CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



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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 Tahiti an Hula . . . ... S 



CHAPTER II 



The Discovery of Tahiti — Marvelous isles and people — 

 Hailed by a wind-jammer — Middle of the voyage — 

 Tahiti on the horizon — Ashore in Papeete . . 18 



CHAPTER III 



Description of Tahiti — A volcanic rock and coral reef — 

 Beauty of the scenery — Papeete the center of the 

 South Seas — Appearance of the Tahitians . . 35 



CHAPTER IV 



The Tiare Hotel — Lovaina the hostess, the best-known 

 woman in the South Seas — Her strange menage — The 

 Dummy — A one-sided tryst — An old-fashioned cock- 

 tail — The Argentine training ship ... 50 



CHAPTER V 



The Pare de Bougainville — Ivan Stroganoff — He tells me 

 the history of Tahiti — He berates the Tahitians — 

 Wants me to start a newspaper .... 75 



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