An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side vi
... given the most information prior to the publication of the work , was Mr. T. Woodman , a very respectable and intelligent farmer , residing at Stone , near Aylesbury . As this gentlemen had also read the book , I wrote to him to request ...
... given the most information prior to the publication of the work , was Mr. T. Woodman , a very respectable and intelligent farmer , residing at Stone , near Aylesbury . As this gentlemen had also read the book , I wrote to him to request ...
Side vii
... given , that I find not the least difference between the one and the other , save that the accounts given by Mr. Mari- ner are more amplified , and better arranged in bearing reference to the religious and political proceedings relating ...
... given , that I find not the least difference between the one and the other , save that the accounts given by Mr. Mari- ner are more amplified , and better arranged in bearing reference to the religious and political proceedings relating ...
Side xiv
... given with that kind of unassuming confi- dence which bespeaks a thorough intimacy with the subject , and carries with it the conviction of truth : -in fact , having been thrown upon those islands at an early age , his young and ...
... given with that kind of unassuming confi- dence which bespeaks a thorough intimacy with the subject , and carries with it the conviction of truth : -in fact , having been thrown upon those islands at an early age , his young and ...
Side xvi
... given according to the account of the principal natives of di- vers parties , who had been eye - witnesses . The narration of events being brought down to the period of Mr. Mariner's fortu- nate escape , the remainder of the work ...
... given according to the account of the principal natives of di- vers parties , who had been eye - witnesses . The narration of events being brought down to the period of Mr. Mariner's fortu- nate escape , the remainder of the work ...
Side xx
... given me of Finow's speech , the English copies of which I had all along kept in my possession . As a retentive memory was a quality particularly essential to Mr. Mariner , under the circumstances in which he was placed , it is worth ...
... given me of Finow's speech , the English copies of which I had all along kept in my possession . As a retentive memory was a quality particularly essential to Mr. Mariner , under the circumstances in which he was placed , it is worth ...
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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