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 50
... removed from a state of barbarism - a nation less civilized than those must have been , who could have constructed vessels , and traversed this ocean six or seven thousand miles against the regularly prevailing winds , which must have ...
... removed from a state of barbarism - a nation less civilized than those must have been , who could have constructed vessels , and traversed this ocean six or seven thousand miles against the regularly prevailing winds , which must have ...
Page 68
... removed this fear , and inspired a confidence of security from the attacks their idolatrous absurdities led them to expect . The evils necessarily resulting from these habits were too palpable to allow us to delay attempting at least an ...
... removed this fear , and inspired a confidence of security from the attacks their idolatrous absurdities led them to expect . The evils necessarily resulting from these habits were too palpable to allow us to delay attempting at least an ...
Page 96
... removed , are preserved with care by one of the principal chiefs , who at the time of our arrival considered them great curiosities , and exhibited them , as a mark of his con- descension , to particular favourites . What became of the ...
... removed , are preserved with care by one of the principal chiefs , who at the time of our arrival considered them great curiosities , and exhibited them , as a mark of his con- descension , to particular favourites . What became of the ...
Page 115
... removing the hair from their legs and arms . This is usually done with a knife , the razors they have among them being reserved for removing the beard . The adults formerly wore their hair in a variety of forms ; the heads of their ...
... removing the hair from their legs and arms . This is usually done with a knife , the razors they have among them being reserved for removing the beard . The adults formerly wore their hair in a variety of forms ; the heads of their ...
Page 116
... removed it with the edges of two shells , acting like the blades of a pair of scissors , by cutting against each other ; while others allowed the beard to grow , sometimes twisting and braiding it together . These fashions , however ...
... removed it with the edges of two shells , acting like the blades of a pair of scissors , by cutting against each other ; while others allowed the beard to grow , sometimes twisting and braiding it together . These fashions , however ...
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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