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April 4, 1836. Over the eastern spread of the Indian Ocean, the reliable northeast winds of the rainstorm season have started to offer a path to the quiet days of summer. On the Keeling Islands, two little atolls made out of twenty-seven coral islands 600 miles west of Sumatra, the emerald waters are invitingly peaceful and warm, their tone upgraded by the splendid white sand of disintegrated coral.