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... GILBERT ISLANDERS- DEPARTURE OF THE SEIGNELAY , 264 CHAPTER XXV . HURRICANE AT THE PAUMOTUS - MAHENA PLANTATION - WATCHING FOR VESSELS - FAREWELL TO TAHITI , . 289 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME . PAO PAO , OR.
... GILBERT ISLANDERS- DEPARTURE OF THE SEIGNELAY , 264 CHAPTER XXV . HURRICANE AT THE PAUMOTUS - MAHENA PLANTATION - WATCHING FOR VESSELS - FAREWELL TO TAHITI , . 289 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME . PAO PAO , OR.
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... islands , and who on one of his plantations employs forty China- men , and about sixty natives of the Gilbert Islands -for ... Gilbert Islanders , have been imported , and cotton is the only article grown expressly for ex- portation . Of ...
... islands , and who on one of his plantations employs forty China- men , and about sixty natives of the Gilbert Islands -for ... Gilbert Islanders , have been imported , and cotton is the only article grown expressly for ex- portation . Of ...
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... GILBERT ISLANDERS - DEPART- URE OF THE SEIGNELAY . FAUTAWA , New Year's Day , 1878 . THE dancers of last night did not come home till 3.30 , and at 7 A.M. the band of La Magicienne came here to serenade Mrs Brander , and played divinely ...
... GILBERT ISLANDERS - DEPART- URE OF THE SEIGNELAY . FAUTAWA , New Year's Day , 1878 . THE dancers of last night did not come home till 3.30 , and at 7 A.M. the band of La Magicienne came here to serenade Mrs Brander , and played divinely ...
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... . The vessel presented a curious scene - picturesque , certainly , with abundance of bright colour , but more like an emigrant ship than a man - of - war . RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS . 285 Le Limier is so 284 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... . The vessel presented a curious scene - picturesque , certainly , with abundance of bright colour , but more like an emigrant ship than a man - of - war . RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS . 285 Le Limier is so 284 A LADY'S CRUISE .
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... Gilbert Islanders are huddled together on the main - deck . Each labourer has a trade box , containing a few clothes , a good deal of tobacco , and some cheap toys for children ; and this is all they carry home as the fruit of their ...
... Gilbert Islanders are huddled together on the main - deck . Each labourer has a trade box , containing a few clothes , a good deal of tobacco , and some cheap toys for children ; and this is all they carry home as the fruit of their ...
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