Volume 1
Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. Comprising sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian archipelago, etc. with an account of southern whales, the sperm whale fishery, and the natural history of the climates visited / By Frederick Debell Bennett.
- Frederick Debell Bennett
- Date:
- 1840
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836. Comprising sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian archipelago, etc. with an account of southern whales, the sperm whale fishery, and the natural history of the climates visited / By Frederick Debell Bennett. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHAPTER V. Commerce—Navy—Spiritual state of the natives—Great Morai of Opoa—Progress of Education amongst the people—Ta- matoa I].—Tamatoa Vahine—The Queen Dowager, Mahama —Defensive state of the Island—The late war with Borabora —Tara, Chief of Tubuai—His wife Butoée—Her courage in the field—Reliques of ancient songs and dances—Musical taste of the natives—Primitive dances—Peculiarities of the Tahitian language—lIts written form—LExamples—Eccentric names of persons—Comparative dearth of population—Its causes considered—Half-castes— Deplorably diseased state of the natives—f’e fe, or Elephantiasis—Other native di- seases—Their causes and effects—Parturition and manage- ment of infants—The Raiateans “ contagionists ”—Native remedies—Albinos, or Pupure : : 13] CHAPTER VI. Extension of the N. W. monsoon to eastern Polynesia—Climate of Raiatea—Meteoric phenomenon during a thunder-storm at Utumaoro— Natural productions of the island— Terns— Frigate-birds—Tropic-birds—Sharks— Scorpoena antennata —Turtle—Violation of an ancient royal privilege regarding them—Water-snakes—Lizards—Crustacea—Secretive habits of a species of Hyas—Calappa tuberculata—Hermit-crabs— Prawns — Land-crabs— Sea-urchins — Description of a kind possessing an offensive power—Star-fish—Turbo setosus— Water-clam—Béche-de-mer, or sea-slug—The flower-animal, Diazona—Sea-anemonies—Their peculiar changes of colour _ —Insects—Their increase on these Islands—The squeaking- cockroach—Spectre mantis— Vegetation — Botanical know- ledge of the natives—Geological observations. 159](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33281038_0001_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
