A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 6
... bamboo sides , quite transparent . Here dinner was laid , in European style , for 300 guests , —an upper table at one end , where the chiefs of the district entertained the royal party . Other tables were ranged down each side of the ...
... bamboo sides , quite transparent . Here dinner was laid , in European style , for 300 guests , —an upper table at one end , where the chiefs of the district entertained the royal party . Other tables were ranged down each side of the ...
Page 7
... bamboo fibre , which are used in making wreaths and hats ; and from some there floated a silvery plume of the lightest silky film , like fairy ribbons . This is the snowy reva - reva , extracted from the interior of young cocoa - palm ...
... bamboo fibre , which are used in making wreaths and hats ; and from some there floated a silvery plume of the lightest silky film , like fairy ribbons . This is the snowy reva - reva , extracted from the interior of young cocoa - palm ...
Page 8
... bamboo flowers . Then we adjourned to the grassy shore , and watched the clear full moon rise from the calm sea , while the glee - singers sang their soft beautiful choruses . A few men and one or two women began the same hideous dance ...
... bamboo flowers . Then we adjourned to the grassy shore , and watched the clear full moon rise from the calm sea , while the glee - singers sang their soft beautiful choruses . A few men and one or two women began the same hideous dance ...
Page 13
... bamboo fibre , manufactured by the ladies and their attendants . I may as well tell you how the lovely arrowroot fibre is obtained . It is the inner coating of the flower - stalk , which is a hollow stem like that of hemlock , and grows ...
... bamboo fibre , manufactured by the ladies and their attendants . I may as well tell you how the lovely arrowroot fibre is obtained . It is the inner coating of the flower - stalk , which is a hollow stem like that of hemlock , and grows ...
Page 14
... Bamboo is prepared in much the same man- ner , but is a harsher material to work , and much less ornamental . The house at Papara , and the large breakfast- room , were most tastefully decorated with great tree- ferns and bright yellow ...
... Bamboo is prepared in much the same man- ner , but is a harsher material to work , and much less ornamental . The house at Papara , and the large breakfast- room , were most tastefully decorated with great tree- ferns and bright yellow ...
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