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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... side of Raiatea , are not only serviceable to navigation , but highly ornamental , adding greatly to the beauty of the surrounding scenery . At the Ava Moa , or Sacred Entrance leading to Opoa , there is a small island , on which a few ...
... side of Raiatea , are not only serviceable to navigation , but highly ornamental , adding greatly to the beauty of the surrounding scenery . At the Ava Moa , or Sacred Entrance leading to Opoa , there is a small island , on which a few ...
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... side of the island , where the Missionary settlement was then established . This part of our voyage , for twelve or fourteen miles , was most de- lightful . The beauty of the wooded or rocky shores now appeared more rich and varied than ...
... side of the island , where the Missionary settlement was then established . This part of our voyage , for twelve or fourteen miles , was most de- lightful . The beauty of the wooded or rocky shores now appeared more rich and varied than ...
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... side of the opening in the reefs opposite the harbour , distinctly points out the passage , and is very serviceable to ships going to sea . A few miles beyond the har- bour of Hamaniino , Vaóaara is situated , which was the former ...
... side of the opening in the reefs opposite the harbour , distinctly points out the passage , and is very serviceable to ships going to sea . A few miles beyond the har- bour of Hamaniino , Vaóaara is situated , which was the former ...
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... side , and the strangers on the other ; the latter brought their marotai , or offering , to the king and the gods , and accompanied its presentation with an address , expressive of the friendship existing between them : the priest , or ...
... side , and the strangers on the other ; the latter brought their marotai , or offering , to the king and the gods , and accompanied its presentation with an address , expressive of the friendship existing between them : the priest , or ...
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... side , the natives simultaneously and involuntarily exclaimed- " It will overturn and sink , it has no outrigger . " The chiefs and others , to whom Maui delivered his prophecy , were also convinced in their own minds , that a canoe ...
... side , the natives simultaneously and involuntarily exclaimed- " It will overturn and sink , it has no outrigger . " The chiefs and others , to whom Maui delivered his prophecy , were also convinced in their own minds , that a canoe ...
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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