Title: Polynesian Researches

Author: Ellis, William

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

This text is the subject of: Introduction to Polynesian Researches

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CHAP. VI

FROM PAGE 130 TO PAGE 143.

Distillation of ardent spirits—Description of a native still—Materials employed in distillation—Murderous effects page v of intoxication—Seizure of the Queen Charlotte—Murder of the officers—Escape of Mr. Shelly—Seizure of the Daphne—Massacre of the captain and part of the crew—Public triumph over idolatry in Eimeo—Visit of the queen and her sister to Tahiti—Emblems of the gods committed to the flames—Account of Farefau—Projected assassination of the Bure Atua—Manner of their escape—War in Tahiti—Pomare's tour of Eimeo.