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... friends in the dear • old north and on the west coast , and many a touching memory was reawakened for us both . Verily the ends of the world are bound by tender human links ! My hostess was herself astir long before dawn , to prepare ...
... friends in the dear • old north and on the west coast , and many a touching memory was reawakened for us both . Verily the ends of the world are bound by tender human links ! My hostess was herself astir long before dawn , to prepare ...
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... friends ! The most atrocious of all the regulations is one inflicting a fine of ten dollars on any man found without a shirt , though wearing such a sulu ( kilt ) as would in Fiji be considered full dress , either at church or ...
... friends ! The most atrocious of all the regulations is one inflicting a fine of ten dollars on any man found without a shirt , though wearing such a sulu ( kilt ) as would in Fiji be considered full dress , either at church or ...
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... friends to part from these kind Sisters , who make much of me , and do enjoy coming to sit with me in the evenings for a little quiet chat . They bring all my meals in here , as it is against their rules to allow me to feed with them in ...
... friends to part from these kind Sisters , who make much of me , and do enjoy coming to sit with me in the evenings for a little quiet chat . They bring all my meals in here , as it is against their rules to allow me to feed with them in ...
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... friends , and carry away last impressions of the fragrant orange - groves of Vavau . Then the bishop and the Fathers returned on board , and we sailed away from the Friendly Isles . CHAPTER IV . LIFE ON BOARD SHIP - THE WALLIS ISLES ...
... friends , and carry away last impressions of the fragrant orange - groves of Vavau . Then the bishop and the Fathers returned on board , and we sailed away from the Friendly Isles . CHAPTER IV . LIFE ON BOARD SHIP - THE WALLIS ISLES ...
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... friends is a dear old Père Padel , a cheery Bréton , who has been working in the Wallis group for many years , with the happy result of seeing its savages converted to most devout Catholics . He is now going to Samoa . Much of the charm ...
... friends is a dear old Père Padel , a cheery Bréton , who has been working in the Wallis group for many years , with the happy result of seeing its savages converted to most devout Catholics . He is now going to Samoa . Much of the charm ...
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