Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands: Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands : with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants ; in Two Volumes, Volume 2Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1829 - 576 pages |
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Page 180
... Palliser Islands , to the east- ward of Tahiti , exceed the Society Islanders in the quality of their mats , which are made of a tough white rush or grass , exceedingly fine and beautiful . They frequently manufacture a sort of girdle ...
... Palliser Islands , to the east- ward of Tahiti , exceed the Society Islanders in the quality of their mats , which are made of a tough white rush or grass , exceedingly fine and beautiful . They frequently manufacture a sort of girdle ...
Page 222
... Palliser or Pearl Islands , in the immediate neighbourhood of Tahiti , to the eastward , are the same . A most affecting instance of their anthropophagism is related by recent visitors ; who state that a captive female child , pining ...
... Palliser or Pearl Islands , in the immediate neighbourhood of Tahiti , to the eastward , are the same . A most affecting instance of their anthropophagism is related by recent visitors ; who state that a captive female child , pining ...
Page 498
... Palliser Islands used the ihi , javelin or short spear , while fighting at a distance . The dress and ornaments of the warriors of Tahiti , and the adjacent islands , were singular , and unlike those of savage nations , being often ...
... Palliser Islands used the ihi , javelin or short spear , while fighting at a distance . The dress and ornaments of the warriors of Tahiti , and the adjacent islands , were singular , and unlike those of savage nations , being often ...
Page 531
... Palliser Islands , as a kind of body guard . These were considered as in some degree foreigners ; and their selection by the king , as the protectors of his person , caused dissatis- faction in the minds of several of the chiefs ...
... Palliser Islands , as a kind of body guard . These were considered as in some degree foreigners ; and their selection by the king , as the protectors of his person , caused dissatis- faction in the minds of several of the chiefs ...
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Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage d'extraits - 1967 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South ... William Ellis Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence Of Nearly Six Years in the South ... William Ellis Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
aito appeared Areois attended Austral Islands body Borabora bread-fruit called canoes Captain Cook ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity circumstances civilized cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered crime death deities desire district Divine dress dwelling effect Eimeo engaged erected father fathoms favour feet females fish formerly frequently friends furnished gods Huahine human sacrifice idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants judge jury kind king labour land laws Leeward Leeward Islands letters magistrate marriage mats ment Missionaries mountains murder nation native occasion offered Palliser Islands parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayers present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea received reef regarded rendered resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture seldom ship shore side singular society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tree usually vessel warriors wife worship