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... COPRA BY THE ISLAND SHORE • 38 · 46 56 58 62 QUEEN MAKEA'S PALACE MAKEA'S SUMMER COTTAGE QUEEN MAKEA , COOK ISLANDS . 68 • 68 HEIGHT 6 FT . 4 IN . 72 PRINCE NGAMARU , LATE HUSBAND OF QUEEN MAKEA WOMEN OF RARATONGA MAT - MAKING · 78 90 ...
... COPRA BY THE ISLAND SHORE • 38 · 46 56 58 62 QUEEN MAKEA'S PALACE MAKEA'S SUMMER COTTAGE QUEEN MAKEA , COOK ISLANDS . 68 • 68 HEIGHT 6 FT . 4 IN . 72 PRINCE NGAMARU , LATE HUSBAND OF QUEEN MAKEA WOMEN OF RARATONGA MAT - MAKING · 78 90 ...
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... copra ( dried cocoanut kernel ) are charms that can raise in an instant for any old island wanderer , in the farthest corners of the earth , the glowing vision of the wonderful South Sea world . ... Smells are surer than sounds or ...
... copra ( dried cocoanut kernel ) are charms that can raise in an instant for any old island wanderer , in the farthest corners of the earth , the glowing vision of the wonderful South Sea world . ... Smells are surer than sounds or ...
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... is in rather a languishing state . The group exports copra , vanilla , pearl - shell , and fruit , but the trade with America was so much on the down - grade during the time of my visit that steamers were leaving the port with empty holds .
... is in rather a languishing state . The group exports copra , vanilla , pearl - shell , and fruit , but the trade with America was so much on the down - grade during the time of my visit that steamers were leaving the port with empty holds .
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... shape and size as the brown old nuts that come by ship to England , but much younger and more brittle , for only the smallest of the old nuts , which are not wanted in the islands for copra - making , are generally exported . 3.
... shape and size as the brown old nuts that come by ship to England , but much younger and more brittle , for only the smallest of the old nuts , which are not wanted in the islands for copra - making , are generally exported . 3.
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Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw. islands for copra - making , are generally exported . A large knife is used to crack the top of the nut all round , like an egg - shell , and the drink is ready , a draught of pure water , slightly sweet and just ...
Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw. islands for copra - making , are generally exported . A large knife is used to crack the top of the nut all round , like an egg - shell , and the drink is ready , a draught of pure water , slightly sweet and just ...
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