...he cuts and incisions are sown and the lips are attached to each other with minute bamboo nails. Next, the neck is shrunk repeatedly over a few... ...chain). It was 85 meters high. It was so powerful that it hurled a 750 ton piece of coral to a distance of 2.5 kilometers inland. Again in Japan, 2...

...t Hapaee -- Female wrestlers and boxers -- An extraordinary dance -- A band of bamboo players -- The female dancers punished for a false step 469- 480... ...andy, or a shark's tooth as a protection against shipwreck; though a branch of coral is good for this, as well as to stop bleeding and to keep off the... ...bleeding and to keep off the evil eye. In default of a shark's tooth, a bit of coral or a piece of amber, he will be satisfied with a horse shoe naile... ...ulder. In one country, she forms an attachment to an earthly lover, leaves her coral caverns in the deep, enters his home and makes him a loving wife ... ... of St. Thomas and a cluster of low islands near by which Villalobos named the Corals, In January, 1543, a hundred miles from the Coral Islands the fl... ...m beyond all conception, and the scale was now turned in our favor. A BAND OF BAMBOO PLAYERS. "This, however, seemed only to furnish them with an add... ...be the scene of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, w... ...others were grave. The rest of the band, as well as those who performed on the bamboos, sung a low and soft air, which so tempered the harsher notes o... ...about an inch in diameter, near the apex of the shell. Into this they insert a bamboo cane, about three feet in length, which is secured by binding it...

...t- est movement of the men. Many a time he must have been thinking of his bamboo hut, when they were talking of Sydney and its dance-houses. We were ... ... up her fleet heels just as high as before. 53 Melville CHAPTER XVII. THE CORAL ISLANDS HOW FAR we sailed to the westward after leaving the Marquesas... ...sland turned out to be one of the Pomotu or Low Group—sometimes called the Coral Islands—perhaps the most remarkable and interesting in the Pacific. L... ...to each other. The origin of the entire group is generally ascribed to the coral insect. According to some naturalists, this wonderful little crea- tu... ... up to the surface, where its labours cease. Here, the inequalities of the coral collect all floating bodies; forming, after a time, a soil, in which ... ...both purposes, better than the right-whale oil. They bottle it up in large bamboos, six or eight feet long; and these form part of the circulating med... ...ed. In an instant, palm-trees and elms—canoes and skiffs—church spires and bamboos—all mingled in one vision of the present and the past. But we must ... ...ck. 92 Omoo Here we were politely handcuffed, all round; the man with the bamboo evincing the utmost solicitude in giving us a good fit from a large ... ..., where the consul and his party were making merry, she peeped through the bamboos of the house; and straightway resolved to gratify her spite. The ni...

...e very name spirit up! Na- ked houris—cannibal banquets—groves of cocoanut—coral reefs—tattooed chiefs—and bamboo temples; sunny valleys planted with ... ...ouris—cannibal banquets—groves of cocoanut—coral reefs—tattooed chiefs—and bamboo temples; sunny valleys planted with bread-fruit-trees—carved canoes ... ...tiously pointed, not at fortifica- tions and redoubts, but at a handful of bamboo sheds, shel- tered in a grove of cocoanuts! A valiant warrior doubtl... ... appearance of a verandah. The frame of the house was constructed of large bamboos planted uprightly, and secured together at intervals by transverse ... ...ideous wooden idols, and with the two remaining sides flanked by ranges of bamboo sheds, open- ing towards the interior of the quadrangle thus formed.... ... entering the house, I was surprised to see six muskets ranged against the bamboo on one side, from the barrels of which depended as many small canvas... ...nd of Egypt. The origin of the island of Nukuheva cannot be imputed to the coral insect; for indefatigable as that won- derful creature is, it would b... ...ds and see the missionaries dwelling in picturesque and prettily furnished coral-rock villas, whilst the miserable natives are committing all sorts of...

