Journal of a Voyage in the Missionary Ship Duff, to the Pacific Ocean in the Years 1796, 7, 8, 9, 1800, 1, 2, &c.: Comprehending Authentic and Circumstantial Narratives of the Disasters which Attended the First Effort of the "London Missionary Society. [sic]Collins and Company, 1813 - 288 Seiten |
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... sent on shore , and soon after returned with an officer and a private soldier . At 3 the ship was brought to an anchor about half a mile from the shore . A guard boat and guard were stationed to prevent smuggling : they remained at the ...
... sent on shore , and soon after returned with an officer and a private soldier . At 3 the ship was brought to an anchor about half a mile from the shore . A guard boat and guard were stationed to prevent smuggling : they remained at the ...
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... sent to the directors of the Society in London . The Missionaries were permitted to go on shore in small parties , but were always attended by an officer of the guards : the inhabitants behaved with great civility . The city is well ...
... sent to the directors of the Society in London . The Missionaries were permitted to go on shore in small parties , but were always attended by an officer of the guards : the inhabitants behaved with great civility . The city is well ...
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... sent , but appeared of a very unteachable disposition . On the following day Otoo and his queen sent to beg leave of the captain to send him their presents ; to which ceremonial an answer was sent in the affir- mative ; and they were ...
... sent , but appeared of a very unteachable disposition . On the following day Otoo and his queen sent to beg leave of the captain to send him their presents ; to which ceremonial an answer was sent in the affir- mative ; and they were ...
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... sent to the morai , and destroyed as soon as the work is completed . A person without the honourable marks made by tattooing , would be as much despised and shunned , as if with us he should go about the streets naked . They bathe three ...
... sent to the morai , and destroyed as soon as the work is completed . A person without the honourable marks made by tattooing , would be as much despised and shunned , as if with us he should go about the streets naked . They bathe three ...
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... sent with him home ; whatever he requests is given , if in the power of the host ; and if not , he sends round to his friends and neighbours to procure it ; this also is accompanied with a present of cloth and perfumed oil , or some ...
... sent with him home ; whatever he requests is given , if in the power of the host ; and if not , he sends round to his friends and neighbours to procure it ; this also is accompanied with a present of cloth and perfumed oil , or some ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afforded anchor appeared armed arrived attended beach Benjamin Broomhall birds boat Botany Bay bread-fruit called canoes Captain Wilson chief circumstances cloth coast cocoa-nut colony colour consequence considerable Cuddalore discovered distance district dress Duff Eatooa endeavoured favourable feet fire fish fleet four frequently friends gale governor harbour heivas hogs immediately island Joseph Lancaster killed kind king labour land leaves London Missionary Society Manne Manne Matavai miles Missionaries morai morning mountains natives night Norfolk Island obliged Otaheite Otaheiteans Otoo Paramatta party Patrick Riley person piece plantain Plumo Pomarree Port Jackson present priest prison proceeded procure provisions provost marshal ratirra request residence river rocks round sail seldom sent ship shore shortly side sionaries situation Society Islands sometimes soon South Wales spears stone supply Sydney tain tion Tongataboo tree vessel voyage weather whole wind women wood yams yava
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 224 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And HE bringeth them out of their distresses. HE maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; So HE bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Seite 13 - Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the things which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Seite 223 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Seite 58 - None dares dispute the existence of deity. They put great confidence in dreams, and suppose in sleep the soul leaves the body under the care of the guardian angel, and moves at large through the regions of spirits. Thus they say, My soul was such a night in such a place, and saw such a spirit.
Seite 234 - STRAIT ; but being attacked by the natives soon after he came to an anchor, in the place to which he gave the name of Murderer's Bay, he never went on shore.
Seite 67 - Peggy (for so he had named her) flew with her infant in a canoe to the arms of her husband. The interview was so affecting and afflicting, that the officers on board were overwhelmed with anguish, and Stewart himself, unable to bear the heart-rending scene, begged she might not be admitted again on board. She was separated from him by violence, and conveyed on shore in a state of despair and grief too big for utterance.
Seite 152 - They acknowledge the existence of a great number of strange gods, calling them by the general name of Fyga, among whom they rank ours as the greatest; and, when they think it will answer their purpose, they will readily acknowledge him as far wiser, and in every respect better, than theirs, having taught us to make so much better ships, tools, cloth, &c.