Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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... individuals will no longer be at variance with the rights or welfare of the natives . In delineating the state of the inhabitants in the smaller islands of the Pacific , the author has enjoyed the great advantage of perusing an ...
... individuals will no longer be at variance with the rights or welfare of the natives . In delineating the state of the inhabitants in the smaller islands of the Pacific , the author has enjoyed the great advantage of perusing an ...
Side 51
... individual ; the genealogy of the reigning house was piously traced back to the very origin of the tribe ; and in some of the islands , the early sovereigns were supposed to have descended from the gods them- selves . Hence , it almost ...
... individual ; the genealogy of the reigning house was piously traced back to the very origin of the tribe ; and in some of the islands , the early sovereigns were supposed to have descended from the gods them- selves . Hence , it almost ...
Side 52
... individuals at no time appeared in public except on men's shoulders . They even performed their longest journeys in ... individual hesitated to perform this ceremony , his life would have been exposed to the greatest danger ; for to ...
... individuals at no time appeared in public except on men's shoulders . They even performed their longest journeys in ... individual hesitated to perform this ceremony , his life would have been exposed to the greatest danger ; for to ...
Side 55
... Individuals taken in actual combat , or those who , when disabled in the field , had courted the protection of a great warrior , have always been consid- ered the lawful slaves of him into whose hands they fell . In such cases , the ...
... Individuals taken in actual combat , or those who , when disabled in the field , had courted the protection of a great warrior , have always been consid- ered the lawful slaves of him into whose hands they fell . In such cases , the ...
Side 56
... ascribed to the very obvious policy of limiting within the narrowest bounds the number of individuals whose privileges , as a sacred order , might be felt incon- venient . But the arii , we are assured , 56 CONDITION OF INHABITANTS.
... ascribed to the very obvious policy of limiting within the narrowest bounds the number of individuals whose privileges , as a sacred order , might be felt incon- venient . But the arii , we are assured , 56 CONDITION OF INHABITANTS.
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