...ed in the building of a round chapel, smoothly floored, and plastered with coral lime. In 1852 he was baptized, together with three of his friends, in... ...ing them firmly with grass or fine twine of cocoa-nut fibre plastered with coral lime. As the hair grows, the binding is lengthened also, and only abo... ...elf is built, after the fashion of these islands, of wattle plastered with coral lime, the roof thatched with the leaves of the cocoa-nut and pandana;... ...e me his wooden comb, which they push through their hair, as you ladies do coral or gold pins at parties. Another fellow whose head was elabo- rately ... ... see a native village. T en minutes’ walk brought us to it—cottages all of bamboos tied together with cocoa-nut fibre, thatched with leaves, a ridge-p... ...nut shells, six or eight hanging by strings two feet long at each end of a bamboo cane slung across over his shoulder, nicely balanced and very pretty... ...tty. One of our party carried perhaps two and a half gallons of water in a bamboo stuffed at the end with grass. About five P .M. we went back to the ... ... numbers swam out to the boat, and canoes brought fruits of all kinds, and bamboos decked with leaves and flowers. ‘I crammed native combs in my hair,... ...t afraid when a boy was sent up to gather some nuts for me—the cottages of bamboo and cocoa-nut leaves—the great forest trees, the parrots flying abou...

...y craft in those seas. A few of them came to grief on hidden sandbanks and coral reefs, losing their all and barely escaping with life from the cruel ... ...ouses crowding the bank, with here and there a dim light twinkling through bamboo walls, or a smoky torch burning on the platforms built out over the ... ... under the eaves— peered and grinned at Almayer, as it swung to one of the bamboo roof sticks and caused a shower of dust and bits of dried leaves to ... ...culation. He forgot himself there trying to catch a stray word through the bamboo walls, till the captain of the steamer, who had walked up with the g... ...cause he intended to employ his numerous crew in collecting trepang on the coral reefs outside the river, and also in seeking for bird’s nests on the ... ...ed Mrs. Almayer to lift a warning cry. Maroola leaped lightly over the low bamboo fence, and made his way stealthily through the banana plantation dow... ... structure of solid planks, raised on high piles, with a verandah of split bamboos sur- rounding it on all sides; the whole was covered in by an im- m...

...ustralia and China a Whalley Island and a Condor Reef? On that danger- ous coral formation the celebrated clipper had hung stranded for three days, he... ...her within the circle of their bare toes, resembled a casual bundle of dry bamboos; a thin, livid Chinaman, with a bulky pack- age wrapped up in leave... ...mnants of an old hut on piles appeared with that peculiar aspect of ruined bamboo walls that look as if smashed with a club. Farther on, half hidden u... ...crowded with houses, thatched roof beyond thatched roof, walls of mats and bamboo, gables of carved teak tim- ber. Rows of dwellings raised on a fores...

...from the war he paints himself white.” “White?” “With lime made by burning coral, and he jumps and dances and shouts. I shall go to the war one of the... ... been woven between the branches to make floors, and on these were huts of bamboo cane; there were ladders hanging down made of strong creepers twiste... ...ven mats all round; stands made of red lacquer work, and seats of cane and bamboo; and there was a round window, through which could be seen a beautif... ...—left foot forward.” But in this movement, as may be well supposed, little Coralie had to help her recruit a good deal. Lucy was surprised. “So you ca... ... THE AMERICAN GUEST NO; wishing very hard did not bring poor little French Coralie home with Lucy; but something almost as wonderful hap- pened. Just ... ...to burn; and he disliked eating horses and cats and rats, quite as much as Coralie did, though he was not in a part of the town where so many shells f...

... words than was perhaps wise. Various kinds of isis, clusters of pure tuft-coral, prickly fungi, and anemones formed a brilliant garden of flow- ers, ... ...e Gambier group is remarkable, over which France exercises sway. These are coral islands, slowly raised, but continuous, created by the daily work of ... ... To the N.E. two volcanic islands emerged of unequal size, surrounded by a coral reef that measured forty miles 95 Jules Verne in circumference. We w... ...nels were opened. I hastened to the aperture, and under the crustations of coral, covered with fungi, I recognised certain debris that the drags had n... ...ing. “Ah! it is a fine death for a sailor!” said Captain Nemo, at last. “A coral tomb makes a quiet grave; and I trust that I and my comrades will fin... ...ee, long, narrow, well adapted for speed, were balanced by means of a long bamboo pole, which floated on the water. They were managed by skilful, half...

