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Identifier: persiangulfsouth00boeh (find matches)
Title: The Persian Gulf and South Sea Isles
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Boehm, Edgar Collins, Sir, bart., 1869-
Subjects: Persian Gulf Region -- Description and travel Oceania -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : Horace Cox
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ific Islands. and there a grass or reed built hut surroundedby an artistic, neat reed fence with a creeperof convolvulus entwined thereon, enclosinggroves of shady orange and citron trees lightedup by the scarlet flower of the pomegranate,and perfumed with the heavy fragrance ofwhite gardenias. Women are sitting in frontof an outspread role of tappa, which is beingpainted with curious dark brown patterns;little children play about naked as the daythey were born, and the men, living towersof strength and good nature, tending the horsesor busying themselves by yawning and singingin monotonous rich tones. These natives—men, women, and children—love singing, whichwas no doubt a great help to the missionariesin earlier days, as half of them flock to churchto hear the little harmoniums or whateverinstrument the rustic village churches aresupplied with, and to chant away like canarieson a perch. There are Roman Catholic andProtestant churches, and all the natives are,of course, baptised.
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/ o v9 190s. QAK0 CHAPTER III. The Wreck— Papasea — Elephantiasis — HairDye—Corai. Reefs— Siva-Siva. THREE or four miles down the harbour there isa cave, the entrance to which is a narrow cleftforming a doorway, and a few steps lead into ahuge hall. Enormous columns rise from floorto ceiling, dividing the cave into curious alcoves,and when the sun is shining brightly a varietyof beautiful colours, far surpassing the grotto atCapri, reflect from the light without iridescentgleams of liquid sapphire, and, looking downinto the water, clear as crystal, a perfect gardenof variegated coloured coral growth can be seen,a veritable mermaids garden. Bats andswallows flit around the roof, as you stand gluedto the spot, blinded by the soft delicate glisten-ing colours, as if for a short space you wereverily allowed a peep into a land of livingfairies. The course to Samoa is very nearly due north, 134 The South Pacific Islands. and takes about eight hours, and the furthernorth one gets t

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