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Common terms and phrasesAmbau anchored appearance arrival Bay of Islands beach beautiful boats brig Callao called canoes Cape Captain Hudson chief coast cocoa-nut colour coral covered crew cruise distance eastward fathoms FEEJEE GROUP Flying-Fish gale gave ground harbour height hour houses hundred feet ice-islands icebergs inhabitants island king Lakemba land latitude latter Levuka Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commandant longitude Manilla Mauna Loa ment miles missionaries morning mountains Nairai natives night northward Nukualofa o'clock Oahu observed obtained officers party passed Peacock Porpoise port Raraka reached received reef Rewa Ringgold river rock sail Samoan seen sent ship shore side sight situated snow Sooloo south-west squadron Straits survey Sydney Tahiti Tanoa tapa temperature thing thousand tion Tonga took town trees Tubou Tui Levuka Tutuila Upolu usually Vendovi vessels Vincennes weather westward whole wind Popular passagesPage 211 - Hunt expressed his surprise to the ' young man, and asked how he could deceive him so ' much by saying his mother was dead, when she was ' alive and well. He said, in reply, that they had made ' her death-feast, and were now going to bury her; ' that she was old, that his brother and himself had ' thought she had lived long enough, and it was time to ' bury her, to which she had willingly assented, and Page 23 - ... They have short faces, narrow foreheads, and high cheek-bones. Their eyes are small and usually black, the upper eyelids in the inner corner overlapping the under one, and bear a strong resemblance to those of the Chinese. Their nose is broad and flat, with wide-spread nostrils, mouth large, teeth white, large, and regular. The hair is long, lank, and black, hanging over the face, and is covered with white ashes, which gives them a hideous appearance. The whole face is compressed. Their bodies... Page 134 - ... to a return on the same track by which we had entered. After a quarter of an hour, the ice was again made ahead, and the full danger of our situation was realized. The ship was certainly embayed; and although the extent of sea-room to which we were limited, was rendered invisible by the dark and murky weather, yet that we were closely circumscribed was evident from having made the ice so soon on either tack, and from the audible rustling around us. Page 211 - He said, in reply, that they had made her deathfeast, and were now going to bury her ; that she was old ; that his brother and himself had thought she had lived long enough, and it was time to bury her, to which she had willingly assented, and they were about it now. He had come to Mr. Hunt to ask his prayers, as they did those of the priest. He added, that it was from love for his mother that he had done so ; that, in consequence of the same love, they were now going to bury her, and that none but... Page 23 - ... loose fold. In some, the muscles of the leg appear almost wanting, and possess very little strength. This want of development in the muscles of the legs is owing to their constant sitting posture, both in their huts and canoes. Their skin is sensibly colder than ours. It is impossible to fancy any thing in human nature more filthy. They are an ill-shapen and ugly race. Page 129 - All doubt in relation to the reality of our discovery gradually wore away, and towards the close of the cruise of the Vincennes along the icy barrier, the mountains of the Antarctic Continent became familiar and of daily appearance, insomuch that the log-book, which is guardedly silent as to the time and date of its being first observed, now speaks throughout of Page 140 - ... in order to escape them, by keeping her to windward. We thus passed close along their weather sides, and distinctly heard the roar of the surf dashing against them. We had, from time to time, glimpses of their obscure outline, appearing as though immediately above us. After many escapes, I found the ship so covered with ice, and the watch so powerless in managing her, that a little after midnight, on the 29th, I had all hands called. Page 113 - In their trips from town to town, they are generally on parties of pleasure, termed malanga, and are frequently to be met with singing their boat-songs. These songs have but little variety, are destitute of melody, and have small pretensions to harmony. They consist, for the most part, of two short strains, repeated alternately, the first by a single individual, and the .second by several. Page 142 - Under these circumstances we feel ourselves obliged to report, in our opinion, a few days more of such exposure as they have already undergone, would reduce the number of the crew, by sickness, to such an extent as to hazard the safety of the ship and the lives of all on board. Page 131 - ... often of the great quantity of birds on the uninhabited islands, I was not prepared to see them in such myriads as here. The whole sides of the rugged hills were literally covered with them. Having passed a deep fissure in the rocks, I ascended a crag that led to what I thought was their principal roost, and at every step my astonishment increased. Such a din of squeaking, squalling, and gabbling, I never before heard or dreamed could be made by any of the feathered tribe. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarEnvironmental Catastrophe in the Pacific Islands around AD 1300Patrick D Nunn - 2000 - Geoarchaeology: An International Journal Human-Environment Relationships in the Pacific Islands around AD 1300PATRICK D NUNN, JAMES MR BRITTON - 2001 - Environment and History The Reconfiguring SelfJeannette Marie Mageo - 1995 - American Anthropologist The African custom of tooth mutilation in AmericaTD Stewart, John R Groome - 1968 - American Journal of Physical Anthropology References from web pagesNarrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the ... 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