An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side xix
... mention . I happened to mislay the English version which he had written out at his leisure , of the speech of Finow the A furnished me with the opportunity of becoming better acquainted with Mr. Mariner's character . This happened in ...
... mention . I happened to mislay the English version which he had written out at his leisure , of the speech of Finow the A furnished me with the opportunity of becoming better acquainted with Mr. Mariner's character . This happened in ...
Side xx
... mentioning , that even when I became first ac- quainted with him he was able to read and translate French with considerable ease and fluency , although he had scarcely seen a French book , or spoken French since he had left school , a ...
... mentioning , that even when I became first ac- quainted with him he was able to read and translate French with considerable ease and fluency , although he had scarcely seen a French book , or spoken French since he had left school , a ...
Side xxi
... mentioned work does not contain . I shall mention the different subjects in the order in which they occur in Mr. Campbell's book , paging them accordingly ; and if that author , or his editor , Mr. Smith , sees any thing in Mr ...
... mentioned work does not contain . I shall mention the different subjects in the order in which they occur in Mr. Campbell's book , paging them accordingly ; and if that author , or his editor , Mr. Smith , sees any thing in Mr ...
Side xxii
... mentioned was the father of the child whom the Port au Prince brought to the Tonga islands , and of whom an account is given in the present work , p . 312 . P. 149. Captain Vancouver's promise to the king of the Sand- wich islands is ...
... mentioned was the father of the child whom the Port au Prince brought to the Tonga islands , and of whom an account is given in the present work , p . 312 . P. 149. Captain Vancouver's promise to the king of the Sand- wich islands is ...
Side xxvi
... mentioned , are inserted in the body of the present work , and were printed off before Mr. Campbell's book was published : to these may be add- ed , the knowledge of the Sandwich islanders in the use of emetics and cathartics , as ...
... mentioned , are inserted in the body of the present work , and were printed off before Mr. Campbell's book was published : to these may be add- ed , the knowledge of the Sandwich islanders in the use of emetics and cathartics , as ...
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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