 ... would send his servants to the best plantations in the neighbourhood ; and these grounds, without any ceremony, they plundered of whatever was fit for use. Such lawless acts of robbery were repeated every day, so long as the Areois continued in the...  Wild Life in Southern Seas - Page 45by Louis Becke - 1897 - 369 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Ellis - Ethnology - 1829 - 576 pages
...every day, so long as the Areois continued in the district ; and when they departed, the gardens often exhibited a scene of desolation and ruin, that, but...was distinguished by the kind or situation of the tatauing on their bodies. The first or highest class was called Avae parai, painted leg ; the leg being... | |
 | William Ellis - Ethnology - 1831 - 448 pages
...every day, so long as the Areois continued in the district; and when they departed, the gardens often exhibited a scene of desolation and ruin, that, but...was distinguished by the kind or situation of the tatauing on their bodies. The first or highest class was called Avae parai, painted leg; the leg being... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 750 pages
...their pantomimes, and practising most obscene rites. They were divided into seven distinct classes, each of which was distinguished by the kind or situation of the tatooing on their bodies. The fraternity was not confined to any particular rank or grade in society, but was composed of individuals... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 644 pages
...every day, so long as the Arcois continued in the district ; and when they departed, the gardens often exhibited a scene of desolation and ruin, that, but...was distinguished by the kind or situation of the tatauing on their bodies. The first or highest class was called Avae parai, — painted leg ; the leg... | |
 | Hugo Visscher - Ethnology - 1911 - 590 pages
...Bundes, aber keiner durfte sie bei Todesstrafe berühren. Die höchsten 1) 1. 1. p. 319. 2) 1. 1. p. 320. A number of distinct classes prevailed among the Areois,...was distinguished by the kind or situation of the tatauing on their bodies. The first class was called Avae parai, painted leg. The second class was... | |
 | Jonathan Lamb, Vanessa Smith, Nicholas Thomas - History - 2000 - 390 pages
...every day, so long as the Areois continued in the district; and when they departed, the gardens often exhibited a scene of desolation and ruin that, but...was distinguished by the kind or situation of the tatauing on their bodies. The first or highest class was called Avae parai, painted leg; the leg being... | |
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