Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq: Deputed from the London Missionary Society, to Visit Their Various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c., Between the Years 1821 and 1829, 1. köideF. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831 |
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... beautiful regions of the Pacific . Hence the slightest memorial of the least influential of such co - operating causes must be of some value , and worthy of preservation , if it add but an atom to our knowledge of human nature ...
... beautiful regions of the Pacific . Hence the slightest memorial of the least influential of such co - operating causes must be of some value , and worthy of preservation , if it add but an atom to our knowledge of human nature ...
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... beautiful with stars , amidst a pure unclouded sky . The ship sails majestically over an invisible expanse of water , marked only by silver - topt breakers , accompanying and 6 LUMINOUS APPEARANCES IN SHIP'S TRACK . following in its.
... beautiful with stars , amidst a pure unclouded sky . The ship sails majestically over an invisible expanse of water , marked only by silver - topt breakers , accompanying and 6 LUMINOUS APPEARANCES IN SHIP'S TRACK . following in its.
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... our progress . June 1. We have been amused by observing luminous objects floating in the sea , at the sides and in the wake of the vessel ; they were generally of a beautiful blue or green 8 SUCKING - FISH - CROSS THE TROPIC OF CANCER.
... our progress . June 1. We have been amused by observing luminous objects floating in the sea , at the sides and in the wake of the vessel ; they were generally of a beautiful blue or green 8 SUCKING - FISH - CROSS THE TROPIC OF CANCER.
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... beautiful creatures are of various sizes ; this was about as large as a hen's egg . The animal resembles a bladder , transparent rose - coloured , with a kind of keel formed in festoons , plaited like a ruff , on the upper part . This ...
... beautiful creatures are of various sizes ; this was about as large as a hen's egg . The animal resembles a bladder , transparent rose - coloured , with a kind of keel formed in festoons , plaited like a ruff , on the upper part . This ...
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... beautiful constellation attracted our notice , nearly in the zenith . This was the northern crown , in which seven stars brilliantly encircle two thirds of an oval figure . We were reminded - and though the idea may seem fanciful , yet ...
... beautiful constellation attracted our notice , nearly in the zenith . This was the northern crown , in which seven stars brilliantly encircle two thirds of an oval figure . We were reminded - and though the idea may seem fanciful , yet ...
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afternoon afterwards appeared Areois arrival Barff basaltic beach beautiful Bennet boat body Borabora bread-fruit breccia brought called canoe Cape Horn captain chapel chiefs Christian cloth cocoa-nut colour coral crew Dangerous Archipelago Deputation dwellings earth Eimeo Ellis eyes feet fish formerly friends fruit gospel ground hand harbour Hautia head hearts heathen hogs Huahine hundred idolatry idols inches inhabitants islands kind king labour land latter Leeward Islands length London Missionary Society Lord Mahine manner marae Matavai miles Missionaries morning mountains natives nearly night Nott Oahu occasion persons plants Pomare Pomare's prayer present priests queen raatiras Raiatea reached received reef rocks Sabbath sailed sailors seen Sept ship shore side Society Islands soon sperm whale spot stones Tahiti Tahitian Tahitian language things tion trees TROPIC OF CAPRICORN Tyerman vessel voyage whale whole wind woman words worship