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merits of their many kindnesses. 
After five days and 2,381 miles more. we awoke to find 
ourselves steaming into Papeete hath' ' ‘ '"‘n 
was beginning to pink-tint the cloud 
dark. verdant, sculptured hills of Tahiti. From that entrancingly 
beautiful sunrise our attention was almost immediately diverted 
by a flotilla o^utrigger canoes swiftly being paddled out from 
shore byt a host of colorfully 
Tahitian equivalent of the Hawaiian lei) around our necks with 
a kiss on each cheek keep us from scanning the shore. Somev/here 
among the many yachts from all over the worlc^ moored along the 
sea v/all, w^as the 56-foot white-masted sloop - our home-to-be 
^h at was to transport us^bout tho - iBl anl^f or the next seven weeks. 
’#e found the "Mareva” most seaworthy^ comfortable^^^ 
commodious above deck, and well-equipped belov/ 
with refrigerator, large icachest, axixiliary diesel engine, and 
electric generator. She v/as most geYlerously made available to 
Times of Dayton, Ohio. Here it may be added that, having made 
several cruises through the islands and having become fascinated 
with the people and their history, Mrs. McConnaughy authored 
several fictionalized accounts of the yesteryears of the Polynesian 
(Eie . 
v/ay of life and love .as ?/ell as of/ycontemporary li, iii-TiniiriS!'' 
* "Point Venus^., "Tropic of Doubt", and "Here on tlxis Island". 
