Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- GENERAL CHART SHOWING THE ‘SUNBEAM'S’ TRACK
- CHAPTER I FAREWELL TO OLD ENGLAND
- CHAPTER II MADEIRA, TENERIFFE, AND CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS
- CHAPTER III PALMA TO RIO DE JANEIRO
- CHAPTER IV RIO DE JANEIRO
- CHAPTER V THE RIVER PLATE
- CHAPTER VI LIFE ON THE PAMPAS
- CHAPTER VII MORE ABOUT THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
- CHAPTER VIII RIVER PLATE TO SANDY POINT, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
- CHAPTER IX SANDY POINT TO LOTA BAY
- CHAPTER X CHILI
- CHAPTER XI SANTIAGO AND VALPARAISO
- CHAPTER XII VALPARAISO TO TAHITI
- CHAPTER XIII THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XIV AT TAHITI
- CHAPTER XV TAHITI TO SANDWICH ISLANDS.—KILAUEA BY DAY AND BY NIGHT
- CHAPTER XVI HAWAIIAN SPORTS
- CHAPTER XVII HONOLULU—DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN
- CHAPTER XVIII HONOLULU TO YOKOHAMA
- CHAPTER XIX YOKOHAMA
- CHAPTER XX KIOTO, LATE MIACO
- CHAPTER XXI THE INLAND SEA
- CHAPTER XXII To CANTON UP THE PEARL RIVER
- CHAPTER XXIII FROM MACAO TO SINGAPORE
- CHAPTER XXIV SINGAPORE
- CHAPTER XXV CEYLON
- CHAPTER XXVI To ADEN
- CHAPTER XXVII VIA SUEZ CANAL
- CHAPTER XXVIII ‘HOME’
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF PERSONS ON BOARD THE YACHT
- Notes
- Plate section
CHAPTER XIII - THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- GENERAL CHART SHOWING THE ‘SUNBEAM'S’ TRACK
- CHAPTER I FAREWELL TO OLD ENGLAND
- CHAPTER II MADEIRA, TENERIFFE, AND CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS
- CHAPTER III PALMA TO RIO DE JANEIRO
- CHAPTER IV RIO DE JANEIRO
- CHAPTER V THE RIVER PLATE
- CHAPTER VI LIFE ON THE PAMPAS
- CHAPTER VII MORE ABOUT THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
- CHAPTER VIII RIVER PLATE TO SANDY POINT, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
- CHAPTER IX SANDY POINT TO LOTA BAY
- CHAPTER X CHILI
- CHAPTER XI SANTIAGO AND VALPARAISO
- CHAPTER XII VALPARAISO TO TAHITI
- CHAPTER XIII THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
- CHAPTER XIV AT TAHITI
- CHAPTER XV TAHITI TO SANDWICH ISLANDS.—KILAUEA BY DAY AND BY NIGHT
- CHAPTER XVI HAWAIIAN SPORTS
- CHAPTER XVII HONOLULU—DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN
- CHAPTER XVIII HONOLULU TO YOKOHAMA
- CHAPTER XIX YOKOHAMA
- CHAPTER XX KIOTO, LATE MIACO
- CHAPTER XXI THE INLAND SEA
- CHAPTER XXII To CANTON UP THE PEARL RIVER
- CHAPTER XXIII FROM MACAO TO SINGAPORE
- CHAPTER XXIV SINGAPORE
- CHAPTER XXV CEYLON
- CHAPTER XXVI To ADEN
- CHAPTER XXVII VIA SUEZ CANAL
- CHAPTER XXVIII ‘HOME’
- APPENDIX
- LIST OF PERSONS ON BOARD THE YACHT
- Notes
- Plate section
Summary
And all throughout the air there reigned the sense.
Of waking dream with luscious thoughts o'erladen,
Of joy too conscious made and too intense
By the swift advent of excessive Aiden,
Bewilderment of beauty's affluence.
Tuesday, November 28th.—We passed Anaa, or Chain Island, in the morning watch, before daybreak. I came on deck to try and get a glimpse of it, and was rewarded by a glorious sunrise. We had a nice eight-knot breeze and a strong current in our favour, and just before breakfast Tom descried from the masthead Amanu, or Möller Island, which we had hardly expected to make before ten or eleven o'clock. Some one remarked that it seemed almost as if it had come out to meet us. The reef encircling this island varies much in height and vegetation. In some places it supports a noble grove of trees, in others the sea breaks over the half-submerged coral-bed, the first obstacle it has met for 4,000 miles, with a roar like thunder.
Before we had lost sight of Amanu, the island of Hao Harpe, or Bow Island, was visible on our port bow. I wished very much to land, and at last persuaded Tom, who was rather anxious on the score of the natives, to allow some of us to make the attempt, cautioning us to turn away from the shore directly, in case the islanders looked at all doubtful in their attitude and intentions. After lunch, therefore, we hove to, and the gig's crew were ordered to arm themselves with revolvers and rifles, which they were not to show unless required to do so.
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- A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam'Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months, pp. 211 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1878