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Excerpt from The Coral Lands of the Pacific: Their Peoples and Their ProductsSang, of the Salon, Paris. For the index appended to this edition I am indebted to Mr. F. W. Jordan.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the wo...

Excerpt from Coral Lands, Vol. 2 of 2Ten miles to the eastward of Savan is the island of Upolu. It is about forty miles long and thirteen broad. A main ridge extends from east to west, broken here and there into sharp peaks. Small ridges and gradual slopes run down to a low shore, which is encircled by a coral reef, interrupted at intervals by convenient entrances. At Apia the reef extends across a good-sized bay, which affords a harbour for s...

Excerpt from Coral Lands, Vol. 1 of 2In the physiognomy of the Papuan people there is great. Difference. The lips of a typical specimen are somewhat thick. The nose is broad, often arched and high, but coarse. The jaws project, and they may as a rule be said to be prognathous. They are generally small in stature and in islands where the natives are comparatively large sized, there is always evidence of their mixture with another race. The typi...

Excerpt from Fiji, Its Resources and ProspectsLevuka, the capital of Polynesia, is no penal settlement for those who enjoy the society of ladies and gentlemen. Levuka boasts three or four good hotels, a club, a first-rate mechanics' institute, with a capital library, has a cricket, two boating and yacht clubs, a horse-racing ditto, a ri¿e association, and a dramatic society. There is a well-conducted hospital, and Anglican, Roman Catholic, and...

Excerpt from Fiji, Its Resources and ProspectsLevuka, the capital of Polynesia, is no penal settlement for those who enjoy the society of ladies and gentlemen. Levuka boasts three or four good hotels, a club, a first-rate mechanics' institute, with a capital library, has a cricket, two boating and yacht clubs, a horse-racing ditto, a ri¿e association, and a dramatic society. There is a well-conducted hospital, and Anglican, Roman Catholic, and...