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Page 6
... Tongan houses , with heavy thatch , and very light bamboo sides , quite transparent . Here dinner was laid , in European style , for 300 guests , —an upper table at one end , where the chiefs of the district entertained the royal party ...
... Tongan houses , with heavy thatch , and very light bamboo sides , quite transparent . Here dinner was laid , in European style , for 300 guests , —an upper table at one end , where the chiefs of the district entertained the royal party ...
Page 110
... Tonga , Samoa , and Tahiti . The priests work hard , but apparently with small result . It is whispered that the presence of a large number of very irreligious white men has a highly demoral- ising influence on the natives - as we can ...
... Tonga , Samoa , and Tahiti . The priests work hard , but apparently with small result . It is whispered that the presence of a large number of very irreligious white men has a highly demoral- ising influence on the natives - as we can ...
Page 159
... Tonga only the men were tattooed , the women never were . In Fiji , on the other hand , men were never tattooed ; but , for women , a certain small amount was a com- pulsory religious act . In all these countries so many idolatrous cere ...
... Tonga only the men were tattooed , the women never were . In Fiji , on the other hand , men were never tattooed ; but , for women , a certain small amount was a com- pulsory religious act . In all these countries so many idolatrous cere ...
Page 168
... Tonga . Many other points of similarity exist , such as the use of the honorific prefix O before proper names ; as in Japan , O - yama ( Respected mountain ) , or in addressing any person politely . Throughout Polynesia the same custom ...
... Tonga . Many other points of similarity exist , such as the use of the honorific prefix O before proper names ; as in Japan , O - yama ( Respected mountain ) , or in addressing any person politely . Throughout Polynesia the same custom ...
Page 169
... Tongans , who drifted thither in a large canoe and settled on these uninhabited isles . These islanders have retained their own language , and their children when born are very fair , but as they grow up they become almost as dark in ...
... Tongans , who drifted thither in a large canoe and settled on these uninhabited isles . These islanders have retained their own language , and their children when born are very fair , but as they grow up they become almost as dark in ...
Common terms and phrases
admiral Anaa Arawais AREOIS Ariiaue arrival arrowroot assembled bamboo bananas band barrier-reef beautiful bêche-de-mer beneath blossoms boats Brander bread-fruit breakfast bright canoe carried charming chief Christians church cocoa-nut cocoa-palm colour coral course crags dance delicate delight district divers early excellent Fautawa favour feast feet fibre Fiji fish flowers foliage French friends fruit Gilbert Islanders green guava Happily harbour heathen himènes Honolulu hybiscus idols island King Pomare lagoon land leaves lovely luxury mangoes marae Maramma Marau Marquesas Mata Mata miles mission missionaries Moorea morning mountains native neighbours never night offered palm pandanus Papeete party Paumotus plantation pleasant Polynesia pretty Queen reef round sail Samoa Sandwich Isles scarlet seems seen Seignelay shells ship shore sort South Sea stone strange Tahiti Tahitian tattooed Tetiaroa tion Tonga trees valley vanilla vessel village whole wild women yellow