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 43
... King's Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia ( 2 vols 8vo , Lond . 1827 ) , vol . i . p . 135 . negroes , having skins nearly black , projecting jaws , AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 43.
... King's Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia ( 2 vols 8vo , Lond . 1827 ) , vol . i . p . 135 . negroes , having skins nearly black , projecting jaws , AND SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THEIR INHABITANTS . 43.
Side 51
... king is in- vested with supreme power , which appears to descend in his family according to the rights of primogeniture , and may be inherited by sons or daughters . There was a queen in Otaheite , when it was discovered by Wallis , and ...
... king is in- vested with supreme power , which appears to descend in his family according to the rights of primogeniture , and may be inherited by sons or daughters . There was a queen in Otaheite , when it was discovered by Wallis , and ...
Side 52
... king approached , his subjects , stripping down their upper garments , uncovered the body as low as the waist ; a homage which was paid to no other except the gods , and to the places consecrated to their service . When passing these ...
... king approached , his subjects , stripping down their upper garments , uncovered the body as low as the waist ; a homage which was paid to no other except the gods , and to the places consecrated to their service . When passing these ...
Side 54
... king and those who had been formerly associated with him as his counsellors . But all edicts and official deeds were issued in the name and behalf of the royal child , for whom , in point of fact , his father directed the govern- ment ...
... king and those who had been formerly associated with him as his counsellors . But all edicts and official deeds were issued in the name and behalf of the royal child , for whom , in point of fact , his father directed the govern- ment ...
Side 57
... king succeeds to his office at the hour of his birth , a period is fixed for his inauguration . This ceremony takes place when he assumes the government in his own person , and is usually celebrated with much rude magnificence , not ...
... king succeeds to his office at the hour of his birth , a period is fixed for his inauguration . This ceremony takes place when he assumes the government in his own person , and is usually celebrated with much rude magnificence , not ...
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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