# The island of stone money

Author: Furness, William Henry, 1866-1920

Genre: Category: Archaeology & Anthropology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72830

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+island+of+stone+money+Furness&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Although old-time Pacific whalers and missionaries, both of them, let us hope, from kindly motives of rendering the islanders happy, introduced two unfortunate attendants of western civilization--alcohol and diversity of faiths--nevertheless the natives of The Caroline Islands have retained the greater part of their original primitive beliefs, and recently, under admirable German rule, have perforce abandoned alcohol. Wherefore they are become an exceedingly pleasant and gentle folk to visit; this is especially true of the natives of the island of Uap or Yap, the most westerly of the group. Like all other primitive people (it hurts one’s feelings to call them savages or even uncivilized,-...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-island-of-stone-money-72830/chapters/10/index.md)