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 26
... piece of sugarcane , and apparently experience but little inconvenience from his excursion . The facility with which they perform their journeys is undoubtedly the result of habit , as many are accustomed to traverse the mountains , and ...
... piece of sugarcane , and apparently experience but little inconvenience from his excursion . The facility with which they perform their journeys is undoubtedly the result of habit , as many are accustomed to traverse the mountains , and ...
Page 45
... piece of cloth over the bride , or the friends throwing it over both . This is also practised among the Tahitians . The bodies of the dead are kept by the inhabitants of the Caroline Islands , in a manner resembling the tupapaus of ...
... piece of cloth over the bride , or the friends throwing it over both . This is also practised among the Tahitians . The bodies of the dead are kept by the inhabitants of the Caroline Islands , in a manner resembling the tupapaus of ...
Page 67
... piece of cloth , like a counterpane or shawl , which they call ahu taoto , sleep- ing - cloth , and which is their only covering , lying in the middle of each mat . There was no division or skreen between the sleeping places , but the ...
... piece of cloth , like a counterpane or shawl , which they call ahu taoto , sleep- ing - cloth , and which is their only covering , lying in the middle of each mat . There was no division or skreen between the sleeping places , but the ...
Page 111
... piece about three or four feet long , and six or nine inches square , with a hole through one end . Near the chapel they erected a low frame , consisting of two upright posts , and a cross- piece at the top , resembling a gallows , from ...
... piece about three or four feet long , and six or nine inches square , with a hole through one end . Near the chapel they erected a low frame , consisting of two upright posts , and a cross- piece at the top , resembling a gallows , from ...
Page 112
... piece of rugged twisted bark was tied across it , and fastened to the tree . A number of small round stones lay underneath , with which , when it was necessary to call the people together , the large one was struck ; I could not imagine ...
... piece of rugged twisted bark was tied across it , and fastened to the tree . A number of small round stones lay underneath , with which , when it was necessary to call the people together , the large one was struck ; I could not imagine ...
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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