A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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... night , as we start again at daybreak , and I am sure you will wish for a detailed account of our trip . This morning at 8 A.M. we started on the grand tour de l'île . All the luggage of the party had been sent on ahead in heavy ...
... night , as we start again at daybreak , and I am sure you will wish for a detailed account of our trip . This morning at 8 A.M. we started on the grand tour de l'île . All the luggage of the party had been sent on ahead in heavy ...
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... and fine old iron- wood trees . Here our night quarters were assigned to us ; and certainly we are in clover . I am now sitting in " my own room " -one of four good bed- rooms , opening off a large centre room , -all.
... and fine old iron- wood trees . Here our night quarters were assigned to us ; and certainly we are in clover . I am now sitting in " my own room " -one of four good bed- rooms , opening off a large centre room , -all.
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... night . I wish it were possible for me to describe Tahitian himènes so as to give you the faintest shadow of an idea of their fascination . But the thing is utterly impossible . Nothing you have ever heard in any other country bears the ...
... night . I wish it were possible for me to describe Tahitian himènes so as to give you the faintest shadow of an idea of their fascination . But the thing is utterly impossible . Nothing you have ever heard in any other country bears the ...
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... night our party received a pleasant addition , the queen's two sisters , Moetia and Prie , having driven over from Papeete , on their way to join their mother , Mrs Salmon , who , as high chiefess of the next district , is to receive ...
... night our party received a pleasant addition , the queen's two sisters , Moetia and Prie , having driven over from Papeete , on their way to join their mother , Mrs Salmon , who , as high chiefess of the next district , is to receive ...
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... night was spent in wild orgies . Their full dress on these occasions generally consisted only of a little scarlet and black dye ; the seeds of the ver- milion - plant and charcoal furnishing the materials . At other times they wore ...
... night was spent in wild orgies . Their full dress on these occasions generally consisted only of a little scarlet and black dye ; the seeds of the ver- milion - plant and charcoal furnishing the materials . At other times they wore ...
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