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Page 96
... incident , on which Professor Rivet comments : ' En ce qui concerne le cuisinier malais , je suis très sceptique , car les rapports entre les Patagons et les Malais me semblent bien douteux . ' Aprile 9th . The wind Variable from W.S.W. ...
... incident , on which Professor Rivet comments : ' En ce qui concerne le cuisinier malais , je suis très sceptique , car les rapports entre les Patagons et les Malais me semblent bien douteux . ' Aprile 9th . The wind Variable from W.S.W. ...
Page 146
... incident . 2 2 Professor Raymond Firth suggests that this is probably a variant of ' an onomatopoeic sound indicating the bang of the guns . The Tahitian word for musket or gun is pupuhi . ' 3 In the eighteenth century nails were sold ...
... incident . 2 2 Professor Raymond Firth suggests that this is probably a variant of ' an onomatopoeic sound indicating the bang of the guns . The Tahitian word for musket or gun is pupuhi . ' 3 In the eighteenth century nails were sold ...
Page 282
... incident recorded by Robertson . Both Wallis's and Robertson's accounts of the Tahitian polity are meagre , partly because Wallis was a sick man , partly because he ' was so much more interested in his introduction to good native ...
... incident recorded by Robertson . Both Wallis's and Robertson's accounts of the Tahitian polity are meagre , partly because Wallis was a sick man , partly because he ' was so much more interested in his introduction to good native ...
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