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 24
... thousands of islands which shoot up in the South Sea , some rise to a considerable elevation , and generally present a conical form . Many of them are basaltic , often containing in their centres wide tunnels or cavities , and , at ...
... thousands of islands which shoot up in the South Sea , some rise to a considerable elevation , and generally present a conical form . Many of them are basaltic , often containing in their centres wide tunnels or cavities , and , at ...
Side 34
... thousand sailing from Chili , not one would discover that diminutive spot in the midst of the waves . * On the other hand , the Malays have long been dis- tinguished for their enterprise as a nautical people , as well as for their ...
... thousand sailing from Chili , not one would discover that diminutive spot in the midst of the waves . * On the other hand , the Malays have long been dis- tinguished for their enterprise as a nautical people , as well as for their ...
Side 37
... 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 coincidences , though corroborative of an argument based on firmer ground , are too slight to ...
... 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 coincidences , though corroborative of an argument based on firmer ground , are too slight to ...
Side 64
... thousand beams , and in that egg he was himself born , in the form of Brahma , the great forefather of all spirits . The waters were called nara , because they were the pro- duction of narau , the Spirit of God ; and since they were his ...
... thousand beams , and in that egg he was himself born , in the form of Brahma , the great forefather of all spirits . The waters were called nara , because they were the pro- duction of narau , the Spirit of God ; and since they were his ...
Side 66
... thousand feet . Their belief in the Deluge , though accompanied with some difficulties of a physical nature , remains unshaken ; and , in support of it , they allude to the coral , shells , and other marine substances occasionally found ...
... thousand feet . Their belief in the Deluge , though accompanied with some difficulties of a physical nature , remains unshaken ; and , in support of it , they allude to the coral , shells , and other marine substances occasionally found ...
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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