 | 874 trang
...already mentioned. It was a fquarc folid pile of (tones, about 40 yards long, 20 broad, and 14 high. The top was flat, and well paved, and furrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the fkulls of the captives, facrificcd on the death of their C hiefs. In the center of the area, flood... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 504 trang
...already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat, and well pared, and surrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the sculls of the captives, sacrificed... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 trang
...already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat, and well paved, and surrounded 3 Captain Cook generally went by this name amoigst the natives of Owhyhee, but we could... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 trang
...already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat, and well paved, and surrounded 3 Captain Cook generally went by this name nmongst the natives of Owhyhee, but we could... | |
 | James Cook - 1821 - 486 trang
...already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat and well paved, and surrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the sculls of the captives, sacrificed on the death... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 526 trang
...already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was 'a square solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat, and well paved, and . i ... surrounded 3 Captain Cook generally went by this' name amongst the natives of Owhyhee, but... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 644 trang
...already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat and well paved, and surrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the skulls of the captives, sacrificed on the death... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - 1870 - 382 trang
...drinker of cava. Not far from the shore was a temple or morai. It was a square, solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat and well-paved, and surrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the skulls of the victims sacrificed... | |
 | James Cook - 1880 - 538 trang
...already mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa. It was a square, solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height ; the top was flat and well paved, and surrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the skulls of the captives sacrificed on the death... | |
 | Murat Halstead - 1898 - 464 trang
...mentioned, at the south side of the beach at Kakooa (Kealakcakua). It was a square solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height. The top was flat and well paved, and surrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the skulls of the captives sacrificed on the death... | |
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It was a square, solid pile of stones, about forty yards long, twenty broad, and fourteen in height ; the top was flat and well paved, and surrounded by a wooden rail, on which were fixed the skulls of the captives sacrificed on the death of their chiefs. 
