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Page 119
... leaves . These foods , with bananas and coconuts , formed our staple diet . We never tired of coconuts , which we had for breakfast and for our evening meal , and the cool milk of the young green nut was always on hand . Orange and ...
... leaves . These foods , with bananas and coconuts , formed our staple diet . We never tired of coconuts , which we had for breakfast and for our evening meal , and the cool milk of the young green nut was always on hand . Orange and ...
Page 120
... leaves were split along the cen- tral stem , and Liv and two native women plaited the fringes together . Then we tied the plaited pieces together on the roof with ropes of tough bark . When the roof was finished , we plaited a floor ...
... leaves were split along the cen- tral stem , and Liv and two native women plaited the fringes together . Then we tied the plaited pieces together on the roof with ropes of tough bark . When the roof was finished , we plaited a floor ...
Page 207
... leaves , tied into bundles , are lighted for sig- nals and flares . Smaller bundles of shorter leaves make brooms for sweeping the dirt floors of the huts . The threads of the fronds are used in sew- ing and weaving and in forming lamp ...
... leaves , tied into bundles , are lighted for sig- nals and flares . Smaller bundles of shorter leaves make brooms for sweeping the dirt floors of the huts . The threads of the fronds are used in sew- ing and weaving and in forming lamp ...
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Martinique Caribbean Question Mark By EDWARD T FOLLIARD | 47 |
Collecting Aquarium Specimens in Tropical Pacific Waters | 347 |
New Brunswick Down by the Sea By LAWRENCE J BURPEE 595 | 409 |
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