"And it is colourful life, to say the least.
The Solomons ought to be printed red on the charts--and yellow, too, for the diseases." "The Solomons are not always like this," Sheldon answered.

"Of course, Berande is the worst plantation, and everything it gets is the worst.

I doubt if ever there was a worse run of sickness than we were just getting over when you arrived.

Just as luck would have it, the _Jessie_ caught the contagion as well.

Berande has been very unfortunate.