A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 11
... blossom of the Tahitian chestnut , a noble forest - tree , with rich dark foliage , standing out in strong relief from the cool grey - greens of the hybiscus , with the lemon - coloured blossoms , which clothes the base of.
... blossom of the Tahitian chestnut , a noble forest - tree , with rich dark foliage , standing out in strong relief from the cool grey - greens of the hybiscus , with the lemon - coloured blossoms , which clothes the base of.
Page 12
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. lemon - coloured blossoms , which clothes the base of the mountains . Beyond that belt of cool shadow the great green hills tower in strange fantastic form , seamed by deep valleys , down which pour ...
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. lemon - coloured blossoms , which clothes the base of the mountains . Beyond that belt of cool shadow the great green hills tower in strange fantastic form , seamed by deep valleys , down which pour ...
Page 13
... blossoms , and charming hats of white 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 ...
... blossoms , and charming hats of white 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 ...
Page 14
... , the crops left to run wild , and are now rank strag- gling bushes struggling for life with the overmas- tering vines . In itself the cotton is a pretty shrub , THE STORY OF A FAILURE . 15 its yellow blossom 14 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... , the crops left to run wild , and are now rank strag- gling bushes struggling for life with the overmas- tering vines . In itself the cotton is a pretty shrub , THE STORY OF A FAILURE . 15 its yellow blossom 14 A LADY'S CRUISE .
Page 15
... blossom and long green pod . We halted at the melancholy deserted plantation of Atiamano , which in very recent years was the home of the manager for the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company - a reckless speculator with the ...
... blossom and long green pod . We halted at the melancholy deserted plantation of Atiamano , which in very recent years was the home of the manager for the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company - a reckless speculator with the ...
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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