Chapter XXIII

McHenry gets a caning—The fear of the 482
dead—A visit to the grave of Mapuhi—En
voyage

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Nature’s mirror showed him why _Frontispiece_
he could not leave

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Map 7

The atoll of Niau 16

The anchorage at Tahauku. Atuona lies 17
just around the first headland to the
right

A Paumotu atoll after a blow 32

A squall approaching Anaa 33

Picking up the atoll of Anaa from the 48
deck of the schooner _Flying Fish_

Canoes and cutters at atoll of Anaa, 49
Paumotu Islands

The road from the beach 64

An American Josephite missionary and his 65
wife, and their church

Typical and primitive native hut, 80
Paumotu Archipelago

Copra drying 81

Atoll of Hikuera after the cyclone 96

The wrecked _County of Roxburgh_ 97

Mormon elders baptizing in the lagoon 112

Over the reef in a canoe 113

Robber-crab ascending tree at night. One 128
of the few photographs taken of the
marauder in action

Where the _Bounty_ was beached and 129
burned

The church on Pitcairn Island 144

The shores of Pitcairn Island 145

Spearing fish 160

A canoe on the lagoon 161

Ready for the fishing 161

Spearing fish in the lagoon 176

The Captain and two sailors of the _El 177
Dorado_

Beach dancers at Tahiti 192

After the bath in the pool 193

Old cocoanut-trees 208

The dark valley of Taaoa 209

Launch towing canoes to diving grounds 224
in lagoon

Divers voyaging in Paumotu atolls 225

Ghost Girl 256

A double canoe 257

A young palm in Atuona 272

Atuona valley and the peak of Temetiu 273

Malicious Gossip, Le Brunnec, and his 304
wife, At Peace

Exploding Eggs and his chums packing 304
copra

Frederick O’Brien and Dr. Malcolm 305
Douglas at home in Tahiti

Some friends in my valley 320

Wash-day in the stream by my cabin 321

Te Ipu, an old Marquesan chief, showing 336
tattooing

The famous tattooed leg of Queen Vaikehu 337

Tattooing at the present day 352

Easter Islander in head-dress and with 353
dancing-wand

My tattooed Marquesan friend 353

The author with his friends at council 368

House of governor of Paumotu Islands. 369
Atoll of Fakarava

Nakohu, Exploding Eggs 384

Haabuani, the sole sculptor of Hiva-Oa 385

The coral road and the traders’ stores 416

Scene on beach a few miles west of 417
Papeete

Tahiatini, Many Daughters, the little 432
leper lass

François Grelet, the Swiss, of Oomoa 433

Brunneck, the boxer and diver 464

A village maid in Tahiti 465

A Samoan maiden of high caste 465

Throwing spears at a cocoanut on a stake 480

The raised-up atoll of Makatea 481

Paumotuans on a heap of brain coral 496

Did these two eat Chocolat? 496

The stonehenge men in the South Seas 497

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ATOLLS OF THE SUN

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ATOLLS OF THE SUN