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AND T. CADELL, LONDON.MDCCCXXIV.CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIV.PART III.General Voyages and Travels of Discovery, &c.BOOK II.An Account of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World, performed in his Majesty's shipsthe Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5: Written by James Cook, Commander of theResolution.GENERAL INTRODUCTION.CHAPTER I.From our departure from England to leaving the Society Isles the first time.SECTION I.Passage from Deptford to the Cape of Good Hope, with an Account of several Incidents that happened bythe Way, and Transactions there.SECTION II.Departure from the Cape of Good Hope, in search of a Southern Continent.SECTION III. Sequel of the Search for a Southern Continent, between the Meridian of the Cape of GoodHope and New Zealand; with an Account of the Separation of the two Ships, and the Arrival of theResolution in Dusky Bay.SECTION IV. Transactions in Dusky Bay, with an Account of several Interviews with the Inhabitants.SECTION V. Directions for sailing in and out of Dusky Bay, with an Account of the adjacent Country, its
Produce, and Inhabitants: Astronomical and Nautical Observations.SECTION VI. Passage from Dusky Bay to Queen Charlotte's Sound, with an Account of some WaterSpouts, and of our joining the Adventure.SECTION VII. Captain Furneaux's Narrative, from the Time the two Ships were separated, to their joiningagain in Queen Charlotte's Sound, with some Account of Van Diemen's Land.SECTION VIII. Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound, with some Remarks on the Inhabitants.SECTION IX. Route from New Zealand to Otaheite, with an Account of some low Islands, supposed to bethe same that were seen by M. de Bougainville.SECTION X. Arrival of the Ships at Otaheite, with an Account of the critical Situation they were in, and ofseveral Incidents that happened while they lay in Oaiti-piha Bay.SECTION XI. An Account of several Visits to and from Otoo; of Goats being left on the Island; and manyother Particulars which happened while the Ships lay in Matavai Bay.SECTION XII. An Account of the Reception we met with at Huaheine, with the Incidents that happenedwhile the Ships lay there; and of Omai, one of the Natives, coming away in the Adventure,SECTION XIII. Arrival at, and Departure of the Ships from, Ulietea: With an Account of what happenedthere, and of Oedidee, one of the Natives, coming away in the Resolution.SECTION XIV. An Account of a Spanish Ship visiting Otaheite; the present State of the Islands; withsome Observations on the Diseases and Customs of the Inhabitants; and some Mistakes concerning theWomen corrected.CHAPTER II.From our Departure from the Society Isles, to our Return to and leaving them the second Time.SECTION I. Passage from Ulietea to the Friendly Islands, with an Account of the Discovery of Hervey'sIsland, and the Incidents that happened at Middleburg.SECTION II. The Arrival of the Ships at Amsterdam; a Description of a Place of Worship; and an Accountof the Incidents which happened while we remained at that Island.SECTION III. A Description of the Islands and their Produce; with the Cultivation, Houses, Canoes,Navigation, Manufactures, Weapons, Customs, Government, Religion, and Language of the Inhabitants.SECTION IV. Passage from Amsterdam to Queen Charlotte's Sound, with an Account of an Interview withthe Inhabitants, and the final Separation of the two Ships.
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Page 5 and 6: SECTION I. Passage from Ulietea to
Page 7 and 8: First Voyage, &c., second edition.
Page 9 and 10: After leaving these islands, Quiros
Page 11 and 12: of his instructions, he did not fin
Page 13: had been well ascertained, and foun
Page 16 and 17: [14] Till the discovery of what has
Page 18 and 19: third lieutenants, the lieutenant o
Page 20 and 21: have made, would have done honour t
Page 22 and 23: learning from his voyage; that he w
Page 24 and 25: long as the condition of the ships,
Page 26 and 27: occasional use of fires to destroy
Page 28 and 29: To record incidents such as these,
Page 30 and 31: on this occasion, was not omitted.T
Page 32 and 33: At two in the afternoon on the 29th
Page 34 and 35: [10] Mr G.F. speaks with much more
Page 36 and 37: steering directly for, till we were
Page 38 and 39: ears; they immediately rowed toward
Page 40 and 41: On the 24th, the wind blew from N.W
Page 42 and 43: This longitude is nearly the same t
Page 44 and 45: Myself, being the mean of six dista
Page 46 and 47: land.At nine o'clock, the wind veer
Page 48 and 49: elieve that land of any extent lay
Page 50 and 51: 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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were striking, and left us a little
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After the first salutation was over
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presented the king with two fine go
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former. I told them to return me th
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the harbour, I chose to turn in by
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going. As his intention in coming i
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which taught him to avoid the socie
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On the 11th, early in the morning,
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one; at last, all my enquiries gave
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disease existed at Otaheite previou
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is soft and pulpy, then they spit i
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many parts of England."-G.F.After r
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they did not seem willing to part w
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extraordinary value at Otaheite and
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After we had done examining this pl
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The officer informed me that the na
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ass kettle, a saw, two large spikes
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[1] This subject is resumed in the
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desirous of those we had on board.
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Their ornaments are amulets, neckla
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wants the common necessaries of lif
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common features, and cannot, theref
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"Though we were situated under the
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six o'clock, being off Cloudy Bay,
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eing persuaded they would take prop
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we embarked, in order to return on
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youth under twenty.[8][7] An instan
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in the history of almost all nation
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for Cape Teerawhitte, and afterward
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The Sun himselfe cannot forgetHis f
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place where they are formed.[3][3]
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manner, covered with ice; a hard ga
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improvement of discipline, the incr
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[10] A few days before, according t
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pintadoe peterel, some blue peterel
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south, which soon after freshened,
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Endeavour; so that this can hardly
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stocked with abundance of fowls and
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lackish brown cavernous and brittle
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passed along, they observed on a hi
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fresh water worth taking on board.
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towards each end. To these are tied
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perseverance of these islanders in
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I continued to steer to the west ti
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ut could not prevail on the chief t
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are a mile from each other, in the
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grounds, for such an inference.--E.
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abounding, I have been told, with f
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now entirely recovered from the blo
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come forwards in a curve. This fron
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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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