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... miles distant . Never before , in all my wanderings , had my eyes been gladdened by such an ideal fairy grot . We rowed along the face of beautiful crags , which we had passed on the previous day without a suspicion of the wonderful ...
... miles distant . Never before , in all my wanderings , had my eyes been gladdened by such an ideal fairy grot . We rowed along the face of beautiful crags , which we had passed on the previous day without a suspicion of the wonderful ...
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... miles in circumference , affords ample pro- vision for its 900 inhabitants . They seem to be a happy , healthy community , and have all adopted Christianity , either in its Protes- tant or Roman form . The representative of the latter ...
... miles in circumference , affords ample pro- vision for its 900 inhabitants . They seem to be a happy , healthy community , and have all adopted Christianity , either in its Protes- tant or Roman form . The representative of the latter ...
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... miles of Fotuna . It is a circular island , about 40 miles in diameter . Near the harbour rises a volcanic mountain about 500 feet in height , densely wooded to the very summit , though seamed with fissures from which rise clouds of ...
... miles of Fotuna . It is a circular island , about 40 miles in diameter . Near the harbour rises a volcanic mountain about 500 feet in height , densely wooded to the very summit , though seamed with fissures from which rise clouds of ...
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... mile in diameter , within which lie five secondary craters . These act as so many chimneys for the great furnace , which ... miles , without any intermediate isle . I think it must be the loneliest spot in the Pacific , as there are ...
... mile in diameter , within which lie five secondary craters . These act as so many chimneys for the great furnace , which ... miles , without any intermediate isle . I think it must be the loneliest spot in the Pacific , as there are ...
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... miles . It is a vol- canic island , about 11 miles long by 4 wide . It is covered with extinct craters , in some of which are deep pools of water . The highest point is about 1000 feet above the sea - level . The hills are covered with ...
... miles . It is a vol- canic island , about 11 miles long by 4 wide . It is covered with extinct craters , in some of which are deep pools of water . The highest point is about 1000 feet above the sea - level . The hills are covered with ...
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