An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side ix
... 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 European , that little PREFACE . ix.
... 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 European , that little PREFACE . ix.
Side xvii
... to articles being signed . Six weeks had scarcely elapsed before * Resident at No. 14 , Johnson Street , Commercial Road . ✦ Late of Burr Street , Aldgate . с an event happened , which , though trifling enough in INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... to articles being signed . Six weeks had scarcely elapsed before * Resident at No. 14 , Johnson Street , Commercial Road . ✦ Late of Burr Street , Aldgate . с an event happened , which , though trifling enough in INTRODUCTION . xvii.
Side 35
... late good success , got permission to go on board the Earl St. Vincent , and went accordingly , with the view of doubling his good fortune . This vessel was also very successful . On his return home a second time he fell in with the ...
... late good success , got permission to go on board the Earl St. Vincent , and went accordingly , with the view of doubling his good fortune . This vessel was also very successful . On his return home a second time he fell in with the ...
Side 43
... to run aground , if she were hard pressed by an enemy . In the late engagement she was much damaged in the hull ; her fore - top - mast was shot away , forty hands killed , and one hundred and twenty wounded PORT AU PRINCE . 43.
... to run aground , if she were hard pressed by an enemy . In the late engagement she was much damaged in the hull ; her fore - top - mast was shot away , forty hands killed , and one hundred and twenty wounded PORT AU PRINCE . 43.
Side 72
... late king's adopted son , ( a child of three years old , ) whom he was desirous of saving , and rushed out of the house as the guards of Finow rushed in , when speedy death silenced the screams of those who a little before lay reposed ...
... late king's adopted son , ( a child of three years old , ) whom he was desirous of saving , and rushed out of the house as the guards of Finow rushed in , when speedy death silenced the screams of those who a little before lay reposed ...
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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