| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 260 Seiten
...arohn." Paiiahi, the only one of his queens who has accompanied him from Oahu, was seated, « la fare, on the ground, with a large wooden tray in her lap. Upon this, a monstrous cuttle-fish, (sepia octopus, an animal of the mohtsca-vermes tribe,) had just been placed fresh from the sea, and... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 334 Seiten
...aroha*" Pauahi, the only one of his queens who has accompanied him from Oahu, was seated, a la lure, on the ground, with a large wooden tray in her lap. Upon this, a monstrous cuttle-fish, (sepia octopus, an animal of the molusca-rermes tribe,) had just been placed fresh from the sea, and... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 428 Seiten
...aroha." Pauahi, the only one of his queens who has accompanied him from Oahu, was seated, d la turc, on the ground with a large wooden tray in her lap. Upon this, a monstrous cuttle-fish, (sepia octopus, an animal of the molusca-vermes tribe,) had just been placed fresh from the sea, and... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1828 - 336 Seiten
...her lap. Upon this, a monstrous cuttle-fish, (sepia octopus, an animal of the moliisca-vermes tribe,) had just been placed fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigour. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought its body to her mouth : and by a single... | |
| Ephraim Eveleth - 1831 - 218 Seiten
...Stewart was seated on the ground, with a large wooden tray in her lap. On this a monstrous cuttle fish had just been placed, fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigour. The queen had taken it up in both her hands, and brought its body to her mouth; and on a single... | |
| Charles Samuel Stewart - 1839 - 354 Seiten
...aloha." Pauahi, the only one of his queens who has accompanied him from Oahu, was seated, a la turc, on the ground, with a large wooden tray in her lap. Upon this, a monstrous cuttle fish — sepia nctopus, an animal of the molusca-vermes tribe — had just been placed fresh... | |
| Sir George Simpson - 1847 - 486 Seiten
...proceeds : " Pauahi, the only one of his queens who had accompanied him from Oahu, was seated, a la Turc, on the ground, with a large wooden tray in her lap....placed, fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigour. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought its body to her mouth ; and, by a single... | |
| Frances Osborne - 1850 - 344 Seiten
...a chief, and, when he entered the apartment, one of his queens was seated on the ground a la Turc, with a large wooden tray in her lap. Upon this a monstrous...placed, fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigour. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought its body to her mouth, and, by a single... | |
| Frances Osborne - 1851 - 332 Seiten
...a chief, and, when he entered the apartment, one of his queens was seated on the ground a la Turc, with a large wooden tray in her lap. Upon this a monstrous...placed, fresh from the sea, and in all its life and vigour. The queen had taken it up with both hands, and brought its body to her mouth, and, by a single... | |
| Fanny Osborne - 1852 - 394 Seiten
...a chief, and, when he entered the apartment, one of his queens was seated on the ground d la Tare, with a large wooden tray in her lap. Upon this a monstrous...and, by a single application of her teeth, the black blood with which it was filled gushed over her face and neck, while the long sucking arms of the fish,... | |
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