An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language, Bind 2Constable and Company, 1827 - 2 sider |
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Side iii
... Hapai Islands respecting the Inachi - Certain political views arising from this circumstance- Permission granted to Toobó Tóa to come to Va- vaoo to perform the usual ceremonies at Finow's grave his conduct on this occasion - His ...
... Hapai Islands respecting the Inachi - Certain political views arising from this circumstance- Permission granted to Toobó Tóa to come to Va- vaoo to perform the usual ceremonies at Finow's grave his conduct on this occasion - His ...
Side iv
... Hapai - Mr Mariner discovers an European vessel whilst on a fishing excursion ; his men refusing to take him on board , he wounds one mortally , and threatens the others , upon which they paddle towards the ship- Anecdote of the wounded ...
... Hapai - Mr Mariner discovers an European vessel whilst on a fishing excursion ; his men refusing to take him on board , he wounds one mortally , and threatens the others , upon which they paddle towards the ship- Anecdote of the wounded ...
Side 13
... Hapai Islands with Tonga - mana , a chief of the line of Tooitonga , who came from Toobó Toa , with a request to know how the inachi * was to be sent to Tooitonga , seeing Finow had declared that no communication what- ever was to be ...
... Hapai Islands with Tonga - mana , a chief of the line of Tooitonga , who came from Toobó Toa , with a request to know how the inachi * was to be sent to Tooitonga , seeing Finow had declared that no communication what- ever was to be ...
Side 14
... Hapai people that they enter- tained no fears of them , but chiefly , perhaps , to demonstrate to Toobó Toa , how well provided and well armed they were against all attacks from a foreign enemy . The following morning , at cava , this ...
... Hapai people that they enter- tained no fears of them , but chiefly , perhaps , to demonstrate to Toobó Toa , how well provided and well armed they were against all attacks from a foreign enemy . The following morning , at cava , this ...
Side 15
... Hapai people had a mind to be treacherous that , under the mask of religion , they were coming as spies ; and , making these complaints to Finow , they called loudly for orders against such a proceeding , in- sisting that one of the ...
... Hapai people had a mind to be treacherous that , under the mask of religion , they were coming as spies ; and , making these complaints to Finow , they called loudly for orders against such a proceeding , in- sisting that one of the ...
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angi atoo Bolotoo booaca called canoe captain cava cava party ceremony club Co ho cocoa-nut considered Cook dual expressed fafine female Fiji Islands Finow Finow Fiji fonnooa fucca fytoca giate gimótóloo ginówooa ginówtóloo give gnatoo gods gooa Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai Islands Hihifo honour hotooas inferior king lahi Langi language Licoo lillé loto manatoo manoo-manoo Mariner matabooles mats matta means mohe momoco mooas natives noble nofo noun obito occasion ongofooloo oola Ooloo operation Papalangi performed person plural number Port au Prince present priest pronoun rank respect sometimes superior supposed taboo taha Talo Tangaloa tangata tense teoo thing tion toca togi toloo Tonga Islands Tonga language tooas Toobo Toobó Toa toofoonga Tooitonga tow aloo tree vaca Valoo Vavaoo Veachi verb whilst women word wound yams
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Side 146 - Tonga hold true for a great many, not to say all, savage and barbarous races now existing. " It must not be supposed," he says, "that these women are always easily won; the greatest attentions and most fervent solicitations are sometimes requisite, even though there be no other lover in the way.
Side 158 - ... fingers pointing downwards, and the palm presenting outwards. He does this slowly, from side to side, gradually descending deeper and deeper, till his fingers meet each other at the bottom, so that nearly the whole of the fibres of the root are by these means enclosed in the...
Side 214 - The chorus is composed of ten or twelve of the chiefs or principal matabooles, in the middle of whom sits one who beats time upon a loose flat piece of hard wood, about three feet long, and an inch and a half square, fastened only at one end upon another similar piece: this is struck by two small sticks, one in each hand, and produces a rattling sound.
Side 113 - Hseful things, neither shall you go to the great land of your brothers. How can you go with your bad canoes? But your brothers shall come to Tonga, and trade with you as they please.
Side 129 - He found nothing that he conceived very remarkable in their general character : if there was any difference between them and the rest of the natives, it was that they were rather more given to reflection, and somewhat more taciturn, and probably greater observers of what was going forward.
Side 102 - Bolotoo is supposed to be so far off as to render it dangerous for their canoes to attempt going there ; and it is supposed moreover that even if they were to succeed in reaching so far, unless it happened to be the particular will of the gods, they would be sure to miss it.
Side 159 - ... the left arm, while he takes a new and less constrained hold. Thus the hands and arms perform a variety of curves of the most graceful description : the muscles, both of the arms and chest, are seen rising as they are called into action, displaying what would be a fine and uncommon subject of study for the painter ; for no...
Side 148 - As to domestic quarrels, they are seldom known ; but this must be said to happen rather from the absolute power which every man holds in his own family : for even if his wife be of superior rank, he is nevertheless of higher authority in all domestic matters, and no woman entertains the least idea of rebelling against that authority...
Side 159 - ... hands being upwards), and raising it breast high with his arms considerably extended, he brings his right hand towards his breast, moving it gradually onwards ; and whilst his left hand is coming round towards his right shoulder, his right hand partially twisting the...
Side 103 - ... canoes to attempt going there, and it is supposed moreover, that even if they were to succeed in reaching so far, unless it happened to be the particular will of the gods, they would be sure to miss it. They give, however, an account of a Tonga canoe, which...