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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Side v
... gave the epithet " Friendly , " for his chart of the Friendly Islands does not include Vavaoo * , which he did not visit ; and as this island is the largest , and now comparatively the most important of all those belonging to the same ...
... gave the epithet " Friendly , " for his chart of the Friendly Islands does not include Vavaoo * , which he did not visit ; and as this island is the largest , and now comparatively the most important of all those belonging to the same ...
Side vi
... gave rise to it , and the authority under which it has been conducted . In the year 1811 I accidentally heard that Mr. William Mariner , the bearer of a letter from the East Indies to one of my connections in London , had been a re ...
... gave rise to it , and the authority under which it has been conducted . In the year 1811 I accidentally heard that Mr. William Mariner , the bearer of a letter from the East Indies to one of my connections in London , had been a re ...
Side xiii
... gave them to Mr. Mariner to translate into Tonga , according to the strict idiom of that language : by this method we began to perceive what could be translated , and what could not ; we discovered where the Tonga language was poor in ...
... gave them to Mr. Mariner to translate into Tonga , according to the strict idiom of that language : by this method we began to perceive what could be translated , and what could not ; we discovered where the Tonga language was poor in ...
Side xxi
... gave such flattering descriptions of that mode of life , that William was quickly possessed with the strongest desire to accompany him . Captain Duck offered him the greatest en- couragements , and the consent of his father being ...
... gave such flattering descriptions of that mode of life , that William was quickly possessed with the strongest desire to accompany him . Captain Duck offered him the greatest en- couragements , and the consent of his father being ...
Side xxii
... gave additional interest to his recital , and furnished me with the opportunity of becoming better acquainted with Mr. Mariner's character . This happened in the early part of my acquaintance with him . much that I have heard it ...
... gave additional interest to his recital , and furnished me with the opportunity of becoming better acquainted with Mr. Mariner's character . This happened in the early part of my acquaintance with him . much that I have heard it ...
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accordingly afterwards anchor appeared armed arrived bales of gnatoo bird boat body Bolotoo brought Captain Captain Cook carronades ceremony chiefs and matabooles circumstance club cocoa-nut consecrated Cow Mooala death enemy feet Felletoa fencing Fiji islands Filimóëátoo Finow fono fortress four fytoca garrison gave gods grave ground guns Haano Hamoa hand Hapai islands head hogs immediately island of Tonga killed king king of Tonga large canoe length lest Mariner Mariner's marly mats mean morning natives Neafoo night Nioocalofa occasion orders Paita party plantains Port au Prince Port Jackson present priest prisoners procured remained respect returned revenge sail sent on shore ship shot side soon spears taboo taken Tarky Teoo Cava thing thought tion Toe Oomoo Tonga islands Toobó Toobo Malohi Toobo Neuha Toobo Toa Toogoo Ahoo Tooi Tooitonga took vessel Voona whaling whilst women yams young chief