CHAPTER X CONDITIONS OF LIFE ON THE ISLAND 131 Description of the Island—Accommodation—Climate—Food—Labour. CHAPTER XI A NATIVE RISING 140 A Declaration of Independence—Cattle-raiding—A Mission which failed—Bad to Worse—Arrival of a Chilean Warship. CHAPTER XII A GERMAN BASE 150 A Visit from Von Spee—First news of the War—S. R. goes to Chile—The _Prinz Eitel Friedrich_—Return of _Mana_—Departure of the Expedition. CHAPTER XIII PREHISTORIC REMAINS AHU OR BURIAL-PLACES 165 Form of the Easter Island Image—Position and Number of the Ahu—Design and Construction of the Image Ahu—Reconstruction and Transformation—The Semi-pyramid Ahu—The Overthrow of the Images and Destruction of the Ahu. CHAPTER XIV PREHISTORIC REMAINS (_continued_) STATUES AND CROWNS 175 Rano Raraku, its Quarries and Standing Statues—The South-east Face of the Mountain—Isolated Statues—Roads—Stone Crowns of the Images. CHAPTER XV NATIVE CULTURE IN PRE-CHRISTIAN TIMES 200 _Sources of Information_: History, Recent Remains, Living Memory—_Mode of Life_: Habitations, Food, Dress and Ornament—_Social Life_: Divisions, Wars, Marriages, Burial Customs, Social Functions. CHAPTER XVI NATIVE CULTURE IN PRE-CHRISTIAN TIMES (_continued_) 236 Religion—Position of the Miru Clan—The Script—The Bird Cult—Wooden Carvings. CHAPTER XVII CAVES AND CAVE-HUNTING 272 Residential Caves—Caves as Hiding-Places for Treasure—Burial Caves. CHAPTER XVIII LEGENDS 277 First Arrival on the Island—The Long Ears exterminated by the Short Ears—The Struggle between Kotuu and Hotu Iti. CHAPTER XIX THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE PROBLEM 290 PART III _THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE_ _EASTER ISLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO_ CHAPTER XX PITCAIRN ISLAND 305 A Kind Welcome—Religion—Administration—Economic Problems—Physique—Native Remains—A Glimpse of Rapa.