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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... friendship for the Missionaries uniform - His aid important - Circum- stances connected with his death - Accession of his son Pomare III . to the government - Coronation of the infant king - His removal to the South Sea academy ...
... friendship for the Missionaries uniform - His aid important - Circum- stances connected with his death - Accession of his son Pomare III . to the government - Coronation of the infant king - His removal to the South Sea academy ...
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... other ; the latter brought their marotai , or offering , to the king and the gods , and accompanied its presentation with an address , expressive of the friendship existing between them : the priest , or ora- 10 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... other ; the latter brought their marotai , or offering , to the king and the gods , and accompanied its presentation with an address , expressive of the friendship existing between them : the priest , or ora- 10 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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... friend . A tomawa k In some of their ceremonies , a plantain - tree was substituted for a man , and in the first plantain- trees offered in this ceremony to the god and the friend , they might perhaps be so regarded . Consi- derable ...
... friend . A tomawa k In some of their ceremonies , a plantain - tree was substituted for a man , and in the first plantain- trees offered in this ceremony to the god and the friend , they might perhaps be so regarded . Consi- derable ...
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... friend , or testifying gladness at his arrival ; it was , however , very general when the Europeans first arrived . ? In the court - yard of the king we were met by our friends Messrs . Williams and Threlkeld , who , considering the ...
... friend , or testifying gladness at his arrival ; it was , however , very general when the Europeans first arrived . ? In the court - yard of the king we were met by our friends Messrs . Williams and Threlkeld , who , considering the ...
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... is regulated 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 .
... is regulated 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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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