An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language, Bind 1Author, and sold, 1817 - 212 sider |
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... finding it , I was under the necessity of requesting him to write another , which he did in the same method as before , by calling to his mind the original Tonga in which it was spoken . Sometime afterwards I found the first , and was ...
... finding it , I was under the necessity of requesting him to write another , which he did in the same method as before , by calling to his mind the original Tonga in which it was spoken . Sometime afterwards I found the first , and was ...
Side 4
... finding it impossible to remain in the river , owing partly to the strong flood and partly to contrary winds , she stood out of the river and bore away on her voyage . The next day very heavy gales coming on , she was found to make much ...
... finding it impossible to remain in the river , owing partly to the strong flood and partly to contrary winds , she stood out of the river and bore away on her voyage . The next day very heavy gales coming on , she was found to make much ...
Side 8
... Finding it impracticable to do any thing with the fort , and both the whalers being now hauled close under it , she stood out to sea . On Monday , the 29th , at ten o'clock P. M. two boats were sent into the bay to reconnoitre . They ...
... Finding it impracticable to do any thing with the fort , and both the whalers being now hauled close under it , she stood out to sea . On Monday , the 29th , at ten o'clock P. M. two boats were sent into the bay to reconnoitre . They ...
Side 10
... finding , at dinner , that his companions had lost their stomachs , he very jocosely desired them to stand upon no com- pliments , but to fall to and eat heartily , the whole being well paid for , and that conse- quently they were under ...
... finding , at dinner , that his companions had lost their stomachs , he very jocosely desired them to stand upon no com- pliments , but to fall to and eat heartily , the whole being well paid for , and that conse- quently they were under ...
Side 14
... finding the town not well defended by cannon , opened a fire upon it . At five she came to an anchor , and kept up an inter- mitting fire during the night , expecting , in the mean while , the arrival of the prizes , till which time an ...
... finding the town not well defended by cannon , opened a fire upon it . At five she came to an anchor , and kept up an inter- mitting fire during the night , expecting , in the mean while , the arrival of the prizes , till which time an ...
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