[Mr. and Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson] on the bridge of
the Janet Nichol		Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[Map] to illustrate the cruise of the Janet Nichol,
April 11th-July 25th, 1890		1
[Outside of the great dance-house,] Butaritari, during
the competition between the dancers of Butaritari
and those of Little Makin		2
[Maka and Mary Maka, Kanoa and Mrs. Maria Kanoa,]
Hawaiian missionaries of the American Board of
Missions, Honolulu, on the Island of Butaritari, one
of the Gilbert Islands		4
[Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson] in company with Nan Tok
and Natakanti on Butaritari Island		6
[The Janet Nichol with ship's company]20
[The King of Manihiki] in the centre, with the island
judge on his right and Tin Jack, seated, on his left		40
[Natives dancing]48
[Penrhyn Island]52
[Figurehead from a wrecked ship] on the veranda of the
white trader's house, Penrhyn Island		56
[The Janet Nichol] at anchor off Penrhyn Island64
[View of deserted buildings on Suwarrow Island.] The
man seated in the centre is Tin Jack		74
[The settlement on Nassau Island]78
[Missionary from a civilized island,] and some of her
converts		80
[Native boys setting sail on S. S. Janet Nichol]96
[Tom Day—a trader of Noukanau Island]120
["Equator Town,"] showing corner of the sleeping-house,
and cook-house		128
["The Baron and Baroness," Butaritari,] one of the
Gilbert Islands		132
[Interior of the moniop of Tembinoka's harem]136
[A Marshall Island canoe]140
[Speak House, Island of Maraki]144
[White trader and his wife "Topsy," Majuro Island]152
[Kaibuke—one of the kings of Majuro]158
[Harem and little son of King Tembinoka] on board the
Janet Nichol passing from Aranuka to Apemama		162
[Dance at Apemama]166

The Cruise of the "Janet Nichol"

Map to illustrate the cruise of the "Janet Nichol," April 11th-July 25th, 1890

THE CRUISE OF THE
"JANET NICHOL"

The Janet Nichol was an iron-screw cargo boat, topsail schooner rigged, of some six hundred tons gross. Her large, airy saloon and cabins were placed amidship on the main deck, with ports opening forward, the "trade room" being at the extreme aft. There was a comfortable bathroom and space enough on deck for exercise; but, for that matter, we might walk, sit, or sleep where we would. I have slept in the chart room and on the platform of the captain's bridge; though the after hatch, over which a great awning was spread, was the place chosen by the most of us for permanent night quarters. Here some swung in hammocks, some lay on mats, while the more luxurious carried blankets and pillows back and forth each night and morning. For me four mats were hung in a square; the mats, being loosely woven, did not cut off the current of air that usually swept over the hatch nor, unfortunately, the terrible groans of one of the mates who slept near me and was subject to nightmares.