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 11
... Similar Opinions adopted by the Literary Journals - Benefits conferred by Means of Christian Missions - Abolition of Infanticide and human Sacrifices - Difficulties to be encountered - Brighter Prospects opened - Remark on the ...
... Similar Opinions adopted by the Literary Journals - Benefits conferred by Means of Christian Missions - Abolition of Infanticide and human Sacrifices - Difficulties to be encountered - Brighter Prospects opened - Remark on the ...
Side 26
... similar to the common seaweed , and that the insects found on them are analogous to those which take up their abode on trees and herbs ; a con- clusion to which the arborescent appearance of some corals , and the fungous forms of others ...
... similar to the common seaweed , and that the insects found on them are analogous to those which take up their abode on trees and herbs ; a con- clusion to which the arborescent appearance of some corals , and the fungous forms of others ...
Side 27
... similar origin in remote ages ; while a third class dis- play undoubted tokens of having been violently changed by the force of subterranean fire , if not by the more * Forster's Observations , p . 149-151 . sudden shock of an ...
... similar origin in remote ages ; while a third class dis- play undoubted tokens of having been violently changed by the force of subterranean fire , if not by the more * Forster's Observations , p . 149-151 . sudden shock of an ...
Side 32
... similar to those used in the Sandwich and Fijee Islands , and also that the best defined specimens of art among the anti- quities of Ohio are clearly of a Polynesian character . From these facts it has been inferred that the North ...
... similar to those used in the Sandwich and Fijee Islands , and also that the best defined specimens of art among the anti- quities of Ohio are clearly of a Polynesian character . From these facts it has been inferred that the North ...
Side 33
... similar to those of the Philippines . A great many other words , it is added , are either actually of Malayan derivation , or assimilate closely to that language . In examining the structure of the two tongues , he felt him- self ...
... similar to those of the Philippines . A great many other words , it is added , are either actually of Malayan derivation , or assimilate closely to that language . In examining the structure of the two tongues , he felt him- self ...
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