A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... MOOREA - AN ANCIENT PLACE OF SACRIFICE - ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. SHAH - HOSPITALITIES ON LAND AND WATER CHAPTER XXIII . THE ATOLL GROUP OF TETIAROA , 93 144 175 · 189 215 . 235 258 CONTENTS . vii CHAPTER XXIV . NEW YEAR'S DAY IN vi CONTENTS .
... MOOREA - AN ANCIENT PLACE OF SACRIFICE - ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. SHAH - HOSPITALITIES ON LAND AND WATER CHAPTER XXIII . THE ATOLL GROUP OF TETIAROA , 93 144 175 · 189 215 . 235 258 CONTENTS . vii CHAPTER XXIV . NEW YEAR'S DAY IN vi CONTENTS .
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... land have been laid out for scientific planting of cotton and coffee ; and after all , the fields have been abandoned , the crops left to run wild , and are now rank strag- gling bushes struggling for life with the overmas- tering vines ...
... land have been laid out for scientific planting of cotton and coffee ; and after all , the fields have been abandoned , the crops left to run wild , and are now rank strag- gling bushes struggling for life with the overmas- tering vines ...
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... land - crabs out of their holes , for truly they were legion , and all were busily feeding , till , aware of a footstep , they darted back to their burrows . In some spots they clustered in such numbers that the whole bank seemed in ...
... land - crabs out of their holes , for truly they were legion , and all were busily feeding , till , aware of a footstep , they darted back to their burrows . In some spots they clustered in such numbers that the whole bank seemed in ...
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... land the finger in the mouth , and draw it back quite free from the paste , and ready to repeat the process . Two or more persons generally eat out of the same bowl , in which case they have cocoa - nut shells of fresh water beside them ...
... land the finger in the mouth , and draw it back quite free from the paste , and ready to repeat the process . Two or more persons generally eat out of the same bowl , in which case they have cocoa - nut shells of fresh water beside them ...
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... land . Yet a plant which so generously yields food for man and beast , and abundant fuel , is surely not altogether evil ! Amongst all this wealth of food- producing vegetation , I sometimes looked in vain for any trees that were merely ...
... land . Yet a plant which so generously yields food for man and beast , and abundant fuel , is surely not altogether evil ! Amongst all this wealth of food- producing vegetation , I sometimes looked in vain for any trees that were merely ...
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