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Pagina viii
... hand ; and that , at the extremities , they are so far apart that it is difficult to have any hold of both at the same time ; while the danger is increased by the bend or hang of the jhúla , which is much lower in the middle than at its ...
... hand ; and that , at the extremities , they are so far apart that it is difficult to have any hold of both at the same time ; while the danger is increased by the bend or hang of the jhúla , which is much lower in the middle than at its ...
Pagina xvii
... hand on this short account of the beliefs and traditions of Mangaia ; and if he finds that he fails to bring even so small a segment of the world's religion and mythology into the narrow circle of his own system , let him pause before ...
... hand on this short account of the beliefs and traditions of Mangaia ; and if he finds that he fails to bring even so small a segment of the world's religion and mythology into the narrow circle of his own system , let him pause before ...
Pagina 7
... hand , very unlike his own , was slowly extended towards the coveted morsels . Vātea at once concluded that this must belong to the woman he had 66 1 It was from The - thin - land that Potai sagely conjectured that Captain Cook had come ...
... hand , very unlike his own , was slowly extended towards the coveted morsels . Vātea at once concluded that this must belong to the woman he had 66 1 It was from The - thin - land that Potai sagely conjectured that Captain Cook had come ...
Pagina 14
... hand of man from generation to generation , threw a sacred gloom over the mysteries of idol - worship . The trees were accounted sacred , not for their own sake , but on account of the place where they grew . 2 At Atiu Te - rongo , = as ...
... hand of man from generation to generation , threw a sacred gloom over the mysteries of idol - worship . The trees were accounted sacred , not for their own sake , but on account of the place where they grew . 2 At Atiu Te - rongo , = as ...
Pagina 29
... had a little marae set apart for his worship , close by the more sacred grove of Motoro , and but a few yards from where he fell by the hand of the jealous priest . The Mautara , or priestly tribe , gave up their Deified Men . 29.
... had a little marae set apart for his worship , close by the more sacred grove of Motoro , and but a few yards from where he fell by the hand of the jealous priest . The Mautara , or priestly tribe , gave up their Deified Men . 29.
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