Tahiti: Roman aus der Südsee. Zweiter Band.

The narrative portrays life in a South Sea island community, alternating scenes of local ritual, dance, and everyday merriment with encounters involving visiting foreigners and missionary activity. It follows several interpersonal episodes — including young island women, returning acquaintances from ships, and a pair named Sadie and René — as they negotiate customs, religion, and temptation. Authority figures and local rulers appear amid festive events such as a Papeete ball, missionary interventions, journeys across the islands, and stays at inns, creating a mosaic of cultural contact, social ritual, and travel episodes.