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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... Appearance of the coral reefs - Breaking of the surf-— Islets near the passage to the harbours - Landing at Tipaemau- Description of the islands - Arrival at Vaóaara - Singular reception- Native salutations - Improvement of the ...
... Appearance of the coral reefs - Breaking of the surf-— Islets near the passage to the harbours - Landing at Tipaemau- Description of the islands - Arrival at Vaóaara - Singular reception- Native salutations - Improvement of the ...
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... appeared more rich and varied than before ; the stillness of the smooth waters around was only occasionally disturbed by the passage of a light , nautilus - like canoe , with its little sail of white native cloth , or the rapid flight ...
... appeared more rich and varied than before ; the stillness of the smooth waters around was only occasionally disturbed by the passage of a light , nautilus - like canoe , with its little sail of white native cloth , or the rapid flight ...
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... appeared inevitable . Their priests formerly denounced the destruction of the nation , as the greatest pun- ishment the gods could inflict , and the following was one of the predictions : E tupu te fau , e toro te farero , e mou te ...
... appeared inevitable . Their priests formerly denounced the destruction of the nation , as the greatest pun- ishment the gods could inflict , and the following was one of the predictions : E tupu te fau , e toro te farero , e mou te ...
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... appeared on the verge of extinction , it is now , under the renovating and genial principles of true religion , and the morality with which this is inseparably connected , rapidly increasing . When the people in general embraced ...
... appeared on the verge of extinction , it is now , under the renovating and genial principles of true religion , and the morality with which this is inseparably connected , rapidly increasing . When the people in general embraced ...
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... appeared to me a mere recital of the Mosaic account of creation , which they had heard from some European , and I never placed any reliance on it , although they have repeatedly told me it was a tradition among them before any foreigner ...
... appeared to me a mere recital of the Mosaic account of creation , which they had heard from some European , and I never placed any reliance on it , although they have repeatedly told me it was a tradition among them before any foreigner ...
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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