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fernery — I attend a luau — Our call on Mata'- 

 afa — The taupou's duty -•- Kava making — 

 Kava names — Love refuses to fulfill the Law 



— Lack of incentives for thrift — "Mizhonery" 



— A tragic feud — "Lautverschiebung" in 

 the South Seas — Common origin — Pulimatu 

 and selini 



2. Vaiula's alarm — The reef at Apia — Afele 

 and his Coral ^ueen ■ — The Morays — Coats of 

 many colors — Protective hues — An agile 

 blenny — The amphibious skippy — Flying 

 fish — Morita's paintings 



3. Back to Pago Pago- — A detestable disease — 

 Nu'uli — The picturesque crew — Mighty reef 

 combers — The spill ■ — I touch bottom — 

 Fita-fitas unperturbed ■ — Hauled into the skiff 



— Aboard the launch ■ — The ensign's predica- 

 ment — Sa'laotoga's letter — A few lines of 

 Samoan — Poisonous fishes — Vicious mosqui- 

 toes — Official lack of etiquette tempered by 

 justice and consideration — Roosevelt's prompt 

 response — 'A question of "self-determination" 



— Sampson-Schley controversy — A last view 



4. The Stanford board of trustees — Actual organ- 

 ization — "Yale plan" not acceptable — Davis, 

 Leib, and Hopkins — The Hopkins Marine 

 Station — The doubtful assistant — The cordial 

 director — The founder's tact 



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1. My library of Zoology — Other donations — 

 Fishery survey of Alaska — Adjustment of breeds 

 to river — Hell's Gate catastrophe — Passing 

 of "big year" — Scouring Puget Sound — 

 Wrangel Island and the sleeper sharks — Kern 

 County sharks — Dolly Vardens by the score — 

 Lake Jordan — Callbreath's experiment 



2. From Skagway to Caribou Crossing — Discovery 

 of gold by Skookum Jim — Fitting house to 



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