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presented the king with two fine goats, male and female, which if taken care of, or rather if no care at all istaken of them will no doubt multiply. After a short stay, we look leave and returned on board.Very early in the morning on the 28th, I sent Mr Pickersgill, with the cutter, as far as Ottahourou, toprocure hogs. A little after sun-rise, I had another visit from Otoo, who brought me more cloth, a pig, andsome fruit. His sister, who was with him, and some of his attendants, came on board; but he and otherswent to the Adventure with the like present to Captain Furneaux. It was not long before he returned withCaptain Furneaux on board the Resolution, when I made him a handsome return for the present he hadbrought me, and dressed his sister out in the best manner I could. She, the king's brother, and one or twomore, were covered before him to- day. When Otoo came into the cabin, Ereti and some of his friends weresitting there. The moment they saw the king enter, they stripped themselves in great haste, being coveredbefore. Seeing I took notice of it, they saidEaree, Earee; giving me to understand that it was on account of Otoo being present. This was all therespect they paid him; for they never rose from their seats, nor made him any other obeisance. When theking thought proper to depart, I carried him again to Oparree in my boat; where I entertained him and hispeople with the bagpipes (of which music they are very fond) and dancing by the seamen. He then orderedsome of his people to dance also, which consisted chiefly of contortions. There were some, however, whocould imitate the seamen pretty well, both in country-dances and hornpipes. While we were here, I had apresent of cloth from the late Toutaha's mother. This good old lady could not look upon me withoutshedding tears; however, she was far more composed than before. When we took leave, the king promisedto visit me again the next day; but said that I must first come to him. In the evening Mr Pickersgill cameback empty, but with a promise of having some hogs, if he would return in a few days.Next morning after breakfast, I took a trip to Oparree, to visit Otoo as he had requested, accompanied byCaptain Furneaux and some of the officers. We made him up a present of such things as he had not seenbefore. One article was a broad-sword; at the sight of which he was so intimidated, that I had much ado topersuade him to accept of it, and to have it buckled upon him; where it remained but a short time, before hedesired leave to take it off, and send it out of his sight.Soon after we were conducted to the theatre; where we were entertained with a dramatic heuva, or play, inwhich were both dancing and comedy. The performers were five men, and one woman, who was no less aperson than the king's sister. The music consisted of three drums only; it lasted about an hour and a half, ortwo hours; and, upon the whole, was well conducted. It was not possible for us to find out the meaning ofthe play. Some part seemed adapted to the present time, as my name was frequently mentioned. Other partswere certainly wholly unconnected with us. It apparently differed in nothing, that is, in the manner ofacting it, from those we saw at Ulielea in my former voyage. The dancing-dress of the lady was moreelegant than any I saw there, by being decorated with long tassels, made of feathers, hanging from thewaist downward. As soon as all was over, the king himself desired me to depart; and sent into the boatdifferent kinds of fruit and fish, ready dressed. With this we returned on board; and the next morning hesent me more fruit, and several small parcels of fish.Nothing farther remarkable happened till ten o'clock in the evening, when we were alarmed with the cry ofmurder, and a great noise, on shore, near the bottom of the bay, at some distance from our encampment. Isuspected that it was occasioned by some of our own people; and immediately armed a boat, and sent onshore, to know the occasion of this disturbance, and to bring off such of our people as should be foundthere. I also sent to the Adventure, and to the post on shore, to know who were missing; for none were
absent from the Resolution but those who were upon duty. The boat soon returned with three marines and aseaman. Some others belonging to the Adventure were also taken; and, being all put under confinement,the next morning I ordered them to be punished according to their deserts. I did not find that any mischiefwas done, and our people would confess nothing. I believe this disturbance was occasioned by theirmaking too free with the women. Be this as it will, the natives were so much alarmed, that they fled fromtheir habitations in the dead of the night, and the alarm spread many miles along the coast. For when I wentto visit Otoo, in the morning, by appointment, I found him removed, or rather fled, many miles from theplace of his abode. Even there I was obliged to wait some hours, before I could see him at all; and when Idid, he complained of the last night's riot.As this was intended to be my last visit, I had taken with me a present suitable to the occasion. Amongother things were three Cape sheep, which he had seen before and asked for; for these people never lose athing by not asking for it. He was much pleased with them; though he could be but little benefited, as theywere all weathers; a thing he was made acquainted with. The presents he got at this interview entirelyremoved his fears, and opened his heart so much, that he sent for three hogs; one for me, one for CaptainFurneaux, and one for Mr Forster. This last was small, of which we complained, calling it ete, ete.Presently after a man came into the circle, and spoke to the king with some warmth, and in a veryperemptory manner; saying something or other about hogs. We at first thought he was angry with the kingfor giving us so many, especially as he took the little pig away with him. The contrary, however, appearedto be the true cause of his displeasure; for, presently after he was gone, a hog, larger than either of the othertwo, was brought us in lieu of the little one. When we took leave, I acquainted him that I should sail fromthe island the next day; at which he seemed much moved, and embraced me several times. We embarked toreturn on board, and he, with his numerous train, directed his march back to Oparree.The sick being all pretty well recovered, our water-casks repaired, and water completed, as well as thenecessary repairs of the ships, I determined to put to sea without farther delay. Accordingly, on the 1st ofSeptember, I ordered every thing to be got off from the shore, and the ships to be unmoored. On this workwe were employed the most of the day. In the afternoon, Mr Pickersgill returned from Attahourou; towhich place I had sent him, two days before, for the hogs he had been promised. My old friend Pottatou,the chief of that district, his wife, or mistress, (I know not which,) and some more of his friends, camealong with Mr Pickersgill, in order to visit me. They brought me a present of two hogs and some fish; andMr Pickersgill got two more hogs, by exchange, from Oamo; for he went in the boat as far as Paparra,where he saw old Oberea. She seemed much altered for the worse, poor, and of little consequence. Thefirst words she said to Mr Pickersgill were, Earee mataou ina boa, Earee is frightened, you can have nohogs. By this it appeared that she had little or no property, and was herself subject to the Earee, which Ibelieve was not the case when I was here before. The wind, which had blown westerly all day, havingshifted at once to the east, we put to sea; and I was obliged to dismiss my friends sooner than they wishedto go; but well satisfied with the reception they had met with.Some hours before we got under sail, a young man, whose name was Poreo, came and desired I would takehim with me. I consented, thinking he might be of service to us on some occasion. Many more offeredthemselves, but I refused to take them. This youth asked me for an axe and a spike-nail for his father, whowas then on board. He had them accordingly, and they parted just as we were getting under sail, more liketwo strangers than father and son. This raised a doubt in me whether it was so; which was fartherconfirmed, by a canoe, conducted by two men, coming along-side, as we were standing out of the bay, anddemanding the young man in the name of Otoo. I now saw that the whole was a trick to get somethingfrom me; well knowing that Otoo was not in the neighbourhood, and could know nothing of the matter.Poreo seemed, however, at first undetermined whether he should go or stay; but he soon inclined to the
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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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Page 54 and 55: longitude was 121° 9'. At three o'
Page 56 and 57: We continued to advance to the N.E.
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Page 62 and 63: These he never would suffer to go o
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Page 70 and 71: clouds, and seemed to forebode much
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Page 80 and 81: lioness. It certainly bore much res
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Page 86 and 87: subject, this disease was indigenou
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Page 92 and 93: inhabiting the lithophytes. They ra
Page 94 and 95: were striking, and left us a little
Page 96 and 97: After the first salutation was over
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Page 116 and 117: many parts of England."-G.F.After r
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Page 122 and 123: After we had done examining this pl
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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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