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 5
... Pacific the foundations of a pure faith and the motives to a holy life . A variety of opinion continues to prevail as to the effects produced by the labours of the missionary . With- out presuming to determine the several points at ...
... Pacific the foundations of a pure faith and the motives to a holy life . A variety of opinion continues to prevail as to the effects produced by the labours of the missionary . With- out presuming to determine the several points at ...
Side 7
... Pacific , the author has enjoyed the great advantage of perusing an unpublished work , written by a distinguished officer resident some years in that part of the globe , and which is repeatedly quoted under the title of a Manuscript ...
... Pacific , the author has enjoyed the great advantage of perusing an unpublished work , written by a distinguished officer resident some years in that part of the globe , and which is repeatedly quoted under the title of a Manuscript ...
Side 8
... Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are imagined to owe their present form . The volcanic origin of the larger ones is illustrated by a reference to the rocks of which they are composed ; while the extent to ...
... Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are imagined to owe their present form . The volcanic origin of the larger ones is illustrated by a reference to the rocks of which they are composed ; while the extent to ...
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... From their reports , at first somewhat deficient in accuracy , it was gradually made known that certain green spots on the bosom of the Pacific were occasionally visited by the A weary sailor , whose eye was fatigued with the monoton-
... From their reports , at first somewhat deficient in accuracy , it was gradually made known that certain green spots on the bosom of the Pacific were occasionally visited by the A weary sailor , whose eye was fatigued with the monoton-
Side 22
... Pacific are de- scribed as the Farther Polynesia . Before entering on the details of discovery and settle- ment , it may prove not less entertaining than instruc- tive to give an outline of the physical characters and geographical ...
... Pacific are de- scribed as the Farther Polynesia . Before entering on the details of discovery and settle- ment , it may prove not less entertaining than instruc- tive to give an outline of the physical characters and geographical ...
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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