Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 5G. P. Putnam, 1856 |
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... covered with coco - e exhibiting a most luxuriant growth . There point , which extends for half a mile . At the extends two miles in a northwest - by w water appears much discoloured , bu upon it , except close to the point of the about ...
... covered with coco - e exhibiting a most luxuriant growth . There point , which extends for half a mile . At the extends two miles in a northwest - by w water appears much discoloured , bu upon it , except close to the point of the about ...
Strana 3
... covered with cocoa - nut and other trees , exhibiting a most luxuriant growth . There is a reef off its eastern point , which extends for half a mile . At the western end , a coral ledge extends two miles in a northwest - by - west ...
... covered with cocoa - nut and other trees , exhibiting a most luxuriant growth . There is a reef off its eastern point , which extends for half a mile . At the western end , a coral ledge extends two miles in a northwest - by - west ...
Strana 5
... The islets that have been formed on the reef are eight or ten feet above the water , and are covered with cocoa - nut and pandanus trees . As they approached the island , three double canoes were A 2 BOWDITCH ISLAND . 5.
... The islets that have been formed on the reef are eight or ten feet above the water , and are covered with cocoa - nut and pandanus trees . As they approached the island , three double canoes were A 2 BOWDITCH ISLAND . 5.
Strana 8
... covered with coral - sand and pebbles , which they called male . When they were asked by Mr. Hale for their " fale atua , " ( house of God , ) they pointed to a place at a distance , and evidently understood the meaning of the question ...
... covered with coral - sand and pebbles , which they called male . When they were asked by Mr. Hale for their " fale atua , " ( house of God , ) they pointed to a place at a distance , and evidently understood the meaning of the question ...
Strana 9
... covered with Asplenium and Polypodium , species of ferns , which gave it quite a venerable appearance ; a pandanus more than thirty feet high . A tree , believed to be a Pisonia , was more than twenty feet in circum- ference at its base ...
... covered with Asplenium and Polypodium , species of ferns , which gave it quite a venerable appearance ; a pandanus more than thirty feet high . A tree , believed to be a Pisonia , was more than twenty feet in circum- ference at its base ...
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