The Southern Districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with Passing Notices of the Customs of the AboriginesLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1851 - 315 pagina's Account of a journey from Akaroa to Bluff and back in 1843-44. |
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... rests on the imperfect authority of the eye and a pocket compass . To take the bear- ings of headlands , to note down the appa- rent positions of hills and mountains , and to compute the distance from place to place by means of a watch ...
... rests on the imperfect authority of the eye and a pocket compass . To take the bear- ings of headlands , to note down the appa- rent positions of hills and mountains , and to compute the distance from place to place by means of a watch ...
Pagina 20
... rest arrived . When they found the boat destroyed , they were greatly enraged , and running ashore , where Kohi was lying , assailed him with threats and curses . Te Matahara , the most violent , * kicked him , and * It appears , from ...
... rest arrived . When they found the boat destroyed , they were greatly enraged , and running ashore , where Kohi was lying , assailed him with threats and curses . Te Matahara , the most violent , * kicked him , and * It appears , from ...
Pagina 21
... rest were asleep . In the morning Te Matahara again cursed Kohi , kicked him , and then went away . Piro , Kohi's wife , admitted the general correct- ness of this statement , but said the kicks given by Te Matahara were more severe ...
... rest were asleep . In the morning Te Matahara again cursed Kohi , kicked him , and then went away . Piro , Kohi's wife , admitted the general correct- ness of this statement , but said the kicks given by Te Matahara were more severe ...
Pagina 39
... rest of New Zealand to signify " food , " for which they substituted " tami , " because one of their chiefs had , among other names , received that of " Nga - kai " ( plur . of food ) . They could no longer use this word ; for such an ...
... rest of New Zealand to signify " food , " for which they substituted " tami , " because one of their chiefs had , among other names , received that of " Nga - kai " ( plur . of food ) . They could no longer use this word ; for such an ...
Pagina 41
... has been assigned , is the use of the blanket . With regard to the rest , granting them to be founded on correct observation , which , in many cases , they certainly are not , it will be allowed that OF NEW ZEALAND . 41.
... has been assigned , is the use of the blanket . With regard to the rest , granting them to be founded on correct observation , which , in many cases , they certainly are not , it will be allowed that OF NEW ZEALAND . 41.
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