An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side vi
... called to inform me , that his son had been exceedingly pleased with the perusal of the work , particularly as it served to corroborate many things which he had previously related to his friends and neighbours , and to which he had ...
... called to inform me , that his son had been exceedingly pleased with the perusal of the work , particularly as it served to corroborate many things which he had previously related to his friends and neighbours , and to which he had ...
Side ix
... called a domestic history of the people : this , I think , is much to be regretted if it be not already too late , it will perhaps be so in a few years , when their native customs and notions will B become so mingled with what is ...
... called a domestic history of the people : this , I think , is much to be regretted if it be not already too late , it will perhaps be so in a few years , when their native customs and notions will B become so mingled with what is ...
Side xiii
... islands , therefore , consist of the island of Tonga , which gives name to the whole , the cluster called the Hapai islands , and the island of Vavaoo , See the Map . whose government , religion , customs , and language , INTRODUCTION. ...
... islands , therefore , consist of the island of Tonga , which gives name to the whole , the cluster called the Hapai islands , and the island of Vavaoo , See the Map . whose government , religion , customs , and language , INTRODUCTION. ...
Side xv
... called him away to the West - Indies : on his return he brought me memoranda of the principal events at the Tonga islands , in the order in which they had happened dur- ing his residence there , together with a description of the most ...
... called him away to the West - Indies : on his return he brought me memoranda of the principal events at the Tonga islands , in the order in which they had happened dur- ing his residence there , together with a description of the most ...
Side xviii
... called one evening at my house , when Mr. Mariner was entertaining the author of " The Farmer's Boy " with some account of his travels . Mr. Bristow had scarcely taken his seat , when Mr. Mariner recog- nised him to be an old school ...
... called one evening at my house , when Mr. Mariner was entertaining the author of " The Farmer's Boy " with some account of his travels . Mr. Bristow had scarcely taken his seat , when Mr. Mariner recog- nised him to be an old school ...
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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