d'Entrecasteaux,
voyage, 19;
sights Vanikoro, 68 _note_
de Langle, massacre of, 51 _note_, 56 _note_
Diet
for long voyages, 6;
in the _Pandora_, 7
Dillon, Peter, discovers relics of La Pérouse, 68 _note_
Dingoes seen, 77, 151
Distilling spirits, 111
Drums, 116
Ducie Island, 7, 29;
identical with Encarnacion, 30 _note_, 101
Duke of Clarence Island, 40, 128
_Duke of Portland_, taken by natives, 13
Duke of York Island, 48, 128
D'Urville explores Vanikoro, 68 _note_
E.
East Bay, 70 _note_
Easter Island, sighted, 30 _note_, 101
Edea, Queen of Tahiti, 118
Edwards, Captain,
selected, 3;
orders to, 4;
character of, 4;
charged with inhumanity, 21;
touches at N. Australia, 22, 149;
recklessness in sailing at night, 142;
reproves mutineer for praying, 155
Eimeo, 121
Ellison,
trial of, 25;
arrest of, 33;
execution, 37
Endeavour Straits, 20
Eua visited, 17, 138
F.
Fatafehi
at Tofoa, 13, 135;
at Namuka, 52
Fataka, or Mitre Island, 67 _note_
Female infanticide, 114
Fiji,
visited by Kau Moala, 65 _note_;
discovery of, 81
Finau, Chief of Vavau, 49 _note_; 13, 57 _note_
Fire-arms
in Tahiti, 115;
in Eimeo, 121
Flinders' Passage, 22, 77
Fruy, Mr., Lieut.-Governor of Timor, 79
Fulanga Inland, lack of water, 14
Futuna Island, visited by Kau Moala, 64, 65 _note_
G.
Geese, left in Tahiti, 118
Geographical position of islands, 88, 89
Gordon, Colonel, 170
_Gorgon_, H.M.S., 23, 24, 83
Governor of Timor, 79, 159, 161
H.
Haapai, visited, 51, 131
Hæva dance, 108
Hamilton, Dr.,
his character, 5;
account of voyage, 6, 91;
on health of seamen, 100
Hayward, Lieut.,
his character, 5;
recognizes natives of Tofoa, 13, 54 _note_;
pursues mutineers, 31;
lands at Aitutaki, 41;
ships plants, 99;
recognized at Aitutaki, 123;
at Tofoa, 135
Health of seamen, 99, 100
_Hector_, H.M.S., 24
Hervey Islands, 42
Heywood's
account of "Pandora's Box," 9;
trial of, 25;
pardoned, 37
Hillbrandt, Henry,
arrest of, 33; 74 _note_;
gives information, 40, 123;
drowned, 37
Hood, Cape, 19, 69 _note_
Hood, Lord, Island, 29, 101
_Hoornwey_, voyage home, 83
Horn Island, visited, 22, 77
_Horssen_, voyage of, 83, 88
Houses, Tahitian, 116
Howe, Lord, 91
Huahaine visited, 39, 121
Human sacrifices, 114
I.
Indispensable Reef, 19, 69 _note_
Infanticide, 114
Innes, Mr., Surgeon's mate, 92, 157
Islands, list of, 88, 171
J.
Java, arrival at, 166
K.
Kao Island, 53, 60
Kandavu Island, why not visited, 15
Kau Moala, his voyage, 17, 65 _note_
Kava-drinking, 116
Kroutcheff, Captain, visited Mitre Island, 67 _note_
L.
Larkin, Lieut., 5;
at Timor, 79
_Lila_ sickness, 11, 117
Look-out Shoal, 70 _note_
Louisiades, 20;
named by Bougainville, 69 _note_
M.
