MODERN COMFORTS are not lacking in the Wittmer household high on the 

 semi-tropical slopes of Floreana. But the accoutrements of civilization are al- 

 most wholly due to generosity of visiting voyageurs. The Wittmers, however, 

 have worked tirelessly to improve their condition of living. They have a stone 

 house and wonderfully productive gardens. To visitors they seem happy, al- 

 most to the point of complete contentment. At right they are seen in their tropi- 

 cal plantation. They grow many varieties of fruits and vegetables. 



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