A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 21
... always the same utterly ungraceful wriggle . Happily the band generally comes to the rescue , with some attractive air , which puts the dancers to flight . There never seem to be more than two or three , and these do it as a professional.
... always the same utterly ungraceful wriggle . Happily the band generally comes to the rescue , with some attractive air , which puts the dancers to flight . There never seem to be more than two or three , and these do it as a professional.
Page 22
... seem strange ( accustomed as I now am to the endlessly varied and most graceful dances of the Fijians ) to find that these Tahitians have ap- parently no notion of dancing , except this Upa - upa , which for many years was ...
... seem strange ( accustomed as I now am to the endlessly varied and most graceful dances of the Fijians ) to find that these Tahitians have ap- parently no notion of dancing , except this Upa - upa , which for many years was ...
Page 47
... seems altogether changed , even externally , for she has been painted white , to match La Magicienne . I returned with Narii to breakfast with his sister , Mrs Brander ; there we were joined by the admi- ral , who came to make ...
... seems altogether changed , even externally , for she has been painted white , to match La Magicienne . I returned with Narii to breakfast with his sister , Mrs Brander ; there we were joined by the admi- ral , who came to make ...
Page 48
... seen from this point , is truly lovely , and the effect of a coral - reef , as you look down on it from a height , is always fascinating . Every conceivable tint seems to play IMMUTABLE TIDES . 49 beneath the surface - browns and.
... seen from this point , is truly lovely , and the effect of a coral - reef , as you look down on it from a height , is always fascinating . Every conceivable tint seems to play IMMUTABLE TIDES . 49 beneath the surface - browns and.
Page 51
... seems to me that all the marvels of the Fijian reef are here reproduced on a magnified scale the mysterious zoophytes are larger , their colours more intense , the forms of the fish more varied and eccentric , and their scaly dress ...
... seems to me that all the marvels of the Fijian reef are here reproduced on a magnified scale the mysterious zoophytes are larger , their colours more intense , the forms of the fish more varied and eccentric , and their scaly dress ...
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