An occasional log drifts to their shores, and at some of the more isolated atolls, where the natives are ignorant of any land but the spot they inhabit, they are deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. Corals and Coral Islands - Página 316por James Dwight Dana - 1890 - 440 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1851 - 510 páginas
...vessels : and the same lagoons are the pearl fisheries of the Pacific. An occasional log drifts to their shores, and at some of the more isolated atolls, where...often brought stones in their roots. Similar facts were observed by us at the Tarawan Group, and also at Enderby's Island and elsewhere. The stones at... | |
| 1850 - 442 páginas
...vessels ; and the same lagoons are the pearl fisheries of the Pacific. An occasional log drifts to their shores; and at some of the more isolated atolls, where...often brought stones in their roots. Similar facts were observed by us at the Tarawan group, and also at Enderby's Island, and elsewhere. The stones at... | |
| 1850 - 432 páginas
...vessels ; and the same lagoons are the pearl fisheries of the Pacific. An occasional log drifts to their shores; and at some of the more isolated atolls, where...propitiated deity. These drift-logs were noticed by Kotzcbue, at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought stones in their roots.... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1873 - 516 páginas
...notices the drifiing of logs of wood on to remote islands. "An occasional log drifts to the shores, at some of the more isolated atolls, where the natives...deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1873 - 524 páginas
...notices the drifting of logs of wood on to remote islands. " An occasional log drifts to the shores, at some of the more isolated atolls, where the natives...deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought... | |
| Charles Hedley - 1896 - 82 páginas
...split and chewed, determined by its grain and taste to be New Zealand kauri, Dammara australis, Lamb. "An occasional log drifts to the shores, and at some...deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought... | |
| Australian Museum - 1900 - 800 páginas
...split and chewed, determined by its grain and taste to be New Zealand kauri, Dammara australis, Lamb. "An occasional log drifts to the shores, and at some...ignorant of any land but the spot they inhabit, they arc deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the... | |
| Australian Museum, Charles Hedley - 1900 - 900 páginas
...split and chewed, determined by its grain and taste to be New Zealand kauri, Dammara australis, Lamb. " An occasional log drifts to the shores, and at some...ignorant of any land but the spot they inhabit, they arc deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the... | |
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