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Page 65
... carrying a bunch of roses . Mrs Green was going to take one , when a half - caste Tahitian cried out , " Oh , take care ! they were gathered in the garden of , " naming some one related to the royal family . I then learnt that to take ...
... carrying a bunch of roses . Mrs Green was going to take one , when a half - caste Tahitian cried out , " Oh , take care ! they were gathered in the garden of , " naming some one related to the royal family . I then learnt that to take ...
Page 66
... 1058 , and his successors carried it on . Charles I. did , on St John's Day , 1633 , visit Holyrood Chapel , where " he heallit 100 persons , young and old , IMPORTED CENTIPEDES . 67 This afternoon , for the first 66 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... 1058 , and his successors carried it on . Charles I. did , on St John's Day , 1633 , visit Holyrood Chapel , where " he heallit 100 persons , young and old , IMPORTED CENTIPEDES . 67 This afternoon , for the first 66 A LADY'S CRUISE .
Page 67
... carried by foreign ships to some of the Leeward Isles , and in the same manner scorpions have been brought to Tahiti ― a very unfortunate introduction . The centipedes , small as they are , can give an agonising bite , which , however ...
... carried by foreign ships to some of the Leeward Isles , and in the same manner scorpions have been brought to Tahiti ― a very unfortunate introduction . The centipedes , small as they are , can give an agonising bite , which , however ...
Page 71
... carry out the laws for the destruction of all stills ; and though in some districts they met with considerable opposition , they effected their purpose thoroughly . Not long afterwards a temperance society was formed , which seems to ...
... carry out the laws for the destruction of all stills ; and though in some districts they met with considerable opposition , they effected their purpose thoroughly . Not long afterwards a temperance society was formed , which seems to ...
Page 74
... carried to Moorea to - morrow on board the Seignelay . It will be a terrible shock for poor Mme . Valles , who to - day is preparing for all the gay doings of to - morrow , little dreaming that besides all the expected friends , whose ...
... carried to Moorea to - morrow on board the Seignelay . It will be a terrible shock for poor Mme . Valles , who to - day is preparing for all the gay doings of to - morrow , little dreaming that besides all the expected friends , whose ...
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