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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... district , the inhabitants came out of their doors , and , greeting them , shouted Manava , Manava , long before they reached the place . They usually answered , Teie " Here , " and so proceeded to the rendezvous appointed , where the ...
... district , the inhabitants came out of their doors , and , greeting them , shouted Manava , Manava , long before they reached the place . They usually answered , Teie " Here , " and so proceeded to the rendezvous appointed , where the ...
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... district . A carpenter's shop had been erected , the forge was daily worked by the natives , neat cottages were rising in several directions , and a large place of worship was building . The wilder- ness around was cleared to a ...
... district . A carpenter's shop had been erected , the forge was daily worked by the natives , neat cottages were rising in several directions , and a large place of worship was building . The wilder- ness around was cleared to a ...
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... district , was considered a crime next to resisting the royal authority , or declaring war against the king ; and this has in a great degree rendered the people so ready to provide an entertainment for those by whom they may be visited ...
... district , was considered a crime next to resisting the royal authority , or declaring war against the king ; and this has in a great degree rendered the people so ready to provide an entertainment for those by whom they may be visited ...
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... districts , to entertain the slightest doubt that the number of inhabitants in the South Sea Islands was formerly much greater than at present . What their number , in any remote period of their history , may have been , it is not easy ...
... districts , to entertain the slightest doubt that the number of inhabitants in the South Sea Islands was formerly much greater than at present . What their number , in any remote period of their history , may have been , it is not easy ...
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... district . Four , besides those we occupied , were of con- siderable size , belonging to the chiefs ; the others were mere huts . In the latter , the inmates took their food , and rested upon their mats spread upon the floor , which ...
... district . Four , besides those we occupied , were of con- siderable size , belonging to the chiefs ; the others were mere huts . In the latter , the inmates took their food , and rested upon their mats spread upon the floor , which ...
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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