Said to be on the increase. Number of Christians, about 4,500.
Pantheon.—Múoi.—The Hotooas, Táli-y-tobú, Higooléo, Tooboo-toti, Alaivaloo, Ali-ali, Tangaloa—Tangaloa's sons, Toobó, and Váca-ácow-ooli, &c. Bolotoo=the Happy Island.
| Term for | the Tonga | chiefs—Egi. |
| " | " | councillors—Mataboulai. |
| " | " | king—How. |
| " | " | lower classes—Mooa. |
| " | " | lowest—Tooa. |
Real or supposed peculiarities.—Infant sacrifices; the cutting off of a finger on the death of relatives; domestic architecture on a scale approaching that of Borneo. Remains of stone architecture; probably the tombs of the chiefs.
HERVEY ISLES.
Names.—Rarotonga, Atiu; Mangaia, Aitutaki, Mauke, Mitiaro, Manuai.
Population.—About fourteen thousand; of which one-half belongs to Rarotonga.
AUSTRAL ISLANDS.
Names.—Rimatara, Rurutu, Tupuai, Raivavai.
Population.—About one thousand. Decreasing.