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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... buildings— Public road - Effect on the surrounding country - Duration of native habitations - Building for public worship - Division of public labour- Manner of fitting up the interior - Satisfaction of the people - Chapel in Raiatea ...
... buildings— Public road - Effect on the surrounding country - Duration of native habitations - Building for public worship - Division of public labour- Manner of fitting up the interior - Satisfaction of the people - Chapel in Raiatea ...
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... building their concentric walls in one continued line , or whether in the fresh water itself there is any quality inimical to the growth or increase of coral , is not easy to deter- mine ; but it is a remarkable fact , that few openings ...
... building their concentric walls in one continued line , or whether in the fresh water itself there is any quality inimical to the growth or increase of coral , is not easy to deter- mine ; but it is a remarkable fact , that few openings ...
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... building . The wilder- ness around was cleared to a considerable extent ; the inhabitants of other parts were repairing to Vaóaara , and erecting their habitations , that they might enjoy the advantage of instruction . A flou- rishing ...
... building . The wilder- ness around was cleared to a considerable extent ; the inhabitants of other parts were repairing to Vaóaara , and erecting their habitations , that they might enjoy the advantage of instruction . A flou- rishing ...
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... buildings - Public road - Effect on the surrounding country - Duration of native habitations - Building for public worship - Division of public labour - Manner of fitting up the interior - Satisfaction of the people- Chapel in Raiatea ...
... buildings - Public road - Effect on the surrounding country - Duration of native habitations - Building for public worship - Division of public labour - Manner of fitting up the interior - Satisfaction of the people- Chapel in Raiatea ...
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... build- ings , by no means favourable to domestic comfort or Christian decency . When we landed at Fare in Huahine , I do not think there were more than ten or twelve houses in the whole district . Four , besides those we occupied , were ...
... build- ings , by no means favourable to domestic comfort or Christian decency . When we landed at Fare in Huahine , I do not think there were more than ten or twelve houses in the whole district . Four , besides those we occupied , were ...
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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