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, Volume 2Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829 - 576 pages |
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... Borabora - Appearance of the settlement - Description of the island - Geological peculiarities of Borabora , Maurua , & c . - New settle- ment in Raiatea - Arrival of the Dauntless - Designation of native Mis- sionaries - Voyage to the ...
... Borabora - Appearance of the settlement - Description of the island - Geological peculiarities of Borabora , Maurua , & c . - New settle- ment in Raiatea - Arrival of the Dauntless - Designation of native Mis- sionaries - Voyage to the ...
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... Borabora , which had come from Rurutu , one of the Austral Islands . This vessel had been at sea between a fortnight and three weeks , and , considering its route , must have sailed seven or eight hundred miles . A more recent instance ...
... Borabora , which had come from Rurutu , one of the Austral Islands . This vessel had been at sea between a fortnight and three weeks , and , considering its route , must have sailed seven or eight hundred miles . A more recent instance ...
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... Borabora , residing at that time at Fare in Huahine . He directed his servants to clear out all the grass from the floor of the house he occupied ; they then levelled the earth , procured lime , and plastered it over nearly an inch ...
... Borabora , residing at that time at Fare in Huahine . He directed his servants to clear out all the grass from the floor of the house he occupied ; they then levelled the earth , procured lime , and plastered it over nearly an inch ...
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... Borabora , had taken shelter in Huahine . His inducement to undertake a voyage , of the incidents and exposures of which he could form no idea , does not appear to have resulted so much from a wish to gratify a restless and ardent ...
... Borabora , had taken shelter in Huahine . His inducement to undertake a voyage , of the incidents and exposures of which he could form no idea , does not appear to have resulted so much from a wish to gratify a restless and ardent ...
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... Borabora , for a long time after Mr. Orsmond's set- tlement there , their only substitute for a bell was a broad carpenter's axe . The handle was The handle was taken out , a string of braided cinet passed through the eye , and when the ...
... Borabora , for a long time after Mr. Orsmond's set- tlement there , their only substitute for a bell was a broad carpenter's axe . The handle was The handle was taken out , a string of braided cinet passed through the eye , and when the ...
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
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accustomed appeared Areois attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances civilized cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo engaged erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods habits Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation native occasion offered parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea rank 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 voyage worship