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... strange Fijian things I have collected during the last two years . I have just finished a series of about sixty studies of Fijian pottery , representing a hun- dred and fifty pieces , all different , and made without any wheel , by the ...
... strange Fijian things I have collected during the last two years . I have just finished a series of about sixty studies of Fijian pottery , representing a hun- dred and fifty pieces , all different , and made without any wheel , by the ...
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... strange that this admirable mission , which has done such magnificent work in these isles , cannot be content to allow its Tongan converts the same liberty in outer matters as its wise repre- sentatives in Fiji allow their congregations ...
... strange that this admirable mission , which has done such magnificent work in these isles , cannot be content to allow its Tongan converts the same liberty in outer matters as its wise repre- sentatives in Fiji allow their congregations ...
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... Strange to say , though the isle simply con- sists of this one active volcano , there is said to be a lake on the summit of the mountain . It is not stated to be a geyser ; but the Tongans who visit it bring back small black pebbles ...
... Strange to say , though the isle simply con- sists of this one active volcano , there is said to be a lake on the summit of the mountain . It is not stated to be a geyser ; but the Tongans who visit it bring back small black pebbles ...
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... strange world out- spread below , while gentle and rather pretty brown girls , with sienna hair , sat by , peeling oranges by the dozen , with which they fed us all incessantly . It is the part of true hospitality to peel oranges for a ...
... strange world out- spread below , while gentle and rather pretty brown girls , with sienna hair , sat by , peeling oranges by the dozen , with which they fed us all incessantly . It is the part of true hospitality to peel oranges for a ...
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... strange diversity exists . One sends forth a blast of scalding steam , while in the next a dripping spring yields its slow but continuous supply of ice - cold water , falling drop by drop . The cone , which is called Asoor by the ...
... strange diversity exists . One sends forth a blast of scalding steam , while in the next a dripping spring yields its slow but continuous supply of ice - cold water , falling drop by drop . The cone , which is called Asoor by the ...
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