A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war, Volume 2 |
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Page 197
... marae shaded by sombre trees , from whose boughs human victims offered sacrificially were immedi- ately suspended . While such scenes as these were the incidents of daily life , the mission party had hardships enough to contend with ...
... marae shaded by sombre trees , from whose boughs human victims offered sacrificially were immedi- ately suspended . While such scenes as these were the incidents of daily life , the mission party had hardships enough to contend with ...
Page 200
... marae where he had so often offered human sacrifices to these dumb idols , which he now brought forth , and tearing off the sacred cloth in which they had hitherto been draped , he exhibited them in their hideous nakedness , to the vast ...
... marae where he had so often offered human sacrifices to these dumb idols , which he now brought forth , and tearing off the sacred cloth in which they had hitherto been draped , he exhibited them in their hideous nakedness , to the vast ...
Page 203
... marae . Now the supply of victims was furnished from among those known to favour the new faith ; and many a pathetic story is still told of the unflinching courage with which those brave martyrs met their fate , only pleading with their ...
... marae . Now the supply of victims was furnished from among those known to favour the new faith ; and many a pathetic story is still told of the unflinching courage with which those brave martyrs met their fate , only pleading with their ...
Page 238
... marae - an immense platform of huge blocks of hewn coral , on a pyramidal base , which in olden days was a heathen altar , and also a tomb . Close by it are two smaller marais and a large sacrificial stone , enclosed by a wall of small ...
... marae - an immense platform of huge blocks of hewn coral , on a pyramidal base , which in olden days was a heathen altar , and also a tomb . Close by it are two smaller marais and a large sacrificial stone , enclosed by a wall of small ...
Page 239
... marae hav- ing been destroyed , the natives used the stones composing it , to build an immense platform , on which was spread a great feast for all the children of the school ( both boys and girls , in number about 240 ) and their ...
... marae hav- ing been destroyed , the natives used the stones composing it , to build an immense platform , on which was spread a great feast for all the children of the school ( both boys and girls , in number about 240 ) and their ...
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