A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 11
... scarlet berries . The coffee shrubs are here made to do double duty , and serve as props for the vanilla , which is trained to creep all over them , its fragrant pods intermingling with the coffee cherries . The broad road of soft green ...
... scarlet berries . The coffee shrubs are here made to do double duty , and serve as props for the vanilla , which is trained to creep all over them , its fragrant pods intermingling with the coffee cherries . The broad road of soft green ...
Page 15
... scarlet blossom and long green pod . We halted at the melancholy deserted plantation of Atiamano , which in very recent years was the home of the manager for the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company - a reckless speculator with ...
... scarlet blossom and long green pod . We halted at the melancholy deserted plantation of Atiamano , which in very recent years was the home of the manager for the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company - a reckless speculator with ...
Page 19
... scarlet and white . After the feast we all sat out in the moonlight , listening to the himène singing , which , I need scarcely say , was lovely . But of course some dis- tricts excel , and have finer voices , more practice , and a ...
... scarlet and white . After the feast we all sat out in the moonlight , listening to the himène singing , which , I need scarcely say , was lovely . But of course some dis- tricts excel , and have finer voices , more practice , and a ...
Page 21
... scarlet or yellow hybiscus , canna , and gardenia . When we were seated , women came round bearing garlands of the delicate artificial arrowroot flowers , and crowned every one of us . Many of the party had already secured filmy plumes ...
... scarlet or yellow hybiscus , canna , and gardenia . When we were seated , women came round bearing garlands of the delicate artificial arrowroot flowers , and crowned every one of us . Many of the party had already secured filmy plumes ...
Page 23
... scarlet and black dye ; the seeds of the ver- milion - plant and charcoal furnishing the materials . At other times they wore kilts of the yellow dra- cæna and wreaths of scarlet Barringtonia . They were divided into distinct classes ...
... scarlet and black dye ; the seeds of the ver- milion - plant and charcoal furnishing the materials . At other times they wore kilts of the yellow dra- cæna and wreaths of scarlet Barringtonia . They were divided into distinct classes ...
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