...to my old life of the house and sick-room, I set forth to leeward in a trading schooner, the Equator, of a little over seventy tons, spent four months... ...r a grove of palms; the sea in front growling and whitening on a concave arc of reef. For the cocoa-tree and the island man are both lovers and neighb... ...er there is perhaps a pen for pigs; the remainder is the evening lounge and al fresco banquet-hall of the inhabitants. To some houses water is brought... ...n, never industrious, begins now to cease altogether from production. The exports of the group decline out of all proportion even with the death-rate ... ...n the resources of even a tropical soil were taxed, and even the improvident Polynesian trembled for the fu- ture. We may accept some of the ideas of ... ...ponds of Molokai prove the number and diligence of the old inhabitants. Meanwhile, over all the island world, abor- 28 In The South Seas tion and inf...

...insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs—commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the street... ...ess, may be, he can’t sell his head.” “Can’t sell his head?—What sort of a bamboozingly story is this you are telling me?” getting into a towering rag... ... the ship must pass through when she quitted the island. On one side was a coral reef; on the other a low tongue of land, covered with mangrove thicke... ...d of ten. W ell; when all the wedding guests were assembled at the bride’s bamboo cottage, this Captain marches in, and being assigned the post of hon... ... anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.” “An... ...ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his warlike but still deferential cubs. In his o... ...nd plank, so that to our downward gazing eyes the suspended craft seemed a coral boat grown up to us from the bottom of the ocean. The wind increased ... ... a large canoe was descried, which seemed to have touched at a low isle of corals. He steered away from it; but the savage craft bore down on him; and... ...Pupella; a sea-side glen not very far distant from what our sailors called Bamboo- Town, his capital. Among many other fine qualities, my royal friend...

...insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs — commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the stre... ...s, may be, he can’t sell his head.” “Can’t sell his head? — What sort of a bamboozling story is this you are telling me?” getting into a towering rage... ... the ship must pass through when she quitted the island. On one side was a coral reef; on the other a low tongue of land, covered with mangrove thicke... ...ed of ten. Well; when all the wedding guests were assembled at the bride’s bamboo cottage, this Captain marches in, and being assigned the post of hon... ... anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.” “An... ...ivory inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his war like but still deferential cubs. In his ... ...nd plank, so that to our downward gazing eyes the suspended craft seemed a coral boat grown up to us from the bottom of the ocean. The wind increased ... ... Town Ho’s Story(As told at the Golden Inn.) have touched at a low isle of corals. He steered away from it; but the savage craft bore down on him; and... ...pella; a sea side glen not very far dis tant from what our sailors called Bamboo Town, his capital. Among many other fine qualities, my royal friend T...

...ttles of milk, parcels of infants’ food, certain dimity napkins, a child’s coral, and a little horse belonging to No. 4 senior. —A servant bearing a b... ...dfather, spick and span, clean shaved, hat brushed, white buckskin gloves, bamboo cane, brown great-coat, walking as upright and solemn as may be, hav... ...left shoulder, and I saw the tartan hat of that young gentle- man, and the bamboo cane which had been transferred to him, high over the heads of the c...

... private dialect is set apart. The common names for an axe, for blood, for bamboo, a bamboo knife, a pig, food, entrails, and an oven are taboo in his... ...; and the war-ships roll dizzily at their moorings, and along the fringing coral which follows the configuration of the beach, the surf breaks with a ... ...ouis Stevenson to headquarters, men were covering the front with sheets of coral limestone, two balls having passed through the house in the interval.... ...ered jar or bottle with a funnel mouth. Its sides are almost everywhere of coral; for the reef not only bounds it to seaward and forms the neck and mo... ... her last cruise; she was to be seen no more save by the eyes of divers. A coral reef is not only an instrument of de- struction, but a place of sepul... ...g vigor- ously up; and a little before day she had struck the front of the coral, come off, struck again, and gone down stern fore- most, oversetting ...

... received from John Sedley a present of a silver cup; at six months old, a coral with gold whistle and bells; from his youth upwards he was “tipped” r... ...ce or thrice at Captain Dobbin, who parried the thrust laughingly with his bamboo walking-stick. Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and sle... ... and exerted his ingenuity in the purchase of cups, spoons, pap-boats, and corals for this little Christian. How his mother nursed him, and dressed hi... ...d with an exquisite humility, he took no gun, but went out with a peaceful bamboo cane; Rawdon, his big brother, and the keepers blazing away at his s... ...n, came back from the City abruptly, and entered the drawing-room with his bamboo cane; found the painter, the pupil, and the companion all looking ex... ... “There is that new lodge-gate,” said Pitt, pointing to it humbly with the bamboo cane, “I can no more pay for it before the dividends in January than... ...d at the same time looking severely at the individual in the blue coat and bamboo cane who accompanied Miss Polly. “Who’s that?” asked the Major, amus...

...the tense line cutting the water like a tide-rip behind him, and the light bamboo bowed to breaking. What happened thereafter I cannot tell. Califor- ... ...ove the weir, and all but foul-hooked a blue-and-black water- snake with a coral mouth who coiled herself on a stone and hissed male-dictions. The nex...

... and exerted his ingenuity in the purchase of cups, spoons, pap-boats, and corals for this little Christian. How his mother nursed him, and dressed hi... ...d with an exquisite humility, he took no gun, but went out with a peaceful bamboo cane; Rawdon, his big brother, and the keepers blazing away at his s... ...n, came back from the City abruptly, and entered the drawing-room with his bamboo cane; found the painter, the pupil, and the companion all looking ex... ... “There is that new lodge-gate,” said Pitt, pointing to it humbly with the bamboo cane, “I can no more pay for it before the dividends in January than...

.... I wonder what the fellow did keep in them? There was a smell of decaying coral, or Oriental dust of zoological speciments in that den of his. I coul... ...hich had as yet suffered no white conqueror; an expanse of brown houses of bamboo, of mats, of leaves, of a veg- etable-matter style of architecture, ...

...e the brig, piloted by Lingard through the deep channels between the outer coral reefs, rounded within pistol-shot a low hummock of sand which marked ... ...n a belt of sea twenty miles broad along that low shore there is much more coral, mud, sand, and stones than actual sea water. It was amongst the outl... ...ove it. Something like a small white flame in the sky was the carved white coral finial on the gable of the mosque which had caught full the rays of t... ...r of palm groves, the black shadows inland and the dazzling white beach of coral sand all ablaze in its formidable mystery. She swept the whole range ... ...d all colours. The boat swam forward on the glare heading for the strip of coral beach dazzling like a crescent of metal raised to a white heat. They ... ... extinguished. He pictured to him- 314 The Rescue self the wild rush with bamboo buckets to the la- goon shore, the confusion, the hurry and jostling...

...gical map of the South of England. Over the mantel is a huge lump of white coral rock and several big fossil bones, and above that hangs the portrait ... ...wisted rainwater pipe, an expression of pacific contentment on his face, a bamboo curtain rod with a tableknife tied to end of it, still gripped in hi... ...e of some exponent of the real and only doctrine and atti- tudes, now some coral strand in act of welcoming the mis- sionaries of God’s mysterious pre... ...head for a moment from the dust. We are damned, we are meant to be damned, coral animalculae building upward, upward in a sea of damnation. But of all...

...s, Mercedes boasted the same bright flashing eyes of jet, and ripe, round, coral lips. She moved with the light, free step of an Arlesienne or an Anda... ...aving his cane in the corner where he had deposited it, he took up a small bamboo switch, cut the air with it once or twice, and walked about with tha... ...e amusement’s sake plunged to the bottom of the sea to fetch up the bright coral branch, hesitate to entertain the same project? He could do it in an ... ...erman pipes, of chibouques, with their amber mouth- pieces ornamented with coral, and of narghiles, with their long tubes of morocco, awaiting the cap... ...tely behind her, while the other was employed in adjusting to her lips the coral tube of a rich narghile, through whose flexible pipe she drew the smo... ...ian; there were the large, dark, melting eyes, the finely formed nose, the coral lips, and pearly teeth, that belonged to her race and country . And, ...

