Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 5G. P. Putnam, 1856 |
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... called male . When they were asked by Mr. Hale for their " fale atua , " ( house of God , ) they pointed to a place at a distance , and evidently understood the meaning of the question . There was no cultivation whatever , and their ...
... called male . When they were asked by Mr. Hale for their " fale atua , " ( house of God , ) they pointed to a place at a distance , and evidently understood the meaning of the question . There was no cultivation whatever , and their ...
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... called by them Nukunono . No opening was perceived into the lagoon , and there were many cocoa - nut and other trees on the island . On the 28th , in the afternoon , they bore away for the purpose of looking for the islands of Gente ...
... called by them Nukunono . No opening was perceived into the lagoon , and there were many cocoa - nut and other trees on the island . On the 28th , in the afternoon , they bore away for the purpose of looking for the islands of Gente ...
Strana 13
... called Nukunono . It was observed that they spoke of their own island as the Fanua Loa , or the Great Land ; and it , with the two islands just referred to , were all the lands of which they had any knowledge . The only person our ...
... called Nukunono . It was observed that they spoke of their own island as the Fanua Loa , or the Great Land ; and it , with the two islands just referred to , were all the lands of which they had any knowledge . The only person our ...
Strana 15
... called " la - kau - tau " ( wood of war ) ; but they had no specific name for the different kinds . These were the only warlike weapons seen among them . A number of war - conchs were on the tables . The well which supplied water was a ...
... called " la - kau - tau " ( wood of war ) ; but they had no specific name for the different kinds . These were the only warlike weapons seen among them . A number of war - conchs were on the tables . The well which supplied water was a ...
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... called it Swain's Island , after the master of a whaler , who had informed him of its existence . When within a mile of the island , no bottom could be had with two hundred fathoms of line . This isolated spot gave no other evidence of ...
... called it Swain's Island , after the master of a whaler , who had informed him of its existence . When within a mile of the island , no bottom could be had with two hundred fathoms of line . This isolated spot gave no other evidence of ...
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