TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Original spelling and grammar has been retained, with a few exceptions, which are detailed in the Transcriber's Endnote. * * * * * THROUGH THE SOUTH SEAS WITH JACK LONDON * * * * * [Illustration: MARTIN JOHNSON AND A PATHE MOTION-PICTURE OPERATOR ON A HUNT IN THE SOLOMONS] Through the South Seas With Jack London BY MARTIN JOHNSON With an Introduction and a Postscript BY RALPH D. HARRISON _Numerous Illustrations_ [Illustration] LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE, LTD. CLIFFORD'S INN. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION ix CHAPTER I ON THE TRAIL OF ADVENTURE 1 II THE BUILDING OF THE "SNARK" 13 III ON THE HIGH SEAS 49 IV A PACIFIC PARADISE 84 V MOLOKAI, THE LEPER ISLAND 117 VI THE LONG TRAVERSE 137 VII IN THE MARQUESAS 158 VIII THE SOCIETY ISLANDS 180 IX SOME SOUTH SEA ROYALTY 200 X THE SAMOAN GROUP 242 XI LOST IN THE FIJI ISLANDS 260 XII SOUTH SEA CANNIBALS 268 XIII OCEANIC CRUISING 309 XIV THE END OF THE VOYAGE 334 POSTSCRIPT 368 ILLUSTRATIONS Martin Johnson and a Pathe motion-picture operator on a hunt in the Solomons _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE _Snark_ at Honolulu 8 Complement of the _Snark_ in Solomon Islands 8 A Solomon Island Army 20 On the Ballassona River, Solomon Group 32 A Te Motu Round House, Santa Cruz Group 44 "War and Peace"--Foate Cannibals in Mission Boat. Artificial Islands off Malaita, Solomon Group 56 War Canoes in Their Shelter 68 Manufactured Islet, with Shrine of a Native Chief--Solomon Group 80 A Man of Roas. Solomon Group, Island of Malaita 92 Chief of Florida Island, Solomon Group 92 Group of Roas Women, Solomon Islands 100 A Mission School, teacher and members of class 112 Molokai, the Leper Settlement, Hawaiian Islands 122 Leper band at Molokai, the leper island of the Hawaiian Group 132 Santa Cruz natives in catamaran canoes 146 Canoe House in Solomon Islands 154 Marquesas Islanders 166 The Old Home of Robert Louis Stevenson, Marquesas Islands 176 The Price of a Wife--feather money 184