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Page 114
... Apia to take up an appointment at the hos- pital , a missionary , an Australian store - keeper going to Burns Philip's store at Apia , Gerald and myself . After supper we went on deck . The night fell quickly and the rolling grew less ...
... Apia to take up an appointment at the hos- pital , a missionary , an Australian store - keeper going to Burns Philip's store at Apia , Gerald and myself . After supper we went on deck . The night fell quickly and the rolling grew less ...
Page 127
... Apia in the Marstal . It is a cutter about thirty feet long and belongs to a kanaka . A ten - hour trip . It was loaded with sacks of copra and smelt rankly of coconut . There was no cabin , and I lay on deck over the engine , with a ...
... Apia in the Marstal . It is a cutter about thirty feet long and belongs to a kanaka . A ten - hour trip . It was loaded with sacks of copra and smelt rankly of coconut . There was no cabin , and I lay on deck over the engine , with a ...
Page 132
... Apia via Fiji and Tonga . It is thirty - six years old , twelve hundred tons , and very dirty , overrun with rats and cockroaches , but steady and a wonder- ful sea boat , with one very primitive bathroom , no smoking- room , and dingy ...
... Apia via Fiji and Tonga . It is thirty - six years old , twelve hundred tons , and very dirty , overrun with rats and cockroaches , but steady and a wonder- ful sea boat , with one very primitive bathroom , no smoking- room , and dingy ...
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