Noqu Talanoa

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Excerpt from Noqu Talanoa: Stories From the South SeasMost of the stories in this volume have already appeared in substance in T llo Ween/y T elegmpn and T56 Colonies and India, to whose editors I am indebted for the necessary permission to recapitulate the incidents. I dedicate the book with affectionate remembrances to the thousands of coloured friends with whom I had the pleasure of communing during my wander ings among those earthly paradises known vaguely on this side as the South Pacific Islands. I have enjoyed many a breezy talanoa over the yaqona-bowl with those splendid Polynesians, whose genial and kindly natures have always challenged my warmest admiration and gratitude, and I.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.