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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Page 79
... interesting than the bough bending with full - ripe fruit . The process which effects the changes marking the progress from birth to maturity in the animal crea- tion , is not less curious ; and at this time we beheld a work advancing ...
... interesting than the bough bending with full - ripe fruit . The process which effects the changes marking the progress from birth to maturity in the animal crea- tion , is not less curious ; and at this time we beheld a work advancing ...
Page 99
... interesting people whom he had introduced to the notice of the civilized world . Visiting almost daily the spot , and living in habits of intercourse with the successors of Mai , I have been often led to compare the views and ...
... interesting people whom he had introduced to the notice of the civilized world . Visiting almost daily the spot , and living in habits of intercourse with the successors of Mai , I have been often led to compare the views and ...
Page 111
... interesting curiosities which I was enabled to deposit in the Missionary Museum . At Eimeo , a thick hoop of iron , resembling the tier of a small carriage - wheel , suspended by a rope of twisted bark , and struck with an iron bolt ...
... interesting curiosities which I was enabled to deposit in the Missionary Museum . At Eimeo , a thick hoop of iron , resembling the tier of a small carriage - wheel , suspended by a rope of twisted bark , and struck with an iron bolt ...
Page 152
... interesting , and has generally indicated the progressive improve- ment of the people . The subjects discussed are per- haps less miscellaneous than they were some years ago , when the people were totally uninformed in all the first ...
... interesting , and has generally indicated the progressive improve- ment of the people . The subjects discussed are per- haps less miscellaneous than they were some years ago , when the people were totally uninformed in all the first ...
Page 155
... interesting and highly important , and not unfrequently difficult and perplexing . I have written many of them down at the time ; others have been recorded by my companions : a selection will convey a more correct idea of their mode of ...
... interesting and highly important , and not unfrequently difficult and perplexing . I have written many of them down at the time ; others have been recorded by my companions : a selection will convey a more correct idea of their mode of ...
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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 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 Palliser Islands parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea 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