CHAPTER XXXIII

Return in a canoe to Atuona; Tetuahunahuna relates the story of the girl who rode the white horse in the celebration of the fête of Joan of Arc in Tai-o-hae; Proof that sharks hate women; steering by the stars to Atuona beach

Sea sports; curious sea-foods found at low tide; the peculiarities of sea-centipedes and how to cook and eat them

Court day in Atuona; the case of Daughter of the Pigeon and the sewing-machine; the story of the perfidy of Drink of Beer and the death of Earth Worm who tried to kill the governor

The madman Great Moth of the Night; story of the famine and the one family that ate pig

A visit to the hermit of Taha-Uka valley; the vengeance that made the Scallamera lepers; and the hatred of Mohuto

Last days in Atuona; My Darling Hope's letter from her son