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Page 4
... cocoa - nut shell . But Tahiti has gone ahead so fast , that I cannot answer for how things are done nowadays . I know that , instead of vegetable plates - i.e . , layers of large round hybiscus - leaves - we ate off foreign plates ...
... cocoa - nut shell . But Tahiti has gone ahead so fast , that I cannot answer for how things are done nowadays . I know that , instead of vegetable plates - i.e . , layers of large round hybiscus - leaves - we ate off foreign plates ...
Page 35
... cocoa - nut shells of fresh water beside them in which to wash their finger before dipping again in the poi ; but it ... cocoa - nuts were the only drink , with the exception of pure water . As regards the latter , I was much struck by ...
... cocoa - nut shells of fresh water beside them in which to wash their finger before dipping again in the poi ; but it ... cocoa - nuts were the only drink , with the exception of pure water . As regards the latter , I was much struck by ...
Page 36
... cocoa - nut cups , scraped very thin and polished by constant friction on a stone in water , till they become as light , and almost as transparent , as tortoise - shell . The himènes here were the prettiest we have yet heard , and you ...
... cocoa - nut cups , scraped very thin and polished by constant friction on a stone in water , till they become as light , and almost as transparent , as tortoise - shell . The himènes here were the prettiest we have yet heard , and you ...
Page 57
... cocoa - nut fibre , and the floats are made of hybiscus - wood , which is found to be very buoyant . When the nets are brought ashore , they are hung up to dry on the trees and shrubs . Nowadays the ordinary hooks of commerce have ...
... cocoa - nut fibre , and the floats are made of hybiscus - wood , which is found to be very buoyant . When the nets are brought ashore , they are hung up to dry on the trees and shrubs . Nowadays the ordinary hooks of commerce have ...
Page 62
... cocoa - nut oil . By sprinkling a few drops on the surface of the water , it becomes so perfectly smooth that they can see right down through its crystal depths , and detect the exact position of the creatures below . So , when a diver ...
... cocoa - nut oil . By sprinkling a few drops on the surface of the water , it becomes so perfectly smooth that they can see right down through its crystal depths , and detect the exact position of the creatures below . So , when a diver ...
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