The Boy Travellers in Australasia Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and Feejee Islands

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SUDDEN CHANGE OF PLANS.--THE YACHT "PERA."--DEPARTURE FROM HONOLULU.--VOYAGE TO THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS.--NOOKAHEEVA BAY.-- HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MARQUESAS.--WHAT OUR FRIENDS SAW THERE.--TATTOOING AND HOW IT IS PERFORMED.--THE DAUGHTER OF A CHIEF.--NATIVES AND THEIR PECULIARITIES.--COTTON AND OTHER PLANTATIONS.--PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ISLANDS.--VISITING A PLANTATION AND A NATIVE VILLAGE.--MISSIONARIES AND THEIR WORK.--THE TABU.--CURIOUS CUSTOMS.--PITCAIRN ISLAND AND THE MUTINEERS OF THE "BOUNTY."--WONDERS OF EASTER ISLAND.--GIGANTIC MONUMENTS OF AN UNKNOWN RACE. 47