An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side xiv
... turn of thinking requisite for compo- sition and arrangement , he was apprehensive his endeavours would fail in doing that justice to the work which I seemed to think its importance demanded : he modestly proposed , however , to submit ...
... turn of thinking requisite for compo- sition and arrangement , he was apprehensive his endeavours would fail in doing that justice to the work which I seemed to think its importance demanded : he modestly proposed , however , to submit ...
Side xxv
... turn it aside , rather than allow him to be hurt . P. 185. The author here speaks of the use of Ava , ( or as the Tonga people call it , Cava , ) which he never saw employed but as a medicine to prevent corpulency , ardent spirits being ...
... turn it aside , rather than allow him to be hurt . P. 185. The author here speaks of the use of Ava , ( or as the Tonga people call it , Cava , ) which he never saw employed but as a medicine to prevent corpulency , ardent spirits being ...
Side 55
... turn their heads , out of curiosity , to see what was going forward in the canoe , at which moment the two chiefs were to knock them down , with short iron- wood clubs , which they had concealed under their dress . Before the canoe ...
... turn their heads , out of curiosity , to see what was going forward in the canoe , at which moment the two chiefs were to knock them down , with short iron- wood clubs , which they had concealed under their dress . Before the canoe ...
Side 57
... turning round , Mr. Mariner presented his hands open , to signify that he was unarmed and at their mercy : he then uttered aroghah ! ( a word of friendly salutation among the Sandwich isl- anders ) and asked him partly in English , and ...
... turning round , Mr. Mariner presented his hands open , to signify that he was unarmed and at their mercy : he then uttered aroghah ! ( a word of friendly salutation among the Sandwich isl- anders ) and asked him partly in English , and ...
Side 64
... turns to their ears ; they were astonished at the noise it made ; they listened again to it ; turned it on every side , and exclaimed " mo - ooi " ( it is alive ! ) they then pinched and bit it , as if expecting it would squeak out ...
... turns to their ears ; they were astonished at the noise it made ; they listened again to it ; turned it on every side , and exclaimed " mo - ooi " ( it is alive ! ) they then pinched and bit it , as if expecting it would squeak out ...
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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