...rangers to me personally: I put my finger on them, 35 Charles Dickens then and there, and I say “Pekin, Nankin, and Canton.” It is the same with Japa... ...es. Stuffed, dried, repolished, or otherwise preserved, according to their kind; birds, fishes, reptiles, arms, articles of dress, shells, seaweeds, g...

... received from John Sedley a present of a silver cup; at six months old, a coral with gold whistle and bells; from his youth upwards he was “tipped” r... ...ce or thrice at Captain Dobbin, who parried the thrust laughingly with his bamboo walking-stick. Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and sle...

...I with their amusement will connect (So children cutting teeth receive a coral); Meantime, they ‘ll doubtless please to recollect My epical ... ...er made; All except Juan, who throughout abstain’d, Chewing a piece of bamboo and some lead: At length they caught two boobies and a noddy, ... ...; Gems, gold, and silver, form’d the service mostly, Mother of pearl and coral the less costly. The dinner made about a hundred dishes; Lamb...

...in dogskin, and under his arm he carried a slender cane of varnished brown bamboo. The only unconven- tionality in his dress was the cravat, a great b... ...ntrance to the Board of Trade, a group of pigeons, garnet-eyed, trim, with coral-coloured feet and iridescent breasts, strutted and fluttered, pecking...

...cultured; and all they knew of creating music was the nice adjustment of a bamboo needle. The books on the table were unspotted and laid in rigid para... ...These children seemed bold to him, and cold. The girls wore misty chiffon, coral velvet, or cloth of gold, and around their dipping bobbed hair were s...

... sofa, a box, and a bedstead, and looked in every form something between a bamboo skeleton and a great bird cage, and had been brought from India nobo... ...ll about. He has no idea, poor wretch, of the spiritual des titution of a coral reef in the Pacific or what it costs to look up the precious souls am...

... sofa, a box, and a bedstead, and looked in every form something between a bamboo skeleton and a great bird cage, and had been brought from India nobo... ...ll about. He has no idea, poor wretch, of the spiritual des titution of a coral reef in the Pacific or what it costs to look up the precious souls am...

...ve myself published separate volumes on the ‘Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs;’ on the ‘Volcanic Islands visited during the Voyage of the Bea... ...ychelles and this little point of rock, are, I believe, composed either of coral or of erupted matter. The volcanic nature of these oceanic islands is... ...oble tropical plants, then birds, and lastly man, taking possession of the coral islets as soon as formed, in the Pacific, is probably not correct; I ... ...s, and various marine animals (such as the crustacea, medusae, nereidae, a coral- line of the genus Clytia, and Pyrosma), which I have observed, the l... ... advanced naked to the charge. The only weapon of an Indian is a very long bamboo or chuzo, ornamented with ostrich feathers, and pointed by a sharp s... ...ound. Palm-trees grow in lat 37 degs.; an arbores- cent grass, very like a bamboo, in 40 degs.; and an- other closely allied kind, of great length, bu... ...ushes grew on the northern slope, whilst on the southern slope there was a bamboo about fifteen feet high. In a few places there were palms, and I was... ...d a ruby tint. When it was dark, we made a fire beneath a little arbour of bamboos, fried our charqui (or dried slips of beef), took our mate, and wer... ...rs, the names of which I do not know, were matted together by a trail- ing bamboo or cane. Here we were more like fishes struggling in a net than any ...

