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 37
... clothing of the Sumatrans is the same with the material found in the South Sea , and which in Europe is usually called Ota- heitan cloth . The chewing of betel , too , has been de- tected many thousands of miles distant from India ; a ...
... clothing of the Sumatrans is the same with the material found in the South Sea , and which in Europe is usually called Ota- heitan cloth . The chewing of betel , too , has been de- tected many thousands of miles distant from India ; a ...
Side 58
... cloth was also presented for dresses to the servants ; and , on some occasions , these aids ex- tended to canoes , and even to houses , when his majesty happened to visit parts of his dominions where he had no convenient residence ...
... cloth was also presented for dresses to the servants ; and , on some occasions , these aids ex- tended to canoes , and even to houses , when his majesty happened to visit parts of his dominions where he had no convenient residence ...
Side 69
... cloth , or rudely carved images , braided with leaves and ornamented with feathers . Into these shrines the god was believed to enter at certain seasons , or in answer to the special in- vocation of the priest . During this indwelling ...
... cloth , or rudely carved images , braided with leaves and ornamented with feathers . Into these shrines the god was believed to enter at certain seasons , or in answer to the special in- vocation of the priest . During this indwelling ...
Side 70
... cloth , canoes , and other property , human vic- tims were sacrificed in great numbers , more particularly on the breaking out of a war , when the countenance of Oro , the Mars of the Pacific , was to be gained , at what- ever expense ...
... cloth , canoes , and other property , human vic- tims were sacrificed in great numbers , more particularly on the breaking out of a war , when the countenance of Oro , the Mars of the Pacific , was to be gained , at what- ever expense ...
Side 76
... clothing , are much fairer , at every period of life , than such as are necessarily exposed to the weather ; and it is noticed by one of the most dis- tinguished of the missionaries , that , notwithstanding the * Ellis , vol . i . p ...
... clothing , are much fairer , at every period of life , than such as are necessarily exposed to the weather ; and it is noticed by one of the most dis- tinguished of the missionaries , that , notwithstanding the * Ellis , vol . i . p ...
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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