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had to sink a lot of money in the cruise�察�and if I didn't get
health�察�how was I to get it back�拭 �I have got health to a wonderful
extent�察�and as I have the most interesting matter for my book�察�bar
accidents�察�I ought to get all I have laid out and a profit。 But�察�
second ��what I own I never considered till too late���察�there was the
danger of collisions�察�of damages and heavy repairs�察�of disablement�察�
towing�察�and salvage�察�indeed�察�the cruise might have turned round and
cost me double。 Nor will this danger be quite over till I hear the
yacht is in San Francisco�察�for though I have shaken the dust of her
deck from my feet�察�I fear ��as a point of law�� she is still mine
till she gets there。
From my point of view�察�up to now the cruise has been a wonderful
success。 I never knew the world was so amusing。 On the last
voyage we had grown so used to sea´life that no one wearied�察�though
it lasted a full month�察�except Fanny�察�who is always ill。 All the
time our visits to the islands have been more like dreams than
realities�此 �the people�察�the life�察�the beachcombers�察�the old stories
and songs I have picked up�察�so interesting�察�the climate�察�the
scenery�察�and ��in some places�� the women�察�so beautiful。 The women
are handsomest in Tahiti�察�the men in the Marquesas�察�both as fine
types as can be imagined。 Lloyd reminds me�察�I have not told you
one characteristic incident of the cruise from a semi´naval point
of view。 One night we were going ashore in Anaho Bay�察�the most
awful noise on deck�察�the breakers distinctly audible in the cabin�察�
and there I had to sit below�察�entertaining in my best style a
negroid native chieftain�察�much the worse for rum� �You can imagine
the evening's pleasure。
This naval report on cruising in the South Seas would be incomplete
without one other trait。 On our voyage up here I came one day into
the dining´room�察�the hatch in the floor was open�察�the ship's boy
was below with a baler�察�and two of the hands were carrying buckets
as for a fire�察�this meant that the pumps had ceased working。
One stirring day was that in which we sighted Hawaii。 It blew
fair�察�but very strong�察�we carried jib�察�foresail�察�and mainsail�察�all
single´reefed�察�and she carried her lee rail under water and flew。
The swell�察�the heaviest I have ever been out in ´ I tried in vain
to estimate the height�察�AT LEAST fifteen feet ´ came tearing after
us about a point and a half off the wind。 We had the best hand ´
old Louis ´ at the wheel�察�and�察�really�察�he did nobly�察�and had noble
luck�察�for it never caught us once。 At times it seemed we must have
it�察�Louis would look over his shoulder with the queerest look and
dive down his neck into his shoulders�察�and then it missed us
somehow�察�and only sprays came over our quarter�察�turning the little
outside lane of deck into a mill race as deep as to the cockpit
coamings。 I never remember anything more delightful and exciting。
Pretty soon after we were lying absolutely becalmed under the lee
of Hawaii�察�of which we had been warned�察�and the captain never
confessed he had done it on purpose�察�but when accused�察�he smiled。
Really�察�I suppose he did quite right�察�for we stood committed to a
dangerous race�察�and to bring her to the wind would have been rather
a heart´sickening manoeuvre。
R。 L。 S。
Letter�此 �TO MARCEL SCHWOB
HONOLULU�察�SANDWICH ISLANDS�察�FEBRUARY 8TH�察�1889。
DEAR SIR�察 � I thank you ´ from the midst of such a flurry as you
can imagine�察�with seven months' accumulated correspondence on my
table ´ for your two friendly and clever letters。 Pray write me
again。 I shall be home in May or June�察�and not improbably shall
come to Paris in the summer。 Then we can talk�察�or in the interval
I may be able to write�察�which is to´day out of the question。 Pray
take a word from a man of crushing occupations�察�and count it as a
volume。 Your little CONTE is delightful。 Ah yes�察�you are right�察�I
love the eighteenth century�察�and so do you�察�and have not listened
to its voice in vain。 ´ The Hunted One��
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO CHARLES BAXTER
HONOLULU�察�8TH MARCH 1889。
MY DEAR CHARLES�察 � At last I have the accounts�此 �the Doer has done
excellently�察�and in the words of ´�察�'I reciprocate every step of
your behaviour。' 。 。 I send a letter for Bob in your care�察�as I
don't know his Liverpool address�察�by which ��for he is to show you
