Fire Fountains: The Kingdom of Hawaii, Its Volcanoes, and the History of Its Missions,W. Blackwood, 1883 - Hawaii |
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... mountains , and a sea breeze prevails by day and a land breeze at night . The land breeze , or mamuka , sometimes sweeps down from the mountains with such violence as to do much damage to buildings and shipping . During the winter ...
... mountains , and a sea breeze prevails by day and a land breeze at night . The land breeze , or mamuka , sometimes sweeps down from the mountains with such violence as to do much damage to buildings and shipping . During the winter ...
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... mountains rising immediately behind the settlement . I am sorry we did not arrive here earlier in the day , as it is a place of considerable interest , and of note , as one of the principal early mission stations . There is still a ...
... mountains rising immediately behind the settlement . I am sorry we did not arrive here earlier in the day , as it is a place of considerable interest , and of note , as one of the principal early mission stations . There is still a ...
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... mountains and forests , thence making raids on their more peaceable neigh- bours , and carrying them off , to furnish loathsome feasts . The warriors who did battle with these dreaded ghouls , became heroes of Hawaiian chiv- alry , and ...
... mountains and forests , thence making raids on their more peaceable neigh- bours , and carrying them off , to furnish loathsome feasts . The warriors who did battle with these dreaded ghouls , became heroes of Hawaiian chiv- alry , and ...
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... mountains ! O sea ! O my counsellors and my subjects , farewell ! O thou land for which my father suffered , the object for which he toiled , we now leave thy shore Yet will I never dis- regard thy voice ; I will walk by the command.
... mountains ! O sea ! O my counsellors and my subjects , farewell ! O thou land for which my father suffered , the object for which he toiled , we now leave thy shore Yet will I never dis- regard thy voice ; I will walk by the command.
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... women had fled to the mountains . • A year later , a somewhat similar scene was enacted by the John Palmer , another English whaler , and the family of Mr Richards had to take refuge in the cellars from the cannon - balls fired from.
... women had fled to the mountains . • A year later , a somewhat similar scene was enacted by the John Palmer , another English whaler , and the family of Mr Richards had to take refuge in the cellars from the cannon - balls fired from.
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