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and other children's books, stayed here for two months to recuperate from his illness. Stevenson had moved to the village from
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Station Id: FP91000987470110, the climatic conditions at
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683:(18.68)
678:(16.81)
673:(11.80)
643:(12.33)
638:(12.80)
633:(14.74)
628:(17.98)
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1399:29 June
1310:28 June
1288:30 June
1259:29 June
1230:29 June
1197:29 June
1168:29 June
1131:29 June
1107:28 June
1039:29 June
1015:28 June
827:Culture
686:3,590.3
668:(5.73)
663:(5.26)
658:(6.72)
653:(8.80)
648:(9.69)
614:(73.2)
609:(73.6)
604:(73.0)
599:(73.0)
594:(72.3)
589:(71.6)
584:(72.7)
579:(72.9)
574:(73.4)
569:(74.5)
564:(73.9)
559:(73.6)
554:(73.4)
544:(83.5)
539:(84.2)
534:(83.3)
529:(82.2)
524:(82.0)
519:(82.0)
514:(80.8)
509:(81.1)
504:(84.0)
499:(85.6)
494:(86.0)
489:(85.3)
484:(84.9)
419:due to
406:Climate
262:Aguilla
243:, 1885.
231:History
205:Papeete
197:Pacific
195:in the
189:village
181:Tautira
148:Commune
125:Country
23:Tautira
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920:France
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808:2 343
805:2 447
802:1 763
799:1 411
796:1 163
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400:maraes
270:Tahiti
258:Basque
256:, the
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193:Tahiti
187:beach
129:France
972:(PDF)
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908:Tokyo
791:2007
788:2002
785:1996
782:1988
779:1983
776:1977
755:, an
741:ferns
723:with
681:474.4
676:426.9
671:299.7
666:145.6
661:133.7
656:170.8
651:223.5
646:246.2
641:313.2
636:325.0
631:374.5
626:456.8
474:Year
183:is a
162:2,527
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729:milo
715:Feʻi
713:The
612:22.9
607:23.1
602:22.8
597:22.8
592:22.4
587:22.0
582:22.6
577:22.7
572:23.0
567:23.6
562:23.3
557:23.1
552:23.0
542:28.6
537:29.0
532:28.5
527:27.9
522:27.8
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