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Side 186
When the subject of settling two teachers in the country was mentioned , he
seemed highly delighted , and declared that they should have a house , and a
share of all he had . When the two brethren , Harris and Crook , landed , he
conducted ...
When the subject of settling two teachers in the country was mentioned , he
seemed highly delighted , and declared that they should have a house , and a
share of all he had . When the two brethren , Harris and Crook , landed , he
conducted ...
Side 221
They had a kind of sandal , made of a grassy substance ingeniously woven ,
which seemed intended to defend their feet against the coral rock . Their beards
were long ; and the inside of their arms , from the shoulder to the elbow , was ...
They had a kind of sandal , made of a grassy substance ingeniously woven ,
which seemed intended to defend their feet against the coral rock . Their beards
were long ; and the inside of their arms , from the shoulder to the elbow , was ...
Side 281
The people of Mallicollo seemed to be quite a different nation from any we had
yet met with , and speak a different language . Of about eighty words which Mr
Forster collected , hardly one bears any affinity to the language spoken at any
other ...
The people of Mallicollo seemed to be quite a different nation from any we had
yet met with , and speak a different language . Of about eighty words which Mr
Forster collected , hardly one bears any affinity to the language spoken at any
other ...
Side 293
We looked in vain for a canoe , or a man on the shore ; and it almost seemed as if
we were off an uninhabited island . The sight of this lovely country deeply
affected me . Formerly these fertile valleys were the abode of a nation who
passed ...
We looked in vain for a canoe , or a man on the shore ; and it almost seemed as if
we were off an uninhabited island . The sight of this lovely country deeply
affected me . Formerly these fertile valleys were the abode of a nation who
passed ...
Side 337
At first they seemed to have no expectation but of instant death at the hands of
their captors . Upon being kindly treated , however , and furnished with clothes ,
they soon laid aside their apprehensions , and even seemed to forget the fate of ...
At first they seemed to have no expectation but of instant death at the hands of
their captors . Upon being kindly treated , however , and furnished with clothes ,
they soon laid aside their apprehensions , and even seemed to forget the fate of ...
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