A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 29
... tion to be the better part of valour , for at the faint- est movement which reveals the approach of danger they vanish into their mud - holes faster than the twinkling of an eye . Our morning halt was at Afaahiti , a small village of ...
... tion to be the better part of valour , for at the faint- est movement which reveals the approach of danger they vanish into their mud - holes faster than the twinkling of an eye . Our morning halt was at Afaahiti , a small village of ...
Page 98
... tion to paying the indemnity demanded , the people of Tahiti should , at their own expense , erect a Roman Catholic church in every district where they had built one for their congregational worship . The unhappy queen , terrified lest ...
... tion to paying the indemnity demanded , the people of Tahiti should , at their own expense , erect a Roman Catholic church in every district where they had built one for their congregational worship . The unhappy queen , terrified lest ...
Page 100
... tion of the Protectorate was merely a cloak for forcibly taking pos- session of these gems of the Pacific . The cloak was finally thrown aside in June 1880 , when King Pomare V. was persuaded by the commandant to cede the nominal ...
... tion of the Protectorate was merely a cloak for forcibly taking pos- session of these gems of the Pacific . The cloak was finally thrown aside in June 1880 , when King Pomare V. was persuaded by the commandant to cede the nominal ...
Page 103
... from 15,000 to 20,000 , does not now ex- ceed 5000 , of whom 3000 are the inhabitants of Dominique . On all the other islands the popula- tion was decimated about fifteen years ago by the so - called Peruvian labour trade - in other words.
... from 15,000 to 20,000 , does not now ex- ceed 5000 , of whom 3000 are the inhabitants of Dominique . On all the other islands the popula- tion was decimated about fifteen years ago by the so - called Peruvian labour trade - in other words.
Page 106
... tion of Fijian houses , and which are a necessary protection against the damp of these isles , whose excessive verdure tells of a heavy rainfall . The chief wealth of the people lies in their pigs , which were introduced by the ...
... tion of Fijian houses , and which are a necessary protection against the damp of these isles , whose excessive verdure tells of a heavy rainfall . The chief wealth of the people lies in their pigs , which were introduced by the ...
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