Journal of a Voyage in the Missionary Ship Duff, to the Pacific Ocean in the Years 1796, 7, 8, 9, 1800, 1, 2, &c.: Comprehending Authentic and Circumstantial Narratives of the Disasters which Attended the First Effort of the "London Missionary Society. [sic]Collins and Company, 1813 - 288 من الصفحات |
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... mountains . During our stay here , a vessel arrived from the coast of Africa , laden with a portion of the natives of that country , a people devoted to the avarice and cruelty of civilized nations , and professors of christianity ...
... mountains . During our stay here , a vessel arrived from the coast of Africa , laden with a portion of the natives of that country , a people devoted to the avarice and cruelty of civilized nations , and professors of christianity ...
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... mountain ten times as high as their top - gallant- mast , and perpendicular . There is a fine fresh - water river running up some miles , which a boat can ascend a mile or two , and where the ships water with the greatest ease . The ...
... mountain ten times as high as their top - gallant- mast , and perpendicular . There is a fine fresh - water river running up some miles , which a boat can ascend a mile or two , and where the ships water with the greatest ease . The ...
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... mountains ; some very much like lignumvitæ : one small island is wholly covered with this wood . Being in quest of a tree of hard wood , they found one , but the axe would not stand against it , so they were obliged to use the hand ...
... mountains ; some very much like lignumvitæ : one small island is wholly covered with this wood . Being in quest of a tree of hard wood , they found one , but the axe would not stand against it , so they were obliged to use the hand ...
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Rev. William Smith. whole country , from the highest summits of the mountains to the margin of the island , is clothed with evergreen fruit - trees of the greatest variety , and at all seasons productive of more than sufficient for the ...
Rev. William Smith. whole country , from the highest summits of the mountains to the margin of the island , is clothed with evergreen fruit - trees of the greatest variety , and at all seasons productive of more than sufficient for the ...
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afforded anchor appeared armed arrived attended beach Benjamin Broomhall birds boat Botany Bay bread-fruit called canoes Captain Wilson chief circumstances cloth coast cocoa-nut colony colour consequence considerable Cuddalore discovered distance district dress Duff Eatooa endeavoured favourable feet fire fish fleet four frequently friends gale governor harbour heivas hogs immediately island Joseph Lancaster killed kind king labour land leaves London Missionary Society Manne Manne Matavai miles Missionaries morai morning mountains natives night Norfolk Island obliged Otaheite Otaheiteans Otoo Paramatta party Patrick Riley person piece plantain Plumo Pomarree Port Jackson present priest prison proceeded procure provisions provost marshal ratirra request residence river rocks round sail seldom sent ship shore shortly side sionaries situation Society Islands sometimes soon South Wales spears stone supply Sydney tain tion Tongataboo tree vessel voyage weather whole wind women wood yams yava
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الصفحة 224 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And HE bringeth them out of their distresses. HE maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; So HE bringeth them unto their desired haven.
الصفحة 13 - Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the things which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
الصفحة 223 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
الصفحة 58 - None dares dispute the existence of deity. They put great confidence in dreams, and suppose in sleep the soul leaves the body under the care of the guardian angel, and moves at large through the regions of spirits. Thus they say, My soul was such a night in such a place, and saw such a spirit.
الصفحة 234 - STRAIT ; but being attacked by the natives soon after he came to an anchor, in the place to which he gave the name of Murderer's Bay, he never went on shore.
الصفحة 67 - Peggy (for so he had named her) flew with her infant in a canoe to the arms of her husband. The interview was so affecting and afflicting, that the officers on board were overwhelmed with anguish, and Stewart himself, unable to bear the heart-rending scene, begged she might not be admitted again on board. She was separated from him by violence, and conveyed on shore in a state of despair and grief too big for utterance.
الصفحة 152 - They acknowledge the existence of a great number of strange gods, calling them by the general name of Fyga, among whom they rank ours as the greatest; and, when they think it will answer their purpose, they will readily acknowledge him as far wiser, and in every respect better, than theirs, having taught us to make so much better ships, tools, cloth, &c.