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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... whole of their social intercourse , to have been mingled with their most ordinary avo- cations , and even their rude and diversified amuse- ments . Their salutations were often exceedingly ceremonious . When a chieftain from another ...
... whole of their social intercourse , to have been mingled with their most ordinary avo- cations , and even their rude and diversified amuse- ments . Their salutations were often exceedingly ceremonious . When a chieftain from another ...
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... whole of the human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed ...
... whole of the human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed ...
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... whole figure propor- tioned to their height ; which renders the difference between the rulers and their subjects so striking , that some have supposed they were a distinct race , the descendants of a superior people , who at a remote ...
... whole figure propor- tioned to their height ; which renders the difference between the rulers and their subjects so striking , that some have supposed they were a distinct race , the descendants of a superior people , who at a remote ...
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... whole books of which , some of them have in a short period com- mitted to memory . They acquired the first rules of arithmetic with equal facility , and have readily received the different kinds of instruction hitherto furnished , as ...
... whole books of which , some of them have in a short period com- mitted to memory . They acquired the first rules of arithmetic with equal facility , and have readily received the different kinds of instruction hitherto furnished , as ...
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... whole , could be drawn from the numbers seen in one part . Captain Wilson's calcula- tion , in 1797 , made the population of Tahiti only about 16,000 ; and , not many years afterwards , the Missionaries declared it as their opinion ...
... whole , could be drawn from the numbers seen in one part . Captain Wilson's calcula- tion , in 1797 , made the population of Tahiti only about 16,000 ; and , not many years afterwards , the Missionaries declared it as their opinion ...
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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 |
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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