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First published in 1967
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INTRODUCTION; GENERAL SKETCH OF THE CAROLINES; J. SYDNEY TO HONG KONG II. HONG KONG TO MANILLA PART I; Ill. YAP AND THE MARIANNES TO PONAPE - DESCRIPTION OF PONAPE IV. NALAP ISLAND-PONAPEAN SUPERSTITIONS AND CHARACTER V, FIRST AND SECOND VISITS TO THE RUINS OF NAN-MATAL VI. THIRD VISIT TO THE RUINS VII. VISIT TO CEMETERY OF THE CHOKALAI OR UTTLE PEOPLE, PONAUL AND LANG TAKAI, AN)) RETURN FROM METALANIM TO KITI AND COLONY; PART II VIII. PONAPE: DRESS, INDUSTRIES, AND MANUFACTURES IX. VISIT TO MOKIL, PINGELAP AND KUSAIE X. STAY ON LELE PART III XI. RETURN TO COLONY; VISIT TO MUTOK AND PANIAU XII. FEAST IN MUTOK, KAVA-MAKING, THE STORY OF THE NAMING OF BIRDS, MAKING OF FISH OIL DESCRIBED XIII. PANIAU TO COLONY XIV. FROM PANIAU TO MARAU XV. I'ANIAU TO COLONY, THENCE TO GUAM AND YAP PART IV XVI. DESCRIPTION OF YAP; TOMIL TO LAI XVII. VISIT TO ONOTH AND GOROR XVIII. TO TOM II., LAI, ELIK, JOURNEY BY BOAT TO NORTH YAP XIX. STAY IN PILAU, FOLK-LORE, LEGEND OF FLOOD, AN ACCOUNT OF THE TABU SYSTEM OF YAP XX. NORTH YAP-RETURN TO TARRANG XXI. STAY AT TARRANG AND DEPARTURE FOR HONG KONG
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F.W. Christian
Summary
First published in 1967. The period between the years 1890 and 1893 in Samoa was marked by civil war between the rival factions of Malietoa and Matafa, ending, as all the world knows, in the overthrow and deportation of the latter chief. The author, partisan feeding in the struggle, shared with Robert Louis Stevenson, his neighbour of Vailima, resulted in the extension of an intimacy with the Samoan people and their chiefs. This text forms his account of his experiences and investigations in the Caroline Islands.
