Title ‘Good bye to Auckland Thursday afternoon July 7th 3pm’. Streamers hanging off ship, ship leaves port. ‘Father Neptune’s Court is held, and many pay the penalty and are ducked’. Group on board ship, people in fancy dress for ceremony. Woman is thrown into pool, followed by others who are smeared with [grease]. ‘Preparing the deck for the French Ball, held in honour of approaching Tahiti’. Deck of ship. ‘The moon and the radiance of dawn, over the rugged outline of Moorea’. ‘Approaching Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, in the early morning’. Views of Tahitian shore.
‘Climbing a cocoanut palm at Venus Point. Capt Cook’s Expedition was sent here in 1769 to observe the Transit of Venus’. Person up coconut tree throwing down coconuts. ‘Tasting the milk of the cocoanut. It is pronounced to be very good’. Local house and plants. ‘The Traveller’s Palm. At the junction of the fronds, a supply of water can be obtained’. Palm tree. ‘The richness of colour in Mr Guild’s garden’. ‘A French warship Bunting displayed to commemorate the storming of Bastille on July 14 1702’. ‘The Maunganui at the wharf at Papeete’. ‘The island of Moorea framed by a porthole’. Turtle crawling on ground. Sea and landscape. ‘Passengers returning to steamer, after a picnic under the palms, and by the coral strand of Moorea’. Passengers in boats.
‘The ship’s flag waving in the breeze, as we leave the battlemented peaks in their lone solitude.’ ‘The Schooner Henrietta. The captain kindly conveyed the passengers to the coral reef at Raiatea’. ‘Tahitians in launches and sailing craft passing the Henrietta’. Shots of people including Tahitians on launch. ‘The ceremony of “Bealing the Fish”. A wide circle of nets is formed which is gradually closed to imprison the fish’. View of Tahitians carrying out ceremony. ‘Blossom and fruit of the Paw-paw.’ Group go down slide. Tahitian dancers perform. ‘A farewell at Raiatea; the last port of call in the Society Islands, of French possession’. Locals with stalls at markets.
‘A native boy diving at Falefa Falls. 14 miles from Apia.’ ‘The very attractive native dwellings at Apia.’ ‘The very attractive dwellings at Apia’. Local home, children in fgd. ‘Vailima, the home of Robert Louis Stevenson, now the residence of the Administrator’. ‘Mt Vaea, the wooded hill near Vailima where “under a wide and starry sky” rests the beloved author’. Views of grounds, building. ‘The home of the Mau Chief who married a Samoan Princess’. ‘Samoan women weaving and selling baskets, also necklaces made of berries and shells’. ‘Samoans dancing at an entertainment given in the hospital grounds’.