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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... laws - Advice and conduct of the Missionaries - Preparation of the laws - Public enactment by the king in a national assembly at Tahiti - Capital punishments - Manner of conducting public trials - Establishment of laws in Raiatea ...
... laws - Advice and conduct of the Missionaries - Preparation of the laws - Public enactment by the king in a national assembly at Tahiti - Capital punishments - Manner of conducting public trials - Establishment of laws in Raiatea ...
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... laws in Huahine - Literal translation of the laws on Murder - Theft - Trespass - Stolen property - Lost property -Barter - Sabbath - breaking - Rebellion - Bigamy , & c . - Divorce , & c.- Marriage - False accusation - Drunkenness ...
... laws in Huahine - Literal translation of the laws on Murder - Theft - Trespass - Stolen property - Lost property -Barter - Sabbath - breaking - Rebellion - Bigamy , & c . - Divorce , & c.- Marriage - False accusation - Drunkenness ...
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... laws of government , also , imperiously required the poor industrious landholder , or farmer , to bring forth the produce of his garden or his field for the use of the chiefs , or the wandering and licentious Areois , whenever they ...
... laws of government , also , imperiously required the poor industrious landholder , or farmer , to bring forth the produce of his garden or his field for the use of the chiefs , or the wandering and licentious Areois , whenever they ...
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... law , dressed in the English fashion , received us in their neat little cottage . † The furniture of her house was all made on the island , and by the natives , with a little instruction originally from the Missionaries . It consisted ...
... law , dressed in the English fashion , received us in their neat little cottage . † The furniture of her house was all made on the island , and by the natives , with a little instruction originally from the Missionaries . It consisted ...
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... laws of the kingdom , the punishment of crimes , the principles of commerce , and the extent and variety of manufactures , were at different times brought forward . ས Numbers of the natives had indeed visited England , but their ...
... laws of the kingdom , the punishment of crimes , the principles of commerce , and the extent and variety of manufactures , were at different times brought forward . ས Numbers of the natives had indeed visited England , but their ...
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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 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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