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... PAPEETE , 28 CHAPTER XV . THE SEMAPHORE IMMUTABLE TIDES THE CORAL REEF- SPEARING FISH - NETTING - CATCHING SHARKS - A ROYAL MAUSOLEUM - SUPERSTITIONS OF EAST AND WEST - CENTI- PEDES -INTOXICATING DRINKS - INFLUENZA MRS SIMPSON , DEATH ...
... PAPEETE , 28 CHAPTER XV . THE SEMAPHORE IMMUTABLE TIDES THE CORAL REEF- SPEARING FISH - NETTING - CATCHING SHARKS - A ROYAL MAUSOLEUM - SUPERSTITIONS OF EAST AND WEST - CENTI- PEDES -INTOXICATING DRINKS - INFLUENZA MRS SIMPSON , DEATH ...
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... PAPEETE - THE MARKET - CHURCHES - COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS , CHAPTER XX . VISIT TO THE PROTESTANT MISSION ON MOOREA - A SKETCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MISSION , CHAPTER XXI . A HEALING TREE - PLANTATION LIFE - VANILLA CROPS ...
... PAPEETE - THE MARKET - CHURCHES - COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS , CHAPTER XX . VISIT TO THE PROTESTANT MISSION ON MOOREA - A SKETCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE MISSION , CHAPTER XXI . A HEALING TREE - PLANTATION LIFE - VANILLA CROPS ...
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... Papeete as unfit for use ; but to me , after long experience of Fijian mildew , it proved an unspeakable prize . M. Fayzeau , himself a grace- ful artist , helped me quickly to select the very best spot for a sketch , from near a ruined ...
... Papeete as unfit for use ; but to me , after long experience of Fijian mildew , it proved an unspeakable prize . M. Fayzeau , himself a grace- ful artist , helped me quickly to select the very best spot for a sketch , from near a ruined ...
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... Papeete , on their way to join their mother , Mrs Salmon , who , as high chiefess of the next district , is to receive her daughter to - morrow morning . All the time I have been writing to you , there have been occasional bursts of ...
... Papeete , on their way to join their mother , Mrs Salmon , who , as high chiefess of the next district , is to receive her daughter to - morrow morning . All the time I have been writing to you , there have been occasional bursts of ...
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... Papeete . We have taken the jour- ney in such enjoyably short stages , that we have certainly made the most of our distance . Now we are approaching the southern peninsula , which is connected with this , the main isle , by a com ...
... Papeete . We have taken the jour- ney in such enjoyably short stages , that we have certainly made the most of our distance . Now we are approaching the southern peninsula , which is connected with this , the main isle , by a com ...
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