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 23
Michael Russell. action of volcanoes , and the working of the small insect usually denominated the coral polypus . Nature has unquestionably given to that section of the earth a prominent and very characteristic physiognomy , diversified ...
Michael Russell. action of volcanoes , and the working of the small insect usually denominated the coral polypus . Nature has unquestionably given to that section of the earth a prominent and very characteristic physiognomy , diversified ...
Side 26
... usually nothing discernible but a lagoon , the bottom of which is covered with coral , yet within some of these basins , rocks , composed of porous lava and other volcanic sub- stances , rise up , resembling eminences of igneous origin ...
... usually nothing discernible but a lagoon , the bottom of which is covered with coral , yet within some of these basins , rocks , composed of porous lava and other volcanic sub- stances , rise up , resembling eminences of igneous origin ...
Side 37
... usually called Ota- heitan cloth . The chewing of betel , too , has been de- tected many thousands of miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such ...
... usually called Ota- heitan cloth . The chewing of betel , too , has been de- tected many thousands of miles distant from India ; a country where both the root and the habit of using it are thought to have originated . But such ...
Side 39
... usually esteemed the seats of the parent speech . * It is worthy of notice , at the same time , that the Ma- layan is not held to be the source whence the dialects of the South Sea Islands have immediately proceeded . Their connexion ...
... usually esteemed the seats of the parent speech . * It is worthy of notice , at the same time , that the Ma- layan is not held to be the source whence the dialects of the South Sea Islands have immediately proceeded . Their connexion ...
Side 41
... usually urged against his hypothesis , namely , the distance of the Malay coast from the Society Islands ; the prevalence of easterly winds within the tropics ; and the unfitness of canoes for performing so long a voyage . In reference ...
... usually urged against his hypothesis , namely , the distance of the Malay coast from the Society Islands ; the prevalence of easterly winds within the tropics ; and the unfitness of canoes for performing so long a voyage . In reference ...
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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