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Side xxxiii
... never regret the time or pains I have bestowed on an interesting , and I flatter my- self , instructive subject . I have been a little more full than I otherwise should have been in this In- troduction , in order that the mind of the ...
... never regret the time or pains I have bestowed on an interesting , and I flatter my- self , instructive subject . I have been a little more full than I otherwise should have been in this In- troduction , in order that the mind of the ...
Side 49
... never again reach England . She asked him if he had any hand in robbing the church at Hilo ; to which , when he replied jocularly that he only knocked down as many images as he could reach , she predicted that he would never again see ...
... never again reach England . She asked him if he had any hand in robbing the church at Hilo ; to which , when he replied jocularly that he only knocked down as many images as he could reach , she predicted that he would never again see ...
Side 69
... never afterwards used . About a week now elapsed without any mate- rial circumstance occurring , during which time Mr Mariner for the most part kept within doors , by the advice of Finow , lest he should be injured by the wantonness or ...
... never afterwards used . About a week now elapsed without any mate- rial circumstance occurring , during which time Mr Mariner for the most part kept within doors , by the advice of Finow , lest he should be injured by the wantonness or ...
Side 81
... never to rise again . Horror and confusion immediately took place . Toobó Nuha snatched up the late king's adopted son ( a child of three years old ) , whom he was desirous of saving , and rushed out of the house as the guards of Finow ...
... never to rise again . Horror and confusion immediately took place . Toobó Nuha snatched up the late king's adopted son ( a child of three years old ) , whom he was desirous of saving , and rushed out of the house as the guards of Finow ...
Side 87
... never succeeded , up to the time of Mr Mariner's arrival , in taking or destroying a single fort ; that is to say , during the space of seven or eight years . This piece of history Mr Mariner heard not only from G 2 THE TONGA ISLANDS . 87.
... never succeeded , up to the time of Mr Mariner's arrival , in taking or destroying a single fort ; that is to say , during the space of seven or eight years . This piece of history Mr Mariner heard not only from G 2 THE TONGA ISLANDS . 87.
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accordingly afterwards arms arrived body Bolotoo canoe Captain Captain Cook carronades cava root ceremony chiefs and matabooles club cocoa-nut consecrated Cook Cow Mooala death endeavour enemy father Felletoa fencing Fiji Islands Finow Fiji fono fortress friends fytoca garrison gave gnatoo gods grave ground guns Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai Islands happened head Hihifo hogs honour hotooas houses dedicated immediately island of Tonga killed king king of Tonga large canoe Lefooga length malai Mariner Mariner's mats means mind mooas morning natives Neafoo night Nioo noble occasion orders Papalangi party person plantation Port au Prince present priest rank relations remain residence respect sail sent ship shore side soon spears superior supposed taboo Talo Tangaloa Tarky thing thought tion Toe Oomoo Tonga Islands Toobó Nuha Toobo Toa Toogoo Ahoo Tooi Tooitonga Vavaoo Veachi warriors whilst women yams young chiefs
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Side 152 - TOOTOO-NIMA, or cutting off a portion of the little finger, as a sacrifice to the gods, for the recovery of a superior sick relation.
Side 105 - ... the spirit of Toogoo Ahoo visited him ; he replied that he could not well describe his feelings, but the best he could say of it was, that he felt himself all over in a glow of heat and quite restless and uncomfortable, and did not feel his own personal identity, as it were, but seemed to have a mind different from his own natural mind, his thoughts wandering upon strange and unusual subjects, though perfectly sensible of surrounding objects.
Side 115 - Tarky, blind in his left eye," which was done, and read by the other man to the increased astonishment of every body. Mr. Mariner then told him that, in several parts of the world, messages were sent to great distances through the same medium, and being folded and fastened up, the bearer could know nothing of the contents, and that the histories of whole nations were thus handed down to posterity, without spoiling by being kept (as he chose to express himself).
Side 114 - ... little within himself; but his thoughts reflected no light upon the subject. At length he sent for Mr. Mariner, and desired him to write down something: the latter asked what he would choose to have written; he replied, put down me: he accordingly wrote "Feenow...
Side 119 - Mariner thinks that about two thirds of the uomen .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 138 - Sometimes the fibres of the fow are heard to crack with the increasing tension, yet the mass is seen whole and entire, becoming more thin as it becomes more twisted, while the infusion drains from it in a regularly decreasing quantity, till at length it denies a single drop.
Side 115 - I ?" and then without stopping for any attempt at an explanation, he impatiently ordered Mr. Mariner to write something else, and thus employed him for three or four hours in putting down the names of different persons, places, and things, and making the other man read them. This afforded extraordinary diversion to Finow, and to all the men and women present, particularly as he now and then whispered a little love anecdote, which was strictly written down, and audibly read by the other, not a little...
Side 87 - ... 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...
Side 212 - The medium height seemed also about 40 feet. The roof was hung with stalactites in a very curious way, resembling, upon a cursory view, the gothic arches and ornaments of an old church. After having examined the place, they drank cava, and passed away the time in conversation upon different subjects. Among other things, an old mataboole, after having mentioned how the cavern >vas discovered, viz.
Side 210 - ... several feet under the water, which flows into it ; and consequently the base of the cavern may be said to be the sea itself*. Finow and his friends, being on this part of the island, proposed one afternoon on a sudden thought, to go into this cavern, and drink cava. Mr. Mariner was not with them at the time...