one. But it is not executed
yet; and let not him that putteth on his armour, vaunt himself. At
least, nobody has had such stuff; such wild stories, such beautiful
scenes, such singular intimacies, such manners and traditions, so
incredible a mixture of the beautiful and horrible, the savage and
civilised. I will give you here some idea of the table of contents,
which ought to make your mouth water. I propose to call the book _The
South Seas_: it is rather a large title, but not many people have seen
more of them than I, perhaps no one--certainly no one capable of using
the material.

_Part I. General. "Of schooners, islands, and maroons"_

CHAPTER I. Marine.

" II. Contraband (smuggling, barratry, labour traffic).

" III. The Beachcomber.

" IV. Beachcomber stories, i. The Murder of the Chinaman, ii.
Death of a Beachcomber. iii. A Character, iv. The Apia
Blacksmith.

_Part II. The Marquesas_

" V. Anaho. i. Arrival, ii. Death, iii. The Tapu. iv. Morals, v.
Hoka.

" VI. Tai-o-hae. i. Arrival. ii. The French. iii. The Royal Family.
iv. Chiefless Folk. v. The Catholics. vi. Hawaiian
Missionaries

" VII. Observations of a Long Pig. i. Cannibalism, ii. Hatiheu. iii.
Frere Michel, iv. Taa-hauku and Atuona. v. The Vale of
Atuona. vi. Moipu. vii. Captain Hati.

_Part III. The Dangerous Archipelago_

" VIII. The Group.

" IX. A House to let in a Low Island.

" X. A Paumotuan Funeral, i. The Funeral, ii. Tales of the Dead.

_Part IV. Tahiti_

" XI. Tautira.

" XII. Village Government in Tahiti.

" XIII. A Journey in Quest of Legends.

" XIV. Legends and Songs.

" XV. Life in Eden.

" XVI. Note on the French Regimen.

_Part V. The Eight Islands_

" XVII. A Note on Missions.

" XVIII. The Kona Coast of Hawaii. i. Hookena. ii. A Ride in the
Forest. iii. A Law Case. iv. The City of Refuge. v. The
Lepers.

" XIX. Molokai. i. A Week in the Precinct. ii. History of the Leper
Settlement, iii. The Mokolii. iv. The Free Island.

_Part VI. The Gilberts_

" XX. The Group, ii. Position of Woman, iii. The Missions. iv.
Devilw