Wanderings Among South Sea Savages
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages
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A New Guinea River Scene
Papuan Tree-Houses
A Village of the Agai Ambu
H. W. Walker, L. Dyke-Acland, and C. A. W. Monckton
View of Kuching from the Rajah's Garden
Dayaks and Canoes
Dayak in War-Coat
Dayak Women and Children on the Platform outside a long House
Dayaks Catching Fish
A Dayak Woman with Mourning Ornaments round waist
On a Tobacco Estate
On a Bornean River
Life in the Home of a Fijian Prince.
CHAPTER 1
Life in the Home of a Fijian Prince.
Journey to Taviuni -- Samoan Songs -- Whistling for the Wind -- Landing on Koro -- Nabuna -- Samoans and Fijians Compared -- Fijian Dances and Angona Drinking -- A Hurricane in the Southern Seas -- Arrival at Taviuni -- First Impressions of Ratu Lala's Establishment -- Character of Ratu Lala -- Prohibition of Cricket -- Ratu Lala Offended -- The Prince's Musical Box.
Among all my wanderings in Fiji I think I may safely say that my two months' stay with Ratu (Prince) Lala, on the island of Taviuni, ranks highest both for interest a
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