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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... frequently observed within the large outer barrier , and near the shore , or mouth of the river ; but they are formed in shallow places , and the coral is of a different and more slender kind , than that of which the larger reef ...
... frequently observed within the large outer barrier , and near the shore , or mouth of the river ; but they are formed in shallow places , and the coral is of a different and more slender kind , than that of which the larger reef ...
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... frequently called by the natives , Raiatea , is the largest of the Society Islands . Its form is somewhat triangular , and its circumference about fifty miles . The mountains are more stupendous and lofty than those of Huahine , and in ...
... frequently called by the natives , Raiatea , is the largest of the Society Islands . Its form is somewhat triangular , and its circumference about fifty miles . The mountains are more stupendous and lofty than those of Huahine , and in ...
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... frequently divide the streams , and the falls that occur between the interior and the shore , cause the rivers to impart a charming freshness , vivacity , and splendour to the surrounding scenery . Next to Tahiti , Raiatea perhaps is ...
... frequently divide the streams , and the falls that occur between the interior and the shore , cause the rivers to impart a charming freshness , vivacity , and splendour to the surrounding scenery . Next to Tahiti , Raiatea perhaps is ...
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... frequently found at those points where the openings into the har- bours are formed . They are , therefore , excellent sea - marks , and furnish convenient temporary resi- dences for the fishermen , who resort to them during the season ...
... frequently found at those points where the openings into the har- bours are formed . They are , therefore , excellent sea - marks , and furnish convenient temporary resi- dences for the fishermen , who resort to them during the season ...
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... frequently visit the mountainous parts of the islands , form an exception to this remark . The constant use of the naked feet in climbing the steep sides of the rocks , or the narrow defiles of the ravines , probably induces them to ...
... frequently visit the mountainous parts of the islands , form an exception to this remark . The constant use of the naked feet in climbing the steep sides of the rocks , or the narrow defiles of the ravines , probably induces them to ...
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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
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Page 380 - Missionaries illustrated the general principles of scripture, that in all the public stations they sustained, they were to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them...
Page 198 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 263 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Page 412 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 43 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed : that seed became an egg bright as gold, blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; and in that egg he was born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits.
Page 43 - In that egg the great power sat inactive a whole year of the Creator, at the close of which, by his thought alone, he caused the egg to divide itself. And from its two divisions he framed the heaven above, and the earth beneath ; in the midst, he placed the subtle ether, the eight regions, and the permanent receptacle of waters.
Page 52 - Taaroa had made the world and mankind, he created the quadrupeds of the earth, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea...
Page 244 - Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Hear Him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold ! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he the obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting, like the bounding roe.
Page 318 - What is the holy bread ? It is the body of Christ, which he gave to save sinners. Do we then eat the body of Christ ? No ; but we eat the bread which means his body : and, as we eat bread that our bodies may not die, so our souls love Jesus Christ, and receive him for their Saviour, that they may not die.
Page 216 - An ubu or prayer was offered before they ate their food, when they tilled their ground, planted their gardens, built their houses, launched their canoes, cast their nets, and commenced or concluded a journey. The first fish taken periodically on their shores, together with a number of kinds regarded as sacred, were conveyed to the altar. The first-fruits of their orchards and gardens were also taumaha, or offered, with a portion of their live-stock, which consisted of pigs, dogs, and fowls, as it...