In the South Seas

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Author

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

Title

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)

Credits

Transcribed from the 1908 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Polynesia -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

464

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/464

Release Date

March 1, 1996

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.IN THE SOUTH SEAS
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.PART 1: THE MARQUESAS — CHAPTER I—AN ISLAND LANDFALL — CHAPTER II—MAKING FRIENDS — CHAPTER III—THE MAROON — CHAPTER IV—DEATH — CHAPTER V—DEPOPULATION — CHAPTER VI—CHIEFS AND TAPUS — CHAPTER VII—HATIHEU — CHAPTER VIII—THE PORT OF ENTRY — CHAPTER IX—THE HOUSE OF TEMOANA — CHAPTER X—A PORTRAIT AND A STORY — CHAPTER XI—LONG-PIG—A CANNIBAL HIGH PLACE — CHAPTER XII—THE STORY OF A PLANTATION — CHAPTER XIII—CHARACTERS — CHAPTER XIV—IN A CANNIBAL VALLEY — CHAPTER XV—THE TWO CHIEFS OF ATUONA
4. 4.PART II: THE PAUMOTUS — CHAPTER I—THE DANGEROUS ARCHIPELAGO—ATOLLS AT A DISTANCE — CHAPTER II—FAKARAVA: AN ATOLL AT HAND — CHAPTER III—A HOUSE TO LET IN A LOW ISLAND — CHAPTER IV—TRAITS AND SECTS IN THE PAUMOTUS — CHAPTER V—A PAUMOTUAN FUNERAL — CHAPTER VI—GRAVEYARD STORIES
5. 5.PART III: THE GILBERTS — CHAPTER I—BUTARITARI — CHAPTER II—THE FOUR BROTHERS — CHAPTER III—AROUND OUR HOUSE — CHAPTER IV—A TALE OF A TAPU — CHAPTER V—A TALE OF A TAPU— continued — CHAPTER VI—THE FIVE DAYS’ FESTIVAL — CHAPTER VII—HUSBAND AND WIFE
6. 6.PART IV: THE GILBERTS—APEMAMA — CHAPTER I—THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE ROYAL TRADER — CHAPTER II—THE KING OF APEMAMA: FOUNDATION OF EQUATOR TOWN — CHAPTER III—THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE PALACE OF MANY WOMEN — CHAPTER IV—THE KING OF APEMAMA: EQUATOR TOWN AND THE PALACE — CHAPTER V—KING AND COMMONS — CHAPTER VI—THE KING OF APEMAMA: DEVIL-WORK — CHAPTER VII—THE KING OF APEMAMA
7. 7.FOOTNOTES

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