Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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... remain destitute of the ex- cellence which they are capable of attaining ; they even languish and decay though enjoying every physical ad- vantage . In most parts of the world unvisited by the arts of civilized life , impenetrable woods ...
... remain destitute of the ex- cellence which they are capable of attaining ; they even languish and decay though enjoying every physical ad- vantage . In most parts of the world unvisited by the arts of civilized life , impenetrable woods ...
Side 32
... remains of a Malay tribe ; and this opinion seems to be founded on the circumstance , that some of the bodies were wrapped in feather cloaks similar to those used in the Sandwich and Fijee Islands , and also that the best defined ...
... remains of a Malay tribe ; and this opinion seems to be founded on the circumstance , that some of the bodies were wrapped in feather cloaks similar to those used in the Sandwich and Fijee Islands , and also that the best defined ...
Side 44
... remains in regard to the singular fact , that a nation so very different should be interposed between the Malays and the islands to which so large a body of them have at various periods migrated . To account for this circumstance it has ...
... remains in regard to the singular fact , that a nation so very different should be interposed between the Malays and the islands to which so large a body of them have at various periods migrated . To account for this circumstance it has ...
Side 48
... remains of those gigantic busts which excited the surprise of the Dutch navigators ; but these have now suffered so much either from the hand of time or the more violent attacks of the inhabitants , that their original shape can ...
... remains of those gigantic busts which excited the surprise of the Dutch navigators ; but these have now suffered so much either from the hand of time or the more violent attacks of the inhabitants , that their original shape can ...
Side 49
... remains ; and this conclusion seemed to him confirmed by the fact , that their successors have neither skill nor industry enough to prevent them from falling into hope- less ruin . Besides these colossal statues , which were ...
... remains ; and this conclusion seemed to him confirmed by the fact , that their successors have neither skill nor industry enough to prevent them from falling into hope- less ruin . Besides these colossal statues , which were ...
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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