The Cruise of the Kawa
WANDERINGS IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Walter E. Traprock
1921
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
TO THE GIRLS WE LEFT BEHIND -
KIPPIPUTUONA (DAUGHTER OF PEARL AND CORAL)
LUPOBA-TILAANA (MIST ON THE MOUNTAIN)
BABAI-ALOVA-BABAI (ESSENCE OF ALOVA)
THIS VOLUME IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Of late the lure of the South Seas has laid its gentle spell rather overwhelmingly upon American readers.
To be unread in Polynesiana is to be intellectually declasse.... In the face of this avid appetite for
tropic-scented literature, one may well imagine the satisfaction of a publisher when offered opportunity
of association with such an expedition as that of the Kawa, an association involving the exclusive
privilege of publishing the manuscript of Walter E. Traprock himself.
The public, we feel, is entitled to a frank word regarding the inception of this volume. Now at last it is
possible to withdraw the veil of secrecy which has shrouded the undertaking almost until the date of
publication. Almost, we say, because some inklings of information found their way into the
newspapers early this summer. The leak, we have reason to be believe, is traceable to a Marquesan valet
who was shipped at Papeete to fill the place left vacant by William Henry Thomas, the strange facts
surrounding whose desertion are recorded in the pages which follow.
"Filbert Islands" Found
by South Seas Explorers
Special to The Evening Telegram.
SAN FRANCISCO. Friday. - Returning
from an extensive exploring trip in the
South Seas, the auxiliary yacht Kawa,
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