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The Chiefs and myself went on shore in quest . of water , wood , and fire , and we also made an Indian climb a good tall coconut palm to keep a look - out for our ships ; and when , in a little while , he reported that they were in ...
The Chiefs and myself went on shore in quest . of water , wood , and fire , and we also made an Indian climb a good tall coconut palm to keep a look - out for our ships ; and when , in a little while , he reported that they were in ...
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The bodies of the dead , among the chiefs , were in general preserved above ground : a temporary house or shed was erected for them , and they were placed on a kind of bier . The practice of embalming appears to have been long familiar ...
The bodies of the dead , among the chiefs , were in general preserved above ground : a temporary house or shed was erected for them , and they were placed on a kind of bier . The practice of embalming appears to have been long familiar ...
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Máximo Chief of Faayti ( Afa'ahiti ) is terms him a " capataz " and also thus named , but at p . ... as the sympathy and approval , crab- Chiefs of Paea usually took the bed though they were , 31 , 34 , name Toofa , 172 36 , 38-9 , 48-9 ...
Máximo Chief of Faayti ( Afa'ahiti ) is terms him a " capataz " and also thus named , but at p . ... as the sympathy and approval , crab- Chiefs of Paea usually took the bed though they were , 31 , 34 , name Toofa , 172 36 , 38-9 , 48-9 ...
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and the MYSTIC BOWL of MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA xxxivxli | xxxiv |
The MYSTIC BOWL of MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA to face page | xxxvi |
Description of the PLATES and CHART xlixlix | xli |
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