The Tonga Islands and Other GroupsPacific Press Publishing Company, 1890 - 154 páginas |
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Aitutaki archipelago Atiu atolls Auraka author of Coral baskets beautiful bêche-de-mer bread-fruit called candle-nut cannibalism canoe Captain Cook cave chestnut Chief Dog-fish Christianity clam cocoa cocoanut Coral Lands coral reefs crab creature dead deep diver drupes feast fifty Fiji Fijians Finau five four fruit green hand Hapai heathen Hervey group Hervey Island Hua Manu hundred feet hundred miles inches inhabitants islets kernel king lagoon latro leaves light Line Islands live Makea Karika Mangaia Mangareva Manihiki Mariner Marquesas mats Mauke missionaries Mitiaro mollusk natives never Nukahiva ocean oyster palms pandanus pearl fishing pearl-oyster possessed Pukapuka race Rakaanga Rapa-Nui Rarotonga reign residence robber-crab rock sail Samoa sand screw-palm sharks shell ship shore side soon South Pacific South Seas stone Tahiti tain taro thatch Tonga Tonga-tabu Tongareva tree Tuba Nuha Tuba Toa Tui-Tonga Tukoio Vavau vegetation women worship young
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Página 141 - succeeded in getting up the ship's side, where they clung, dripping with brine, and glowing from the
Página 83 - fairly divided by the Chief Dog-fish. Twenty-eight days shall count for one moon. Out of each moon shall be four days' rest, that is to say, the people shall work six days, and on the seventh day they shall do no work. They shall not lie to the Chief Dog-fish,
Página 82 - to the Captain Longbeard and the Chief Dog-fish. If any one of the people die, that which is due to him or her shall be intrusted to the Chief Dog-fish, to be given to his or her family. The Captain
Página 25 - a large roll of gnatoo, a wooden pillow, and a basket containing bottles of oil. The woman
Página 13 - It is better to die than to live innocent and yet be thought capable of treachery.
Página 82 - Chief Dog-fish what the people are to do, and Dog-fish shall tell the people. The Captain Longbeard shall not beat any of the people. The people shall not fight among themselves.
Página 151 - bound his long hair in a knot to keep it from his eyes, and
Página 17 - Why sit you there idle? Why do you not rouse yourself and your men to
Página 83 - is to say, the people shall work six days, and on the seventh day they shall do no work. They shall not lie to the Chief Dog-fish,
Página 82 - We, men and women of Nukunivano, whose marks are put at the bottom of this paper, agree to go with