The Island World of the Pacific OceanHoward & Pariser, 1885 - 337 Seiten |
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... feet , towering above us like a huge giant . These heights faced us in the shape of a semi - circle , and to all appearances we lay in the middle of an extinct crater , of which the other half of the circle had been thrown into the sea ...
... feet , towering above us like a huge giant . These heights faced us in the shape of a semi - circle , and to all appearances we lay in the middle of an extinct crater , of which the other half of the circle had been thrown into the sea ...
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... feet high , with a diameter of one to two feet . The bark and inner por- tions furnish a valuable fibre , while the pith supplies the material for much of the paper cloth worn by the natives . The fruit ripens at different periods of ...
... feet high , with a diameter of one to two feet . The bark and inner por- tions furnish a valuable fibre , while the pith supplies the material for much of the paper cloth worn by the natives . The fruit ripens at different periods of ...
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... feet from the top . On Tahiti , still loftier summits , with crowns and crests and jagged ridges constitute the surface . The eye follows up one precipitious slope to plunge at once one or two thousand feet to the bottom of another ...
... feet from the top . On Tahiti , still loftier summits , with crowns and crests and jagged ridges constitute the surface . The eye follows up one precipitious slope to plunge at once one or two thousand feet to the bottom of another ...
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... feet . The products are similar to those already described ; the natives are peaceable and friendly , nearly all of them professing Christianity . The number in the group I have placed at one hundred ; some authorities state as high as ...
... feet . The products are similar to those already described ; the natives are peaceable and friendly , nearly all of them professing Christianity . The number in the group I have placed at one hundred ; some authorities state as high as ...
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... feet , and the rich tropical vegetation covers the mountain sides clear to their summits . Streams of pure water flow through its valleys of rich alluvial soil , and highly cultivated plantations are to be met with on every hand . The ...
... feet , and the rich tropical vegetation covers the mountain sides clear to their summits . Streams of pure water flow through its valleys of rich alluvial soil , and highly cultivated plantations are to be met with on every hand . The ...
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