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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... tion , in 1797 , made the population of Tahiti only about 16,000 ; and , not many years afterwards , the Missionaries declared it as their opinion , that this island did not contain more than 8000 souls ; and I cannot think that ...
... tion , in 1797 , made the population of Tahiti only about 16,000 ; and , not many years afterwards , the Missionaries declared it as their opinion , that this island did not contain more than 8000 souls ; and I cannot think that ...
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... tion of the islands within the last fifty or sixty years . The philanthropist , however , will rejoice to know , that although sixteen years ago the nation appeared on the verge of extinction , it is now , under the renovating and ...
... tion of the islands within the last fifty or sixty years . The philanthropist , however , will rejoice to know , that although sixteen years ago the nation appeared on the verge of extinction , it is now , under the renovating and ...
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... tion in which they were found , would resemble the con- dition of the aborigines of America , far more than that of the Asiatics . There are many well - authenticated ac- counts of long voyages performed in native vessels by the ...
... tion in which they were found , would resemble the con- dition of the aborigines of America , far more than that of the Asiatics . There are many well - authenticated ac- counts of long voyages performed in native vessels by the ...
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... tion of the god , he predicted that in future ages a vaa ama ore , literally an " outriggerless canoe , " would arrive in the islands from some foreign land . Ac- customed to attach that appendage to their single to you ! canoes ...
... tion of the god , he predicted that in future ages a vaa ama ore , literally an " outriggerless canoe , " would arrive in the islands from some foreign land . Ac- customed to attach that appendage to their single to you ! canoes ...
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... tion , when they saw the small boats belonging to the ships employed in passing to and fro between the vessel and the shore . These being simple in their structure , and approaching their own canoes in size , yet conveying in perfect ...
... tion , when they saw the small boats belonging to the ships employed in passing to and fro between the vessel and the shore . These being simple in their structure , and approaching their own canoes in size , yet conveying in perfect ...
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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