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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... sent after them , and soon returned , each with a prize . These were of that species of whale called delphinus delphis , or the bottle - nosed dolphin . The length of the larger was twenty feet , and its girth at the shoulder eleven ...
... sent after them , and soon returned , each with a prize . These were of that species of whale called delphinus delphis , or the bottle - nosed dolphin . The length of the larger was twenty feet , and its girth at the shoulder eleven ...
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... 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 suspended ...
... 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 suspended ...
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... sent for us early this morning to witness the approach of a tremendous squall . Sky and ocean , indeed , wore an aspect so wild and menacing that we landsmen might well have been excused if we had felt greatly appalled . From ...
... sent for us early this morning to witness the approach of a tremendous squall . Sky and ocean , indeed , wore an aspect so wild and menacing that we landsmen might well have been excused if we had felt greatly appalled . From ...
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... the same tale . At length the mate , having sent up the whole watch , ran up the shrouds himself , and , when he reached the haunted spot , heard the dreadful words distinctly uttered 32 SUPERSTITION OF SAILORS . - in his ears ,
... the same tale . At length the mate , having sent up the whole watch , ran up the shrouds himself , and , when he reached the haunted spot , heard the dreadful words distinctly uttered 32 SUPERSTITION OF SAILORS . - in his ears ,
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... sent up to clear a rope which had got foul above the mizen - top . Presently , however , he came back , trembling , and almost tumbling to the bottom , declaring that he had seen " Old Davy , " aft the cross - trees ; moreover , that ...
... sent up to clear a rope which had got foul above the mizen - top . Presently , however , he came back , trembling , and almost tumbling to the bottom , declaring that he had seen " Old Davy , " aft the cross - trees ; moreover , that ...
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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