FOOTNOTES:[4]Hiva-oa is about seventy miles south-west of Nukuheva, the island upon whichMr.Herman Melville, the author of “Typee,” passed four months among the islanders.[5]The Masorca was a club of three hundred men, organized by Rosas to cut the throats of his political foes and defenseless citizens, who would not succumb to his tyrannical sway.
[4]Hiva-oa is about seventy miles south-west of Nukuheva, the island upon whichMr.Herman Melville, the author of “Typee,” passed four months among the islanders.
[4]Hiva-oa is about seventy miles south-west of Nukuheva, the island upon whichMr.Herman Melville, the author of “Typee,” passed four months among the islanders.
[5]The Masorca was a club of three hundred men, organized by Rosas to cut the throats of his political foes and defenseless citizens, who would not succumb to his tyrannical sway.
[5]The Masorca was a club of three hundred men, organized by Rosas to cut the throats of his political foes and defenseless citizens, who would not succumb to his tyrannical sway.