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... Portuguese ; and the Jakuns allege this * See paper on the Barata Races in vol . iv . Trans . New Zealand Institute : " Whence of the Maori , " by Translator . themselves . But it is to be understood only that 256 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
... Portuguese ; and the Jakuns allege this * See paper on the Barata Races in vol . iv . Trans . New Zealand Institute : " Whence of the Maori , " by Translator . themselves . But it is to be understood only that 256 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
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... vol . i . Captain Newbold seems to have entered deeply into the study of the usages of the Malay . The part that would have suited me best would have been the testing of the culinary products of the fair ( ? ) hands in Abdulla's kitchen ...
... vol . i . Captain Newbold seems to have entered deeply into the study of the usages of the Malay . The part that would have suited me best would have been the testing of the culinary products of the fair ( ? ) hands in Abdulla's kitchen ...
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