Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Two Years with the Natives in the WesternPacific, by Felix SpeiserThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Two Years with the Natives in the Western PacificAuthor: Felix SpeiserRelease Date: December 20, 2008 [EBook #27578]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWO YEARS WITH THE NATIVES ***Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/Two Years with the Natives in the Western PacificSHORE IN GRACIOSA BAY.SHORE IN GRACIOSA BAY.Two Years with the Natives in the WesternPacificByDr. Felix SpeiserWith 40 illustrations from photographs and a mapMills & Boon, Limited 49 Rupert Street London, W.Published 1913PrefaceThis book is a collection of sketches written on lonely evenings during my voyage; some of them have been published in daily papers, andwere so kindly received by the public as to encourage me to issue them in book form. In order to retain the freshness of first impressions,the original form has been but slightly changed, and only so much ethnological detail has been added as will help to an understanding ofnative life. The book does not pretend to give a scientific description of the people of the New Hebrides; that will appear ...