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... ARROW- ROOT FLOWERS - A DESERTED COTTON PLANTATION - TAHI- TIAN DANCING THE AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS FORT OF TARAVAO , - • - CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 1 THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND TAHITI ( continued ) — FRENCH -- FORT AT TARAVOU THE PENINSULA ...
... ARROW- ROOT FLOWERS - A DESERTED COTTON PLANTATION - TAHI- TIAN DANCING THE AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS FORT OF TARAVAO , - • - CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 1 THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND TAHITI ( continued ) — FRENCH -- FORT AT TARAVOU THE PENINSULA ...
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... arrowroot fibre , or bamboo fibre , which are used in making wreaths and hats ; and from some there floated a silvery plume of the lightest silky film , like fairy ribbons . This is the snowy reva - reva , extracted from the interior of ...
... arrowroot fibre , or bamboo fibre , which are used in making wreaths and hats ; and from some there floated a silvery plume of the lightest silky film , like fairy ribbons . This is the snowy reva - reva , extracted from the interior of ...
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... arrowroot and bamboo flowers . Then we adjourned to the grassy shore , and watched the clear full moon rise from the calm sea , while the glee - singers sang their soft beautiful choruses . A few men and one or two women began the same ...
... arrowroot and bamboo flowers . Then we adjourned to the grassy shore , and watched the clear full moon rise from the calm sea , while the glee - singers sang their soft beautiful choruses . A few men and one or two women began the same ...
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... fairy canopy , through which we looked up to the clearest blue heaven . I think it must be a cold unthankful heart that could so look up , without some echo of the Benedicite- HOW TO MAKE ARROWROOT - STRAW . 13 " O 12 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... fairy canopy , through which we looked up to the clearest blue heaven . I think it must be a cold unthankful heart that could so look up , without some echo of the Benedicite- HOW TO MAKE ARROWROOT - STRAW . 13 " O 12 A LADY'S CRUISE .
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... arrowroot fibre , each stitched on separately . To the queen , the admiral , and myself , were presented most lovely crowns of the same silvery arrowroot ; while for the gentlemen were provided garlands and necklaces of fragrant white ...
... arrowroot fibre , each stitched on separately . To the queen , the admiral , and myself , were presented most lovely crowns of the same silvery arrowroot ; while for the gentlemen were provided garlands and necklaces of fragrant white ...
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