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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... stand in direct contradiction to much that will be found in the following pages respecting the introduction of Christianity and its benign effects in the Society Islands . The captain says : — " After many fruitless efforts , some ...
... stand in direct contradiction to much that will be found in the following pages respecting the introduction of Christianity and its benign effects in the Society Islands . The captain says : — " After many fruitless efforts , some ...
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... stands by , with piteous looks , beholding the beverage provided for its sustenance thus recklessly taken away . May 10. The wind being strong , but contrary , we have hitherto made slow progress . To - day we had fine views of Hastings ...
... stands by , with piteous looks , beholding the beverage provided for its sustenance thus recklessly taken away . May 10. The wind being strong , but contrary , we have hitherto made slow progress . To - day we had fine views of Hastings ...
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... stand off from the land , and lay to for the night ; the atmosphere , moreover , being very hazy , and frequent heavy showers descending . Since we left England , we had encountered only one severe gale , and in these seas , surrounded ...
... stand off from the land , and lay to for the night ; the atmosphere , moreover , being very hazy , and frequent heavy showers descending . Since we left England , we had encountered only one severe gale , and in these seas , surrounded ...
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... stands nearly in the midst of a vast circumvallation of towering eninences , that meet and astonish the eye at every turn . The mountains , with surpassing grandeur , and not less beauty of contour and colouring , when seen at due ...
... stands nearly in the midst of a vast circumvallation of towering eninences , that meet and astonish the eye at every turn . The mountains , with surpassing grandeur , and not less beauty of contour and colouring , when seen at due ...
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... and strangest forms . Some seem to stand on very narrow bases , with broad and beetling fronts ; one facing the harbour resem- bles a huge tower , surmounted by a sharp spire ; in another 110 BANNS OF MARRIAGE . place , a mass of.
... and strangest forms . Some seem to stand on very narrow bases , with broad and beetling fronts ; one facing the harbour resem- bles a huge tower , surmounted by a sharp spire ; in another 110 BANNS OF MARRIAGE . place , a mass of.
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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