 | Charles Wilkes - Antarctica - 1849 - 520 pages
...had plenty of clothes. They have a tradition of a great flood or deluge, which they call Walavu-levu. Their account of it is as follows : after the islands...and have always acted a conspicuous part among the * This is not the only instance in which the white residents have exercised a salutary influence. It... | |
 | Walter Lawry - 1850 - 330 pages
...kept them on board until the waters had subsided, after which they were again landed on the island. The persons thus saved, eight in number, were landed...and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Feejeeans. They style themselves Ngali-duva-ki-langi, that is, " Subject to heaven alone." The pantheon... | |
 | Walter Lawry - Fiji - 1850 - 336 pages
...kept them on board until the waters had subsided, after which they were again landed on the island. The persons thus saved, eight in number, were landed...appearance. By virtue of this tradition, the Chiefs of MbenAPPENDIX. ga take rank before all others, and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Feejeeans.... | |
 | Walter Lawry - Fiji - 1850 - 164 pages
...eight in number, were landed at ilbenga, where the highest of their gods is said to have made liis first appearance. By virtue of this tradition, the...all others, and have always acted a conspicuous part amoug the Feejeeans. They style themselves Ngali-duva-lti-langi, that is, " Subject to heaven alone."... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - Christianity and other religions - 1858 - 248 pages
...mense waves that sweep across the CHAP, which they were again landed on the island. It is reported '__ that in former times canoes were always kept in readiness...and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Fijis. They style themselves Ngali-duvarki-langi (subject to heaven alone).' Conversion It is refreshing... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1858 - 268 pages
...have been forgot- mense waves that sweep across the ten, and the story has received of Pacific. CHAP, which they were again landed on the island. It is...and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Fy1s. They style themselves Ngali-duva-ki-langi (subject to heaven alone).' Conversion It is refreshing... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1863 - 522 pages
...together with several rabbinical commentaries. — Gleaner. Traditions of the Deluge among the Malays. — After the islands had been peopled by the first man...and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Fijis. They style themselves Ngali-duva-kilangi (subject to heaven alone). — Hardwiclc's " Christ... | |
 | John Kitto - Bible - 1863 - 524 pages
...canoes made their appearance. In one of these was Eokora, the god of carpenters : in the other, Eokola, his head workman, who picked up some of the people,...and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Fijis. They style themselves Ngali-duva-kilangi (subject to heaven alone). — Hardwick's " Christ... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - Christianity and other religions - 1863 - 480 pages
...canoes made their appearance. In one of these was Rokora, the god of carpenters ; in the other, Bokola, his head workman, who picked up some of the people,...have made his first appearance. By virtue of this which the early history of the 2 Wilkes, pp. 82, 83. Mr. Hale, islanders is veiled, though in the as... | |
 | Bible - 1865 - 736 pages
...been reached by this great terror of mankind.1 They say that, " after the islands had been possessed by the first man and woman, a great rain took place...and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Fiji's." The American aborigines in the extreme north are familiar with the same tradition, modified,... | |
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Rokola, his head workman, who picked up some of the people and kept them on board until the waters had subsided ; after which they were again landed on the island. It is reported, that in former times, canoes were always kept in readiness against another... 
