A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 2
... banana , faes , large orange- 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 ...
... banana , faes , large orange- 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 ...
Page 7
... banana - stalk . In these were arranged all manner of artificial flowers , made of coloured leaves , or of the glossy white arrowroot fibre , or bamboo fibre , which are used in making wreaths and hats ; and from some there floated a ...
... banana - stalk . In these were arranged all manner of artificial flowers , made of coloured leaves , or of the glossy white arrowroot fibre , or bamboo fibre , which are used in making wreaths and hats ; and from some there floated a ...
Page 11
... banana - leaves , ranging through every description of dark - green and bright - green , blue- green and sunlit yellow , till the eye is fain to rest on the sombre hair - like foliage of the iron - wood trees , which grow on the very ...
... banana - leaves , ranging through every description of dark - green and bright - green , blue- green and sunlit yellow , till the eye is fain to rest on the sombre hair - like foliage of the iron - wood trees , which grow on the very ...
Page 14
... banana - leaves , plaited to form a sort of fringe . Wild melodious himènes were sung all the time of the feast , and afterwards the band played operatic airs till 3 o'clock , when we once more started on our journey . In this district ...
... banana - leaves , plaited to form a sort of fringe . Wild melodious himènes were sung all the time of the feast , and afterwards the band played operatic airs till 3 o'clock , when we once more started on our journey . In this district ...
Page 19
... banana root - stem , just like alabaster , with a fringe of large prawns at the top , and a frieze of small lobsters below - a very effective study of scarlet and white . After the feast we all sat out in the moonlight , listening to ...
... banana root - stem , just like alabaster , with a fringe of large prawns at the top , and a frieze of small lobsters below - a very effective study of scarlet and white . After the feast we all sat out in the moonlight , listening to ...
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admiral Anaa Arawais AREOIS Ariiaue arrival arrowroot assembled bamboo bananas band barrier-reef beautiful bêche-de-mer beneath blossoms boats Brander bread-fruit breakfast bright canoe carried charming chief Christians church cocoa-nut cocoa-palm colour coral course crags dance delicate delight district divers early excellent Fautawa favour feast feet fibre Fiji fish flowers foliage French friends fruit Gilbert Islanders green guava Happily harbour heathen himènes Honolulu hybiscus idols island King Pomare lagoon land leaves lovely luxury mangoes marae Maramma Marau Marquesas Mata Mata miles mission missionaries Moorea morning mountains native neighbours never night offered palm pandanus Papeete party Paumotus plantation pleasant Polynesia pretty Queen reef round sail Samoa Sandwich Isles scarlet seems seen Seignelay shells ship shore sort South Sea stone strange Tahiti Tahitian tattooed Tetiaroa tion Tonga trees valley vanilla vessel village whole wild women yellow