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Page 129
... Fiji . He had read of it in his boyhood and the place had always had a romantic fascination for him . When the offer came he accepted it eagerly , and now he is bored , lonely and disillusioned . His school is about seven miles from ...
... Fiji . He had read of it in his boyhood and the place had always had a romantic fascination for him . When the offer came he accepted it eagerly , and now he is bored , lonely and disillusioned . His school is about seven miles from ...
Page 130
... Fijian and was a mine of information for everything about the natives . Not- withstanding his years he gave you the impression of an in- defatigable energy . # Two men are living together in Fiji , loathing the sight of one another ...
... Fijian and was a mine of information for everything about the natives . Not- withstanding his years he gave you the impression of an in- defatigable energy . # Two men are living together in Fiji , loathing the sight of one another ...
Page 131
... Fiji , and the chief I stayed with told me that then the houses were so crowded to- gether that one had to sidle through the streets . The men have land on the other shores and go to work on them every day , coming back in the evening ...
... Fiji , and the chief I stayed with told me that then the houses were so crowded to- gether that one had to sidle through the streets . The men have land on the other shores and go to work on them every day , coming back in the evening ...
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