A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 6
... bright quilts and snowy linen . The king and queen , and all the officers , and the band , have their quarters in different houses . - But the pride of the district is its very large house for public entertainment , a long building ...
... bright quilts and snowy linen . The king and queen , and all the officers , and the band , have their quarters in different houses . - But the pride of the district is its very large house for public entertainment , a long building ...
Page 7
... bright colours , long glossy tresses , and gay wreaths . Here , even the district flag - staff is adorned with a deep fringe of black fibre . We went to dinner in most orthodox fashion , the admiral conducting Marau , and Ariiaue taking ...
... bright colours , long glossy tresses , and gay wreaths . Here , even the district flag - staff is adorned with a deep fringe of black fibre . We went to dinner in most orthodox fashion , the admiral conducting Marau , and Ariiaue taking ...
Page 11
... 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 brink of the sea , their long tresses literally drooping to the water . We ...
... 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 brink of the sea , their long tresses literally drooping to the water . We ...
Page 14
... bright yellow 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 ...
... bright yellow 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 ...
Page 18
... bright coloured calico , which , knotted over one shoulder , forms an efficient and picturesque bath- ing - gown . - We returned just in time for such a fish - dinner as Greenwich never equalled . Fish of all sorts and kinds ( cooked ...
... bright coloured calico , which , knotted over one shoulder , forms an efficient and picturesque bath- ing - gown . - We returned just in time for such a fish - dinner as Greenwich never equalled . Fish of all sorts and kinds ( cooked ...
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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