.
  • Santa Catalina Island, 5 note.
  • Santa Cruz Island, 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 18, 20, 43, 59, 63, 139, 167, 174, 180, 196, 201, 231, 232, 239, 249 note, 263, 293, 301, 312, 313, 317, 319, 321, 324, 333, 342, 348, 351.
  • Santa Maria Island, 3, 7, 13, 85, 86, 105, 166, 189, 268, 302, 351. See Lakona.
  • Santo, Espiritu Santo.
  • Savo, 3, 5, 13, 18, 179, 206, 214, 255, 345.
  • Saw, 315 note.
  • Sea-ghosts, 196, 258.
  • Seasons, 349.
  • Seclusion in Mysteries, 81, 84, 86, 93, 95, 100.
  • Secret Societies, 54, 69, 74 note, 75, 76, 86, 91, 94.
  • Selwyn, Bishop, 6 note, 10 note.
  • — Bishop John, 9, 14, 17, 95, 125, 204, 239 note, 282 note, 298 note, 303 note.
  • Separation of Sexes, 43, 232.
  • Sesarga Island, 5.
  • Shadow, 176, 209, 247, 250.
  • Sharks, 126, 179, 187, 259.
  • — fishing for, 318.
  • Shell Implements, 16, 313.
  • — Money, 325.
  • Shields, 305.
  • Ship of the Dead, 326 'note.
  • — first seen, 352 note.
  • Shrines, 126, 130, 175, 177.
  • Sickness, 194.
  • 'Side of House,' 25.
  • Sister's son, 34, 41, 380, 400.
  • Slaves, 346.
  • Slings, 305.
  • Snakes, 18, 178, 187, 199.
  • Sneezing, 40, 211, 226.
  • Social Regulations, 20, 46.
  • Societies, Clubs, 101, 103, 104, 110, 114, 115.
  • Sogoi, 25.
  • Solomon Islands, 2, 3, 5 note, 22, 40, 94, 124, 129, 175, 294, 309, 313, 316, 317, 319, 339, 342, 343, 348, 351, 352, 353.
  • Songs, 85, 93, 334.
  • — Dialect, 334.
  • Soul, 247, 267.
  • Sounds in Mysteries, 80, 83, 95.
  • Spanish Discoveries, 2.
  • — Names, 4.
  • Spears, 305.
  • Spells, 147.
  • Spirits, 120, 123, 125, 134, 140, 150, 151, 168, 248.
  • Star Island, Meralava, 6, 7, 14, 303.
  • Stars, 348.
  • Stepfather, 40.
  • Stone-boiling, 315.
  • — buildings, 302.
  • — implements, 16, 313.
  • Stones, 119, 140, 143, 151, 169, 175, 178, 180, 183, 185.
  • Stories, 356.
  • Streams, 177, 186.
  • Stringed Instrument, 339.
  • Succession of Chiefs, 53, 55,56.
  • —of Property, 29, 59, 61, 63, 66, 67, 68.
  • Sugarloaf Island, Mota.
  • Suicide, 243.
  • Sumatra, 186 note.
  • Sun, 200, 348, 365.
  • — making, 184, 201.
  • Supwe Spirit, 168.
  • Suqe Club, 102, 112, 114, 385, 390.
  • Surf-board, 341.
  • Surville, 4.
  • Swallow Group, 2, 17.
  • Swearing, 217.
  • Sympathetic Magic, 200, 214, 310.
  • System of Relationship, 35.
  • Taboo, tambu, tapu, 31, 63, 77, 82, 94, 182, 215.
  • Tagaro, 21, 168, 369.
  • Tamate, 69, 72, 75, 266.
  • Taro, 304, 319.
  • Tas, 17, 186.
  • Tattoo, 232, 234, 237, 240, 241, 331.
  • Taumako, 5.
  • Teeth, dog and porpoise, 325.
  • Terms of Relationship, 35, 40.
  • Tetanus, 312.
  • Thanks, 354.
  • Thatch, 299.
  • Three Hills Island, 330, 355.
  • Three Sisters Island, 5 note.
  • Tikopia, 1, 6 note, 17, 319, 346, 351.
  • Timor, 186 note, 262 note.
  • Tinakula, 13.
  • Tindalo, 125, 249.
  • Tobacco, 352.
  • Tonga, 303, 321, 343.
  • Tools, 16, 313.
  • Tops, 242.
  • Torres, 2.
  • Torres Islands, 3, 7, 16, 75, 104, 111, 224, 231, 264, 293 note, 306 note, 307, 308, 313, 327, 351, 373. ​
  • Totems, 32.
  • Town lots, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67.
  • Toys, 342.
  • Trade, 297.
  • Tradition, absence of, 47.
  • Translation of Relics, 126.
  • Treatment of Wounds, 310.
  • Tree-houses, 301.
  • Trees cut down at death, 255, 263, 285.
  • — property in, 61, 65, 68.
  • — sacred, 186.
  • Trials of the Dead. 256, 257, 265 note, 275, 280, 287.
  • Tribes, 21, 33 note.
  • Tricks of Ghosts, 223.
  • Twins, 230.
  • Ugi, Gulf Island, 5.
  • Ulawa, Contrariété Island, 3, 5, 32, 179, 180, 235, 294, 343, 346.
  • Ureparapara, Bligh Island, 13, 81, 84, 114, 269, 272, 298 note.
  • Valuwa, Saddle Island, 185, 186, 205.
  • Vampires, 221.
  • Vanikoro Island, 4.
  • Vanua Lava, Great Banks' Islands, 11, 13, 17, 43, 141, 303, 306 note, 375.
  • Variety of Flowers and Plants, 304.
  • Vat Ganai, 7 note.
  • Vava, Torres Islands.
  • Veve, 24, 28.
  • Vigona, 151.
  • Villages, 59, 61, 66.
  • Visitors, appearance of, 10.
  • Volcanos, 13.
  • Vui, 123, 151.
  • Wandering Ghosts, 219.
  • Washing, 84, 86, 93, 320.
  • Water, sacred, 177, 186.
  • Weaning, 231.
  • Weapons, 304.
  • Weather Doctors, 184, 200.
  • — Spirits, 134.
  • Whistling, 342.
  • Widowhood, 245.
  • Wild Men, 19 note, 354.
  • Wills, 66, 68.
  • Winged Women, 172, 397.
  • Witchcraft, 191, 202.
  • Wizards, 192.
  • Women, exclusion of, 69, 74, 87, 92, 94, 103.
  • — Clubs, 110.
  • — Dress, 234, 241, 321.
  • Woodford, Mr., 2 note, 5 note, 9 note, 132 note.
  • Words forbidden, 44.
  • World, 11.
  • Worship, 124.
  • Yams, 319, 367.
  • Ysabel Island, 3, 4 note, 30, 135, 175, 180, 196, 256, 299, 300, 302, 318, 343, 345, 348.
  • Zoology, 17.

THE END.

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