Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 5G. P. Putnam, 1856 |
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... feet above the sea , without a tree or shrub , and but a few patches of grass . The sea breaks violently around its shores , but no reef extends to any distance from the island , which may be closely approached . A few sea - birds were ...
... feet above the sea , without a tree or shrub , and but a few patches of grass . The sea breaks violently around its shores , but no reef extends to any distance from the island , which may be closely approached . A few sea - birds were ...
Strana 5
... taken . 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.
... taken . 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 7
... feet high to the ridge - pole , sloping gradually , and of a convex form to within two or three feet of the ground ; the roof was supported on high posts , whilst the lower part rested on short ones , three feet within the eaves ...
... feet high to the ridge - pole , sloping gradually , and of a convex form to within two or three feet of the ground ; the roof was supported on high posts , whilst the lower part rested on short ones , three feet within the eaves ...
Strana 8
... feet wide , and two feet above the water , forming slips about ten feet wide : at the end of each of these was a small house , built of pandanus - leaves , partly on poles in the water . These appeared to be places for securing their ...
... feet wide , and two feet above the water , forming slips about ten feet wide : at the end of each of these was a small house , built of pandanus - leaves , partly on poles in the water . These appeared to be places for securing their ...
Strana 9
... feet high . A tree , believed to be a Pisonia , was more than twenty feet in circum- ference at its base , and about forty feet high . A beautiful species of VOL . V. 2 ficus , the Cape jessamine of Tahiti , and the BOWDITCH ISLAND . 9.
... feet high . A tree , believed to be a Pisonia , was more than twenty feet in circum- ference at its base , and about forty feet high . A beautiful species of VOL . V. 2 ficus , the Cape jessamine of Tahiti , and the BOWDITCH ISLAND . 9.
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