ts, and Sacred Recorders 291-296
Sec. 6. The Doctrine of the Human Soul 297-299
Sec. 7. Disease, Death, and Mourning 299-308
Sec. 8. The Disposal of the Dead 308-313
Sec. 9. The Fate of the Soul after Death 313-321
Sec. 10. The Worship of the Dead 322-327

VI. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE MARQUESANS 328-374

Sec. 1. The Marquesas Islands 328-331
Sec. 2. Physical Appearance of the Natives 331-333
Sec. 3. Food, Weapons, Tools, Houses, Canoes, Fishing 333-337
Sec. 4. Polyandry, Adoption, Exchange of Names 337-339
Sec. 5. Amusements, Dancing-places, Banqueting-halls 339-344
Sec. 6. Social Ranks, Taboo 344-347
Sec. 7. Religion and Mythology 348-352
Sec. 8. The Soul, Death, and Funeral Customs 352-363
Sec. 9. Fate of the Soul after Death 363-374

VII. THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE HAWAIIANS 375-431

Sec. 1. The Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands 375-377
Sec. 2. The Natives and their Mode of Life 377-380
Sec. 3. Houses, Mechanical Arts 380-383
Sec. 4. Government, Social Ranks, Taboo 383-390
Sec. 5. Religion, the Gods 390-404
Sec. 6. Priests, Sorcerers, Diviners 404-406
Sec. 7. Temples, Images, Human Sacrifices 406-414
Sec. 8. Festivals 414-416
Sec. 9. Death and Funeral Rites 417-427
Sec. 10. Fate of the Soul after Death 427-431

INDEX 433-447

CHAPTER I

THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY AMONG THE MAORIS

Sec. 1. _The Polynesians_

The Polynesians are the tall brown race of men who inhabit the widely
scattered islands of the Pacific, from Hawaii on the north to New
Zealand on the south, and from Tonga on the west to Easter Island on the
east.[1] Down to the eighteenth century they remained practically
unknown to Europe; the first navigator to bring back compa