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Identifier: moderntravelreco00davi (find matches)
Title: Modern travel, a record of exploration, travel
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Davidson, Norman James. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company London, Seeley, Service & co., ltd.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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The Chief of Santa Cruz The disc on his chest, cut from c!am-she!l, can only be worn by chiefs. He wears a green stonethrough the cartilage of his nose. And the ring suspended from the lobe of his ear is cut fromtortoise-shell. (J. W. Beattie, Hobart.) TREACHEROUS TRIBES OF OCEANIA 287 friend and foe if either of them possessed anything whichtook the fancy, or when roused by passion. Recruiting vessels bore at their mainmast-head ablack ball, the official emblem showing that they wereduly licensedc The recruiting boat with the recruiter onboard approached the island first; he was followed bythe Government Agent in a covering boat to keepa sharp eye on both parties. Mr. Rannies interest andsympathies had been aroused by the account of the deathof a friend of his who was treacherously murdered whileacting as Government Agent, and he offered his servicesto the Queensland Government, although the risks he ranwere painted in vivid colours. Rannies first vessel was theHeron, a leaky old tub

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John Watt Beattie  (1859–1930)  wikidata:Q6263251
 
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Date of birth/death 15 August 1859 Edit this at Wikidata 24 June 1930 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Aberdeen Hobart
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  • bookpublisher:_London__Seeley__Service___co___ltd_
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
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