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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... direction nearly pa- rallel with the coast , and from one to three miles dis- tant from the beach . Though the shore is generally a gradual and waving ascent from the water's edge to the mountain , it is frequently rocky and broken . At ...
... direction nearly pa- rallel with the coast , and from one to three miles dis- tant from the beach . Though the shore is generally a gradual and waving ascent from the water's edge to the mountain , it is frequently rocky and broken . At ...
Page 42
... direction of the setting sun , to which they say several names were given , though none of them are remembered by the present inhabitants . Their traditions are numerous , though it is difficult to obtain a correct recital of them from ...
... direction of the setting sun , to which they say several names were given , though none of them are remembered by the present inhabitants . Their traditions are numerous , though it is difficult to obtain a correct recital of them from ...
Page 48
... direction , and of the Polynesians more remote in another , shews that they were originally one people , or that they had emigrated from the same source . Many words in the language , and several of the traditions , customs , & c . of ...
... direction , and of the Polynesians more remote in another , shews that they were originally one people , or that they had emigrated from the same source . Many words in the language , and several of the traditions , customs , & c . of ...
Page 51
... direction , where they were discovered several months afterwards . An- other boat , belonging to Mr. Barff of Huahine , was pass- ing between that island and Tahiti about the same time , and has never since been heard of . The ...
... direction , where they were discovered several months afterwards . An- other boat , belonging to Mr. Barff of Huahine , was pass- ing between that island and Tahiti about the same time , and has never since been heard of . The ...
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... suppose the ships were islands inhabited by a supernatural order of beings , at whose direction the lightnings flashed , the thunders roared , and the destroying demon slew , with instanta- 54 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... suppose the ships were islands inhabited by a supernatural order of beings , at whose direction the lightnings flashed , the thunders roared , and the destroying demon slew , with instanta- 54 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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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