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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... passing the opening , probably deposited on the ends of the reef fragments of coral , sea weeds , and drift - wood , which in time rose above the surface of the water . Seeds borne thither by the waves , or wafted by the winds , found a ...
... passing the opening , probably deposited on the ends of the reef fragments of coral , sea weeds , and drift - wood , which in time rose above the surface of the water . Seeds borne thither by the waves , or wafted by the winds , found a ...
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... passed along , " A fine man that , if he were but a native . " They formerly supposed the white colour of the European's skin to be the effect of illness , and hence beheld it with pity . This opinion probably originated from the ...
... passed along , " A fine man that , if he were but a native . " They formerly supposed the white colour of the European's skin to be the effect of illness , and hence beheld it with pity . This opinion probably originated from the ...
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... passed from Asia , along the Kurile or Aleutian Islands , across Behring's straits , to America , left part of their number , who were the progenitors of the present race inhabiting those islands ; and that they , at some subsequent ...
... passed from Asia , along the Kurile or Aleutian Islands , across Behring's straits , to America , left part of their number , who were the progenitors of the present race inhabiting those islands ; and that they , at some subsequent ...
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... passing to and fro between the vessel and the shore . These being simple in their structure , and approaching their own canoes in size , yet conveying in perfect safety those by whom they were manned , excited their astonishment , and ...
... passing to and fro between the vessel and the shore . These being simple in their structure , and approaching their own canoes in size , yet conveying in perfect safety those by whom they were manned , excited their astonishment , and ...
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... passed the night , and the greater part of the day . The houses of the chiefs were better built , and more capacious . The roofs generally impervious , and the sides , frequently enclosed with straight white poles of the hibiscus tree ...
... passed the night , and the greater part of the day . The houses of the chiefs were better built , and more capacious . The roofs generally impervious , and the sides , frequently enclosed with straight white poles of the hibiscus tree ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
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