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BIRGUS THE ROBBER : THE PALM CRAB OF 
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS . . .128 
ON AN AUSTRAL BEACH . . . 1 38 
A NOBLE SEA GAME .... 147 
THE GIGANTIC ALBICORE OF POLYNESIA-THE 
TAKUO . . , . .158 
OLD SAMOAN DAYS . . . . IJ 2 
THE KING’S ARTILLERYMEN . . .212 
a LEVIATHAN ” .... 222 
AN ISLAND KING .... 248 
A SPURIOUS UTOPIA . . . *257 
LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN POLYNESIA . . 266 
NIUE I THE “ SAVAGE ISLAND ” OF CAPTAIN 
COOK ..... 279 
THE OLD AND THE NEW STYLE OF SOUTH 
SEA TRADER ... . . 302 
RAPA I THE FORGOTTEN . . . 32O 
HINO, THE APOSTATE : A TALE OF THE MID¬ 
PACIFIC ..... 33I 
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IN THE MORNING 
