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Pagina 34
... Fijian can- nibals were especially fond of the flesh of young lads . They had been known , continued he , to devour , even after the larder had been amply provided with maturer victims slain in war , boys of tender age , as delicate ...
... Fijian can- nibals were especially fond of the flesh of young lads . They had been known , continued he , to devour , even after the larder had been amply provided with maturer victims slain in war , boys of tender age , as delicate ...
Pagina 35
... Fijian box - wood , with low walls and a high steep roof . To the timbers were fastened , with tough cinet , a lattice - work of bamboo - canes ; and the whole buildings were then thatched with grass , and lined with reeds dis- posed in ...
... Fijian box - wood , with low walls and a high steep roof . To the timbers were fastened , with tough cinet , a lattice - work of bamboo - canes ; and the whole buildings were then thatched with grass , and lined with reeds dis- posed in ...
Pagina 36
... Fijian house of worship , hoping to learn from a company of natives I saw assembling there something about the strange acts that I had observed . As I entered the shadow of the damanu trees that surrounded it , I overtook the chief ...
... Fijian house of worship , hoping to learn from a company of natives I saw assembling there something about the strange acts that I had observed . As I entered the shadow of the damanu trees that surrounded it , I overtook the chief ...
Pagina 37
... Fijian : " Are these strangers enemies , that our warriors pursue them so ? " " No , " he answered ; " but it is the custom of Fiji to eat all nganga poho ( shipwrecked men ) . And the men of Lakemba are hungry to - day , for the ulu ...
... Fijian : " Are these strangers enemies , that our warriors pursue them so ? " " No , " he answered ; " but it is the custom of Fiji to eat all nganga poho ( shipwrecked men ) . And the men of Lakemba are hungry to - day , for the ulu ...
Pagina 38
... Fijian dialect , " a tear . " I had felt , indeed , a romantic love for this young girl from that first day upon which I saw her . She was pres- ent at our disembarkation upon her native shore , and had watched me as we landed , turning ...
... Fijian dialect , " a tear . " I had felt , indeed , a romantic love for this young girl from that first day upon which I saw her . She was pres- ent at our disembarkation upon her native shore , and had watched me as we landed , turning ...
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