... pandanus and many varieties of acacia, each has its appointed time and season; while at odd intervals the air is saturated with the rich andfar-spreading incense of the melaleuca, and for many weeks ... Heat andmoisture and a plethora of raw material, leaves, flowers, soft, sappy and fragrant woods, growing grass andmoist earth, these are the essential elements for the manufacture of ethereal ... they disappeared beneath the water they were changed to stone, and the stone rose in fantasticshape, and from that day Pee-rahm-ah has weathered all the storms of the Pacific and formed a feature...