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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... whole of their social intercourse , to have been mingled with their most ordinary avo- cations , and even their rude and diversified amuse- ments . Their salutations were often exceedingly ceremonious . When a chieftain from another ...
... whole of their social intercourse , to have been mingled with their most ordinary avo- cations , and even their rude and diversified amuse- ments . Their salutations were often exceedingly ceremonious . When a chieftain from another ...
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... whole of the human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed ...
... whole of the human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed ...
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... whole figure propor- tioned to their height ; which renders the difference between the rulers and their subjects so striking , that some have supposed they were a distinct race , the descendants of a superior people , who at a remote ...
... whole figure propor- tioned to their height ; which renders the difference between the rulers and their subjects so striking , that some have supposed they were a distinct race , the descendants of a superior people , who at a remote ...
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... whole books of which , some of them have in a short period com- mitted to memory . They acquired the first rules of arithmetic with equal facility , and have readily received the different kinds of instruction hitherto furnished , as ...
... whole books of which , some of them have in a short period com- mitted to memory . They acquired the first rules of arithmetic with equal facility , and have readily received the different kinds of instruction hitherto furnished , as ...
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... whole islands . The inhabitants of one of the Leeward Islands , Tahaa , I believe , even to the present time furnish matter for mirthful jest to the natives of the other islands of the ' group , from the circumstance of one of their ...
... whole islands . The inhabitants of one of the Leeward Islands , Tahaa , I believe , even to the present time furnish matter for mirthful jest to the natives of the other islands of the ' group , from the circumstance of one of their ...
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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