A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 35
... sailing , and so plunges recklessly into this most adhesive paste , probably with the result of lifting the whole calabash , instead of the mouthful he expected . The correct method is to dip the fore - finger of the right hand in the ...
... sailing , and so plunges recklessly into this most adhesive paste , probably with the result of lifting the whole calabash , instead of the mouthful he expected . The correct method is to dip the fore - finger of the right hand in the ...
Page 48
... sail , and then hoists signals by which the good folk of Papeete learn from what direction the new- comer may be expected . Then , as she draws nearer , the signals reveal her class and her nationality . I remained for several hours ...
... sail , and then hoists signals by which the good folk of Papeete learn from what direction the new- comer may be expected . Then , as she draws nearer , the signals reveal her class and her nationality . I remained for several hours ...
Page 94
... sailing - ship , see all the wonders of the Sandwich Isles , and then return to New Zealand or Sydney before Christmas , as I had proposed doing . Neither did I at all realise how very few travel- lers have ever seen the Marquesas , and ...
... sailing - ship , see all the wonders of the Sandwich Isles , and then return to New Zealand or Sydney before Christmas , as I had proposed doing . Neither did I at all realise how very few travel- lers have ever seen the Marquesas , and ...
Page 98
... sail for some distant port , with a sensible recommendation to pursue their calling on some of the many isles which were still heathen . The French admiral now insisted that , in addi- tion to paying the indemnity demanded , the people ...
... sail for some distant port , with a sensible recommendation to pursue their calling on some of the many isles which were still heathen . The French admiral now insisted that , in addi- tion to paying the indemnity demanded , the people ...
Page 123
... sail a boat ; or act as pilot in all the harbours of the group . He will work bareheaded and barefooted , and can swim and dive in the surf like a porpoise . He is very intelligent , speaks and reads English tolerably , and , by getting ...
... sail a boat ; or act as pilot in all the harbours of the group . He will work bareheaded and barefooted , and can swim and dive in the surf like a porpoise . He is very intelligent , speaks and reads English tolerably , and , by getting ...
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