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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... tion - Moral character - Hospitality - Extensive and affecting moral degradation - Its enervating influence - Longevity - Comparative num- bers of the inhabitants - Indications and causes of depopulation- Beneficial tendency of ...
... tion - Moral character - Hospitality - Extensive and affecting moral degradation - Its enervating influence - Longevity - Comparative num- bers of the inhabitants - Indications and causes of depopulation- Beneficial tendency of ...
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... , proceeded to Tahiti . The island of Raiatea is not only the most im- portant in the leeward group , from its central situa- ? destruct .. Meanliness . It tion and its geographical extent , but on account 12 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... , proceeded to Tahiti . The island of Raiatea is not only the most im- portant in the leeward group , from its central situa- ? destruct .. Meanliness . It tion and its geographical extent , but on account 12 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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William Ellis. It tion and its geographical extent , but on account of its identity , in tradition , with the origin of the peo- ple , and their preservation in the general deluge . has been celebrated as the cradle of their mythology ...
William Ellis. It tion and its geographical extent , but on account of its identity , in tradition , with the origin of the peo- ple , and their preservation in the general deluge . has been celebrated as the cradle of their mythology ...
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... tion from their ancestry . This is the case with most of the groups of the Pacific , but peculiarly so in Tahiti and the adjacent isles . The father of the late king was six feet four inches high ; Pomare was six * feet two . The ...
... tion from their ancestry . This is the case with most of the groups of the Pacific , but peculiarly so in Tahiti and the adjacent isles . The father of the late king was six feet four inches high ; Pomare was six * feet two . The ...
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... tion of letters . Not only have the children and young persons learned to read , write , cipher , and com- mit their lessons to memory with a facility and quick- ness not exceeded by individuals of the same age in any civilized country ...
... tion of letters . Not only have the children and young persons learned to read , write , cipher , and com- mit their lessons to memory with a facility and quick- ness not exceeded by individuals of the same age in any civilized country ...
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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