A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 68
... Fiji ? They gleam with a pale weird blue light , and the natives occasionally play tricks at the expense of their superstitious neighbours , suggestive of the turnip - ghosts of our own foolish young days . Another new experience of ...
... Fiji ? They gleam with a pale weird blue light , and the natives occasionally play tricks at the expense of their superstitious neighbours , suggestive of the turnip - ghosts of our own foolish young days . Another new experience of ...
Page 90
... Fiji till she is obliged to take the children direct to England , 1 and I may never know this till I reach Sydney . Saturday , 10th . Another weary night - perplexing and conflicting suggestions - the horrid feeling of being disloyal to ...
... Fiji till she is obliged to take the children direct to England , 1 and I may never know this till I reach Sydney . Saturday , 10th . Another weary night - perplexing and conflicting suggestions - the horrid feeling of being disloyal to ...
Page 106
... Fijian houses , and which are a necessary protection against the damp of these isles , whose excessive verdure tells of a heavy rainfall . The chief wealth of the people lies in their pigs , which were introduced by the Spaniards , who ...
... Fijian houses , and which are a necessary protection against the damp of these isles , whose excessive verdure tells of a heavy rainfall . The chief wealth of the people lies in their pigs , which were introduced by the Spaniards , who ...
Page 135
... Fiji , and here new ones are added to the list . Quite recently a poor fellow fishing on one of the Paumotu atolls dived to the bottom of the lagoon , feeling for pearl - oysters , when he unluckily slipped the fingers of his left hand ...
... Fiji , and here new ones are added to the list . Quite recently a poor fellow fishing on one of the Paumotu atolls dived to the bottom of the lagoon , feeling for pearl - oysters , when he unluckily slipped the fingers of his left hand ...
Page 159
... Fiji , on the other hand , men were never tattooed ; but , for women , a certain small amount was a com- pulsory religious act . In all these countries so many idolatrous cere- monies were connected with the process , that it was ...
... Fiji , on the other hand , men were never tattooed ; but , for women , a certain small amount was a com- pulsory religious act . In all these countries so many idolatrous cere- monies were connected with the process , that it was ...
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