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Page 2
... guavas , citrons , papawas , vanilla , coffee , sugar cane , maize , and cocoa - palm , gether forming a succession of the very richest foliage it is possible to conceive . Sometimes we amused ourselves by counting such few trees as are ...
... guavas , citrons , papawas , vanilla , coffee , sugar cane , maize , and cocoa - palm , gether forming a succession of the very richest foliage it is possible to conceive . Sometimes we amused ourselves by counting such few trees as are ...
Page 17
... guava scrub , and the whole place is a picture of desolation ; nothing flourishes save the long avenue of plantains , which , Tahiti fashion , are planted on either side of the road . It seems strange that no enterprising person should ...
... guava scrub , and the whole place is a picture of desolation ; nothing flourishes save the long avenue of plantains , which , Tahiti fashion , are planted on either side of the road . It seems strange that no enterprising person should ...
Page 39
... guava - bushes . These grow wild over the whole country , loaded with large , excellent fruit , and , moreover , supply the whole fuel of the isles , and good food for cattle . They are all self- sown , -descendants of a few plants ...
... guava - bushes . These grow wild over the whole country , loaded with large , excellent fruit , and , moreover , supply the whole fuel of the isles , and good food for cattle . They are all self- sown , -descendants of a few plants ...
Page 105
... guavas , papaws , and all manner of tropical fruits ripened unheeded , for there were none to gather them . Thus where a few years ago the natives could be counted by thousands , there are now only scat- tered villages , thinly peopled ...
... guavas , papaws , and all manner of tropical fruits ripened unheeded , for there were none to gather them . Thus where a few years ago the natives could be counted by thousands , there are now only scat- tered villages , thinly peopled ...
Page 119
... guava , South Sea chestnut , and ever so many other trees , all growing in richest beauty ; and every rock and pinnacle is carpeted with mosses and grasses , or festooned with tropical vines . The precipitous crags all around are so ...
... guava , South Sea chestnut , and ever so many other trees , all growing in richest beauty ; and every rock and pinnacle is carpeted with mosses and grasses , or festooned with tropical vines . The precipitous crags all around are so ...
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admiral Anaa Arawais AREOIS Ariiaue arrival arrowroot assembled bamboo bananas band barrier-reef beautiful bêche-de-mer beneath blossoms boats Brander bread-fruit breakfast bright canoe carried charming chief Christians church cocoa-nut cocoa-palm colour coral course crags dance delicate delight district divers early excellent Fautawa favour feast feet fibre Fiji fish flowers foliage French friends fruit Gilbert Islanders green guava Happily harbour heathen himènes Honolulu hybiscus idols island King Pomare lagoon land leaves lovely luxury mangoes marae Maramma Marau Marquesas Mata Mata miles mission missionaries Moorea morning mountains native neighbours never night offered palm pandanus Papeete party Paumotus plantation pleasant Polynesia pretty Queen reef round sail Samoa Sandwich Isles scarlet seems seen Seignelay shells ship shore sort South Sea stone strange Tahiti Tahitian tattooed Tetiaroa tion Tonga trees valley vanilla vessel village whole wild women yellow