Noqu Talanoa: Stories from the South Seas |
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amongst amusing appearance archipelago Auckland balolo Bligh bokola British Buca Cako-Bau Caledonia called cannibals canoe Captain ceremony character Charlie Savage chief Christian club coast coco-nut tree Colonies and India convict course custom Daka-waqa drink Droga England English European Mail Fiji Fijian followed grog hand head Honolulu Imperial Buildings interesting invariably King George lairo land large number Levuka Line Islands lived London Ludgate Circus Maafu Macuata Maori matter missionary Molokai morning mutineers Nairai Namosi native never night Norfolk Island Noumea occasion once Pacific Islands party Pitcairn Island Port post-free Price Ratu Maiko residence round Royal sail saloon Seņor Serua shai-pull Somo Somo South Sea spot SPOTTISWOODE Steamers stories Street Sundowner Sydney Tahitians talanoa Tanoa Tawhiao tekereri things Tiemi Tokalau Tokay Tonga town trading traveller trouble Vanua Levu vessel wine yaqona young fellow Zealand
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Page 80 - FROM distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum ; True patriots all, for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good : No private views disgraced our generous zeal, What urged our travels was our country's weal : And none will doubt but that our emigration Has proved most useful to the British nation.
Page 166 - The cava feast, the yam, the cocoa's root, Which bears at once the cup, and milk, and fruit; The bread-tree, which, without the ploughshare, yields The unreap'd harvest of unfurrow'd fields, And bakes its unadulterated loaves Without a furnace in unpurchased groves, And flings off famine from its fertile breast, A priceless market for the gathering guest...