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Page 4
... women , and so artistic in design as to be really ornamental . To speak correctly , I should call this repast a faaa - mua - i.e . , a feeding : our fish should have been wrapped in plantain - leaves , and broiled on the embers ; the ...
... women , and so artistic in design as to be really ornamental . To speak correctly , I should call this repast a faaa - mua - i.e . , a feeding : our fish should have been wrapped in plantain - leaves , and broiled on the embers ; the ...
Page 8
... women began the same hideous dance with which they had favoured the company in the forenoon , but they met with small encouragement , and the singers carried the day- or rather the night . I wish it were possible for me to describe ...
... women began the same hideous dance with which they had favoured the company in the forenoon , but they met with small encouragement , and the singers carried the day- or rather the night . I wish it were possible for me to describe ...
Page 14
... woman slits it open from end to end with a sharp shell , with which she then proceeds to scrape off every particle of green , and there remains a lovely ribbon , like very glossy white satin , ribbed longitudinally with a sharp thorn ...
... woman slits it open from end to end with a sharp shell , with which she then proceeds to scrape off every particle of green , and there remains a lovely ribbon , like very glossy white satin , ribbed longitudinally with a sharp thorn ...
Page 21
... women came round bearing garlands of the delicate artificial arrowroot flowers , and crowned every one of us . Many of the party had already secured filmy plumes of the snowy reva - reva ; and the majority of the women , following the ...
... women came round bearing garlands of the delicate artificial arrowroot flowers , and crowned every one of us . Many of the party had already secured filmy plumes of the snowy reva - reva ; and the majority of the women , following the ...
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... women were allowed freely to partake of the feast , and to eat of the meat which had been offered in sacrifice , which at other times they dared not touch without incurring the pen- alty of death . The most horrible feature of this ...
... women were allowed freely to partake of the feast , and to eat of the meat which had been offered in sacrifice , which at other times they dared not touch without incurring the pen- alty of death . The most horrible feature of this ...
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