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... native feast in a native house , which was decorated in most original style , with large patchwork quilts .
... native feast in a native house , which was decorated in most original style , with large patchwork quilts .
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... native dishes ; but its great charm consisted in the table decorations , which were most ingenious and effective . Apparently each table had a series of white marble centre - vases , which , on close in- spection , proved to be ...
... native dishes ; but its great charm consisted in the table decorations , which were most ingenious and effective . Apparently each table had a series of white marble centre - vases , which , on close in- spection , proved to be ...
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... But very often there is no leader , and appa- rently all sing according to their own sweet will . One voice commences : it may be an old native ruses . TAHITIAN HIMÈNES . 9 tune , with genuine native words 8 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... But very often there is no leader , and appa- rently all sing according to their own sweet will . One voice commences : it may be an old native ruses . TAHITIAN HIMÈNES . 9 tune , with genuine native words 8 A LADY'S CRUISE .
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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. TAHITIAN HIMÈNES . 9 tune , with genuine native words ( the meaning of which we had better not inquire ) , or it may be a Scriptural story versified , and sung to an air origin- ally imported from ...
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. TAHITIAN HIMÈNES . 9 tune , with genuine native words ( the meaning of which we had better not inquire ) , or it may be a Scriptural story versified , and sung to an air origin- ally imported from ...
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... native house ( i.e. , not built of wood , as many now are ) , it is rather like living in a bamboo cage , exceedingly airy and transparent ; but it is lined with temporary cur- tains , so we are screened from the general public . This ...
... native house ( i.e. , not built of wood , as many now are ) , it is rather like living in a bamboo cage , exceedingly airy and transparent ; but it is lined with temporary cur- tains , so we are screened from the general public . This ...
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