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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Page 83
... feet in length , forty - five wide , supported by seventy pillars at the sides , and having nine others within ... feet long , and twenty feet high . The side near the water is in ruins , many of the blocks having fallen down ; the other ...
... feet in length , forty - five wide , supported by seventy pillars at the sides , and having nine others within ... feet long , and twenty feet high . The side near the water is in ruins , many of the blocks having fallen down ; the other ...
Page 157
... feet at least from the rock , being supported by multitudes of roots , which find their sustenance in the soil below . These occupy a space nearly a hundred feet in compass , and display various arches and recesses , of most curious ...
... feet at least from the rock , being supported by multitudes of roots , which find their sustenance in the soil below . These occupy a space nearly a hundred feet in compass , and display various arches and recesses , of most curious ...
Page 206
... feet by eighty in length and breadth , with walls in some parts nine feet thick . In the centre of this rude edifice , Tani's bed is seen , on which his idol was laid when prayers were offered to it , and near that another platform ...
... feet by eighty in length and breadth , with walls in some parts nine feet thick . In the centre of this rude edifice , Tani's bed is seen , on which his idol was laid when prayers were offered to it , and near that another platform ...
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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