A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... of the skies , The sweet siesta of a summer day , The tropic afternoon of Toobonai , When every flower was bloom , and air was balm , And the first breath began to stir the palm . " -The Island : LORD BYRON . 1 All Rights reserved.
... of the skies , The sweet siesta of a summer day , The tropic afternoon of Toobonai , When every flower was bloom , and air was balm , And the first breath began to stir the palm . " -The Island : LORD BYRON . 1 All Rights reserved.
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... FLOWERS - A DESERTED COTTON PLANTATION - TAHI- TIAN DANCING THE AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS FORT OF TARAVAO , - • - CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 1 THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND TAHITI ( continued ) — FRENCH -- FORT AT TARAVOU THE PENINSULA - LIFE IN ...
... FLOWERS - A DESERTED COTTON PLANTATION - TAHI- TIAN DANCING THE AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS FORT OF TARAVAO , - • - CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 1 THE ROYAL PROGRESS ROUND TAHITI ( continued ) — FRENCH -- FORT AT TARAVOU THE PENINSULA - LIFE IN ...
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... FLOWERS - A DESERTED COTTON PLANTATION - TAHITIAN DANCING THE AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS TARAVAO . PAEA , TAHITI , Monday , Oct. 15 , 1877 . DEAREST NELL , -We have had a long and most interesting day , and I am pretty well tired out ...
... FLOWERS - A DESERTED COTTON PLANTATION - TAHITIAN DANCING THE AREOIS VANILLA PLANTATIONS TARAVAO . PAEA , TAHITI , Monday , Oct. 15 , 1877 . DEAREST NELL , -We have had a long and most interesting day , and I am pretty well tired out ...
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... flowers in their hats -a symptom of mitigated affliction , to express the pleasure that now mingles in their grief for the good queen . " Le Roi est mort , -Vive le Roi ! " But everywhere , we find all the people clothed in HOW TO MAKE ...
... flowers in their hats -a symptom of mitigated affliction , to express the pleasure that now mingles in their grief for the good queen . " Le Roi est mort , -Vive le Roi ! " But everywhere , we find all the people clothed in HOW TO MAKE ...
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... 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 silvery plume of the lightest silky film , like fairy ribbons ...
... 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 silvery plume of the lightest silky film , like fairy ribbons ...
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