A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 6
... neighbour- hood undertaking to provide for one , and there assemble their own friends . The whole great build- ing is beautifully decorated in Tahitian style , with palm - leaves and tree - ferns , and festoons of deep fringe , made of ...
... neighbour- hood undertaking to provide for one , and there assemble their own friends . The whole great build- ing is beautifully decorated in Tahitian style , with palm - leaves and tree - ferns , and festoons of deep fringe , made of ...
Page 8
... neighbours with these lovely plumes , and all the pretty arrowroot and bamboo flowers . Then we adjourned to the grassy shore , and watched the clear full moon rise from the calm sea , while the glee - singers sang their soft beautiful ...
... neighbours with these lovely plumes , and all the pretty arrowroot and bamboo flowers . Then we adjourned to the grassy shore , and watched the clear full moon rise from the calm sea , while the glee - singers sang their soft beautiful ...
Page 35
... neighbour are in no danger of exchanging atoms ! as you would be , in sharing a bowl of well - chewed kava . That beverage of the isles did not appear at this native feast ; in fact I have never seen it in Tahiti , and suppose it must ...
... neighbour are in no danger of exchanging atoms ! as you would be , in sharing a bowl of well - chewed kava . That beverage of the isles did not appear at this native feast ; in fact I have never seen it in Tahiti , and suppose it must ...
Page 46
... neighbours have called here to - day , and welcomed me back as if I were an old friend returning from a long journey . There is a cordiality and a heartiness about them all , which is truly delightful . How different from a return to ...
... neighbours have called here to - day , and welcomed me back as if I were an old friend returning from a long journey . There is a cordiality and a heartiness about them all , which is truly delightful . How different from a return to ...
Page 61
... neighbours as have pre- sumed to eat this incarnate god . About fifteen years ago , a party of about eighty persons reached Samoa , after drifting over the wide seas for several weeks . They had been driven away from the isle of Fakaofa ...
... neighbours as have pre- sumed to eat this incarnate god . About fifteen years ago , a party of about eighty persons reached Samoa , after drifting over the wide seas for several weeks . They had been driven away from the isle of Fakaofa ...
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