 An occasional log drifts to their shores, and at some of the more isolated atolls, where the natives are ignorant of any land but the spot they inhabit, they are deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity.  Corals and coral islands - Page 316by James D. Dana - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...vessels : and the same lagoons are the pearl fisheries of the Pacific. An occasional log drifts to their shores, and at some of the more isolated atolls, where...often brought stones in their roots. Similar facts were observed by us at the Tarawan Group, and also at Enderby's Island and elsewhere. The stones at... | |
 | Science - 1850 - 442 pages
...vessels ; and the same lagoons are the pearl fisheries of the Pacific. An occasional log drifts to their shores; and at some of the more isolated atolls, where...often brought stones in their roots. Similar facts were observed by us at the Tarawan group, and also at Enderby's Island, and elsewhere. The stones at... | |
 | Geology - 1850 - 432 pages
...vessels ; and the same lagoons are the pearl fisheries of the Pacific. An occasional log drifts to their shores; and at some of the more isolated atolls, where...propitiated deity. These drift-logs were noticed by Kotzcbue, at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought stones in their roots.... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1873 - 516 pages
...notices the drifiing of logs of wood on to remote islands. "An occasional log drifts to the shores, at some of the more isolated atolls, where the natives...deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1873 - 524 pages
...notices the drifting of logs of wood on to remote islands. " An occasional log drifts to the shores, at some of the more isolated atolls, where the natives...deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought... | |
 | Charles Hedley - 1896 - 82 pages
...split and chewed, determined by its grain and taste to be New Zealand kauri, Dammara australis, Lamb. "An occasional log drifts to the shores, and at some...deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the Marshall Islands, and he remarked also that they often brought... | |
 | Australian Museum - Natural history - 1900 - 800 pages
...split and chewed, determined by its grain and taste to be New Zealand kauri, Dammara australis, Lamb. "An occasional log drifts to the shores, and at some...ignorant of any land but the spot they inhabit, they arc deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the... | |
 | Australian Museum, Charles Hedley - Botany - 1900 - 900 pages
...split and chewed, determined by its grain and taste to be New Zealand kauri, Dammara australis, Lamb. " An occasional log drifts to the shores, and at some...ignorant of any land but the spot they inhabit, they arc deemed direct gifts from a propitiated deity. These drift logs were noticed by Kotzebue at the... | |
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