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... hybiscus also yields an excellent fibre for weaving mats . Their manufacture is a high art . It is exclusively women's work , but is one in which few excel , and is very tedious , the labour of several months being expended on a mat ...
... hybiscus also yields an excellent fibre for weaving mats . Their manufacture is a high art . It is exclusively women's work , but is one in which few excel , and is very tedious , the labour of several months being expended on a mat ...
Page 72
... hybiscus and green leaves in their hair . They went through some very pretty school exercises , illustrated by much graceful action . Then some very fine women came up , wearing handsome new mats of hybiscus fibre , which , when newly ...
... hybiscus and green leaves in their hair . They went through some very pretty school exercises , illustrated by much graceful action . Then some very fine women came up , wearing handsome new mats of hybiscus fibre , which , when newly ...
Page 128
... hybiscus - bark . Cocoa - nut husk supplied the place of oakum . A clumsy stone anchor was contrived , and also a wooden one . In short , determination triumphed over every difficulty ; and in fifteen weeks , without any help save what ...
... hybiscus - bark . Cocoa - nut husk supplied the place of oakum . A clumsy stone anchor was contrived , and also a wooden one . In short , determination triumphed over every difficulty ; and in fifteen weeks , without any help save what ...
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... hybiscus and bread - fruit , - the former , of that very blue - green tint , which in rain looks as grey as an olive - grove ; while each glossy leaf of the bread - fruit is a mirror , which exactly reflects the condition of the weather ...
... hybiscus and bread - fruit , - the former , of that very blue - green tint , which in rain looks as grey as an olive - grove ; while each glossy leaf of the bread - fruit is a mirror , which exactly reflects the condition of the weather ...
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... hybiscus to lend colour to the whole . It is only separated from the sea by the pleasant garden and a belt of turf ; so there is nothing to impede the view of the beautiful harbour and blue peaks of Moorea , while the valley behind the ...
... hybiscus to lend colour to the whole . It is only separated from the sea by the pleasant garden and a belt of turf ; so there is nothing to impede the view of the beautiful harbour and blue peaks of Moorea , while the valley behind the ...
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