An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side iii
... CUSTOMS , AND RELIGION , FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT THERE , IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL , YET APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT , BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT AND DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT , JOHN MARTIN ...
... CUSTOMS , AND RELIGION , FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT THERE , IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL , YET APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT , BY HIS VERY OBEDIENT AND DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT , JOHN MARTIN ...
Side viii
... customs of the people , and have always found his answers ( though for obvious reasons somewhat more confined ) yet so consonant and agreeable , as far as they went , with Mr. Mariner's accounts , that I feel quite cer- tain of the ...
... customs of the people , and have always found his answers ( though for obvious reasons somewhat more confined ) yet so consonant and agreeable , as far as they went , with Mr. Mariner's accounts , that I feel quite cer- tain of the ...
Side ix
... customs and modes of thinking of the peo- ple on whom we wish to superinduce new trains of habits and senti- ments , —so that we may educate or lead them out of bad into bet- ter , -out of imperfection towards perfection . It is in ...
... customs and modes of thinking of the peo- ple on whom we wish to superinduce new trains of habits and senti- ments , —so that we may educate or lead them out of bad into bet- ter , -out of imperfection towards perfection . It is in ...
Side x
... New Zealand intellect , as it is developed in their customs , laws , and superstitions , will not be forgotten . 27 , Basinghall Street , 4th , March , 1818 . J. MARTIN . INTRODUCTION . 3 K INTRODUCTION . THE cluster of islands X PREFACE .
... New Zealand intellect , as it is developed in their customs , laws , and superstitions , will not be forgotten . 27 , Basinghall Street , 4th , March , 1818 . J. MARTIN . INTRODUCTION . 3 K INTRODUCTION . THE cluster of islands X PREFACE .
Side xiii
... customs , we have thought it expedient to denote them all by one common name , which the natives , themselves give them , viz . " Tonga , " or , the Tonga Islands . † As I presume it would be unnecessary to offer any apologies for ...
... customs , we have thought it expedient to denote them all by one common name , which the natives , themselves give them , viz . " Tonga , " or , the Tonga Islands . † As I presume it would be unnecessary to offer any apologies for ...
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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