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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... dwellings - Method of procuring lime from the coral - rock -First plastered houses in the South Sea Islands - Progress of improve- ment - Appearance of the settlement - Described by Captain Gambier- Sensations produced by the scenery ...
... dwellings - Method of procuring lime from the coral - rock -First plastered houses in the South Sea Islands - Progress of improve- ment - Appearance of the settlement - Described by Captain Gambier- Sensations produced by the scenery ...
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... only by the means of the individual by whom it is exercised . A poor man feels himself called upon , when a friend from a distance visits his dwelling , to provide an entertainment for him , 22 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... only by the means of the individual by whom it is exercised . A poor man feels himself called upon , when a friend from a distance visits his dwelling , to provide an entertainment for him , 22 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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William Ellis. his dwelling , to provide an entertainment for him , though he should thereby expend every article of food he possessed ; and would generally divide his fish or his bread - fruit with any one , even a stranger , who should ...
William Ellis. his dwelling , to provide an entertainment for him , though he should thereby expend every article of food he possessed ; and would generally divide his fish or his bread - fruit with any one , even a stranger , who should ...
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... dwellings and court - yards , foundations of houses , and ruins of family temples , are numerous . Occasionally they are found in exposed situations , but generally amidst thickets of brushwood or groves of trees , some of which are of ...
... dwellings and court - yards , foundations of houses , and ruins of family temples , are numerous . Occasionally they are found in exposed situations , but generally amidst thickets of brushwood or groves of trees , some of which are of ...
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... dwelling - place of departed kings , and others who have been deified . The institutes of Menu * also forbade a Bramin to eat with his wife , or to be present when she ate ; and in this injunction may have originated the former ...
... dwelling - place of departed kings , and others who have been deified . The institutes of Menu * also forbade a Bramin to eat with his wife , or to be present when she ate ; and in this injunction may have originated the former ...
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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