South Sea YarnsW. Blackwood and Sons, 1894 - 326 páginas |
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... dead silence ensues . Then , after much whispered conversation , an old man addresses the court , pointing out that white men eat different food from Fijians , for do they not live upon flour , tinned meat , rice , and other abomina ...
... dead silence ensues . Then , after much whispered conversation , an old man addresses the court , pointing out that white men eat different food from Fijians , for do they not live upon flour , tinned meat , rice , and other abomina ...
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... him as a native of Nandrau , who was selected for his fleet- ness as district messenger , and when I saw that his hair and beard were cut short , I knew the nature of his errand . " The chief is dead , " he said ; 30 SOUTH SEA YARNS .
... him as a native of Nandrau , who was selected for his fleet- ness as district messenger , and when I saw that his hair and beard were cut short , I knew the nature of his errand . " The chief is dead , " he said ; 30 SOUTH SEA YARNS .
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Basil Thomson. " The chief is dead , " he said ; " and he told Tione not to bury him till you , sir , had seen his face . Tione sends you this message . " There was another reason that required my presence at Nandrau : Tione was not the ...
Basil Thomson. " The chief is dead , " he said ; " and he told Tione not to bury him till you , sir , had seen his face . Tione sends you this message . " There was another reason that required my presence at Nandrau : Tione was not the ...
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... dead chief's enclosure from the square we dismounted , and were conducted by his eldest son , Tione , to the clean matted house in which we were to lodge . All through the night there was an incongruous mixture of the sounds of ...
... dead chief's enclosure from the square we dismounted , and were conducted by his eldest son , Tione , to the clean matted house in which we were to lodge . All through the night there was an incongruous mixture of the sounds of ...
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Basil Thomson. the riverbank behind our house the five widows of the dead chief , with their women , howled and wailed till morning , like animals in pain . Sometimes the wails would die away into faint moans , and then a wild shriek ...
Basil Thomson. the riverbank behind our house the five widows of the dead chief , with their women , howled and wailed till morning , like animals in pain . Sometimes the wails would die away into faint moans , and then a wild shriek ...
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