...he little patch in the flood—a clump of thorn, a clump of swaying creaking bamboos, and a grey gnarled peepul overshadowing a Hindoo shrine, from whos... ...ence of the southeast monsoon has blown itself out. They opened up the low coral beach, with its mound of whitewashed coal ready for supply, the deser... ...s born with a love for the game, he can be made. The Maltese Cat knew that bamboos grew solely in order that poloballs might be turned from their root... ... and Macnamara and Hughes on Corks and Kittiwynk were forwards. The tough, bamboo ball was set in the middle of the ground, one hundred and fifty yard... ...e grey rat with no pedigree and no manners outside polo; Macnamara mounted Bamboo, the largest of the team; and Hughes Who’s Who, alias The Ani- mal. ... ...by the confusion it wrought. This time he acted on experience, and leaving Bamboo to guard the goal in case of accidents, came through the others like...

...ell. For it’s best foot first, … We’re marchin’ on relief over Injia’s coral strand, Eight ‘undred fightin’ Englishmen, the Colonel, and the Band;... ...ide, and tasselled his beard i’ the mesh, And spitted his crew on the live bamboo that grows through the gangrened flesh; I had hove him down by the m... ...r a thousand islands lost in an idle main, Where the sea-egg flames on the coral and the long-backed breakers croon Their endless ocean legends to the... ...nnin’ in a dream — for shells an’ parrakeets, An’ walkin’-sticks o’ carved bamboo an’ blowfish stuffed an’ dried — Fillin’ my bunk wi’ rubbishry the C... ...rd? Clear as our gongs — again, an’ once again, When rippin’ down through coral-trash ran out our moorin’-chain; An’ by Thy Grace I had the Light to ... ...Nations, And the Islands of the Sea — To the last least lump of coral That none may stand outside, And our own good pride shall ... ...unseen Smokes round my head and freezes in the falling; South where the corals breed, The footless, floating weed Folds me and fouls me, strake ...

...e to some quite distinct cause, probably to sexual se- lection. A trailing bamboo in the Malay Archipelago climbs the loftiest trees by the aid of exq... ...rly simi- lar hooks on many trees which are not climbers, the hooks on the bamboo may have arisen from un- known laws of growth, and have been subsequ... ...ce the earliest silurian period. The coloured map appended to my volume on Coral Reefs, led me to conclude that the great oceans are still mainly area... ...ting places for plants and for many animals during their migration. In the coral-producing oceans such sunken islands are now marked, as I believe, by... ...ucing oceans such sunken islands are now marked, as I believe, by rings of coral or atolls standing over them. When- ever it is fully admitted, as I b... ...s, even on those in the midst of the widest oceans; and the natives of the coral-islands in the Pacific, procure stones for their tools, solely from t... ...e Azores, flora of Babington, Mr., on British plants Balancement of growth Bamboo with hooks Barberry, flowers of Barrande, M., on Silurian colonies; ... ...usion, general Conditions, slight changes in, favourable to fertility Coot Coral-islands, seeds drifted to; reefs, indicating movements of earth Corn-... ...; on flora of the Antarctic lands; on the plants of the Galapagos Hooks on bamboos; to seeds on islands Horner, Mr., on the antiquity of Egyptians Hor...

...derstood. James Hangelo sittn on my knee was evidently unwell; without his coral: & for 20 miles that blessid babby kep up a rawring, which caused all... ...s the talkative.’” I breathed again; and ever as I heard each whack of the bamboo falling on Loll Mahommed’s feet, I felt peace return- ing to my mind... ... furoshes, give him a hundred dozen more!” Again I heard the whacks of the bamboos, and peace flowed into my soul. * * * Just as morn began to...

...upon the turf; the paths were strewn with black sand mingled with powdered coral, and in the centre the avenue of cypress formed, as it were, a double... ... earrings. Others were ostentatiously daubed with vermilion, and resembled coral statues. They stretched themselves on the cushions, they ate squat- t... ...s watching her with di- lated nostrils, like a leopard crouching among the bamboos. On the other side of the tables was a Libyan of colossal stature, ... ... temples, for paving the streets, for the construction of vessels, for the coral-fisher- ies, for the enlargement of the Syssitia, and for engines in ... ...c. Silver bodkins of great length formed a sun behind her head. She wore a coral button on the nostril, and she stood beside the bed more erect than a... ...itia, had golden tiles; Melkarth, to the left of Eschmoun, had branches of coral on its roofing; beyond, Tanith’s copper cupola swelled among the palm... ...s, and sambucas, the latter consisting of two poles from which a series of bamboos terminating in a moveable bridge were low- ered by means of tacklin...

