In the South SeasGet set for a swashbuckling series of adventures. In this volume, Robert Louis Stevenson -- famed author of such classics as Treasure Island and Kidnapped -- presents a series of articles and essays recounting his own travels around the Pacific. A must-read for fans of Stevenson's unique brand of high-seas action and excitement. |
Contents
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Chapter VI Chiefs and Tapus | 62 |
Chapter VII Hatiheu | 74 |
Chapter VIII The Port of Entry | 85 |
Chapter V A Paumotuan Funeral | 235 |
Chapter VI Graveyard Stories | 242 |
PART III THE GILBERTS | 263 |
Chapter I Butaritari | 264 |
Chapter II The Four Brothers | 273 |
Chapter III Around Our House | 285 |
Chapter IV A Tale of a Tapu | 299 |
Chapter V A Tale of a Tapu Continued | 311 |
Chapter IX The House of Temoana | 96 |
Chapter X A Portrait and a Story | 108 |
Chapter XI LongPigA Cannibal High Place | 120 |
Chapter XII The Story of a Plantation | 135 |
Chapter XIII Characters | 149 |
Chapter XIV In a Cannibal Valley | 160 |
Chapter XV The Two Chiefs of Atuona | 170 |
PART II THE PAUMOTUS | 182 |
Chapter I The Dangerous ArchipelagoAtolls at a Distance | 183 |
An Atoll at Hand | 194 |
Chapter III A House to Let in a Low Island | 207 |
Chapter IV Traits and Sects in the Paumotus | 220 |
Chapter VI The Five Days Festival | 326 |
Chapter VII Husband and Wife | 344 |
PART IV THE GILBERTS APEMAMA | 355 |
The Royal Trader | 356 |
Foundation of Equator Town | 368 |
The Palace of Many Women | 380 |
Equator Town and the Palace | 391 |
Chapter V King and Commons | 402 |
DevilWork | 416 |
Chapter VII The King of Apemama | 434 |
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