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 xxviii
... occasion to remark the truth of this , and several times heard this maxim of the white peo- ple , " not to teach the natives more than was sufficient to gain themselves a good footing . " P. 142. The chief here called " Ter- remytee ...
... occasion to remark the truth of this , and several times heard this maxim of the white peo- ple , " not to teach the natives more than was sufficient to gain themselves a good footing . " P. 142. The chief here called " Ter- remytee ...
Side xxxv
... occasion of cere- mony , the king " is obliged to stand till three spears are darted at him : he must catch the first with his hand , and with it ward off the other two . This is not a mere formality . The spear is thrown with the ...
... occasion of cere- mony , the king " is obliged to stand till three spears are darted at him : he must catch the first with his hand , and with it ward off the other two . This is not a mere formality . The spear is thrown with the ...
Side lii
... occasion - Farther exhortations to his chiefs and matabooles respecting the cultivation of the country - Half mourning commences- The ceremony of the twentieth day after burial - Descrip- tion of the dance called Méë too Buggi - Heroic ...
... occasion - Farther exhortations to his chiefs and matabooles respecting the cultivation of the country - Half mourning commences- The ceremony of the twentieth day after burial - Descrip- tion of the dance called Méë too Buggi - Heroic ...
Side liv
... occasion - All commu- nication with the Hapai islands shut up - The king's ex- traordinary attention to the cultivation and defence of the country - Interesting anecdote respecting two chiefs , Hála A'pi A'pi and Tálo - Attempt from the ...
... occasion - All commu- nication with the Hapai islands shut up - The king's ex- traordinary attention to the cultivation and defence of the country - Interesting anecdote respecting two chiefs , Hála A'pi A'pi and Tálo - Attempt from the ...
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... occasion , but ate , drank , and cheered up the rest as well as he could . On 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 ...
... occasion , but ate , drank , and cheered up the rest as well as he could . On 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 ...
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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