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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... , 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 to believe , that , except the 14 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... , 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 to believe , that , except the 14 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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William Ellis. there is reason to believe , that , except the many disfigurements produced by the elephantiasis , which appears to have prevailed from their earliest anti- quity , a deformed person was seldom seen . The countenance of ...
William Ellis. there is reason to believe , that , except the many disfigurements produced by the elephantiasis , which appears to have prevailed from their earliest anti- quity , a deformed person was seldom seen . The countenance of ...
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... believe , even to the present time furnish matter for mirthful jest to the natives of the other islands of the ' group , from the circumstance of one of their people , the first time she saw a foreigner who wore boots , exclaiming ...
... believe , even to the present time furnish matter for mirthful jest to the natives of the other islands of the ' group , from the circumstance of one of their people , the first time she saw a foreigner who wore boots , exclaiming ...
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... believe , that the period of human life , in the South Sea Islands , is not shorter than in other parts of the world , unless when it is rendered so by the inor- dinate use of ardent spirits , and the influence of diseases , prevailing ...
... believe , that the period of human life , in the South Sea Islands , is not shorter than in other parts of the world , unless when it is rendered so by the inor- dinate use of ardent spirits , and the influence of diseases , prevailing ...
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... believe that infanticide is not of recent origin , and the antiquity of the Areoi fraternity , according to tradition , is equal to that of the first inhabitants . Human sacrifices , we are informed by the natives , are comparatively of ...
... believe that infanticide is not of recent origin , and the antiquity of the Areoi fraternity , according to tradition , is equal to that of the first inhabitants . Human sacrifices , we are informed by the natives , are comparatively of ...
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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 |
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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