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 21
... miles in the one direction , and nearly 5600 miles in the other . The principal clusters are the Lad- rone Islands ; the Caroline ; the Pelew ; the Solomon ; New Hebrides ; the Fijee ; the Sandwich ; the Marque- sas ; the Low , Coral ...
... miles in the one direction , and nearly 5600 miles in the other . The principal clusters are the Lad- rone Islands ; the Caroline ; the Pelew ; the Solomon ; New Hebrides ; the Fijee ; the Sandwich ; the Marque- sas ; the Low , Coral ...
Side 27
... miles to the leeward of Turtle Island there was observed a con- siderable reef , over which the sea broke at all points , and no part of it was entirely under water . East and north - east of the Society group are numerous islets which ...
... miles to the leeward of Turtle Island there was observed a con- siderable reef , over which the sea broke at all points , and no part of it was entirely under water . East and north - east of the Society group are numerous islets which ...
Side 29
... mile . Against this barrier the long rolling waves of the ocean are driven with a terrific violence , and towering in one sheet to an immense height , dash themselves upon it with majestic power , though without producing any per ...
... mile . Against this barrier the long rolling waves of the ocean are driven with a terrific violence , and towering in one sheet to an immense height , dash themselves upon it with majestic power , though without producing any per ...
Side 30
... miles ; and these continually rising to view in spots where they were unknown before , endanger the navigation of many parts within the torrid zone . * There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks ...
... miles ; and these continually rising to view in spots where they were unknown before , endanger the navigation of many parts within the torrid zone . * There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these remarks ...
Side 37
... miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such coincidences , though corroborative of an argument based on firmer ground , are too slight to support a ...
... miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such coincidences , though corroborative of an argument based on firmer ground , are too slight to support a ...
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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