Library of 19th Century Science:
The Golden Age of Geology

HMS Challenger



NARRATIVE

of the

UNITED STATES

EXPLORING EXPEDITION

DURING THE YEARS

1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.

by


CHARLES WILKES, U.S.N.
COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION
MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC.

In Five Volumes

Volume II.

Philadephia
Lea and Blenchard

1845

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from the original documents in the holdings of Dartmouth College.

July, 2008

Copyright © 2006 by Dr. David C. Bossard.  All rights reserved.


CONTENTS.

CONTENTS  v  vi  vii  viii  ix  x  xi

CHAPTER I.   001  002  003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036
GENERAL ASPECT OF TAHITI - ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION - GENERAL FIGURE OF THE
ISLAND - ITS GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE - OVERHAUL OF THE VESSELS - AN OBSERVA
TORY 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
OROILENA - DESCENT TO THE COAST - RETURN ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND WEST.
ERN COAST OF PAPIETI - NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND FOREIGN TRADE

CHAPTER II.  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060
SAILING OF THE PORPOISE - APPLICATION FROM "JIM" THE PILOT - SURVEY OF
HARBOURS - DOLPHIN BANK - THE VINCENNES PROCEEDS TO PAPIETI - VIEW OF PAPIETI
 - INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEFS - GENERAL FREYRE - IHTOTI - SECOND ATTEMPT
TO ASCEND OROHENA - GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF TAHITI - VILLAGE AND BAY OF
PAPIETI COMMERCE OF PA1'IETI  - POPULATION OF TAIIITI -  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 - V1NCENNES SAILS FOR EIMEO - VIEW OF EIMEOTALOO
HARBOUR - LANDING AT EIMEO - RESIDENCE OF MR. SIMPSON - SCHOOL FOR
THE CHILDREN OF MISSIONARIES  -  CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES  -  SCENERY AND
STRUCTURE OF EJMEO - SUPPLIES TO BE PROCURED THERE - VILLAGES - COTTON
FACTORY  -  SUGAR PLANTATIONS  -  OTHER PRODUCTS  -  VON SCHANTZ'S CHART OF
TALOO HARBOUR - CONCLUSION

CHAPTER III. 061  062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083
DEPARTURE OF THE VINCENNES FROM TAHITI  -  BELLINCHAUSEN'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 - TEMPERATLJRE DURING THE PASSAGE - PLAN OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE
SQUADRON - 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 TI1E 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

CHAPTER IV. 084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114
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 TIJVAI - CAPTAIN
HUDSONS 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
IT - MOUNT TOFUA - 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 OPOTIJNO - FONO ADJOURNED - ITS SECOND MEETING
 - SPEECH OF MALIETOA'S ORATOR - REWARD OFFERED FOR THE APPREHENSION
OF OPOTUNO - TERRITORIAL DIVISIONS OF UPOLU - TYRANNY OF TAMAFAGO - WAB.
OF AANA - DESOLATION OF THAT DISTRICT - ISLAND OF MANONO - ISLAND OF
APOLIMA - PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORPOISE AT SAVAII - DR. PICKERING AND LIEU
TENANT MAURY LAND THERE - SURVEY OF THE COAST OF SAVAII - NATIVE MIS
SIONARY 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 SQUADRON - REVIEW OF THE MARINES - EARTHQUAKES

CHAPTER V.  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154
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  -  'fUEIR
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 - PAPALANCI SHIP - THEIR BIRTIIS - 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

CHAPTER VI. 155  156  157  158  159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168  169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182  183  184  185  186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198
DEPARTURE FROM THE SAMOAN GROUP - WALLIS ISLAND - DISPOSITION MADE OF
TUVAI  -  CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AT WALLIS ISLAND  -  HOORN ISLAND  -
MATTHEWS' ROCK - REMARKABLE THUNDER - STORM - BALL'S PYRAMID - PORT JACKSON
ENTERED - ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY - VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR - FORT MACQUARIFFATE
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  -  ILLAWARRA  -  DROUGHTS AND FLOODS  -  REMARKS
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 - NATIVE OF AUSTRALIA - THEIR NUMBERS - THEIR PHYSICAL TRAITS
THEIR CHARACTER  -  THECT WANDERING HABITS -  THEIR TIMIDITY - THEIR CONFLICTS -
THEIR CORROBORY DANCES - ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THEIR BATTLES - THEIR
MODE OF SETTLING PRIVATE OUARRELS - THEIR WEAPONS - THEIR MODE
OF CUMBLNG - THEIR CANOES - THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM - THEIR CUSTOM OF MAKING
TOUKG MEN - THEIR MARRIAGES  -  BURIAL OF THEIR DEAD  -  THEIR RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS.

