Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 389
anchor was dropped inthe harbor of Papiete atnine oclock, and a couple ofhours later, by which timethe weather had cleared,we went ashore, and at oncefound ourselves in the midst of afairy-like scene, to describe whichis almost impossible, so bewilder-ing is it in the brightness andvariety of its… … At Tahiti 349 little gardens are a mass of flowers, the men andwomen clad in the gayest robes and decked withflowers, the piles of unfamiliar fruit lying on the grass,waiting to be transported to the coasting vessels in theharbor, the wide-spreading background of hills clad inverdure to their…
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