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Contents

CHAPTER ONE
Farewell to Papeite beach; at sea in the Morning Star; Darwin's theory of the continent that sank beneath the waters of the South Seas.

CHAPTER TWO
The trade-room of the Morning Star; Lying Bill Pincher; M. L'Hermier des Plantes, future governor of the Marquesas; story of McHenry and the little native boy, His Dog.

CHAPTER THREE
Thirty-seven days at sea; life of the sea birds; strange phosphorescence; first sight of Fatu-hiva; history of the islands; chant of the Raiateans.

CHAPTER FOUR
Anchorage of Taha-Uka; Exploding Eggs, and his engagement as valet; inauguration of the new governor; dance on the palace lawn.

CHAPTER FIVE
First night in Atuona valley; sensational arrival of the Golden Bed; Titihuti's tattooed legs.

CHAPTER SIX
Visit of Chief Seventh Man Who Is So Angry He Wallows in the Mire; journey to Vait-hua on Tahuata island; fight with the devil-fish; story of a cannibal feast and the two who escaped.

CHAPTER SEVEN
Idyllic valley of Vait-hua; the beauty of Vanquished Often; bathing on the beach; an unexpected proposal of marriage.

CHAPTER EIGHT
Communal life; sport in the waves; fight of the sharks and the mother whale; a day in the mountains; death of Le Capitane Halley; return to Atuona.

CHAPTER NINE
The Marquesans at ten o'clock mass; a remarkable conversation about religions and Joan of Arc in which Great Fern gives his idea of the devil.

CHAPTER TEN
The marriage of Malicious Gossip; matrimonial customs of the simple natives; the domestic difficulties of Haabuani.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Filling the popoi pits in the season of the breadfruit; legend of the mei; the secret festival in a hidden valley.

CHAPTER TWELVE
A walk in the jungle; the old woman in the breadfruit tree; a night in a native hut on the mountain.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The household of Lam Kai Oo; copra making; marvels of the coconut groves; the sagacity of pigs; and a crab that knows the laws of gravitation.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Visit of Le Moine; the story of Paul Gauguin; his house, and a search for his grave beneath the white cross of Calvary.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
A savage dance, a drama of the sea, of danger and feasting; the rape of the lettuce.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
A walk to the Forbidden Place; Hot Tears, the hunchback; the story of Behold the Servant of the Priest, told by Malicious Gossip in the cave of Enamoa.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A search for rubber trees on the plateau of Ahao; a fight with the wild white dogs; story of an ancient migration, told by the wild cattle hunters in the Cave of the Spine of the Chinaman.

CHAPTER NINETEEN
A feast to the men of Motopu; the making of kava, and its drinking; the story of the Girl Who Lost Her Strength.

CHAPTER TWENTY
A journey to Taaoa; Kahuiti, the cannibal chief, and his story of an old war caused by an unfaithful woman.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
The crime of Huahine for love of Weaver of Mats; story of Tahia's white man who was eaten; the disaster that befell Honi, the white man who used his harpoon against his friends.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
The memorable game for the matches in the coconut grove of Lam Kai Oo.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Mademoiselle N--.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
A journey to Nuka-hiva; the story of the celebration of the fête of Joan of Arc, and the miracles of the white horse and the girl.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
America's claim to the Marquesas; adventures of Captain Porter in 1812; war between Haapa and Tai-o-hae, and the conquest of Typee valley.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
A visit to Typee; story of the old man who returned too late.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
Journey on the Roberta; the winged cockroaches; arrival at a Swiss paradise in the valley of Oomoa.

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Labor in the South Seas; some random thoughts on the "survival of the fittest."

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
The white man who danced in Oomoa Valley; a wild-boar hunt in the hills; the feast of the triumphant hunters and a dance in honor of Grelet.

CHAPTER THIRTY
A visit to Hanavave; Père Olivier at home; the story of the last battle between Hanahouua and Oi, told by the sole survivor; the making of tapa cloth, and the ancient garments of the Marquesans.

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
Fishing in Hanavave; a deep-sea battle with a shark; Red Chicken shows how to tie ropes to sharks' tails; night-fishing for dolphins, and the monster sword-fish that overturned the canoe; the native doctor dresses Red Chicken's wounds and discourses on medicine.

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
A journey over the roof of the world to Oomoa; an encounter with a wild woman of the hills.

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Return in a canoe to Atuona; Tetuahunahuna relates the story of the girl who rode the white horse in the celebration of the fête of Joan of Arc in Tai-o-hae; Proof that sharks hate women; steering by the stars to Atuona beach.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
Sea sports; curious sea-foods found at low tide; the peculiarities of centipedes and how to cook and eat them.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Court day in Atuona; the case of Daughter of the Pigeon and the sewing machine; the story of the perfidy of Drink of Beer and the death of Earth Worm who tried to kill the governor.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
The madman Great Moth of the Night; story of the famine and the one family that ate pig.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
A visit to the hermit of Taha-Uka valley; the vengeance that made the Scallamera lepers; and the hatred of Mohuto.

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
Last days in Atuona; My Darling Hope's letter from her son.

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
The chants of departure; night falls on the Land of the War Fleet.