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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... length , in the year 1797 , in introducing what they called Christianity into Tahaiti , and even in gaining over to their doctrine King Tajo , who then governed the whole island in peace and tranquillity . This conversion was a spark ...
... length , in the year 1797 , in introducing what they called Christianity into Tahaiti , and even in gaining over to their doctrine King Tajo , who then governed the whole island in peace and tranquillity . This conversion was a spark ...
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... length rushed on the boat , and with one crash of its jaws bit it in two ; himself and his comrades only being preserved by leaping into the water when they saw the onset was inevitable . They were rescued from their peril by other ...
... length rushed on the boat , and with one crash of its jaws bit it in two ; himself and his comrades only being preserved by leaping into the water when they saw the onset was inevitable . They were rescued from their peril by other ...
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... length of their flight , that they soon expired . May 23. To - day we first perceived the change of the colour of the water from green to dark blue ; the former indicating comparative shallowness , the latter , unfathom- able depth ...
... length of their flight , that they soon expired . May 23. To - day we first perceived the change of the colour of the water from green to dark blue ; the former indicating comparative shallowness , the latter , unfathom- able depth ...
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... length , and four and a half in width . While it was towed alongside of our ship , several sucking - fish ( echineis remora of Linnæus ) accompanied it , adhering to different parts of the body . One of these singular animals was taken ...
... length , and four and a half in width . While it was towed alongside of our ship , several sucking - fish ( echineis remora of Linnæus ) accompanied it , adhering to different parts of the body . One of these singular animals was taken ...
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... length of the larger was twenty feet , and its girth at the shoulder eleven . The colour of the whole 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 ...
... length of the larger was twenty feet , and its girth at the shoulder eleven . The colour of the whole 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 ...
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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