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 11
... Similar Opinions adopted by the Literary Journals - Benefits conferred by Means of Christian Missions - Abolition of Infanticide and human Sacrifices - Difficulties to be encountered - Brighter Prospects opened - Remark on the ...
... Similar Opinions adopted by the Literary Journals - Benefits conferred by Means of Christian Missions - Abolition of Infanticide and human Sacrifices - Difficulties to be encountered - Brighter Prospects opened - Remark on the ...
Side 26
... similar to the common seaweed , and that the insects found on them are analogous to those which take up their abode on trees and herbs ; a con- clusion to which the arborescent appearance of some corals , and the fungous forms of others ...
... similar to the common seaweed , and that the insects found on them are analogous to those which take up their abode on trees and herbs ; a con- clusion to which the arborescent appearance of some corals , and the fungous forms of others ...
Side 27
... similar origin in remote ages ; while a third class dis- play undoubted tokens of having been violently changed by the force of subterranean fire , if not by the more * Forster's Observations , p . 149-151 . sudden shock of an ...
... similar origin in remote ages ; while a third class dis- play undoubted tokens of having been violently changed by the force of subterranean fire , if not by the more * Forster's Observations , p . 149-151 . sudden shock of an ...
Side 32
... similar to those used in the Sandwich and Fijee Islands , and also that the best defined specimens of art among the anti- quities of Ohio are clearly of a Polynesian character . From these facts it has been inferred that the North ...
... similar to those used in the Sandwich and Fijee Islands , and also that the best defined specimens of art among the anti- quities of Ohio are clearly of a Polynesian character . From these facts it has been inferred that the North ...
Side 38
... similar conclusion appears to have been formed by La Perouse , who , at first , could perceive no difference between the language of the people in the Navigators ' and that of the natives in the Society and Friendly Is- lands ; and who ...
... similar conclusion appears to have been formed by La Perouse , who , at first , could perceive no difference between the language of the people in the Navigators ' and that of the natives in the Society and Friendly Is- lands ; and who ...
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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