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Asii '>\. s^ ^•*''' l\ «') ,f\ >. ;iiS-^»V» (,!V.V!;s'^i'tv(\ .'•!■ =rs, -1 V'H^v > 'm:a\ \vi y*vv<\"> ,\^a A fe6 ■ V^' .^\ ^\K ^ vU ■ .- » A\ .V\'^ti.\H^ *Vw*vA-;.iX\ \ '- ■! . •■■^31^^ -..^.-v- v^Srj-;^: ■ ,: 'i :vy . V » • TH B CONTENTS, OP VOLUME L . BOOK I. 'mm Cotik and Ckrke t^pointed 1$ the RiJUu' t^H and JMfcfvtrf^Prtparaiim fir the Fey" e^He^'-Occwrencei preceding their Jetting fail^ Departure ef the Refilution-m-JProceeds to Tent' TJ^^* 'll%-u^M^£yr/ ihanmutm ' Fm^H^ M^^^^timfnti\ i^mei^niftg the fiN/4^»JSMff/rJ ■•_Vo;;4^''.^ i*«fi)^i0<>|B villi^iiiw- e^lfJClf'- <)m0sMktfdi^i^^^^ the r^fii] €hiif^^ritido'^l^»mP$ilm^tt^efaii^dttStrA Poufyi^f a'nd'iMe lefil^^bm SiemdUJQisptm tooiMdmkt^d in£i h ^mtH ifihaChi^i^Ri fteSiions'Otia Hu)nan Sthn^ee^-^tleevas Bej\ criilfd-^-^Mir/s thefiH tot bfiH§,a,prefent^^MaA fi^ ofprtfer^mhg we Bcdyii^iaJhud^hiff^Rii ding onHttrfSM^'MkhB^Betwefnmo^^w^^ Cane>i-^A curit^is ■ MedichV^^ervfti^mii>0tm Art'^OmaU War Canoe — Namil^ower^^ti > . INTRODUCnONJ • ( Z \, » i' I INTRODUCTION. LTHOUGH Great Britain cannot vaunt of being an early Stoop to the Ipirit of (fcovery, but in that rcfpeA muft give plac^to Dutch, yet it may with trut^ be sopited ^at ihe has fince far Airpafled them, evenv in ^eir own track. In the fifteenth and dxtce^th bnturiesy fome; fpirited enterpriies were uodcr-^ \.cn \ but afterwards, the fptrit of DjfcQvery, :ined to have totally fubiided, tjU about the Ear 1 74 1, when by the command of his late fajeiiy, a voyage was undertaken un4cr the dit tion of Captain Middleton, for diicovering a, >rth-weft inflage through Uudfbu's Bay» ,Ia ^46, two fliips were«fitted out by fubfcriptioii the fame purpofe, under the cominand^pf; iptains Smith and Mopr. But it was re^-*>* for his prefent Majcfty, by that ipuniflceoce patronage, which evenr libera\ piuriiut meets, Ith from him, to open mendly commu^lc^^if Is, with fome recess of the Olel]^^ hitherto lexpkred. Captain {^w Adourai) Byn^,, tch the ihips Dolphh) and Tainar,in i764f--4$ ; [jdJis and Carteret, with the Dolphin aoiiSwaU' i A3 ^Jow, vx INTRODUCllON. > loW|4n %j66H^y 9iid Cook, nrith' the Endea- vour, in i'j^Bt^ffi, and with the Relblution and. Adventure* in i772-«^5,t carried .on a rplan of Difcovery, which it wja the ptirpole' of the prefent voy^ige to ftmOd. ' , ' ' 't i' '' - The iptimsii^e ci^nne^ion ))otttv^c€» thpSc voya* ges, renUen it ivcry ^ necefla^ , to fta^e «• (hort- ly as poillJlQkrrAhe^iobie^ts accomplHhf d' by tl\c preceding rV<9y 9geB» andi hpw fat the, inlen^ioii of the preieuir one .ha^ becnianf^eretli;?*/) aerJ' ^r In, geof^y i )|t may! be ^trmj^i thai thfe- u^ m\c^ff{\^p^p5^M ^* tkei iw»5^a^*;ofN|hfc (piwfent reignio WIS ,m/C3^plo^0Jfec■wft.^G>dc•nl'?*lhieh ex- tends , |1mi^* ! t!^^ ivit^kx J$QUlhern{Heaiti]^te ; as th^f^ujf >9f;ll)')tWrereaith«stwhidi had ih** thert^ J^9/f«^ciei(migl^^be)jki(%ifottfidofcd aj obfcureitiia^tifmsyf bQl^t^tioosyr iM[)d(, plau conje4bire^».,t)j^rtt»lir<)/fif^ idifl^ent ovoiiain vigatioR$T H^ve f)lnJ(werBd a tbette^tplivpofe^hir vifiblf^fi-pn^, tfe{foji^Mfil(!g oWJEtt:vatlon4.iiE '^^ Wn^n^s Ifl^ndS) in/the! {kmth AtHmtie. cfan yff^f ^f Iji-limf^wa tP!etwftfbe%e>rAi>ibBf and fib ):^ii;Qt^eQii« w^^ i^yien^hi^' ideal lof themj itbati he,cop^j^r^f4'.lffp9!8 Iflstndiasid lallcl^ to, bediif^^^ F^^tei-; th«re )!can^be(*o! doubt that tl^arelhH fame, from !B^on andlM^llride'i joint teliiifniHif rand: ^f ^iieiti«Tf«' hav^) a$ exa^ charts, ?a9 of ihl&Co^i^s of Qma\i|tf^d to ^th8'Captf i Ho>nr '| 'ilii9 naivigarlen Captain k has clediiy ihtfwnf Ir'bftlo ffttAM sittend- D^th (iKls daiY^r «i{mi^h»be Hi^ie&itid from 9ribMiftwtAikidl^ owing 'w^dMai iwwHkh'^ «^^li^' \o ha- iif^i rfiutvti«dyi«r«tir^ii]B^ioUly^ir>etki^d the fiuto^#iePa<(ll)ol0ddMi4ffoi^'efi>y^'1>tit have ' «kiabqaaHiiMdii«ltfyi|Kfair''tp«tt of iiiMC^nr')AA|yeB|ibi1ftilhAai-ate8, % fixmi* Aind^icai^ii »« ^i[ X J** (iM: ttlf«^'^^^J -ji^^ . Otto |nV*>U)»-^i»A/l TBI IMTRODUCIIO^. * ' Other Navigators in thefe Teas, genersiliy folJ lowed the Spaniih track : as indeed^ their folcl bliiiiiers there, was either for the purpoieofl commerce or hoftilitles with them. It is pro>[ baW^ then, that after paffing Terra del Fuego,| they would hold a northerly coiirfe to. the un- uihabited liland of Juan Fernandes, and thencel ikil d^ng the American xoaft from Chili to Ca-| jiforniai but they would either return to the] Atlantic bf the fame courfe, or^fteer the track! of the Phillipine galleons, as trade or rapine! tould be benefited by no other. In latter yearsi ^he enterprifing Dutch have made fome morel certain tind ^ C^ llc^ndd irmfp66^k and ^boiiiHiM>j9i ^lA^^fh^dago 'bcfidcBrperfe^iog^j^i^frio^ of tbeit ~ seflots,' MirlMte na^jg!t«0f4 b^j^; i^Mcd a qBt»*i^»€ «f ;^^oui)t8 hxve we eived, both dtCut^e^ aiiid^ ]th|ei^ inhabttanti. It, to make ufe uf tbc C^p^i^ui's own words,' }^4tve hfi iink tmr^t^ he^m in that part. Pyrotij Wgillis, jSftd (>rter€t ail contributed NriiR Captain, yoo^ after hi^nrQ.vpyagd b^OQfflbt Dack;ai^Usla<^ory ^ilip^to tl^^f^jque- the equmo£tia1. where it Joined the laniil* a^rea Cook : ana , we are nmy acduainted, wiih i\ circiuhference or this vaft wxn of Ianro\iiions i{¥^ of two large and feveral imal^er iilands, )ugh -which, bj Sir George's Chaiinel,^ is a bn od^ter an4^ Ihorter pailage^ whether i^m iilk'Wztd W weft-ward,., th^ ^^"'^4 ^^ filahdsahd lands to the horthrw^d [Byron,' Wallis iiiid Carteret were ,princigaly k(>y^ in exploring the fouth i5Ltian;^c> ana Ew ho more pf the fouth Pacific, than acci^ 4ally' occurred/in the direft'trJvS: ^ey !b\e|d : as Captain .Cook's mani bl>5ect in ^is firft age was to obferve the tranfit*of Ve^us gt O- ^ite, his anxiety to be there in proper tii^c* renting his vifiting that part of the Soutji Pa*' I, where the ^['iches and mine, of difcoverT: [fuppofed to exift. To put an end to aU e^tures on this matter. Captain Cook was out witli the Refolution and Adventure, in |2, on the moft enlarged plan of difcovery [erto attempted, viz* to circumnavigate the in high fouthern latitudes, and carefully to JtllinMMHPl!VIOMk :i #' imi i faf ^« ^ ^itfeicr Ai | itf h ^yii lli lii rnj i«% ifm^tl&if^ ^0tkt m ^ffmf '^m^itiimiiiim^y tnat tno uifiiMDiiuuniHw inB« eann ifir leaves AdfippoitMii fbr an e^|Ml =$|iMii^ ;liilleiid d6«^ latid ta^e^a^i^at^iMti t\ e«ptai^ Ctfoli^ to him beknl%^ tlw ^MKnir i xu- l^Mieni the fquthern hit^ li^here iiifficieMly explored! and »£nal end to»the iearching sAct a Camtkem eoacinenty ^hicb Im, at timc&y tngroflied the attention of Hf thir jnaritiMe powers lisr aear«two cen- ifa^^ and' been a favonrtte theory asMngft iphers of s^l nataeas* hFrtto the geaicsd fketch we h^^ akeadf gi" bf the preceding voyages^ it b«viden| that, igh tb« ttHlbftiipceffible extresntks of the ^iijhqjfa hcinlftiliiig had bgcnr yifitcd, y^ pur "^ ihild pDt^i 9nd k mnaine^la q^«ieftie&y how r^fr|v«vdd in^ti,1tt 1773. w l^filiAmttMSM 6^ #ic^ ittb^c oh ^^bis 'istfportsim*i«rfaiid; «d^4ife«fe hirtifttf to nenf toife tfndiajaigero^ w tW&iik frriMind^ althoujg^ir aft^r^t^iat he| Ki^ mr^dy dotic^ h«f inight Wave wijoyed him. ^^i ^^lirtf, hi ^fe ^d pknty, ^iriihooc lany | &fliitjifiotto^ -^'-■- ^'- ^'" '^' '^^* ^■■'■'\ ' tie'^a^o^ ojtehktfeiiif^di»fc!d w^rc jfduoew | »)d ^ktdn!i>)'e, ihat t% tan. be^ftr jogged: of frbth the talowitig InftruakHtoi^Bdct wlwcli k '■-,. .! !4' K a fiAnJl 1 . > kJ . ■. C ' m tic Opmia^nd whjre^s we fc^^^^ al^v« m«it*K)n7age».ai|d with ttov^llPRf^^ >iQaHk|Ml;Uttiiri)i|Demlqn^ 4a9S^«9^ 4^ :d Captaitt?Cl«fkffj.>wh9 o^ffiP?9S^€ t]^)P^ .^^^ ritli the faia two floops dircQJyfp^^^^f;^^ ^mpanies ; in which caie ydii are at U foi taking care to remain there na longer lan miy hirnirifiWf irwihat piMpafi' On jour arrival at the Cape of Good Hope» ^2^4? ^'MHi}^ unlefs dmen-thifher by fotne ^avoicU Me acctdetit ; in which cafe you are t&{^%fsip longer thtirc than (hall be abfohstely ncctSktjj, and to be very careful not to ghre any^Vo^^'^li^ or offence to any 6f tllte^nhabitaQts orlfubjc^ of his Catholic Majefty. And i(^ in tour fur- ther progrefs ta the nort^-\vaurd» as hcrtafter directed, you find any jTubjefts of any European Priecc or State upon anV part of tlie coaifc you tti;^ think prbpei" to vifit, ybu >retti>t|tb'difturb them, or give thkm any* juft caufe oip dffcncc, l>ut,' on the contrary^ tb treat ihan vithxjvili- ty'andfHeiidIhip.i ^^^-^^^ Up!9n your' krrit^l m ^the eosl^ of New Albir oni you are to put into the fir ft conveiiient port to recruit yduT Wood and ■^atc^^^/^^nd" procure refrelhments, suidf ^tken to -proci^d xtorth^ward alon^'the coa(l»Wfar as tbeia^tu^bf^J<», or furtlicr, if you ire vbt obftrtwted bj^ ISrids or Ice v-takiilg caire itot th liifeany'tifafki ih ejqjidr ^ing rS?^s or ii^fctt^ brupon ain^btlliW^acCoutit,. until you get mtb the before-mentioiied htitott^^ ^ 6$^ Wtier;f we could wHh yotr to arBye iti'&k month rf jiirfe neit! ^Ihto Vbii jgef tlot ifcr^^ you arc ^ei'j^'can^fiiHy to feaxth^t^ aiid ip -c^ j>lorc, fuch irivdi or iniet$ ai may appear to lie of a confid^raljle extent^ "and 'pointing towards Hudfon*s or Bafiki*k Ba^; ajid if, ftoro }'our £>wn obiervations, or from any information you juay receive from the natives, ^who there is rear ion to believe are the fame race of people, and , ^3 fpcak zvHi iWtktatDVtnmti fpeak the (Wqe' lgingt^v»f whicb jisii ire fiu-. ! n. (hed( ' if h t e ii^ bularyi as the ffquiinaux), I thcfrflidHfll fipp^lir to bcf * a 'e&t^intji or eiren a ptobiibtlUvt of u %atef^ lis^age Into the afore- mni^dd M7riirher of t)iern» youare, in ibth^^fe^ tuSiJA^e fiMii'^nMiltlidcavo'irs to pafs thi^iigfr>¥^Nvoif6Cui# bbth of tKe^ikbpi^^ unlefs I ydH aM iS6^X)ftpt^ioa that i the{ pafiagQ Ttatjbt ! effi^H %ittili !ffi/«f bf fhlalld' Vtffii^ ^ili vhioK cafe yotc are ttt^ftft uft^lft^irsfkid (tf tmeo^bo^tbeifniatl vdR^is'^lf I^Whii^ ^ fiU(«id'^M pfrbpd[r|yi#rrtdJ ft6fl;d(<^#/#iiSKl'ilMeyb, t5^ott>itftt'tpri»%itchione| or bdttt ^)fy^ ^;£h[if't!&eic#e of froper otffi^ cers, '^l^a^iyflfeieHt} mtitarcdf^iif dfficcrsd nj^, ^d%6iitsl^-m M^i^^^^iittieiftpt | itoitca%@kfih of^te^tb txiikwktmih^^f^tu. iJottave-ul^lib^l cii«d4e k^Vedt io yoor dif- ^kJfP¥6 ^u^'mcb^ttiebfiii^ acV0i^menilohed bays mfficieiitfe^%hcfpdi|k^ of Airrigatidn, yotf are^l aft^fe pi^^ feUfdn of (hfeYjrearnorejpair to tbdl ^ of S^lVtti^dtfd'dt Pirol'm Kamtfchatka, off inierJ¥#elft yeti'i&^jddge itioi^ i^i^peri lK¥ltODV0TIOK« xk to refredi ifoat ^cqfk% aod^piA ihe wijBf } and| ill the.fpftog .of the enfuing.y^fir, i*j%y to proceed hvm thtineotOftb^ nortbMNP«*(ll« £u^ as^'in your>|iiikl€xi€«^ you may^ thinkijPi^ r, in farther feflFch> of tt NortJi^Weft prngOt >m ihe^Pacift^ lOcean inta the Atl9iit^Qc««lli the W«th!849a's ^nd if^ fromiyOHiwofnp^ r^on^ ;0]^^ai^y)StifQr^aliiqfi yetlnv^f .'n^filif^ re 4»aU tppoar to be n protnihiiti^ ri|f firchri^^ iage^ you ure^to proceed 4li at^ovf €Mre6«dn;y ' thaTingndKboyiene^j fuch -Haii^A, «<1 %ik.4 « ^ttanj>t|^xiwh«| the b»|k 0fi jigpffiff^raMllR [EnglaiMiijhy; iwhf)is«u^« WoJfW tm^jintWik fds tht^hoproveiiM^t f»flgftQ^if^c^Min9^\ [iAt ¥*h3tpifwt|)l!icc^f«ft maysji^WciftiP^t^T rof thcOimlluse^ hi:^|^H|nf9H¥'nc^l(avtJ 4 Jongiodcftfuth. ^Tou arof by tU opportmitiei^tlp ftn4 1^ our il«i7»fo,0iir ii^QnnatM|i»,?wouf>ti of your yOu, IbfU have ma^e 1 1 and u|Km yo«r arri- in Eijolandy you am iinm«diaf«ly to > repair [«thi» o&e> ii^jfitVeri«o tlafr befor»«9iarivtt ^ itvof^yourkfcotieedUpg^ in ibe ^iw^^iol^ couric your voyage It takiiiigifafrei.ibe^coiyoU' leave flbQp, f9( idetnMid ifirom i)ae ni&ceni mwl pet- I A^kert^ (be leg-baeka abiI jeiiraaia ibey may ^ve IcBpt^ aiKl to fe^X (bepiiup fair our iofpedti* i and enjoining thein> ^ndttbq fubole crev, to to the officers^ and crew of the BiicB» WJ** ■ ■ ■ t r If any acddcnt (houid happen to the ReTola* pn in the fourfe of the voyage, fo as to difaUe br from proceeding any further, you are, xtt 'ch cafe, to remove yourfelf and her crew in^ the Oiicovery, and to profecuteyour voyage her ; her Commander being hereby flriAly quired po receive you on boardj and to obey your IMTBIQIIUCTIOK^ ymujotient the lanu^ in eveiy rtfyddfy 9Mifht you ware a^kuUy^^n faoavd thccRdolufiioti t< Andl iaiaie of ^70111 ioids^kf^ bjF fickiitt(f}40r otberfj .mJiCipW.'Qafry t|ieie>Ini^ni£kkms»jtito«i|etutio)ii{ jiMii ate to l» cdicfvtl $to le&veithem w^tililthd iBCi vfficer iB^sodamk^dir li^lko is ibembj^ireqiiased laMK,i)jte>tkBmlkitdittcb6|^ mannct he cao* : > @i¥Ch<.inKiev out l^asd&itke 6idi;'^ii.