Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 20
... give nourishment to himself and to the domestic ani- mals whose service he employs . By removing all that is broken down and decayed , he relieves the air from putrefying effluvia ; by opening a passage for the motion- less waters , he ...
... give nourishment to himself and to the domestic ani- mals whose service he employs . By removing all that is broken down and decayed , he relieves the air from putrefying effluvia ; by opening a passage for the motion- less waters , he ...
Side 21
... gives power to the worst passions , disgraces the intercourse of life , and exposes the dearest interests of society to the most frightful hazards . Polynesia , according to our acceptation of the term , comprehends the several groups ...
... gives power to the worst passions , disgraces the intercourse of life , and exposes the dearest interests of society to the most frightful hazards . Polynesia , according to our acceptation of the term , comprehends the several groups ...
Side 22
... give the physical history of mankind , nor to support any particular theory as to the natural causes of those varieties in colour and conformation which mark the usual scientific distributions of the hu- man race . In relating the more ...
... give the physical history of mankind , nor to support any particular theory as to the natural causes of those varieties in colour and conformation which mark the usual scientific distributions of the hu- man race . In relating the more ...
Side 23
... gives rise to Sumatra , Java , Timor , and others of less magnitude . It runs in the form of a bow from north - west to south- east , then due east ; but it probably passes by Cape Diemen , where it can have no other direction than from ...
... gives rise to Sumatra , Java , Timor , and others of less magnitude . It runs in the form of a bow from north - west to south- east , then due east ; but it probably passes by Cape Diemen , where it can have no other direction than from ...
Side 25
... gives some weight to his opinions on this subject , was inclined to believe that the little creatures actually form the matter which com- poses the coral masses , and consequently that , by their means , new islands are in a constant ...
... gives some weight to his opinions on this subject , was inclined to believe that the little creatures actually form the matter which com- poses the coral masses , and consequently that , by their means , new islands are in a constant ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois arts attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Mitiaro murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean period persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received regard 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