Mystic Isles of the South Seas. by Frederick O'Brien
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Chapter XIV
The market in Papeete--Coffee at Shin Bung Lung's with a prince--Fish the chief item--Description of them--The vegetables and fruits--The fish strike--Rumors of an uprising--Kelly and the I. W. W.--The mysterious session at Fa'a--Hallelujah! I'm a Bum!--the strike is broken Chapter XV A drive to Papenoo--The chief of Papenoo--A dinner and poker on the bench--Incidents of the game--Breakfast the next morning--The chief tells his story--The journey back--The leper child and her doll--The Alliance Française--Bemis and his daughter--The band concert and the fire--The prize-fight--My bowl of velvet Chapter XVI A journey to Mataiea--I abandon city life--Interesting sights on the route--The Grotto of Maraa--Papara and the Chief Tati--The plantation of Atimaono--My host, the Chevalier Tetuanui Chapter XVII My life in the house of Tetuanui--Whence came the Polynesians--A migration from Malaysia--Their legends of the past--Condition of Tahiti when the white came--The great navigator, Cook--Tetuanui tells of old Tahiti Chapter XVIII |
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