$'! ih'yh'>;»ji Aiiii LirSANBWICH. By command of their LordOii^^ ,f!»^> n/i i^d xrjyfO-jhQ htm a&iUkWlS^aSJSti^a-' -^aAOoC'- qC k' biiHCimtoj ndi 1 Ltiiy jtsci ii^^\ i- X -^GBVcruiQciiltv' 'ii9v«oh^»rtUyt ikbiCBrneil» nc glc£t^i30!£b^^luiili «ight:«i^4to.|WOino^iti^^ ^j(^'>9ii£ti;kw^>u l^Qi's^ff ai(kiwihad«p0£[ed o{ Icriiig a dbi^itfQn^cof). hri(3x>,oem to rihfe-Ji^jkc In i^kh hift>M&jt%fti£bips«i)V!erG(iQxciu4;H:d< Ti •vasifid« extended' ta as^ Ihip ^eloa^ing to bii irfajofty,^dr any of i}|jsjiuhje6t'<, aafsdlthpirefiricj ^on'toHtidfon'sBay ca^ictiied, bcaqng tfcattl •difcoverer i6fa^pEifi8lge. by ica, between the Atj tanttcandPacv^cIOceanin mny dire^tpn, or p> valid ef^^h^ Nottht^rn«>bpukl "Cmtkledji&c. . ; As ailb a rewardof live th^juliuiJ pounds,' taany ihip that (liiouid approach to- wij thin "^o pf the Nnrth Eokw ^ Xn jtl^^^ntW^^ ' 'toamer 177^, Captain Picker! gill was appoin^ HiiffviunmffinoN* lU h-O i'iJi i ): id ordered to^f)rdceed(io< D^vi^s .Straitf^utf >te£t the ftrki^ iilhersi; and in> order to &cw te Captain Cookls coipedition|f tpt firoteed op loin's Bayi and make fuck .ekarts and takV :k vie^s o£ the feveral baysy h^bonisi 6tc*;ai ^ght be 'iilefuL toanavigatocsi ahdiOtkersv and oc caret ai to return in the fai^ of the year. :kerfgill failed>iA executing his eonmiffions^ in March foUowing L«\itens^tirYaung.«ras^ \^i»uiitii^i[6 fiieceed hiin. As the ohja£k. i>f this voyage is immediately ^nncdled with that of Captain Cook, we have ^nexed a fummary of iiis ini):ru£tions, dated irch i^th, if^^fi > • rii k^ b^iJiranp (^i « Tiiai a« the RofultitiDn and Difcovery had |en Tent out under the command of Capt. Cooky aii^am^x therdiieovery'of » northornrpttl^e) fea, from the Pacific to the Aiiantic Oocah| to run as far up asihe;65? of novth. latitude^ there^ and as far north as ne jttdged.it4>rof>eii ;fully\ to learch' for /uch rivcKs int iiilets at 'ht appear to him pointing tdwards baffinft Htidfon's bay, or the north ieas i and to aU ipt a paiTage by ti^^ie if poffible : (6t On tbHn hand, you arc lo proceed to Baffin's 'B.iy^ carefully to explore the weftern (hores there^ and kf an inkt or river is difcovered leeming^ finting towards the Paciiic Ocean, you are to tempt navigating the fame ) and if not, endear kur to reiurn to England once this year ** j But this expedition was of no lerv^e i Toung " ■ ,. wail INT&ODKMSTlOir* i|^ found ijuorcr calculated to afiift in the gloryl pi a Ti^iy, than explore kj mountains. .*: On txaminuig thefe inftruflions, it may bel qylcftionedy why Captain Cook was not dire^tedl to commence his fearcb, before he arrived atl 65^ ? Why not examine Hudlbfi*s Bay» on owl iide of America ? Why was the weftern iea of| John de Fuca in latitiKie 47^ and 48*^-; the Ar- chipelago of St Lazarus of Admiral de Fontcl from 5o<* to 55^ f and the riven and lakes tol the north eaJV-ward, ne^e£^ i It may eaiUyl heOiewo that thcie pretended difcoverietarel mere fictions, and that the Orders, not to b^| gin his fearch before the 65* of north latitudel was founded upon a thorough knowledge of the| cbaft to the fouth-ward of that pointr Captain Middletoa, the commander of thd expedition in Hudfon's Bay, in 17411 and 4I1I had entertained a notion of the probability of I difcovering a paffage to the Pacific, and in iearchi of it, had proceeded further north than any oil his predeceilbrs ; but he found it utterly im-l pra^cabie. Mr Dobbs, however, the patron^ of;the iiMierpriie, up)n the information of roniq of Middleton's officers, ventured to accu(e himl of mifreprefenting fa^s, and that from his own] accounts of an inlet running weft-ward in lati- ttide 65" or 66^ it was evident he had not ta ken proper pains. To be at a point upon this, he prevailed upon a iociety of merchants and I gentlemen to fk out the Dobbs and Califoriiial to inveC^igate this very inlet, having previouilyj gut the L; 20,000 premium edabliihed. ' -But! INTRODtfCTlOlfV xnar But this voyage abundanttyeftablifiiedCaptiiitt Kddleton^ optniM;' for the fuppofed ilfaky ra* iflBnd to bt a frdh ^ci^. river. ^ Sd high lad ea^itiaatidirheen !ftjprQbaWei't!ie"drtc tlWibfei-fieldt^ikwdtA's Jt^ itt^latiflide 63<»^i^ 6ifK,=tiie^ther Rcfrolfe lyttl^kitit^ed^'i^Tliis feft, liliSdoinmltteewho ^MAc*tiid^rtt*»^rtfi^^deofeftd *^ be inSjffaai- I'^e 4bH^fei»^'£4)aiit -fiHli^^eij^lotedv and \kmm\ Mother feaJH&'^foT'miS'il ^^''^^i^ ^' B6lid«s thttfe'lHi V6yagfe,^lHe. matter is-inu'^^^^^^ ", whieH hid Wch iriudirpb&n of 'b^ Mr >bbs And btJfer fe^oi^rs of the'ftlikril^', ; He out in Deifember 177 dj from Fbit iPHi^cc of ''ales, on ChuTiihilFs River Hu 58'* ^6'/ and is tranfaftidhs are prcfervcd in His written jour- l&L It is miich to ' be wiihed that this jburnal \tvz ptiblifhed, as it contains a very diimial ac- oiint of the wretched fitbation of the mlferablc ihabftknts of that p^it of the globe. |iis ge-^ :raV feiirfe was to tlie liorth-weft. In June [771, when at a plaice csXi&A Conge Caiha wha C Chagaf 19X^1 mmmmi ON. cJ[ thufcEjll Klvei'r 'ini-'iti dgo 46' nortfc 4ati. tiidc. drt^e 'i ^th of July, h^rcaflied Copper I Mine Riven 5^"" 6bnti-dry to the idea he had | -been left to form of it, found it'fiiarcely navi- gable for a cahbiei ^ith6ut erttiering particular- ly into the accotitit^Mt'Hearne gives of this ri- ver, it is fuffitierit foi^'oiir ptirpoft '^ tnentionJ tHai he found it' by ho meah^ navigable for thtl imalleft veflels, and impofiible to be rtiade fo.| On our general chart^ the particular lituation this >i ver, as Wetl as the cotlntry in general,! through whicli Mr Hearhe pafled, is accurately! •laid dpw'n^ In firie, Mr Heafne's traVcllingl 1300 milM beiTbre^e ah'ivdi at^ the f^^ makal i% plcM' that* the continents of North Atherical ^ftret|^|s frofn^udfo^^^ ieaft ^hat diti tance to th(^'nbVth-^^ his moft.wefterf ly diilance from Hudfon*s Bay was about 600 miles ; and the Indians who attended him guides were c9nvinced that there exifted a vail track of continent, ftretching .on in the famt| dire^ion. What we have noV mentioned, ing fufiiclently 1 known to the firft Lord of thd Admiralty, was a good rcafon for'his ordering Captain Cook to commence hi$ inarch in lati- tude 65°, and not more to t he fouth-ward. Bull -if there are any, we are flill inclined to think 1 ihould have begun earlier. We beg Ifeavc to re] commend to them a pferufal of the Spanif voyages, particularly,tKat on the coaft of Amej tfica in 1 775, publilhedbyMr Danes Barriogtonj . tbc gencml fk^wc hay^ m%$ij;efi of i^ pefeat.sind |5rcceidin_g vayag«, a pretty dtftirij( lea n^y be forined, o( what v^as intenalpa U 4one^ and ^^* y^^ rcaUy accQaipl((iiecl.-^ ?he benefits ariling from ;Jiem inay be .^nunjc^- ited as, Allows ;. :f,, „,wt^;v.v a^:- r^^^^ 3, AWyifionajy fpecuUtOr$ana fthemefsi iucn IS Bufan, Campt7t;^^|;^n4/^e p^rpiTes, ;,wiir fiad kvE. votaries to lupport their ^\xy, f's^ici^Cil ^reams pf treafurcs and paradises in t^etf^fcasi as Cap- fain Qjol^has ^vl^d^nUyiiflyeftl^ajted wi>at Is ^nd what is' not to be founds' tljer^,} ' fo^ ^^f |inprabe*s words are. " Si celix qui promcttent me fi grande precifum dans ccs fortes de mcthodes, 9- . .'oient navi^uc qutlque tenrps, iU auroient vu fbuvent, Sue dnns rohfervation la plus fimple de toutes, tj^ui eft Fcllc de la hauteur du folell a midi, deux ohfervatii^ns, )iun!s de bona quarticrs de reflexion, biens retflifies, dif- vrcat entrleux, hcfqu'lis obfervent chacun ^ part, de i' 6' 7* & 8.'--Ephciner."i7jr 5.— 1765. Introdiidl, p,3T.'* ' It mufi be however mentioned, in juftlce to M. de la ^ C^aille, that heatter.iptcd f^ Introduce the lunar method jf difcovcring the longi.'ude, and propofed a plan of cal- ?uIatIons of the moon's diflance from the fun and fixied lars; but, through the impcrf.'dion of his inftruments, lis fuccefs was mtich lefs than that method was capable if affording. The bringing it into general ufe was refer- Ived fo. Dr Maflcelyne, our Aflronuracr Royal. Spe the |Preface to the Tables for correcting the Effc(f>s of F.e- fraAion and Parallax, pub'iflied by the Bo^rd of I.ongi- tude, under the dirccrea(e our ftock of natu4 ral knowltdge. From the fame fource of infor- mation tvc have learned, that the phsenomenonJ ilfuiilly calfed the aurora boreaHs^ is not peculiar! to high Northern latitudes, but '».t Jongs equal{ ly to all cold climates, whether they be Northj or South." •* But perhaps no part of knowledge hajl been fo great a gainer by the late voytiges, nsl that of botany. We are told * that, at leaft, twelve hundred new plants have been added tol the known fyftem j and that very confiderablel additions have been made to every other bran, h| di natural hiftory, by the great fltill and indui try of Sir Jofeph Banks, and the other gentle- men f who have accon^panied Captain Cook for| that purpofc." ^ i Tol * See Dr Shepherd's Preface, as above. \' fDr.S6landcr,Dr Forfler and hisfon,and Dr SparmaD.| "Dt Forfter has given usa fpccimeuof thebotahicaldifcoyc- siC8 0fhisvoyageiafhtCi&ara^ Iheir proceilions, and on the other, our detefbu [ion in obferving them feed on human flefh. The Scholar and Antiquarian conlider it as valuable acquifition to diicover fame rclique of Roman id much curioiw phiJofopJiical matter is contained in hi$ il'Jervaiioas vuiJe in a Voyage round the Wor'.J. Dr Sparmail, 111), on hi^ return to Sweden, favoured us with a publics^ Ion, in which he expatiates on the advantages accruiYig to Utural hiac)ry, to aftronoiny, geography, general phyfics^ nd navigation, from our Soulh Sea vovazes. urrnoDoertoHi. RoniiitDsrOredan i«»ofkrtKinfhip) but how mbch i^dre ifiinot! cvrieiity awakened) in obfervhig tbringenioiM inventions oi' our netrly difdovered | friends! m the Sandwich Iflcs ? What ruiVj ooU k^on of antiques can vie with the valuable I addition made by Cook to Sir Athton Leber's Mpolitoiy? And the exponce of alt his three visages does not exceed the expencc of digging { out the buried contents of Hcrci.laneum. In a nation fo far advanced in refinement as this^thaj oontrafl niod be very ftriking, and to trace the traniltion from barbarifnv^ko civility truly plea»| fing. The philoTopher will find a new 'field of dlf-j cuffion opened for him, in< what may be termed the natural hi^ory of the human fpeotcs. . For I example, the queft ion concerning tiscexiflencc of giants is now< determined y as iipcm the joint I teftimony of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret, we are afKired that the inhabitants of a diilrii^f bordering'^on the north fide of the ftrait of Ma- galhaens, confiderably exceed the bulk of man-^^ kind in ftature. ^.i No fubjeft can be more entertaining than to I trace the various migrations of thofe who firft peopled the Globe. It was formerly known,] that the Aiiatic nation, called the Malayans, traded confiderably in the Indies, not only on | the fideof Afia, but alfo on the African coaft, particularly to Madagafcar. But we are indebted to Captain Cook, for the information, that the lame nation,, who are alfo called Phoenicians, ;yi- £tedj made fettlements, and founded colonies, at tHTftOPVcnoir. different i^Mdt and places at vaft diihncet from one aiK>ther^ and tin . estendingfffom the lit tide of Africa to tbe wett fide ^America, la fpaccy including above half tht circumference |cf tlie Globe ; this he demonftratcs, by the (ureft of all proofs, viz. the affinity of language. Connc^cd with this, we fhaU mention a very important benefit refulting from deas rruft laturally be enlarged, and new materials muft have been furnifhed them lor the ( xerciic ^ their reafon, by the uncommon objects we exhi- bited to them. Convinced, HffTROmiCTiON. Coa^inccd, hf comparing ciiemfelvcs to theirl Engliih viiitors, of their extreme inferiority,! ithcjirJ'Mtill^baWy enjleaypur k> tfmerge^om it, And to rife nearer to a level with thofe w|io leftl behind them {o manyproof* of their generpfityj and ^ktim^l^yf Th^ uiefiil anirrtaU and tege- tal^s intVoduced ainongft them will certaiiilyl contribute to the comforts and enjoyments off ^\^ni€ii«^ Oeat iSritaft ^Yrm-SsA :vifiled by the Phoenicians, tiie^iaj^^bitaixts wefe painted fava-l ^cs, much l#s ciVllIz'^a thari thofi of Tongata*! boo, or Otaheite ; and it is not impoAible, butl ■:^t our J^te voyages may».4A pKqc<^s^gi time, Jfprcad ikchf^mW^^^^ ^t\ ootTierous iitapdm"o^ tli^ St^iith Tiiti^ Qc^an^ and be the me^n$of'^ii(b^i>g thei^liik^klfibld c^afis, and 4liirMby^ tflpoimbatilid fd|Ei^i^| ♦ 1 ru =E^;/:i.'