Chapter XV: Part II: Easter Island

OUTLINES OF COAST AND POSITION OF PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS, MAINLY FROM
U.S.A. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE CHART NO. 1119.

POSITIONS OF CERTAIN LESSER MOUNTAINS, FROM EYE-SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR.

HEIGHTS OF RANO AROI AND RANO KAO, FROM ADMIRALTY CHART NO. 1386.

HEIGHT OF RANO RARAKU, AS DETERMINED BY LIEUT. D. R. RITCHIE, R.N.

FIG. 23.

29.3.1914.

EASTER ISLAND, FROM THE SOUTH.
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FIG. 24.

EASTER ISLAND.

Diagrammatic sketch from Rano Kao looking north and east.

_Christmas Day, 1914._
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GLOSSARY
OF NATIVE WORDS FREQUENTLY EMPLOYED

_Ahu_ A burial-place _Aku-aku_ Spirit _Ana_ Cave _Ao_ The clan or clans celebrating bird rites _Ao_ A ceremonial paddle _Ariki_ Chief _Atua_ God

_Hanga_ Bay or foreshore _Haré_ House _Hau_ Hat _Hopu_ Servant to fetch “First egg”

_Iti_ Small _Ika_ Fish _Ivi-atua_ Person supernaturally gifted

_Kai_ Eat _Kaunga_ Function in honour of a mother _Ko_ Definite article before proper nouns _Kohau rongo-rongo_ Tablet with script _Koro_ Function in honour of a father

_Marama_ Light (In Tahitian = moon) _Manu_ Bird _Manu-tara_ The sacred bird (Sooty Tern) _Máta_ Clan or group _Mataa_ Obsidian spear-head _Maunga_ Hill _Miro_ Wood _Moai_ An image _Motu_ Islet

_Nui_ Big

_Paina_ A wooden figure, also the function connected with it _Péra_ Taboo for the dead _Poki_ A child

_Raa_ Sun _Ranga_ Captivity _Rano_ Crater lake, also the extinct volcano _Rapa_ Small dancing-paddle _Roa_ Long _Rongo-rongo_ Sacred words

_Také_ Ceremonial retreat _Tangata_ Man _Tangata-ika_ A slain man _Tangata-manu_ The bird-man _Tangata rongo-rongo_ Man learned in sacred words (generally the script) _Tatane_ Spirits (from “Satan”) _Te_ Definite article before common noun _Tea_ White

Words such as _nui_, _iti_, and _roa_, when they have become in themselves geographical names, are treated as proper nouns, otherwise as adjectives.