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 6
... taken to exhibit the actual con- dition of society in Polynesia ; -the manners which have been adopted by the natives from their European visiters ; the improvement of taste and sentiment among the higher class ; a desire for the ...
... taken to exhibit the actual con- dition of society in Polynesia ; -the manners which have been adopted by the natives from their European visiters ; the improvement of taste and sentiment among the higher class ; a desire for the ...
Side 8
... taken of the various hypotheses which have been enter- tained in relation to the structure of the several classes of islands spread over the Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are imagined to owe their present ...
... taken of the various hypotheses which have been enter- tained in relation to the structure of the several classes of islands spread over the Pacific , viewed in connexion with the causes to which they are imagined to owe their present ...
Side 24
... taken for ancient craters . Although the occurrence of volcanic substances has not , on satisfactory evidence , been every where ascertained , there has already been discovered a greater number of volcanoes than in any other part of the ...
... taken for ancient craters . Although the occurrence of volcanic substances has not , on satisfactory evidence , been every where ascertained , there has already been discovered a greater number of volcanoes than in any other part of the ...
Side 55
... taken in actual combat , or those who , when disabled in the field , had courted the protection of a great warrior , have always been consid- ered the lawful slaves of him into whose hands they fell . In such cases , the women and ...
... taken in actual combat , or those who , when disabled in the field , had courted the protection of a great warrior , have always been consid- ered the lawful slaves of him into whose hands they fell . In such cases , the women and ...
Side 56
... taken in war might either be adopted into the victorious tribe , to sup- ply the loss sustained in a battle , or murdered under the most cruel torture , to satiate the revenge of the victors , or to appease the angry spirits of the ...
... taken in war might either be adopted into the victorious tribe , to sup- ply the loss sustained in a battle , or murdered under the most cruel torture , to satiate the revenge of the victors , or to appease the angry spirits of the ...
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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