>mn^ ,r.. i. t /!Wia.af*l AN AN AOQPUNX OF CA8TAIN JAM£S COOK; IMCI,1U>INO, MANT PAI^TJQDLAllS NOT M^NTIQUCD IK THE LirB PUP^ltHED BT AUTHORITT> EM»LtUBBO WITB AM M«OAMT KMOftAviNO O* BTMt COrWD VMMf T«Sr MBOA|« STEOCK Br THS. ROtAL $OCIBTT. 'AMES COOK was b<3«ni al Mwton, in Cleyetanii|l, a village about four milc« froiQ rrcat A7toii» in the coujuty^ of Xi>x;k, and was fb^ned tWc, s^ appwrs.from the Pa^rifh- Liyglfter, Ifcv: t'Tis^*^ f«h^ whofc lame was likewise James, was a day^labou^rqr to Ntewbum^ a very refj(>e£table farmert an4 red in a fmalt cottage, the walls chiefly of md, as was g^eraHr the caie at that time in le northern jpart of the kingdom. In the :ar lyto, when our Niivilgator.was about two [ears old,, his father, removed with his fapiUy to. preat Ayton, and was employed as a., hind by. [he late Thomas Sicottow^ Efq; having th^ larse of % conflderable farm, in that neighboui^ lOcT known by the nameof Airyholm. As the £i^ther continued long in that tru(l|> L^aptain Cook was employed iti afGfiing^him i^ ~nous. kinds o£ hufbandry (^ted to his ycarf, D - - unti ( xxxvHi ) tint^th^lageof 13. At that period he wa? .piit imdet the c^re of Mr PuUen, a fchool-mafter tWio "^sA^ht dt ' Ay ton j where he learned arith- n^ibi bbo^-keeping, &c. and is faid to have flitwti * a very early ^nius for figures. About Jahujtry 1745, ^t the age of 17, his Either bdttnd him ap{>t>^htice to William Saunderibn ft* fibui" years, to Ifeam the grocery and haber- dafheiy biifihefsv at Snaith, a populous fifhing- town about ten miles from Whitby; but after a year and a halTs fervitude, having contra^ed a very ftrong propenfity to the fea, (owing proba- bly to the maritime ^tuation of the place, aAd the great number of ihips almoft conftantly paf fing and repaffing within fight, between Lon- don, Shields, and Sunderland), Mr Saunder- fbn was willing to indulge him in following the bent of his inclination, and gave up his inden- tures. While he continued at Snaith, by Mr 3aunder{bh*s account, he difcovered much foli- dityjof judgment, and viras remarkably quick in accounts. In July, 1746, he was bound ap- prentice to Mr J. Walker of Whitby, for the term of three years, which time he fcrved to his mafier^s lull fatisfa^Hon. He firft (ailed on board the (hip Freelove, burthen about 450 tons, chiefly employed in the coal trade from Newcaflle to London. In May,. I74S> Mr Walker ordered him home to affift in rigging and fitting for Tea a fine new fhip, named The Three Brothers, about 600 tons burden. This was defigned as a favour to him, as^ it woiild greatly contribute to his knowledge in his bu* finefs ( xxxix ) {mefs. In this vdTel he failed from Wbk^ in the latter end of June; After two coal ypyag^y the ihip was taken into the fervice qf Qpvern- * ment, and fent as a transport to Middleburgh to carry fome troops from thence to Dub%» When thefe were lande^i another co£|^ was taken on board,, and brought over to liverpoiol. From thence the ihip proceeded to Deptfo]*d, where fhe was paid off in April 1749* Tl^etre- maining part offliie iea^n th^ ,vf^ W^ ^^^ ployed in th^Nprw^ tr^de* jj, la the fpring, 1 750, ' Mr Qook fhipped him- itlf as a feaman, on board the Maria, belong- iog tOi Mr John WiUpibn of ."VVhitby,. under the cQmmaml of Captain Ga^t) . In her he continued ■. ^ the tyeart j^. thq^altic trade. Mr Wajk«^ i^ of fOpinion. hp .left thi* -flup in the winter, ai^d failed th^ foUpwing fummer, vi% 1(751, in a veCel belonging to Stockton ; but aeither the ihip*s name, nor that of the owner, is now remembered by Mr Walker. IJarly in February, 1752* Mr Walker fent for him, and made^hi^ ma$^ of pp^c^j^is yeiliels, called The Friendihip, ofj^bo^t^optpns burthen. In this ftatipn he continued till 'May or June, 17 J3, in the coal tradu. At that period Mr Walker made liim an offer to go comjnander of that Ihip J but he declined it j he foon after left her at London, and entered on board his Majefty*s Ihip Eagle, a frigate of 28 or 30 guns, " having a mind,*' as he exprefled himielf to his mailer, " to try his fortune that way." Not long after, he applied to Mr Walker for a letter of recom- mendation D 2 ( 'I ) mendation to the captain of the frigate, which was readily granted. On the receipt of this he got fome fmall preferment, which he gratefully acknowledged, and ever remembered. Some time after, the Eagle failed with another frigate on a cruife, in which they were very fuccefsful. After this Mr Walker heard no more of Mr Cook, until Auguft, 1758, when he received from him a letter, dated Pembroke, before Louifburgh, July 30, 1758, in which he gave a difbindt account of our fuccefs in that expedi-. tion, but does not fay what ftation he then filled. He received a coinmiilion as Lieutenant, on the firft day of April, 1760 i — and Toon after gave a ipecimen of thofe abilities which recom- mended him to the commands which he ^e- cuted fo highly to his credit, that his name will go down to pofterity as one of the moft flcilful navigators which this country hath produced. In the year 1765, he was with Sir William Burnaby on the Jamaica' ftation ; and that offi- cer having occafion to fend difpatchcs to the Governor of Jucatan, relative to the Logwood- cutters in the Bay of Honduras, Lieutenant Cook was fele^ted for that employment ; and he per- formed it in a manner which entftled him to the approbation of the Admiral. A relation of this Voyage and Journey wa« publifhed in the year 1709, under the title of " Remarks on a Pafiage from the River Balifein the Bay of Hon- duras to Merida, the Capital of the province o^f Jucatan ( iU ) Jucatan in the Spanifli Well-Indies, by l^^utC'- nant Cook," in an 8vo pampWet. ,, To a pcrfe muft excite the aftoniihment of every it€ader:.of tafte and feniibility. . { Soon aftor Captain CoOk^s i^eturQ to £|)glan4) ( xliii ) It was refolved to equip two ihips to complete tlic difcovery of the Southern Hemifphere. It lad long been a prevailing idea, that the unex- )lored part contained another continent, and a Gentleman, whofe enterprifing fpirit has not let with the encouragement he deferved,. had ;en very firmly perfuaded oi its exiftence. To ifcertain the fa£t. was the principal objeft of thi$ Expedition ; . and that nothing might be omitted lat coid4 tend to facilitate the enterprife, twa [ihips were provided, furnipied with every ne-? ^ :eilary which could promote the fuccefs of th^ [imdertaldng. The firfl of thefe fhips was calr lied the Refolution, under the command of ICintain Cook.; the other, The Adventure, [commanded by Captain Fufneaux. Both of [them failed iirom Deptford on the 9th of April, 11772, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope Ion the 30th of Qftpber.. They departed from [thence on the 2 id of November, , and J&oa>tha^ |time until the 17th of January, 1773, continued endeavouring to diicover the continent, whe^ khey were obliged to relinquifh the deiign, obr ffirving the whole fea covered with ice from the [direction . of fouth-eail, round by the fouth to [weft. They then proceeded, into . the Sppth Seas, and nmde mapy other difcoveries, anfl re- turned to th&Cape of Good Hope on the 21ft of Marcb^ i774> and from thence to England, op.the I4t^ of July ; having, dicing three years and eighteendays (in which time the voyage was * Alexander Dalrymple* £fq< ( »l>v ) was performed), loft but one * man, by fick- nefs, ia Captain Cook's fliip i although he had ttaviK^ted through all the climates, from 52" norm, to 71° ioath, with a company Of an hu|idx;ed aiid eighteen men. The relj^tion of this vppge was given to the Pobl^c by (J3aptain. Cook himfelf, and by Mr GcPfgeForftcrj, fon of IhrFbrfter,who had been appoii^ted by Government to accompany him for thepurpofe of m^kii^ obf^rvations on (iftch natu- ral productions as might be found in the courfe of the navigation. Thatpubliifhdd by Captain Cook has generally been afcribed to a Gentle- man of great emmence in the literary -world ; but if the tefttmony of one fwho ^aS on board the ihip, and who made an extract from the Journal in its rude uncorrected ftate, may be relied on, there feems no reafon to afcribe the merit of the^ork to any other perfon than he "Whofenameiteoes under. TOte want of -fuccds-wWehtittehded' Captain CookV attempt to xfrfcover a (buthdrn totitinent^ did ttot difcourage antyther plan being refdveid on, whidi liad been recotnmend^d '^tente ' time before. Hiiswas no other than^e finding ^t a notlh-weft pafiage, which the' f:!uicy of fdme chimerical proj^£bors had conceived to be ti he- concluded his dircourfel iathisCfi terms t ^* Ailow me then» 'Gentlemenj to deliver this Mcd^> with his unperi(hing nanvl engraven upoji it, into the hands of on^ who! will be happy ta receive that truft^ and to heail that this refped^table body never more cordiallyJ nor more mcritorioufiy, beftowed that faithful] fymbol of their ^fleem and afie^on. For Rome decreed the Chic Crotvfi to him who fa^l ved the life, of ^fing\e citizen, what wreaths are! * due to that i)[ian, who, having himfelf faved ma*| ny, perpetuates in your Trunla£tions the means! by which Britriii may now, on the ipoft- dift^ntl v<^ages, fave numbers of her intrepid fons, herl Mariners ( Who,, braving* every danger, have fol liberally contributed to the fame, td the opuJ knee, and to the matitime empire of their coun'l try?" It wiU give pain to every feniible mind to re*! Qedl, that this honourable teftiinony to the me< fit of our gallant Commander never came to hi> Iqiowledge. While his friends were waiting] with the moft earneft folicitude for tidings con. cerning him, and the .whole nation expreflbdj an an^iious impatience to be informed, of his iuc* ( xivii ) fefs) advice was received from Captain Qerke*, a letter dated at Kamtichatka, the 8th day »f Junei 1779; adviiingy that Captain Cook killed on the i4tli o£ February, 1779. Captain Cook was a married nian, and left ;eral children behind him. On each of thcfe its Majefty has fettled a penfion of 115K per an- lum, and 200I. per anoxmi on his Widow. It remarkable, if true as reported, that Qiptain >k was god-father to hi& wife| and at the ^ery time flie was chriilened declared that he id determined on the union which afterwards |ook place between them. * Captain Gierke went iMidlhipman with Captain Cook his firft Voyage, and was appointed by him a Lieuteo- |nt on the death of Mr Hicks, who died about three weeks efore the (hip arriTed in England. '^'HW'-^^'V" .•^'sV- rW*^ .