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EDINBURGH;

PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE & C

AN

ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVES

OF THE

TONGA ISLANDS,

IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.

WITH AN

ORIGINAL GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

OF THEIR LANGUAGE.

COMPILED AND ARRANGED FROM THE EXTENSIVE

COMMUNICATIONS

OF

MR WILLIAM MARINER,

SEVERAL YEARS RESIDENT IN THOSE ISLANDS.

BY JOHN MARTIN, M. D.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

THIRD EDITION, CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR CONSTABLE AND CO.

AND

HURST, CHANCE AND CO. LONDON.