CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER XXII 



PAGE 



I start for Tautira — A dangerous adventure in a canoe- 

 I go by land to Tautira — I meet Choti and the Greek 

 god — I take up my home where Stevenson lived . 456 



CHAPTER XXIII 



My life at Tautira — The way I cook my food — Ancient 

 Tahitian sports — Swimming and fishing — A night 

 hunt for shrimp and eels ..... 473 



CHAPTER XXIV 



In the days of Captain Cook — The first Spanish mission- 

 aries — Dijffiiculties of converting the heathens — Wars 

 over Christianity — Ori-a-Ori, the chief, friend of 

 Stevenson — We read the Bible together — The church 

 and the himene ....... 485 



CHAPTER XXV 



I meet a sorcerer — Power over fire — The mystery of the 

 fiery furnace — The scene in the forest — Walking over 

 the white-hot stones — Origin of the rite . . . 501 



CHAPTER XXVI 



Farewell to Tautira — My good-bye feast — Back at the 

 Tiare — A talk with Lovaina — The Cercle Bougain- 

 ville — Death of David — My visit to the cemetery — 

 Off for the Marquesas . . . . .518 



