 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 trang
...themselves from those savages, who esteem a wife and CHAP. HI. sECT. xu. Cook, Clerke, and Gore. 17y and child as things rather necessary, than desirable...inhabitants of this island are pretty numerous. Any computalion, that we make, can be only conjectural. But, that some notion may be formed, which shall... | |
 | 1815 - 476 trang
...affectionate office; thus honourably distinguishing themselves from those savages, who esteem a wife and child as things rather necessary than desirable, or worthy of their notice. These people are vigorous, active, and most expert swimmers: they will leave their canoes upon the... | |
 | 1823 - 894 trang
...assistance in such a tender office ; thus distinguishing themselves from those savages who consider a wife and child as things rather necessary than desirable or worthy of their regard and esteem. From the numbers that were seen assembled at every village in coasting along, it... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 526 trang
...; thus sufficiently distinguishing themselves flora those savages, who esteem a wife • «• and and child as things rather necessary, than desirable...inhabitants of this island are pretty numerous. Any computa-r tion, that we make, can be only conjectural. But, that some notion may be formed, which shall... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 trang
...assistance in such a tender office ; thus distinguishing themselves from those savages who consider a wife and child as things rather necessary than desirable, or worthy of their regard and esteem. From the numbers that were seen assembled at every village, in coasting along, it... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 654 trang
...a wife and child as things rather necessary than SANDWICH ISLANDER IN ins FULL DRESS CAP AMD CLOAK, desirable, or worthy of their notice. From the numbers...formed, which shall not greatly err on either side, I should suppose that, including the straggling houses, there might be, upon the whole island, sixty... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 644 trang
...necessary than 8ANDW1CH IMIM1FR IN HIS I II I DRESS CAP AND CLOAE, ilcMruUo, ОГ Wdl'thy Of tllrif 1 From the numbers which we saw collected at every village,...formed, which shall not greatly err on either side, I should suppose that, including the straggling houses, there might be, upon the whole island, sixty... | |
 | James Cook - 1880 - 538 trang
...a tender office ; thus sufficiently distinguishing themselves from those savages who esteem a wife and child as things rather necessary than desirable, or worthy of their notice. The hair in both sexes is cut in different forms, and the general fashion, especially among the women,... | |
 | William A. Kinney - 1927 - 216 trang
...assistance in isuch a tender office, thus distinguishing themselves from those savages who consider a wife and child as things rather necessary than desirable or worthy of their regard and esteem." Such conditions were reaffirmed as strongly a second time dn the same narrative,... | |
 | Eleanor C. Nordyke - 1989 - 368 trang
...number of persons in each house multiplied by an average number of dwellings per village. Cook wrote: “From the numbers which we saw collected at every...may be supposed, that the inhabitants of this island [Kaua'iI are pretty numerous. Any computation, that we make, can only be conjectural. But, that some... | |
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It was a pleasure to observe with how much affection the women managed their infants, and how readily the men lent their assistance to such a tender office; thus sufficiently distinguishing themselves from those savages, who esteem a wife and child as... 