Faery Lands of the South Seas, by Hall & Nordhoff, Part 2
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The Atoll of Papiti
Several times upon going ashore, we found the villages deserted. The inhabitants had gone to distant parts of the atoll for the copra-making season. In one village an old man was sitting in the shade playing a phonograph. He had but three records, away to the forest, the dance of the nymph's gautiche and just a song at twilight. I can still hear it even at this distance of time and place.
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