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"The cruise of the Janet Nichol" if you can find it. It is the diary of Mrs. Robert Lois Stevenson recalling her adventures in the south seas. It gives an insight into what the south Pacific islands were like before the turn of the last century. The islands are a far cry from what they are today. You might have to hold your nose at the overt racism and paternalistic attitudes expressed in the writing, but offers insight into the prevailing attitudes in a time before political correctness.
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