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we embarked, in order to return on board; and, in our way, visited others of the inhabitants, by whom wewere kindly received.Our friends, the natives, employed themselves on the 17th in fishing in our neighbourhood; and, as fast asthey caught the fish, came and disposed of them to us; insomuch that we had more than we could make useof. From this day to the 22d nothing remarkable happened, and we were occupied in getting every thing inreadiness to put to sea, being resolved to wait no longer than the assigned time for the Adventure.The winds were between the south and west, stormy with rain till the 23d, when the weather becamesettled, clear, and pleasant. Very early in the morning, we were visited by a number of the natives, in fouror five canoes, very few of whom we had seen before. They brought with them various articles(curiosities), which they exchanged for Otaheitean cloth, &c. At first, the exchanges were very much in ourfavour, till an old man, who was no stranger to us, came and assisted his countrymen with his advice;which, in a moment, turned the trade above a thousand per cent, against us.[6][6] "They were more dressed than we had commonly seen any, during this second stay, at QueenCharlotte's Sound; their hair was tied up, and their cheeks painted red. All these circumstancesconspired to confirm the account which the women had given us the day before, that their husbandswere gone to fight, as it is usual for them to put on their best apparel on those occasions. I am muchafraid that their unhappy differences with other tribes, were revived on our account. Our people, notsatisfied with purchasing all the hatchets of stone, &c. &c. of which the natives of our acquaintancewere possessed, continually enquired for more, and shewed them such large and valuable pieces ofOtaheite cloth, as would not fail to excite their desires. It is not improbable, that as soon as thisappetite prevailed among the New Zealanders, they would reflect that the shortest way to gratify it,would be to rob their neighbours of such goods, as the Europeans coveted. The great store of arms,ornaments, and clothes, which they produced at this time, seemed to prove, that such a daring andvillainous design had really been put in execution; nor was it to be supposed that this could havebeen accomplished without bloodshed."--G.F.After these people were gone, I took four hogs (that is, three sows and one boar), two cocks and two hens,which I landed in the bottom of the West Bay; carrying them a little way into the woods, where we leftthem with as much food as would serve them ten or twelve days. This was done with a view of keepingthem in the woods, lest they should come down to the shore in search of food, and be discovered by thenatives; which, however, seemed not probable, as this place had never been frequented by them; nor wereany traces of them to be seen near it. We also left some cocks and hens in the woods in Ship Cove; butthese will have a chance of falling into the hands of the natives, whose wandering way of life will hinderthem from breeding, even suppose they should be taken proper care of. Indeed, they took rather too muchcare of those which I had already given them, by keeping them continually confined, for fear of losingthem in the woods. The sow pig we had not seen since the day they had her from me; but we were now toldshe was still living, as also the old boar and sow given them by Captain Furneaux; so that there is reason tohope they may succeed. It will be unfortunate, indeed, if every method I have taken, to provide this countrywith useful animals, should be frustrated. We were likewise told, that the two goats were still alive, andrunning about; but I gave more credit to the first story than this. I should have replaced them, by leavingbehind the only two I had left, but had the misfortune to lose the ram soon after our arrival here, in amanner we could hardly account for. They were both put ashore at the tents, where they seemed to thrivevery well; at last, the ram was taken with fits bordering on madness. We were at a loss to tell whether itwas occasioned by any thing he had eaten, or by being stung with nettles, which were in plenty about theplace; but supposed it to be the latter, and therefore did not take the care of him we ought to have done.One night, while he was lying by the centinel, he was seized with one of these fits, and ran headlong into
the sea; but soon came out again, and seemed quite easy. Presently after, he was seized with another fit,and ran along the beach, with the she-goat after him. Some time after she returned, but the other was neverseen more. Diligent search was made for him in the woods to no purpose; we therefore supposed he hadrun into the sea a second time, and had been drowned. After this accident, it would have been in vain toleave the she-goat, as she was not with kid; having kidded but a few days before we arrived, and the kidsdead. Thus the reader will see how every method I have taken to stock this country with sheep and goatshas proved ineffectual.When I returned on board in the evening, I found our good friends the natives had brought us a largesupply of fish. Some of the officers visiting them at their habitations, saw, among them, some humanthigh- bones, from which the flesh had been but lately picked. This, and other circumstances, led us tobelieve that the people, whom we took for strangers this morning, were of the same tribe; that they hadbeen out on some war expedition; and that those things they sold us, were the spoils of their enemies.Indeed, we had some information of this sort the day before; for a number of women and children came offto us in a canoe, from whom we learnt that a party of men were then out, for whose safety they were undersome apprehension; but this report found little credit with us, as we soon after saw some canoes come infrom fishing, which we judged to be them.Having now got the ship in a condition for sea, and to encounter the southern latitudes, I ordered the tentsto be struck, and every thing to be got on board.The boatswain, with a party of men, being in the woods cutting broom, some of them found a private hut ofthe natives, in which was deposited most of the treasure they had received from us, as well as some otherarticles of their own. It is very probable some were set to watch this hut; as, soon after it was discovered,they came and took all away. But missing some things, they told our people they had stolen them; and inthe evening, came and made their complaint to me, pitching upon one of the party as the person who hadcommitted the theft. Having ordered this man to be punished before them, they went away seeminglysatisfied; although they did not recover any of the things they had lost, nor could I by any means find outwhat had become of them; though nothing was more certain, than that something had been stolen by someof the party, if not by the very man the natives had pitched upon. It was ever a maxim with me, to punishthe least crimes any of my people committed against these uncivilized nations. Their robbing us withimpunity is, by no means, a sufficient reason why we should treat them in the same manner, a conduct, wesee, they themselves cannot justify: They found themselves injured, and sought for redress in a legal way.The best method, in my opinion, to preserve a good understanding with such people, is, first, by shewingthem the use of firearms, to convince them of the superiority they give you over them, and then to bealways upon your guard. When once they are sensible of these things, a regard for their own safety willdeter them from disturbing you, or from being unanimous in forming any plan to attack you; and stricthonesty, and gentle treatment on your part, will make it their interest not to do it.Calm or light airs from the north all day on the 23d, hindered us from putting to sea as intended.[7] In theafternoon, some of the officers went on shore to amuse themselves among the natives, where they saw thehead and bowels of a youth, who had lately been killed, lying on the beach; and the heart stuck on a forkedstick, which was fixed to the head of one of the largest canoes. One of the gentlemen bought the head, andbrought it on board, where a piece of the flesh was broiled and eaten by one of the natives, before all theofficers and most of the men. I was on shore at this time, but soon after returning on board, was informedof the above circumstances; and found the quarter-deck crowded with the natives, and the mangled head,or rather part of it, (for the under-jaw and lip were wanting) lying on the tafferal. The skull had beenbroken on the left side, just above the temples; and the remains of the face had all the appearance of a
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AGENERALHISTORY AND COLLECTIONOFVOY
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Produce, and Inhabitants: Astronomi
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SECTION I. Passage from Ulietea to
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First Voyage, &c., second edition.
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After leaving these islands, Quiros
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of his instructions, he did not fin
