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"This," he said, "is the sum I agreed to pay Captain Peese to land me on any island of my choice in the Paumotu Archipelago, and this unsigned order here is in his favour on the Maison Brander of Tahiti for a similar sum."
The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Louis Becke 1884
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Bully was exploiting the Paumotu Archipelago, and arousing the anger of the French authorities, by his irregular business methods.
Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884
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Soon after the slavers had gone from the South Seas a story was current in Eastern Polynesia that Bully had landed armed boats 'crews at Aana, in the Paumotu Archipelago, and seized a number of girls whom he sold to Chilian and Peruvian buyers.
Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884
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