A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 18
... excellent lobsters and crabs , huge fresh - water prawns , deli- cate little oysters , which grow on the roots and branches of the mangrove , which fringes some WHITE CRAY - FISH . 19 muddy parts of the 18 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... excellent lobsters and crabs , huge fresh - water prawns , deli- cate little oysters , which grow on the roots and branches of the mangrove , which fringes some WHITE CRAY - FISH . 19 muddy parts of the 18 A LADY'S CRUISE .
Page 19
... excellent of all is another product of the briny mud , altogether new to me a hideous but truly delicious white cray- fish ( cankrelat de mer , my French friends call it , varo or wurrali in Tahitian ) . We have all regis- tered a ...
... excellent of all is another product of the briny mud , altogether new to me a hideous but truly delicious white cray- fish ( cankrelat de mer , my French friends call it , varo or wurrali in Tahitian ) . We have all regis- tered a ...
Page 26
... excellent room was most kindly assigned to me . Marau and Ariiaue have gone on to another village , where we are to join them in the morning . The French soldiers here employ some of their leisure hours in the care of a garden , which ...
... excellent room was most kindly assigned to me . Marau and Ariiaue have gone on to another village , where we are to join them in the morning . The French soldiers here employ some of their leisure hours in the care of a garden , which ...
Page 30
... excellent quarters had been prepared for us all in different houses . The best house of three rooms was assigned to the admiral , his son , and myself ; and here I am now cosily ensconced for a chat with you . My room , which opens out ...
... excellent quarters had been prepared for us all in different houses . The best house of three rooms was assigned to the admiral , his son , and myself ; and here I am now cosily ensconced for a chat with you . My room , which opens out ...
Page 32
... 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 .
... 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 .
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