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
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