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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... taken to the war - Strength of their fleets or armies - The battle of Hooroto - Women engaging in war - Martial music - Modes of attack - Single combats , challenges , & c . -The rauti , or orators of battle - Sacrifice of the first ...
... taken to the war - Strength of their fleets or armies - The battle of Hooroto - Women engaging in war - Martial music - Modes of attack - Single combats , challenges , & c . -The rauti , or orators of battle - Sacrifice of the first ...
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... taken altogether , stronger and larger than the females of England , and are sometimes remarkably tall and stout . A roundness and fulness of figure , without extending to corpu- lency , distinguishes the people in general ...
... taken altogether , stronger and larger than the females of England , and are sometimes remarkably tall and stout . A roundness and fulness of figure , without extending to corpu- lency , distinguishes the people in general ...
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... taken promis- cuously from any town or village , to be placed in a neighbourhood or house - where they would disagree once , fifty Englishmen , selected in the same way , and placed under similar circumstances , would quarrel perhaps ...
... taken promis- cuously from any town or village , to be placed in a neighbourhood or house - where they would disagree once , fifty Englishmen , selected in the same way , and placed under similar circumstances , would quarrel perhaps ...
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... taken away in the Bounty , forty years since ; and these individuals do not look more aged , nor even so far advanced in years , as others that may be seen . The opinion of those Missionaries who have been longest in the islands is ...
... taken away in the Bounty , forty years since ; and these individuals do not look more aged , nor even so far advanced in years , as others that may be seen . The opinion of those Missionaries who have been longest in the islands is ...
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... taken place , even within the recollection of those most advanced in years , and have felt acutely in prospect of the annihilation that appeared inevitable . Their priests formerly denounced the destruction of the nation , as the ...
... taken place , even within the recollection of those most advanced in years , and have felt acutely in prospect of the annihilation that appeared inevitable . Their priests formerly denounced the destruction of the nation , as the ...
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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 |
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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