An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side iii
... MANNERS , 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 ...
... MANNERS , 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 ...
Side viii
... manners and 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 ...
... manners and 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 ...
Side xvi
... manner , the situation of public affairs and that this portion of the work may be better understood , a comparison is drawn between the state of these islands upon Mr. Mariner's arri val , and that in which Captain Cook had previously ...
... manner , the situation of public affairs and that this portion of the work may be better understood , a comparison is drawn between the state of these islands upon Mr. Mariner's arri val , and that in which Captain Cook had previously ...
Side xx
... , a considerable portion of which work is occupied in describing the manners and customs of the Sandwich islands , where the author resided about thirteen months . At the period of this publication , the INTRODUCTION .
... , a considerable portion of which work is occupied in describing the manners and customs of the Sandwich islands , where the author resided about thirteen months . At the period of this publication , the INTRODUCTION .
Side xxiv
... manner in which I do , and yet be loved by his subjects as I am by mine : such a religion might per- haps answer very well in the course of a few generations ; but what chief would sanction it in the beginning , with the risk of its ...
... manner in which I do , and yet be loved by his subjects as I am by mine : such a religion might per- haps answer very well in the course of a few generations ; but what chief would sanction it in the beginning , with the risk of its ...
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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