Excerpt from Gabrielle of the Lagoon: A Romance of the South Seas There was something fascinating and super-primi tive about the whole scene. The very scents from decaying forest frangipanni and hibiscus blossoms seemed to drift out of the damp The presence of motest of possibilities. Even the fore-and-aft schooner, with yellowish, hanging canvas sails, lying at anchor just beyond the shore lagoons, looked like some strange rigged craft that sailed mysterious seas. But as the assembled tribe once again wildly clamoured ...
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Excerpt from Gabrielle of the Lagoon: A Romance of the South Seas There was something fascinating and super-primi tive about the whole scene. The very scents from decaying forest frangipanni and hibiscus blossoms seemed to drift out of the damp The presence of motest of possibilities. Even the fore-and-aft schooner, with yellowish, hanging canvas sails, lying at anchor just beyond the shore lagoons, looked like some strange rigged craft that sailed mysterious seas. But as the assembled tribe once again wildly clamoured for the next dancer to come forward and exhibit her charms, a murmur of surprise rose from the back rows of stalwart, tattooed chiefs - a white girl suddenly ran out of the forest and jumped on to the tambu stage! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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