An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side vii
... tion thence produced : of their religious and political convocations , & c . & c . , which are events so exactly detailed and pourtrayed in the work you have given , that I find not the least difference between the one and the other ...
... tion thence produced : of their religious and political convocations , & c . & c . , which are events so exactly detailed and pourtrayed in the work you have given , that I find not the least difference between the one and the other ...
Side viii
... tion with a twofold confidence , for now I can assure the candid reader that , endeavouring to divest my mind of all prejudices , I have carefully and assiduously questioned Jeremiah Higgins , at various times , with regard to the ...
... tion with a twofold confidence , for now I can assure the candid reader that , endeavouring to divest my mind of all prejudices , I have carefully and assiduously questioned Jeremiah Higgins , at various times , with regard to the ...
Side ix
... tion ( which is only another kind of education ) to be built upon our acquaintance with the customs and modes of thinking of the peo- ple on whom we wish to superinduce new trains of habits and senti- ments , —so that we may educate or ...
... tion ( which is only another kind of education ) to be built upon our acquaintance with the customs and modes of thinking of the peo- ple on whom we wish to superinduce new trains of habits and senti- ments , —so that we may educate or ...
Side xv
... tion and , in this way , it is presumed that a great deal more use- ful and interesting matter has been elicited than would probably have occurred to him through the medium of his own unassisted reflections ; for conversation calls to ...
... tion and , in this way , it is presumed that a great deal more use- ful and interesting matter has been elicited than would probably have occurred to him through the medium of his own unassisted reflections ; for conversation calls to ...
Side xxiii
... tion that Otaheite is also called by the Tonga people Taheite . P. 156. Boyd , the white resident , noticed as being inspector of the native shipwrights , had the same occupation even in Mr. Mari- ner's time , ( 1806. ) The purchase of ...
... tion that Otaheite is also called by the Tonga people Taheite . P. 156. Boyd , the white resident , noticed as being inspector of the native shipwrights , had the same occupation even in Mr. Mari- ner's time , ( 1806. ) The purchase of ...
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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