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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... Chapel in Tahiti - Its dimensions , furniture , and appearance --- Motives of the king in its erection - Description of native chapels - Need of clocks and bells - Means resorted to for supplying their deficiency— Attendance on public ...
... Chapel in Tahiti - Its dimensions , furniture , and appearance --- Motives of the king in its erection - Description of native chapels - Need of clocks and bells - Means resorted to for supplying their deficiency— Attendance on public ...
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... chapel every Sabbath - day . In the fluct deng society of our friends we spent a fortnight very pleasantly , and having adjusted our public arrange- ments , returned to Huahine , in the Haweis , in which Messrs . Barff , Williams , and ...
... chapel every Sabbath - day . In the fluct deng society of our friends we spent a fortnight very pleasantly , and having adjusted our public arrange- ments , returned to Huahine , in the Haweis , in which Messrs . Barff , Williams , and ...
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... Chapel in Raiatea - Native chandeliers - Evening services . THE change which had taken place in Tahiti and Eimeo , in consequence of the abolition of idol wor- ship , had been exceedingly gratifying , as it regarded the general conduct ...
... Chapel in Raiatea - Native chandeliers - Evening services . THE change which had taken place in Tahiti and Eimeo , in consequence of the abolition of idol wor- ship , had been exceedingly gratifying , as it regarded the general conduct ...
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... chapel , and the frames of our dwellings . It was no easy task for them to build houses of this kind ; there were no regular carpenters and masons . Every man had , in the first- place , to go to the woods or the mountains , and cut ...
... chapel , and the frames of our dwellings . It was no easy task for them to build houses of this kind ; there were no regular carpenters and masons . Every man had , in the first- place , to go to the woods or the mountains , and cut ...
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... chapel ; 2. The resi- dence of Mahine , the chief of the island , -this was the first house with an upper room which the natives erected . No. 3. is placed beneath the schools . 4. Marks the site where our dwelling stood , and that of ...
... chapel ; 2. The resi- dence of Mahine , the chief of the island , -this was the first house with an upper room which the natives erected . No. 3. is placed beneath the schools . 4. Marks the site where our dwelling stood , and that 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