CONTENTS

CONTENTS

PART 1: THE MARQUESAS

CHAPTER

I.

AN ISLAND LANDFALL

II.

MAKING FRIENDS

III.

THE MAROON

IV.

DEATH

V.

DEPOPULATION

VI.

CHIEFS AND TAPUS

VII.

HATIHEU

VIII.

THE PORT OF ENTRY

IX.

THE HOUSE OF TEMOANA

X.

A PORTRAIT AND A STORY

XI.

LONG-PIG—A CANNIBAL HIGH PLACE

XII.

THE STORY OF A PLANTATION

XIII.

CHARACTERS

XIV.

IN A CANNIBAL VALLEY

XV.

THE TWO CHIEFS OF ATUONA

PART II: THE PAUMOTUS

I.

THE DANGEROUS ARCHIPELAGO—ATOLLS AT A DISTANCE

II.

FAKARAVA: AN ATOLL AT HAND

III.

A HOUSE TO LET IN A LOW ISLAND

IV.

TRAITS AND SECTS IN THE PAUMOTUS

V.

A PAUMOTUAN FUNERAL

VI.

GRAVEYARD STORIES

PART III: THE GILBERTS

I.

BUTARITARI

II.

THE FOUR BROTHERS

III.

AROUND OUR HOUSE

IV.

A TALE OF A TAPU

V.

A TALE OF A TAPU—continued

VI.

THE FIVE DAYS’ FESTIVAL

VII.

HUSBAND AND WIFE

PART IV: THE GILBERTS—APEMAMA

I.

THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE ROYAL TRADER

II.

THE KING OF APEMAMA: FOUNDATION OF EQUATOR TOWN

III.

THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE PALACE OF MANY WOMEN

IV.

THE KING OF APEMAMA: EQUATOR TOWN AND THE PALACE

V.

KING AND COMMONS

VI.

THE KING OF APEMAMA: DEVIL-WORK

VII.

THE KING OF APEMAMA