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... sail , with the beautiful mountains of Raïatea sweeping up ahead , and soon we tied up at the little wharf of the town of Uturoa . CANOES MAKE HIGH SPEED Raïatea i is noted for the speed of her out- rigger sailing ca- noes , fabulous ac ...
... sail , with the beautiful mountains of Raïatea sweeping up ahead , and soon we tied up at the little wharf of the town of Uturoa . CANOES MAKE HIGH SPEED Raïatea i is noted for the speed of her out- rigger sailing ca- noes , fabulous ac ...
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FAMILIAR TO PHILATELISTS IS THE CRAB - CLAW SAIL , DEPICTED ON PAPUAN STAMPS Plaited leaves form the peculiar sail of the lakatoi , a native craft consisting of two or three canoes lashed together and covered with a deck . The Pilgrim ...
FAMILIAR TO PHILATELISTS IS THE CRAB - CLAW SAIL , DEPICTED ON PAPUAN STAMPS Plaited leaves form the peculiar sail of the lakatoi , a native craft consisting of two or three canoes lashed together and covered with a deck . The Pilgrim ...
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... sail and * See " Rock of Aden , " by H. G. C. Swayne , NA- TIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE for December , 1935 . raffee , the Pilgrim ran 90 miles in ten hours and entered a group of high , desolate , sun- dried islands : Jebel Zuqar , 2,047 ...
... sail and * See " Rock of Aden , " by H. G. C. Swayne , NA- TIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE for December , 1935 . raffee , the Pilgrim ran 90 miles in ten hours and entered a group of high , desolate , sun- dried islands : Jebel Zuqar , 2,047 ...
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