A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 100
... of natives , all in their brightest , freshest dresses , kept up incessant movement in the clear sunlight or cool shade . Everywhere games and feasting were THE KEY OF THE PANAMA CANAL . 101 necessary gunpowder 100 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... of natives , all in their brightest , freshest dresses , kept up incessant movement in the clear sunlight or cool shade . Everywhere games and feasting were THE KEY OF THE PANAMA CANAL . 101 necessary gunpowder 100 A LADY'S CRUISE .
Page 105
... cool sparkling rivulets , bringing abundant moisture to irrigate the yam and taro crops , the sugar - cane , cotton , and all the rich herbage which flourishes beneath the dense foliage of bread - fruit and bananas . Embowered in this ...
... cool sparkling rivulets , bringing abundant moisture to irrigate the yam and taro crops , the sugar - cane , cotton , and all the rich herbage which flourishes beneath the dense foliage of bread - fruit and bananas . Embowered in this ...
Page 144
... cool verandah opening off my large bedroom on the upper storey ! It is a verandah all closed in with jalousies , screening its occupants from the outside world ; while they , themselves unseen , look down on the brightest , most ...
... cool verandah opening off my large bedroom on the upper storey ! It is a verandah all closed in with jalousies , screening its occupants from the outside world ; while they , themselves unseen , look down on the brightest , most ...
Page 148
... cool verandahs ; so that I virtually am in solitary possession of this whole flat , with its large hand- some drawing - room and cosy boudoir . I compare myself to one of the hermit - crabs which curl them- selves into desirable shells ...
... cool verandahs ; so that I virtually am in solitary possession of this whole flat , with its large hand- some drawing - room and cosy boudoir . I compare myself to one of the hermit - crabs which curl them- selves into desirable shells ...
Page 164
... cool ; and large crowds assembled to wit- 1 I do not by this mean to suggest any trace of a common origin , merely founded on ancestor - worship , which prevailed in almost all countries , and which in the Pacific is to this day ...
... cool ; and large crowds assembled to wit- 1 I do not by this mean to suggest any trace of a common origin , merely founded on ancestor - worship , which prevailed in almost all countries , and which in the Pacific is to this day ...
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