--< .; ^' •*t« » r.'»'ifc^/-i • S'"''^^'^^i ^^ ^ifh^iUMi has k\W.J 1, lO 'i)l» Ma !?rfl kl^i and was» unfertunatdy> kUled by the Savages of the Ifland Owhyhott on the 14th of February 17791 whkhlflandy he ha4 BjQit Ipffig before diicovered, when pro- fecutinii his third voyage round the gjlobe. He TpoSlcBed, in an eminent degree, all the quali£icatipQ9 r&^jSiie for his profeffion and great und^rtaipligs V together unth the amiable and worthy dualities ofthe beil men. Cool and deUb^rate in judging ; fagacious in determiniiig : a^ve in executing: ileady and perfevering, in i|itei»rUing from vigilance and unremitting cautipti : unfubflded dy labour, dif- ' iiculties, ai>q 4V*^I^P9}i^lPCii^s • fertile in expe- dients : neve^ wanting^ prefencc of mind : al- ways poflTeffing h'liniieu, and the full ufc of a found undenia|iduig», ' Mild, ivll, but ex^ m di(cfplinc : he was a fatHef to his people, ^h|ip \^e attached to l^m from ^e£tion, and ol)^di^t frbm confidence. *r6 thS T^iUhiii ot [is ^HEMirledge, hU expi^i<^hcey his ragacky^ If^cd him ft ^unel^ inaf^dr 6{ his fubjea, t^tthc t^moi He explored the Sbutherhtiemiiphere to a im^(:h^J|xigl^er Igtjiudfs th^had erer b^ioi't^ch- cd, ,^nd with , fJ^Ver accidents th^ii 'frcqtiently be^tiiore wlionajigatei^he cbafti 6f thi^ ifland. By his benevolent and unab^ting attention 19, ^th§ yij:elfarc of ^lis JfliiD's company, he difco- vei;e4! * be dfeplor^dljy tl^ cp^nu^^ ,%Hich i^iiy juffiy T)oaft of lia^ng 'M9^efi,»,m^n hitherto linegualled for nauti- €a\ talents i and that forrow b 'fbrther sfggra- v^ted by the r^flc;Aiop, that Us country was deprived of this ori^ent by theemn^. of a peo{^irom whofn^ indeed', itmfglitfaaYdbeen dreaded) but £rom whom it^^ri^s not deferved. For, aduated alwsiys 1^ the xhOft attentive care ami tender compaffioh for the lavages in genera), tliis CAPTAIN JAMES CO(JK. U^ this excellent man was ever afliduouflv,eijidea- v^uring, by Jkin,d . trcatineiit, tb' diflJI^^^*^ leirs^ and court tfe^ir fr»eii^fiiip j'bve^^ their thefts jmd treacheries, indfte^Miy^ttU terpofing, at the hazarct of h^S Kf^/ tb' iiro|rf! them from^. tlie. fdMcx^ r^feiitrtint o£ mi pwii ji^ured people*., , . , < ^ The 9bje<$^ of his laft miflibii Ws^^^^ difcovar and afcerta^ tSe boui^da^ie^^^^ and Ame^ rka^ and to penetrate; Into ;th^ 'Northern 06^spi by, t|^ J^drth feft^ --^ J^^ e^Hllate this gr^ niafter^ii^hi^pfofi^bdt whbfe flcifl^d l>t!pwnlhayc||erd^^d^^^ I«)fei p^ havf e;^eptte^ m^ 5 apd^M^ duclofiul trnking, coiiceated Wd iifd^iiii^ble ar- tfaeu:,lpsculati9n$, for tbe li»i by ttrBich he was SPl^M{i%' Wis' Jfe^^aafcov^id B8-. . qtjfailm^jr jijaiv 'feM'Ha WcoVeifed'fc' ti*r worU, jfl^ey;; ftaye '^ifc«Vsi^a'*ftl^,' ' mi4i;^awd HOd vnk^wn, (before; ''TK^ hiwjf'iaddl'Us s(t- ouaJRted with Utahds,' Otopi iM lArdateftiM*, "7^ '^^ ■ '■'•"■ •^fi-im-'M-v h .of lu TO THE MfiMOUT} &£. of which we had no conception. And if he. has not been fo fortunate as Americus to give his name to a continent, his pretenfions to ftfch a diftiniftion remain nnrivalled; and h,e will be re- vered, while there remains a page of his own modeft account of his voyages, and as long as mariners and geographers fhall be intruded, by his new map of the Southern Hemifpherc, to trace the various coiuries and dBcoveries he has made. If public fervices merit public acknowledge- ments } if the man who adorned and railed die ^me of his country is ddlerving-of honours, thee Captain Cook deierves to have a monu- ment railed to his memory, by a generous and grated natipii^ Vhhdu uherrittiUm aUnutUum t^ hems, Val. Maximusi lib. 2* Cap. 6. VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. OK I. T E N T 8. vlf * Cfaptains (^dox andT'C^tKRirk appointed Co thcRefolatibn and llnfcvvenr-^Pw^fiartitiont fortJi« Vo]racf-<-0ccur- reiicc» pr«c«4iog tMir fettiag SaU««'ll(|k«rtai3e. of the Refolution— Proceeds to TencrifTe— rcrt; fichaviour, and'llkfaita- tions-^ Arrival at <^ucen. ChariOtte't Soiind-rfnter. courfe with the Native«^Particitlars of the. Horrid Maflacre of the Adventure's Boat Crew— Ciii'ibua Re-^ marks' oii the IshabitaAts, <^ountr]r, ts'ii^-DejMirtiire from New-2^alaiidi ON the fofhr of February, 1776, Capfain Codk went on board his Ms^il/s doo^ the Refolution, and hoiO;cd.the pencUtttj hK?in^ received a commifiion to command h#f't|||U&|ire^ ceding day. The Difcovery, pf three'fajwiirctl E 3 tbi>:» 2 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, ton5> was, at the fame time, prepared for the fervice, and Captain Qerke appointed to the command of her. It may be neceipSury to ob- ferye, that Captain Clerke had been Captain Cool^s Second Lieutenant on board the Refo- lution, in his fecond voyage round the world. „ Thefe two fhips were then equipping in the dock at Deptford, for a voyage to make farther difcoveries in the Pacific Ocean, under the di- -refkion of Captain Cook. The Reiblution was hauled into the river on the 9th of March to complete her rigging, and take in ftores and provifions for the voyage.. Both ibipsi indeed, were abandantly fupplied with every tMng requifite for a>Toyaffe of fuch daration. We iailed on the 19th of May, and arrived the next day at Leng ^each, where our powdef and (hot j \ and other ordnance ftores were received* «,.. ■ ' \' ' •'■•^'i'^ . ■• On the Sth of June, while We tay In Long It^ch, weliad the fattsfa£Hon of a vifit from the Bar) of Sandwich, Sir Hugh Pallifer„ and others o#tK^ Board of Admiralty^ to exaapie whether eve^^^ng had been totnpleted pumiant to their orderi^iJitta to the convenience of thofb who were to euril^k. They honoured Capt.Cook with their company to dinner on that day v and were fain- ted on their coming on board, and on |keir go- ing afhore, with feveiiteen guns and^hrt^diedrs. To convey ibme perm-^ent benefit to ^e in- haMtants of Otaheite, and of the other iflands which we might happen^to viiit, his Majefly com- manded fomenfeful animals to be taken out. On the A Vo^ge to the Pacific Ocean. 3 the loth we took on board a bull, two cows with their calves, and fonr (heep ; with hay and com for their fupport^ We were alfo furnilhed with a fufficMnt quantity of our valuable European gar- den feeds, which might add freih fupplies of food to the vegetable produ^ons of our newly difcovered iilands. Both the fhips, by order of the board of Ad- miralty, were amply fupplied with an extenfiye aflbrtment of iron tools and trinkets, to fiicili- tate a friendly commerce and intercoux*fe with the inhabitanu of fuch new countries as we might difcover. With refpe^ to our wants, nothing was refuied us that might be conduciiie to health, comfbet,. or convenience. Thofe at the head of the naval departme^it were equally folicitous to rendet our vom^of public utility } accordingly we recdved os^^ird, the next day,, variety ofaftronomieal and Qaiiti- cal inftruments, which the Board of Lon^pi4e intrufied to Captain Cook and Mr King, hii^- cond Lieutenant ^they having engaged to fupply the place of a profefled obfervator. The Board, Hkewife, put into their poflefiion the tim<^-keep. er, which Captain Cook had carried out in his laft voyage, and which had performed fo well. It was conftru^d by Mr Kendal, . and wiis a co- py of Mr Harrifon's. Another tiime4:eeper, and the fame affi>rtment of agronomical and other iaftruments, were put. on board the Difcovery^; for the uie of-Mr Willam Bailey, a diligent and flulfiil obfervator, who was engaged to embark with Captain Clerke. ^ Mr 'oydge to the Pagijic Ciftatt, f -Nf "V > ..?L Mr Ati^WwiiStii^Sf ttf iffip^ dedtp hSA proft^ffiptialaMties ^ 4*^the cbskftsand head-lands, Mr Webber Was en- gaged to embark with Caplafai Cook, for the pur- pofe of iupf^ying the d^fts of writtoa accounts, bytsJcing; accurate and mafter^y drawings df the mofi .n^^norabie Iceiies of our and reached' Chat-^ p^m between ten and eleven o*clo(i, Where they ^ . dined A Vvfagt to the Pasific Ocean, dined with commiffioner Proby, who afterwards >rdered kis yacht to convey them to Sheeroefs, rhere the Captain's boat was waiting to take them on board the Reiblution. Though Omai left London with fome degree of regret, whenhe reflected upon the favours and indulgences he had received, yet, when mention was made of his own iilands, his eyes fparkkd with joy. He entertained the hf'vfaeft ideas df this country and its inhabitants; but theplcadii^ profpe^ of returning home, loaded with. whsR would be deemed invaluable tresAires there, and of' obtaining a difUnguiflied Tuperiority among his countrymen, operated fb (ar as to iupjpre^ '»• very uneafy feniation \ s|nd when he got mibbard the fhip, he appeared to be quite happy. ' Omai was fumiihed, by his majefiv,*' vfyQk quantities qftverj article that were fuppofedto be in eftimation at Otaheite. He alio receb«)l feveral prcfentsfrom I^crd Sandwich, MrBai|ki^ ' and many others. Every m et hod had, iad&lsd, been employed, during ills abode in Engl^nd^ and at his departure, to make him the m/bru- ment of conveying to his coimtrymen, ahjexsmi* ed opinion of Britifli greafnefs and gener(im]f. About noon on the 2 5 th we weighed anc&r, andmadefail for the Downs, with a gentle bi^ceze at north-weft by weft. At nine the fame dajTwc anchored, with the North Foreland bearingltbntli by eaft, and Margate Point fouth-weft by foul4. On the 26th, at two o'clock, we weighed, at^ ftood rofand the Foreland ; and at eight o'ciod; the 0me morning anchored in theDowns. H^ / Caption if'^f^JK^\^f^- 9^^^^ mo peen Duut tpr mm^tueai; a^a m^roextday, at twof d*dpttt littfftflafft^^ (ail, butMl]^!^ ^(b^ ()ida'ai^3f, ^nd;^<^ ah. cbor^ agaftff " atii5^^^^ thd fam6 Ai^t we wdghed aea^'atia pf^eeded'dqi^tit|ief ^^ vWc anchored at Bfiiioiulh'l^uh^^^^ 6^ 3bth at three Q^do(C»t M t^^i^^nu" Tl^e Bifcovcry hadWl^fedA^'i^e thi^jfe ddys befc' ore. was flying on bo^d ihfe Qticari, and he returned the ^mpi^tr^^^'^ r"^ '^' ^"'^ ^^? ^''^! ^ :: in replacibgm Wat^^hii i^Vi&)ns we iisia oc- port wM-'''<*i<(te *Hrfc^a^i^tf't<^4^^ h!s inftruaS^lw ihe'y*^^, \il^d liito^Sr tp proceed t^fib Ca]^ ofxS^J^ Refolufioh ; w|th dire^ib^ a^f^ t<^ ;l^iiVe an or- ,der, fbr Captaiti'Cferke to fottbV^uii^ ^ ip^ a$ he fhouM join. his ihip^.he bejnffiitthikituneuL London. ■ ''T''V^^'*3' ' ^;"^ ^^SjbH ^ . TheoflScd^'andmendiibbar^'j^^^^ l^cPs- tion (including iharines) were' bhe 'h^nchM^^ twelve^, and thofib on boar'tf ih^Siitovm^,^were On the ioth of JW tiii^|^ci^ j^i^rfJiin* a^ on boards and paid the officers and c£ew^ti]^ tb the 30th of iaft Qfioiith. " The petty, o^k:«^^ ieamen received alfo two mont^ wagpi^ini ad- vance. Such indul^cc to thej Mh^ ][^ . Captain. G}pk de- livered* ihto the hand$ of Mr Burn^y^'Firft !(Jeu- tenant of the Difcoveryi Qaptain 9!^^c*& bailing * orders ; a copy of which he 9Jifo jefj; ,with the commanding officer of his Majeiiy fhips at Plyv' mouth, td be delivered to the Captaip 9^^is afw rival. In the afternoon we weighed with thie ebb, and got out beyond all the dipping in th^ Sound^ where we were detained m , bgjrc ,p V"^ We had calm weather on the 2 2d and 23d, and on the afternoon of the 24th, we paffed Cap- Finifterre, MQ>Fk9^^ faW Tene- In" j'"i/» vhich is€clnvc>]r^^ iipitp the town iQ,w«>q4en ti^ughs. A9 thcjJB, jrpughs were at tUU.tioiq i^epalc^i^ frelh Y^tQi' w<(s extremely icarcc^, ■'.^^:/,.^^ .;;■,;, . . \ Mpim thf a{i;^(^ai|^ce of tAC country about Sant^i C^z».it mij^t ^tur^y be cpnicluded th^at Ten^ciff^is a{tnurrcn Qjpt.» we were convinced, however, from the ample fupplies -^t received, Ui^tfij^noft onlf^^l^l^fufi^£^ to fpare for vifitorf, , Tto^ w^lfe il^in^ of th^ iiUn4>g^|a?