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Author : Emma H. Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Polynesia
ISBN : UCAL:B3967438
Author : Emma Hildreth Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Polynesia
ISBN : LCCN:05012316
Author : Emma H. Adams
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230374604
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...of water, and off they will float to the coral belt, where the day will pass quickly, with everybody laughing and chatting as only coral islanders can, while they collect the shining snails, or spear other kinds of fish hidden among the coral fretwork. Early in the afternoon, they will return to camp. Here some will clean and cook the tripang, while others will prepare the evening meal. This dispatched, large fires will be made a little way from the huts; the mats will be spread on the ground, and there, lying upon their backs, will these light-hearted people while away the evening telling stories of phantom ships, of terrible ghosts and goblins, of daring adventures, and of voyages to wonderful lands far away. And possibly the evening will end with a dance on the smooth white sand, in the light of the full moon. In this peaceful, harmless manner will the fishers of the Chief Dog-fish work out the six moons for Captain Longbeard--provided Chief Dog-fish is worthy of their confidence, and Captain Longbeard proves not to be one of the insufferable white villains who have for years been the scourge of the South Pacific. The best mode of collecting beche-de-mer from a coral reef is for the fisher, as he walks along the reef, to trail behind him a little punt of boards, or a light canoe, and into it throw the fish as he picks them up. When the punt is full, he tows it out to deep water, where its contents are transferred to a more commodious craft employed for the purpose. Its cargo complete, the latter straightway steers for camp, the crew busily disemboweling the slugs on the way. At camp, they are quickly removed to shore and cooked without delay, for this reason--it is a remarkable peculiarity of the strange mollusks that so long as they...
Author : William Mariner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : NYPL:33433082431697
Author : William Mariner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1817
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : NYPL:33433006029130
Author : Emma Hildreth Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Melanesia
ISBN : UCAL:$B274110
CHAPTERS: Our Brothers In The New Hebrides; Teaching, Preaching and Martyrdom; A Brief Run About Fate; Still Sailing-Aneitium, Aniwa, Fotuna; Api, Ambrym, Espiritu Santo; The Great Volcano On Tanna; Away To The Solomon Islanda ; The Island Of Guadalcanar ; Island Of New Georgia--The Rubiana Lagoon; Bougainville, The Shortlands and Treasury Island; In Bougainville Strait; St Christoval and the Taboo-houses of the Solomon Archipelago; ILLUSTRATIONS: Canoe-house; Mission Premises; Mission Chapel; A Village under Heathenism; The Same under Christianity
Author : William Mariner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10136271
Author : Emma Hildreth Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : NYPL:33433000639645
Author : William Mariner,John Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1817
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UCAL:$B59022
Author : William Holman Bentley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN : UVA:X000432349
Author : J P Duffels
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004631311
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : IND:30000098348745
Author : William Mariner,John Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10136272
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN : UIUC:30112059658838
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN : UCAL:B3079717
Volumes for 1828-1934 contain the Proceedings at large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.