ts in the ceremony of
marriage according to their rites. The gift of fruit, of fowl,
and of game. The blindfolding of the bridegroom. The absolute
silence when eating. Preparation for the banquet that night.
Sutoto and Cinda arrange to be married that night while the
people are at the banquet. Decide to conform strictly to the
rites of the tribe. The boys learn of the stealthy plans.
Witness the ceremony in Cinda's home. The Chief arrests the
bridal couple and takes them aboard the ship. The criminals
before the Chief. The Chief upbraids Sutoto. The reconciliation.
The presents brought over from Wonder Island. Grief of the boys
because they had forgotten a present. The surprise of the
natives at the beautiful silver forks. Spices. Coffee. Cream and
sugar. Curiosity about the cows. The great surprise to Sutoto.
He is made Chief of his tribe. Monuments. The presents. The
great mirror, the present of the boys. The crowns. The final
ceremony. The dance. Originally a religious ceremony. The
encircling wreath.

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Preparations for further explorations. Consulting the charts.
Determine to sail northward, on way to Wonder Island. Reasons
from shape of the island why an island might be to the north.
Geological formations. Upheavals. Islands mere ridges. Sutoto to
return to Wonder Island. The Chief agrees to go to Wonder
Island. His family to accompany him. Proposed visit to Hutoton.
Boarding the ship. The welcome of the convicts. Taking the
paralytic to the ship. Stores from the ships for the convict
colony. The _Pioneer_ sails to the north. Discovery of a new
island. Taking observations from the sun. The calendar. Summer
and winter. Taking the angle of the sun, and what it means.
Triangulation. The nautical chart. Greenwich or Standard time.
The island which they had left named _Venture_. The new island
and its magnificent vegetation. John, with the boys and two
boatloads, land. The exploring parties formed. The boys and Muro
at the head of one party. Traces of savages. Appearances that
cannibals were there. A shower of arrows their first surprise.
The volley and the disappearance of the natives. Reappearance of
the sav