OF THE NATIVES OF THE TONGA ISLANDS, IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. COMPILED AND ARRANGED FROM THE EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATIONS OF MR. WILLIAM MARINER, SEVERAL YEARS RESIDENT IN THOSE ISLANDS. BY JOHN MARTIN, M. D. "The savages of America inspire less interest .... Since celebrated navigators have made known Preface to Humboldt's Personal Narrative. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BOSTON: CHARLES EWER, No. 51, CORNHILL, 1820. Elisha Bellamy, Printer. ΤΟ THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. G. C. B. PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, &c. &c. &c. THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVES OF THE TONGA ISLANDS, IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED PARTICULARLY TO SET FORTH THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND RELIGION, FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT THERE, IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL, YET APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT, BY HIS VERY.OBEDIENT AND DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT, JOHN MARTIN. |