Transcriber’s Notes
Unless listed under Changes below, the language used in this e-book is that of the source document, including inconsistencies, archaic and unusual spelling and hyphenation, pejorative and offensive terms, etc. Non-English names, words and phrases in particular are not always spelled correctly or consistently. Factual errors have not been corrected.
The differences in wording between the Table of Contents and the chapter headings in the text have not been standardised. The same applies to the List of Illustrations and the illustration captions in the text. The order of illustrations in the List of Illustrations is not always the same as the order in which they are presented in the book. What appear as major divisions in the Table of Contents are part of the chapter titles in the text. The original work contains a Table of Contents per Volume, the List of Illustrations in Volume I, and the Index in Volume II; for ease of reference, all of these have been included in both volumes.
The differences in structure and wording between the Table of Contents and the chapter headings in the text have been retained. Auto-generated Tables of Contents may therefore differ from the original one. The same applies to the List of Illustrations and the illustration captions in the text. The order of illustrations in the List of Illustrations is not always the same as the order in which they are presented in the book.
Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text and their settings, not all elements may display as intended.
List of Illustrations, 259, Fijian idol: the text and the illustration caption describe this as being from the Solomon Islands. The Bornese shield on page 1129 is not included in the List of Illustrations.
Page 814, ... shown at figs. 4 and 5, ...: there is no fig. 5 in the illustration.
Page 839, ... lowly and laboriously ground into shape ...: possibly an error for ... slowly and laboriously ground into shape ....
Page 840, ... fig. 1 of the illustration “Merais,” ... and similar figure numbers: the illustration has no numbered figures.
Page 951, paragraph starting Fig. 3 is a club, ...: reference letters a and b are not present in the illustration.
Page 966, Convulsion strongly on the part of the poor creature ...: the source for this quote (Williams’s and Calvert’s book) reads: Convulsive struggles on the part of the poor creature ....
Page 993, ... the right that has just been concluded ...: possibly an error for ... the rite that has just been concluded ....
Page 1030, ... the annelid called the Palolo (Palolo viridis): possibly an error for Palola viridis.
Page 1040, reference to figs. a and b: the reference letters are not present in the illustration.
Page 1050, bèche-demer: bêche-de-mer, sea cucumber.
Page 1131, If the reader will look at figure 2 ...: there are no reference numbers in the illustration.
Page 1204, “There was much shouting and shuffling, ...: the closing quote mark is lacking.
Page 1295: ... call the “bimikibison,” ... changed to ... called the “bimikibison,” ....
Page 1355, ... some of which are shown in the illustrations on page 1357 ...: there is but a single bow in the illustrations.
Page 1369, ... stout posts about twelve feet in diameter ...: as printed in the source document; possibly an error for twelve inches.
Page 1371, “Before the prodigy finally retires ...: the closing quote mark is lacking.
Page 1401, ... but smaller in principle: possibly an error for ... but similar in principle. The specimen which is shown in Fig. 1 of the illustration: there is no Fig. 1 in the illustration; the description refers to the left hand bow.
Page 1402, Fig. 2 of the illustration: there is no Fig. 2 in the illustration; the description refers to the right hand bow.
Page 1407: ... which has been subject to British dominion ... changed to ... which have been subject to British dominion ....
Page 1475, ... except one is fortunate enough ...: as printed in the source document.
Page 1508, “Several days elapsed ...: the closing quote mark is lacking.
Page 1517, “Their powers of endurance ...: the closing quote mark is lacking.
Page 1523, “The objects of worship are the nats ...: the closing quote mark is lacking.
Changes
Illustrations amd (foot)notes have been moved out of text paragraphs.
Index, illustration captions, table of contents, list of illustrations and lists of subjects per chapter: some entries have been corrected slightly to conform to the spelling in the main text.
Some minor obvious formatting, typographical and punctuation errors and misprints have been corrected silently. Some superfluous repeated words have been deleted.
Text in a dashed box under illustrations has been transcribed from the illustration for the sake of legibility, and does not occur as text in the source document.
McGillivray, M’Gillivray and M‘Gillivray have been standardised to M’Gillivray; guacho and gaucho to gaucho.
Page 828: E Toki changed to E’ Toki.
Page 838: Chapter title NEW ZEALAND—Continued. inserted.
Page 870: ... at the pah of Hurewenua ... changed to ... at the pah of Huriwenua ....
Page 881: Number (3.) inserted.
Page 932: ... refer to illustration No. 1, on the 924th page ... changed to ... refer to illustration No. 2, on the 924th page ....
Page 949: Number (3.) inserted.
Page 1055: closing double quote mark inserted after ... a loud and hideous howl.
Page 1082: Gualtheria changed to Gaultheria.
Page 1129: (4.) BORNESE SHIELD changed to (2.) BORNESE SHIELD as referred to in text.
Page 1160: opening double quote marks inserted before Unfortunate moment!
Page 1193: closing double quote marks inserted after Hué!
Page 1204: closing double quote mark inserted after their ... own national game of Pelican.
Page 1255: WEATHER HEADDRESSES changed to FEATHER HEADDRESSES.
Page 1264: maraka changed to marakka as elsewhere.
Page 1333: Chapter heading CHAPTER CXL. inserted.
Page 1377: closing double quote mark inserted after ... over the naked tundras.
Page 1391: closing single quote mark inserted after ... we shall perform your obsequies.
Page 1402: ... Fig. 2 of illustration 0, on page 000 ... changed to ... Fig. 2 of the illustration, on page 1394.
Page 1459: ... a heavy, two-handled weapon ... changed to ... a heavy, two-handed weapon ....
Page 1513: closing double quote mark inserted after ... as the masters or we could bear.
Page 1518: closing double quote mark inserted after ... the 200,000 residents of Zanzibar.