An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side viii
... Cook . " But to be brief , however satisfied I have hitherto been with Mr. Mariner's details , I issue this second edi- tion with a twofold confidence , for now I can assure the candid reader that , endeavouring to divest my mind of all ...
... Cook . " But to be brief , however satisfied I have hitherto been with Mr. Mariner's details , I issue this second edi- tion with a twofold confidence , for now I can assure the candid reader that , endeavouring to divest my mind of all ...
Side xiii
... Cook gave the epithet " Friendly : " his chart of the Friendly * islands however does not include Vavaoo , which he did not visit ; and as this island is the largest , and now comparative- ly the most important of all those belonging to ...
... Cook gave the epithet " Friendly : " his chart of the Friendly * islands however does not include Vavaoo , which he did not visit ; and as this island is the largest , and now comparative- ly the most important of all those belonging to ...
Side xiv
... Cook's is the most accurate . The missionaries might have furnished us with more intimate details , but their accounts relate rather to the history of their mission than that of the natives . One of them , an anonymous writer , in a ...
... Cook's is the most accurate . The missionaries might have furnished us with more intimate details , but their accounts relate rather to the history of their mission than that of the natives . One of them , an anonymous writer , in a ...
Side xvi
... Cook had previously found them ; in doing which the revolution of Tonga , * and other important and highly interesting events which had taken place in the mean while , are given according to the account of the principal natives of di ...
... Cook had previously found them ; in doing which the revolution of Tonga , * and other important and highly interesting events which had taken place in the mean while , are given according to the account of the principal natives of di ...
Side xxiii
... Cook and his people were the first strangers , and consequently the first Englishmen they recollect to have seen , and who had come lately from Otaheite : hence , Taheite ( or Caheite , as they who are too sensible of the inconvenience ...
... Cook and his people were the first strangers , and consequently the first Englishmen they recollect to have seen , and who had come lately from Otaheite : hence , Taheite ( or Caheite , as they who are too sensible of the inconvenience ...
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A'lo afterwards appear arms arrived body Bolotoo canoe Captain Captain Cook carronades ceremony chiefs and matabooles circumstance club cocoa-nut consequence considered Cook Cow Mooala custom dance death endeavour enemy father feet Felletoa female Fiji islands Finow fono fortress four fytoca garrison gnatoo gods grave ground Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai islands happened head Hihifo hogs honour hotooas immediately island of Tonga killed king malái Mariner Mariner's mats means mind mooas morning natives Neafoo night Nioo occasion Oomoo orders Papalangi performed person piece plantains plantation Port au Prince Port Jackson present priest rank remain respect sail Sandwich islands sent sentiments ship shore side Society islands sometimes soon spears superior supposed taboo Talo Tangaloa Tarky thing tion Tonga islands Toobó Nuha Toobo Toa Toogoo Ahoo Tooi Tooitonga Vavaoo Veachi warriors whilst women wound yams young chief