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CHAPTER I.

From San Francisco to Honolulu.—Sights on the Pacific Ocean.—A Portuguese Man-of-war.—Nearing the Sandwich Islands.—The Molokai Channel.—Surf-beaten Shores of Oahu.—Arrival at Honolulu.—A Picturesque Port.—Discovery and History of the Sandwich Islands.—Captain Cook: his Tragic Death.—How the People have been Civilized.—Work of the Missionaries.—Schools and Churches.—Present Condition of the Population.—Old Customs.—Sights and Scenes in Honolulu.—Taro and Poi.—A Native Dinner.—The Costumes of the Islanders.—Peculiarities of the Climate.—The Hula-hula and other Dances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER II.

In and around Honolulu.—Public Buildings.—The Theatre.—Road to the Pali.—A Magnificent View.—Villas near the City.—Girls on Horseback.—Taro-fields.—The Water Supply.—Mountain-pass.—Hawaiian Cow-boys.—Hilo and the Voyage thither.—Apocryphal Stories about the Rain.—Surf-swimming.—The Great Volcano of Kilauea.—Over the Lava-fields.—Difficult Roads.—The Volcano House.—A Disturbed Night.—Burning Lakes.—Sight-seeing under Difficulties.—Terrifying Scenes.—Kilauea and Mauna Loa.—The Greatest Volcano in the World.—Historic Eruptions.—Crater of Haleakala.—Sugar Culture in Hawaii: its Extent and Increase.—Other Industries.—Returning by Schooner to Honolulu.—Leper Island of Molokai.—A Day among the Lepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER III.

Sudden Change of Plans.—The Yacht "Pera."—Departure from Honolulu.—Voyage to the Marquesas Islands.—Nookaheeva Bay.—Historical Account of the Marquesas.—What our Friends Saw there.—Tattooing and how it is Performed.—The Daughter of a Chief.—Natives and their Peculiarities.—Cotton and other Plantations.—Physical Features of the Islands.—Visiting a Plantation and a Native Village.—Missionaries and their Work.—The Tabu.—Curious Customs.—Pitcairn Island and the Mutineers of the "Bounty."—Wonders of Easter Island.—Gigantic Monuments of an Unknown Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER IV.

From the Marquesas to the Society Islands.—The Great Barrier Reef.—The Coral Insect and his Work.—Atolls and their Peculiarities.—Origin of the Polynesian People.—Arrival at Papeiti.—On Shore in Tahiti.—A Brief History of the Islands.—Work of the Missionaries.—The French Occupation.—Victims for Sacrifice.—Old-time Customs.—Products of the Society Islands.—Beche-de-mer Fishing.—Visit to the Reef.—Curious Things seen there.—Adventures with Sharks, Stingarees, and other Monsters.—Gigantic Clams.—Visiting the Market.—Eating Live Fishes.—A Native Feast.—Excursion to Point Venus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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