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 37
... Europe is 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 ...
... Europe is 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 44
... Europeans , they were called Negritos , and by our own early navigators they were distinguished as New Guinea negroes . Their numerous languages , varying , as it should seem , with every tribe , bear no radical affinity to those used ...
... Europeans , they were called Negritos , and by our own early navigators they were distinguished as New Guinea negroes . Their numerous languages , varying , as it should seem , with every tribe , bear no radical affinity to those used ...
Side 45
... European litera- ture under the ambiguous names of Haraforas and Alfoorees . Although frequently mentioned by such ... Europeans . * On the subjects treated in this chapter , the reader will find fuller information in the works of ...
... European litera- ture under the ambiguous names of Haraforas and Alfoorees . Although frequently mentioned by such ... Europeans . * On the subjects treated in this chapter , the reader will find fuller information in the works of ...
Side 47
... Europeans who landed on its shores as an earthly paradise , the abode of content- ment and repose , the asylum of all those mild virtues which had fled from the disputes and rivalry of civilized nations . But simplicity of manners , and ...
... Europeans who landed on its shores as an earthly paradise , the abode of content- ment and repose , the asylum of all those mild virtues which had fled from the disputes and rivalry of civilized nations . But simplicity of manners , and ...
Side 49
... Europeans . In each green valley , in the recesses of the highest mountains , on the sides of the hills , and on the brow of almost every promontory , monuments of former generations are still seen in great abundance . Stone pavements ...
... Europeans . In each green valley , in the recesses of the highest mountains , on the sides of the hills , and on the brow of almost every promontory , monuments of former generations are still seen in great abundance . Stone pavements ...
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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