Excerpt from Betel-Nut Island: Personal Experiences and Adventures in the Eastern Tropics 'Towards the close of his life, as he one day watched from his rustic seat his daughter's little ones scampering round the garden in the morning sunshine, wild with glee, his words were: Attend to the happiness of children. Mankind are always happier for having been happy, and a happy childhood is the last remembrance which clings to us in old age. I have always regretted that I had recollections. ' Reid's Life of Sydney Smith. 'These hours were seed to all my after good;My infant gladness, through eye, ear, and touch, Took easily as warmth a various foodTo urish the sweet skill of loving much.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.