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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. A LADY'S CRUISE IN A FEENCH MAN-
OF-WAB BY C. F. GORDON CUMMING AUTHOR Or 'AT HOME IS nJI,' ' FROM
THE HEBRIDES to THE HIMALAYAS,' ETC. NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE
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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. A LADY'S CRUISE IN A FEENCH MAN-
OF-WAB BY C. F. GORDON CUMMING AUTHOR Or 'AT HOME IS nJI,' ' FROM
THE HEBRIDES to THE HIMALAYAS,' ETC. NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE
...
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The Ishmaelites of the Pacific — Injudicious intervention — Fa-Samoa picnic — A
torchlight walk — Training-college at Malua — Apt illustrations by native
preachers — Dr Turner — Mission to the New- Hebrides — Escape to Samoa —
Of ...
The Ishmaelites of the Pacific — Injudicious intervention — Fa-Samoa picnic — A
torchlight walk — Training-college at Malua — Apt illustrations by native
preachers — Dr Turner — Mission to the New- Hebrides — Escape to Samoa —
Of ...
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Some of these stones were upwards of 3 feet in length and 2 \ in width. The
pavement on which the pyramid was 1 For numerous instances of this, see 'From
the Hebrides to the Himalayas' (C. F. Gordon Cumming), vol. i. pp. 203-210. built
was ...
Some of these stones were upwards of 3 feet in length and 2 \ in width. The
pavement on which the pyramid was 1 For numerous instances of this, see 'From
the Hebrides to the Himalayas' (C. F. Gordon Cumming), vol. i. pp. 203-210. built
was ...
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I am so sorry that the Seignelay paid her visits to Fotuna (in the Southern New
Hebrides), and to the Wallis Isles, on the way to Fiji. If only these had been
reserved for the return journey, I should have had the rare luck of seeing them
also.
I am so sorry that the Seignelay paid her visits to Fotuna (in the Southern New
Hebrides), and to the Wallis Isles, on the way to Fiji. If only these had been
reserved for the return journey, I should have had the rare luck of seeing them
also.
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... and the inhabitants of Aniwa — a much smaller isle in the same region — are
of a totally different race from those on the other isles composing the New
Hebrides — the latter being Papuans, and these Malays, whose ancestors drifted
all the ...
... and the inhabitants of Aniwa — a much smaller isle in the same region — are
of a totally different race from those on the other isles composing the New
Hebrides — the latter being Papuans, and these Malays, whose ancestors drifted
all the ...
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| Title | A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks |
| Author | Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming |
| Publisher | William Blackwood and Sons, 1882 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 365 pages |
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