Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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... hundred feet ; though on the summits of these last are found masses of coral perforated in the same manner with those found at the water's edge . Now , as the animalcules which raise these submarine habitations cannot live above the ...
... hundred feet ; though on the summits of these last are found masses of coral perforated in the same manner with those found at the water's edge . Now , as the animalcules which raise these submarine habitations cannot live above the ...
Side 30
... hundred miles ; and these continually rising to view in spots where they were unknown before , endanger the navigation of many parts within the torrid zone . * There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these ...
... hundred miles ; and these continually rising to view in spots where they were unknown before , endanger the navigation of many parts within the torrid zone . * There is reason to doubt whether the process be quite so rapid as these ...
Side 97
... hundred and seventy - four pots , thirty - nine tubs , and twenty - four boxes . " The number of bread - fruit plants were one thousand and fifteen ; besides which they had collected others : the avee , which is one of the finest ...
... hundred and seventy - four pots , thirty - nine tubs , and twenty - four boxes . " The number of bread - fruit plants were one thousand and fifteen ; besides which they had collected others : the avee , which is one of the finest ...
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... hundred thousand of his subjects . In return for his zeal in this speedy conversion of his people , he was presented with a standard bearing a cross , the same , we are assured , that Innocent VIII . had granted to the crusaders for the ...
... hundred thousand of his subjects . In return for his zeal in this speedy conversion of his people , he was presented with a standard bearing a cross , the same , we are assured , that Innocent VIII . had granted to the crusaders for the ...
Side 123
... hundred of the inhabitants were on board his ship , no- thing was stolen , and that on the first day he saw no females . He adds , " when we were afterwards occa- Turnbull's Voyage , vol . iii . p . 18. Captain Beechey observes ...
... hundred of the inhabitants were on board his ship , no- thing was stolen , and that on the first day he saw no females . He adds , " when we were afterwards occa- Turnbull's Voyage , vol . iii . p . 18. Captain Beechey observes ...
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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