BY

H. STONEHEWER COOPER.

'To burst all links of habit-there to wander far away,
On from island unto island, at the gateways of the day.'

RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.

1880.

VI. MESSRS. GODEFFROY AND CO., THE SOUTH SEA KINGS.

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VII. THE CAREER OF 'BULLY' HAYES.

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VIII. LABOUR IN POLYNESIA, AND WHERE IT COMES FROM .

IX. PEARL FISHING AND 'BEACHCOMBERS'

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X. WHAT BECHE-DE-MER IS, HOW IT IS CAUGHT, AND

WHAT IS DONE WITH IT

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XVII. 'FROM ISLAND UNTO ISLAND AT THE GATEWAYS OF