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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... Areois . When they approached a village or district , the inhabitants came out of their doors , and , greeting them , shouted Manava , Manava , long before they reached the place . They usually answered , Teie " Here , " and so ...
... Areois . When they approached a village or district , the inhabitants came out of their doors , and , greeting them , shouted Manava , Manava , long before they reached the place . They usually answered , Teie " Here , " and so ...
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... Areois , whenever they might halt at his residence ; and more individuals have been banished , or selected as sacrifices , for with- holding what these daring ramblers required , than perhaps for all other crimes . To withhold food from ...
... Areois , whenever they might halt at his residence ; and more individuals have been banished , or selected as sacrifices , for with- holding what these daring ramblers required , than perhaps for all other crimes . To withhold food from ...
Page 28
... Areois , the dancers , and similar classes . It is impossible for any one who has visited these shores , or traversed any one of the districts , to entertain the slightest doubt that the number of inhabitants in the South Sea Islands ...
... Areois , the dancers , and similar classes . It is impossible for any one who has visited these shores , or traversed any one of the districts , to entertain the slightest doubt that the number of inhabitants in the South Sea Islands ...
Page 194
... Areois . These were the four orders of celestial beings worshipped in the Leeward Islands . The diffe- rent classes only have been mentioned ; an enumeration of the individual deities , and their offices or attributes , would be tedious ...
... Areois . These were the four orders of celestial beings worshipped in the Leeward Islands . The diffe- rent classes only have been mentioned ; an enumeration of the individual deities , and their offices or attributes , would be tedious ...
Page 262
... Areois and priests were so to a most affecting degree , ) we re- commended should be discontinued , and that they should select those names , by which , in future , they would wish to be designated . A few of the adults chose foreign ...
... Areois and priests were so to a most affecting degree , ) we re- commended should be discontinued , and that they should select those names , by which , in future , they would wish to be designated . A few of the adults chose foreign ...
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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 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 Palliser Islands parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea 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