A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 3
... leaves to ribbons , so that the avenues are apt to have a disjasket look . Even the commonest crops are attractive , —the Indian corn and the sugar , each growing to a height of eight or ten feet , with long leaves like gigantic grass ...
... leaves to ribbons , so that the avenues are apt to have a disjasket look . Even the commonest crops are attractive , —the Indian corn and the sugar , each growing to a height of eight or ten feet , with long leaves like gigantic grass ...
Page 4
... leaves , and broiled on the embers ; the pigs baked on hot stones in earth ovens , where the peeled bread - fruit and bunches of faes , or mountain - plantain , should likewise have been cooked ; and the only salt provided should have ...
... leaves , and broiled on the embers ; the pigs baked on hot stones in earth ovens , where the peeled bread - fruit and bunches of faes , or mountain - plantain , should likewise have been cooked ; and the only salt provided should have ...
Page 6
... leaves and tree - ferns , and festoons of deep fringe , made of hybiscus fibre , all dyed either yellow or white : there must be miles of this fringe on that house . Yellow is happily admitted in Court mourn- ing ; so the majority of ...
... leaves and tree - ferns , and festoons of deep fringe , made of hybiscus fibre , all dyed either yellow or white : there must be miles of this fringe on that house . Yellow is happily admitted in Court mourn- ing ; so the majority of ...
Page 7
... leaves , or of the glossy white 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 ...
... leaves , or of the glossy white 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 ...
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... leaves , ranging through every description of dark - green and bright - green , blue- green and sunlit yellow , till the eye is fain to rest on the sombre hair - like foliage of the iron - wood trees , which grow on the very brink of ...
... leaves , ranging through every description of dark - green and bright - green , blue- green and sunlit yellow , till the eye is fain to rest on the sombre hair - like foliage of the iron - wood trees , which grow on the very brink of ...
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