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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... formerly much greater than at present . What their number , in any remote period of their history , may have been , it is not easy to ascer tain : Captain Cook estimated those residing in Ta- hiti at 200,000 . The grounds , however , on ...
... formerly much greater than at present . What their number , in any remote period of their history , may have been , it is not easy to ascer tain : Captain Cook estimated those residing in Ta- hiti at 200,000 . The grounds , however , on ...
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... formerly denounced the destruction of the nation , as the greatest pun- ishment the gods could inflict , and the following was one of the predictions : E tupu te fau , e toro te farero , e mou te taata : " The fau ( hibiscus ) shall ...
... formerly denounced the destruction of the nation , as the greatest pun- ishment the gods could inflict , and the following was one of the predictions : E tupu te fau , e toro te farero , e mou te taata : " The fau ( hibiscus ) shall ...
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... formerly visited our ancestors . They came in the æra of men , when the islands were inhabited , but you are come to behold just the remnant of the people . " I have often heard the chiefs speak of themselves and the natives as only a ...
... formerly visited our ancestors . They came in the æra of men , when the islands were inhabited , but you are come to behold just the remnant of the people . " I have often heard the chiefs speak of themselves and the natives as only a ...
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... formerly acknowledged by the nation . On more than one occasion , I have listened to the details of the people respecting his work of creation . They say , that after Taaroa had formed the world , he created man out of araea , red earth ...
... formerly acknowledged by the nation . On more than one occasion , I have listened to the details of the people respecting his work of creation . They say , that after Taaroa had formed the world , he created man out of araea , red earth ...
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... formerly resided , who assumed of themselves , or received from the gods , human bodies , and became the progenitors of mankind . The name of one was Tii Maaraauta ; Tii , branching or extending towards the land , or the interior ; and ...
... formerly resided , who assumed of themselves , or received from the gods , human bodies , and became the progenitors of mankind . The name of one was Tii Maaraauta ; Tii , branching or extending towards the land , or the interior ; and ...
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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
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.