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... fish in the calm lagoon . At eight the bell rings again to warn them that it is time to bathe and breakfast , to be ready for their class at nine . Classes and lectures continue till four , when they are again free to go fishing ...
... fish in the calm lagoon . At eight the bell rings again to warn them that it is time to bathe and breakfast , to be ready for their class at nine . Classes and lectures continue till four , when they are again free to go fishing ...
Page 98
... fish for which he has toiled so eagerly . First he loses all his little fish , and gradually , as the hole enlarges , the large fish also escape , and at last he reaches his journey's end with an empty basket . The taint of old sins ...
... fish for which he has toiled so eagerly . First he loses all his little fish , and gradually , as the hole enlarges , the large fish also escape , and at last he reaches his journey's end with an empty basket . The taint of old sins ...
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... fishes , especially as no agent of the mission is allowed to engage in any manner of trade , or other secular ... fish for sale , and receives in payment a larger piece of cloth , or a knife - both of better quality than he would ...
... fishes , especially as no agent of the mission is allowed to engage in any manner of trade , or other secular ... fish for sale , and receives in payment a larger piece of cloth , or a knife - both of better quality than he would ...
Page 125
... fish and cocoa - nuts . Now turn from the Pacific to the North Atlantic , and read a statement by the Earl of Roden , in his Progress of the Reformation in Ireland . ' He says : - Thus , in an incredibly short space of time ,
... fish and cocoa - nuts . Now turn from the Pacific to the North Atlantic , and read a statement by the Earl of Roden , in his Progress of the Reformation in Ireland . ' He says : - Thus , in an incredibly short space of time ,
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... fishing or visiting the mainland . " It scarcely seems possible , does it , to realise that our own ancestors were as gross idolaters as any South Sea Islanders ? Yet in the majority of these isles the present generation have never seen ...
... fishing or visiting the mainland . " It scarcely seems possible , does it , to realise that our own ancestors were as gross idolaters as any South Sea Islanders ? Yet in the majority of these isles the present generation have never seen ...
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