Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 440 sider |
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... tribes , and the source whence their languages have been derived . On this subject , the reader will find much interesting discussion in the works of Reland , Forster , Crawfurd , Zuniga , Ellis , Lang , and in PREFACE . 7.
... tribes , and the source whence their languages have been derived . On this subject , the reader will find much interesting discussion in the works of Reland , Forster , Crawfurd , Zuniga , Ellis , Lang , and in PREFACE . 7.
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... tribes by whom the several groups were inhabited . It was not till a period comparatively recent that the philosopher was invited to contemplate human nature at one of the most interesting epochs of its history ; that the attention of ...
... tribes by whom the several groups were inhabited . It was not till a period comparatively recent that the philosopher was invited to contemplate human nature at one of the most interesting epochs of its history ; that the attention of ...
Side 19
... tribes 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 ...
... tribes 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 ...
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... tribes having a black complexion , woolly hair , and depressed features . The other , from their colour and general ap- pearance , seem to claim an affinity to the eastern Asiatics , and are supposed to have found their way , at an ...
... tribes having a black complexion , woolly hair , and depressed features . The other , from their colour and general ap- pearance , seem to claim an affinity to the eastern Asiatics , and are supposed to have found their way , at an ...
Side 32
... tribes of Polynesians , at some former epoch , had accomplished a passage thither , and formed a permanent ... tribe ; and this opinion seems to be founded on the circumstance , that some of the bodies were wrapped in feather cloaks ...
... tribes of Polynesians , at some former epoch , had accomplished a passage thither , and formed a permanent ... tribe ; and this opinion seems to be founded on the circumstance , that some of the bodies were wrapped in feather cloaks ...
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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