_Part I_. _General_. ‘_Of schooners_, _islands_, _and maroons_.’ CHAPTER I. Marine. II. Contraband (smuggling, barratry, labour traffic). III. The Beachcomber. IV. Beachcomber stories. i. The Murder of the Chinaman. ii. Death of a Beachcomber. iii. A Character. iv. The Apia Blacksmith. _Part II_. _The Marquesas_. V. Anaho. i. Arrival. ii. Death. iii. The Tapu. iv. Morals. v. Hoka. VI. Tai-o-hae. i. Arrival. ii. The French. iii. The Royal Family. iv. Chiefless Folk. v. The Catholics. vi. Hawaiian Missionaries. VII. Observations of a Long Pig. i. Cannibalism. ii. Hatiheu. iii. Frère Michel. iv. Toahauka and Atuona. v. The Vale of Atuona. vi. Moipu. vii. Captain Hati. _Part III_. _The Dangerous Archipelago_. VIII. The Group. IX. A House to let in a Low Island. X. A Paumotuan Funeral. i. The Funeral. ii. Tales of the Dead. _Part IV_. _Tahiti_. XI. Tautira. XII. Village Government in Tahiti. XIII. A Journey in Quest of Legends. XIV. Legends and Songs. XV. Life in Eden. XVI. Note on the French Regimen. _Part V_. _The Eight Islands_. XVII. A Note on Missions. XVIII. The Kona Coast of Hawaii. i. Hookena. ii. A Ride in the Forest. iii. A Law Case. iv. The City of Refuge. v. The Lepers. XIX. Molokai. i. A Week in the Precinct. ii. History of the Leper Settlement. iii. The Mokolii. iv. The Free Island. _Part VI_. _The Gilberts_. XX. The Group. ii. Position of Woman. iii. The Missions. iv. Devilwork. v. Republics. XXI. Rule and Misrule on Makin. i. Butaritari, its King and Court. ii. History of Three Kings. iii. The Drink Question. XXII. A Butaritarian Festival. XXIII. The King of Apemama. i. First Impressions. ii. Equator Town and the Palace. iii. The Three Corselets. _Part VII_. _Samoa_. which I have not yet reached.