CHAPTER V.

FROM THE SOCIETY TO THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.--BEFORE THE TRADE-WINDS.--NOTES ABOUT THE MISSIONARIES.--OPPOSITION OF TRADERS TO MISSIONARIES.--HOW POLYNESIA WAS CHRISTIANIZED.--THE WORK OF THE MISSIONS.--REV. JOHN WILLIAMS.--ROMANTIC STORY OF THE HERVEY GROUP.--THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.--THE WESLEYAN AND OTHER MISSIONS.--DEATH OF MR. WILLIAMS.--SANDAL-WOOD TRADERS.--POLYNESIAN SLAVERY.--LABOR-VESSELS AND THE LABOR-TRADE.--HOW NATIVES WERE KIDNAPPED.--"THE MISSIONARY TRICK."--THE MUTINY ON THE "CARL."--CAPTURE OF THE "DAPHNE."-- HOW LABOR IS OBTAINED AT PRESENT. 99