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had been well ascertained, and foun
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[14] Till the discovery of what has
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third lieutenants, the lieutenant o
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have made, would have done honour t
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learning from his voyage; that he w
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long as the condition of the ships,
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occasional use of fires to destroy
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To record incidents such as these,
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on this occasion, was not omitted.T
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At two in the afternoon on the 29th
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[10] Mr G.F. speaks with much more
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steering directly for, till we were
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ears; they immediately rowed toward
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On the 24th, the wind blew from N.W
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This longitude is nearly the same t
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Myself, being the mean of six dista
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land.At nine o'clock, the wind veer
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elieve that land of any extent lay
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seen in the heavens, similar to tho
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and dashing of the waves into the c
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longitude was 121° 9'. At three o'
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We continued to advance to the N.E.
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come nearer. After dinner I took tw
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discover himself, had taken some li
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These he never would suffer to go o
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continued without intermission till
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emote from the present trading part
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which is not more remarkable for th
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clouds, and seemed to forebode much
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which appears supernatural, and wil
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hills; plenty of water which falls
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and with much difficulty we saved h
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myself the morning after my arrival
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lioness. It certainly bore much res
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me before that time, he was then to
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their existence. But nature, we may
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subject, this disease was indigenou
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and seldom higher than 54, at the s
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the time, blew from different direc
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inhabiting the lithophytes. They ra
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Page 100 and 101: former. I told them to return me th
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Page 122 and 123: After we had done examining this pl
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Page 132 and 133: Their ornaments are amulets, neckla
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Page 154 and 155: place where they are formed.[3][3]
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Page 176 and 177: towards each end. To these are tied
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Page 184 and 185: are a mile from each other, in the
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Next day we had a present of a hog
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dinner; after which I went down to
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more proper for me to go. All his a
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end; and all I could expect, after
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We had no sooner dispatched our fri
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send him red feathers in abundance.
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hundred and ten, besides smaller ca
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especially by the ladies; as many o
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went on shore with a boat's crew, a
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in the neighbourhood; but they were
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which, according to the simplicity
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their religion, customs, traditions
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Before I finish this account of the
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heights; and only myself, and four
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the same that Tasman watered at. In
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officer. One time, after he had bee
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uncultivated. There is, however, fa
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the 9th, when we had for a few hour
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small shot, I gave him the contents
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of a negroe. Their beards are very
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view of plying up to the eastward o
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acceptable entertainment, and were
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then, to pop out and throw a dart.
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SECTION V.An Intercourse establishe
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troublesome to the eyes.Early in th
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island. Hence, that gentleman infer
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expeditious as it can well be. They
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observed, were planted as thick as
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that were prevailed on to stay, ran
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We understood that the little isle
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weapons; almost every one of them c
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appeared over the west end of Tanna
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it. The wind being at south, we wer
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[6] "Quiros had great reason to ext
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went; and the middle of it is in la
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untoward circumstances of the world
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weather side of it, we stood in wit
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appearance of the country.--"We wal
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after my return on board.It was of
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Accordingly I ordered them to be ta
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of it. A nation of women, we may co
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I have before observed, that the co
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in their country, and the scanty su
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hoisted in the boats, and made sail
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leagues. In the afternoon, with a f
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e done. We had from the top-mast-he
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in a space of two hundred leagues;
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eighteen fathoms water close to the
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[3] "They continued from time to ti
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A little within the entrance on the
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then squatted herself down, on her
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longitude 166° 15' W.On the 20th,
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Two hours after, we made the land,
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inlet was another, with several isl
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harbour is not quite free from this
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enough to spoil the appetite of any
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which we called EMBOTHRIUM coccineu
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