Excerpt from Tahiti, the Island Paradise In writing this little book I have made free use of the Memoirs of Arrii Taimai E Marama of Eimeo, Tcrii rere of Tooarai, Terii nui of Tahiti, Tauraatua I Arno (paris, The authoress was the mother of Tati, one of the most influential present chiefs of Tahiti, and, as her several titles show, she was of noble birth. She was an eye-witness of many of the most stirring political events in the history of the island. Only'fifty Copies of this book were printed and only three remained in possession of her son. He was kind enough to give me one of them, which, after making liberal use of it, I presented to the library of the University of Chicago, through its late lamented president, Dr. W. R. Harper. I also acknowledge my ih debtedness to the works of Captain Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific (london, and to the book of Baron Ferd. Von Mueller, Select Extra-tropical Plants (melbourne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.