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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Page iii
... 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 Native chandeliers ...
... 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 Native chandeliers ...
Page iv
... effects supposed to result from sorcery— Impotency of enchantment on Europeans - Native remedies for sorcery— Native oracles - Means of inspiration - Effects on the priest inspired- Manner of delivering the responses - Circumstances at ...
... effects supposed to result from sorcery— Impotency of enchantment on Europeans - Native remedies for sorcery— Native oracles - Means of inspiration - Effects on the priest inspired- Manner of delivering the responses - Circumstances at ...
Page v
... effects of jealousy - Seizure of property - Punishment of theft - Public works - Supplies for the king- Despotic rapacity -- Extortion of the king's servants -- Unorganized state of civil polity - Desire a code of Christian laws ...
... effects of jealousy - Seizure of property - Punishment of theft - Public works - Supplies for the king- Despotic rapacity -- Extortion of the king's servants -- Unorganized state of civil polity - Desire a code of Christian laws ...
Page vi
... Effects of the beneficial laws Page 426 to 460 . CHAP . XVI . Visit from the Windward Islands - Opposition to the moral restraints of Christianity - Tatauing prohibited by the chiefs - Account of the dye , instruments , and process of ...
... Effects of the beneficial laws Page 426 to 460 . CHAP . XVI . Visit from the Windward Islands - Opposition to the moral restraints of Christianity - Tatauing prohibited by the chiefs - Account of the dye , instruments , and process of ...
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... effects of age , would appear little inferior . Their limbs are generally well formed , and the whole figure propor- tioned to their height ; which renders the difference between the rulers and their subjects so striking , that some ...
... effects of age , would appear little inferior . Their limbs are generally well formed , and the whole figure propor- tioned to their height ; which renders the difference between the rulers and their subjects so striking , that some ...
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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