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Island Nights' Entertainments

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Short storiesIslands of the Pacific -- Fiction

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  1. 01CHAPTER I. A SOUTH SEA BRIDAL. — part 1~24 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I. A SOUTH SEA BRIDAL. — part 2~5 min
  3. 03CHAPTER II. THE BAN. — part 1~24 min
  4. 04CHAPTER II. THE BAN. — part 2~25 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II. THE BAN. — part 3~2 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III. THE MISSIONARY. — part 1~25 min
  7. 07CHAPTER III. THE MISSIONARY. — part 2~3 min
  8. 08CHAPTER IV. DEVIL-WORK. — part 1~25 min
  9. 09CHAPTER IV. DEVIL-WORK. — part 2~17 min
  10. 10CHAPTER V. NIGHT IN THE BUSH. — part 1~24 min
  11. 11CHAPTER V. NIGHT IN THE BUSH. — part 2~25 min
  12. 12CHAPTER V. NIGHT IN THE BUSH. — part 3~25 min
  13. 13CHAPTER V. NIGHT IN THE BUSH. — part 4~25 min
  14. 14CHAPTER V. NIGHT IN THE BUSH. — part 5~25 min
  15. 15CHAPTER V. NIGHT IN THE BUSH. — part 6~25 min
  16. 16CHAPTER V. NIGHT IN THE BUSH. — part 7~14 min

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I saw that island first when it was neither night nor morning. The moon was to the west, setting, but still broad and bright. To the east, and right amidships of the dawn, which was all pink, the daystar sparkled like a diamond. The land breeze blew in our faces, and smelt strong of wild lime and vanilla: other things besides, but these were the most plain; and the chill of it set me sneezing. I should say I had been for years on a low island near the line, living for the most part solitary among natives. Here was a fresh experience: even the tongue would be quite strange to me; and the look of these woods and mountains, and the rare smell of them, renewed my blood. The captain blew out the binnacle lamp.

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