Mackintosh,
arrest of, 33;
acquitted, 37;
works pumps, 73 _note_
Maikasa River, 70 _note_
Malt, as anti-scorbutic, 100
Mangaia Island, 42
Manua visited, 16, 136
Mariner, William,
narrative, 17;
account of Norton's murder, 54 _note_; 57 _note_
Mata-atua Harbour, 49 _note_
Matavai Bay, 102
Matuku Island,
visited by tender, 14, 16;
native traditions, 15
Maurelle discovers Vavau, 16
Maurua Island, 39, 122
_Megapodius_ at Niuafoou, 62
Mendaña visits Vanikoro, 68 _note_
Millward,
trial of, 25;
arrest of, 34;
executed, 37
Milk, dislike of, 118
Mitre Island, visited, 66
Moemoe ceremony, 135
Morrison,
character of, 9;
trial of, 25;
arrest of, 33;
his journal, 33;
pardoned, 37;
plan of escape, 37 _note_
Mourning
in Tonga, 49;
in Wallis Island, 64
Moulter, William, tries to save mutineers, 74 _note_
Mountainous Island, 152
Murray Islands, 71, 141
Musical Instruments, 116
Muspratt,
trial of, 25;
arrest of, 34;
executed, 37
Mutineers,
fate of, 3;
retire to mountains, 7;
their diet, 8;
build schooner, 9;
adventures at Tubuai, 35, 36;
take Tahitian women in _Bounty_, 38;
neglected at Timor, 30;
list of, 86, 89;
capture of, 105;
let out of irons, 144
N.
Namuka,
a rendezvous for tender, 12;
visited, 17, 52, 131, 138;
native shot, 60;
cannon fired, 61;
thefts by natives, 62
Nanga Cult, 128 _note_
Neiafu Harbour, Vavau, 57
New Year's Island, sighted, 99
Niuafoou
visited, 17, 62, 138;
large cocoanuts, 62;
_Megapodius_, 62
Norman,
arrest of, 33;
acquitted, 37;
works pumps, 73 _note_
North-West Reef, 77
Norton, his murderers recognized, 13, 54 _note_
Nukunono Island, visit to, 10, 46 _note_
O.
Oatafu Island, 40 _note_, 45
Odiddee (Titi) native of Bolabola, 31, 39
Oliver
commands tender, 12, 120;
discovers Fiji, 12, 166;
his log lost, 15;
encounters Dutch vessel, 16, 167
Omai, fate of, 39, 121
Ongea Island, lack of water, 14
Orangerie Bay, 69 _note_
Orissia, Tahitian chief, 33
Otaka Island, 39
Otoo, king of Tahiti, 31, 102, 107, 119
Overstratin, Governor of Java, 81, 168
P.
Palmerston Island,
list of crew lost at, 86;
visited, 42, 123;
_Bounty's_ yard found at, 44
_Pandora_,
fitted out, 3;
her ill luck, 6;
wrecked, 21, 142;
state of crew, 87;
disease on board, 91, 94;
patent ventilator, 95
Pandora's Bank, 66
Pandora's box,
excuse for, 7, 8;
cruelty of, 9, 34;
men drowned in, 74 _note_
Pan-pipes, 116
Papara district, 31, 33
Parrots, 130, 137
Passmore, Lieut., 5;
at Timor, 79;
surveys harbour, 119;
explores wreck, 145
Pearl shell ornaments, 123
"Peggy" Otoo, 110
Pérouse, de la, of, 18, 68
Pitcairn Island, 1;
arrival at, 3;
why chosen by mutineers, 10
Plot to take _Pandora_, 7, 106
Point Venus, water bad, 34
_Port-au-Prince_, taken by natives, 13
Providential Channel, 20
Pylstaart Island sighted, 16, 138
R.
Rarotonga, discovery of, 41 _note_
Reef Indispensable, 19
Religion of the Tahitians, 113
_Rembang_, voyage of, 24, 80, 165
Renouard, Midshipman,
his suffering, 12;
appointed to tender, 120
Rio di Janeiro,
arrival at, 28, 95;
life at, 96, 97;
slaves, 97;
probabilities of revolution, 97
Rodney Cape, 19, 69 _note_
Rotte Island, 78
Rotuma Island
discovered, 17, 56, 139;
incidents at, 18, 65, 139;
giants, 65 _note_;
Tongan language spoken, 66
Round Head, 70 _note_
S.
