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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... latter colours . Considerable variety , nevertheless , prevails in the complexion of the population of the same island , and as great a diversity among the inhabitants of different islands . The na- tives of the Paliser or Pearl Islands ...
... latter colours . Considerable variety , nevertheless , prevails in the complexion of the population of the same island , and as great a diversity among the inhabitants of different islands . The na- tives of the Paliser or Pearl Islands ...
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... latter affecting nearly every individual throughout all the islands of the group . The maladies originally pre- vailing among them , appear , compared with those by which they are now afflicted , to have been few in number and mild in ...
... latter affecting nearly every individual throughout all the islands of the group . The maladies originally pre- vailing among them , appear , compared with those by which they are now afflicted , to have been few in number and mild in ...
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... latter , among the eight guardian deities of the world , appears to have been the Neptune of the Bramins , as we learn from the following lines in Sir W. Jones's beautiful translation of the hymn to Indra : " Green Varuna , whom foaming ...
... latter , among the eight guardian deities of the world , appears to have been the Neptune of the Bramins , as we learn from the following lines in Sir W. Jones's beautiful translation of the hymn to Indra : " Green Varuna , whom foaming ...
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... latter , the inmates took their food , and rested upon their mats spread upon the floor , which , had it been simply of earth , would have been **** healthfult fo The temporary comparatively clean and comfortable . II . K POLYNESIAN ...
... latter , the inmates took their food , and rested upon their mats spread upon the floor , which , had it been simply of earth , would have been **** healthfult fo The temporary comparatively clean and comfortable . II . K POLYNESIAN ...
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... latter were fastened to the long boards by strong wooden pegs . What the pegs wanted in strength , they determined to supply by numbers , and I think I have seen upwards of fifty or sixty hard pegs driven through one of these cross ...
... latter were fastened to the long boards by strong wooden pegs . What the pegs wanted in strength , they determined to supply by numbers , and I think I have seen upwards of fifty or sixty hard pegs driven through one of these cross ...
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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