CHAPTER VII. 199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236  237  238  239  240
EXTENT OF SEA - COAST OF AUSTRALIA - PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY - EXTENT OF THE
GOVERNMENT OP NEW SOUTH WALES - HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES - AUSTRALIAN
LAND COMPANY - LAND FUND - POLICY OF GOVERNOR MACQUARIE - 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 WAl.ES - COLLEGE

CHAPTER VIII. 241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248  249  250  251  252  253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266  267  268  269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277
JAUNT TO PARAMATTA -  DESCRIPTION OF THAT PLACE - OBSERVATORY - GOVERN
MENT - HOUSE AND FARM - VISIT OF NATURALISTS TO ILLAWARRA - WOOLONGONG
 - VEGETATION OF ILLAWARRA - LAKE OF ILLAWARRA - JAUNT OF MESSRS. HALE
AND AGATE TO HUNTER'S RIVER - TOWN OF NEWCASTLE - COAL MINES - CONVICT
MARRIAGES - CONVICT STOCKADE - NATIVES -  - JOURNEY TO LAKE MACQUARIE - 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 - BATBURST
 - 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 AUS
TRALIA  -  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

CHAPTER IX.  278  279  280  281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289  290  291  292  293  294  295  296  297  298  299  300  301  302  303  304  305  306
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 MACQUARIES
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 SIX
TEENTH OF JANUARY - SHE ENTERS A DEEP BAY IN THE BARRIER - PEACOCK AND
PORPOISE SEEN  -  PEACOCK SPOKEN  -  LAND DISTINCTLY SEEN FROM THE VIN
CENNES 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  -
CAPTAIN HUDSON RESOLVES TO RETURN - HIS ADMIRABLE CONDUCT, AND THAT
OF HIS OFFICERS AND CREW

CHAPTER X. 307  308  309  310  311  312  313  314  315  316  317  318  319  320  321  322  323  324  325  326  327  328  329  330  331  332  333  334  335  336  337  338
PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINCENNES FROM THE TWENTY - SECOND OF JANUARY -
DISAPPOINTMENT BAY - WATERING ON THE ICE - DIAGRAMS OF THE ICE - ISLANDSTHEIR
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
FINER'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 FOUR
TEENTH OF FEBRUARY  - LANDING ON AN ICEBERG  -  SPECIMENS OF ROCKS OB
TAINED - INQUIRY IN RELATION TO THE FORMATION OF ICEBERGS - THEIR SEPARA.
TION FROM THE LAND - THEIR PROGRESS - FURTHER EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO
THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENT  -  ESTIMATE OF THE RATE AT WHICH THE FLOAT
ING ICE MOVES - THE VINCENNES BEGINS HER RETURN TO THE NORTH

CHAPTER XI.  339  340  341  342  343  344  345  346  347  348  349  350  351  352  353  354  355  356  357  358  359  360  361  362  363  364  365
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 MACQUARTE'S ISLAND - PRO
CEEDINGS 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 - AR
RIVAL OF THE VINCENNES AT SYDNEY - PEACOCK FOUND THERE - RETURN OF THE
PEACOCK FROM THE ICY BARRIER - SHE MAKES MACQUARJE's ISLAND - SHE
ARRIVES AT SYDNEY - STATE OF THE PEACOCK -  HOSPITALITIES RECEIVED AT
SYDNEY

CHAPTER XII.   366  367  368  369  370  371  372  373  374  375  376  377  378  379  380  381  382  383  384  385  386  387  388  389  390  391  392  393  394  395  396  397  398  399  400  401  402  403  404  405  406  407  408  409  410  411  412  413  414
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
ACTIVE VOLCANO - HOT SPRING OF TAJAIMI - CRATER OF POERUA - DR. PICKERING
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 LIEU
TENANT - 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
FOMARE - 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 - KORAKIBARURIJ
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 - QUADRUPEDS

