A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 15
Page
... TROPICS OF TO- DAY - ENGLAND IN DAYS OF YORE - AMONG THE CRAGS- INFANTICIDE - HEATHEN DAYS , CHAPTER XXII . LIFE ON MOOREA - AN ANCIENT PLACE OF SACRIFICE - ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. SHAH - HOSPITALITIES ON LAND AND WATER CHAPTER XXIII . THE ...
... TROPICS OF TO- DAY - ENGLAND IN DAYS OF YORE - AMONG THE CRAGS- INFANTICIDE - HEATHEN DAYS , CHAPTER XXII . LIFE ON MOOREA - AN ANCIENT PLACE OF SACRIFICE - ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. SHAH - HOSPITALITIES ON LAND AND WATER CHAPTER XXIII . THE ...
Page 36
... tropics , the sun sets all the year round at about six o'clock , rising at about the same hour in the morning . We often think enviously of your long summer twilight . But then , on the other hand , we have no short , dark , winter days ...
... tropics , the sun sets all the year round at about six o'clock , rising at about the same hour in the morning . We often think enviously of your long summer twilight . But then , on the other hand , we have no short , dark , winter days ...
Page 54
... tropics , where , however , as a rule , they are only obtained by pro- fessional divers . Of course such as are washed up on the shore are dead shells , utterly worthless . Quite apart from the mere delight to the eyes of gazing at ...
... tropics , where , however , as a rule , they are only obtained by pro- fessional divers . Of course such as are washed up on the shore are dead shells , utterly worthless . Quite apart from the mere delight to the eyes of gazing at ...
Page 89
... tropics . I never saw so roomy a ship . With all her big guns , five hundred sailors , and thirty officers , there was no symptom of crowding . Amongst the officers are two belonging to the Peruvian navy , who have come to study the ...
... tropics . I never saw so roomy a ship . With all her big guns , five hundred sailors , and thirty officers , there was no symptom of crowding . Amongst the officers are two belonging to the Peruvian navy , who have come to study the ...
Page 105
... tropical fruits ripened unheeded , for there were none to gather them . Thus where a few years ago the natives could be counted by thousands , there are now only scat- tered villages , thinly peopled . Happily the ravages of constant ...
... tropical fruits ripened unheeded , for there were none to gather them . Thus where a few years ago the natives could be counted by thousands , there are now only scat- tered villages , thinly peopled . Happily the ravages of constant ...
Other editions - View all
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