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 vii
... removal to the South Sea academy - Encouraging progress in learning - Early and lamented death - The extensive use of letters among the islanders - Writing on plantain leaves - Value of writing paper , & c . - The South Sea academy ...
... removal to the South Sea academy - Encouraging progress in learning - Early and lamented death - The extensive use of letters among the islanders - Writing on plantain leaves - Value of writing paper , & c . - The South Sea academy ...
Page 8
... removal of the Missionary station , become the general place of anchorage . But although they are secured from heavy waves by the reefs of coral that stretch along the eastern shore , they are exposed to the prevailing winds , excepting ...
... removal of the Missionary station , become the general place of anchorage . But although they are secured from heavy waves by the reefs of coral that stretch along the eastern shore , they are exposed to the prevailing winds , excepting ...
Page 17
... removed from the jet - black of the African and the Asiatic , the yellow of the Malay , and the red or copper - colour of the aboriginal American , frequently presenting a kind of medium between the two latter colours . Considerable ...
... removed from the jet - black of the African and the Asiatic , the yellow of the Malay , and the red or copper - colour of the aboriginal American , frequently presenting a kind of medium between the two latter colours . Considerable ...
Page 19
... removed by the lengthened intercourse they have had with foreigners , and the residence of European families among them . The mental capacity of the Society Islanders has been hitherto much more partially developed than their physical ...
... removed by the lengthened intercourse they have had with foreigners , and the residence of European families among them . The mental capacity of the Society Islanders has been hitherto much more partially developed than their physical ...
Page 48
... removed every internal malady , and every external deformity or paralyzed decrepitude , from all those who were plunged beneath its salutary waters . A tabular view of a num- ber of words in the Malayan , Asiatic , or the Madagasse ...
... removed every internal malady , and every external deformity or paralyzed decrepitude , from all those who were plunged beneath its salutary waters . A tabular view of a num- ber of words in the Malayan , Asiatic , or the Madagasse ...
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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