PREFACE

PRONUNCIATION

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I MAUI THE POLYNESIAN

II MAUI SEEKING IMMORTALITY

III THE WATER OF LIFE1

IV A VIKING OF THE PACIFIC

V LEGENDARY HOME OF THE POLYNESIANS

VI THE SONS OF KII

VII PAAO FROM SAMOA

VIII MOI-KEHA, THE RESTLESS

IX LAA FROM TAHITI

X FIRST FOREIGNERS

XI CAPTAIN COOK

XII THE IVORY OF OAHU King Kahahana, About 1773

XIII THE ALAPA REGIMENT 1776

XIV THE LAST PROPHET OF OAHU In the Days of Kahahana, 1782

XV THE EIGHT OF OAHU

XVI THE RED MOUTH GUN (Ka-pu-waha-ulaula)

XVII THE LAW OF THE SPLINTERED PADDLE

XVIII LAST OF THE TABU

XIX FIRST HAWAIIAN PRINTING

XX THE FIRST CONSTITUTION

XXI THE HAWAIIAN FLAG

INDEX

TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION

IN MISSION LANDS

THE FAR EASTERN QUESTION

AROUND THE WORLD

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