«fefeh^ lt#^;5^rcerP?nce ft^ling a,poj^tfa,p^eiy h^^ tiy,,i;t^y fec,J^ Qp^i»f fgvaTI^i^fona^le. A great y*rl^ty^^f,j|i^ ar?; to 1^ h;^ in plenty, <8cc. b<59^^;^a af^4 j>i^oij|Vhichgrow; fold.ait ab^t..f|)irj^^(|]|jUiifg^ and fix pcn^e per buflil : thf 4^t9 anV^ V«> jn gcnW rai, ve^ cnc^i^* Tho^ t^(^9 ^il^bitants are but iudi^ercptly fjip^ied with £ih ^^^ic adjoining^ Teas, they are engaged in a cbniulerable iiiherj 00, t^e cpad p£. B^rb^y, apd the produce of it fcU$ at a Vjer^ jwidfirate j^^^ , T-oacriffe IS certainly amore eligible place than l^^delra, fpr fhips £o touch at which are boUnd Vol. I. F .on lO A Viyag^fd)heP&cific Oc^ah. imW ru;^ior tb Wi^'oi M f^ttti^i the WM foicl^ for tv ?We''i)6linds si pWi^, 'wHircas'^ pipe of tBc bert Mitl^ira v^as Vfdnli'tbtifidcrably more thani double that fiim/ ' .' «>^ l^-Bcl^ind the town of San'tji (>us(, tTi^'tiutjtry ri^^es gradually to a nibd^ite h^Jgbt 5 aft^n^jrrds It; cpiitinues to rHe fouth-weft-vard towards i he ^e^ebrated pic of 'I'enerifft. But we were much dilappoipted m o6r ckp^^fatfons jdth rdbedtto Jtfi «|ca^nc6^';;';f:;^^ '!' ''■' *'^. ^^;''^-w^ irHfl^id; eail-wa]*d of Santa Crtiz^ appears pertec!^ barren. ^'!Ridges of high hills run to- Wftfds.mt fea, b^'weeh , vvhith are deep vallies, icrinii^atn)g.,at mountains th^t rfm acrofs and'are ^ighei^than^hcibhridpr - %^x ' «> ,-i ot imagine its juice to be'fo caufHc as to efpde the fkin; btUt Mr ^nderfpn convinced, them to the contrary, by thruiling his finger into a plant full of it. The inhabitants dry the bufhes of the euphorbiay and * In Sparto*« Hiftory of the Royal Society, page tchfdcc. ' is sia accquntof a journey to the top of the pic of Teneriffe. A modern traveller, viz. the Chevalier de Borda, who ipea- ' fared the height of this mountain in Auguft 1776, makes It 12340 £ngU£h feet. ' * A Vpyagi Mhe Pacific Ocean,, 1 1 carry $h^m httin? i»r fucl^ SantaCruz, though not largpp ?$ a,wel|i.ln»iH city, tl^ir dl»|re&» have ao^ ^ nagf^Ocei^t apppuaiifp^i^houh Jia^ they aff 4ec^<»ii4 tfrf«#*> fcfpdfon)^^^ withhr Almoft fcchw the ft^Pj^ pier, w^kh. niM toW the fea,lro|i(» th||tow», w jtapifijpbjc cWuflop^ mte- lycrcftcd, cnrk W with i^wn^, f ^[uife^ wh^ rcflca honour w fl^p, Ai^^iot. tween nve and nx m the evening^ put thd ngnt of it did not,rawa)DdiU%forpMr troufil^''^ roads w/jtc: very .bad, j|p^ ^r caWc huj^dmc- rent. j-----^-^— ^-— •- -^^^^^ -•- - There is {oriie good hb^f^sj^ '^^ujt||tfb<*rC'' with iibncsi ^Nothing clfc pri^fcme '' itftl^, »!;:- ij^frvingnQtipe, cj^cept a. few aloe j>lants m flow- er on the,'fidc9f|he^oad^, The labbfious work. in this ifl^nd is chiefiy performed by mules, horfcs being fcarce^ ,tind fcierved for the ufe of the officers. Oxen are alfo much employed here. Some hawks f 2 and I a A Fejage to the Pmjic Ocean^ and parrots were^^een, ^hich were natives of Hie iOa^^s «?. ^^\h> ^^ ifear%%^^v ftj^gqlis, bircfo* T&of are al^ ]iauup^S|r^^w^$>, [^^ iqr^ driMir forts of chragen-ik^^,^^^^" tnv-u ^^v^'^^ Mb* Anderfon wat B)fi}rii]kC^| l^ a, gei^Kipf^ of tielmowte^^edf "veradtyj tkot a teua is ledm- mon here, agreeing exa^lyiii^! tliQ de^ipUqa giTtn fe^ {iniMiiis of the tea-i&niby gs gro^tflng III Chi&a aEBd japaii. It is q>s04^4aSvCi^fBd^ and lar^e ^|iian|i)^ aire rtK)||d]put ojf t;^^Y|ii^ yards ev;^^ jmr.^ TJS» . tjp^iai^^ who ii^^^t th^ifl»oid» ipioe^imesjQiake me of it, a^daftrij^rich itriaft t^ .^uaWti^jc^ J^^ derfqn^ anot^r .j»ie^ni€j^^^ .v^'l^^ called 1^ ip^f^tffieitfd, len^ , It i$!#;di>cpl4, b?9om<;s^ j^pk^ ^ pcrfonj/Mvis f^ti f^n Jjlvfixorofpi^abjjr ^^{t|^iij[^> mile of the perpendicular height otthe, pij;^^' ♦cr thc.isiftoniihvpf jAuguft- w Sfl(Xolw,,cQi)tu^ny ^ ifluesl^^lthcrt^.Df :%-.,pi^,jl^4^ •:iM A Vosagijo the Paiifio-'paau, l% wh^n the port of feanfachit^^aiileilti^ci^/b*!. ing filled up by the rivers df bv\hithg tava tha^ flowed into it \ and hottfei iin^ tto\» wiiil:, ^1\tr* ibips formerly lay at anchor. ' ^ ' ^'^ The trade of Ttneri^yc is \ci*j'^c6rtfi(lerable; forty thoufand I\ipes cf \vine'behig anntfaUy made there } wiufch^ris comiii-nfed -ih the ifT:| 4^ or inadc into brandy, and fentM^o tlieS|>kCfh Weft-Indies,.' Indeed the wine is the only con- fidtrable artide bf^tne foreign ^^mnicrce of Tc- njeriflfe, unlcfs ivc'itifcon th^lar^fe qtikiHities of jiltcriig ftoncs brbiigbi from OrailllfCimaiy. The jrace of inhabitants ioimu here wN'n ihe Spaniards difqpvcred theCanarie% are»*io tenger a diftinfV pedple^ having iritfernrarried wi^ the Spaniih fcttlers \ tbeir^ defcendartts, fedwwer, may be knowii, from their being remarkably tally ftrong, and large boned. The men are ta^sitiy, and the women are pale. 'Fhe inhabi- tancy ip general, of Tencrifi^, are decent, grave,, anci civil y retaining that folemn caft which di« Ainguifhes fchofe of their country from others. 'JThough we are not ofopinion that our manners ar« fimilar \.p thofc of the Spaniards, yet Omni declared^ he did not think there was much dif-* f^ence^ |)e i&id, indeed, that they did not ap- pear to be fo friendly as the Englim 5 and that their perfons ne^ly refembled thofe of Jb^s cqi|n- trymen. H^'ving got ovir water and other articles oii t^saird, we weighed a^hor on the 4th of Au^ft| quitted Tcp^ri^e, ?sd proceeded on our "v^^yage^ F 3 On 14 A Voyagt to the Pacifie Ocean, w&^w't^e ifi^d bl* Bondrifta! bearing foutb, di(hiijt'«b6utii bsflgue; efa(oughl«rb then thought ourfeWes much farther off, but it foon appeared' wct!!Br^e iMftaken^;^ler^^aftef^'hbaling^to wai^' to )cte«r Yheifiiii^lEeii'^ ropki thatllie;near the^<]&urli^{V |)«^iiit 6itiks iflo^,^o found cmr- feltDs cibfe«|Mtti«tHem^and< biar^ wc^hered the' breaks. '^ Out^fi«ua(tioti waif ior fbme minutesy - ^o ^ittf ailiiimilig^ that e€apta[ii»i€ook did not r ch«iJ(^n«o^>(biui#ia» Th^tiirdgWhav^iocitaiedr the'd^n^i^^iiftl^tfliiiytpombiiit]^ «tf teileiiing M. i 'BtM\^cle»t&htkit^t6tksiisiH^ ll(s^red?betweeiin BodCa^^^iVa'^&iidrl^elifland^of Maiyo> i|itendjog)to looli^ki^i?bi^iPlrkya ibv^thei Jliico^iy^ ^jSi^ tain Cook had told Captaih Cter)eethat>ln!ihoQ}d toa^^ck^flf^'^ 'A\ oheb'doclqtifie'fani^the'rocks ibafh^^^ll^oF iiohav1(l»>i^t»nng^&udx^ft^ dl-^ fta»*iyee(W^-fmiiJ'Usa^e»ii:vft; pi^t^v^tioy-j-i v>t. . #fpMoifidaf'fh«^i^h,vti8 ^ 6*iilddB^m the rodntfi^, >l!hev1(k< of^ Mft^ro^borc' ibatb^bttth* cafl^ * (ftftiarifow^^ei? five l€lagiics;; i -Wo'^ou^d-o ed.^tthd< fsMiiH^bfOUWdaY^fi^fathomii ^At^ei^ di6§ai<<« D^ttli^ brfouc miles^froih this iOand, wd'l^# liot the leiii^ appetarance of vegetation y < ndthitSjI^pr^n ed ttfelf io our i^icw^ hst that Ii^l^'biri>Wn| lb comtnon in unwoodtd coun- trfeS'uttdb^ the; WJitttd J56ne..4tc» ^f/ r^i^^ u i^ii . \\ i i; ^Du¥ing duri^]ltih!ua»ce^a^ weiiia^jgenite^eedof^ririd^ varySng from the fottth-^ft^ to «aft, ' iind #iise esdos. / €>itthe 1 j|th, W liiiie' ^^clotk in the momiBg^ ne arrS^ vai tM^^r^ IMiya^ in the iihoid oiHSt Jago^ X»v oIg ■■■ ' ": where .^'b.w*MM -0i0tmnf»mam AVoyiagiio the Pacific O^ean^ ^5 Q'JX^i r^fV. where two Dutch Eaftwlnclia fbips and a fmall briganttne^ >wer& at anchorl^ The JDilcovery not beings thfitc^i we dhl.iiot go ioy <)m(f ftood io the fouth^ward. . i I d We loft; the north«-eai> - tra^:.ii^kid» * ^^ day after we kft the Qipe de >¥firdeir HItnds v and^ on the \ 3oth» got 'tiiajli > wMeh MiKf $ irotir. the fouthv^aft. Ther wbidi! duriqg; this, InfenrjEili was principaUy ia the ^buth^'weft 'QUMteiViO It Aeoe- rallf blew a genitle br(^i^^tbIlt iJ^jQti«{9 imby. end ia fquaUs. WehAd^&t^ ei^9i£j|f|dolbore of 0iQrt duration. \ BdEtrecuv^^e JtHki^if^nllt^r andi%fiueBtly vm^X inibinUfih).iildt^Wje:^iwere enabled to iavrasitatichiiral^ 99 i6l|c^ttl9:(3ns¥-^ efiijitrt^crfloijuriem^ «ail»::r^"'b'o,t bi,/! ^^00^) Every bad «6n&qileiu;e is to ^ appiM^ieiid* ed frcim thde; raiiks^i'iimd the filof^ fiilfiy'wea* ther accompanying them;; €oitiinai)derS'4)miips ought carefuUy taii^urify theair(lbe{ii!fef9^ with firealaiid^ fmoldei) mM to^ obli^en^c .pm^e. to change vtheir Q^th^3> ^ e¥eryf(<|pp9ftM^ity. Thdfe fiecel&ryi r pr^eautioiis weoe j AiiS^ oKer- vcd OS boai^d the Reiblutioit) and IllMcjpi^i. and we «ijoyed thd.advantage of tt> having' fewer lick than ^on either of Captasn i C^c's former voyages. Onr ihipi, hoK^ever, was very leaky in all her upper works«i The fultrynf eath^iT had opekiediiheriftamf fo wide^^that the rain-water pai&drthit)«ig^ as it^ leli : Thi& olicePSs in the. guB^fHAIi were doivenriroto .their cabinsij^y the waiter chatcamethrc^ the iitkd^ audi hsifdiy a,, mao^r ./i^itierdi^iin his hc^^ The iwsfiatf9i «nsie ?d- employed 7. / A Voyage to tbi Paiific Oceatf^, ..< ) ! ! : U)' ^ ^4 cmploytd to re^r the(^ liefttfbs', as fb^lj '^i ■i'i got inta fair #ttl^d i««^ier i btit Ghptiiti^ Cdok would iiti?< tr'rfft i'^niti over the "fides -whae Wc wcreat iear. "it""' ^'^* "'''^ ■' -^^y^^ ^Hyy-yin^' diT th^ ift ot S^teihbe*^ '\»tr' crbfled tK(5= e^ quatory lb thii Idftgitrtide of *a?7*» 3,8*^efl! ahtl pafTed-the Aft€»i«)6rt'M perfortnihgthe old: cc- remonf df dtik^ibg^hcrf^^ ^i^^tije hail hot crofTed th^^^ifiatdl'befoi^^Ctt the 8thV we \xtitk lit- tle td the fotithwaifd oif Cape'St Avguftine; We pro««ed*!a^iltt'^«**v«i^(i?; Vkhbut any reniirfii^ aWe ^cc3»*«icfesi' titf tfti^tK i6f G' was a black petrd^ abo«it the fiite bfii' crow. In the evenihg < has been but littk frequttnted^' there ii' ^ may may p< A frcfl calm'y» tcrwaf< twenty< returnc tfte ai cbiof fter<^ti fejit'tn hqmwfi (hc^e».^ waited trppps., with th p«^ifi\d fife tai<) jUdi for the ets'wer* A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 1 7 may poffibly be m6rc iflinds tRari wc know of. A frcflv^ fron^'^^noprJl^weft fucccfdqd this ^^^"fff^AimMim^^ )^% lM»jte, about twenty^foiir hours, vrhen the nortb-i><^i^!vvt|id murncdy #i>4.btewA*r, .Oto^iiTOiJwtiftwr the apc,qn?5od-jpop9r;f«l4?c»itfeetl«tl^^^ fter^teii4?n>, wttd th^ S»r«eQi»» lQ»pti»tjQ9cil[r ftjit m^xffiicw, l?B> fttt5^J?mt|ie»lwgh,.f te Go^ After Hvir^gif^^d, CaptfOuiQ^lf^ffl^ #»ir ih<^e» accQiyip^niK^dbyibnm^^Ml^^^ 9ii4- wolfed oa th^.r43ovqpR<^^ |he l^fW^slUMftMSoi* vof^c^ ^9 |]ftaJi,,a«d,aitf^C<>mt^^ ^iiSm with the g^e!^ti;lb«vj%if«n4<^ Q««ppffi^d^ taip p^\ m}^^ on bpa*M oideredJfcA 90 the (2?4 !W€s4i?i:ciciw^««iils ai»d|lb&iW ^?S?i,^^. J^*^^^ wejbugwf to .pbfiwfe«»nial "?^?(?%.^^ Wrk to c^^^^ the ihifVi and Cap^ -■(■-■(f"' '.■,.«9i{»:>str' ''^i: *b'--rHhl w^'v' :r iti U^baj that rode oufttbB|^g^^<«itt)ltiml{ldxs^mg^IiwaitohQt9^ Thd iharxkiloearodiOn: thlsrrj4^ ^^^ ^^^ i^^ the tflh^ thocfiimp&atc {aakd<^riEn%\wdy in whidKvjG!apt«iit(LJfioliiiEoi;'honM Qf> the«t>%lh'iilieiiii0nungythii?l)^^ iii4heba^£ffi]iM^!McdJrp)£lFl)|iqmutb/on \htiii(^ Ql^v^gHtti>:aibi'yfQi4d ^^he^/wthiMirft iW<$c^ o^lh*! c^ftKK)i^ta^ Qtevl(4:.d»ajhi^< . over: boA^«£i^N«ok]»9t|c0t|efigi)iftpppQ^^ hit peo{tlc^o£iiiii^^i^(iSf^if«4 J» p«rJVi^^%H^ CaptaUi^QOoteii^t 4}^l»i{i(ii;^i»$fi«Li^^|d^«ri and ie»fef iii^7ll|th?5i»fli^l«P«i Jfetli^lC^ptaj^ expedit^^itrfjif)plyf.i^:;pri9y¥i«^[p^iw^ti8i?#;/ Ha*Uig^ihgRti^Qol'','the Fif^ ca^sl^officei^ ^!id peoplci At lengtb^nft^r much trotibi& and expence, by; employing;, fometif the lowdl^fefio^nrs ilf tte pkice^ «re netoveredi jnUbut the tti«b ewJeiitoi Qnei»f)^ iaitts>ihc)twqvdt-,» was fo miferablfitopn-i>ythet)ddg$^id&ati we bought ■he wouki-:Aevcr'rccotrdr;:f''fV-';i f.Msr. .fi-.;:-:' ■ ■ ' 'Mi; Jlentmfy^the 'LtitiiitenantvOoveiaK}V9^a^^ obligingly ^ii&rsd itom^ke ^pftii£s[li0f»^4«I^Mttdd(e4iilsdlfjq^lW j^l^p0fe t<»^td4rxti^Mii^rona«nof^«i0eiC^jiearifxi8 : WtWki hdv6!6vcvp0k^€bp(Jabbf«k$n&(b)|6di>/]Mr J^^^m^^hiBrnxteafl^iMH^ t^atr^duce fiuioj^ii^an ^eep^t >t&^^api(| bitt^H^ hijt 4tteittptcu«ilevc:fi^ ttated iby ihe people, who ^lli Al^*^ttedm iiheir <3mnkitt9^^^fk$ ouicoimt ^ thi!