CONTENTS

PART I
THE VOYAGE TO EASTER ISLAND
CHAPTER I
PAGE
THE START [3]
Why we went to Easter Island—The Building and Equipping of the Yacht—The Start from Southampton—Dartmouth—Falmouth.
CHAPTER II
THE VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA [14]
A Gale at Sea—Madeira—Canary Islands—Cape Verde Islands—Across the Atlantic.
CHAPTER III
BRAZIL [34]
Pernambuco—Bahia—Cabral Bay—Cape Frio—Rio de Janeiro—Porto Bello—A Pampero.
CHAPTER IV
ARGENTINA [52]
The River Plate—Buenos Aires, its Trade and People.
CHAPTER V
PATAGONIA [65]
Port Desire—Eastern Magellan Straits—Punta Arenas—Western Magellan Straits—Patagonian Channels.
CHAPTER VI
CHILE [99]
Refitting at Talcahuano—Trip to Santiago and across the Summit of the Andes—Valparaiso—To Juan Fernandez—Typhoid on Board—Back to Chile—Juan Fernandez again.
CHAPTER VII
JUAN FERNANDEZ [111]
The Island—Selkirk—Anson—Fate of the Dresden.
CHAPTER VIII
LIFE ON BOARD [115]
PART II
EASTER ISLAND
CHAPTER IX
ARRIVAL AT EASTER ISLAND [124]
First Impressions—The Story of the El Dorado—Mana despatched.
CHAPTER X
CONDITIONS OF LIFE ON THE ISLAND [131]
Description of the Island—Accommodation—Climate—Food—Labour.
CHAPTER XI
A NATIVE RISING [140]
A Declaration of Independence—Cattle-raiding—A Mission which failed—Bad to Worse—Arrival of a Chilean Warship.
CHAPTER XII
A GERMAN BASE [150]
A Visit from Von Spee—First news of the War—S. R. goes to Chile—The Prinz Eitel Friedrich—Return of Mana—Departure of the Expedition.
CHAPTER XIII
PREHISTORIC REMAINS
AHU OR BURIAL-PLACES [165]
Form of the Easter Island Image—Position and Number of the Ahu—Design and Construction of the Image Ahu—Reconstruction and Transformation—The Semi-pyramid Ahu—The Overthrow of the Images and Destruction of the Ahu.
CHAPTER XIV
PREHISTORIC REMAINS (continued)
STATUES AND CROWNS [175]
Rano Raraku, its Quarries and Standing Statues—The South-east Face of the Mountain—Isolated Statues—Roads—Stone Crowns of the Images.
CHAPTER XV
NATIVE CULTURE IN PRE-CHRISTIAN TIMES [200]
Sources of Information: History, Recent Remains, Living Memory—Mode of Life: Habitations, Food, Dress and Ornament—Social Life: Divisions, Wars, Marriages, Burial Customs, Social Functions.
CHAPTER XVI
NATIVE CULTURE IN PRE-CHRISTIAN TIMES (continued) [236]
Religion—Position of the Miru Clan—The Script—The Bird Cult—Wooden Carvings.
CHAPTER XVII
CAVES AND CAVE-HUNTING [272]
Residential Caves—Caves as Hiding-Places for Treasure—Burial Caves.
CHAPTER XVIII
LEGENDS [277]
First Arrival on the Island—The Long Ears exterminated by the Short Ears—The Struggle between Kotuu and Hotu Iti.
CHAPTER XIX
THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE PROBLEM [290]
PART III
THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE
EASTER ISLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER XX
PITCAIRN ISLAND [305]
A Kind Welcome—Religion—Administration—Economic Problems—Physique—Native Remains—A Glimpse of Rapa.
CHAPTER XXI
TAHITI, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, SAN FRANCISCO [316]
Tahiti—Voyage to Hawaiian Islands—Oahu, with its capital Honolulu—Visit to Island of Hawaii—San Francisco—The Author returns to England.
PART IV
THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE—Continued
SAN FRANCISCO TO SOUTHAMPTON
By S. R.
CHAPTER XXII
SAN FRANCISCO TO PANAMA [335]
Catching Turtle—The Island of Socorro and what we found there—The tale of a Russian Finn—Quibo Island—Suffering of the Natives from Elephantiasis—A Haul with the Seine.
CHAPTER XXIII
PANAMA TO JAMAICA [359]
Navigation of the Gulf of Panama—Balboa and the City of Panama—Through the Canal—Cristobal—An Incapable Pilot—The Education of a Cook—A Waterspout—A Further Exciting Experience.
CHAPTER XXIV
JAMAICA TO SOUTHAMPTON [373]
Jamaica, and the Bahamas—Bermudas—Azores—Preparing for Submarines—Southampton once more.
EPILOGUE [389]
ITINERARY OF THE EXPEDITION [392]
INDEX [395]