Fire Fountains: The Kingdom of Hawaii, Its Volcanoes, and the History of Its Missions,W. Blackwood, 1883 |
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... distance from the shore , on a breezy , sunny site . At the present time there are upwards of 800 lepers on Molokai . These are not " lepers as white as snow . " The form of the disease here prevalent is known as MOLOKAI , LEPER ...
... distance from the shore , on a breezy , sunny site . At the present time there are upwards of 800 lepers on Molokai . These are not " lepers as white as snow . " The form of the disease here prevalent is known as MOLOKAI , LEPER ...
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... at its inmate , in quick succession , from a distance of thirty paces . These were not spears blunted for sham - fights , but the genuine article , any one of which would 1 } ! ! L FEATS OF SKILL . 47 have killed 46 FIRE FOUNTAINS .
... at its inmate , in quick succession , from a distance of thirty paces . These were not spears blunted for sham - fights , but the genuine article , any one of which would 1 } ! ! L FEATS OF SKILL . 47 have killed 46 FIRE FOUNTAINS .
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... distance beyond each gate was planted a tall spear , from which flut- tered a white flag . Thus far might the pursuer follow his foe , but not one step farther . Should he do so , he would himself be guilty of desecrating the pahu tabu ...
... distance beyond each gate was planted a tall spear , from which flut- tered a white flag . Thus far might the pursuer follow his foe , but not one step farther . Should he do so , he would himself be guilty of desecrating the pahu tabu ...
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... distance of the principal puhonua . The victory there gained by Liho Liho completed the overthrow of idol worship , which was already tottering to its fall . For many years a moral dry - rot had been at work , and there remained only a ...
... distance of the principal puhonua . The victory there gained by Liho Liho completed the overthrow of idol worship , which was already tottering to its fall . For many years a moral dry - rot had been at work , and there remained only a ...
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... distance , a man appeared to have two heads , one on the top of the other . Some preferred to wear it in five or six smaller bunches ; others endeavoured to shape their heads after the same model as a crested hel- met , by cutting all ...
... distance , a man appeared to have two heads , one on the top of the other . Some preferred to wear it in five or six smaller bunches ; others endeavoured to shape their heads after the same model as a crested hel- met , by cutting all ...
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