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... individual to whom I allude was Hiro . was the priest of one of the principal temples of Parea , in the lesser peninsula of the island , or Huahine iti . He was a priest of Hiro , the god of plunderers and thieves , and , in perfect ...
... individual to whom I allude was Hiro . was the priest of one of the principal temples of Parea , in the lesser peninsula of the island , or Huahine iti . He was a priest of Hiro , the god of plunderers and thieves , and , in perfect ...
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... individuals suffering one of the most distressing and hopeless privations to which humanity is exposed . Some of our most interesting conversations with the natives have been with such . 66 My eyes , " said a blind man one day to Mr ...
... individuals suffering one of the most distressing and hopeless privations to which humanity is exposed . Some of our most interesting conversations with the natives have been with such . 66 My eyes , " said a blind man one day to Mr ...
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... individuals , sup- posing they should find a greater abundance at Huahine , came , when the wind was fair , twenty or thirty miles in their canoes , several of which were such small and fragile barks as quite astonished us . I was ...
... individuals , sup- posing they should find a greater abundance at Huahine , came , when the wind was fair , twenty or thirty miles in their canoes , several of which were such small and fragile barks as quite astonished us . I was ...
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... individuals : but considerable diffi- culty was experienced in determining what the moral or religious qualifications of the adults ought to be , and the connexion that should exist be- tween their baptism , and admission to the commu ...
... individuals : but considerable diffi- culty was experienced in determining what the moral or religious qualifications of the adults ought to be , and the connexion that should exist be- tween their baptism , and admission to the commu ...
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... Pomare , the king of the island , was the individual to whom , in the midst of what , but a few years before , had been a scoffing , ignorant , obstinate , cruel , and idolatrous nation , that rite was admi- 18 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... Pomare , the king of the island , was the individual to whom , in the midst of what , but a few years before , had been a scoffing , ignorant , obstinate , cruel , and idolatrous nation , that rite was admi- 18 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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