| General history - 1814 - 798 sider
...these were only the persons who had come from a distance, as many of them had small baskets, mats, and other things, fastened to the ends of their weapons....with one hand. The spears were made of the same wood, simply pointed, and, in general, above twelve feet long ; though some were so short that they seemed... | |
| James Cook - 1821 - 488 sider
...these were only the persons who had come from a distance, as many of them had small baskets, mats, and other things, fastened to the ends of their weapons....with one hand. The spears were made of the same wood, simply pointed ; and, in general, above twelve feet long ; though some were so short, that they seemed... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 532 sider
...these were only the persons who had come from a distance, as many of them had small baskets, mats, and other things, fastened to the ends of their weapons....with one hand. The spears were made of the same wood, simply pointed, and, in general, above twelve feet long ; though some were so. short that they . seemed... | |
| David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 sider
...these were only the persons who had come from a distance, an many of them had small baskets, mats, and other things, fastened to the ends of their weapons....generally about six feet long, made of a hard black wood, lanceihaped at the end, but much broader, with the edge nicely scolloped, and the whole neatly polished.... | |
| James Cook - 1999 - 494 sider
...of the men were armed with clubs and spears. The clubs were generally about six feet long, made of hard black wood, lance-shaped at the end, but much broader, with the edge nicely scalloped, and the whole neatly polished. 'What the soil of the island may be, farther inland, we could... | |
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