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Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. 258 CHAPTER XXIII . THE ATOLL GROUP OF TETIAROA . FAUTAWA , TAHITI , Christmas Day . A GLAD Christmas to you all , dear people ! Would that some good fairy could lend me a wishing - cap , that I might ...
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. 258 CHAPTER XXIII . THE ATOLL GROUP OF TETIAROA . FAUTAWA , TAHITI , Christmas Day . A GLAD Christmas to you all , dear people ! Would that some good fairy could lend me a wishing - cap , that I might ...
Page 262
... Fautawa , where I had a most enjoyable morning of quiet sketching , till Mrs Brander sent her pony - carriage to bring me home to the noonday breakfast . Now the young folk are preparing for a midnight frolic . They intend to have a ...
... Fautawa , where I had a most enjoyable morning of quiet sketching , till Mrs Brander sent her pony - carriage to bring me home to the noonday breakfast . Now the young folk are preparing for a midnight frolic . They intend to have a ...
Page 264
... FAUTAWA VALLEY - OF PALM SALADS , SCREW - PINES , AND BREAD - FRUIT PACKING MANGO - STONES - RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS - DEPART- URE OF THE SEIGNELAY . FAUTAWA , New Year's Day , 1878 . THE dancers of last night did not come home till ...
... FAUTAWA VALLEY - OF PALM SALADS , SCREW - PINES , AND BREAD - FRUIT PACKING MANGO - STONES - RETURN OF GILBERT ISLANDERS - DEPART- URE OF THE SEIGNELAY . FAUTAWA , New Year's Day , 1878 . THE dancers of last night did not come home till ...
Page 266
... and two streams meet , Ariipaea , who had not been here for a long time , quite forgot which we were to follow ; so first we tried the right side , and clam- THE FORT OF FAUTAWA . 267 bered up a steep 266 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... and two streams meet , Ariipaea , who had not been here for a long time , quite forgot which we were to follow ; so first we tried the right side , and clam- THE FORT OF FAUTAWA . 267 bered up a steep 266 A LADY'S CRUISE .
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... Fautawa " ( as the old soldier in charge of the fort is commonly called ) would be returning from Papeete with his rations . Fortune favoured us ; and ere we had finished the contents of our hamper ( carried by French sailors ) the old ...
... Fautawa " ( as the old soldier in charge of the fort is commonly called ) would be returning from Papeete with his rations . Fortune favoured us ; and ere we had finished the contents of our hamper ( carried by French sailors ) the old ...
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admiral Anaa Arawais AREOIS Ariiaue arrival arrowroot assembled bamboo bananas band barrier-reef beautiful bêche-de-mer beneath blossoms boats Brander bread-fruit breakfast bright canoe carried charming chief Christians church cocoa-nut cocoa-palm colour coral course crags dance delicate delight district divers early excellent Fautawa favour feast feet fibre Fiji fish flowers foliage French friends fruit Gilbert Islanders green guava Happily harbour heathen himènes Honolulu hybiscus idols island King Pomare lagoon land leaves lovely luxury mangoes marae Maramma Marau Marquesas Mata Mata miles mission missionaries Moorea morning mountains native neighbours never night offered palm pandanus Papeete party Paumotus plantation pleasant Polynesia pretty Queen reef round sail Samoa Sandwich Isles scarlet seems seen Seignelay shells ship shore sort South Sea stone strange Tahiti Tahitian tattooed Tetiaroa tion Tonga trees valley vanilla vessel village whole wild women yellow