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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... according to the ideas they entertained prior to the arrival of foreign ves- sels , the whole of the human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re ...
... according to the ideas they entertained prior to the arrival of foreign ves- sels , the whole of the human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re ...
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... according to the accounts some of them give it , was the result of a disease , left by the crew of Vancouver's ship . It does not prevail in any of the other islands ; and although such numbers are now affected with it , there is reason ...
... according to the accounts some of them give it , was the result of a disease , left by the crew of Vancouver's ship . It does not prevail in any of the other islands ; and although such numbers are now affected with it , there is reason ...
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... according to tradition , is equal to that of the first inhabitants . Human sacrifices , we are informed by the natives , are comparatively of modern institution , and were not admitted until a few generations antecedent to the discovery ...
... according to tradition , is equal to that of the first inhabitants . Human sacrifices , we are informed by the natives , are comparatively of modern institution , and were not admitted until a few generations antecedent to the discovery ...
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... according to their account , one of the descendants of Taaroa , and the son of the sun and moon , and , in reference to his descent , the Manco Capac of their mythology , embracing the sand on the sea shore , begat a son , who was ...
... according to their account , one of the descendants of Taaroa , and the son of the sun and moon , and , in reference to his descent , the Manco Capac of their mythology , embracing the sand on the sea shore , begat a son , who was ...
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... according to the accounts of the Jesuit Missionaries , a licentious society existed , called by the people Uritoy , strikingly analogous , in all its distinguishing features , to that institution in the South Seas called the Areoi ...
... according to the accounts of the Jesuit Missionaries , a licentious society existed , called by the people Uritoy , strikingly analogous , in all its distinguishing features , to that institution in the South Seas called the Areoi ...
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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