A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Volume 11 |
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... eight degrees north . This island is in length about thirty - eight leagues , ftretching north - north - weft and fouth - fouth - east , and it is in breath about twenty - four leagues in the middle of the island : The northern most end ...
... eight degrees north . This island is in length about thirty - eight leagues , ftretching north - north - weft and fouth - fouth - east , and it is in breath about twenty - four leagues in the middle of the island : The northern most end ...
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... eight degrees north . It is a very mountainous ifland , full of hills and valleys . The mould in general is deep and black , and extraordinary fat and fruitful . The fides of the hills are ftony , yet pro- ductive enough of very large ...
... eight degrees north . It is a very mountainous ifland , full of hills and valleys . The mould in general is deep and black , and extraordinary fat and fruitful . The fides of the hills are ftony , yet pro- ductive enough of very large ...
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... eight or ten feet long , ftripping off the outer rind , which is thickest towards the lower end ; having ftript two or three of these rinds the trunk becomes in a manner all of one bignefs , and of a whitish colour : then they split the ...
... eight or ten feet long , ftripping off the outer rind , which is thickest towards the lower end ; having ftript two or three of these rinds the trunk becomes in a manner all of one bignefs , and of a whitish colour : then they split the ...
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... eight women , by fome of whom he hath iffue . He hath only one fon , about twelve or fourteen years old , who was circumcifed while we were there . His eldest son died a little before we came hither , for whom he was still in great ...
... eight women , by fome of whom he hath iffue . He hath only one fon , about twelve or fourteen years old , who was circumcifed while we were there . His eldest son died a little before we came hither , for whom he was still in great ...
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... eight or ten days before , for all men to appear in arms ; and great preparation is made against the folemn day . In the morning , before the boys are circumcifed , prefents are sent to the father of the child that keeps the feaft ...
... eight or ten days before , for all men to appear in arms ; and great preparation is made against the folemn day . In the morning , before the boys are circumcifed , prefents are sent to the father of the child that keeps the feaft ...
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Page 65 - The two fore-teeth of their upper jaw are wanting in all of them, men and women, old and young, whether they draw them out, I know not; neither have they any beards.
Page 64 - They are tall, straight-bodied, and thin, with small, long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids are always half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes, they being...
Page 494 - ... that a fire was kindled about a quarter of a mile farther on the way. Mr. Banks then endeavoured to wake Dr.
Page 629 - They observed many trees and plants common at New Zealand; and, in particular, the flax plant, which is rather more luxuriant here than in any part of that country...
Page 659 - I learned from Omai, was, that they were all, both old and young, to look upon me as a friend, who intended to remain with them a few days; that during my stay they must not steal...
Page 642 - Kahoora folded his arms, hung down his head, and looked like one caught in a trap ; and I firmly believe he expected instant death.
Page 634 - In the afternoon, we were agreeably surprised, at the place where we were cutting wood, with a visit from some of the natives ; eight men and a boy. They approached us from the woods, without betraying any marks of fear, or rather with the greatest confidence imaginable ; for none of them had any weapons, except one, who held in his hand a stick about two feet long, and pointed at one end. They were quite naked, and wore no ornaments...
Page 596 - A party who had been sent out in the morning to view the country now returned. They had not proceeded far before a middle-aged man, punctured from head to foot, and his face painted with a sort of white pigment, appeared with a spear in his hand, and walked alongside of them, making signs to his countrymen to keep at a distance, and not to molest them.
Page 595 - ... that many of them swam off to meet the boats. Not one of them had so much as a stick or weapon of any sort in their hands.
Page 582 - Great injustice has been done to the women of Otaheite, and the Society Isles, by those who have represented them, without exception, as ready to grant the last .favour to any man who will come up to their price. But this is by no means the case : the favours of married women, and also the unmarried of the better sort, are as difficult to be obtained here, as in any other country whatever. Neither can the charge be understood indiscriminately of the unmarried of the lower class, for many of these...