Note 6 — Chapter XIII
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It is on record that Mr Stevenson, who always talked to a compatriot when he could, was, à propos of his home in Samoa, told by a sailor with whom he was having a chat, that he 'would rather gang hame an' be hanged in auld Scotland than come an' live in this —— hole.' No doubt, Mr Stevenson appreciated the sturdy mariner's patriotism, although it was expressed in language more forcible than polite!