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Side 16
... surrounded by gulf - weed , which a boat went away to examine , and picked up small shrimps , snails , crabs , and round little fish which make nests of the weed , cementing them by some glutinous substance , and then hang on outside by ...
... surrounded by gulf - weed , which a boat went away to examine , and picked up small shrimps , snails , crabs , and round little fish which make nests of the weed , cementing them by some glutinous substance , and then hang on outside by ...
Side 26
... surrounded by high walls and trees , which are planted in close rows to protect the orange - trees from the wind , and then through fields of corn , maize , and other crops , for two hours , when we got out , and mounting donkeys , rode ...
... surrounded by high walls and trees , which are planted in close rows to protect the orange - trees from the wind , and then through fields of corn , maize , and other crops , for two hours , when we got out , and mounting donkeys , rode ...
Side 31
... surrounded by precipitous green cliffs , or banks of foliage , above which are seen the mountains bounding the other side of the crater . We stayed there that night , and how delightful it all was ! The stroll before dinner to the ...
... surrounded by precipitous green cliffs , or banks of foliage , above which are seen the mountains bounding the other side of the crater . We stayed there that night , and how delightful it all was ! The stroll before dinner to the ...
Side 35
... surrounded by a verandah hung with flowering creepers , while all round were tall coco - palms bearing large clusters of nuts ; fine old tamarinds ; orange - trees laden with green fruit ; pink oleanders ; laburnums , yellow D 2 1. ] 35 ...
... surrounded by a verandah hung with flowering creepers , while all round were tall coco - palms bearing large clusters of nuts ; fine old tamarinds ; orange - trees laden with green fruit ; pink oleanders ; laburnums , yellow D 2 1. ] 35 ...
Side 37
... surrounded by half a dozen of her daughters , tall , well- made damsels , scantily clothed , who were receiving and returning this complicated salutation from every passer - by ; and a most amusing scene it was . After jogging about six ...
... surrounded by half a dozen of her daughters , tall , well- made damsels , scantily clothed , who were receiving and returning this complicated salutation from every passer - by ; and a most amusing scene it was . After jogging about six ...
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Admiralty Island albatross anchored appear arrived bamboo bananas bank beach beautiful beneath bergs birds blue boat bottom bows bushes canoes cliff close coco-nut coloured coral covered crater crinoids Crown 8vo cruise dancing dark deep depth distance dredge dressed Edition eggs English fcap feet Fiji fish flowers flying foliage girls grass green head heavy hills horses Humboldt Bay huts island Japan Japanese king penguins land lava Levuka look Malay manganese Marion Island miles morning mountain narrow natives night Nightingale Island paddling palms passed penguins pinnace pleasant plumage pretty reef river road rocks rookery round running sail schooners seen ship shoot shore shot side sitting slope sounding species starfish stream Tahiti thick Tongatabu town trawl trees tussock grass vegetation village walk wind women woods yellow young
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Side 26 - Wilson. — A MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. "An exquisite and touching portrait of a rare and beautiful spirit.
Side 8 - COMPARATIVE POLITICS. Lectures at the Royal Institution, to which is added " The Unity of History," being the Rede Lecture delivered at Cambridge in 1872.
Side 18 - one of the most striking pieces of historical composition of "which France has to boast...
Side 9 - Galileo. — THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GALILEO. Compiled principally from his Correspondence and that of his eldest daughter, Sister Maria Celeste, Nun in the Franciscan Convent of S.
Side 13 - STANDARD. THE ROMAN AND THE TEUTON. A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge. New and Cheaper Edition, with Preface by Professor MAX MULLER.
Side 34 - HALES— LONGER ENGLISH POEMS, with Notes, Philological and Explanatory, and an Introduction on the Teaching of English. Chiefly for Use in Schools. Edited by JW HALES, MA, Professor of English Literature at King's College, London.
Side 33 - Ellis PRACTICAL HINTS ON THE QUANTITATIVE PRONUNCIATION OF LATIN, FOR THE USE OF CLASSICAL TEACHERS AND LINGUISTS. By AJ ELLIS, BA, FRS, &c. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4*. 6d.
Side 18 - Mitford (AB)— TALES OF OLD JAPAN. By AB MITFORD, Second Secretary to the British Legation in Japan. With upwards of 30 Illustrations, drawn and cut on Wood by Japanese Artists. New and Cheaper Edition. Crown 8vo. d*. " These very original volumes will always be interesting as memorials of a most exceptional society, while regarded simply as tales, they 'are sparkling, sensational, and dramatic, and the originality of their idea and the quaintness of their language give them a most captivating piquancy.
Side 23 - The Later Empire. — Milton's Political Opinions — Milton's Poetry — Elementary Principles in Art — Liberal Education in Universities — English in Schools — The Church as a Teacher of Morality — The Teaching of Politics : an Inaugural Lecture delivered at Cambridge.
Side 15 - Hugh). — HOLIDAYS ON HIGH LANDS ; or, Rambles and Incidents in search of Alpine Plants. By the Rev. HUGH MACMILLAN, Author of "Bible Teachings in Nature,