Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Michael Russell. Oc150.2 HAP OCT 9 1903 LIBRA Bright Fund ENTERED IN STATIONERS ' HALL . Printed by Oliver & Boyd , Tweeddale Court , High Street , Edinburgh . PREFACE . THE main object of this volume is to 1.6708 .
Michael Russell. Oc150.2 HAP OCT 9 1903 LIBRA Bright Fund ENTERED IN STATIONERS ' HALL . Printed by Oliver & Boyd , Tweeddale Court , High Street , Edinburgh . PREFACE . THE main object of this volume is to 1.6708 .
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Michael Russell. PREFACE . THE main object of this volume is to throw light on the introduction of Christianity and civilisation into the islands of the South Sea . From the moment that Wallis discovered the beautiful group which bears ...
Michael Russell. PREFACE . THE main object of this volume is to throw light on the introduction of Christianity and civilisation into the islands of the South Sea . From the moment that Wallis discovered the beautiful group which bears ...
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... objects of worship , their notions of a future state , their arts of sorcery and divination , their mode of carrying on war , and , more especially , the atrocities of human sacrifice with which their battles were wont to be preceded ...
... objects of worship , their notions of a future state , their arts of sorcery and divination , their mode of carrying on war , and , more especially , the atrocities of human sacrifice with which their battles were wont to be preceded ...
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... objects , do not devote any par- ticular attention to the zoology , the flora , or the silva of the respective islands . For this reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in ...
... objects , do not devote any par- ticular attention to the zoology , the flora , or the silva of the respective islands . For this reason it has been resolved to defer all details on these various heads till a future occasion , when , in ...
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... Objects of Worship - Notions of a Future State - Immortality of Animals - Natives possess good Abi- lities - Physical Qualities - Colour - Strength - Marriage Ce- remonies - Polygamy - Sorcery - Divination - Augury - Suf- ferings ...
... Objects of Worship - Notions of a Future State - Immortality of Animals - Natives possess good Abi- lities - Physical Qualities - Colour - Strength - Marriage Ce- remonies - Polygamy - Sorcery - Divination - Augury - Suf- ferings ...
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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