An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side iii
... NATIVES OF THE TONGA ISLANDS , IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED PARTICULARLY TO SET FORTH THEIR MANNERS , CUSTOMS , AND RELIGION , FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT THERE , IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL , YET ...
... NATIVES OF THE TONGA ISLANDS , IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED PARTICULARLY TO SET FORTH THEIR MANNERS , CUSTOMS , AND RELIGION , FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT THERE , IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL , YET ...
Side vii
... native method , * we were struck with * To give greater effect to the scene , Mr. Mariner was dressed as repre- sented in the frontispiece , and Higgins's only apparel was a sort of circular the accuracy of the description of these ...
... native method , * we were struck with * To give greater effect to the scene , Mr. Mariner was dressed as repre- sented in the frontispiece , and Higgins's only apparel was a sort of circular the accuracy of the description of these ...
Side ix
... 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.
... 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.
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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