A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... FRUIT — PACK- ING MANGO - STONES RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS- DEPARTURE OF THE SEIGNELAY , 264 CHAPTER XXV . HURRICANE AT THE PAUMOTUS - MAHENA PLANTATION - WATCHING FOR VESSELS - FAREWELL TO TAHITI , . 289 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND ...
... FRUIT — PACK- ING MANGO - STONES RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS- DEPARTURE OF THE SEIGNELAY , 264 CHAPTER XXV . HURRICANE AT THE PAUMOTUS - MAHENA PLANTATION - WATCHING FOR VESSELS - FAREWELL TO TAHITI , . 289 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND ...
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... fruit , banana , faes , large orange- trees , lemons , guavas , citrons , papawas , vanilla , coffee , sugar cane , maize , and cocoa - palm , gether forming a succession of the very richest foliage it is possible to conceive ...
... fruit , banana , faes , large orange- trees , lemons , guavas , citrons , papawas , vanilla , coffee , sugar cane , maize , and cocoa - palm , gether forming a succession of the very richest foliage it is possible to conceive ...
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... fruit and bunches of faes , or mountain - plantain , should likewise have been cooked ; and the only salt provided should have been a little sea - water in a cocoa - nut shell . But Tahiti has gone ahead so fast , that I cannot answer ...
... fruit and bunches of faes , or mountain - plantain , should likewise have been cooked ; and the only salt provided should have been a little sea - water in a cocoa - nut shell . But Tahiti has gone ahead so fast , that I cannot answer ...
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... fruit trees with large pale - green fruit , dark mango - trees and orange- trees alike laden with their half - ripe crop , and here and there we passed a fragrant rose - apple tree , the fruit of which tastes exactly like the scent of ...
... fruit trees with large pale - green fruit , dark mango - trees and orange- trees alike laden with their half - ripe crop , and here and there we passed a fragrant rose - apple tree , the fruit of which tastes exactly like the scent of ...
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... fruit bark , and covered with flowers and twists of the glossy arrowroot fibre , each stitched on separately . To the queen , the admiral , and myself , were presented most lovely crowns of the same silvery arrowroot ; while for the ...
... fruit bark , and covered with flowers and twists of the glossy arrowroot fibre , each stitched on separately . To the queen , the admiral , and myself , were presented most lovely crowns of the same silvery arrowroot ; while for 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