| A | B |
|---|
| missionaries | relating to , engaged in or devoted to missions |
| craft | a boat especially of small size |
| barrier-reef | a coral reef roughly parallel to a shore and separated from it by a lagoon |
| lagoon | a shallow channel or pond near or connected with a larger body of water |
| millrace | a canal in which water flows to and from a mill wheel |
| chant | to recite or speak with no change in tone |
| thwarts | to stand in the way of: hinder by opposing |
| impending | about to happen |
| albatross | web-foot sea bird |
| sea urchins | an invertebrate animal that lives or burrows in the sea bottom, covered with spines |
| bonitos | medium size tunas |
| frail | weak or fragile |
| jibes | to shift suddenly from one side to another |
| capsized | to turn over |
| current | swiftest part of a stream |
| Polynesians | a memeber of any of the native people of Polynesia |
| outrigger | a frame that extends for the side of a canoe or boat to prevent upsetting |
| intervals | a space between things |
| pareu | a bright colored cloth used to cover up |
