Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 5G. P. Putnam, 1856 |
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... manner with white ovula - shells . The blades of their paddles also resembled those of the Samoans , being oblong and slender . The colour and features of these people showed that they belonged to the Polynesian race , and it was ...
... manner with white ovula - shells . The blades of their paddles also resembled those of the Samoans , being oblong and slender . The colour and features of these people showed that they belonged to the Polynesian race , and it was ...
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... manner of lying in it , they imitated a careless and comfortable lounge , which they evidently considered a luxury . It was conjec- tured that they had removed their various household utensils to a secret place . The most remarkable ...
... manner of lying in it , they imitated a careless and comfortable lounge , which they evidently considered a luxury . It was conjec- tured that they had removed their various household utensils to a secret place . The most remarkable ...
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... manner of the Samoans , by trolling a line , it being fastened by a pole eight or ten feet long to the stern of the canoes , and elevated above the surface to a sufficient height to allow the fish - hook , which was made of shell or ...
... manner of the Samoans , by trolling a line , it being fastened by a pole eight or ten feet long to the stern of the canoes , and elevated above the surface to a sufficient height to allow the fish - hook , which was made of shell or ...
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... manner . These are used to keep their fish - hooks and other small articles in , to preserve them from the wet . Like the natives of Oatafu , they do not appear to culti- vate any thing , but derive their food from the cocoa - nut and ...
... manner . These are used to keep their fish - hooks and other small articles in , to preserve them from the wet . Like the natives of Oatafu , they do not appear to culti- vate any thing , but derive their food from the cocoa - nut and ...
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... manner , from the northeast to the southwest . From the great fall of the barometer , and the fury and sudden change of the gale of the 16th , its centre must have passed over Apia . Although these severe hurricanes do not happen very ...
... manner , from the northeast to the southwest . From the great fall of the barometer , and the fury and sudden change of the gale of the 16th , its centre must have passed over Apia . Although these severe hurricanes do not happen very ...
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A. T. Agate afford anchor Apamama Apia appearance arrival banks boats Borneo California canoes Cape Captain Hudson CHARLES WILKES chief Chinese coast cocoa-nut colour Columbia river consequence coral crew Datu direction distance dollars Drawn by A. T. east eastward encamped Engraved by R. S. Expedition fathoms feet frequently governor Gulf Stream harbour horses hour Hudson Bay Company hundred Indians inhabitants island kind Kingsmill Group Kuria land latitude latter Lieutenant Emmons longitude Malays Manilla Manono mats miles mission mountains natives night northwest Oahu observations obtained ocean officers pandanus party passed Peacock piculs Porpoise port reached reef resembling river Sacramento sail season seemed seen ship shore side Singapore Sooloo Straits Sultan survey temperature thing thousand tion town trade trees tribe usually vessels Vincennes weather westward whale whole wind