mitative
quality. The first meal. The peculiar knives and forks. The
Chief's capacity for food. The character of the meal. The siesta
after the meal. George's opportunity. Stealing from the Chief's
house. The daughter of the Chief. Wandering from the Chief's
house. His midnight sleep from exhaustion. The watchers at his
bedside. Finding the soap plant. Breakfast. Absence of the
Chief. George's suspicions. Follows the Chief. The appearance of
John and Harry. The meeting. George introduces the party to the
Chief. Uraso and Muro able to converse with the Chief. George's
story. "The Palace." The village. The feast.

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How the feast was served. John relates the story of the boys to
the Chief. The Chief interested in the wonderful ship. The story
of the island. The runner to the ship. No Krishnos on the
islands. Sutoto sees the runners. Sails for the village. The
Chief does not believe in a great spirit. His philosophy.
Strength is the only right. No caves on the island.
Disappointment of the boys. Bad people to the north. Their own
kin, but convicts. Stealing and lying the only crimes. No crime
to steal from each other, only from the Chief. The sun as a
great Chief. The coming of the ship. The natives on the
seashore. Casting of the anchor. Sutoto sees the Chief's
daughter. George's captors on the way to the convict colony.
Intercession on the part of the boys. The food at the banquet.
The natives' aversion to fish. Snake worshippers. Witch doctors.
The bad god Baigona. Peculiar ideas of right and wrong among the
natives. The survey of the southern part of the island.
Triangulation from the mast of a ship.

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Sutoto's love affair. Cinda, the Chief's daughter. The Chief is
told of the wonders of Wonder Island. About the activities of
the natives on that island. His curiosity. John tells him how
the white people live. The acute questionings of the Chief.
Teaching him how trade and commerce is carried on. Money and its
uses. How it gets its value. Why it is a measure only. The trip
to the north in charge of the Chief's son. Gruesome tales of the
ferocity of the co