Chapter XXV

Hurricane at the Paumotus—Mahena plantation—Watching for
vessels—Farewell to Tahiti, 353

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
PAPEETE—CAPITAL, _Frontispiece_
TRILITHON, TONGA, 18
A CORAL CAVE, VAVAU, 29
OPUNOHU BAY, MOOREA, 153
LE DIADÈME, 169
A ROYAL RECEPTION, HAAPITI, 229
PAO PAO, OR COOK’S BAY, 230
ANCIENT MARAI, 324
MAP, _At the end_

NOTE.

The “Wa Kalou,”—_i.e._, “Fern of God,”—introduced on the cover of this book, is a most delicate climbing fern which overtwines tall trees and shrubs in the Pacific Isles, forming a misty veil of indescribable loveliness. When in the state of fructification, each leaf is edged with a dotted fringe of brown seed. In the Fijian Isles its beauty has gained for it the name here given; and in olden days the ridge-poles of the temples were wreathed with it, as those of chiefs’ houses are to this day. It also finds favour for personal adornment, trailing garlands of this exquisite green being singularly becoming to a clear brown skin.

A LADY’S CRUISE IN A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR.