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Page 110
... idols , with two of its worshippers . It is singularly hideous , and the head is crowned with a circular cap - stone , resembling on a small scale the crowns of Easter Island . But if the Catholic Mission has hitherto failed COTTON ...
... idols , with two of its worshippers . It is singularly hideous , and the head is crowned with a circular cap - stone , resembling on a small scale the crowns of Easter Island . But if the Catholic Mission has hitherto failed COTTON ...
Page 132
... idol temples , and some of the early adventurers are known to have made a very lucrative business by exchanging cheap muskets for bags of pearls . The same disease or discomfort which produces these lovely gems often takes a form less ...
... idol temples , and some of the early adventurers are known to have made a very lucrative business by exchanging cheap muskets for bags of pearls . The same disease or discomfort which produces these lovely gems often takes a form less ...
Page 192
... idols to embrace the purer faith taught them by devout white men , so now they are in danger of becoming even more careless than the average foreigners . I do not , however , mean to imply that the Tahitians or any of the islanders who ...
... idols to embrace the purer faith taught them by devout white men , so now they are in danger of becoming even more careless than the average foreigners . I do not , however , mean to imply that the Tahitians or any of the islanders who ...
Page 193
... idols , because they were generally adorned either with the scarlet feathers of a small bird , or the long tail ... idol , and placed it VOL . II . N in the ark prepared for it on the sacred canoe.
... idols , because they were generally adorned either with the scarlet feathers of a small bird , or the long tail ... idol , and placed it VOL . II . N in the ark prepared for it on the sacred canoe.
Page 195
... idol , and this first civilising influence was swept away - the mission premises were laid waste , the garden entirely destroyed , and the work of twelve years scattered to the winds . King Pomare , Otu his son , and all the chiefs and ...
... idol , and this first civilising influence was swept away - the mission premises were laid waste , the garden entirely destroyed , and the work of twelve years scattered to the winds . King Pomare , Otu his son , and all the chiefs and ...
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