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... neighbour , as when startled by the approach of a canoe , it is very apt to spring on board with such force as seriously to injure any person whom it strikes with its sword - like jaw . I believe that nude natives have actually been ...
... neighbour , as when startled by the approach of a canoe , it is very apt to spring on board with such force as seriously to injure any person whom it strikes with its sword - like jaw . I believe that nude natives have actually been ...
Page 90
... neighbour ; and these are swal- lowed and made much of , without any allowance for the fact that they are retailed by vicious foes . Some of the poison - mongers in this poor settlement were well - known characters in Fiji , and only ...
... neighbour ; and these are swal- lowed and made much of , without any allowance for the fact that they are retailed by vicious foes . Some of the poison - mongers in this poor settlement were well - known characters in Fiji , and only ...
Page 105
... neighbour- ing villages , and practise the art of preaching , ere being appointed 1 Nineteen Years in Polynesia . By the Rev. George Turner , London Missionary Society . to the sole charge of a congregation . Of course.
... neighbour- ing villages , and practise the art of preaching , ere being appointed 1 Nineteen Years in Polynesia . By the Rev. George Turner , London Missionary Society . to the sole charge of a congregation . Of course.
Page 145
... neighbours , notably against the people of Elephantine , who , so far from worshipping the crocodile , considered it a dainty dish , to be eaten as often as it could be captured . So well known to their contemporaries was this Egyptian ...
... neighbours , notably against the people of Elephantine , who , so far from worshipping the crocodile , considered it a dainty dish , to be eaten as often as it could be captured . So well known to their contemporaries was this Egyptian ...
Page 167
... neighbour in Scotland ; and that Mr Brander of Tahiti was none other than a half - brother of Lady Dunbar Brander , 2 who in his early youth left Elgin and went forth to carve his fortune in foreign lands . You know how little in ...
... neighbour in Scotland ; and that Mr Brander of Tahiti was none other than a half - brother of Lady Dunbar Brander , 2 who in his early youth left Elgin and went forth to carve his fortune in foreign lands . You know how little in ...
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