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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... trees are growing . At Tipaemau there are two , one on each side of the opening , rising from the ex- tremity of the line of reef . The little islets , elevated three or four feet above the water , are clothed with shrubs and verdure ...
... trees are growing . At Tipaemau there are two , one on each side of the opening , rising from the ex- tremity of the line of reef . The little islets , elevated three or four feet above the water , are clothed with shrubs and verdure ...
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... trees , and after- wards made an agreeable repast on the nuts which they gathered . We planted , as memorials of our visit , the seeds of some large ripe oranges , which we had brought with us ; then launched our boat , and prosecuted ...
... trees , and after- wards made an agreeable repast on the nuts which they gathered . We planted , as memorials of our visit , the seeds of some large ripe oranges , which we had brought with us ; then launched our boat , and prosecuted ...
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... tree was substituted for a man , and in the first plantain- trees offered in this ceremony to the god and the friend , they might perhaps be so regarded . Consi- derable ceremony attended the reception of a com- pany of Areois . When ...
... tree was substituted for a man , and in the first plantain- trees offered in this ceremony to the god and the friend , they might perhaps be so regarded . Consi- derable ceremony attended the reception of a com- pany of Areois . When ...
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... trees , some of which are of the largest growth . All these relics are of the same kind as those observed among the natives at the time of their discovery , evidently proving that they belong to the same race , though to a more populous ...
... trees , some of which are of the largest growth . All these relics are of the same kind as those observed among the natives at the time of their discovery , evidently proving that they belong to the same race , though to a more populous ...
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... tree . Their interior , however , was but little adapted to promote domestic comfort . The earthen floor was usually covered with long grass . This , by being repeatedly trodden under foot , became dry , broken , and filled with dust ...
... tree . Their interior , however , was but little adapted to promote domestic comfort . The earthen floor was usually covered with long grass . This , by being repeatedly trodden under foot , became dry , broken , and filled with dust ...
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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