puka-tree

Updated: July 6, 2026

I was never a good man; but surely God will spare you to me a little longer." But it came very soon on the morning of the day that he intended sailing out of the lagoon again, Doris died in his arms on board the schooner, and Brantley laid her to rest under the shade of a giant puka-tree that overshadowed the stones of the old MARAE.

Louis Becke - By Reef and Palm