In Quest of CooliesH.S. King, 1872 - 137 páginas |
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... the old virgin forest was turned for miles along the coast into flourishing farms . The English working - man soon found , much to his disgust , that , instead of being indispensable as heretofore , he could no longer make quite his own.
... the old virgin forest was turned for miles along the coast into flourishing farms . The English working - man soon found , much to his disgust , that , instead of being indispensable as heretofore , he could no longer make quite his own.
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... our keel just grazing a fragment of coral as we turned sharp round , and dropped anchor ( in twelve fathoms of clear transparent water ) before the mission station . MISSIONARY WORK . 21 Mr. M , the missionary , 20 IN QUEST OF COOLIES .
... our keel just grazing a fragment of coral as we turned sharp round , and dropped anchor ( in twelve fathoms of clear transparent water ) before the mission station . MISSIONARY WORK . 21 Mr. M , the missionary , 20 IN QUEST OF COOLIES .
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... turned out by a few native boys and girls . Mr. M- informed me that he sold each copy to the natives for a pound of cotton . The men were all decently dressed in shirts and waist - cloths , the women in long loose gowns of blue calico ...
... turned out by a few native boys and girls . Mr. M- informed me that he sold each copy to the natives for a pound of cotton . The men were all decently dressed in shirts and waist - cloths , the women in long loose gowns of blue calico ...
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... turning round , backed stern first up the narrow cove till we came close to the shore , when , casting our stone anchor overboard , we rode gently on the swell which alter- nately drove us nearly high and dry upon the beach , or ...
... turning round , backed stern first up the narrow cove till we came close to the shore , when , casting our stone anchor overboard , we rode gently on the swell which alter- nately drove us nearly high and dry upon the beach , or ...
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... turned himself round and round for the admiration of his brethren ; and I saw at once the reason why so many English soldiers look uncomfortable in their clothes -they have been made by contract . Even after we had suited them all , it ...
... turned himself round and round for the admiration of his brethren ; and I saw at once the reason why so many English soldiers look uncomfortable in their clothes -they have been made by contract . Even after we had suited them all , it ...
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