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Departure from San Francisco--Nature man left behind--Fellow-passengers on the Noa-Noa--Tragedy of the Chinese pundit--Strange stories of the South Seas--The Tahitian Hula
The Discovery of Tahiti--Marvelous isles and people--Hailed by a wind-jammer--Middle of the voyage--Tahiti on the horizon--Ashore in Papeete
Description of Tahiti--A volcanic rock and coral reef--Beauty of the scenery--Papeete the center of the South Seas--Appearance of the Tahitians
The Tiare Hotel--Lovaina the hostess, the best-known woman in the South Seas--Her strange m?nage--The Dummy--A one-sided tryst--An old-fashioned cocktail--The Argentine training ship
The Parc de Bougainville--Ivan Stroganoff--He tells me the history of Tahiti--He berates the Tahitians--Wants me to start a newspaper
The Cercle Bougainville--Officialdom in Tahiti--My first visit to the Bougainville--Skippers and merchants--A song and a drink--The flavor of the South Seas--Rumors of war
The Noa-Noa comes to port--Papeete en f?te--Rare scene at the Tiare Hotel--The New Year celebrated--Excitement at the wharf--Battle of the Limes and Coal
Gossip in Papeete--Moorea, a near-by island--A two-days' excursion there--Magnificent scenery from the sea--Island of fairy folk--Landing and preparation for the feast--The First Christian Mission--A canoe on the lagoon--Beauties of the sea-garden
The storm on the lagoon; making safe the schooners--A talk on missing ships--A singular coincidence--Arrival of three of the crew of the shipwrecked El Dorado--The Dutchman's Story--Easter Island
I move to the Annexe--Description of the building--The baroness and her baby--Evoa and Poia--The corals of the lagoon--The Chinese shrine--The Tahitian sky
The princess suggests a walk to the falls of Fautaua, where Loti went with Rarahu--We start in the morning--The suburbs of Papeete--The Pool of Loti--The birds, trees and plants--A swim in a pool--Arrival at the cascade--Luncheon and a siesta--We climb the height--The princess tells of Tahitian women--The Fashoda fright
The beach-combers of Papeete--The consuls tell their troubles--A bogus lord--The American boot-blacks--The cowboy in the hospital--Ormsby, the supercargo--The death of Tahia--The Christchurch Kid--The Nature men--Ivan Stroganoff's desire for a new gland
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