[Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville]@TWC D-Link bookOmoo: Adventures in the South Seas CHAPTER XLV 5/10
Why Beretanee so great? Because that island good island, and send mickonaree to poor kannaka In Beretanee, every man rich: plenty things to buy; and plenty things to sell.
Houses bigger than Pomaree's, and more grand.
Everybody, too, ride about in coaches, bigger than hers; and wear fine tappa every day.
(Several luxurious appliances of civilization were here enumerated, and described.) "Good friends, little to eat left at my house.
Schooner from Sydney no bring bag of flour: and kannaka no bring pig and fruit enough. Mickonaree do great deal for kannaka; kannaka do little for mickonaree.
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