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Page 118
... copra . He drinks heavily , and though fifty is always will- ing to stay up all night with the ' boys ' , but he never gets drunk . He is jolly and affable , but very shrewd ; nothing interferes with his business , and his good ...
... copra . He drinks heavily , and though fifty is always will- ing to stay up all night with the ' boys ' , but he never gets drunk . He is jolly and affable , but very shrewd ; nothing interferes with his business , and his good ...
Page 122
... copra , cottons and canned goods . His wife prepared a dinner for us of pigeons and vegetables and cheese , and he tried to eat with us , but couldn't persuade himself to swallow a thing . As soon as we had finished he said : " Well ...
... copra , cottons and canned goods . His wife prepared a dinner for us of pigeons and vegetables and cheese , and he tried to eat with us , but couldn't persuade himself to swallow a thing . As soon as we had finished he said : " Well ...
Page 127
... copra and smelt rankly of coconut . There was no cabin , and I lay on deck over the engine , with a rug over me , and rested my head on the knobbly copra sacks . The crew consisted of the skipper at the tiller , a handsome , swarthy ...
... copra and smelt rankly of coconut . There was no cabin , and I lay on deck over the engine , with a rug over me , and rested my head on the knobbly copra sacks . The crew consisted of the skipper at the tiller , a handsome , swarthy ...
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