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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... sacred and profane writings . Page 37 to 63 . CHAP . III . General state of society - Former modes of living - Proposed improvement in the native dwellings - Method of procuring lime from the coral - rock -First plastered houses in the ...
... sacred and profane writings . Page 37 to 63 . CHAP . III . General state of society - Former modes of living - Proposed improvement in the native dwellings - Method of procuring lime from the coral - rock -First plastered houses in the ...
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... sacred - Cloth made with its bark - Manufacture of native cloth - Variety of kinds - Methods of dyeing - Native matting - Different articles of household furniture Page 149 to 184 . • CHAP . VII . Station at Maeva - Appearance of the ...
... sacred - Cloth made with its bark - Manufacture of native cloth - Variety of kinds - Methods of dyeing - Native matting - Different articles of household furniture Page 149 to 184 . • CHAP . VII . Station at Maeva - Appearance of the ...
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... Sacred Entrance leading to Opoa , there is a small island , on which a few cocoa - nut trees are growing . At Tipaemau there are two , one on each side of the opening , rising from the ex- tremity of the line of reef . The little islets ...
... Sacred Entrance leading to Opoa , there is a small island , on which a few cocoa - nut trees are growing . At Tipaemau there are two , one on each side of the opening , rising from the ex- tremity of the line of reef . The little islets ...
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... sacred Scriptures , and that nearly an equal number are either capable of writing , or are under instruction . In the several stations and branch stations , many thousands are still receiving daily instruction in the first principles of ...
... sacred Scriptures , and that nearly an equal number are either capable of writing , or are under instruction . In the several stations and branch stations , many thousands are still receiving daily instruction in the first principles of ...
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... sacred and profane writings . THE origin of the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands , in common with other parts of Polynesia , is a subject perhaps of more interest and curiosity , than of import- ance and practical utility . The vast ...
... sacred and profane writings . THE origin of the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands , in common with other parts of Polynesia , is a subject perhaps of more interest and curiosity , than of import- ance and practical utility . The vast ...
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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