10-Story Book, February 1928 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Page 16: Story Prose from "The South Sea Island Number" This page contains story prose, specifically two sections (labeled IV and V) of what appears to be a maritime adventure narrative. The text describes a narrator's solo sailing of the ship *Willilee* to Port Tai-o-hie, where he encounters the port Commander, who questions him in French about his remarkable solo voyage around the world with only a Kanaka wife as crew. The Commander expresses amazement at such an feat, then inquires about the narrator's crew, leading to a discussion about the mate having taken the ship *Saragossa* around Cape Horn. The passage emphasizes themes of seafaring skill and adventure in tropical locations.