...to see the S-shaped pool with a floating bar and the bar’s roof covered in bamboo. Walking through the hotel lobby, through the fresh gardens, through... ...orkeling to see dazzling fish swimming around the stunning and captivating coral reef. Swimming with amazingly charming and gentle dolphins is a thril...

... the short chin raised, but not abruptly. The smile that hovered about the coral lips, yet redder as they seemed by force of contrast with the even te... ...e Broussonetia; the pulp proved to be the triturated fibre of some kind of bamboo. The Abbe Grozier had a Chinese book, an iconographical and techno- ... ...esses of paper-making, and he showed us a picture of the workshop with the bamboo stalks lying in a heap in the corner; it was extremely well drawn. “... ...ade by those who came before me, and have begun to study the question. The bamboo is a 102 Two Poets kind of reed; naturally I began to think of the ...

...tely allied, were the Chicken Pickers and the Undertakers. The Chinago 16 The coral waxes, the palm grows, but man departs. — Tahitian proverb A H CH... ...h, magnetic, at the end of one hundred and fifty miles he will lift the pounded coral beaches of Lord Howe above the sea. Lord Howe is a ring of land s... ...feet above sea level. Inside this ring of sand is a mighty lagoon studded with coral patches. Lord Howe belongs to the Solomons neither geographically... ...as well known. The first and second wives lay in the graveyard, under the white coral sand, with slabs of coral rock at head and feet. They had died, i... ...aii were elevated from the ocean floor by volcanic action. Fortunately, I saw a bamboo pole, floating on the surface several hundred feet away, suddenly... ...y feet to bottom. There, partly exposed but mostly hidden under the bulge of a coral lump, I could discern his objective. His keen eyes had caught the... ...e we have talked the fish have begun again to bite.” He pointed to three of the bamboo poles erect and devil dancing in token that fish were hooked and ...

...iture. The sweet scent of rare flowers, set in stands taste- fully made of bamboo, filled the air. Everything, even the curtains, was pervaded by eleg... ... It was like a thicket, where blossoms mingled with rubies, sapphires, and coral; a combination of gossamer scarves that flickered like beacon- lights... ...e, and her eyelids trembled; a smile rippled over her features; the living coral of her lips grew full of meaning as they closed and unclosed; an indi...

...r Six S HE HAD READ “Paul and Virginia,” and she had dreamed of the little bamboo-house, the nigger Domingo, the dog Fiddle, but above all of the swee... ...with a low ceiling, in which there was on the mantelpiece a large bunch of coral spread out against the looking-glass. Seated in her arm chair near th... ...rays of the sun fell, shone in the looking-glass between the meshes of the coral. Rodolphe remained standing, and Emma hardly answered his first conve... ...- tered. Emma bit her wan lips, and rolling between her fingers a piece of coral that she had broken, fixed on Charles the burning glance of her eyes ...

...ingers through his hair till it stood on end. “’Tis such a horrid subject, Coral Is- lands! As if there was anything to be said about them.” “Dear me,... ... article, and eagerly read him the description of the strange forms of the coral ani- mals, and the beauties of their flower-like feelers and branch- ... ... it.” “A sort of Berserkar fury!” said Ethel, “like that night you did the coral-worm verses. It’s very odd. Are you sure you are well, dear Norman?” ... ...arry’s lion-locks, beneath a blue cap and gold band, or, perchance, on the coral shoals of the Pacific. It was one of the quiet afternoons, when all t... ...s fit for anything but a salamander. Dr. Spencer was in the hall, with his bamboo, his great Panama hat, and gray loose coat, for he entirely avoided,... ...l, that he desired to be remembered to you?” “Yes, you said so.” “What has Coralie done with it?” continued Flora, seek- ing in her dressing-case. “Sh...