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CHAPTER XVI 



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A journey to Mataiea — I abandon city life — Interesting 

 sights on the route — The Grotto of Maraa — Papara 

 and the Chief Tati — The plantation of Atimaono — 

 My host, the Chevalier Tetuanui .... 324 



CHAPTER XVII 



My life in the house of Tetuanui — Whence came the Poly- 

 nesians — A migration from Malaysia — Their legends 

 of the past — Condition of Tahiti when the white 

 came — The great navigator, Cook — Tetuanui tells 

 of old Tahiti 340 



CHAPTER XVIII 



The reef and the lagoon — Wonders of marine life — Fish- 

 ing with spears and nets — Sponges and hermit crabs 

 — Fish of many colors — Ancient canoes of Tahiti — 

 A visit to Vaihiria and legends told there . . . 365 



CHAPTER XIX 



The Arioi, minstrels of the tropics — Lovaina tells of the 

 infanticide — Theories of depopulation — Methods of 

 the Arioi — Destroyed by missionaries . . . 390 



CHAPTER XX 



Rupert Brooke and I discuss Tahiti — We go to a wedding 

 feast — How the cloth was spread — What we ate and 

 drank — A Gargantuan feeder — Songs and dances 

 of passion — The royal feast at Tetuanui's — I leave for 

 Vairao — Butscher and the LermantofiFs . . .410 



CHAPTER XXI 



A heathen temple — The great Marae of Oberea — I visit it 

 with Rupert Brooke and Chief Tetuanui — The Tahi 

 tian religion of old — The wisdom of folly . . .441 



