A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 15
... green pod . We halted at the melancholy deserted plantation of Atiamano , which in very recent years was the home of the manager for the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company - a reckless speculator with the capital intrusted to ...
... green pod . We halted at the melancholy deserted plantation of Atiamano , which in very recent years was the home of the manager for the Tahiti Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company - a reckless speculator with the capital intrusted to ...
Page 30
... green tartan plaid , inseparable companion of all my wanderings east or west , act as good curtains . This is a lovely place . In the afternoon we roamed through fragrant orange - groves , and along the beautiful shore , and I managed ...
... green tartan plaid , inseparable companion of all my wanderings east or west , act as good curtains . This is a lovely place . In the afternoon we roamed through fragrant orange - groves , and along the beautiful shore , and I managed ...
Page 31
... green road running close to the sea , and passing through richest foliage of all sorts and forms ; crossing crystalline streams which flowed down beautiful glens , with great shapely hills on either side , and some lonely peak towering ...
... green road running close to the sea , and passing through richest foliage of all sorts and forms ; crossing crystalline streams which flowed down beautiful glens , with great shapely hills on either side , and some lonely peak towering ...
Page 38
... green glades , through the usual successions of glorious foliage ; —groves of magnificent bread - fruit trees , indigenous to those isles ; next a clump of noble mango - trees , recently imported , but now quite at home ; then a group ...
... green glades , through the usual successions of glorious foliage ; —groves of magnificent bread - fruit trees , indigenous to those isles ; next a clump of noble mango - trees , recently imported , but now quite at home ; then a group ...
Page 42
... GREEN , PAPEETE , Oct. 25th . Late last night we returned to headquarters , and I to this pleasant nest , very glad of the pros- pect of a few days ' rest . Yesterday was a long day , for I was out sketching with the first ray of light ...
... GREEN , PAPEETE , Oct. 25th . Late last night we returned to headquarters , and I to this pleasant nest , very glad of the pros- pect of a few days ' rest . Yesterday was a long day , for I was out sketching with the first ray of light ...
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