63

Dieffenbach, E., 6 _n._^2, 8 _n._, 48 _n._^1

Diet of the Samoans, 164 _sq._;
of the Hervey Islanders, 222;
of the Society Islanders, 249;
of the Marquesans, 333 _sq._;
of the Hawaiians, 378 _sq._

Dirges in the Hervey Islands, 235 _sq._

Disease, caused by souls of ancestors, 49;
and death ascribed to agency of gods, spirits, or ghosts, 206 _sq._,
217;
theories of the Society Islanders concerning, 299 _sqq._;
of the Marquesans concerning, 325.
_See_ Sickness

Disorders, internal, supposed to be caused by entrance of a god into
the patient, 351

District gods, 182, 185

Divination, in Samoa, 190 _sq._;
to detect thieves, 298, 406;
to ascertain the cause of death, 301

Diviners consulted before battle, 397, 414;
Hawaiian, 404 _sq._, 414, 417

Division of labour among the Samoans, 166 _sqq._

Dogs, sacred, 94;
omens from, 190;
eaten, 379;
sacrificed, 405, 426

Doobludha, land of dead, 86

Dramatic performances of the Areois, 259 _sq._, 263, 266 _n._^4

Dreamers held in repute, 320

Dreams, Maori theories of, 12;
souls of the dead appear in, 31, 91 _sq._;
Samoan theory of, 205;
ideas of the Hervey Islanders concerning, 229;
ideas of the Society Islanders concerning, 297 _sq._;
souls of the dead communicate with the living in, 320, 429;
Marquesan ideas about, 352;
revelations to priests in, 405, 429;
Hawaiian ideas about, 417

Drums, special, beaten after the birth of twins, 271;
accompanying dances, 342, 354

Du Petit-Thouars, 373

Duke of York Island, 212

Earth cleft with axes, as a mourning rite, 235 _sq._;
fished up from the sea by Maui, 275

Earthquakes, Tongan theory of, 72;
caused by Maui, 275

_Eatooas_, gods, spirits of the dead, 277 _n._^4, 300, 322, 391, 392,
402.
See _Atua_

Eclipses, superstitions as to, 287

Eel-god, 227

Eels sacred, 95, 182, 184, 185

Eimeo or Mooerea, one of the Society Islands, 246, 266

Ella, S., 206 _n._^1, 212

Ellis, William, 117, 118 _n._^1, 247, 249, 256 _sq._, 262, 265 _n._,
267 _n._^2, 276, 277, 284, 286 _n._^5, 290 _n._^3,
292, 295, 298 _n._^2, 308 _n._^1, 311, 314 _n._^1,
315, 319, 323, 327, 401, 409, 410, 411, 419, 424,
426, 430, 431