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-LSB- Footnote : See L. Kluck . _ Traffic Conditions in the South Seas _ , Chap . IV. , pp. 83-92 . -RSB- It was precisely noon , daylight-saving time , on July 4th , 1921 , when I stood on the corner referred to and , strange to say , found it practically deserted . To be more accurate , I stood on the deck of my auxiliary yawl , the Kawa , and she , the Kawa , wallowed on the corner mentioned . To all intents and purposes our ship 's company was alone . We had the comforting knowledge that on our right , as one faced the bow , were the Gilbert and Marshall groups -LRB- including the Sandwiches -RRB- , on our left the Society , Friendly and Loyalty Archipelagoes , back of us the Marquesas and Paumotus and , directly on our course , the Carolines and Solomons , celebrated for their beautiful women .