Samarang Island, 80, 166;
description of, 166
Samoa,
appearance of, 66, 129;
return to, 136
Samoans
attack tender, 12;
use turmeric, 129;
thefts by, 130
Saroa district, New Guinea, 19, 70 _note_
Saurkraut, as diet, 100
Savaii, sighted, 49, 129
Schouten,
visits Futuna, 65 _note_;
visits Niuafoou, 62
Scurvy, precautions against, 7
Sea-snakes, 155
_Seringapatam_, discovers Rarotonga, 41
_Shark_, H.M.S., encountered, 27
Sickness follows island discoveries, 11
Sival, Midshipman,
at Palmerston Island, 124;
lost, 126
Skinner, Richard, 30, 102;
drowned, 37, 74 _note_
Slave trade in Timor, 161
South Sea Islands, their value to England, 98
Spices in Samoa, 130
Staten Island sighted, 99
Stewart, Midshipman, 8;
surrenders, 30;
drowned, 37, 74 _note_
Stewart, "Peggy," 8, 106
"Strangers' Cold," 11
Sugar, first issued to Navy, 94
Sumner, John,
arrest of, 34;
drowned, 37
T.
Tahiti, arrival at, 29
Tahitians,
their religion, 113;
weapons, 115;
cloth, 115;
women, 116;
houses, 116
Tamarie, chief of Tahiti, 32, 105
Tattooing, 122
Tea and sugar, first used in Navy, 94
Temple, native, food taken from, 104
Teneriffe,
arrival at, 27, 92;
inhabitants of, 93
Tender
built by mutineers, 37;
commissioned, 9, 38, 120;
attacked by Samoans, 12, 166;
sale of, 16;
joins company, 80;
her adventures, 81, 166;
parts company, 51, 131;
her after-history, 33 _note_
Theft, punishment for, 111
Thompson, Matthew, killed, 30, 37, 110
Timor Island,
arrival at, 22, 78, 155;
governor of, 79;
description of, 160, 164;
yaws observed at, 164, 165 _note_
_Tofoa_,
visit of tender to, 13;
_Pandora_ visits, 132, 135, 160
Tongans
misnamed Friendly Islanders, 132;
remember Tasman, 133;
their women, 133;
mercenary character of, 134
_Tongatabu_
visited, 17;
seeds left, 133
Torres Straits, 20
Tree Island, 77, 150
Tubai, 122
Tubuai, 34, 53
Tubou of Tonga, 135
Tucopia, discovery of La Pérouse's relics, 68 _note_
Tukuaho, temporal king of Tonga, 52 _note_
Turmeric, used by Samoans, 50 129
_Tutuila_ visited, 16, 51, 55, 129, 136
U.
Ulietea Island, 39
Ulukalala, Finau, letter left with, 52
Union Group, visit to, 11, 40
Upolu visited, 16, 50, 129
V.
Vanikoro sighted, 18, 68 _note_
Vanion, Mynheer, Governor of Timor, 159, 161
Vatoa, discovered by Cook, 14
Vavau visited, 16, 55, 57, 136
Victoria, Mount, 20
Victualling of Navy, 94, 100
Volcanic disturbance in Vavau, 59
_Vreedemberg_, voyage of, 24, 81, 83, 88
W.
Wallis Island visited, 17, 63 _note_
Wanjon, Governor of Timor, 79
War canoes, 114
Weapons of Tahitians, 115
Williams, Rev. John, 41 _note_
Whales, sperm, 99
Wheat, as anti-scorbutic, 100
White's patent ventilator, 95
Women, status of, 116
Wreck of _Pandora_, 21, 72;
casualties at, 73 _note_; 142
Y.
Yaws, 165 _note_
Z.
Zimers, Surgeon-General, of Timor, 79
_Zwan_, voyage home, 83
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or 'westward' could be correct.
3. Obvious punctuation errors have been repaired.
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Page 13, "Tofua" changed to "Tofoa"
Page 50, "one one" changed to "one"
Page 51, "Annanooka" changed to "Annamooka"
Page 63, "Boscawen's" changed to "Boscowen's"
Page 72, "threequarters" changed to "three quarters"
Page 79, "Surgeon General" changed to "Surgeon-General"
Page 89, "Astrotabe" changed to "Astrolabe"
Page 97, "Bouganvile" changed to "Bougainville"
Page 102, "Otaheety" changed to "Otaheitee"
Page 103, "Alredy" changed to "Aeredy"
Page 107, "unweildy" changed to "unwieldy"
Page 131, "Falafagee" changed to "Fallafagee"
Page 153, "untensils" changed to "utensils"
Page 159, "and and" changed to "and"
Page 175, "Macintosh" changed to "Mackintosh",