ON THE MAKALOA MAT/ISLAND TALES 

by Jack London 

Contents: 

On the Makaloa Mat
The Bones of Kahekili
When Alice Told her Soul
Shin-Bones
The Water Baby
The Tears of Ah Kim
The Kanaka Surf 

ON THE MAKALOA MAT 

Unlike the women of most warm races, those of Hawaii age well and
nobly.  With no pretence of make-up or cunning concealment of
time's inroads, the woman who sat under the hau tree might have