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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives http://archive.org/details/pacificstudiesmar9300poly PACIFIC STUDIES a journal devoted to the study of the Pacific its islands and adjacent countries MARCH 1993 Anthropology Archaeology ArtHistory Ethnomusicology Folklore Geography History Sociolinguistics Political Science Sociology Publishedby THE INSTITUTE FOR POLYNESIAN STUDIES (BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-HAWAII) In associationwith the PolynesianCultural Center 20 36^] 1001 7/95 30072-73 EDITORIAL BOARD Paul Alan Cox Brigham Young University Roger Green University ofAuckland ReneeHeyum UniversityofHawaii FrancisX. Hezel, S.J. Micronesian Seminar RubelliteJohnson UniversityofHawaii Adrienne Kaeppler SmithsonianInstitution Robert Kiste UniversityofHawaii Robert Langdon AustralianNational University Stephen Levine Victoria University BarrieMacdonald Massey University ClunyMacpherson UniversityofAuckland Leonard Mason UniversityofHawaii Malama Meleisea Canterbury University Norman Meller UniversityofHawaii Richard M. Moyle UniversityofAuckland ColinNewbury Oxford University Douglas Oliver UniversityofHawaii Margaret Orbell Canterbury University NancyPollock Victoria University Karl Rensch AustralianNational University Bradd Shore Emory University YosihikoSinoto BishopMuseum William Tagupa Honolulu, Hawaii Francisco OrregoVicuna Universidadde Chile EdwardWolfers UniversityofWollongong Articles and reviews in Pacific Studies are abstracted or indexed in Sociologi- cal Abstracts, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, America: His- tory and Life, Historical Abstracts, Abstracts in Anthropology, Anthropologi- cal Literature, PAIS Bulletin, International Political Science Abstracts, International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, International Bibliogra- phy ofBook Reviews, and International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. PACIFIC STUDIES Editor DALE ROBERTSON B. AssociateEditor BookReview Editor GLORIA CRONIN MAX STANTON L. E. BookReview Forum Editor BooksNotedEditor ROBERT BOROFSKY RILEY M. MOFFAT TechnicalEditor SHARLENE ROHTER Editorial Policy: Pacific Studies is published quarterly by The Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Laie, Hawaii 96762-1294, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articlesrestswiththeauthors alone. Subscription rate is U.S. $30.00, payableto The Institute for Polynesian Studies. Articles submitted to the editor must not be submitted else- where while under review by Pacific Studies and should be the original typewritten copy, completely double-spaced (including quotations, ref- erences, andnotes). Authorsmaywritetotheeditorfor astylesheet and informationon computer-disksubmissions. Booksfor review should also besenttotheeditor. The Institute for Polynesian Studies is an organization funded by Brigham Young University-Hawaii. The Institute assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and publication. The Institute cooperates with otherscholarly and research institutions in achieving their objectives. It publishes monographs, produces films, underwrites research, and spon sors conferences on the Pacific islands. Further information on the activitiesofthe Institute may beobtained by writing to the editor. "»li)!)3 Brigham Young University Hawaii. All Rights Reserved. Printed In the United StatesofAmerica. This publication is printed on acid-free paper and meets the guidelines for permanence anddurabilityoftin*Councilon l>ibrar) Resources. lssN()27.r, 3596 Volume 16 March 1993 Number 1 CONTENTS Articles From SamuelMcFarlaneto StephenDavies: Continuityand Changein the TorresStraitIsland Churches, 1871-1949 DavidWetherell 1 Miklouho-MaclayandthePerceptionofthePeoplesof New GuineainRussia D. D. Tumarkin 33 ThePacific Guano Islands: TheStirringofAmerican Empire in thePacific Ocean Dan O'Donnell 43 The CallingofH.M.S. Seringapatam atRapanui (EasterIsland) on 6March 1830 Steven RogerFischer 67 Editor's Forum EducationalImplicationsofGroup Differencesin Cognitive Style: Evidencefrom Pacific Cultures LynneHansen-Strain 85 Book Review Forum Deborah B. Gewertzand Frederick K. Ellington, Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts: Representing the Chambri in a World System W Nelson H. H. GRABURN Brigitta Hauser-SchAublin L06 Response: Debohah B. Cewektz and 1'hi di km k k. ErrINCTON 111 Reviews HarrietNe, TalesofMolokai: The VoiceofHarrietNe. Collected andprepared byGloria L. Cronin (JuneGutmanis) 117 AlicePomponio, SeagullsDon'tFlyinto theBush: CulturalIdentityandDevelopmentinMelanesia (MartyZelenietz) 122 MarjorieNewton, Southern CrossSaints: TheMormons inAustralia (PeterLineham) 125 BooksNoted RecentPacificIslandsPublications: SelectedAcquisitions, fanuary-fune1992 Riley M. Moffat 127 Contributors 137