 | 874 pages
...rlcTicfl velvet. The ground was rnerally of a red colour, with alrnate circles of green, yellow, fend black. " At Atooi, fome of the women •wore little...ivory, tied on their fingers in the manner •we wear rings. Why this animal is thus particularly diflinguifhed, 1 le"a.ve to the conjectures of the curious.... | |
 | Voyages around the world - 1790 - 640 pages
...mannerof exceeding fmall feathers, woven fo clofe together as to form a furface as fmooth as that of the richeft velvet. The ground was generally of a red...and black. At Atooi, fome of the women wore little figuers of the turtle, neatly formed of wood orivory, tied on their iingers in the manner we wear rings.... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - Discoveries in geography - 1809 - 504 pages
...exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour,...with alternate circles of green, yellow, and black. Their bracelets, which were also of great variety, and very peculiar kinds, have been already described.... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1816 - 562 pages
...exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour,...with alternate circles of green, yellow, and black. Their bracelets, which were also of great variety, and very peculiar kinds, have been already described.... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 486 pages
...exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour,...with alternate circles of green, yellow, and black. Their bracelets, which were also of great variety, and very peculiar kinds, have been already described.... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 548 pages
...exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a, surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour,...with alternate circles of green, yellow, and black. Their bracelets, which were also of great variety, and very peculiar kinds, have been already described.... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 654 pages
...which were also of great variety, and very peculiar kinds, have been already described. At Atooi, some of the women wore little figures of the turtle, neatly...ivory, tied on their fingers in the manner we wear rings. Why this animal is thus particularly distinguished, I leave to the conjectures of the curious.... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 644 pages
...exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour,...with alternate circles of green, yellow, and black. Their bracelets, which were also of great variety, and very peculiar kinds, have been already described.... | |
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It is a ruff, of the thickness of a finger, made in a curious manner, of exceedingly small feathers, woven so close together as to form a surface as smooth as that of the richest velvet. The ground was generally of a red colour, with alternate circles... 