An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific OceanC. Ewer, 1820 - 461 sider |
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Side v
... Whilst preparing this second edition , it has been my good fortune to meet with an additional weight of testimony in favour of the facts related ; and not to detain the reader with unnecessary matter , I shall at once lay open the ...
... Whilst preparing this second edition , it has been my good fortune to meet with an additional weight of testimony in favour of the facts related ; and not to detain the reader with unnecessary matter , I shall at once lay open the ...
Side vii
... whilst Mr. Mariner also sang and beat time according to the 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 ...
... whilst Mr. Mariner also sang and beat time according to the 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 ...
Side xv
... whilst Mr. Mariner should direct his view solely to noting down all that he had seen and heard as his memory might spontaneously furnish it , in order that these ma- terials might afterwards be made , from time to time , subjects of ...
... whilst Mr. Mariner should direct his view solely to noting down all that he had seen and heard as his memory might spontaneously furnish it , in order that these ma- terials might afterwards be made , from time to time , subjects of ...
Side xix
... whilst from his habits and sentiments one would suppose him fitted for a life of change and adventure . He was fond of books of trav . els , and he used often to say how much he should like to live a- mong savages and meet with strange ...
... whilst from his habits and sentiments one would suppose him fitted for a life of change and adventure . He was fond of books of trav . els , and he used often to say how much he should like to live a- mong savages and meet with strange ...
Side xxviii
... handled by other travellers , whilst the topies with which Mr. Mariner is inti- mately conversant are those upon which we have hitherto had least information , and to such we have accordingly thought xxviii INTRODUCTION .
... handled by other travellers , whilst the topies with which Mr. Mariner is inti- mately conversant are those upon which we have hitherto had least information , and to such we have accordingly thought xxviii INTRODUCTION .
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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