 | Europe - 1784 - 506 pages
...front, and continuing their progrefs round, till they came to the reft. On which two of whom alfo pafltd each other, and returned as the former ; but the other two remained, and to theic came one, from each fide, hv intervals, till whole number had again formed a circle about the... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...in a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators sat. After this, one of them advanced from each side, meeting...progress round, till they came to the rest. On which, {wo advanced from each side, two of whom also passed each other, and returned as the former ; but the... | |
 | William Mariner - Ethnology - 1817 - 638 pages
...body to that part of the cir•' cle which was opposite the hut where the prin" cipal spectators sat. After this, one of them " advanced from each side,..." which two advanced from each side, two of " whom passed each other and returned as the " former ; but the other two remained, and to " these came one... | |
 | William Mariner - Ethnology - 1817 - 638 pages
...body to that part of the cir" cle which was opposite the hut where the prin" cipal spectators sat. After this, one of them " advanced from each side,...their " progress round till they came to the rest : ort " which two advanced from each side, two of " whom passed each other and returned as the " former;... | |
 | William Mariner - Ethnology - 1817 - 632 pages
...body to that part of the cir** cle which was opposite the hut where the prin" cipal spectators sat. After this, one of them " advanced from each side,...their " progress round till they came to the rest : ort " which two advanced from each side, two of " whom passed each other and returned as the " former;... | |
 | William Mariner - Ethnology - 1820 - 482 pages
...their progress round till they came to the rest : on which two advanced from each side, two of whom passed each other and returned as the former ; but the other two remain-, ed, and to these came one from each side by intervals, till the whole number had again formed... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 488 pages
...in a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators sat. After this, one of them advanced from each side, meeting...each side, by intervals, till the whole number had again formed a circle about the chorus. Their manner of dancing was now changed to a quicker measure,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 532 pages
...in a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators sat. After this, one of them advanced from each side, meeting...each side, by intervals, till the whole number had again formed a circle about the chorus. Their manner of dancing was now changed to a quicker measure,... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 654 pages
...a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators wit. . After this, one of them advanced from each side, meeting...each side, by intervals, till the whole number had again formed a circle about the chorus. Their manner of dancing was now changed to a quicker measure,... | |
 | Robert A. Georges, Michael Owen Jones - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 354 pages
...in a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite the hut where the principal spectators sat. After this, one of them advanced from each side meeting...continuing their progress round, till they came to rest. Their manner of dancing was now changed to a quicker measure, in which they made a kind of half... | |
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... at the same time, making constantly a step forward, and then back again, with one foot, while the other was fixed. They then turned their faces to the assembly, sung some time, and retreated slowly in a body, to that part of the circle which was opposite... 
