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... island and the genial soil , The friendly hearts , the feasts without a toil ,. The courteous manners , but from nature caught , The wealth unhoarded , and the love unbought . The soil where every cottage showed a home , The sea ...
... island and the genial soil , The friendly hearts , the feasts without a toil ,. The courteous manners , but from nature caught , The wealth unhoarded , and the love unbought . The soil where every cottage showed a home , The sea ...
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... At the head of the singers stood Marau's aunt , Minito , a true Tahitian chiefess , sister to Mrs Salmon , and widow of Mr Sumner , a Sandwich Island half - white . FLORAL JEWELS . 21 The rain having ceased , we 20 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... At the head of the singers stood Marau's aunt , Minito , a true Tahitian chiefess , sister to Mrs Salmon , and widow of Mr Sumner , a Sandwich Island half - white . FLORAL JEWELS . 21 The rain having ceased , we 20 A LADY'S CRUISE .
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... island , as it still is in Hawaii . I do not think it was ever used in the isles further west , where the bread - fruit is a very inferior tree to what it is in this , its native home . Most of the poi which is consumed in Hawaii is ...
... island , as it still is in Hawaii . I do not think it was ever used in the isles further west , where the bread - fruit is a very inferior tree to what it is in this , its native home . Most of the poi which is consumed in Hawaii is ...
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... island which we passed on the morning of our arrival in Tahiti , and of which Mrs Brander is the high chiefess . I hear that there is a chance of letters being de- spatched by some vessel , so I may as well close this . Your loving ...
... island which we passed on the morning of our arrival in Tahiti , and of which Mrs Brander is the high chiefess . I hear that there is a chance of letters being de- spatched by some vessel , so I may as well close this . Your loving ...
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... island , it only needed the arrival of a trading ship , and of a cask of spirits , to produce an outbreak on the part of King Tamatoa ( not the present man ) , which was instantly followed by the mass of the people , who in their ...
... island , it only needed the arrival of a trading ship , and of a cask of spirits , to produce an outbreak on the part of King Tamatoa ( not the present man ) , which was instantly followed by the mass of the people , who in their ...
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