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- February 11, 2011, 03:42:06 AMa winding pathway shaded by the luxuriant
trees of the tropics. It was a bungalow of unpainted woodconsisting of two small roomsand outside was a
small shed that served as a kitchen. There was no furniture except the mats they used as bedsand a
rocking-chairwhich stood on the verandah. Bananas with their great ragged leaveslike the tattered
habiliments of an empress in adversitygrew close up to the house. There was a tree just behind which bore
alligator pearsand all about were the cocoa-nuts which gave the land its revenue. Ata's father had planted
crotons round his propertyand they grew in coloured profusiongay and brilliant; they fenced the land with
flame. A mango grew in front of the houseand at the edge of the clearing were two flamboyantstwin trees
that challenged the gold of the cocoa-nuts with their scarlet flowers.
Here Strickland livedcoming seldom to Papeeteon the produce of the land. There was a little stream that ran
not far awayin which he bathedand down this on occasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives
would assemble with spearsand with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as they hurried
down to the sea. Sometimes Strickland would go down to the reefand You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginyilai：
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trees of the tropics. It was a bungalow of unpainted woodconsisting of two small roomsand outside was a
small shed that served as a kitchen. There was no furniture except the mats they used as bedsand a
rocking-chairwhich stood on the verandah. Bananas with their great ragged leaveslike the tattered
habiliments of an empress in adversitygrew close up to the house. There was a tree just behind which bore
alligator pearsand all about were the cocoa-nuts which gave the land its revenue. Ata's father had planted
crotons round his propertyand they grew in coloured profusiongay and brilliant; they fenced the land with
flame. A mango grew in front of the houseand at the edge of the clearing were two flamboyantstwin trees
that challenged the gold of the cocoa-nuts with their scarlet flowers.
Here Strickland livedcoming seldom to Papeeteon the produce of the land. There was a little stream that ran
not far awayin which he bathedand down this on occasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives
would assemble with spearsand with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as they hurried
down to the sea. Sometimes Strickland would go down to the reefand You are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginyilai：
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