An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their LanguageConstable, 1827 - 340 sider |
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Side iv
... wish to go to England - Mr Mariner sends on shore for the journal of the Port au Prince , and procures the escape of two of his countrymen - Further transactions on board - He takes a final leave of the king The ship sails for the Hapai ...
... wish to go to England - Mr Mariner sends on shore for the journal of the Port au Prince , and procures the escape of two of his countrymen - Further transactions on board - He takes a final leave of the king The ship sails for the Hapai ...
Side 17
... wish to be tributary to Vavaoo , notwithstanding it might still be thought politic , as long as any of Toobo Nuha's near relations were living , to keep him and his people at a distance , acknowledging that such a separation was the ...
... wish to be tributary to Vavaoo , notwithstanding it might still be thought politic , as long as any of Toobo Nuha's near relations were living , to keep him and his people at a distance , acknowledging that such a separation was the ...
Side 18
... wishes of so young and inexpe- rienced a chief . While yet speaking , the tears ran down his cheeks , influenced probably by the feel- ings of his heart towards the late How , and sincere regret for his loss . The same evening he took ...
... wishes of so young and inexpe- rienced a chief . While yet speaking , the tears ran down his cheeks , influenced probably by the feel- ings of his heart towards the late How , and sincere regret for his loss . The same evening he took ...
Side 27
... wishes of the multi- tude , as it relieved them from a very heavy tax , and , in times of scarcity , one extremely oppressive . In regard to the religious objections which one might suppose would be started against this mea- sure , it ...
... wishes of the multi- tude , as it relieved them from a very heavy tax , and , in times of scarcity , one extremely oppressive . In regard to the religious objections which one might suppose would be started against this mea- sure , it ...
Side 30
... wish to live departs also , for then we shall have nothing left worth protecting , and , having no mo- motive to defend ourselves , it matters little how we die . " Finow upon this was obliged to explain to Tongamana the necessity of ...
... wish to live departs also , for then we shall have nothing left worth protecting , and , having no mo- motive to defend ourselves , it matters little how we die . " Finow upon this was obliged to explain to Tongamana the necessity of ...
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aloo angi atoo Bolotoo booaca called canoe captain cava cava party ceremony club Co ho cocoa-nut considered Cook covi expressed fafine female Fiji Islands Finow Finow Fiji fonnooa fucca fytoca giate gimótóloo ginówtóloo give gnatoo gods gooa Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai Islands Hihifo honour hotooa inferior king lahi Licoo lillé loto manatoo manoo-manoo Mariner matabooles mats matta means mohe momoco mooas natives noble nofo noun obito occasion ongofooloo Ooloo operation Papalangi performed person plural number Port au Prince present priest pronoun rank respect sometimes spear superior supposed taboo taha Talo Tangaloa tangata tense teoo thing tion toca togi toloo Tonga Islands Tonga language tooas Toobo Toobó Toa Toofoonga toogoo Tooitonga tow aloo tree vaca Vavaoo Veachi verb whilst women word wound yams
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Side 136 - it must not be supposed that these women are always easily won; the greatest attentions and the most fervent solicitations are sometimes requisite, even though there be no other lover in the way...
Side 121 - There is implanted in the human breast a knowledge or sentiment, which enables us sometimes, if not always, to distinguish between the beauty of disinterestedness and the foul ugliness of what is low, sordid, and selfish : and the effect of this sentiment is one of the strongest marks of character in the natives of these islands.
Side 149 - ... extended upon that arm, one end being still grasped by the left hand. The right hand, being now at liberty, is brought under the left fore-arm (which still remains in the same situation), and carried outwardly towards the left elbow, that it may again seize, in that situation, the end of the vau.
Side 113 - ... is broken, immortality is equally its reward ; nay, artificial bodies have equal good luck with men, and hogs, and yams. If an axe or a chisel is worn out or broken up, away flies its soul for the service of the gods. If a house is taken down, or...
Side 131 - I think that about two thirds of the women are married, and of this number full half remain with their husbands till death separates them; that is to say, full one third of the female population remain married till either themselves or their husbands die. The remaining two thirds are married and are soon divorced, and are married again perhaps three, four, or five times in their lives...
Side 119 - 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 95 - ... houses (which were built like those of Tonga), without feeling any resistance. They at length saw some of the Hotooas, who passed through the substance of their bodies as if there was nothing there. The Hotooas recommended them to go away immediately, as they had no proper food for them, and promised them a fair wind and a speedy passage. They accordingly put directly to sea, and in two days, sailing with the utmost velocity, they arrived at Hamoa, (the Navigators' Island,) at which place they...
Side 156 - ... of the yam season. The object of this offering is to insure the protection of the gods, that their favour may be extended to the welfare of the nation generally, and in particular to the productions of the earth, of which yams are the most important.
Side 168 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Side 166 - I witnessed more than one little child quarrelling for the honour (or rather out of bravado), of having it done. The finger is laid flat upon a block of wood. A knife, axe, or sharp stone is placed with the edge upon the line of proposed separation; and a powerful blow being given with a mallet or large stone, the operation is finished.