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...(Atea), Kanaloa (Tangaroa a Taaroa paha), a pela aku. He puulu moolelo keia no na pae moku i hoohui ia ma ka inoa o Polenesia. He mau moolelo keia no Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Nukuhiva, Aotearoa, Hawaii, a me Rapanui. Ua ohi ia a hakuloli ia ka hapa nui o keia mau moolelo e Kaleimakana Lenci, koe Ka Moolelo o Teremuura, ke Alii Wahine o Aimeho a me Katikatia na Keao...

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...-- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 54 -- No Tahiti. 55 -- Teremuura, ke Alii Wahine o Aimeho. 57 -- Nonanihonihololoa. 61 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 67 -- No Tonga. 71 -- O Toloa laua o Humu. 74 -- Papa Wehewehe Huaolelo. 79 --...

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...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...NDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM T... ...H STRANGE BELIEFS OPPOSED TO EXTENDED VOYAGES. COMPRISING ALSO AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its ... ...E HEROIC CHARACTERS, BOLD EXPLORERS AND DAUNTLESS SPIRITS WHO HAVE MADE OCEAN HISTORY AND ESTABLISHED CHRISTIAN SUPREMACY OVER THE MOST SAVAGE LANDS... ...PA. ST. LOUIS, MO. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no mo... ...habitants and helped to all manner of provisions that the islands produced. At Tongataboo, or Tonga, one of the most fertile and important in the Frie... ... of the people were positively determined. It is, therefore, possible that the Tongans, who held little intercourse with the Fijians, gave them a wors... ...at this island, where it seems to have the same mysterious signification as at Tonga, though it is there applied to all cases where things are not to ...

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...This third series of the Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folklore, in its varied character, presents valuable features for antiquarian and ethnic students of Polynesia in general and Hawaii in particular. The papers included in Part I, mostl...

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...at the time, without appetite for food, they (the attendants) sought to ascertain her cravings. Then certain women came to her and asked, “What sort of illness have you that you hide yourself?” She said to them, “I do not know; (I am) simply languid. ” The women then said to her, “Let’s see; we will examine you. ” She took off her garment and they examined her body whil...

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...Preface -- 1 -- Concerning Ancient Religious Ceremonies -- 2 -- Various Heathen Prayers -- 46 -- Concerning the Construction of the Heiau -- 52 -- History of the Hawaiian Priesthood Called the Order of Sorcery -- 56 -- History of the Hawaiian Priesthood in Olden Time Called Hoomanamana -- 66 -- Explanatory Remarks—History of the Sorcery Priesthood—...

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...Preface: An affair which might be deemed worthy of a note of a few lines in any general history has been here expanded to the size of a volume or large pamphlet. The smallness of the scale, and the singularity of the manners and events and many of the characters, considere...

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...evenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...lication A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...t or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...s an equal opportunity university. 3 Robert Louis Stevenson A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson PREFACE AN AFFAIR WHICH MIGHT be deemed w... ... unrealised Great Powers, under- stood (with difficulty) to be larger than Tonga and Samoa put together, and known to be prolific of prints, knives, h...

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...ublication Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...patting himself on the back for being one of the most con- stant lovers in history, and warming to the work as he went on, he really fancied that he h... ...nd he got judged. I have seen Hayes argue with a tough horse—I have seen a tonga-driver coerce a stubborn pony—I have seen a riotous setter broken to ... ...everything I am writing of took place in an almost pre-historic era in the history of British India. Some folk may remember the years before lawn-tenn... ...n the Mall all the afternoon in the rain. Coming up along the Cart-road, a tonga passed me, and my pony, tired with stand- ing so long, set off at a c... ...Office Mrs. Schreiderling, dripping from head to foot, was waiting for the tonga. I turned up-hill, as the tonga was no affair of mine; and just then ... ... singular talents of his own. Now, much of this story, including the after-history of the missing envelope, you must fill in for yourself, because the...

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..., William Bligh. On 4 April 1789, after five months in Tahiti, the Bounty set sail with its breadfruit cargo. On 28 April 1789, some 1,300 miles west of Tahiti, near Tonga, mutiny broke out. From all accounts, Fletcher Christian and several of his followers entered Bligh's cabin, which he always left unlocked, awakened him, and pushed him on deck wearing only his nightshir...

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...Contents The Education of Otis Yeere ............................................................................................................ 4 At the Pit?s Mouth ....................................................................................

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... Series Publication Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...or, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ll our losses,’ Better suits with our degree. —The Lost Bower. THIS IS THE HISTORY of a failure; but the woman who failed said that it might be an ins... ...It’ll go away in a day or two up here. The arrangements are simple enough. Tonga in the early morning reach Kalka at twelve Umballa at seven down, str... ...t be uncharitable. Any sin but that I’ll forgive.’ ‘Listen to the voice of History. I am only de- scribing what I saw. He entered, the heap on the sof... ...poken, and the debts unpaid! Without demur and with- out question, fast as tonga could fly or pony gallop, back to their Regiments and their Bat- teri... ...tzes he had claimed for the next ball. Six in the morning saw Bobby at the Tonga Office in the drenching rain, the whirl of the last waltz still in hi... ...ry: Corporal Slane was engaged to be married to Miss Jhansi M’Kenna, whose history is well known in the regiment and elsewhere. He had his Colonel’s p...