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

· 1896

FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU.--SIGHTS ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN.--A PORTUGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.--NEARING THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--THE MOLOKAI CHANNEL.--SURF-BEATEN SHORES OF OAHU.--ARRIVAL AT HONOLULU.--A PICTURESQUE PORT.--DISCOVERY AND HISTORY OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--CAPTAIN COOK: HIS TRAGIC DEATH.--HOW THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CIVILIZED.--WORK OF THE MISSIONARIES.--SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.--PRESENT CONDITION OF THE POPULATION.--OLD CUSTOMS.--SIGHTS AND SCENES IN HONOLULU.--TARO AND POI.--A NATIVE DINNER.--THE COSTUMES OF THE ISLANDERS.--PECULIARITIES OF THE CLIMATE.--THE HULA-HULA AND OTHER DANCES. Page 1 IN AND AROUND HONOLULU.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--THE THEATRE.--ROAD TO THE PALI.--A MAGNIFICENT VIEW.--…

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