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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... supposed to result from sorcery— Impotency of enchantment on Europeans - Native remedies for sorcery— Native oracles - Means of inspiration - Effects on the priest inspired- Manner of delivering the responses - Circumstances at Rurutu ...
... supposed to result from sorcery— Impotency of enchantment on Europeans - Native remedies for sorcery— Native oracles - Means of inspiration - Effects on the priest inspired- Manner of delivering the responses - Circumstances at Rurutu ...
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... supposed to resort , it may be proper to introduce the facts and observations , in reference to their origin , physical , intellectual , and moral character , which have resulted from subsequent visits to the island , and more exten ...
... supposed to resort , it may be proper to introduce the facts and observations , in reference to their origin , physical , intellectual , and moral character , which have resulted from subsequent visits to the island , and more exten ...
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... supposed they were a distinct race , the descendants of a superior people , who at a remote period had conquered the aborigines , and perpetuated their supremacy . It does not , however , appear neces- sary , in accounting for the fact ...
... supposed they were a distinct race , the descendants of a superior people , who at a remote period had conquered the aborigines , and perpetuated their supremacy . It does not , however , appear neces- sary , in accounting for the fact ...
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... supposed their bones were strongest . When I have seen the natives looking at a very dark man , I have sometimes heard them say , " Taata ra e , te ereere ! ivi maitai tona : " The man , how dark ! good bones are his . A fair complexion ...
... supposed their bones were strongest . When I have seen the natives looking at a very dark man , I have sometimes heard them say , " Taata ra e , te ereere ! ivi maitai tona : " The man , how dark ! good bones are his . A fair complexion ...
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... supposed the white colour of the European's skin to be the effect of illness , and hence beheld it with pity . This opinion probably originated from the effects of a disease with which they are occasionally afflicted - a kind of leprosy ...
... supposed the white colour of the European's skin to be the effect of illness , and hence beheld it with pity . This opinion probably originated from the effects of a disease with which they are occasionally afflicted - a kind of leprosy ...
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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