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