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It is a land of perpetual won- der , and everywhere you turn you come upon some strange thing , some scene not known before , some subtle scent of flower , some strange sound so softly sweet it seems to you the birds had never sung ...
It is a land of perpetual won- der , and everywhere you turn you come upon some strange thing , some scene not known before , some subtle scent of flower , some strange sound so softly sweet it seems to you the birds had never sung ...
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... have been laid in the remote sections of the various islands of the Ha- waiian group , but since the American has planted the stars and stripes on its shores Hawaii has been made known as never be- fore to the traveling public .
... have been laid in the remote sections of the various islands of the Ha- waiian group , but since the American has planted the stars and stripes on its shores Hawaii has been made known as never be- fore to the traveling public .
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There is no doubt that this cave , known as Kapela - kapu - o - na - lii , con- tains treasures of untold value . Not only bones of high chiefs or chiefesses were hidden for fear of being made into fish hooks , etc. , but feather cloaks ...
There is no doubt that this cave , known as Kapela - kapu - o - na - lii , con- tains treasures of untold value . Not only bones of high chiefs or chiefesses were hidden for fear of being made into fish hooks , etc. , but feather cloaks ...
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The highest one of these is that known as " The Hill of Sand , " and this is the last expired from the caverns of fire , now sealed over . On its summit it has a cone probably two hundred feet across at its top and about two hundred ...
The highest one of these is that known as " The Hill of Sand , " and this is the last expired from the caverns of fire , now sealed over . On its summit it has a cone probably two hundred feet across at its top and about two hundred ...
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The civilized at any time in their history , since known to the white man . They were , in a measure , barbarians , it is true , but , even at the time of Captain Cook's coming , they had the customs of a civilized people ...
The civilized at any time in their history , since known to the white man . They were , in a measure , barbarians , it is true , but , even at the time of Captain Cook's coming , they had the customs of a civilized people ...
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| Title | Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine |
| Editor | Bret Harte |
| Contributor | Making of America Project |
| Publisher | A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2008 |
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