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... stones being even larger than the coral blocks , and all perfectly joined together , without mortar . As Captain Cook found no trace of any quarry in the neighbour- hood , he inferred that these blocks must have been carried from a ...
... stones being even larger than the coral blocks , and all perfectly joined together , without mortar . As Captain Cook found no trace of any quarry in the neighbour- hood , he inferred that these blocks must have been carried from a ...
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... stone monument I have seen in the Pacific , but I am told that others have been observed in different groups , though on a smaller scale ; for instance , in the Society Isles , where the great altar of the principal marai on Huahine is ...
... stone monument I have seen in the Pacific , but I am told that others have been observed in different groups , though on a smaller scale ; for instance , in the Society Isles , where the great altar of the principal marai on Huahine is ...
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... stones , " though the origin of Carnac , Stonehenge , and Stennis , is as unknown as that of Haamonga . Returning to the village we saw that the church was crowded , and that there were a number of candidates for confirmation . Judging ...
... stones , " though the origin of Carnac , Stonehenge , and Stennis , is as unknown as that of Haamonga . Returning to the village we saw that the church was crowded , and that there were a number of candidates for confirmation . Judging ...
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... STONE adzes - SAMOA - PANGO - PANGO HARBOUR . FROM MY SOFA IN THE GUN - CARRIAGE , ON BOARD THE SEIGNELAY , Sunday , 16th . MY DEAR NELL , -I have asked Lady Gordon to send you a long letter to her , which I hope to post at Apia , so ...
... STONE adzes - SAMOA - PANGO - PANGO HARBOUR . FROM MY SOFA IN THE GUN - CARRIAGE , ON BOARD THE SEIGNELAY , Sunday , 16th . MY DEAR NELL , -I have asked Lady Gordon to send you a long letter to her , which I hope to post at Apia , so ...
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... stone church , built by themselves , under the direction of the Fathers , and are in every respect pattern Catholics . Three days ' sail from Wallis lies Fotuna , which is a little world by itself . It consists of a single peak , rising ...
... stone church , built by themselves , under the direction of the Fathers , and are in every respect pattern Catholics . Three days ' sail from Wallis lies Fotuna , which is a little world by itself . It consists of a single peak , rising ...
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