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 13
... Continued Progress of Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all other Improvements , .. CHAPTER VII . TONGA , FIJEE , AND NAVIGATORS ' ISLANDS . Page 219 ...
... Continued Progress of Knowledge and Civilisation - Case of a Chief - Number of Persons in Congregations and Schools - Religion must pre- cede all other Improvements , .. CHAPTER VII . TONGA , FIJEE , AND NAVIGATORS ' ISLANDS . Page 219 ...
Side 23
... continued in New Ireland and New Hanover . It often happens that the subordinate chains are individually terminated by a larger island than the others of which they are composed . For instance , Ota- heite , Owhyhee , and Tierra del ...
... continued in New Ireland and New Hanover . It often happens that the subordinate chains are individually terminated by a larger island than the others of which they are composed . For instance , Ota- heite , Owhyhee , and Tierra del ...
Side 32
... continued in their progress towards the west till they met the tide of emigration flowing from Java and Sumatra , where the Malays are still found to con- stitute the majority of the inhabitants . At all events , from a variety of facts ...
... continued in their progress towards the west till they met the tide of emigration flowing from Java and Sumatra , where the Malays are still found to con- stitute the majority of the inhabitants . At all events , from a variety of facts ...
Side 62
... continued to hold some mysteri- ous connexion . Hence their forefathers and their divini- ties being in many cases identified , the same forms of adoration were directed to both . But as the imagination of a savage does not long remain ...
... continued to hold some mysteri- ous connexion . Hence their forefathers and their divini- ties being in many cases identified , the same forms of adoration were directed to both . But as the imagination of a savage does not long remain ...
Side 72
... continued until four of the females have been put to death ; after which they are all buried in the same grave with their husband , to cheer his passage into the invisible world , and to serve him in that distant land with their wonted ...
... continued until four of the females have been put to death ; after which they are all buried in the same grave with their husband , to cheer his passage into the invisible world , and to serve him in that distant land with their wonted ...
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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