A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 14
... leaves , plaited to form a sort of fringe . Wild melodious himènes were sung all the time of the feast , and afterwards the band played operatic airs till 3 o'clock , when we once more started on our journey . In this district much ...
... leaves , plaited to form a sort of fringe . Wild melodious himènes were sung all the time of the feast , and afterwards the band played operatic airs till 3 o'clock , when we once more started on our journey . In this district much ...
Page 21
... leaves . The tables were all adorned with ornaments made of the solid white banana- stalk , in which were set branches of thorny lemon , and on each thorn were stuck different blossoms , scarlet or yellow hybiscus , canna , and gardenia ...
... leaves . The tables were all adorned with ornaments made of the solid white banana- stalk , in which were set branches of thorny lemon , and on each thorn were stuck different blossoms , scarlet or yellow hybiscus , canna , and gardenia ...
Page 29
... leaves , and deep fringes of dyed fibre . Himènes , of course , -and then , while the band entertained the people , we , the unquiet spirits , wandered down to explore the shore , which is over- shadowed by large trees , beneath which ...
... leaves , and deep fringes of dyed fibre . Himènes , of course , -and then , while the band entertained the people , we , the unquiet spirits , wandered down to explore the shore , which is over- shadowed by large trees , beneath which ...
Page 34
... leaves and baked in an earth - oven over red - hot stones . Finally , it is beaten up with water till it becomes a glutinous yellowish mass , indescribably sticky , and with a slightly acid flavour . To the initiated there is always a ...
... leaves and baked in an earth - oven over red - hot stones . Finally , it is beaten up with water till it becomes a glutinous yellowish mass , indescribably sticky , and with a slightly acid flavour . To the initiated there is always a ...
Page 38
... quite at home ; then a group of tall palms , or a long avenue of gigantic bananas , their leaves , sometimes twelve feet long , meeting over our heads . Then LUXURIANT VEGETATION . 39 came patches of sugar or Indian 38 A LADY'S CRUISE .
... quite at home ; then a group of tall palms , or a long avenue of gigantic bananas , their leaves , sometimes twelve feet long , meeting over our heads . Then LUXURIANT VEGETATION . 39 came patches of sugar or Indian 38 A LADY'S CRUISE .
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