part of it�� you will see we have got out of this adventure ´ or
hope to have ´ with wonderful fortune。 I have the retrospective
horrors on me when I think of the liabilities I incurred�察�but�察�
thank God�察�I think I'm in port again�察�and I have found one climate
in which I can enjoy life。 Even Honolulu is too cold for me�察�but
the south isles were a heaven upon earth to a puir�察�catarrhal party
like Johns'one。 We think�察�as Tahiti is too complete a banishment�察�
to try Madeira。 It's only a week from England�察�good
communications�察�and I suspect in climate and scenery not unlike our
dear islands�察�in people�察�alas� �there can be no comparison。 But
friends could go�察�and I could come in summer�察�so I should not be
quite cut off。
Lloyd and I have finished a story�察�THE WRONG BOX。 If it is not
funny�察�I am sure I do not know what is。 I have split over writing
it。 Since I have been here�察�I have been toiling like a galley
slave�此 �three numbers of THE MASTER to rewrite�察�five chapters of
the WRONG BOX to write and rewrite�察�and about five hundred lines of
a narrative poem to write�察�rewrite�察�and re´rewrite。 Now I have THE
MASTER waiting me for its continuation�察�two numbers more�察�when
that's done�察�I shall breathe。 This spasm of activity has been
chequered with champagne parties�此 �Happy and Glorious�察�Hawaii Ponoi
paua�此 �kou moi ´ ��Native Hawaiians�察�dote upon your monarch�。�
Hawaiian God save the King。 ��In addition to my other labours�察�I am
learning the language with a native moonshee。�� Kalakaua is a
terrible companion�察�a bottle of fizz is like a glass of sherry to
him�察�he thinks nothing of five or six in an afternoon as a whet for
dinner。 You should see a photograph of our party after an
afternoon with H。 H。 M。�此 �my� �what a crew� � Yours ever
affectionately��
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO HENRY JAMES
HONOLULU ��MARCH 1889�А�
MY DEAR JAMES�察 � Yes ´ I own up ´ I am untrue to friendship and
��what is less�察�but still considerable�� to civilisation。 I am not
coming home for another year。 There it is�察�cold and bald�察�and now
you won't believe in me at all�察�and serve me right ��says you�� and
the devil take me。 But look here�察�and judge me tenderly。 I have
had more fun and pleasure of my life these past months than ever
before�察�and more health than any time in ten long years。 And even
here in Honolulu I have withered in the cold�察�and this precious
deep is filled with islands�察�which we may still visit�察�and though
the sea is a deathful place�察�I like to be there�察�and like squalls
��when they are over���察�and to draw near to a new island�察�I cannot
say how much I like。 In short�察�I take another year of this sort of
life�察�and mean to try to work down among the poisoned arrows�察�and
mean ��if it may be�� to come back again when the thing is through�察�
and converse with Henry James as heretofore�察�and in the meanwhile
issue directions to H。 J。 to write to me once more。 Let him
address here at Honolulu�察�for my views are vague�察�and if it is sent
here it will follow and find me�察�if I am to be found�察�and if I am
not to be found the man James will have done his duty�察�and we shall
be at the bottom of the sea�察�where no post´office clerk can be
expected to discover us�察�or languishing on a coral island�察�the
philosophic drudges of some barbarian potentate�此 �perchance�察�of an
American Missionary。 My wife has just sent to Mrs。 Sitwell a
translation ��TANT BIEN QUE MAL�� of a letter I have had from my
chief friend in this part of the world�此 �go and see her�察�and get a
hearing of it�察�it will do you good�察�it is a better method of
correspondence 'than even Henry James's。 I jest�察�but seriously it
is a strange thing for a tough�察�sick�察�middle´aged scrivener like R。
L。 S。 to receive a letter so conceived from a man fifty years old�察�
a leading politician�察�a crack orator�察�and the great wit of his
village�此 �boldly say�察�'the highly popular M。P。 of Tautira。' My
nineteenth century strikes here�察�and lies alongside of something
beautiful and ancient。 I think the receipt of such a letter might
humble�察�shall I say even ´�拭�and for me�察�I would rather have
received it than written REDGAUNTLET or the SIXTH AENEID。 All
told�察�if my books have enabled or helped me to make this voyage�察�to
know Rui�察�and to have received such a letter�察�they have ��in the old
prefatorial expression�� not been writ in vain。 It would seem from
this that I have been not so much humbled