Excerpt from A Tahitian and English Dictionary: With Introductory Remarks on the Polynesian Language, and a Short Grammar of the Tahitian Dialect Before these introductory remarks are closed. It will be well to point out the general modes adopted by the Tahitians of transmitting historical facts, previous to the introduction of letters among them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.