 ... 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 - Page 4by William Bullock (F.L.S.) - 1808 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 874 pages
...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 - 800 pages
...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,... | |
 | Voyages around the world - 1790 - 640 pages
...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 - Discoveries in geography - 1809 - 504 pages
...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 - Natural history - 1813 - 250 pages
...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 - Oceania - 1821 - 486 pages
...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 - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 548 pages
...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 - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 644 pages
...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,... | |
 | James Cook - Hawaii - 1852 - 604 pages
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 | Archaeology - 1900 - 348 pages
...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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