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Page 110
... women wear lava - lavas and over this a loose gown shaped something like a chemise . The men are tattooed with an elaborate pattern from the waist to the knees and round the wrists ; the women on the arms and thighs with little crosses ...
... women wear lava - lavas and over this a loose gown shaped something like a chemise . The men are tattooed with an elaborate pattern from the waist to the knees and round the wrists ; the women on the arms and thighs with little crosses ...
Page 126
... women he's lived with . He's had ten children by Samoan women ; one , a girl of fifteen , he keeps at school in New Zea- land , but the rest he's handed over to the Mormon mission with a sum of money . He came out to the islands when he ...
... women he's lived with . He's had ten children by Samoan women ; one , a girl of fifteen , he keeps at school in New Zea- land , but the rest he's handed over to the Mormon mission with a sum of money . He came out to the islands when he ...
Page 208
... women went down to the river to get water . The sun had scarcely risen and the long - house was already as busy as a hive . The Dyaks are rather small , but very trimly built , with brown skins , large shining eye , flat in the skull ...
... women went down to the river to get water . The sun had scarcely risen and the long - house was already as busy as a hive . The Dyaks are rather small , but very trimly built , with brown skins , large shining eye , flat in the skull ...
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