In Quest of CooliesH.S. King, 1872 - 137 páginas |
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... French Leave - System of Military Colonisation 19 CHAPTER IV . I land on Tanna - Military Tactics - Hair - dressing - Tattooing 31 CHAPTER V. Tanna Pigs — Trading - Canvassing a Chief - Return Men - Intend- ing Emigrants . 38 CHAPTER VI ...
... French Leave - System of Military Colonisation 19 CHAPTER IV . I land on Tanna - Military Tactics - Hair - dressing - Tattooing 31 CHAPTER V. Tanna Pigs — Trading - Canvassing a Chief - Return Men - Intend- ing Emigrants . 38 CHAPTER VI ...
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... FRENCH LEAVE • ΑΡΙ ΜΑΝ MARÉ GIRL GOING TO MARKET A FATHERLY INTEREST . THE SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH ORI WOMEN UPSET OUT OF THEIR CANOE THE ISLAND OF ERROMANGO A CULTIVATED COOLIE . PIPE'S GRIEF Frontispiece PAGE 10 27 31 37 39 48 73 87 ...
... FRENCH LEAVE • ΑΡΙ ΜΑΝ MARÉ GIRL GOING TO MARKET A FATHERLY INTEREST . THE SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH ORI WOMEN UPSET OUT OF THEIR CANOE THE ISLAND OF ERROMANGO A CULTIVATED COOLIE . PIPE'S GRIEF Frontispiece PAGE 10 27 31 37 39 48 73 87 ...
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... French Loyalty Islands , and some , as I said , from the New Hebrides , and their arrival very soon produced a change in the aspect of the coast country of Queensland . Squatters sold their sheep and bought sugar plantations , foundries ...
... French Loyalty Islands , and some , as I said , from the New Hebrides , and their arrival very soon produced a change in the aspect of the coast country of Queensland . Squatters sold their sheep and bought sugar plantations , foundries ...
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... French Leave - System of Military Colonisation . LOVERS of the picturesque would , I think , have experienced a new sensation could they have been present at the start of these , the first Kanakas who were returning to their islands . I ...
... French Leave - System of Military Colonisation . LOVERS of the picturesque would , I think , have experienced a new sensation could they have been present at the start of these , the first Kanakas who were returning to their islands . I ...
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... princi- pally spent in making as many different toilettes in the day as a lady at the sea - side — I shall pass over the contents of my journal till we sighted the French island of Maré and a new world suddenly opened its c 2.
... princi- pally spent in making as many different toilettes in the day as a lady at the sea - side — I shall pass over the contents of my journal till we sighted the French island of Maré and a new world suddenly opened its c 2.
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