| John Williams - 1837 - 654 pages
...for flambeaux, we arrived at the mouth of the largest, which is called Taketake; when we descended about twenty feet, through a chasm in the rocks, at the bottom of which were several majestic openings. Through one of these we entered, and proceeded I suppose a mile, when... | |
| Ebenezer Prout - 1846 - 544 pages
...for flambeaux, we arrived at the mouth of the largest, which is called Taketake; when we descended about twenty feet, through a chasm in the rocks, at the bottom of which were several majestic openings. Through one of these we entered, and proceeded I suppose a mile, but... | |
| William Wyatt Gill - 1885 - 256 pages
...Mangaia, is famous for its limestone caverns ; the largest of which is called Anataketake. To enter it, it is necessary to descend about twenty feet, •through...flambeaux, it is possible to travel a mile underground amid the interminable windings of this vast temple of Nature. Water continually drips from the arched roof,... | |
| 1908 - 1084 pages
...added by the missionary.] No. 4. A FEMALE HEEMIT OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. BY THE IATE EEV. W. WYATT GILL, LL.D. THE island Atiu, in the Cook Group, is famous...of which are several majestic openings. Innumerable email birds breed in this cave. With the aid of flambeaux, it is possible to travel a mile underground... | |
| Polynesian Society (N.Z.) - 1911 - 340 pages
...island Atiu, in the Cook Group, is famous for its caverns, the largest of which is called Anatakotnke. To enter this vast temple of nature, it is necessary to descend about twenty feet throngh a chasm in the rocks, at the bottom of which are several majestic openings. Innumerable small... | |
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