 | Jeremiah N. Reynolds - 1836 - 318 pages
...sharpened fish bones, something like an adze in shape, but having teeth like a saw, rather than a smooth edge. This instrument was held within an inch or two of the skin, and struck upon with a piece of wood to drive into the flesh ; an inky substance was then poured... | |
 | Horace Holden - 1841 - 134 pages
...begged to be spared this additional affliction ; but our entreaties were of no use. Those saF vages were not to be moved, and -we were compelled to submit;...which was made of a vegetable found on the island called by them the " savvan" was applied. The operation caused such an inflammation of our bodies,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 612 pages
...with a little instrument, made of sharpened fish-bones, and somewhat resembling a carpenter's adze in miniature, but having teeth, instead of a smooth...at every stroke. In this way our breasts and arms wero prepared ; and subsequently the ink, which was made of a vegetable found on the island, and called... | |
 | 1854 - 400 pages
...with a little instrument, made of sharpened fish-bones, and somewhat resembling a carpenter's adze in miniature, but having teeth, instead of a smooth...vegetable found on the island, and called by them the savvan, was applied. The operation caused such an inflammation of our bodies, that only a small portion... | |
 | William Chambers - 1854 - 400 pages
...with a little instrument, made of sharpened fish-bones, and somewhat resembling a carpenter's adze in miniature, but having teeth, instead of a smooth...vegetable found on the island, and called by them the sawan, was applied. The operation caused such an inflammation of our bodies, that only a small portion... | |
 | John F. Layson - 1882 - 392 pages
...fish-bones, and somewhat resembling a carpenter's adze in miniature, but having teeth instead of a plain sharp edge. This instrument was held within an inch or two of the flesh, into which it was struck rapidly with a piece of wood, applied in such a manner as to cause the instrument... | |
 | 1836 - 590 pages
...skin. This done, the skin was thickly punctured with a little instrument made of sharpened fish-bones, and somewhat resembling a carpenter's adz in miniature,...which was made of a vegetable found on the island called by them the " savvan," was applied. The operation caused such an inflammation of our bodies,... | |
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... bound down to the ground, and there held fast by our tormentors. They then proceeded to draw with a sharp stick the figures designed to be imprinted on the skin. This done, the skin was thickly punctured with a little instrument, made of sharpened... 