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Page 40
... described as hovering over and smelling the food set out for them , or sucking out its nutritive quality.2 The Hindu entreats the manes to quaff the sweet essence of the offered food ; thinking on them , he slowly sets the dish of rice ...
... described as hovering over and smelling the food set out for them , or sucking out its nutritive quality.2 The Hindu entreats the manes to quaff the sweet essence of the offered food ; thinking on them , he slowly sets the dish of rice ...
Page 61
... described to the white men their Coaibai , the paradise of the dead , in the lovely Western valleys of their island , where the souls hidden by day among the cliffs came down at night to feed on the delicious fruit of the mamey- trees ...
... described to the white men their Coaibai , the paradise of the dead , in the lovely Western valleys of their island , where the souls hidden by day among the cliffs came down at night to feed on the delicious fruit of the mamey- trees ...
Page 90
... described : those who had lived well , and well served the Sun , and given many gifts to the poor in his honour , would be happy after 6 1 Ellis , ' Polyn . Res . ' vol . i . p . 397 ; see also Williams , Fiji , ' vol . i . p . 243 . 2 ...
... described : those who had lived well , and well served the Sun , and given many gifts to the poor in his honour , would be happy after 6 1 Ellis , ' Polyn . Res . ' vol . i . p . 397 ; see also Williams , Fiji , ' vol . i . p . 243 . 2 ...
Page 130
... described in the New Testament . Frantic gestures , convulsions , foaming at the mouth , feats of supernatural strength , furious ravings , bodily lacerations , gnashing of teeth , and other things of a similar character , may be ...
... described in the New Testament . Frantic gestures , convulsions , foaming at the mouth , feats of supernatural strength , furious ravings , bodily lacerations , gnashing of teeth , and other things of a similar character , may be ...
Page 133
... described in this region of the world . The Fijian priest sits looking steadfastly at a whale's tooth ornament , amid dead silence . In a few minutes he trembles , slight twitchings of face and limbs come on , which increase to strong ...
... described in this region of the world . The Fijian priest sits looking steadfastly at a whale's tooth ornament , amid dead silence . In a few minutes he trembles , slight twitchings of face and limbs come on , which increase to strong ...
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