A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... TREE - PLANTATION LIFE - VANILLA CROPS - CAT- AND - DOG LIFE - A FOILED ASSASSIN - THE TROPICS OF TO- DAY - ENGLAND IN DAYS OF YORE - AMONG THE CRAGS- INFANTICIDE - HEATHEN DAYS , CHAPTER XXII . LIFE ON MOOREA - AN ANCIENT PLACE OF ...
... TREE - PLANTATION LIFE - VANILLA CROPS - CAT- AND - DOG LIFE - A FOILED ASSASSIN - THE TROPICS OF TO- DAY - ENGLAND IN DAYS OF YORE - AMONG THE CRAGS- INFANTICIDE - HEATHEN DAYS , CHAPTER XXII . LIFE ON MOOREA - AN ANCIENT PLACE OF ...
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... 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 conceive . Sometimes we amused ourselves by counting such ...
... 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 conceive . Sometimes we amused ourselves by counting such ...
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... belt of green turf and fine old iron- wood trees . Here our night quarters were assigned to us ; and certainly we are in clover . I am now sitting in " my own room " -one of four good bed- rooms , opening off a large centre room , -all.
... belt of green turf and fine old iron- wood trees . Here our night quarters were assigned to us ; and certainly we are in clover . I am now sitting in " my own room " -one of four good bed- rooms , opening off a large centre room , -all.
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... 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 the people ...
... 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 the people ...
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... trees ( casuarina ) . At 7 o'clock our pro- cession started ; every one cheery and good - tem- pered ; on every side hearty greetings- " Yarra na ! Yarra na ! " and sounds of careless laughter , and merry voices . There is certainly a ...
... trees ( casuarina ) . At 7 o'clock our pro- cession started ; every one cheery and good - tem- pered ; on every side hearty greetings- " Yarra na ! Yarra na ! " and sounds of careless laughter , and merry voices . There is certainly a ...
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