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CHAPTER VI 



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The Cercle Bougainville — OflBcialdom 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 ....... 86 



CHAPTER VII 



The Noa-Noa comes to port — Papeete en fete — Rare scene 

 at the Tiare Hotel — The New Year celebrated — Ex- 

 citement at the wharf — Battle of the Limes and Coal 108 



CHAPTER VIII 



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 . . 127 



CHAPTER IX 



The Arearea in the pavilion — Raw fish and baked feis — 

 Llewellyn, the Master of the Revel; Kelly, the I. W. W. 

 and his himene — The Upaupahura — Landers and 

 Mamoe prove experts — The return to Papeete . . 140 



CHAPTER X 



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 .... 158 



CHAPTER XI 



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 Tahitiau sky 191 



