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... furnish tenfold more ; they were mere sketches and outlines , but they
constituted the bearings of a most interesting and instructive history of uncivilized
life , unlike any thing I had yet seen , and superior even to any hopes I had
entertained .
... furnish tenfold more ; they were mere sketches and outlines , but they
constituted the bearings of a most interesting and instructive history of uncivilized
life , unlike any thing I had yet seen , and superior even to any hopes I had
entertained .
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... spoken to ; a peculiar plural for intelligent beings ; three words expressing the
action of giving , accordingly as it may regard respectively the first , second , or
third person to whom any thing is given ; and many other points highly curious .
... spoken to ; a peculiar plural for intelligent beings ; three words expressing the
action of giving , accordingly as it may regard respectively the first , second , or
third person to whom any thing is given ; and many other points highly curious .
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Finding it at last impracticable to do any thing with the fort , both the whalers
being now hauled close under it , she stood out to sea . On Monday , the 29th , at
ten o'clock p . m . , two boats were sent into the bay to reconnoitre . They found
the ...
Finding it at last impracticable to do any thing with the fort , both the whalers
being now hauled close under it , she stood out to sea . On Monday , the 29th , at
ten o'clock p . m . , two boats were sent into the bay to reconnoitre . They found
the ...
Side 43
In the mean while , they plundered and pillaged the place of every thing valuable
. Silver candlesticks , chajices , incense pans , crucifixes , and images also of
silver , constituted a rich booty . The next morning , at 8 a . M. , the enemy not
PORT ...
In the mean while , they plundered and pillaged the place of every thing valuable
. Silver candlesticks , chajices , incense pans , crucifixes , and images also of
silver , constituted a rich booty . The next morning , at 8 a . M. , the enemy not
PORT ...
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... forty armed men from each ship . In the afternoon they returned , having
succeeded in plundering the town , without , however , finding any thing of much
consequence . Friday the 27th , the boats , manned and armed 44 VOYAGE OF
THE.
... forty armed men from each ship . In the afternoon they returned , having
succeeded in plundering the town , without , however , finding any thing of much
consequence . Friday the 27th , the boats , manned and armed 44 VOYAGE OF
THE.
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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean ... John Martin,William Mariner Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2018 |
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according accordingly afterwards appeared arms arrived attack better body brought called canoes Captain cause cava ceremony chiefs circumstance club considerable considered death early enemy entered escape express feet fencing Fiji finding Finow fire five fortress four friends gave give given gnatoo gods ground guns half hand Hapai Islands happened head hogs immediately killed king land late latter leave length live manner Mariner matabooles mats mean mind morning natives night occasion orders party person piece plantains Port au Prince prepared present priest proceeded ready received relations remained respect returned sail seated sent ship shore side soon spears taken thing thought tion Tonga Toobó Toobó Nuha Tooi Tooitonga took turned Vavaoo warriors whilst whole wish women yams young
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Side 100 - ... then takes up a club that is placed by him for the purpose, turns it over and regards it attentively; he then looks up earnestly, now to the right, now to the left, and now again at the club; afterwards he looks up again and about him in like manner, and then again fixes his eyes on the club, and so on for several times. At length he suddenly raises the club, and, after a moment's pause, strikes the ground or the adjacent part of the house with considerable force, immediately the god leaves him,...
Side 113 - I ?" and then without stopping for any attempt at an explanation, he impatiently ordered Mr. Mariner to write something else, and thus employed him for three or four hours in putting down the names of different persons, places, and things, and making the other man read them. This afforded extraordinary diversion to Finow, and to all the men and women present, particularly as he now and then whispered a little love anecdote, which was strictly written down and audibly read by the other, not a little...
Side 243 - We will plait thick wreaths of jidle for our heads, and prepare strings of hooni for our necks, that their whiteness may show off the colour of our skins. Mark how the uncultivated spectators are profuse of their applause ! But now the dance is over. Let us remain here to-night, and feast and be cheerful ; and to-morrow we will depart for the Mooa.
Side 309 - Tooitonga, or any of his family), but which, to us, may well appear barbarous in the extreme ; that is to say, the custom of cutting and wounding themselves with clubs, stones, knives, or sharp shells. One at a time, or two or three together, would...
Side 112 - ... within himself; but his thoughts reflected no light upon the subject. At length he sent for Mr. Mariner, and desired him to write down something: the latter asked what he would choose to have written; he replied, put down me: he accordingly wrote "Feenow...
Side 243 - ... land productive of weeds, and opened untimely graves for departed heroes! Our chiefs can now no longer enjoy the sweet pleasure of wandering alone by moonlight in search of their mistresses: but let us banish sorrow from our hearts: since we are at war, we must think and act like the natives of Fiji, who first taught us this destructive art. Let us therefore enjoy the present time, for to-morrow perhaps or the next day we may die.
Side 60 - Mariner's sight, on coming upon deck, was enough to thrill the stoutest heart : there sat upon the companion a short squab naked figure, of about fifty years of age. with a seaman's jacket, soaked with blood, thrown over one shoulder, on the other rested his ironwood club, spattered with blood and brains...
Side 214 - ... The nature of this cavern will be better understood if we imagine a hollow rock rising sixty feet or more above the surface of the water, into the cavity of which there is no known entrance but one, and that is...
Side 327 - Oh, that the gods would make me king of England! There is not an island in the whole world, however small, but what I would then subject to my power. The king of England does not deserve the dominion he enjoys; possessed of so many great ships, why does he suffer such petty islands as those of Tonga continually to insult his people with acts of treachery? Where I he, would I send tamely to ask for yams and pigs?
Side 242 - ... recitative by either sex; and in the Tonga language has neither rhymes nor regular measure, although some of their songs have both. It is perhaps a curious circumstance that love and war seldom form the subjects of their songs, but mostly scenery and moral reflections.