A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 15
... Never was there a truer illustration of the proverb concerning cutting broad thongs from other men's leather . Mr William Stewart , an ex - cavalry officer , arrived in Tahiti about the year 1860 , and obtained the sanction of the ...
... Never was there a truer illustration of the proverb concerning cutting broad thongs from other men's leather . Mr William Stewart , an ex - cavalry officer , arrived in Tahiti about the year 1860 , and obtained the sanction of the ...
Page 18
... never equalled . Fish of all sorts and kinds ( cooked and raw to suit all tastes ) , excellent lobsters and crabs , huge fresh - water prawns , deli- cate little oysters , which grow on the roots and branches of the mangrove , which ...
... never equalled . Fish of all sorts and kinds ( cooked and raw to suit all tastes ) , excellent lobsters and crabs , huge fresh - water prawns , deli- cate little oysters , which grow on the roots and branches of the mangrove , which ...
Page 19
... never to lose a chance of a varo feast . Then there were shell - fish and salads , and many other good things . The tables were decor- ated in a manner quite in keeping with the dishes served , with pillars of white banana root - stem ...
... never to lose a chance of a varo feast . Then there were shell - fish and salads , and many other good things . The tables were decor- ated in a manner quite in keeping with the dishes served , with pillars of white banana root - stem ...
Page 21
... never any variety , always the same utterly ungraceful wriggle . Happily the band generally comes to the rescue , with some attractive air , which puts the dancers to flight . There never seem to be more than two or three , and these do ...
... never any variety , always the same utterly ungraceful wriggle . Happily the band generally comes to the rescue , with some attractive air , which puts the dancers to flight . There never seem to be more than two or three , and these do ...
Page 25
... never before in their short lives set foot in the country . Would that they could all be transported for a while to the orange - groves of Tahiti ! To - day we also passed some large vanilla plan- tations , in admirable order . The ...
... never before in their short lives set foot in the country . Would that they could all be transported for a while to the orange - groves of Tahiti ! To - day we also passed some large vanilla plan- tations , in admirable order . The ...
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