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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... followed . Not less interesting are the details which illustrate the progress of education among the subjects of Pomare in the Society cluster , and of Rihoriho in the barbarous islands of Owhyhee and Woahoo . Under such influence the ...
... followed . Not less interesting are the details which illustrate the progress of education among the subjects of Pomare in the Society cluster , and of Rihoriho in the barbarous islands of Owhyhee and Woahoo . Under such influence the ...
Side 18
... followed the labours of missionary zeal , is not less gratifying as a reward for past exertions than when regarded as an encouragement to future endeav- ours . In those remote establishments the savage has been seen to rise , as it were ...
... followed the labours of missionary zeal , is not less gratifying as a reward for past exertions than when regarded as an encouragement to future endeav- ours . In those remote establishments the savage has been seen to rise , as it were ...
Side 40
... followed by the Polynesians in common with the Indo - Chinese . Among these may be enumerated the habit of filing and black- ening the teeth , eradicating the hairs of the face and body , and distending the lobes of the ears . In war ...
... followed by the Polynesians in common with the Indo - Chinese . Among these may be enumerated the habit of filing and black- ening the teeth , eradicating the hairs of the face and body , and distending the lobes of the ears . In war ...
Side 50
... followed were carried on with great vehemence and pertinacity . As they had no written records to which either of the antiquaries could refer , they persevered in opposing one oral tradition to another , and thereby involved them ...
... followed were carried on with great vehemence and pertinacity . As they had no written records to which either of the antiquaries could refer , they persevered in opposing one oral tradition to another , and thereby involved them ...
Side 51
... followed that their persons should be esteemed sacred , and their rank as well as office regarded by the people with the utmost venera- tion . A singular inconvenience resulted from the feeling of sanctity now mentioned . Every thing in ...
... followed that their persons should be esteemed sacred , and their rank as well as office regarded by the people with the utmost venera- tion . A singular inconvenience resulted from the feeling of sanctity now mentioned . Every thing in ...
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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 nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Owhyhee 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