Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849: With a Glance at Calfiornia, Том 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 |
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admiral amongst anchor appearance Ariipae arrived ashore beach biche boat Borabora Bow Island British called canoe Captain chart chiefs Chinese cocoa-nut trees commander consul coral crew encampment engaged English entrance excitement Faarava favourable feet fire flag of France France French frigate governor harbour Hereheretue Hokianga houses Huaheine Huaru Isles islets June king labour lagoon island land latitude leaving Leeward Islands letter longitude Louis Philippe Macao man-of-war hawks miles missionary Moorea morning mountains muskets natives nearly night north-west noticed Palmyra Island Papeeti party passage passed Paumutu Pitcairn's Island Pomare Pomare's port possession Pritchard proceedings protectorate flag Queen Pomare Raiatea Raraka received reef residents river rock sailed Sandwich Islands scarcely schooner seized settlement ship side sight steamer Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian Tamatoa Tapoa thing tion told Upolu Uranie Uturoa Valparaiso vessel weather whilst wind wreck
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Стр. 349 - That foreigners who are, or who may hereafter become, bona fide residents of this State, shall enjoy the same rights in respect to the possession, enjoyment, and inheritance of property, as nativeborn citizens.
Стр. 202 - Tis done — but yesterday a King ! And arm'd with Kings to strive—- And now thou art a nameless thing ! So abject — yet alive ! Is this the man of thousand thrones, Who strew'd our Earth with hostile bones, And can he thus survive ? Since he miscall'd the Morning Star, Nor man nor fiend hath fallen so far.
Стр. 80 - She was a form of life and light, That, seen, became a part of sight; And rose where'er I turn'd mine eye, The morning-star of memory ! " Yes, love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Alia given, To lift from earth our low desire.
Стр. 364 - English captain once lamented, "the fifteen coolies I brought from China, and who were under a bond for two years with the party who engaged them, were no sooner ashore than they resisted their contract, and each turned his separate way. Nor would the authorities interfere.
Стр. 50 - Commandant of Police, with some soldiers, who hurried him off to prison, where he was kept in close confinement. The following paper was circulated in the French, English, and Tahitian languages — " FRENCH ESTABLISHMENT IN OCEANIA. " A French sentinel was attacked in the night of the 2nd to the 3rd of March. In reprisal, I have caused to be seized one Pritchard, the only daily mover and instigator of the disturbances of the natives. His property shall be answerable for all damage occasioned to...
Стр. 133 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Стр. 318 - ... and from six o'clock in the morning till four in the afternoon on Saturday, allowing one and an half hour per day for meals ; but from six weeks before till six weeks after Christmas day, workmen on unprotected buildings, who are not provided with work in the shop to fill up their full time, shall work from seven o'clock in the morning till five o'clock in the evening, on the first five working days of the week, and from seven o'clock in the morning till four o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday,...
Стр. 105 - mid storm and gale, In his ocean home will be A giant in might, where might is right, And king of the boundless sea. A wond'rous tale could the rare old Whale Of the mighty deep disclose, Of the skeleton forms of by-gone storms, And of treasures that no one knows. He has seen the crew, when the tempest blew Drop down from the...
Стр. 45 - ... not afraid of going over any part of Monte Somma, which, as it abounds in vipers and snakes, still deters the uupractised a little. Besides, they like to see the snake canght and exhibited, and every body gives him something." A MEDITATION. SOME hidden disappointment clings To all of man — to all his schemes, And life has little fair it brings, Save idle dreams. The peace that may be ours to-day, Scarce heed we, looking for the morrow ; The slighted moments steal away, And then comes sorrow....
Стр. 41 - As the children reached puberty, the son took his sisters to wife and raised a family by them all. Eventually, the settlement was overrun and absorbed, the men however dying soon after apparently from jealousy. Others reached inhabited islands where they intermarried. A warrior leader like Sualo of Samoa who drifted ashore at Tongoa in the New Hebrides about 1825 and...