...very exact . Thirteen moons exceed the duration of the solar year. But, in order to adapt the same moons to the same seasons as they successively occur,...harvest of bread-fruit. It commenced with the month Tetae, December, and continued till Faahu. This is not only the harvest, but the summer of the South...

...divided the year into two seasons, of the Matarii, or Pleiades. The first they called Matarii i ma, Pleiades above. It commenced when, in the evening,...harvest of bread-fruit. It commenced with the month Tetae, December, and continued till Faahu. This is not only the harvest, but the summer of the South...

...not very exact. Thirteen moons exceed the duration of the solar yeai^ But, in order to adapt the same moons to the same seasons, as they successively occur,...above the horizon. This season was called Matarii i rare, Pleiades below. The islanders had three seasons besides these. The first they called Tetau, autumn,...

...moon generally answering to March, or the one occurring about July, is omitted ; and, u some yean, only twelve moons are enumerated. Another computation...till Faahu. This is not only the harvest, but the Bummer of the South Sea Islands. It is also the season of most frequent rain. The next is Te tau miti...

...(Pleiades above). The other season commenced when at sunset these stars were invisible, and continued till, at that hour, they appeared again above the horizon. This season was called Matarii i raro (Pleiades below)."6 The Pleiades would be on the meridian of the East Cape of New Zealand at midnight; or, which...

...(Pleiades above). The other season commenced when at sunset these stars were invisible, and continued till, at that hour, they appeared again above the horizon....season was called Matarii i raro (Pleiades below).* The Pleiades would be on the * Polynesian Researches, vol. ip 87. meridian of the East Cape of New Zealand...

...' horizon, was called Matarii i nia. The other ' seasons commenced when at sunset these stars are ' invisible, and continued until at that hour they ' appeared again above the horizon. This seasoii ' was called Matarii i raro, ie, " the Pleiads ' " below." The Pleiades are visible at the...

...The other season commenced when at sunset these stars are invisible, and continued until at that time they appeared again above the horizon. This season was called Matarii i raro, ie the Pleiades below" Besides these direct evidences we shall find that many semi-annual festivals...

...The other season commenced when at sunset these stars are invisible, and continued until at that time they appeared again above the horizon. This season was called Matarii i raw, ie the Pleiades 'below" Besides these direct evidences we shall find that many semi-annual festivals...

...half-year during which immediately after sunset they were seen above the horizon was called Mata-rii-i-nia. The other season commenced when at sunset the stars...invisible and continued until at that hour they appeared above the horizon. This season they called Mata-rii-i-raro or the Pleiades above." Let us now pass...