A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 24
... missionaries record with thank- ful wonder , that many Areois were among their earliest and most zealous converts and steady ad- herents , and became hard - working and successful teachers and native missionaries , striving with their ...
... missionaries record with thank- ful wonder , that many Areois were among their earliest and most zealous converts and steady ad- herents , and became hard - working and successful teachers and native missionaries , striving with their ...
Page 70
... missionaries . Thus , when Raiatea had for some time been looked upon as a model island , it only needed the arrival of a trading ship , and of a cask of spirits , to produce an outbreak on the part of King Tamatoa ( not the present man ) ...
... missionaries . Thus , when Raiatea had for some time been looked upon as a model island , it only needed the arrival of a trading ship , and of a cask of spirits , to produce an outbreak on the part of King Tamatoa ( not the present man ) ...
Page 73
... missionaries Williams and Barff touched the group , and was of course attributed to their machinations . In the New Hebrides , where it proved a very serious scourge , it led to the murder of many teachers , who ( as I think I have ...
... missionaries Williams and Barff touched the group , and was of course attributed to their machinations . In the New Hebrides , where it proved a very serious scourge , it led to the murder of many teachers , who ( as I think I have ...
Page 107
... missionaries left the Sandwich Isles , accompanied by their wives , and contrived to endure eight months in Nukuheva , endeavouring to tame and Christianise its brutal savages ; but they also had to give up the at- tempt . In 1834 , a ...
... missionaries left the Sandwich Isles , accompanied by their wives , and contrived to endure eight months in Nukuheva , endeavouring to tame and Christianise its brutal savages ; but they also had to give up the at- tempt . In 1834 , a ...
Page 112
... missionaries in their endeavours to dissuade the people from thus misusing the palm- trees ; but , on the other hand , foreign traders are too ready to supply more fiery stimulants , and drunk- enness prevails to a grievous extent ...
... missionaries in their endeavours to dissuade the people from thus misusing the palm- trees ; but , on the other hand , foreign traders are too ready to supply more fiery stimulants , and drunk- enness prevails to a grievous extent ...
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