A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 92
... Honolulu . Now that it is all settled , I feel quite satisfied and reprieved ; so instead of a long letter written on board ship , I must despatch this as it is . We are just hurrying to the wharf to say good - bye to our friends , and ...
... Honolulu . Now that it is all settled , I feel quite satisfied and reprieved ; so instead of a long letter written on board ship , I must despatch this as it is . We are just hurrying to the wharf to say good - bye to our friends , and ...
Page 94
... Honolulu by sailing - ship , see all the wonders of the Sandwich Isles , and then return to New Zealand or Sydney before Christmas , as I had proposed doing . Neither did I at all realise how very few travel- lers have ever seen the ...
... Honolulu by sailing - ship , see all the wonders of the Sandwich Isles , and then return to New Zealand or Sydney before Christmas , as I had proposed doing . Neither did I at all realise how very few travel- lers have ever seen the ...
Page 118
... Honolulu after visiting the Marquesas in the little mission - ship Morning Star . He speaks of the foreign settlement at Taio- hae or Nukuheva , as having been allowed to fall into great disrepair . The jetty , the forts , the ar- senal ...
... Honolulu after visiting the Marquesas in the little mission - ship Morning Star . He speaks of the foreign settlement at Taio- hae or Nukuheva , as having been allowed to fall into great disrepair . The jetty , the forts , the ar- senal ...
Page 144
... Honolulu , and each morning I awake with a feeling of pleasure that I am still in this delightful isle . Would that you could look on the lovely scene on which my eyes rest with the first glimmer of dawn , and which now lies outspread ...
... Honolulu , and each morning I awake with a feeling of pleasure that I am still in this delightful isle . Would that you could look on the lovely scene on which my eyes rest with the first glimmer of dawn , and which now lies outspread ...
Page 282
... Honolulu ; there to be transhipped to a Pacific mail - steamer , and be carried south - west 4000 miles to Sydney ; where they would find another steamer to take them the 1700 miles to Levuka , whence they will find their way by sundry ...
... Honolulu ; there to be transhipped to a Pacific mail - steamer , and be carried south - west 4000 miles to Sydney ; where they would find another steamer to take them the 1700 miles to Levuka , whence they will find their way by sundry ...
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