$r?ltfgQqu^«(|^tlie >f^)^>wMcblfo produces idoi>lf Iilbii6y4tuin'ffa4t\^lttae4i»i9fsii|be- M^* ' Iiid^i^ theotu^ t^^aiHbb^rilhilif in the Capie Cheep'ifi^llyi'tegth and(Hklk^idf><^^dbeir tdh^ ^ii^h wdgh from'ten to ifteeii pdiind^ Whik'the' ^hi^ #i6re trailing for the' profe- cuddh of ^^^"t^d^ge^ M^ Aifdet^Toni aad(<»^ of ddi* ^^cei«rix^de &ff ^xc^fn^, to dike difurvey of theB6!gt&>dtiriflg'i&d^lltf^o14ir Ai^ re* . l^^«hd^^oee^ing» 16 the>^tig ^fie£^: ' Ih «ki fok^hbbn of 'SliWiirday the ^'<5th of No- ' y£ihbier> !he,' and five 0theps,fet ^t ia& Waiggon^ 20 A'Vofogtio tht Facifie Ocean. td filAeea Viet^^F thd e^nMUy; Thtf^r clX)fl*ed the larg^ptiMtcil'iMeaiftWiu^ofthe tovi«, "wiikh is istmeif^ inStki ranJd;>itf6thblkigthit^ w is «^mtenlt'i«e^nd»6A besickifidV'> At fiv^ in thaaf- terHIMii ^ktief fitkii a lii^tt iaMi^houfe; ibme corn-fields and vine-yards, iituated beyond the j[>1adll, Wl^etheitoilaj^r6d^iidrdi cuHlilFMing. Atlbveti fh^ idlrived tt SteUeilbbflii » colony, fti^^t of itlijpdtiillC(S'lieJd:>co tluit^'the Cape. The villag^'Dttkldti'aft th^fbbtof^the^ range pf tdlEy'iitOtimg^yiabottt^t^diity^it^ to ^e caft- #M of GiijjitifoWK^ did conflftB •£ about 4hirw tf hxmfefty wydhiai^iMiit 'and^tenti : >tii^det, and^Hte-^ftreli^k-^feti^l^g^ daiciinplii^M at its' #fft'fetftt6gi £i«iti'a rural profpodl in this ddfert ^d«tiii«^!« 'ffhtttorki^ ibnie^lhiiviii^ y^xls '»imd^'^0rfln»di^ibil| ^thbti^t^er^ iiflptt' iittKh marf Ixiiolriiig %o^ thf imdainnM^tfe. rojfey ^«fhe»afef ••■'■)•;; •;•>/' ? ./i),„n./. ^r,tyof ishdyearf^ Aadtrte^oiild find bttt few plintsrln flower^ iahdiiuife£t»^Were v^ feorat. 'He>atad hb idonipuiims le^'^1- %iibofiE?thef«n9tt niomingv'aini'iboaiiarivad at thftohRNili! tHtyivfaad -j^iamdijdn JS^tiir i Mr iCloeder^ M owner of^^faich^lhaiqiig&BttheQk 4kn iRvhatidn to vUh hkn^^tfaey iM^ientsrtained by thts^ gvmleinaii'^piik gieat foiitnie& Olid' ho- fpitality. They were received with«>haad of mnfic, which continued ploying-wiiile ^ley iimere^ at dinner ;. which, in that iituation^ mi^;ht . be reckoned elegant. In the aftomoon they crof- ^ fed the country, and pa^d^fbtne Igi^ l^anta^ ^^, ■. •^.. . -tions. ^,- r. vaftidrJU p|am«(i m^ lotr hill tlicjtqipli imilli^n hlighkiii north p it^ malm rl^d|v& BmlWel one.ittnn ofrthati Onth from the pif&i th Tyger E V9L.: flfedthc v*hkhis rhkhis I th&af- md the iirating. colony, leCape. becaft- itttthir^ ibMat : in this iwvtine- .nrHleh cncmild rivadat If I Mr thfiok ttanned ifid'ho« nd of _ht be if crof- plaiit»* tions. ti6wi^nrift^M!Pvei^j^yrfM^v^,a(t.s^ farm- va||^{U:i$)l^9ij^ril^}ii^alsl^r:rl^ a cpiiiitii^i, Hwhi9h(;lcq^|i% ^^1 }l^ &r9i8 or ^fPiJwWtWV^iljif^U^Wf^rafioli^ at ihf3ii>%r^^(iMV fptefiiiuV9i;i||»My>|iK((^«4 jihan ». jti0iibni?u$f4aifi|jb^ :A0h>3i9)($]^9 i#9rnftor), they »' ^ifim ilQ)leetii jUmwK^^ 49rg6lftt^fi!^ Qsdied by |4iftiiiliwb»!ta«W'*liftiIViwib^i!l»iv the BeinkiCH«|in«Aid» }|^i^iiiHiw-Hi#^I^|h9^ Tome lotf hiU#»-ji^^ Oftdo t»b}Q«^ Q;^n^4;dunded on tiati|(9iiiMHll^ni9^«>Rl)»iwl^ ao^iQfiirtb.i i The ijiftiWi4 ^Kd^ w»B aRfri4iaH^iH)iti^dhniiiant>The i«ii|]ti^ndil9 |[| where they beheld fome tbler^.bAe m V9L. I. G . corn-field >a A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean* corn-fields. About noon they flopped in a val» lev for fefirefhment» where they were plagued with a vaft numljer of mun^uitoes } and, in the evening, arrived at Cape-Town. , PfiSaturday th^ sisd, we got the obfervatory, clock, &c. on board. From the refult of fevend calculations and obfervations, we had reafon to conclude, that the , watch, or time-piece, had performed weU all the way from England. Captain Cook fearing a fecond difafter, got his fheep and other cattle on board as foon as poifible. Hcjalfo increafed his ftock by pur- .chaiing two bulls, two heifers, two ftone-horfes, two iiiares, two rams, fome ewes and goats, fome poultry, and fome rabbits. ^ Both flups being fuppUed with provifions and mux fufficient for two years and upwards, and every other neceflary. article, and Captain Ccok having given Captaia Qerke a copy of his in- ftru^Uqns, we repaired on board in the morning of the 30th. A breeze fprung up at fouth-eaft, at 5 iii the afternoon, with which we weighed and ftood out of the Bay \ at nine it, fell calm, and we anchored. At three o^clock the next morning w« weij^ed and put to fea, with a light bneeze at fouth, but cUd not get clear of land till the 3d of Siecember in the -morning. On Thurfday the 5th, a fquall of wind e^ff- ried away the mizzen top-maft of th^ Refolution, but we had another to replace it. Om the even- ing of the 6th, boiig then in the latitude of 39®. 14' fouth, and in the longitude of 33® 56* ead^, we obferved fever^l fpo>ts of wattr of a fi^- r.r AFiyage to the Pacific Oceans ^ 2$ difh hue. Upon ekamihing fdme of this water thjit tras taken' up^ we perceived a number of fmall anikials, lirhieh the tdcrofcope difcovered to rcfemble cray-fWhv -'^^ '''■ ^^^^^^^ .;an • We continued io the fouth^ft, followed Jby a mountainous Tea, which occafioned the (hip to rdll excecdiftglf, and reridered our cattte trouW^fclthe. SeVeral goats, efpccialfy the males, dfedj arid fome fheep. We now biegan tofeel-the lc<>ldM avopy fenfiblt dcferie. . On Thurfday the i ?th, at nObtij'iKfe (fifddvcr- Und cxt^irfg fj^tn fouth^ft b^ fouth, to ithi^aft bjf m. l¥^^ ^ lerigiffil dlfcdV^iW the fouth, appeared MHH'^cmmitii^ m^pcs hWctLmixidkm 4iV6*i^dW«JlJMd^,^afeut ifltodSi attd' ibtild hk^»SlW^W'dthfet'k«id or ^iM; ^ rMfetf 'dP%an^fett%idtfh^5i' whblViidci aiid'iliriirfiitS iitm hoveUA i*^ftibiVJ ^ '^ • Thdfei t^^^^^andi) inl^four> 6«Nifff 'mb^e^t^' the'tdft, Were? "dJft6v^;t*d ^t^' CS^lJit^fis fifeHori du RjCftie stad* Ck)i^et; French' navfeatJ^s, M^ Janasriy r^iiV dh fheiir jpW^gc froni t^k Cape of Godd Hi^ife to the Bidltppine filatids. As theylft^e fio iam^s iii the Fr€hch cha^df thfe; Southeifik Hetnifphere, Captain Cook uotS* two#e now faw Prince Edward's Jflamt^f |he other four by the name of Marion s 'imd Crozet's lilands. Gz W&x 24 A Vtyagf t9 thi Pacific Ocean, We had now, in general, (Irong galei, and very indifferent wcatiier. After leaving Prince Edward's lilands, we fhaped our cou'rfe to paft to the fouthward of the four others, to get into the latitude of the bnd difcovered by MoAfieur de Kerguelen. Captain Cook had received inftru^tions to ex* amine this illand, and endeavour to difcovcr a good harbour. On the i6th we faw numbers of penguins and divers, and rock-weed floating in the Tea \ and on the, 21ft we faw a very kirge feal. The weather was now very foggy, and we hourly expected to hSi in with the landi navigation was both 4ai^erous anii t«4iotis* On the 24th, at (U.ia the morning, the fo cle^ms away a little, we ixm land| hottrin^ fottth^muth-eaO:, which we af^rward^foun^hito be ah ifland of conHder-ible im^g ^lA Wmit three leagues in circuit. We iooiv A^er disco- vered another of equal magoitude, abcmt oiie league to the eaft ward | dnd, beiwefa thi^ two, foine in^allet ones. In the dire^ioa of jRiutK h/6aft, axiother high ifland wasicen^ ^ We^d |mt juft weather the iiland laft mentiofied: it was a high round rock, named Bligli^^ Cape. Captain Cook fuppofed tliis tp be th&fai^ tlHat Monileur de Kerguelen called the Ifle.of Rei»- dezvous Vbut he knew nothing thaj^c^^iU) ren- dezvous at it byt the fowls of the ^rt>f|ir, his anchor having ftarted before hif'^uld (horten in the cable* Theyiwcre, thVre- fbw^ obUged tb fet fail, and dr. ig the anchor af- G 3 ' ' ter rt^ A Voyage to the Pacifie Ocean* ter th^m', till they had ro6m ' to heave it iip, when iixey percdvi^d that one of its palms was brol^noflfv . ■■,^;;:;'^-^'''-r;'-^;' ■ "^ ^v--,.- „ Imrj>ediately after tv^^'fiad anchored, Ca^aih Cook oridered all the boats to be hoiflcd out, and the ecppty water< and'Qther pitrpofes. Frefh Watei^ excee4iag|[y ^enti^ul } biit nolt a finglc tree oi Ihrub W3§ tp be difcdvered, iiild! bn^ litt^ age of 9ny^^d J though we &td flattei^ed buiP- ielves with the hope bftaeeting with fomethtng confiderable growing hqre, having bbfel'libd the fides of fbme of the hills tf be of a, lively green. Before Captain Coolc,,retwned to his (hip, he ai^ , cended a ridge ef rQc]|c$, rifing one above ano- ther, expe^ing, by that npieanSj to obtain a view of the coimtry ; but before he had reached the top, {o thick a fog came oui that it w^s #ith di^ctlky he could find hjsFay dqwn again. % To- wards the evening we hauled, the fciftc at tthe hesd of .tb§ hairbopr, hut cs^ught nni more ii& half a 4m|^ finall 6fh v npr had v^e any be] lliccefi ^ next day, when we trietj'^ith and fine. . lOiir only refpurce, ^herefqre, fori provifiohs, was birds, which were inhtiinei TJiqpgh A ray»ge to th Pacific Oaan, ^| Though it was both foggy and rainy, on Thurfday the 26th, we began to fill water, and to cut grafs for our cattle, which we found near the head of the harbour. The rivulets were fwelled to fuch a degree, by the rain that fell, that the fides of the hills, bounding the harbour, appeared to bp covered with a (heet of water. . The people having laboured hard for two fuc- cefliive days, and nearly completed our water. Captain Cook allowed them the 27th of De- cember as a day 9f reft^to celebrate Chriftmas. Jn coniequefice;qf wKich» ipany of them went y^ (hore, and made, eii^curfions into tlie conntry, which they found defolate and barren in the ex- treme.. In jthc evening one of them prefented a quart bQtrt<9 %o C^ptam Cbok> which he had i^pund on th/e nprth-iid? of the harbourj faftcn- f4 with ioiife,:w;ire to ^.proje^ing rock. This ^ttk^on^inied,* fiejCf of par<;hri>ent, with the feWpyrij^il^rJiglipn: v. ,1 .^^ X^tddvtco .^V, Gdiliarum It IS eVide^i^ frpto this mlcription, that wc ^^iCe T^pi me iSrft.feuropeaiis who had vlfitcd this li^mii^n Csipta^ Cook fuppofes it to have been l^li l^y Jl^on^&ur 3^^ who went having founded tirith a line of that length. ■ . ...%• .^<^i...i;;,'«^^«"--' Having paflcd through this channct> w^ diC covered a bay running in 'three leagues to the wfftvard, which is formed by Cape Cumber^ •wnd to the north, and a jir^omdry to the fouth/ This tlie Captain named FointWngle, m compliment to Sir John Prnigte, Freiident of the Royal Society* The bottiam t^ the bay is named Cumherland^s Bay/tf^Hiii ^ To the fouthward of this a fifth bay is form- ed, which was named White bay, on account of fome white fands or rocfcs in thebottom. TherjB are alfo fcverallefe' bky« or covesj whicf* ap^ pearcd to be Iheltered from ail winds, (iff the ^th point, ibverai rocks raife their heads a- bcpe water, and probs^ly t^itrayemainy^thers that do not. ■ ^^^^ ■'-' '■ '■ "'^^ Thmiar ^wc had fteei^d in a diye6lion paral- Id to the coa^, and at no time more than two miles from it. We obferved the beach to be fandy, and freqi tmXy i warming with binis, but all al6ng retaining the fame barren ^nd naked ap^ranee.' ■ --^^^^ i:'^v:ia . /-, Having kept on our larttd«i^ bSxl*«, the land which we firft difcovered off Gape Francois, in the dire£lion of fouth 53° eau, we took for an iflahJ, and expedtecl to find a paflage between it ^nd the main ; but we found it to be a penin'- ' ilila fula, jo iflhmus Captain &^n. poii Fordam On 01 ber of r( the caft one. A the char and the to be 48 crowded and of a ferved uj Havin mentionc checquer fible wen of water i withftand nearly toi makes it ( examiiiini them, by they were as a mill-j a line of manner fo even with was fuffici^ precaution A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3t to the kdsbe- I forty line of ■ «<^? to the umber- to the Cringle, idcntof bay is count of j There liclr a j»- Offthe icads a- ^thcrs m paral- lan two to be lis, but naked land :oisi in for an jtween I penia- fula, joined to the reft of the coaft by a low ifthmus. The bay formed by this peninfulfti' Captain Cook named Repulfe Bay. The- north- ern point of the peninfula was named Howe's - Foreland, in honour of Lord Howe. On>ur approach to it, we diicovered a num^ her of rocks and breakers, and two iflands to the eaftward of it, which at firft feemed but one. A^ut noon, we were in the middle of the channel| Jilting fteered betwixt the ifland and the forela^ when our latitude we found to be 48° 51 ibuth. The coad is but low and crowded with fea-birds. The land is pretty high and of a rocky fubllance. Soi.ie feals were di)>. ferved upon the beaches. Having cleared the rocks and iilands before mentioned, we found the Tea before us, to be checquered with fea-weeds, which we were fen- fible were faft to the bottom. A great depth of water is ibmetimes found on Aich ihoals \ not- withftanding, of which, the tops of fome rocks nearly touched the furface of the watcri This makes it dangerous to iail oyer them without examining them. We endeavoured to avoid them, by failing through the channels whereby they were feparated. The f(?a was as fmooth as a mill-pond, and we kept the lead continual- ly going, yet never ftruck the ground, even with a line of fixty fathoms. Having run in tHis manner for an hour, we difcovcred a large rock even with the water, amidft a bed of weeds : this was fufficiently alarming, to make ustajce every precaution to avoid danger. Wc ^ ^^^ii- 31^ ^«v AJTviagtiio ihi Sfae^^tm* ^aiWt^ wiMirluiwcabcluli dgfat :iiiil» to dw^^^atli- lpiid'6£tio^d1si BoiMaUd^ aanii^ iMt fiidltth. of iilM^t anid beds of feaHweed»>/bulnth»iii ifyc ir- ^ to be windkig chan^b beunjesh '«lu)iii»:;t'*'We i«|ro: ftr OEKKh ' cu^sanSStA . «r^j |f|tf«qfi»mi our djf^dultiefi^'bat thiS' plMigisd Inaotor grcatee^ ImkI weicland it 7^S&(is^bd$'}ttssf^fX&i£^xm i£|Hif- iGhk ]if&i?e(fiigbl^iei{MciBUK aHito«pcaj^ was ^ijAifdBiing^ihiiM; ^iik69;t<^i4db« /ontk-'wti^ of |iUlii»£4pt9iiidSl«ikqiwaft ^kedemiito lcsd< p for t^^iihore,^ totic&l dttnnlefs #«tfn tbai the J^MiMMFl} lbUjkc^60i^to4 bjr nmning over Pfi^^ Jw iiad;iu)> ^itiu^,< .«» «li«! fivo. o^dock. ^^ ^ifc^ < cvctiing, Q)|)tfiia QI»Blti made<;lke ipiil&djAattt vwy (iroi^>i it ha^v£vercots, tQ Airvey the ut)|>cr part of tiie kwtboni^^jaiid look oMi for wood. ; > '^-^I'-t-^^ ^^^v ■ H« yifo dclircd Captain Clerk 3, to fend his Maimer, to found the channel foutk cf the imall Ifles, panied on the be ma >j Froi had a' as Hoi ieveval it, w^tl ofthe] wasdis ai anch A ^rtm the ioni faw noi . ^wby ^'Whii Mhgith a hill, v; boat wa thingito predj^a barn^ a Havbom wnntk fort, and w^ting^f Penguin thofb bir freih wat difficulty. VdL.I MBfcar- [Ibbads, -fef'bat itod it tudy was dp for that the ing'ovcr evening) DOifcring shositt^ fend his leixnall ales, / %f ifles^ABd went himfijlf in hilownboaty accom- panied bj Mr Gore and Mr Bailey^ and landed on the north pointy to fee what difcavcrycopld be made from thenoe* -r & tti riCiuo i n From the htgheft hill over the point, the^ had aprettjp gTOd view of the fea-coaft» as fair as Hcywe's Foreland. It is much indented, and ieveral rocky points (eemed to fhoot out from it, w^th coves and inlets of unequal extent* One of 'the latter, thecnd of which they eould not fee^ was diqoincKl >from that in whkti the ihipiB wtre ai anchor, by ehepohitchef tl^n ftood upon, A ^|rcait many ikall iilanda^ rocks^ md break- €9% appeat^d fcattered along the cbafi, as weH to the feuthward as ta'^e .northward \ and they* faw^no'better channel to get out cf th« haHtonr, tibanxby^the one thro^ilirbkhth^ had entered it. ^> i While Ca^tain^ Gookand Mr BaDey^wtre ma« Mbg ttfade- dbfervaitons^' life Gore-eneompaiTed a.hill, V and ijoiiiedt them at> thtf .place wh«re the boat was atte»diiig for' tKeak There' was no^ thingitoobftwAthcbrwalk, except fome craggy ptedj^c^^^ the cotn<|fy being if poffible more barren and defolate than that about- Chriftmo^ iia»bouv.>^ ¥Pith tegttrheobferved^ that there wal neitheir fbod^nor Govcringfor' cattle di anyt fort, andt i§ fae'lud left any^ they muft have pe<^ nBiosU Inthelidtkico^ whe^ their boat war waitings for them^. (i^ith Captain Cook called Fenguki 'Cove, frofir the bnnienre number of^ thole birds appearitig^^ there), is a fine river o^ freih water, which we could apprdteh without difficulty. Some large feals, ffaags, and a fe^ VdL. I. H ducks. ■- /y-. ->-^ )'lit>^t^-' J^VT->> \ j4 "^ Voyagt to the Pacific Oaan, fkR^'Wtre ^fhmhttt'f and) Mr Bailey had a |l«ihc^i^sllsiid'4}ird»(b\«i« flew..;^ Wftf ooMMifithf tocks a^udildbey:)cit&it«^'! , ,. ,v^ f) They gbt on board »t niflfei andMrBl^hr^v f«n>e4 foon after :* he in;portiod that he lud bsen foiir miles up the h^bour probabljinear the top of it ; he found its dire^on to be fouth-weii^i ,i(f bMsKitb iiiearithei Attps* about ra fn^e> buC par/Dw- etriahher lip. riHeiomid the cotintvy)veiyTQcJcy» «iid(Vcffy ihttkuvetdovefof anyr kitid. Penguin^ knd'-JCiAisr'hmrdfi) litfdre< foen in gineat . i) wmbers. 'j**^NnaLt}!Ssaaia6lmg^^et pat to /fea^ Captain Copk Jflilngiiained the iharboxii'; Fort O^ail^^ '. It is filiated J 4^^<7f ^th btikude, and 69^ r 3 7 ' eaft knmitnlc^ uidtiet^^ above fiveleaguesfouth^aft te&How6Is%ISkBd. i^/ )/,f;rr ,T/-f>Vi|rJ^.^ At four leagues diftance, they perceived a noiiikblltillillkci avfi^i^r ituig ; ^hich was na^ed Maiab^ GaitipbeU ^ a. low point* beyond which iio» ! ki^d^ • waritdi uei ifeei^ . bore ibuth^aft^aib ar %6l)it^twentyi«iiles)diEfta9ce^ ife)inRerQ then^wD 1e$^giii«s irdm ihofeu llhe land jakr^ and levejj^ ^e i nAlmitfins'eqdTaboilt ifive^leaguQsiroi]^ the iMi^foiikg' >le9^in|[ a ^oat ffxtcht !«f i^w kuid, o^ i^llfeiiciEidliit JQan^pbdl vis fitntated* > Thefe motmtains feem to beeompofedoftnakedrocksy lirhoibii&bxBfitiS'were covem ivkh foow^ and nothing hut Aei^ity vvsas to bcfeen ift tiie va^Ues. ^4} 'Aft noon' ^e perceived kxvi^laiidy c^Kning/off ^6^ iovri pointijuft metitionod»> in tMidif!Q£y0n of Amtliuroiit^^eaft^i' Itppsotvodi toi bet the. eaftem' ^eztkcniity? of this bnd»> andifRMcuaiRed €ape Bfgby*^ Thf ^iorefortnsone great bay.£rom i^ape M* .I'.f.; «*♦' had a idb8.ei> the top eft ^ ill ar/uw- TQckyt jer8.>,>'. I Cook r* i It is 37' caft uth-eaft fcived a i nc^ed which ft .at ar idlcvj^lb o^the w land, Thcfe drocksy my and nwgoH' safteim ^ gape y.fifom i^apc ^ A. Cape l^gV tdl^^^s Fordand ) wliich^MW* ^ico) a Tftft quantity otf fea-^wte^i of th;tt ioM which Mr Btoiks dimiHgaiOies by the name of finM gigoHteuf* TiMMigh the i\cm of this weed h not much thicker than a tnan's thumb, foiiae of it grows to the ai»azin{[ tengtki of ii^y fa- thoms, -xl ^^^ «'.ijJ.V.wlMt> !ifirrf.< \*i ' We obierved a fmi^ benniing in the toaft, about one o'clock,^ on the ao#& -fiiie of Cape Digbf, for which we Heered mtending^to'aiir chor, which, finding impoffiblov we Aifefeched &>rward, to make what further tiibforvatieiitf' we could that night. tThie^coaft, ifrorariGape Oi^ bv, trends nearly fijuth^weft; fay fout^^tba low point, to which Captain Caok,i > an (titeiKii^ .of her Majefty, gave the nameijtf JBointlC&Mft i^^^Six leagues from Cape Digby^ m^th«Ijdine£boB of fouth^^fenth-weft 4 weft, is a pretty^ bigh^piip^ jecting point, which was called Princ&of) W^lesff^ Foreland '^ and fix 4eague& ibeyond ^thaty / in . tht iame dire^tbn, and hi latitude 1 of 70?) • ,54' ibuth, and^thelongitnde Jof 70*^-1/3^ ea&i i&the moft foutherly point of the whole xoa£b, wycil^ he diftdifgutfhed byithe.nafneofrCapeGeorgQy in honour o£ hid \MajeAy. ,i< • ■ > t ^'^ Between point Qiarlotte and the Prince of Wales's Foveiandy we difcovercd a deep inlet, which wa^calkd Royal Sound ;j and, advai*cing' to the A>uihy me faw atiotbcr i^^t into the Royw al Sounds' ^ndtlsr foutfh-weft fide of ^he PHnct of W^s^ l^oreland. On the foiith-weft fide of the Royal Sound, all the land t© Cape George, H 2 roniiiis IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I I bilM |25 ■tt lii 12.2 L& 12.0 lU L25 III 1.4 I ■Mil m Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STRUT WIBSTH.N.Y. MSBO (716) 872-4503 ^0 ^ # A \ 4> \ «^" llT: ld» leiikl i m\M ib ■iliit thrlr fiMinmili MKAwHtk T7rro-;T?^;riWfci tiff fi " rf^^^'' Sfft^'i'^- '^ i^:M^ iboiitl^nt cxiA-s^ ' anf th^ ^he li^-k ff ?Si*i ■«*>.. m- 3JI i-m^, 'm mm #'^T- ;q f« K^flfid ttio9ii^(«vs^7fl«f 3 1^56" «f ^4«^la taihn, trhioh was (h&/k follow^ b^ »^thiR4y P/ind* Oiir latitude was noii^4^ 40 ^ fouth» lon^tuie iioo 26* eaft. 11i« nOnd l^ '■''"■ frbm ^ yifj0gfi§tbt PaafieOmm^ m immi!^6»^'%^''\i>^ thon veeringt ;to ,tl^^w«^ and northiNiK^i J^roiiaht ini iwm withoiit intemiptiony tUl tbc nineteenth^ wehen the/0rir«9IHQEl9(l)i^jaiE&X^i^^ ^^^^' W»i%U»«l(6i%j«i»i« ^^m ci|tttatk>n. ./ ^ , P m^fk out* »f ytoJMiMn ri l!li biiHlf tff tMdl^ Mki^iiSiM^H^l^feaiHli^'' E«likfbt bi^^MMMid^^tHittiy^m^'yUhd^ftie iHMrfes of d(P l|ibm^'M»te#4dubkH)^ ij^Vfioft'lKfal^Hfej ^^ went to the gitift eutten» and liavW^^m'tfae Mltt^CtHMflRn VBDOMPCll^ ' WtO wObC* liMfCfl«llCO|l^Cl t«^. '''"iWe^Afyiist^JNSieBi'^i^ iipFffi'fliii^ «f tiyt ilMMd iheca JottOr, hmka^ a circle of Ju|ir aU rotnid, fivaethittg.filBe Che tcM» (urc o£ thei&Mmti SnMsf^iCi. Many of the Voi,.1. I '• cliildrcii I X }\ r Wi^ tttMlgfit w^vtVi] fom i feiifbbf VlrrutJi or fear 6f dHt i#p«rW their, meA, is' nkiacii?i IL^oid. C^^ 4rll5Nrv#■%.i^i#f. *^' >5j¥?/8HP^?yii^po«* the 5Y^pl€., beMin^, '^fWlf oCt>#g!vcry 4ry^andiii»e |ieai;ai>pf ;^ . mm W WWM'I' mmmimi>mmm \ Cmnrffutr! uKT Heir CIBICcf 9 6lr TERUI wi^;i''i|]^^'bf oii^ifi4''^i^ lIM^'M^^ ethel' fti^ff ^ $ ahd Bp^h th« t>dtck #e Ibattd fomc Come 4^4? i^e W-^f iwfiii^^f^^ mmmm9P witd littjc ofJ^iztm^^^ trivjausrce ^in. their, . |»f5t^^ <^ ; ^ntt i^£ th^ipj^f ^d bodicsia Kx^csiqC dj^ ference for piu; prdfeaf^ tl^ .gj^gr^^j dics^ as .wc. OiRpo^ jfrpm perfcaiy woolly^ ^,%c|(^^^v^h;)?^ j^^im^ iioii?8; ve br^ and fi^^V ?^ ^^^^^ F^.^ of a ipodexate fiz^i and tngugji tbcy a^^fJU^f |fjf- ry quick or piercing, they give tH^.,C!qim^c.- nance a. fraAk, ckea^t^i a^ pli^^^c^^ A'^hefr teetbmnot very whi^e, luw^^i^ ^^^pfj tibgir moufhsi ?yrie totfi^ mdp; t^tyr -sfresLi^'i^^^iki^j^ loRg^«^ clp^c^ with p^int. , , TCe^r 4?«t^ i^^ iy isiijfiliiej: prot^ibeyaatf . >T|^ir fasfpvijW^ ^t^ tade irto fknd wkh one ificfs for^^^ifd^v^^pr^pi^ ]L3 hana 'MT' b;^k|pli^i|il^^c fcemi^4 1» Wc^lKen only lem* porary, and they had converted many , of their kurgeft trees into more con^fp^abk an4>i30innio-. <|i0us habitations. The ,trmi}c9\of th<^ -^^vere hollowed out, to the height ^f.iUt or fevdviii^ty by means qf.^e^ T^ thfy f^iiietiitiestiln^ ii|>t;!3|.c^^fps mai^iftlfef C^ i^xt hewtfesaa^the middle made of ^clay, round wjbich fottfjOrdSbre- • peribns might fit. Thefe places of 0i£ltar,are rendeitd idurf^e^; 4>y th^if\^ kftyimg fm^Ms^oi the tree fq^|iJ,/<^^t^it,fiq»iittA]«8;gW^^ great luxuriance. < gi^,^^l|lj^'iftpfi^j^ocfei^Sbi*he^ their diffimilai^ty may.l^tie^fQQ^^yaciiHwftte^d for^fi^^^j ^n^fti(c;p«lfid€fa^ns f^ diftitfute oX.^^^ Vjij|^t;9ftlii?ip, >««ai foj«l«rtioh*iSMid diyi?^^}dfvf l^^i^iW^Hi c)©?.- -> 'x;^J. t)U\i&rM)h -i no ^4^{i^)iabif^pM^^w?^llaitd feon hayi^ ijt^Qg ^i^ ,ihiit!V«tr|t ItiP^of ^ofe^wluKiKidroiin tttsni vg>'>li^e oduldr Oilty-a^cciBnt fjttfthmfiwi^fobittc^ei^^ifg iJ^ide^tibrpf Cii|)- (ifiill%riMmiac?i^p«0f^ here. Btil^ 'ii({ioi»lOq>caiaD Gtoki^ «flSir»githemi>f tfae cioiiiiMpiieb«fc>l&#limdihii:»i^:a^ tksm lie ^flftonkl aift ittscMi^^diMbn om&atia^cfiuii^ they .i^^ Wh^p|Ji3iliQbi5^iiitfefi(^^ tw& feM, laiiii o^t^d t^f fcertttnciu»djthtfir #iki)D»omi- ^:^tlitw^g? ijf]h!ficsrlKet.itdi -(the buiU4t>vUb%tf(|#>tlik{kiiHki k^SfaiJ|tfhac^tt»I^MHi^ er'4l!it^i^i*(«he Gidilbes»i^iftBiik«licf )ieve up the Wlifa«^iMklr^iatti^fitoipT«kf ^[^^ fQl^g. the fotn and tfiiuTi ^hftlfidi^ taribclory iivii8^ hcrwa«ei^taf^e^|^n«kaHy^ai^c|ater^ ifa^^ 404 g8th«rv:^ro thiitt tikeiptotms attdirHliiigils«4i«4ii^ We ndstv^ donfiderabk' adf!ui|^||e infnittil^ vmSHm «d«ihi| tii%ei«^itt$ ;. te^ evnog^^t fotnedoitlieitifvraM ocbii^! & eatduo^^^ # »-?*• ex.changes« 14 Af^oyi^t M tke^Pa^^tuft* wil^ 3394 f^ $ «i€^-w«? had fpruce l|ccr for oiii 4irli^ I Such a teginoen Ti^Q removed all ((|oixie^^«#^ p^mkfi^ ii^iMiMiiiH!^ Iis^ «? ^iSfifee?^rt0 .^Msw. QijptfiaQi0lK ipbto'^i i^niiii^qcaifi^i^^ that 461 ^c^HMiltQd ^ '9r' com^im : w»th women, ^ (p]%hjB eopkl HW* lM?fvent it | but that he never Wiri.dtoi!»»i;iW.:|)i)Bj^ mikmi ,wa9 a -tefeief time e:li^pf!^Q»iig tlieif ^^probatjcmof og^HP^jIfl^ I ifor the kh^l?