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. köideCrocker and Brewster, 1832 |
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... boat was lowering , the davits ( posts to which the tacklings for that purpose are attached ) gave way , when boat and men in it were precipitated upon the sea , but immediately rescued , with some slight personal in- juries only ...
... boat was lowering , the davits ( posts to which the tacklings for that purpose are attached ) gave way , when boat and men in it were precipitated upon the sea , but immediately rescued , with some slight personal in- juries only ...
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... boats were dispatched to reconnoitre and attack them , if practicable , though it was within an hour and a half only ... boat happily glided over the back of the unwieldy animal , without being either stoved or capsized . Our third mate ...
... boats were dispatched to reconnoitre and attack them , if practicable , though it was within an hour and a half only ... boat happily glided over the back of the unwieldy animal , without being either stoved or capsized . Our third mate ...
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... boat , as though he meditated an attack for the purpose of carrying off a living victim ; but he was an- ticipated by our brave fellows , one of whom laid hold of a fin , and kept his gripe , regardless of the danger . The ter- rible ...
... boat , as though he meditated an attack for the purpose of carrying off a living victim ; but he was an- ticipated by our brave fellows , one of whom laid hold of a fin , and kept his gripe , regardless of the danger . The ter- rible ...
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afternoon afterwards animal appeared Areois Auna Barff basaltic beach beautiful Bennet boat body Borabora bread-fruit breccia brought called canoe Cape Horn captain captain Cook chapel chiefs Christian cloth cocoa-nut color coral crew dark deck deputation dwellings earth Eimeo Ellis eyes feet fish former formerly friends fruit gospel ground hand harbor Hautia head hearts heathen hogs Huahine hundred idolatry idols inches inhabitants islands kind king lagoon land latter leeward islands length London Missionary Society Lord Mahine manner marae Matavai miles missionaries morning mountains multitude natives night Nott occasion persons plants Pomare prayer present priests queen raatiras Raiatea reached reef rocks Sabbath sailed seen shark ship shore side soon South species sperm whale spot stones Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian Tahitian language Tani Tani's Taroa things tion trees Tyerman Vahine vessel voyage whale whole wind words worship