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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... , and opposite the large valleys , through which a stream of water falls into the ocean , there is usually a break , or opening , in the line of reef that surrounds the shore - a most wise and benevolent 2 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... , and opposite the large valleys , through which a stream of water falls into the ocean , there is usually a break , or opening , in the line of reef that surrounds the shore - a most wise and benevolent 2 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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... usually composed . There is no coral in the lagoons of the large islands . The openings in the reefs around Sir Charles Sander's Island , Maurua , and other low islands , are small and intricate , and sometimes altogether wanting ...
... usually composed . There is no coral in the lagoons of the large islands . The openings in the reefs around Sir Charles Sander's Island , Maurua , and other low islands , are small and intricate , and sometimes altogether wanting ...
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... usually entered the reefs that surround the two the two islands , either at the opening called Teavapiti , a little to the southward of Utumaora , or at that denominated Tomahahotu opposite the south end of the island of Tahaa . They ...
... usually entered the reefs that surround the two the two islands , either at the opening called Teavapiti , a little to the southward of Utumaora , or at that denominated Tomahahotu opposite the south end of the island of Tahaa . They ...
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... usually landed , in the first instance , on some of the small islands near . The king often attended in person , to welcome his guest , or , if unable to do this himself , sent one of his principal chiefs . When the canoes of the ...
... usually landed , in the first instance , on some of the small islands near . The king often attended in person , to welcome his guest , or , if unable to do this himself , sent one of his principal chiefs . When the canoes of the ...
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... usually answered , Teie " Here , " and so proceeded to the rendezvous appointed , where the marotai was presented to the king , and a similar offering to the god . Our mode of saluting by merely shaking hands , they consider remarkably ...
... usually answered , Teie " Here , " and so proceeded to the rendezvous appointed , where the marotai was presented to the king , and a similar offering to the god . Our mode of saluting by merely shaking hands , they consider remarkably ...
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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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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 habits 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 parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare II prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea rank 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
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Page 197 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 380 - Missionaries illustrated the general principles of scripture, that in all the public stations they sustained, they were to do unto others as they would that others should do unto them...
Page 263 - I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Page 412 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 43 - The waters were called nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God; and, since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Nayrayana, or moving on the waters.
Page 43 - In that egg the great power sat inactive a whole year of the Creator, at the close of which, by his thought alone, he caused the egg to divide itself. And from its two divisions he framed the heaven above, and the earth beneath ; in the midst, he placed the subtle ether, the eight regions, and the permanent receptacle of waters.
Page 244 - Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Hear Him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold ! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he the obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting, like the bounding roe.
Page 335 - The harp of heaven Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels can conceive of creatures, born Under the curse, yet from the curse redeem'd, And placed at once beyond the power to fall, Safely, which men nor angels ever knew, Till ranks of these, and all of those, had fallen.
Page 216 - An ubu or prayer was offered before they ate their food, when they tilled their ground, planted their gardens, built their houses, launched their canoes, cast their nets, and commenced or concluded a journey. The first fish taken periodically on their shores, together with a number of kinds regarded as sacred, were conveyed to the altar. The first-fruits of their orchards and gardens were also taumaha, or offered, with a portion of their live-stock, which consisted of pigs, dogs, and fowls, as it...
Page 16 - ... stature of the male and female sex here, as well as in other parts of the world, yet not so great as that which often prevails in Europe. The females, though generally more delicate in form and smaller in size than the men, are, taken altogether, stronger and larger than the females of England, and are sometimes remarkably tall and stout.