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... Church , clothed in purple , and wearing the mystic ring and cross of amethyst ; while his coadjutor , a French gentleman of the noble old school , was the commander of a large French man- of - war , which had been placed at the service ...
... Church , clothed in purple , and wearing the mystic ring and cross of amethyst ; while his coadjutor , a French gentleman of the noble old school , was the commander of a large French man- of - war , which had been placed at the service ...
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... Night dances , CHAPTER VI . A shore without a reef - Samoan plants - Houses - Animals - Laying foundation - stone of a church - School festival - the Navigator's Isles , 24 33 48 61 jack - CHAPTER VII . Vanquished chiefs of the Puletoa.
... Night dances , CHAPTER VI . A shore without a reef - Samoan plants - Houses - Animals - Laying foundation - stone of a church - School festival - the Navigator's Isles , 24 33 48 61 jack - CHAPTER VII . Vanquished chiefs of the Puletoa.
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... Churches - Country life in the South Seas , CHAPTER XX . Visit to the Protestant mission on Moorea - A sketch of the early history of the mission , CHAPTER XXI . A healing tree - Plantation life - Vanilla crops - Cat - and - dog life ...
... Churches - Country life in the South Seas , CHAPTER XX . Visit to the Protestant mission on Moorea - A sketch of the early history of the mission , CHAPTER XXI . A healing tree - Plantation life - Vanilla crops - Cat - and - dog life ...
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... church , painted white , and with a very small steeple , stands on a green hill on the site of an old fortification , and close to it is the house of Mr Baker , Wesleyan missionary . About a mile and a half along the shore is another ...
... church , painted white , and with a very small steeple , stands on a green hill on the site of an old fortification , and close to it is the house of Mr Baker , Wesleyan missionary . About a mile and a half along the shore is another ...
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... church now in process of erection . ( When the Seignelay touched at the Wallis Isles on their way to Fiji , the bishop consecrated a really very fine new church there ; and as the Roman Catholic Mission in those isles is very strong ...
... church now in process of erection . ( When the Seignelay touched at the Wallis Isles on their way to Fiji , the bishop consecrated a really very fine new church there ; and as the Roman Catholic Mission in those isles is very strong ...
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