A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 35
Page 6
... chiefs of the district entertained the royal party . Other tables were ranged down each side of the building , —each family in the neighbour- hood undertaking to provide for one , and there assemble their own friends . The whole great ...
... chiefs of the district entertained the royal party . Other tables were ranged down each side of the building , —each family in the neighbour- hood undertaking to provide for one , and there assemble their own friends . The whole great ...
Page 22
... chiefs , in their first anxiety to put away every trace of heathenism . But under French influence it has been revived ... chief , and had to be provided for by the villagers , whom they entertained by acting pantomimes and reciting ...
... chiefs , in their first anxiety to put away every trace of heathenism . But under French influence it has been revived ... chief , and had to be provided for by the villagers , whom they entertained by acting pantomimes and reciting ...
Page 29
... chief , for which reason it had been arranged that he should sleep there last night . We found Marau and the ladies of the village stringing wreaths of sweet white blossoms , with which they crowned themselves and us ; and then we all ...
... chief , for which reason it had been arranged that he should sleep there last night . We found Marau and the ladies of the village stringing wreaths of sweet white blossoms , with which they crowned themselves and us ; and then we all ...
Page 32
... of fish and fruit , flesh and fowl . Everywhere those excellent white crayfish , the varo , are our chief delicacy . Here 1 My soul is defiled with sin . THE PENINSULA . 33 and there pine - apples are 32 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... of fish and fruit , flesh and fowl . Everywhere those excellent white crayfish , the varo , are our chief delicacy . Here 1 My soul is defiled with sin . THE PENINSULA . 33 and there pine - apples are 32 A LADY'S CRUISE .
Page 37
... chief , and they are now sleeping peacefully , as we should also be doing so good - night . TARAVOU , Sunday , 21st . Being a light sleeper , I was awakened long before dawn by hearing Ariiaue and his com- panion astir , and soon after ...
... chief , and they are now sleeping peacefully , as we should also be doing so good - night . TARAVOU , Sunday , 21st . Being a light sleeper , I was awakened long before dawn by hearing Ariiaue and his com- panion astir , and soon after ...
Common terms and phrases
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