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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... prevailed from their earliest anti- quity , a deformed person was seldom seen . The countenance of the South Sea Islander is open and prepossessing , though the features are bold , and sometimes prominent . The facial angle is ...
... prevailed from their earliest anti- quity , a deformed person was seldom seen . The countenance of the South Sea Islander is open and prepossessing , though the features are bold , and sometimes prominent . The facial angle is ...
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... prevailed among the Tahitians , they must long since have been annihilated . Society must , at some time , have been more favourable , not only to the preservation , but to the in- crease of population , or the inhabitants could never ...
... prevailed among the Tahitians , they must long since have been annihilated . Society must , at some time , have been more favourable , not only to the preservation , but to the in- crease of population , or the inhabitants could never ...
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... prevailed extensively in the South Sea Islands . In the former also , according to the accounts of the Jesuit Missionaries , a licentious society existed , called by the people Uritoy , strikingly analogous , in all its distinguishing ...
... prevailed extensively in the South Sea Islands . In the former also , according to the accounts of the Jesuit Missionaries , a licentious society existed , called by the people Uritoy , strikingly analogous , in all its distinguishing ...
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... prevailed - a man frequently changed his name , but the name of the pig , once received , was usually retained until his death . The island of Raiatea has not only been distinguished among the surrounding cluster by its identity with ...
... prevailed - a man frequently changed his name , but the name of the pig , once received , was usually retained until his death . The island of Raiatea has not only been distinguished among the surrounding cluster by its identity with ...
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... ruler rising up among them , or coming from some distant region , which has prevailed among many nations , and is generally supposed to refer to the appearance of the Saviour , does not seem to have 56 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... ruler rising up among them , or coming from some distant region , which has prevailed among many nations , and is generally supposed to refer to the appearance of the Saviour , does not seem to have 56 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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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 |
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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