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... night was falling , and a chilly mist was rising from the river . Then one of them rose and made with his hand a tiny aperture in the rush - screen , through which the dull twilight showed white . " Beat ! " he cried ; and the rest beat ...
... night was falling , and a chilly mist was rising from the river . Then one of them rose and made with his hand a tiny aperture in the rush - screen , through which the dull twilight showed white . " Beat ! " he cried ; and the rest beat ...
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... NIGHT OF EACH RETURN FROM THE CAPITAL , " Frontispiece 38 ፡፡ AND THEN RALUVE CAME IN , SHYLY FOLLOWED BY TWO ATTENDANTS OF DISCREET AGE AND MATURE CHARMS , " 66 76 THE CANOE WAS AFLOAT , AND LADEN WITH SUCH OF THE LOW - BORNS ...
... NIGHT OF EACH RETURN FROM THE CAPITAL , " Frontispiece 38 ፡፡ AND THEN RALUVE CAME IN , SHYLY FOLLOWED BY TWO ATTENDANTS OF DISCREET AGE AND MATURE CHARMS , " 66 76 THE CANOE WAS AFLOAT , AND LADEN WITH SUCH OF THE LOW - BORNS ...
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... night the village - crier proclaimed the share of the feast which each family was called upon to provide . The women have been busy since daylight bringing in yams , plan- tains , and taro from the plantations , while the men were ...
... night the village - crier proclaimed the share of the feast which each family was called upon to provide . The women have been busy since daylight bringing in yams , plan- tains , and taro from the plantations , while the men were ...
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... night by the voice of a favourite hen in angry remonstrance , he ran out of his house , and after a hot chase cap- tured the accused red - handed in two senses , for they were plucking his hen while still alive . Quite unmoved by this ...
... night by the voice of a favourite hen in angry remonstrance , he ran out of his house , and after a hot chase cap- tured the accused red - handed in two senses , for they were plucking his hen while still alive . Quite unmoved by this ...
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... night , while he slept in a village of the Vatusila , the whale's tooth passed on before him to the rock fortress of Nambutautau , and their chief , Nawawambalavu , took it . When , next morning , Baker resumed his march , this chief ...
... night , while he slept in a village of the Vatusila , the whale's tooth passed on before him to the rock fortress of Nambutautau , and their chief , Nawawambalavu , took it . When , next morning , Baker resumed his march , this chief ...
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