An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side xx
... expression in his own lan- guage . Two or three months afterwards I reminded him of the propriety of writing down in the Tonga language all that he knew of their popular tales , speeches , songs , & c . while they were fresh in his ...
... expression in his own lan- guage . Two or three months afterwards I reminded him of the propriety of writing down in the Tonga language all that he knew of their popular tales , speeches , songs , & c . while they were fresh in his ...
Side xxii
... expressed by our or- thography Támmeahméha ; the first aspirate following the a and the latter preceding it . The editor , Mr. Smith , in note , page 210 , remarks the different modes of spelling and pronouncing this name , employed by ...
... expressed by our or- thography Támmeahméha ; the first aspirate following the a and the latter preceding it . The editor , Mr. Smith , in note , page 210 , remarks the different modes of spelling and pronouncing this name , employed by ...
Side 37
... expressed their expec- tations , that although they were prisoners of war , their 4000 dol- lars would be returned : they were told in answer , that the Port au Prince being a private ship of war , and the men consequently having no ...
... expressed their expec- tations , that although they were prisoners of war , their 4000 dol- lars would be returned : they were told in answer , that the Port au Prince being a private ship of war , and the men consequently having no ...
Side 54
... expression that lay in his power , to convince the ship's company that the natives were disposed towards them in the most friendly manner . Another Sandwich islander , however , whom the Port au Prince had brought along with her , as ...
... expression that lay in his power , to convince the ship's company that the natives were disposed towards them in the most friendly manner . Another Sandwich islander , however , whom the Port au Prince had brought along with her , as ...
Side 62
... expressed their amazement ( as they afterwards explained themselves to Mr. Mari- ner , when he understood their language ) at the difficulty they ex- perienced in rising through the oil : they could swim in the water below easily enough ...
... expressed their amazement ( as they afterwards explained themselves to Mr. Mari- ner , when he understood their language ) at the difficulty they ex- perienced in rising through the oil : they could swim in the water below easily enough ...
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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