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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... connexion with sorcery - Gods of the healing art The tuabu , or broken back- Insanity - Native warm - bath -- Oculists - Surgery - Setting a broken neck and back - The operation of trepan - Native remedies superseded by European ...
... connexion with sorcery - Gods of the healing art The tuabu , or broken back- Insanity - Native warm - bath -- Oculists - Surgery - Setting a broken neck and back - The operation of trepan - Native remedies superseded by European ...
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... connexion with this , the custom of cutting themselves with sharks ' teeth , and indulging in loud wailing , was a very singular method of receiving a friend , or testifying gladness at his arrival ; it was , however , very general when ...
... connexion with this , the custom of cutting themselves with sharks ' teeth , and indulging in loud wailing , was a very singular method of receiving a friend , or testifying gladness at his arrival ; it was , however , very general when ...
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... connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed to consider as the birth - place of mankind , and the region to which their disembodied spirits were supposed to resort , it may be proper to introduce the ...
... connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed to consider as the birth - place of mankind , and the region to which their disembodied spirits were supposed to resort , it may be proper to introduce the ...
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... connexion with this , it should be re- collected , that for every such entertainment , the indi- vidual expects to be reimbursed in kind , whenever he may visit the abode of his guest . Their ancient laws of government , also ...
... connexion with this , it should be re- collected , that for every such entertainment , the indi- vidual expects to be reimbursed in kind , whenever he may visit the abode of his guest . Their ancient laws of government , also ...
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... connexion with this subject , viz . - To what cause is this recent change in the circumstances of the people to be attributed ? It is self - evident , that if these habits had always prevailed among the Tahitians , they must long since ...
... connexion with this subject , viz . - To what cause is this recent change in the circumstances of the people to be attributed ? It is self - evident , that if these habits had always prevailed among the Tahitians , they must long since ...
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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 |
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