Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands, Volume 1Fischer son and Jackson, 1831 |
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... occasionally exchanging them for the terms Windward and Leeward Islands , which are fre- quently used by those residing and trading among them . * System of Geography , vol . iii . p . 630 . The following table , principally from Wallis ...
... occasionally exchanging them for the terms Windward and Leeward Islands , which are fre- quently used by those residing and trading among them . * System of Geography , vol . iii . p . 630 . The following table , principally from Wallis ...
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... occasionally seen , are not so numerous on any part of the Tahitian coast , as in the north - eastern shores of Hawaii . The mountains of Tahiti are less grand and stupendous than those of the northern group -but there is a greater ...
... occasionally seen , are not so numerous on any part of the Tahitian coast , as in the north - eastern shores of Hawaii . The mountains of Tahiti are less grand and stupendous than those of the northern group -but there is a greater ...
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... occasionally extensive , but more frequently circumscribed . There is , however , a startling boldness in the towering piles of basalt , often heaped in romantic confusion near the source or margin of some crystal stream , that flows in ...
... occasionally extensive , but more frequently circumscribed . There is , however , a startling boldness in the towering piles of basalt , often heaped in romantic confusion near the source or margin of some crystal stream , that flows in ...
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... occasionally two miles , from the shore . The surface of the water within the reef is placid and transparent ; while that without , if there be the slightest breeze , is considerably agitated ; and , being unsheltered from the wind , is ...
... occasionally two miles , from the shore . The surface of the water within the reef is placid and transparent ; while that without , if there be the slightest breeze , is considerably agitated ; and , being unsheltered from the wind , is ...
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... occasionally sweep across the islands , and produce considerable devastations among the plantations and habitations of the people : tempests are some- times heavy and destructive , but the islands are never visited with those fearful ...
... occasionally sweep across the islands , and produce considerable devastations among the plantations and habitations of the people : tempests are some- times heavy and destructive , but the islands are never visited with those fearful ...
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