Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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Side 9
... occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the subject as it respects the whole of the inhabited lands in the bosom of the South Sea . The Map ...
... occasion , when , in a separate work on Australasia , will be given , by a distinguished naturalist , a complete and systematic view of the subject as it respects the whole of the inhabited lands in the bosom of the South Sea . The Map ...
Side 35
... occasion to observe , it was wont to interfere with the most ordinary transactions of life . In all the Friendly Islands , the several castes are not less minutely defined ; and , as elsewhere , the priestly class rank so high , that on ...
... occasion to observe , it was wont to interfere with the most ordinary transactions of life . In all the Friendly Islands , the several castes are not less minutely defined ; and , as elsewhere , the priestly class rank so high , that on ...
Side 42
... occasion driven from Otaheite to Atiu , and on another from Rarotonga to Tongataboo , a distance altogether of 1500 miles . He mentions also , that some natives of Aitutaki had been drifted in a single canoe to Proby's Island , which is ...
... occasion driven from Otaheite to Atiu , and on another from Rarotonga to Tongataboo , a distance altogether of 1500 miles . He mentions also , that some natives of Aitutaki had been drifted in a single canoe to Proby's Island , which is ...
Side 66
... occasion of the crime that brought on the Hindoo deluge . The warning to flee and the means of safety resemble a tra- dition recorded by Kaempfer as existing among the Chinese . The canoe of the Polynesian Noah has its counterpart in ...
... occasion of the crime that brought on the Hindoo deluge . The warning to flee and the means of safety resemble a tra- dition recorded by Kaempfer as existing among the Chinese . The canoe of the Polynesian Noah has its counterpart in ...
Side 73
... occasion , one of them expressed a desire to learn what caused the angels in heaven to sin , or Satan to become a wicked spirit . He was told that pride was the cause of his fall , but that revelation was silent as to the origin of the ...
... occasion , one of them expressed a desire to learn what caused the angels in heaven to sin , or Satan to become a wicked spirit . He was told that pride was the cause of his fall , but that revelation was silent as to the origin of the ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church Church Missionary Society civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine doubt Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel ground habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement influence inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Missionary Society Mitiaro nation natives Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean persons Pitcairn's Island Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand