This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ... the government here, both for the sake of whites and natives." In the month of April the Commodore left Fiji; he stopped for a few days at New Caledonia, which he thus describes: --April 24M.--At 5.40 saw the land of New Caledonia. As the day broke we saw the small sandy islets covered with fir trees, and forming such ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ... the government here, both for the sake of whites and natives." In the month of April the Commodore left Fiji; he stopped for a few days at New Caledonia, which he thus describes: --April 24M.--At 5.40 saw the land of New Caledonia. As the day broke we saw the small sandy islets covered with fir trees, and forming such a contrast to the cocoa-nuts of Fiji. There were cocoa-nut palms, too, in sheltered bays. The hills looked gaunt and bare. A good-sized waterfall, noticed by Brenchley, showed its white zig-zag line in three leaps. We were in the entrance of the Woodin passage by 8 A.m., and had passed Ndua Head, an abrupt hill reft with water-courses, cutting deep clefts in the friable soil. The fir trees, which looked of two sorts, a sort of Norfolk Island, and a sort of Kauri, looked like May poles (dressed), or gigantic hop poles, with a conical cap of leaves and branches, but having apparently lost their early limbs, and having put out branchlets up the stem, to take their place. Is it always so? or does this come from poor soil and strong winds? At three miles south-east of the entrance we picked up a pilot, a capital young fellow, well up to his work. With the wind at east he luffed us round the point, with all sails shaking, and took us up to our anchorage very well indeed, about two cables outside a corvette, and we were at anchor by 12.20. Boarded at once by the captain of the port, &c., &c. The whole place looks as if French money was being spent with both hands, and I heard soon after that the home government spends about 4,000,000 francs a year on the transportation service. This for over 8000 transports or condatnnis, and 300 deportes. Of the transports there are 2000 on the island of Nou, of whom 1600 are sick, invalids, old, or inc...
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As New. Reprint of the original publication. Minimal shelf wear from storage, Cover looks very nice. inside is like new clean and crisp, Looks great. 228 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; ISBN: 1432540637. ISBN/EAN: 9781432540630. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561061233.
