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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... immediately attached itself to the side by its suckers , which are twelve in number , placed in the throat within a flat oval surface , two inches in length , and barely an inch and a half in breadth . By these the creature sticks with ...
... immediately attached itself to the side by its suckers , which are twelve in number , placed in the throat within a flat oval surface , two inches in length , and barely an inch and a half in breadth . By these the creature sticks with ...
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... attached ) gave way , when boat and men in it were precipi- tated upon the sea , but immediately rescued , with some slight personal injuries only , though the captain had no THE BLACK FISH . 11 expectation but that the boat.
... attached ) gave way , when boat and men in it were precipi- tated upon the sea , but immediately rescued , with some slight personal injuries only , though the captain had no THE BLACK FISH . 11 expectation but that the boat.
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... immediately sent out to return the assault upon the enemy . The boatswain , whose choler had been most vehemently moved by his danger , finding himself left behind , immediately baited a large hook with about half a pound of pork , and ...
... immediately sent out to return the assault upon the enemy . The boatswain , whose choler had been most vehemently moved by his danger , finding himself left behind , immediately baited a large hook with about half a pound of pork , and ...
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... immediately the large flock of its com- panions alighted around it , but for what purpose we did not discover . A small bird , about the size of a thrush , called by mariners the quarter - moon bird , because its THUNDER , LIGHTNING ...
... immediately the large flock of its com- panions alighted around it , but for what purpose we did not discover . A small bird , about the size of a thrush , called by mariners the quarter - moon bird , because its THUNDER , LIGHTNING ...
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... immediately heaved the shaft upon the bulwark . The sailors mastered it at length by hauling down the sail itself , and making it fast . Aug. 16. Last night has been one of horrors and deliverances beyond all that we have yet ...
... immediately heaved the shaft upon the bulwark . The sailors mastered it at length by hauling down the sail itself , and making it fast . Aug. 16. Last night has been one of horrors and deliverances beyond all that we have 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