In Quest of CooliesH.S. King, 1872 - 137 стор. |
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... believe to be perfectly true , though Captain Palmer failed to convince the authorities at Sydney to that effect . Now that we can look at the subject dispassionately , even the planters will not care to deny that the system , as then ...
... believe to be perfectly true , though Captain Palmer failed to convince the authorities at Sydney to that effect . Now that we can look at the subject dispassionately , even the planters will not care to deny that the system , as then ...
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... believe she had been colonised by the same mother - country ? It is in vain that her sons wish and drink prosperity to her , that the cry is Advance Australia , and speed the plough ! ' The plough does not speed a bit the faster ...
... believe she had been colonised by the same mother - country ? It is in vain that her sons wish and drink prosperity to her , that the cry is Advance Australia , and speed the plough ! ' The plough does not speed a bit the faster ...
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... believe , of having eaten their country- men , and were unwilling to trust themselves with the white men without further knowledge of their nature . 6 Now we have all heard of the South Seas , and , for my part , Masterman Ready ' had ...
... believe , of having eaten their country- men , and were unwilling to trust themselves with the white men without further knowledge of their nature . 6 Now we have all heard of the South Seas , and , for my part , Masterman Ready ' had ...
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... believe , shave clean . But the coif- fure of the inhabitants of Vauna Lava is perhaps the most extraordinary of all , reminding me always of the quaint designs that used to be cut out of privet hedges in old - fashioned gardens . A ...
... believe , shave clean . But the coif- fure of the inhabitants of Vauna Lava is perhaps the most extraordinary of all , reminding me always of the quaint designs that used to be cut out of privet hedges in old - fashioned gardens . A ...
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... the present time on the same spot where these two gentlemen died , but I believe he does not make much progress among the islanders , who have earned the character of being the most ferocious of any in these seas . I had one.
... the present time on the same spot where these two gentlemen died , but I believe he does not make much progress among the islanders , who have earned the character of being the most ferocious of any in these seas . I had one.
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