In Stevenson's SamoaSmith, Elder, & Company, 1895 - Počet stran: 190 |
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Strana 38
... Tuvale , who had come from a distant village far round the coast to be our house - boy . ' He appeared about thirteen ; but as Samoans are full grown at fifteen , and have no idea of their own ages , it is difficult to judge correctly ...
... Tuvale , who had come from a distant village far round the coast to be our house - boy . ' He appeared about thirteen ; but as Samoans are full grown at fifteen , and have no idea of their own ages , it is difficult to judge correctly ...
Strana 39
... Tuvale out to the harness - room , where he explained the stove and gave him an exaggerated and highly coloured account of his duties and responsibilities . It was all meant in good faith ; but when he at last took his departure , we ...
... Tuvale out to the harness - room , where he explained the stove and gave him an exaggerated and highly coloured account of his duties and responsibilities . It was all meant in good faith ; but when he at last took his departure , we ...
Strana 41
... Tuvale , for , after he had conscientiously laid out all our properties in the way of dinner - service , which did not amount to a dozen pieces , including plates , knives , and forks , he always secreted a spoon in the cook - house for ...
... Tuvale , for , after he had conscientiously laid out all our properties in the way of dinner - service , which did not amount to a dozen pieces , including plates , knives , and forks , he always secreted a spoon in the cook - house for ...
Strana 42
... Tuvale was no exception to his race . When it happened to be pig , or canned sausages , or ham for dinner , his song of triumph from the cook - house was superb ; and the care and solicitude with which he tended the sausages while they ...
... Tuvale was no exception to his race . When it happened to be pig , or canned sausages , or ham for dinner , his song of triumph from the cook - house was superb ; and the care and solicitude with which he tended the sausages while they ...
Strana 43
... Tuvale on the back verandah . We heard that Cipau had gone down to the beach and made loud complaints against Mafulu ; she said that he had treated her most cruelly . Among the terrible atrocities she recounted as most damning evidence ...
... Tuvale on the back verandah . We heard that Cipau had gone down to the beach and made loud complaints against Mafulu ; she said that he had treated her most cruelly . Among the terrible atrocities she recounted as most damning evidence ...
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afternoon Apia appeared asked bananas beach beautiful Billy blue bread-fruit brown brown islanders Bully Hayes carried chief Christmas Cipau clad clothes cocoa-nut coloured Consulate cook coral coral bays dark delightful dinner dishes dress excitement feet flowers forest friends garlands guests hair hastened head heard hibiscus horses house-boys husband kava kind kindly lava-lava live look Louis Stevenson Mafulu Matalanumoana Matautu mats Misifolo Monkey morning mountains Mulinuu native girls neighbours never night Pacific Pacific islands palm palusame passed picturesque plantation present pretty reef Robert Louis Stevenson round rushed Samoan schooner shanty sight smiling Soenga Solomon Island soon South Sea stove strangers talking-men Talofa Talolo Tamaitai tapa tapo taro tattooed things tiffin Tofa told took trees tropic Tusitala Tuvale Ulla Upolu Vailima verandah village wear wife woman wonderful young youth