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... MANGO - STONES RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS- DEPARTURE OF THE SEIGNELAY , 264 CHAPTER XXV . HURRICANE AT THE PAUMOTUS - MAHENA PLANTATION - WATCHING FOR VESSELS - FAREWELL TO TAHITI , . 289 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME . PAO PAO , OR.
... MANGO - STONES RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS- DEPARTURE OF THE SEIGNELAY , 264 CHAPTER XXV . HURRICANE AT THE PAUMOTUS - MAHENA PLANTATION - WATCHING FOR VESSELS - FAREWELL TO TAHITI , . 289 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME . PAO PAO , OR.
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... mango , bread - fruit , banana , faes , large orange- trees , lemons , guavas , citrons , papawas , vanilla , coffee , sugar cane , maize , and cocoa - palm , gether forming a succession of the very richest foliage it is possible to ...
... mango , bread - fruit , banana , faes , large orange- trees , lemons , guavas , citrons , papawas , vanilla , coffee , sugar cane , maize , and cocoa - palm , gether forming a succession of the very richest foliage it is possible to ...
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... mango - trees and orange- trees alike laden with their half - ripe crop , and here and there we passed a fragrant rose - apple tree , the fruit of which tastes exactly like the scent of roses . But of all heavenly perfumes , commend me ...
... mango - trees and orange- trees alike laden with their half - ripe crop , and here and there we passed a fragrant rose - apple tree , the fruit of which tastes exactly like the scent of roses . But of all heavenly perfumes , commend me ...
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... mango - trees , recently imported , but now quite at home ; then a group of tall palms , or a long avenue of gigantic bananas , their leaves , sometimes twelve feet long , meeting over our heads . Then LUXURIANT VEGETATION . 39 came ...
... mango - trees , recently imported , but now quite at home ; then a group of tall palms , or a long avenue of gigantic bananas , their leaves , sometimes twelve feet long , meeting over our heads . Then LUXURIANT VEGETATION . 39 came ...
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... mangoes of Tahiti have been brought to such perfection . The con- versation turned on many subjects of interest . Amongst other things , speaking of the effect of many mingled sounds , he told us of the deafening noise produced by the ...
... mangoes of Tahiti have been brought to such perfection . The con- versation turned on many subjects of interest . Amongst other things , speaking of the effect of many mingled sounds , he told us of the deafening noise produced by the ...
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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