A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... BEAUTIFUL SHORE - MANUFACTURE OF ARROW- ROOT 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 ...
... BEAUTIFUL SHORE - MANUFACTURE OF ARROW- ROOT 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 ...
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... BEAUTIFUL SHORE - - MANUFACTURE OF ARROW- - FORT OF ROOT 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 ...
... BEAUTIFUL SHORE - - MANUFACTURE OF ARROW- - FORT OF ROOT 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 ...
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... beautiful valley , above which towers Le Diadème ( that same crown- shaped mountain which I told you is so grand as seen from Fautawa valley ) . Of course I had not failed to bring my large sketching - blocks ; and , thanks to the ...
... beautiful valley , above which towers Le Diadème ( that same crown- shaped mountain which I told you is so grand as seen from Fautawa valley ) . Of course I had not failed to bring my large sketching - blocks ; and , thanks to the ...
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... beautiful part - songs . Afterwards dancing was suggested ; but only a few men volunteered to show us the Upa - upa ― i.e . , the old national dance - which is merely an exceedingly ungraceful wriggle , involving violent exertion , till ...
... beautiful part - songs . Afterwards dancing was suggested ; but only a few men volunteered to show us the Upa - upa ― i.e . , the old national dance - which is merely an exceedingly ungraceful wriggle , involving violent exertion , till ...
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... beautiful choruses . A few men and one or two women began the same hideous dance with which they had favoured the company in the forenoon , but they met with small encouragement , and the singers carried the day- or rather the night . I ...
... beautiful choruses . A few men and one or two women began the same hideous dance with which they had favoured the company in the forenoon , but they met with small encouragement , and the singers carried the day- or rather the night . I ...
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