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TAHITI THE ISLAND PARADISE

Transcriber's Note

This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive.Variant spellings are not corrected. Some illustrations are rotated.

Book Cover

 

Frontspiece: The Royal Family

TAHITI

THE

ISLAND PARADISE

BY

NICHOLAS SENN, M. D., Ph. D., LL. D., C. M.

Professor of Surgery in the University of Chicago

Professor and Head of the Surgical Department in Rush Medical College

Surgeon-in-Chief of St. Joseph's Hospital

Attending Surgeon of the Presbyterian Hospital

Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of the Operating Staff with the Army in

the Field during the Spanish-American War

Surgeon-General of Illinois

WITH FIFTY HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS

CHICAGO

W. B. CONKEY COMPANY

Title Page

COPYRIGHT, 1906,

BY

W. B. CONKEY COMPANY

PREFACE

The far-away little island of Tahiti is the gemof the South Pacific Ocean. If any place in thisworld deserves to be called a paradise, Tahitican make this claim. This charming spot in thewide expanse of the peaceful ocean hasattractions which we look for in vain anywhere else.From a distance, the grandeur of its frowningcliffs rivets the eye, and, in coming nearer, itstropic beauty charms the visitor and imprintsupon his memory pictures single and panoramicthat neither distance nor time can efface. Thescenic beauty of this island is unsurpassed. Thecalming air, redolent with the perfume of fragrantflowers of exquisite beauty, on the seashore, inthe valleys and on the precipitous mountainsides; the luxuriant vegetation; the forestfruit-gardens and the sweet music of the surf remindone of the original habitation of man. Thenatives, a childlike people, friendly, courteousand hospitable, are the happiest people on earth,free from care and worries which in other lessfavored parts of the world make life a drudgery.

Tahiti is the only place in the world wherethe people are not obliged to work.

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