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 |
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... habits - Aptness to receive instruction - Moral character -- Hospitality - Extensive and affecting moral degradation - Its enervating influence - Longevity - Comparative numbers of the inhabit- ants - Indications and causes of ...
... habits - Aptness to receive instruction - Moral character -- Hospitality - Extensive and affecting moral degradation - Its enervating influence - Longevity - Comparative numbers of the inhabit- ants - Indications and causes of ...
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... habits - Perseverance and proficiency in writing - His letters to Eng- land , & c . - Fac - simile of his hand - writing , and translation of his letter on the art of drawing - Estimation in which he was held by the people— Pomare , the ...
... habits - Perseverance and proficiency in writing - His letters to Eng- land , & c . - Fac - simile of his hand - writing , and translation of his letter on the art of drawing - Estimation in which he was held by the people— Pomare , the ...
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... habits - Aptness to receive instruc- tion - Moral character - Hospitality - Extensive and affecting moral degradation - Its enervating influence - Longevity - Comparative num- bers of the inhabitants - Indications and causes of ...
... habits - Aptness to receive instruc- tion - Moral character - Hospitality - Extensive and affecting moral degradation - Its enervating influence - Longevity - Comparative num- bers of the inhabitants - Indications and causes of ...
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... habits and appearance , but even in the natural face of the district . A carpenter's shop had been erected , the forge was daily worked by the natives , neat cottages were rising in several directions , and a large place of worship was ...
... habits and appearance , but even in the natural face of the district . A carpenter's shop had been erected , the forge was daily worked by the natives , neat cottages were rising in several directions , and a large place of worship was ...
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... habits of life , are quite sufficient . The prevailing colour of the natives is an olive , a bronze , or a reddish brown - equally removed from the jet - black of the African and the Asiatic , the yellow of the Malay , and the red or ...
... habits of life , are quite sufficient . The prevailing colour of the natives is an olive , a bronze , or a reddish brown - equally removed from the jet - black of the African and the Asiatic , the yellow of the Malay , and the red or ...
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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
appeared Areois arrived attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods habits Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation natives night occasion offered parties perhaps person Polynesian Pomare Pomare III prayers present prevailed priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea received reef regarded resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture ship shore side society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tradition tree usually vessel voyage wife worship