A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... SOUTH SEA STORE - A BATHING PIC- NIC THE MARQUESANS - TATTOOING - ANCIENT GAMES OF THEORY OF A NORTHERLY TAHITI MALAY DESCENT -- MIGRATION , CHAPTER XIX . LIFE IN PAPEETE - THE MARKET - CHURCHES - COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS ...
... SOUTH SEA STORE - A BATHING PIC- NIC THE MARQUESANS - TATTOOING - ANCIENT GAMES OF THEORY OF A NORTHERLY TAHITI MALAY DESCENT -- MIGRATION , CHAPTER XIX . LIFE IN PAPEETE - THE MARKET - CHURCHES - COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS ...
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... sea comes rolling in from the west or south - west , and , sweep- ing over the reef , bursts violently on the shore . I do not know whether any scientific theory has VOL . II . Ꭰ been propounded concerning this tidal eccentricity ...
... sea comes rolling in from the west or south - west , and , sweep- ing over the reef , bursts violently on the shore . I do not know whether any scientific theory has VOL . II . Ꭰ been propounded concerning this tidal eccentricity ...
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... sea and sky . At other times the sport lies in some form of netting . A whole company of women assemble , laughing and chattering as only South Sea Islanders can . Perhaps a dozen are told off to carry a great net , which they sink when ...
... sea and sky . At other times the sport lies in some form of netting . A whole company of women assemble , laughing and chattering as only South Sea Islanders can . Perhaps a dozen are told off to carry a great net , which they sink when ...
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... South Sea Bubbles . ' Just now every one is anxious about her , for she is daily expecting a small addition to her family , and is exceedingly ill with influenza ― a very violent form of which has recently broken out , severely ...
... South Sea Bubbles . ' Just now every one is anxious about her , for she is daily expecting a small addition to her family , and is exceedingly ill with influenza ― a very violent form of which has recently broken out , severely ...
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... South Sea paradise . All to - day we have had a suc- cession of visits from my kind friends of the Seigne- lay , to urge my giving up Honolulu in favour of Les Marquises , or , if that could not be , to faire les adieux . At the very ...
... South Sea paradise . All to - day we have had a suc- cession of visits from my kind friends of the Seigne- lay , to urge my giving up Honolulu in favour of Les Marquises , or , if that could not be , to faire les adieux . At the very ...
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