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 14
... produce what is termed a humped or broken back . The disease which produces this distortion of shape , and deformity of appearance , is declared by the natives , to have been unknown to their ancestors ; and , according to the accounts ...
... produce what is termed a humped or broken back . The disease which produces this distortion of shape , and deformity of appearance , is declared by the natives , to have been unknown to their ancestors ; and , according to the accounts ...
Page 18
... produce on the skin . When they searched the field of battle for the bones of the slain , to use them in the manufacture of chisels , gimlets , or fish - hooks , they always selected those whose skins were dark , as they supposed their ...
... produce on the skin . When they searched the field of battle for the bones of the slain , to use them in the manufacture of chisels , gimlets , or fish - hooks , they always selected those whose skins were dark , as they supposed their ...
Page 23
... produce of his garden or his field for the use of the chiefs , or the wandering and licentious Areois , whenever they might halt at his residence ; and more individuals have been banished , or selected as sacrifices , for with- holding ...
... produce of his garden or his field for the use of the chiefs , or the wandering and licentious Areois , whenever they might halt at his residence ; and more individuals have been banished , or selected as sacrifices , for with- holding ...
Page 43
... produce various beings from his own Divine substance , first , with a thought , created the waters , and placed in them a productive seed . That seed became an egg , bright as gold , blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams , and ...
... produce various beings from his own Divine substance , first , with a thought , created the waters , and placed in them a productive seed . That seed became an egg , bright as gold , blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams , and ...
Page 128
... produce of their labour ; and when they have arrived at the place of barter , and the captain or the merchant has spread before them his attractive goods , glossy and bright in all the shining colours of which they are so fond ; the ...
... produce of their labour ; and when they have arrived at the place of barter , and the captain or the merchant has spread before them his attractive goods , glossy and bright in all the shining colours of which they are so fond ; the ...
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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 |
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