CONTENTS

PAGE
Foreword[11]
Chapter I[19]
Chapter II[28]
Chapter III[43]
Chapter IV[50]
Chapter V[54]
Chapter VI[59]
Chapter VII[74]
Chapter VIII[80]
Chapter IX[83]
Chapter X[93]
Chapter XI[104]
Chapter XII[112]
Chapter XIII[128]
Chapter XIV[138]
Chapter XV[142]
Chapter XVI[150]
Chapter XVII[167]
Chapter XVIII[179]
Chapter XIX[196]
Chapter XX[201]
Chapter XXI[205]
Chapter XXII[223]
Chapter XXIII[246]
Chapter XXIV[258]
Chapter XXV[271]
Chapter XXVI[291]
Epilogue[299]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LAGOON SCENE, APIA[Frontispiece]
MOUNTAIN SCENERY, NUKA HIVA[24]
NATIVE TATTOOED WITH ARMORIAL BEARINGS[80]
FOREST SCENE, MARQUESAS GROUP[114]
PINEAPPLE PLANTATION, FIJI[198]
BANANA PLANTATION, FIJI[220]
BY APIA HARBOUR[268]
HALF-CASTE SAMOAN CHIEF[294]

FOREWORD

IN this volume of reminiscences and impressions I have endeavoured to express some of the elements of romance that remain in my memory of wanderings in the South Seas.

My characters are all taken from life, both the settlers and the natives. I have striven to give an account of native life, modes and codes, and to describe the general characteristics of certain island tribes that are now extinct.