 | Alfred Simmons - 1879 - 154 pages
...resentment of the.native population. The account which the natives themselves give of their impression of Cook's arrival is recorded by Mr. Polack, who had...supposed the sails to be. But on seeing a smaller bird, unfledged, descending into the water, and a number of parti-coloured beings in human shape, the... | |
 | James Coutts - 1880 - 132 pages
...on the natives themselves. Mr. Polack, who had the account from their children in 1836, says : — " They took the ship at first for a gigantic bird, and...supposed the sails to be. But on seeing a smaller bird, unfledged, descending into the water, and a number of parti-coloured beings apparently in human... | |
 | William Bateman - 1881 - 498 pages
...of other places at which he landed seem to have held. According to one writer, it is recorded that " they took the ship at first for a gigantic bird, and...supposed the sails to be. But, on seeing a smaller bird, unfledged, descending into the water, and a number of particoloured beings, apparently in human... | |
 | James Allen - 1882 - 352 pages
...when they first saw Captain Cook's ship, as taken down from the mouths of some of their descendants in 1836 : — " They took the ship at first for a...wings, as they supposed the sails to be. But on seeing the smaller bird, unfledged, descending into the water, and a number of parti-coloured beings, apparently... | |
 | Sir Arthur James Richens Trendell - 1886 - 624 pages
...the minds of the natives when they first saw Captain Cook's ship has been preserved. "They took it at first for a gigantic bird, and were struck with...supposed the sails to be. But on seeing a smaller bird unfledged descending into the water, and a number of parti-coloured beings getting into it, apparently... | |
 | Sir Arthur James Richens Trendell - 1886 - 570 pages
...the minds of the natives when they first saw Captain Cook's ship has been preserved. "They took it at first for a gigantic bird, and were struck with the beauty and size of its win<js as they supposed the sails to be. But on seeing a smaller bird unfledged descending into the... | |
 | William Hughes - 1908 - 942 pages
...the east coast of North Island. The account which the natives themselves gave of their impressions of Cook's arrival, is recorded by Mr. Polack, who had it from the mouths of their children in 1836. "Tbej took the ship at first for a gigantic bird, and were struck with the beauty and size of its wings,... | |
 | William Hughes - 1910 - 934 pages
...the east coast of North Island. The account which the natives themselves gave of their impressions of Cook's arrival, is recorded by Mr. Polack, who had...for a gigantic bird, and were struck with the beauty r.nd size of its wings, as they supposed the sails to be. But on seeing a smaller bird, unfledged,... | |
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Cook's arrival, is recorded by Mr. Polack, who had it from the mouths of their children in 1836. "They took the ship at first for a gigantic bird, and were struck with the beauty and size of its wings, as they supposed the sails to be. But on seeing a... 