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Pagina 68
... coloured represen- tations have flocked to the bay lately have caused store - room to be very scarce , and the terms most exorbitant , and the deluded beings , compelled to part WHITE'S ISLAND . 69 with their goods , have in 68 ROVINGS ...
... coloured represen- tations have flocked to the bay lately have caused store - room to be very scarce , and the terms most exorbitant , and the deluded beings , compelled to part WHITE'S ISLAND . 69 with their goods , have in 68 ROVINGS ...
Pagina 122
... coloured , fat mud - banks ; and the turbid , muddy stream , wriggling its course between them , offered anything but a tempting prospect to the enterprise of the settler . We were detained nearly an hour before we were afloat again ...
... coloured , fat mud - banks ; and the turbid , muddy stream , wriggling its course between them , offered anything but a tempting prospect to the enterprise of the settler . We were detained nearly an hour before we were afloat again ...
Pagina 158
... coloured , have long black hair reach- ing down to their waists , and go naked , with the ex- ception of a piece of cloth girded round their loins . Male and female are clad alike ; they have , according to our ideas , a very ...
... coloured , have long black hair reach- ing down to their waists , and go naked , with the ex- ception of a piece of cloth girded round their loins . Male and female are clad alike ; they have , according to our ideas , a very ...
Pagina 193
... coloured water , a large brown shark leisurely sailing to and fro ; his sharp fins and white belly every now and then appearing above the surface . It seemed as if the fellow was waiting the chance of a fall ; and his per- tinacity in ...
... coloured water , a large brown shark leisurely sailing to and fro ; his sharp fins and white belly every now and then appearing above the surface . It seemed as if the fellow was waiting the chance of a fall ; and his per- tinacity in ...
Pagina 268
... coloured handkerchief knotted behind , two ends being left to flap about . A high conically shaped straw hat completes the garb . In riding a journey it is the custom for almost every one to wear the poncho , and to tie a handkerchief ...
... coloured handkerchief knotted behind , two ends being left to flap about . A high conically shaped straw hat completes the garb . In riding a journey it is the custom for almost every one to wear the poncho , and to tie a handkerchief ...
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