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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... vessel had been at sea between a fortnight and three weeks , and , considering its route , must have sailed seven or eight hundred miles . A more recent instance occurred in 1824 : a boat belonging to Mr. Williams of Raiatea , left that ...
... vessel had been at sea between a fortnight and three weeks , and , considering its route , must have sailed seven or eight hundred miles . A more recent instance occurred in 1824 : a boat belonging to Mr. Williams of Raiatea , left that ...
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... vessel until recently visited by a Missionary , when the boat was lowered down to the water , and pushed off by the rowers from the ship's side , the natives simultaneously and involuntarily exclaimed- " It will overturn and sink , it ...
... vessel until recently visited by a Missionary , when the boat was lowered down to the water , and pushed off by the rowers from the ship's side , the natives simultaneously and involuntarily exclaimed- " It will overturn and sink , it ...
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... vessel and the shore . These being simple in their structure , and approaching their own canoes in size , yet conveying in perfect safety those by whom they were manned , excited their astonishment , and con- firmed their convictions ...
... vessel and the shore . These being simple in their structure , and approaching their own canoes in size , yet conveying in perfect safety those by whom they were manned , excited their astonishment , and con- firmed their convictions ...
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... vessel without ropes or cordage shall come among them . What idea Maui designed to convey by this declaration , it is perhaps not easy to ascertain ; but the people say it is next to impossible that the masts should be sustained , the ...
... vessel without ropes or cordage shall come among them . What idea Maui designed to convey by this declaration , it is perhaps not easy to ascertain ; but the people say it is next to impossible that the masts should be sustained , the ...
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William Ellis. ing all mankind excepting two individuals , who escaped in a naked vessel , ( a vessel without sails , ) by whom the island of Britain was re - peopled . The safety which the progenitors of the Peruvian race are said to ...
William Ellis. ing all mankind excepting two individuals , who escaped in a naked vessel , ( a vessel without sails , ) by whom the island of Britain was re - peopled . The safety which the progenitors of the Peruvian race are said to ...
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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