Polynesia: or an historical account of the principal Islands in the South-Sea, including New Zealand: With a Map and VignetteOliver & Boyd, 1842 |
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Side 8
... carrying on war , and , more especially , the atrocities of human sacrifice with which their battles were wont to be preceded and followed . Not less interesting are the details which illustrate the progress of education among the ...
... carrying on war , and , more especially , the atrocities of human sacrifice with which their battles were wont to be preceded and followed . Not less interesting are the details which illustrate the progress of education among the ...
Side 34
... carry some of them to the New Hebrides or even the Friendly Islands . We learn besides , on the authority of La Perouse , that westerly winds are as frequent as those from the eastward , in a zone of not less than seven or eight degrees ...
... carry some of them to the New Hebrides or even the Friendly Islands . We learn besides , on the authority of La Perouse , that westerly winds are as frequent as those from the eastward , in a zone of not less than seven or eight degrees ...
Side 40
... carrying a number of sharp- pointed stakes to fasten in the ground for the purpose of impeding the pursuit of an enemy . Even the custom of tattooing the limbs , although not observed among the Malays , nor any of the civilized tribes ...
... carrying a number of sharp- pointed stakes to fasten in the ground for the purpose of impeding the pursuit of an enemy . Even the custom of tattooing the limbs , although not observed among the Malays , nor any of the civilized tribes ...
Side 43
... carry them to the coast of New Holland . The body of the fleet then proceeds eastward , leaving here and there a division of fifteen or sixteen proas , under the command of an in- ferior rajah , who is the only person provided with a ...
... carry them to the coast of New Holland . The body of the fleet then proceeds eastward , leaving here and there a division of fifteen or sixteen proas , under the command of an in- ferior rajah , who is the only person provided with a ...
Side 55
... carried on a traffic in slaves , though they retained over their captives the power of life and death , and might even offer them in sacrifice to their gods . If peace con- tinued , the prisoner often regained his liberty after a short ...
... carried on a traffic in slaves , though they retained over their captives the power of life and death , and might even offer them in sacrifice to their gods . If peace con- tinued , the prisoner often regained his liberty after a short ...
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