In the South Seas / Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two Cruises on the Yacht "Casco" (1888) and the Schooner "Equator" (1889)

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Transcribed from the 1908 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

IN THE SOUTH SEAS

BEING AN ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCES AND
OBSERVATIONS IN THE MARQUESAS, PAUMOTUS
AND GILBERT ISLANDS IN THE COURSE OF
TWO CRUSES, ON THE YACHT ‘CASCO’ (1888)
AND THE SCHOONER ‘EQUATOR’ (1889)

BY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

FINE-PAPER EDITION

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1908

All rights resverved

CONTENTS

PART 1: THEMARQUESAS
CHAPTER
I.	AN ISLAND LANDFALL
II.	MAKING FRIENDS
III.	THE MAROON
IV.	DEATH
V.	DEPOPULATION
VI.	CHIEFS AND TAPUS
VII.	HATIHEU
VIII.	THE PORT OF ENTRY
IX.	THE HOUSE OF TEMOANA
X.	A PORTRAIT AND A STORY
XI.	LONG-PIG—A CANNIBAL HIGHPLACE
XII.	THE STORY OF APLANTATION
XIII.	CHARACTERS
XIV.	IN A CANNIBAL VALLEY
XV.	THE TWO CHIEFS OF ATUONA
PART II: THEPAUMOTUS
I.	THE DANGEROUSARCHIPELAGO—ATOLLS AT A DISTANCE
II.	FAKARAVA: AN ATOLL ATHAND
III.	A HOUSE TO LET IN A LOWISLAND
IV.	TRAITS AND SECTS IN THEPAUMOTUS
V.	A PAUMOTUAN FUNERAL
VI.	GRAVEYARD STORIES
PART III: THEGILBERTS
I.	BUTARITARI
II.	THE FOUR BROTHERS
III.	AROUND OUR HOUSE
IV.	A TALE OF A TAPU
V.	A TALE OF A TAPU—continued
VI.	THE FIVE DAYS’FESTIVAL
VII.	HUSBAND AND WIFE
PART IV: THEGILBERTS—APEMAMA
I.	THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE ROYALTRADER
II.	THE KING OF APEMAMA: FOUNDATION OFEQUATOR TOWN
III.	THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE PALACE OFMANY WOMEN
IV.	THE KING OF APEMAMA: EQUATOR TOWNAND THE PALACE
V.	KING AND COMMONS
VI.	THE KING OF APEMAMA:DEVIL-WORK
VII.	THE KING OF APEMAMA