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Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
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Description of Fijian people of Melanesian stock crossed with Polynesians, their physical traits and temperament, industriousness in agriculture, and increasing exports including sugar and copra totaling about $5,000,000 annually.
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In race the Fijians are a people of Melanesian stock, much crossed with Polynesians. They are dark in color, have a harsh skin, crisp hair, which is bleached with lime and worn in an elaborate mop, while their features are strongly marked, but not unpleasant. They are sensitive, proud, vindictive, boastful, savage, hospitable, and courteous.
The Fijians are industrious, especially those engaged in agriculture. The value of the exports of sugar, pearl shells, beche-de-mer, copra, cocoanut oil, and cocoa-nuts has been steadily increasing of late years. The total export trade is now approximately $5,000,000 per annum.
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Fijian Islands
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the value of the exports of sugar, pearl shells, beche-de-mer, copra, cocoanut oil, and cocoa-nuts has been steadily increasing of late years. the total export trade is now approximately $5,000,000 per annum.
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In race the Fijians are a people of Melanesian stock, much crossed with Polynesians. They are dark in color, have a harsh skin, crisp hair, which is bleached with lime and worn in an elaborate mop, while their features are strongly marked, but not unpleasant. They are sensitive, proud, vindictive, boastful, savage, hospitable, and courteous. The Fijians are industrious, especially those engaged in agriculture.