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 xiv
... conjecture : so it is easy for a traveller to give an accurate descrip- tion of the outside of a building , to which he has no admittance , and make some rude guess as to its interior form ; but the xiv INTRODUCTION .
... conjecture : so it is easy for a traveller to give an accurate descrip- tion of the outside of a building , to which he has no admittance , and make some rude guess as to its interior form ; but the xiv INTRODUCTION .
Side xxi
... tion . The events of the voyage , and other particulars subsequent thereto , will be seen hereafter . During that time he acted in the capacity of captain's clerk , which though not an usual office on board a privateer , he chose for ...
... tion . The events of the voyage , and other particulars subsequent thereto , will be seen hereafter . During that time he acted in the capacity of captain's clerk , which though not an usual office on board a privateer , he chose for ...
Side xxvi
... tion of which work is occupied in de- scribing the manners and customs of the Sandwich islands , where the author resided about thirteen months . At the period of this publication , the greater part of the fol- lowing sheets was already ...
... tion of which work is occupied in de- scribing the manners and customs of the Sandwich islands , where the author resided about thirteen months . At the period of this publication , the greater part of the fol- lowing sheets was already ...
Side xxviii
... tion among the higher ranks to have white people to reside with them . " The king very strongly solicited Mr. Mariner to re- main with him and be his secretary . P. 140. The author , in this page , speaks of the narrow - minded ...
... tion among the higher ranks to have white people to reside with them . " The king very strongly solicited Mr. Mariner to re- main with him and be his secretary . P. 140. The author , in this page , speaks of the narrow - minded ...
Side xxxiv
... tion it in the beginning , with the risk of " its subverting his own power , and in- " volving the islands in war ? I have made " a fixt determination not to suffer it . " This declaration was made in the cabin of the Port au Prince ...
... tion it in the beginning , with the risk of " its subverting his own power , and in- " volving the islands in war ? I have made " a fixt determination not to suffer it . " This declaration was made in the cabin of the Port au Prince ...
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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