| 874 σελίδες
...corner of the area. At the entrance, we faw two large wooden images, with features violently diftoned, and a long piece of carved wood, of a conical form inverted, rifing from the top of their heads; the reft was wither form, and wrapped round with ted cloth. We... | |
| 1796 - 364 σελίδες
...of rtligljus veneration. cojal conical form inverted, rifing from the top of their heads ; the reft was without form, and wrapped round with red cloth....here met by a tall young man, with a long beard, who prefented Captain Cook to the images ; and, after chanting a kind of hymn, in which he was joined by... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1796 - 712 σελίδες
...reltgtous veneratttn. cgpicail conical form inverted, rifing from the top of their heads ; the reft was without form, and, wrapped round with red cloth....were here met by a tall young man, with a long beard, whq prefented Captain Cook to the images ; and, after chanting a kind of hymn, in which he was joined... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1796 - 380 σελίδες
...titte et ,'.-i'gioui CO, • conical form inverted, riling from the top ct their heads; the reft vvas without form, and wrapped round with red cloth. We...were here met by a tall young man, with a long beard, whu prefented Captain Cook to the images ; and, after chanting a kind of hymn, in which he was ioined... | |
| 1882 - 94 σελίδες
...upwards of twenty feet high, supporting an irregular kind of scaffold ; and on the opposite side, towards the sea, stood two small houses with a covered communication....inverted, rising from the top of their heads ; the rest were without form, and wrapped round with red cloth. We were here met by a tall young man with a loni;... | |
| Murat Halstead - 1898 - 480 σελίδες
...stood a ruinous old building of wood, connected with the rail on each side by a stone wall, which next divided the whole space into two parts. On the side...inverted, rising from the top of their heads; the rest waswithout form and wrapped round with red cloth. We were here met by a tall young man with a long... | |
| 1907 - 256 σελίδες
...opposite, sea side, stood two small houses with a covered communication. "We were conducted by Koa to the top of this pile by an easy ascent, leading...here met by a tall young man with a long beard, who pre>ented Captain Cook to the images, and after chanting a kind of hymn, in which he was joined by... | |
| Gananath Obeyesekere - 1997 - 340 σελίδες
...detail, which I shall skip. Cook and his officers were then escorted to the top of Hikiau by Koah. At the entrance we saw two large wooden images, with...with red cloth. We were here met by a tall young man [Keli'ikea] with a long beard, who presented Captain Cook to the images and after chanting a kind of... | |
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