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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... sometimes , in one unbroken line , a mile or a mile and a half along the reef , arrested by this natural barrier , often rise ten , twelve , or fourteen feet above its surface ; and then , bending over it their white foaming tops , form ...
... sometimes , in one unbroken line , a mile or a mile and a half along the reef , arrested by this natural barrier , often rise ten , twelve , or fourteen feet above its surface ; and then , bending over it their white foaming tops , form ...
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... sometimes altogether wanting , probably because the land , composing these islands , collects but a scanty portion of water ; and , if any , only small and frequently interrupted streams flow into the sea . The openings in the reefs ...
... sometimes altogether wanting , probably because the land , composing these islands , collects but a scanty portion of water ; and , if any , only small and frequently interrupted streams flow into the sea . The openings in the reefs ...
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... sometimes prominent . The facial angle is frequently as perpendicular as in the European structure , ex- cepting where the frontal and the occipital bones of the skull were pressed together in infancy . This was frequently done by the ...
... sometimes prominent . The facial angle is frequently as perpendicular as in the European structure , ex- cepting where the frontal and the occipital bones of the skull were pressed together in infancy . This was frequently done by the ...
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... sometimes , when a fine , tall , well - formed , and personable man has landed from a ship , they have remarked as he passed along , " A fine man that , if he were but a native . " They formerly supposed the white colour of the ...
... sometimes , when a fine , tall , well - formed , and personable man has landed from a ship , they have remarked as he passed along , " A fine man that , if he were but a native . " They formerly supposed the white colour of the ...
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... sometimes called Tii , and sometimes Hina ; that when they died , their spirits were supposed to survive the dissolution of the body , and were still called by the same name , and hence the term tii was first applied to the spirits of ...
... sometimes called Tii , and sometimes Hina ; that when they died , their spirits were supposed to survive the dissolution of the body , and were still called by the same name , and hence the term tii was first applied to the spirits of ...
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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