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 28
... the Giant's Causeway , are supposed to have been originally coral , and to owe * Forster's Observations , p . 153 . their present hardness to the action of the atmosphere , 28 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
... the Giant's Causeway , are supposed to have been originally coral , and to owe * Forster's Observations , p . 153 . their present hardness to the action of the atmosphere , 28 PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS ,
Side 29
Michael Russell. their present hardness to the action of the atmosphere , as well as to that of water percolating ... presents itself . Coral of every shape and of every hue , intermingled in the richest profusion , suggests to the ...
Michael Russell. their present hardness to the action of the atmosphere , as well as to that of water percolating ... presents itself . Coral of every shape and of every hue , intermingled in the richest profusion , suggests to the ...
Side 31
Michael Russell. The next question which naturally presents itself to the consideration of a philosophical inquirer is ... present possess the Aleutian Islands ; and whether , at some subsequent era , the settlers on the American coast ...
Michael Russell. The next question which naturally presents itself to the consideration of a philosophical inquirer is ... present possess the Aleutian Islands ; and whether , at some subsequent era , the settlers on the American coast ...
Side 37
... present nothing peculiar , and are in no degree characteristic of any one family of savages . We therefore agree with those who lay more stress on the structure of their language , as being at once less open to objection and much better ...
... present nothing peculiar , and are in no degree characteristic of any one family of savages . We therefore agree with those who lay more stress on the structure of their language , as being at once less open to objection and much better ...
Side 48
... present condition . The antiquities of an illiterate tribe must be sought , not in modern records , which are exceedingly imperfect , but in their usages and the ruins of their ancient structures . With respect to the Society Islands ...
... present condition . The antiquities of an illiterate tribe must be sought , not in modern records , which are exceedingly imperfect , but in their usages and the ruins of their ancient structures . With respect to the Society Islands ...
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