 ... the tip of the tongues of the females. From some information we received, relative to the custom of tattowing, we were inclined to think, that it is frequently intended as a sign of mourning on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event....  A companion to the Liverpool museum - Strana 4podľa William Bullock (F.L.S.) - 1808 - Počet stránok 80Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
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...the cudom of talloioing, we were inclined to • think, that it is frequently intended as a fign of mourning on the death of a Chief, or any other calamitous...often told, that fuch a particular mark was in memory or fuch a Chief; and fo of the red. It may be here, too, obferved, that the lowed clafs are often t... | |
 | 1786 - Počet stránok 800
...thofe of the Friendly Ides, in fuffering almoft unirerfally, their beards to grow tended as a fign of mourning on the death of a Chief, or any other calamitous event. There were, indeed, a few, amongft whom For we were often told, that fuch a particuwas the old King,... | |
 | 1790 - Počet stránok 640
...relative to the cuftomoftatowing, we were inclined to think, that it is frequently inteiided as a fign of mourning on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event. For we wereoften told, that fuch a particular maik w?s in memory of fuch a chief, and fo of the reft. It may... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - Počet stránok 504
...custom of tattooing, we were inclined to think, that it is frequently intended as a sigu of mourmng on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event For we were often told, that such a particular mark was in memory of such a chief; and so of the rest. It may be here too observed,... | |
 | William Bullock - 1813 - Počet stránok 250
...relative to the custom of tattowing, we were inclined to think it was frequently intended as a sign of mourning on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event; for we were often told, that such a particular mark was in memory of such a chief, and so of the rest. It may be here, too, observed,... | |
 | James Cook - 1821 - Počet stránok 486
...relative to the custom of tattowing, we were inclined to think that it is frequently intended as a sign of mourning on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event. For we were often told, that such a particular mark was in memory of such a chief; and so of the rest. It may be here, too, observed,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - Počet stránok 548
...to the custom of tattowing, we were inclined to think, that it is frequently intended as a sign of mourning on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event. For we were often told, that such a particular mark was in memory of such a chief, and so of the rest. It may be here too observed,... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - Počet stránok 644
...relative to the custom of tattowing, we were inclined to think that it is frequently intended as a sign of mourning on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event. For we were often told, that such a particular mark was in memory of such a chief ; and so of the rest. It may be here, too, observed,... | |
 | 1900 - Počet stránok 348
...is first mentioned by KING (op. cit.) and he correctly surmised that it was "intended as a sign of mourning on the death of a chief, or any other calamitous event. For we were often told, that such a particular was in memory of such a chief; and so of the rest." KOTZEBUE (New Voy. II. 174) likewise... | |
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