APPENDIX.  415  416  417  418  419  420  421  422  423  424  425  426  427  428  429  430  431  432  433  434  435  436  437  438  439  440  441  442  443  444  445  446  447  448  449  450  451  452  453  454  455  456  457  458  459  460  461  462  463  464  465  466  467  468  469  470  471  472  473  474  475  476
I. REGULATIONS RESPECTING TRADE WITH NATIVES 419
II. ORDERS FOR LIEUTENANT EMMONS'S PARTY 420
III. ORDERS TO LIEUTENANT - COMMANDANT RINGGOLD 421
IV. LETTER TO QUEEN POMARE 429
V. ORDERS TO LIEUTENANT - COMMANDANT RINGGOLD 424
VI. ORDERS TO CAPTAIN HUDSON AND LIEUTENANT P1NKNEY 424
VII. ABSTRACT OF DIARY KEPT AT PAGO - PAGO HARBOUR 426
VIII. EXTRACT OF A LETTER RELATIVE TO REMARKABLE FLOW OF THE SEA 427
IX. COMMERCIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS OF SAMOAN GROUP 428
X. TABLES OF NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL IN NEW SOUTH WALES 431
XI. ORDERS TO THE NATURALISTS, ETC. ETC. 433
XII. RETURN OF SCHOOLS, ETC. 436
XIII. CENSUS OF 1841, AND RETURN OF IMMIGRANTS AND CONVICTS ARRIVED.. 438
XIV. TABLE OF RETURN OF BANKS, ETC., ETC 442
XV. TABLE OF RETURN OF VALUE OF EXPORTS 443
XVI. TABLE OF RETURN OF VESSELS BUILT AND REGISTERED IN THE COLONY,
    AND LIVE - STOCK 444
XVII. TABLE OF RETURN OF TONNAGE OF VESSELS ARRIVING AND DEPARTING 445
XVIII. TABLE OF RETURN OF WOOL AND DUTIES, ETC., ETC 447
XIX. TABLE OF RETURN OF SALE OF CROWN - LANDS 448
XX. TABLE OF ESTIMATED QUANTITY OF LAND IN CULTIVATION 448
XXI. REPORT OF STATE OF PEACOCK 449
XXII. TABLE OF RETURNS OF TIMBER AND FISHERIES 450
XXIII. STATEMENT OF INTRODUCTION OF SHEEP IN NEW SOUTH WALES 451
XXIV. LETTER TO CAPTAIN JAMES ROSS, OF II. B. M. SHIP EREBUS 453
XXV. INSTRUCTIONS TO VESSELS FOR ANTARCTIC CRUISE 457
XXVI. BAROMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS DURING GALES 459
XXVII. LETTERS FROM OFFICERS RELATIVE TO SITUATION OF SHIP 461
XXVIII. REGISTER OF BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER ON ANTARCTIC CRUISE 464
XXIX. REPORT OF CAPTAIN HUDSON OF THE ANTARCTIC CRUISE OF PEACOCK 464
XXX. REPORT OF LIEUTENANT - COMMANDANT RINGGOLD OF PORPOISE, ON
    ANTARCTIC CRUISE 469
XXXI. QUEEN VICTORIA AND CAPTAIN HOBSON'S PROCLAMATION TO NEW
    ZEALAND CHIEFS 473




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William L. Hudson,
Commander, U.S.N.
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Broom Road, Tahiti
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Emma Malietoa
(page 86)
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Malietoa
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Samoan Dance
(page 134)
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Sydney
(page 156)
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Corrobory (A Dance) N.H.
(page 188)
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Australia and New South Wales
(page 200)
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Forest Illiwarra, New South Wales
(page 240)
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Peacock in Contact with Iceberg
(page 302)
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Vincennes in Disappointment Bay
(page 310)
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View of the Antarctic Continent
(page 324)
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View of New Zealand
(page 368)
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Tomb of a New Zealand Chief
(page 386)
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Ko-Towa-Towa
A New Zealand Chief
(page 396)
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Census of the year 1841
New South Wales
(page 440)
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