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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Page v
... Missionaries - Preparation of the laws - Public enactment by the king in a national assembly at Tahiti - Capital punishments - Manner of conducting public trials - Establishment of laws in Raiatea - Preparation of those for Huahine Page ...
... Missionaries - Preparation of the laws - Public enactment by the king in a national assembly at Tahiti - Capital punishments - Manner of conducting public trials - Establishment of laws in Raiatea - Preparation of those for Huahine Page ...
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... Missionaries uniform - His aid important - Circum- stances connected with his death - Accession of his son Pomare III . to the government - Coronation of the infant king - His removal to the South Sea academy - Encouraging progress in ...
... Missionaries uniform - His aid important - Circum- stances connected with his death - Accession of his son Pomare III . to the government - Coronation of the infant king - His removal to the South Sea academy - Encouraging progress in ...
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... Missionaries arrived in the Duff , there were natives on the island who could recollect the visit of Captain Wallis : he was there in 1767. There are , in both the Sandwich and Society Islands , individuals who can recollect Captain ...
... Missionaries arrived in the Duff , there were natives on the island who could recollect the visit of Captain Wallis : he was there in 1767. There are , in both the Sandwich and Society Islands , individuals who can recollect Captain ...
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... Missionaries declared it as their opinion , that this island did not contain more than 8000 souls ; and I cannot think that , within the last thirty years , it has ever con- tained fewer inhabitants . The present number of natives is ...
... Missionaries declared it as their opinion , that this island did not contain more than 8000 souls ; and I cannot think that , within the last thirty years , it has ever con- tained fewer inhabitants . The present number of natives is ...
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... Missionaries has recently visited , are not included . Their population is probably about thirty thousand . With respect to the Society and neighbouring islands , although no ancient monuments are found indicat- ing that they were ever ...
... Missionaries has recently visited , are not included . Their population is probably about thirty thousand . With respect to the Society and neighbouring islands , although no ancient monuments are found indicat- ing that they were ever ...
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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 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