Contents

Chap. Page
[Introduction] 1
I. [Nouméa and Port Vila] 19
II. [Maei, Tongoa, Epi and Malekula] 28
III. [The Segond Channel—Life on a Plantation] 35
IV. [Recruiting for Natives] 53
V. [Vao] 85
VI. [Port Olry and a “Sing-Sing”] 109
VII. [Santo] 136
VIII. [Santo (continued)—Pygmies] 161
IX. [Santo (continued)—Pigs] 171
X. [Climbing Santo Peak] 179
XI. [Ambrym] 191
XII. [Pentecoste] 224
XIII. [Aoba] 241
XIV. [Loloway—Malo—The Banks Islands] 250
XV. [Tanna] 270
XVI. [The Santa Cruz Islands] 277