[136] W. Ellis, op. cit. i. 331 sq., iii. 171. According to another account, the sun and moon in eclipse were supposed to be in the act of copulation. See J. Wilson, op. cit. p. 346.
[137] J. A. Moerenhout, op. cit. i. 468.
[138] W. Ellis, op. cit. i. 348 sq.
[139] J. Cook, Voyages, i. 224; J. R. Forster, Observations made during a Voyage round the World, p. 547; J. A. Moerenhout, op. cit. i. 469. Elsewhere (vi. 149) Captain Cook mentions that the baring of the body on the approach to a temple was especially incumbent on women, who otherwise had to make a considerable circuit to avoid the sacred edifice.
[140] J. A. Moerenhout, op. cit. i. 469 sq.; A. Baessler, Neue Südsee-Bilder, pp. 126 sq.
[141] J. A. Moerenhout, op. cit. i. 536 sq.
[142] W. Ellis, op. cit. i. 271 sq.
[143] D. Tyerman and G. Bennet, op. cit. i. 558.
[144] D. Tyerman and G. Bennet, op. cit. i. 267 sq.
[145] A. Baessler, Neue Südsee-Bilder, pp. 124, 141; D. Tyerman and G. Bennet, op. cit. i. 529 sq.