Footnote 31: See The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, page [279].[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 32: Mr. Höflich returned to Samoa a year or two later to remain, and was always a valued friend of the Stevensons.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 33: Tin is the equivalent in the islands for Mr. Jack Buckland was the living original of Tommy Haddon in The Wrecker.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 34: Pronounced Vyleéma.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 35: Commonly called "alligator" pear.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 36: They had a terrible time with the sensitive plant, which had become a pest there and grew almost faster than they could weed it out.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 37: "The one surviving species of dodo, the manume'a, a bird about the size of a small moor-hen, exists in Samoa. It has only recovered its present feeble powers of flight since cats were introduced in the island. Its dark flesh is extremely delicious."—From Balfour's Life of Robert Louis Stevenson.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 38: Tapa is a cloth made of vegetable fibre and stained in various striking patterns. It is used by the natives for clothing, curtains, beds, and many other purposes.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 39: The papaw.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 40: A tropical fruit.[Back to Main Text]