Under the Southern Cross

CHAPTER I.

Journey across the American Continent.--The Giant City of the West.--A Chinese Community.--Embarking for a Long Sea-voyage.--About Ocean Birds.--Navigating the Pacific.--Peculiarities of Life at Sea.--Curiosities of the Deep.--Ambergris.--City of Honolulu.--An Island Paradise.--Early Paganism at Hawaii.--Wholesale Human Sacrifices.--Royalty at the Race-course.--Not a King...