among the Maoris, 13 _sqq._;
among the Tongans, 68;
black, not practised in Samoa, 161;
in the Society Islands, 300, 325 _sq._;
in Hawaii, 405 _sq_.
_See_ Sorcerers

Magicians (Maori), 13 _sqq._

Mahoike, god of the infernal regions, original possessor of fire, 350

Mahoui, a god, apparently identical with Maui, 266 _n._^4, 286 _n._^5

Maitea, one of the Society Islands, 246

Malays, how related to the Polynesians, 2 _sqq._

Man, the creation of, 393

_Mana_, 42

Manaia, 13, 23

Mangaia, one of the Hervey Islands, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 228,
232, 233, 237, 238, 239, 240, 244

Manona, Samoan island, 149

Manua, group of Samoan islands, 149, 155, 158, 162, 215

Maoris, 5 _sqq._;
their culture, 8 _sqq._;
beliefs concerning the souls of the living, 10 _sqq._;
beliefs concerning the souls of the dead, 19 _sqq._;
their notion as to the cause of death, 16;
their story of the origin of death, 16 _sqq._;
mourning, 19 _sq._;
disposal of the dead, 20 _sqq._;
their conception of deity, 35 _sq._;
taboo among the, 37 _sqq._, 432

Mapuhanui, a Marquesan god, 368

_Marae_. _See Morai_

_Marae_, a sacred grove, 225 _n._^3, 240, 241

_Marai_. _See Morai_

Marchand, Captain E., 358 _n._^6, 371

Marcuse, A., 393

Mariner, William, 62, 64, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78 _sq._, 80,
82, 83, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98 _n._, 99, 102,
103, 110 _n._^1, 127, 135, 136, 138, 141, 142, 143

Marquesan islanders, 331 _sqq._

Marquesas Islands, 328 _sqq._;
_morais_ (_marais_) in the, 116 _sqq._

Marriage rites, 288 _sq._, 311

Martin, John, 64

Maruiwi, primitive inhabitants of New Zealand, 8

Mask worn by an actor personifying a ghost, 306

Masons in Tonga, 127

_Matabooles_, minister of Tongan nobles, 65, 66, 74, 85, 76, 77, 79,
85, 87, 121, 136, 139

Mateialona, Governor of Haapai, 126

Mats, fine Samoan, 168 _sq._;
Hawaiian, 381 _sq._

Maui, mythical Polynesian hero, 266 _n._^4;
his contest with the goddess of death, 16 _sqq._;
said to have drawn up the Tongan Islands on a fish-hook, 72;
puts god Hikuleo in durance, 88;
said to have brought great stones from Uea, 125;
a kind of Polynesian Hercules, 126;
brought fire to men, 226, 239;
his exploits, 275, 287 _n._, 396