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dispenses with a free hand to those who have served him in similar commissions . Your Excellency , whose generosity , in imitation of His Majesty's , is well known , will not suffer me in your own time , and now that these small tokens ...
dispenses with a free hand to those who have served him in similar commissions . Your Excellency , whose generosity , in imitation of His Majesty's , is well known , will not suffer me in your own time , and now that these small tokens ...
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The line often broke ; and the bow fell from the archer's hand when the arrow was discharged " . ... A number of men , from three to twelve , with small white flags in their hands were stationed to watch the arrows in their fall .
The line often broke ; and the bow fell from the archer's hand when the arrow was discharged " . ... A number of men , from three to twelve , with small white flags in their hands were stationed to watch the arrows in their fall .
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Their food was chiefly poe , or bruised bread - fruit , rolled up in the hand like paste , and given in small pieces . The fowl was taught to open his mouth to receive his food , and his water which was poured from his master's hand .
Their food was chiefly poe , or bruised bread - fruit , rolled up in the hand like paste , and given in small pieces . The fowl was taught to open his mouth to receive his food , and his water which was poured from his master's hand .
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Contents
and the MYSTIC BOWL of MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA xxxivxli | xxxiv |
The MYSTIC BOWL of MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA to face page | xxxvi |
Description of the PLATES and CHART xlixlix | xli |
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| Title | Works, Volume 43 |
| Author | Hakluyt Society |
| Publisher | Kraus Reprint, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2009 |
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