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Title: The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Other: Andrew Lang

Release Date: March 8, 2010 [EBook #31557]

Language: English

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THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

SWANSTON EDITION

VOLUME XVIII

_Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five
Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies
have been printed, of which only Two Thousand
Copies are for sale._

_This is No._ .......

[Illustration: A MAP TO ILLUSTRATE R. L. STEVENSON'S LIFE IN THE SOUTH
SEAS]

THE WORKS OF

ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON

VOLUME EIGHTEEN

LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND
WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL
AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM
HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

IN THE SOUTH SEAS

PAGE
Editorial Note ix

PART I.--THE MARQUESAS

CHAPTER
I. An Island Landfall 5

II. Making Friends 12

III. The Maroon 21

IV. Death 28

V. Depopulation 36

VI. Chiefs and Tapus 44

VII. Hatiheu 53

VIII. The Port of Entry 61

IX. The House of Temoana 69

X. A Portrait and a Story 77

XI. Long-Pig--a Cannibal High Place 85

XII. The Story of a