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... Samoa , to enable him to visit all the most remote portions of his diocese . Already this warlike mission - ship had peace- fully touched at many points of exceeding beauty and interest , and our visitors had no sooner recognised my ...
... Samoa , to enable him to visit all the most remote portions of his diocese . Already this warlike mission - ship had peace- fully touched at many points of exceeding beauty and interest , and our visitors had no sooner recognised my ...
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... Samoa , thus securing possession of every good harbour and coaling - station lying between New Zealand and the coast of South America ; and also , diverting all the trade of these isles , from Britain's Australian colonies , to a French ...
... Samoa , thus securing possession of every good harbour and coaling - station lying between New Zealand and the coast of South America ; and also , diverting all the trade of these isles , from Britain's Australian colonies , to a French ...
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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. French action anywhere to the east of Samoa . The islanders , who had at first received the French vessel with all honour , no sooner got an inkling of the true object of its visit than they became ...
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. French action anywhere to the east of Samoa . The islanders , who had at first received the French vessel with all honour , no sooner got an inkling of the true object of its visit than they became ...
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... Samoa - Pango - Pango harbour , CHAPTER V. - Boat transit to Leone - Spouting caves- - Council of war- Sketch of Samoan history - Night dances , CHAPTER VI . A shore without a reef - Samoan plants - Houses - Animals - Laying foundation ...
... Samoa - Pango - Pango harbour , CHAPTER V. - Boat transit to Leone - Spouting caves- - Council of war- Sketch of Samoan history - Night dances , CHAPTER VI . A shore without a reef - Samoan plants - Houses - Animals - Laying foundation ...
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... Samoa picnic - A torchlight walk - Training - college at Malua - Apt illus- trations by native preachers - Dr Turner - Mission to the New Hebrides - Escape to Samoa - Of many changes on many isles , CHAPTER IX . A sketch of the Samoan ...
... Samoa picnic - A torchlight walk - Training - college at Malua - Apt illus- trations by native preachers - Dr Turner - Mission to the New Hebrides - Escape to Samoa - Of many changes on many isles , CHAPTER IX . A sketch of the Samoan ...
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