Volume 2

An account of the natives of the Tonga islands, in the south Pacific ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language / Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those islands. By John Martin.

  • Mariner, William, 1791-1853.
Date:
[etc., etc.] 1827
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the natives of the Tonga islands, in the south Pacific ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language / Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those islands. By John Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PACE Net making—Fishing—House-building—Striking the tattow—Carving the handles of clubs—Shaving with shells—Cooking food—Enumeration of the principal made dishes—Making ropes ; bows and arrows ; clubs and spears—Manufacture of gnatoo, and mode of printing it—Making mats, baskets, combs, thread, &e 192 CHAPTER IX. General habits of chiefs, matabooles, mooas, women and children-—An account of their different dances and songs—Specimen of their songs in rhyme— Specimens of their music—An account of their va- rious sports and games—The pastimes of a day, with an account of an extraordinary character— Conclusion 2(jH APPENDIX. No. I. A Gkaaimab. or the Tonga Language .... i A Vocaeulakv, Tonga and English .... xlix No. II. SuitcicAL Skill of the Tonga Islandeks . . . xciv