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Page 17
... village of wooden houses , once tenanted by master and men , now stands empty , the plantation is utterly neglected , the cotton - fields are all overgrown with guava scrub , and the whole place is a picture of desolation ; nothing ...
... village of wooden houses , once tenanted by master and men , now stands empty , the plantation is utterly neglected , the cotton - fields are all overgrown with guava scrub , and the whole place is a picture of desolation ; nothing ...
Page 20
... village of bird - cage houses embowered in the orange - groves , and gay with rosy oleanders and crimson hybiscus . At eight we started . The weather was threat- ening ; and soon heavy rain came on , which mocked our waterproofs , and ...
... village of bird - cage houses embowered in the orange - groves , and gay with rosy oleanders and crimson hybiscus . At eight we started . The weather was threat- ening ; and soon heavy rain came on , which mocked our waterproofs , and ...
Page 22
... village to village in very large companies , sometimes filling from fifty to eighty canoes . When- ever they landed great sacrifices were offered to the gods ; and for so long as they chose to remain in one place , they were the ...
... village to village in very large companies , sometimes filling from fifty to eighty canoes . When- ever they landed great sacrifices were offered to the gods ; and for so long as they chose to remain in one place , they were the ...
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... village , where we are to join them in the morning . The French soldiers here employ some of their leisure hours in the care of a garden , which rewards them with excellent vegetables and glorious roses . I had the delight of arranging ...
... village , where we are to join them in the morning . The French soldiers here employ some of their leisure hours in the care of a garden , which rewards them with excellent vegetables and glorious roses . I had the delight of arranging ...
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... village of which the king himself is the chief , for which reason it had been arranged that he should sleep there last night . We found Marau and the ladies of the village stringing wreaths of sweet white blossoms , with which they ...
... village of which the king himself is the chief , for which reason it had been arranged that he should sleep there last night . We found Marau and the ladies of the village stringing wreaths of sweet white blossoms , with which they ...
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