Show samoa again british to many englishmen the greatest interest in the capture of samoa Is the fact that it brings the grave of robert louis stevenson into the british empire again it Is IB curious to recall that when he first touched the island during the south soa eoa cruise ln in 1889 stevenson was by no means asana favorably impressed with place or people and intended to stay there i only a couple of we As to collect material for the chapter on samoa lo in his book on tho the south seas the fascination of the island grew however as tho the days went by and abandoning the project ot of a winter home in madeira in favor of samoa he bought land three miles from apia abia and except for occasional trips to sydney never left the island again |