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... island trading - schooner Vaitere , I bound for Nuku Hiva Island . was now keen to see at first - hand the rebirth of the Marquesans . Eight days later , having made a few stops in the Tuamotu Archi- pelago , we were sailing in the ...
... island trading - schooner Vaitere , I bound for Nuku Hiva Island . was now keen to see at first - hand the rebirth of the Marquesans . Eight days later , having made a few stops in the Tuamotu Archi- pelago , we were sailing in the ...
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... islands , I voyaged in inter - island cutters , sailing - canoes and longboats to see first - hand evi- dence of the population increase there . I visited Fatu Hiva , in the south - eastern group , and wandered along the beaches where ...
... islands , I voyaged in inter - island cutters , sailing - canoes and longboats to see first - hand evi- dence of the population increase there . I visited Fatu Hiva , in the south - eastern group , and wandered along the beaches where ...
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... island no good . " The view that I had of Eiao in the dawn was foreboding . The island was quite unlike one's con- cept of a South Sea isle . It was just a grim , black , barren rock , eight miles by four wide , with sheer cliffs ...
... island no good . " The view that I had of Eiao in the dawn was foreboding . The island was quite unlike one's con- cept of a South Sea isle . It was just a grim , black , barren rock , eight miles by four wide , with sheer cliffs ...
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THE GOLD DOES NOT MATTER BY ARTHUR BATTY | 303 |
AN OLD STAMP ALBUM BY A R B HALDANE | 348 |
THE LONG HAUL OUT N | 370 |
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