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Page 118
... native village . When you turn to the right from the hotel , you pass more stores , Government buildings , the English club , and then you come to another native village . In the back part of Apia are stores and small frame houses in ...
... native village . When you turn to the right from the hotel , you pass more stores , Government buildings , the English club , and then you come to another native village . In the back part of Apia are stores and small frame houses in ...
Page 135
... native appears at once , and then only his colour betrays his white blood . At heart he is a native . He loves the native food and the native ways . He is proud of his native blood and has none of the false shame of the half - caste ...
... native appears at once , and then only his colour betrays his white blood . At heart he is a native . He loves the native food and the native ways . He is proud of his native blood and has none of the false shame of the half - caste ...
Page 137
... native with blue eyes , tall and stout ; he spoke a little English and perhaps his father was an English sailor . As ... native woman sat on the deck , smoking the big native cigarettes one after the other . A Chinese boy was constantly ...
... native with blue eyes , tall and stout ; he spoke a little English and perhaps his father was an English sailor . As ... native woman sat on the deck , smoking the big native cigarettes one after the other . A Chinese boy was constantly ...
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