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... AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS FORT OF TARAVAO , - • - CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 1 THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND TAHITI ( continued ) — FRENCH -- FORT AT TARAVOU THE PENINSULA - LIFE IN BIRD - CAGE HOUSES TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION - RETURN TO PAPEETE , 28 ...
... AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS FORT OF TARAVAO , - • - CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 1 THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND TAHITI ( continued ) — FRENCH -- FORT AT TARAVOU THE PENINSULA - LIFE IN BIRD - CAGE HOUSES TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION - RETURN TO PAPEETE , 28 ...
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... AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS TARAVAO . PAEA , TAHITI , Monday , Oct. 15 , 1877 . DEAREST NELL , -We have had a long and most interesting day , and I am pretty well tired out . Still I must begin a journal letter to - night , as we start ...
... AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS TARAVAO . PAEA , TAHITI , Monday , Oct. 15 , 1877 . DEAREST NELL , -We have had a long and most interesting day , and I am pretty well tired out . Still I must begin a journal letter to - night , as we start ...
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... Areois -religious fanatics and libertines of the vilest order , who were held in reverent awe by the people , and allowed every sort of privilege . They travelled from village to village in very large companies , sometimes filling from ...
... Areois -religious fanatics and libertines of the vilest order , who were held in reverent awe by the people , and allowed every sort of privilege . They travelled from village to village in very large companies , sometimes filling from ...
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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. THE AREOIS SECT . 23 songs in their honour , wrestling , gesticulating , and ... Areoi was allowed to rear his offspring . Celibacy was by no means enjoined.
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. THE AREOIS SECT . 23 songs in their honour , wrestling , gesticulating , and ... Areoi was allowed to rear his offspring . Celibacy was by no means enjoined.
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... Areoi had an acknowledged wife , who was a mem- ber of the society : but of the innumerable children of these favoured ... Areois were among their earliest and most zealous converts and steady ad- herents , and became hard - working and ...
... Areoi had an acknowledged wife , who was a mem- ber of the society : but of the innumerable children of these favoured ... Areois were among their earliest and most zealous converts and steady ad- herents , and became hard - working and ...
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