Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 12
... .. 180 CHAPTER VI . HERVEY OR COOK'S ISLANDS . Hervey Islands discovered by Cook - His Mistake as to Inhabit- ants - Their first Visit to the English Ship - Behaviour and Appearance - Number of Islands - A Chief goes on 12 CONTENTS .
... .. 180 CHAPTER VI . HERVEY OR COOK'S ISLANDS . Hervey Islands discovered by Cook - His Mistake as to Inhabit- ants - Their first Visit to the English Ship - Behaviour and Appearance - Number of Islands - A Chief goes on 12 CONTENTS .
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... English authors as have written on the more distant regions of the South Sea , our in- formation respecting them is still extremely limited , and no vocabulary of their speech has been hitherto obtained . It may , at the same time , be ...
... English authors as have written on the more distant regions of the South Sea , our in- formation respecting them is still extremely limited , and no vocabulary of their speech has been hitherto obtained . It may , at the same time , be ...
Side 76
... English females , and are also distinguished by a fulness of figure , sometimes approach- ing to corpulency . The prevailing colour in both sexes is olive , bronze , or reddish - brown , presenting occasionally a kind of medium between ...
... English females , and are also distinguished by a fulness of figure , sometimes approach- ing to corpulency . The prevailing colour in both sexes is olive , bronze , or reddish - brown , presenting occasionally a kind of medium between ...
Side 77
... English seamen and a canoe with natives happened to start from the shore , the latter instantly left the Europeans behind ; but , becoming fatigued , they gra- dually relaxed their exertions , while the sailors , pulling without ...
... English seamen and a canoe with natives happened to start from the shore , the latter instantly left the Europeans behind ; but , becoming fatigued , they gra- dually relaxed their exertions , while the sailors , pulling without ...
Side 81
... English missionaries do not authorize the be- lief that their notions of female honour were quite so relaxed as the French writer , trusting to other sources of information , has represented them . E means of poison secretly ...
... English missionaries do not authorize the be- lief that their notions of female honour were quite so relaxed as the French writer , trusting to other sources of information , has represented them . E means of poison secretly ...
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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 murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite 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