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He sent one of his collectors to gather Loelia a. alba at the season when it is in bud, with an intention of startling the universe by displaying a mass of them in full bloom; they were still more uncommon then than now, when a dozen flowering plants is still a show of which kings may be proud. Mr.
Then whilst you are away I shall charter the Loelia, cutter, and make a trip through the Line Islands. You will have at least two months in Sydney, and Lester will take good care of you on the voyage." "It will be a nice change for me, Jack? But why cannot you come?" "I must make this cruise through the Line Islands before I decide to sell out to Danvers's company."
Danvers, as he sat in a deck-chair smoking a cigar, took a lazy interest in the crew, who were all natives of the Line Islands short, square-built, half-naked savages, with jet-black hair and huge pendulous ear-lobes filled with coiled-up leaves. There were but eight of them the Loelia was a vessel of ninety tons and Diaz was the only white man on board except Brabant and Danvers.
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