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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... to distin- guish it from similar institutions of later date , and which are confined principally to the particular bodies of Christians to which they are respectively attached . vi INTRODUCTION . has abandoned idolatry , and , while.
... to distin- guish it from similar institutions of later date , and which are confined principally to the particular bodies of Christians to which they are respectively attached . vi INTRODUCTION . has abandoned idolatry , and , while.
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... body . One of these singular animals was taken by a spear . It was eleven inches in length , in form resembling a trout , of a brown colour , without scales , slimy and loathsome to the sight . When put into a vessel of water , it ...
... body . One of these singular animals was taken by a spear . It was eleven inches in length , in form resembling a trout , of a brown colour , without scales , slimy and loathsome to the sight . When put into a vessel of water , it ...
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... body was black , except a small white spot mid - way between the shoulders and the tail ; the latter was divided into two plane of the horizon , and lobes , forked , lying in the thirty inches from tip to tip . The form sloped both ways ...
... body was black , except a small white spot mid - way between the shoulders and the tail ; the latter was divided into two plane of the horizon , and lobes , forked , lying in the thirty inches from tip to tip . The form sloped both ways ...
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... body . It may be observed , that for the bulk of the fish the heart was remarkably small , not being larger than a pullet's egg . The sailors called this the brown shark ( squalus carcharias ) . It measured six feet in length . Not ...
... body . It may be observed , that for the bulk of the fish the heart was remarkably small , not being larger than a pullet's egg . The sailors called this the brown shark ( squalus carcharias ) . It measured six feet in length . Not ...
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... the whale , protested against such an attempt as too hazardous ; but the captain urged the necessity of making sure of so valuable a booty . The Tahitian , meanwhile , surveying the 16 NIGHT - SCENE . body as it lay ,
... the whale , protested against such an attempt as too hazardous ; but the captain urged the necessity of making sure of so valuable a booty . The Tahitian , meanwhile , surveying the 16 NIGHT - SCENE . body as it lay ,
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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