One of them had his left ear slit, and the lobe was so distended, that it almost reached his shoulder, which singularity I had met with at other islands of the South Sea, during my second voyage.
I afterward understood that he was very desirous of obtaining a dog, of which animal this island could not boast, though its inhabitants knew that the race existed in other islands of their ocean.
They however went to other islands, carrying, as did the Christians of old, their religion with them, and were the means of spreading it to other parts of the group.
The same thing occurred in other islands, notably in Sámar and in Cebú, where the people were persecuted for giving aid to the armed natives on whose mercy their lives depended.
There are slaves by birth and others by conquest, such as prisoners of war, insolvent debtors, and those seized by piratical expeditions to other islands.
The passport system was revived; that is to say, no one could leave Manila for the other islands or abroad without presenting himself personally at the Civil Governor's office to have his cédula personal viséd.
The latter are not strong enough to wage war with him, and therefore overlook his insolence; this encourages him to begin anew his piratical raids against other islands.
Through nearly all of the Spanish regime in the Philippines, those islands, especially and most the Visayan, suffered greatly from the frequent and cruel raids of the Moro pirates from Mindanao and other islands south of it.
Whether it once lived on other islands in Micronesia is unknown, but it is entirely possible that the present population may represent a remnant of one which formerly had a more extensive distribution.
Introduction of wild animals and plants have not been so extensive as in the Hawaiians or other islands.
Reed-warblers are unknown at Yap, Ulithi, Fais or at other islandsof the extreme western Carolines, or in the Palau Archipelago.
The natives pointed in different directions and spoke of other islands, and the adventurers' imaginations peopled them with fancied wonders.
On the whole, Puerto Rico is one of the healthiest islands in the West Indies, nor is it infested to the same extent as other islands by poisonous snakes and other noxious reptiles.
Later, when negro women were brought from Santo Domingo or other islands, the mulatto was added.
At other islands it had been unheeded, but here the people were mad to get it, and offered their largest yams for strips of it, and a pair of scarlet braces were purchased for two beautiful bows.
I have great reason to regret not having revisited Ambrym and other islands, but I think that a year hence, if alive, I may feel that it is better as it is.
The mountain tribes are apparently the aboriginal natives--also Malayan, according to some, but it may be from Celebes or other islands.
Although these are islands it will not be necessary to fatigue the mind by discussing (as do San Agustin and other authors in respect to other islands and to America) whence and how people and animals came to them.
Other islands, called the Catenduanes, lie off the other head of the island of Luzon, opposite the province of Camarines, in fourteen degrees of north latitude, near the strait of Espiritu Santo.
In other islandsof the Pacific, the women tattoo themselves almost as much as the men.
He called the king "most serene prince and powerful king of Maluco, Bandas, Amboino," and an infinite number of other islands.
From Red-Port they held on their Course, trying those in other Islands.
This gulf may easily be known by a great island resembling a cape, stretching somewhat farther out than the other islands, and about two leagues inland there is a hill which resembles a corn rick.
On the 7th of the month we went seven or eight leagues up the river from Filbert Island to 14 other islands, where the country of Canada begins.
Between it and the Islets there are many other islands, and the said port of Brest is among them, being surrounded by them for above three leagues farther.
Next day, we sailed twelve leagues and a half westwards, in search of other islands, among which there is a great bay towards the north, all full of islands and great creeks, among which there seemed to be many good harbours.
There is much gold when compared with these other islands, and articles from China.
The savage traders transport these goods to other islands, and thus eight or nine months pass until they have obtained other goods of value equivalent to those that have been received [from the Chinese].
In that place you have heard of other islands in that vicinity called the Ladrones Islands and of their fertility and wealth.
Only the poorer classes in Mindanao use it, while in other islands, such as Java, where rice is abundant, it is not used at all.
The reason of their being not always favourite articles of trade in other islands, I was at a loss to understand.
In other islands, as in Isabel and Choiseul, they are often more rudely constructed and have no wicker-work.
In other islands, as in those of Florida, they have flattened oval blades like that of a paddle.
A similar custom of either shaving the scalp or of cutting the hair close prevailed in other islands of the group which we visited, as at Simbo and Ugi.
The usual traveler spent most of his time in and about the hotel, and from it made his trips to the country districts or to other islands.
The island of fairy-folk with golden hair, it was called in ancient days by the people of other islands.
Those are the habitations of people of other islands," she said.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "other islands" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
