 | 874 pages
...the fhore, retired at our approach ; and not a perfon was to be Icen, except a few lying prof. tra'.e on the ground, near the huts of the adjoining village....ceremonies with which he was received on this fatal ifland, it will be neceflary to defcribe the Morai I have already mentioned. It was a fquarc folid... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1796 - 712 pages
...on the more, retired at our approach 5 and not a perfon was to be feen, except a fewlying proftrate on the ground, near the huts of the adjoining village....ceremonies with which he was received on this fatal ifland, it will be neceffary to defcribe a moral, or burying-place, fituated at. the fouth fide of... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1796 - 380 pages
...approach; md not a perfon was to be feen, except a few lying proftrate on the ground, near the huls of the adjoining village. Before I proceed to relate...ceremonies with which he was received on this fatal itland, it will be necefiary to defcribe a moral, or burying-place, fituated at the fouth fide of the... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1809 - 504 pages
...uttered too with a readiness and volubility that indicated them to be according to some formulary. Before I proceed to relate the adoration that was...fatal island, it -will be necessary to describe the Mora/, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...pronouncing with a loud voice a short sentence, in which we could only distinguish the word Orono.3 The crowd, which had been collected on the shore,...fatal island, it will be necessary to describe the morai, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...on ashore. We landed at the beach, and were received by four men, who carried wands tipt with dog's hair, and marched before us, pronouncing with a loud...fatal island, it will be necessary to describe the morai, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 526 pages
...pronouncing with a loud voice a short sentence, in which we could only distinguish the word Orono.5 The crowd, which had been collected on the shore,...fatal island, it will be necessary to describe the morai, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was 'a square... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 644 pages
...pronouncing with a loud voice a short sentence, in which we could only distinguish the word Ottwot. The crowd which had been collected on the shore retired...fatal island, it will be necessary to describe the Morai, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square... | |
 | James Cook - Explorers - 1880 - 538 pages
...and we also found that it was a title belonging to a personage of great rank or power in the island. The crowd which had been collected on the shore retired...fatal island, it will be necessary to describe the morai, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square,... | |
 | Abraham Fornander - Hawaii - 1880 - 424 pages
...described by Captain King, that I need not apologise for its repetition here. Captain King says : 2 — "Before I proceed to relate the adoration that was...fatal island, it will be necessary to describe the Morai, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa (Kealakeakua).... | |
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Before I proceed to relate the adoration that was paid to Captain Cook, and the peculiar ceremonies with which he was received on this fatal island, it will be necessary to describe the morai, situated, as I have already mentioned, at the south side of... 
