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 24
... considerable elevation , and generally present a conical form . Many of them are basaltic , often containing in their centres wide tunnels or cavities , and , at other times , round lakes which might be taken for ancient craters ...
... considerable elevation , and generally present a conical form . Many of them are basaltic , often containing in their centres wide tunnels or cavities , and , at other times , round lakes which might be taken for ancient craters ...
Side 30
... considerable abundance at the bottom of the ocean . Examples occur even in the Me- diterranean , where they sometimes cause the sea at great depths to be fresher than at the surface ; a pheno- menon which is said to be very common near ...
... considerable abundance at the bottom of the ocean . Examples occur even in the Me- diterranean , where they sometimes cause the sea at great depths to be fresher than at the surface ; a pheno- menon which is said to be very common near ...
Side 31
... considerable resemblance to the negro tribes ; having a black complexion , woolly hair , and depressed features . The other , from their colour and general ap- pearance , seem to claim an affinity to the eastern Asiatics , and are ...
... considerable resemblance to the negro tribes ; having a black complexion , woolly hair , and depressed features . The other , from their colour and general ap- pearance , seem to claim an affinity to the eastern Asiatics , and are ...
Side 33
... considerable ingenuity , a number of reasons in support of the conclusion that the Polynesians must originally have emigrated from the American continent . For example , he draws confirma- tion to his opinion from the singular ...
... considerable ingenuity , a number of reasons in support of the conclusion that the Polynesians must originally have emigrated from the American continent . For example , he draws confirma- tion to his opinion from the singular ...
Side 48
... considerably reduced , and he himself saw only two or three standing near the land- ing - place . His companions , who travelled over the country , observed many more , some of them twenty- seven feet in height , and about nine in ...
... considerably reduced , and he himself saw only two or three standing near the land- ing - place . His companions , who travelled over the country , observed many more , some of them twenty- seven feet in height , and about nine in ...
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