Footnotes

Where that word is used as a salutation I give that form. ↩

In English usually written ‘taboo’: ‘tapu’ is the correct Tahitian form.—[ED.] ↩

The reference is to Maka, the Gawaiian missionary, at Butaritari in the Gilberts. ↩

Elephantiasis. ↩

Arorai is in the Gilberts, Funafuti in the Ellice Islands.—ED. ↩

Gin and brandy. ↩

In the Gilbert group. ↩

Copra: the dried kernel of the cocoa-nut, the chief article of commerce throughout the Pacific Islands. ↩

Houses. ↩

Suppose. ↩