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Page 61
... Samoa , after drifting over the wide seas for several weeks . They had been driven away from the isle of Fakaofa , where several of their number had been killed in consequence of having eaten conger - eels , which the people of that ...
... Samoa , after drifting over the wide seas for several weeks . They had been driven away from the isle of Fakaofa , where several of their number had been killed in consequence of having eaten conger - eels , which the people of that ...
Page 73
... Samoa in 1830 , just when the first 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 ...
... Samoa in 1830 , just when the first 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 ...
Page 110
... 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 well ...
... 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 well ...
Page 159
... Samoa the men are so marked as apparently to be clothed in dark - blue - silk knee - breeches . In Tonga only the men were tattooed , the women never were . In Fiji , on the other hand , men were never tattooed ; but , for women , a ...
... Samoa the men are so marked as apparently to be clothed in dark - blue - silk knee - breeches . In Tonga only the men were tattooed , the women never were . In Fiji , on the other hand , men were never tattooed ; but , for women , a ...
Page 168
... Samoa , as O- whyhee , O - taheiti , O - samoa ; and the same with reference to names of persons . Another point which to me appears to support the theory of the circuitous movement is , that those best acquainted with Samoan matters ...
... Samoa , as O- whyhee , O - taheiti , O - samoa ; and the same with reference to names of persons . Another point which to me appears to support the theory of the circuitous movement is , that those best acquainted with Samoan matters ...
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