^3jW^^ie5icii ^il- l«ge«|!gbt^^^ dc'- tp Jl^^ lor graif y and vi^tcd the ^^l^^^ot* le^Mied^ v%g6, ai -Mi^^outk^^we^lfiqi^ 'idsnd v,vA,0 ..AVi-vA iA\yk l^f ^rfjf uiTAf, ,yfch '^i;iy3j h'jifcx! 3X07/ ,r{ijui ;^{df;l=ioq ■ MucT na ,;- uiiu .JuH if l>j|^inino-) r-i;/^ ffaprfj ivX/ m ibtUvm ovS •^ifm bfirf bw ^uTjii iiivini - ^ .cqi(f> Uij-ts^'ii'if^i' , ,20 t»J»ltol> ljr>yil orlv/ 5y>i'ii ?,?btj(*<"; {<■ biifaqjib Ylib'jrx;} ^iTjW dxiPf/ lo fhri ovil 'jili ,.^;.;7Km .Mooy Ji 03 3rnoj Ion bib rjiliA o.dl 1ii(': ai'jjfil o;{, aiitiiib r, boviij^mo .bi>fi •'frjio luo ;u: JKUJ t«d'ib.j::)u ai/h iirx{if ^.^vrjldo :^ooD nifilqiiD ti> 3f|i. V*t«j. ?./ib3bf:3ib:*fi e>iui;jgd ,): b*3^R^^Jd^^/^^ .7ixi:i ^-t^i ?n.6iiw^ hn^iufoiiO lup gnorriA ; .r;. .ijMub /-^'iKq 3f{] btibeD/1 oiIW eU'ioodfiji b^Il': ao'a^fji dKv '.^-I .3iqo3q ?^)fiiuryinis% nisJqfrO'f-s oiorii //l:p^rriol ,n'>nr/*r?iitJo:)>irf'v€i b^)7olpd gni'j ij ,rniii Ut^. ui;iiucO i'xkiqi.O L'monoqrui.'n'^'^- lonsiiii^oYqqi.ao liailr^imhiqjcg ^rrrlr 3j:«xi} ia • ab oj 'yrobo/riiHoO 'njol:)^ti5;'(il.<«f!t«l vd t^^^^ i^ f*.vqqi4:.^dl" U^-'i^iKi'*l^:«'^^''^ "^^ 4x1^6* ■••-. Q5 f;^ JiL" . z:'-- b'n>^-: t* ■ v*V- ;t . i|iJr_»^;Zealand are fond of theiaft* mentioned root:^ they had not planted a finj one, hiuch XeXi any of the other articles w« V introdtfeedamong them. '-^i Early in the morning of the i6th, the ' tains Cook and Clerke', and feveral of th^ ol^» cers and Tailors, accompanied by Omai and two New-'Zealanders, fet out, in £ve boats, tocoU Ie6t fodder for the cattle. Having opoceedcNi about three leagues up the Sound, they land^ ed on the eaft tide, where th(?y cut a ^iHici- enr quantity of grafs to load the two larches. On their return down the Sound, Aey paid a vi» fit to Grafs Cove, t]ie place where Captain Fmw neaiiK's pcbple had been maffacred. They h^' met iirith Captain Cook*s old fig^end Pedro, who is mentioned by him imtwhiftory of his fecond voyage. He, and anotHer New-Zciikland^i re- ceived them on the beach, armed with the fpear and patoo, though not without manifei^ ^gifft^^ of fear. Their apprehenfions, however, were quickly diinpated by a few prefents, which brought * j| ^$Ji^ M ty tkm/r. Ivomlbk doim t» tlr SafiHt two or 4Me othfirs |ilio» tliig |fl|wHMMlM»» bdug 4immm mi /fpnfMig MM9nfpiVtB1IIV4MaiiMHHMepl!iqiUI^^ Omaiaiatlnterpfcier ^^hAtrmirpofty m his linyi^t WM a dblcft of tJMH rf nffygerfaad. Benro» Mid eke other iMtiiti wlio wore owfaiHt IMBeef whooB had hcfp «oiieei«ed in ^ tiMifc >im- fattimte tr«nfii£tioti» ; m hrnvwi entf ^fiMan wiuiflttt ietei'vc*> Xhcif nwrailMioii- Jmpoftedi llnl while oar people were at dkifier« feme of the iillifii 'ftok^ or fnaiched from thein^' fome BQa liiMready for which ofience they foeekped (bme liMir: a qmcnel hoinediately «med» and two « the Avaoet were fliot dead» bf the only two flfwlMeti mt were fired ( lor^ bifore a third wos im;faai|^^he npci^ fiukiMilf ii- ppm mat pecfle, end being fuperior in mimer, d e lhoyeJ them alL P^dro and his eompanions alil^lpottted out the very 4*pot where the /racM hxpptutAfmd the place f^iere die boat bf « in mhih a falad^Jferfaat of C>i^tahi fMroeam had been left totsd» otft of it* : Acoor«&ig to another alicoipnty ^t negro |*aa ^ OQ^^ of the qwrreli Ibi^ one of ndtivca ftealmg ftmething ool of the boat, Mode g^ve hkn a-vSolent blow with a ftick. cottntrynen heariitt his ^lies at iboM ^i^ ianoe, hnapned he was kiUed» and iiMiediate^ ntaachod onr peefile» who» bcfere «hey couU Jeadi the hoi^ or prepare ;thanlbl«et '*ioh^ the vl~ ot. # AM^dfi^^the^i^ai^^tf^K ^ 17 fit tWi I •! cn- t •«•»*» imparted, *fome fiOk i, tttd two only two « tl^rd munbei', ^omptnions MIfl m kad r,«ne of . thebw*! Ubey 3yi «ll ri^i/iw lol (bsi^d bi(i& ,forthattittin^«9tfh^9Ciaibfcwe(ale^^ \boa^ drft iMt4itiriicqTi^«koii»ilifa)bfiill^<^^ ilk jgfai Iiai)r9l9stini«e9ddii^ tHt}f>igD|bofl»i(f^ Towards the evenu:^lu9»i8oe9|itheAvl(Hi tmdttib::v»iioki famtty ,iHuadetti»}«ikfideiY);e»iinm T|^ Ip^ lbi^l(^itfr^ai(>laabdtfouBh |nbiit^€cgn)i oS^'^ft^ tiioBiiB & Be li l a uii , b!liin£iffiv.vofb^i^i|pSft ^h^^^ ltine'kaMA<>i:i>>^^9™'i? offiif^'i^iiBilM^lbbM ^^itttr|!ibiii^;]VMftttodfa[|irefibi^ ^Ixf '< VOL.I. K Arliich, ». 3^8 *A tvfagt to iht Pacific Oetmi, which, botik' our ihipi ftnick their yards and to(>>inafts. Thefe tempefts are ^'equent here ( and the nearer the ihore, tlie more fenfible 9tt their efle^. On Friday the 2 ift, a tribe or heAWj of about thkty perfont came from the upper part of the Sound to viflt us* Their chief was nanled To- matongeauooranuc : he was about the age of for- ty-five, and hadoa franlc, cheerful countenance | and, indeed, the refl of his tribe were, upon the whole, the handfomed of all the.New-Zca- lahders that Captain Cook had ever feen. By this time upwards of two-thirds of the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound had fettled near us, numbers of whom daily reforted to the (hips, and our encampment oh (hore ; but the latter was^ moft frequented, during the time when our people there were making feal blubber ; for the ravages were fofond of train oil, that they re- liflied the very dregs of the caiksj and ikim- nungs of the kettle } and confidered the pure (linking oil as a moil delightful feaft. When, we had procured a cdmpetent fupply of hay, wood, and water, we llruck our tents, and the next morning; nnhich was the 24th, weighed out of the Cove. But the wind not being To fair as we could have wiOied, we were obliged to ca({l anchor again near the lile of ]^f o- ' tuara. While we were getting under fail, To- matongeauooranuc, Matahouah, and many mo- thers of the natives, came to take leave of Us. Thef&two chiefs having reqyefted Captain Cook ^0 prefent them with lome hogs and goat^ .he AJToyigi to tkf PadJU tmtm. 59 Is and f about of the ^cdTo- Koffor- enance i e, upon ew-i^ea- «n. By c natives 1 near us, the (hips, the lattifr when out •, for the they re- kd (kiin- the pure gave to Tomatongeauoofanuc two jHgt^ a boar and a fow) and to Mj^ahouoh two goatf^ a male and female,, after they had promUed not to de- ftroy them*. As for. the aoimals, whipjii Cap- tain Furneauxhad left hcre^ Captain Cook S^as now told, that they were all dead ) but he was afterwards informec}, by t^e two New-21calan who liefjtvhy people ? m^ hung eertted in , as foon chcarftil. nfwcr the ^ tiH after ihoald be infotititis, titaftoBCS- 5 perfoa to iifeddther exchange i Fomc bread gave rife to Ktientioned, Lnce, had a levelled at I by iktilk- mati, who (hot dead: Rowe, the /ho defend- ich he gave |e was over- Mr Bur- Itched next his pe®pl- [overitig the lc, fired fe- veral veral vollies among the natives who were ilill on the fpot, and were probably partaking of the hor- rid banquet of human fledi. It was reafoiiable to fuppofe that this firing was not inefic^hral ; but upon enquiry it appe*ared, that not a (ingle p^r- fon had been killed, or even hurt,* by the (hot which Mr Burney*s people had dilcharged. Moft of tlie natives we had met with, ex- pe(Sted that Captain Cook would take vengeance ICahoora ibr his concern in the mauacre ; on and many of them not only wiflied it, but tc- ilified their furprize at the Captain's forbearance and moderation. As the chief muft have known this, it was a matter of aftonifliment that he fo often put himfelf in the power of our Commo- dore. His two laft vifits, in particular, were made under fuch circumftances, that he could not have flattered4iimfelf with a profpeft of c- fcaping, had the Captain been inclined to detam him : and yet, when his firft fears, on being queftioned, had fubiided, fo far was he from entertaining uneafy fenfations, that, on feeing in the cabin a portrait of a New-Zealander, he deiired that his own likenefs might be taken, and fat till Mr Webber had finifhed his portrait, without t he fmalleft'token of impatience. Cap- tain Cook admired his courage, and was pleafed with the confidence which he repofed in him ; for he placed his whole fafety in the uniform declarations of the Captain, that he had always been a friend to the natives, and would conti- nue in the fame fentiments till they gave him reafon to behave otherwife: that he flioulJ K3 thinfe •^2 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean » f think no more of their barbarous treatment of our countrymen, as th^t tranfa;pa. by his 00^ ich m^«r- ' entirely na- , indeiivpurei| sat \mr bility of thefe youths ever^ returning home, ^t length confented to their going. . The inhabitants of New^Zealand feem to live under continual apprehenfions of being deflroy- ed by each other ; moft of their tribes having, as they think, fuftained injuries from fome other tribe, #hich they are ever eager to revenge : and it is not improbable, that the defire of a good meal is frequently a great incitement. They ge- nerally {leal upon the adverfe party in the night, and if they chance to find them unguarded, which is feldom the cafc> they kill every one, without diftin^on, without fparing even the women and children : when thfey have complet- ed the inhuman maiSacre, they either gorgp themfelves on the ipot, or carry off as many dead bodies as they can, and feaft on them at home, with the moft horrid a^l^of brutality. If they are difcovered before they have time to execute their fanguinary purpofe, they ufually fteal off again, and fometimes they are purfued and attacked by the adverfe party, in their turn. They never give quarter, or take prifoners, fo that the vanquifhed muil truil to flight alone for fafety. From this ftate ©f perpetual hofUlity, and this deftrudtive mode of carrying it on, a New-Zealander derives fuch habitual vigilance and circumfpe towards the lat- ter end of 1774, fome of the natives informed him of a fhip's having put into, a port .on tlis coaft of Teerawitte. We had another piece of information fromTa- weiharooa, importing that there arejierefnakes and lizards of an enormous fize. . The latter were defcribed by him. as being eight feci long, and equal to a^ man *S: body in circumferente. He faid that tji^y burrow in the ground j that they fometimes f?ize anii devour men,"an4 are killed A Voyage to the Pacific Otean, SI Queen kkI, he lowft to harbour » a few c Sound med us, tinuance he coyii- as ftiU li- ipfirAin- tie natives leri8 0ow is to ^^e >ath, pro- mts v>laced. killed by making fires at the tnouths of their holes. We could not mlfunderil^nd him with refpe^l ta the animal ; for, in order to (how us what he meant, he drew, with his own hand, very good reprefentations of a lizard and fnake on a piece of paper. The longitude of Ship Cove, by lunar obfer- vations, is 174° 25' 15'' eaft ; its latitude 41* 6* fouth. . Though much has been faid concerning this country and its inhabitants, in the accounts ot Captain Cook's two former voyages, yet there- marks of Mr Anderfon, being the reftilt of at- curate obfefvations, niuftMidt be confidered ai altogether fuperfluous. They are as follow : About Queen Charlotte's Sound, the land id uncommonly mountainous, riiing immediately from the fea into lai*ge hills. At remote dii- tances are vallies, tefminating each towards the fea in a fmall cove, with a pebbly or Tandy beach, behind which are flat places, where the natives ufually build their huts. Tlsis fituation is th€ more convenient, as a brook of fine water runs through every cove, and empties itfelf into the fea. ^ ^ The bafes of thefe mountains, towards the fhore, are conftituted of a brittle yellow ifh fan- dy ilone, which acquires ^ bluifli caft where it is laved by the fea. At fome places it runs in horizontal, and, at others, in oblique ftrata. The motild or foil by which it is_ covered re- feflfibles inarle, and is, in general, a foot or two in thicknefs. * ■ The 48 v\.% 'sd)f^gi^a^^e^''Bw^^Opean, bciis^ fuffinentlyi iiidMiatci» ith&vqi^lil^r of -^lie aw ^aguilb |)roifped <(^ i * thb hdmiretii^ of ^tl^''' fb- ^ilfmajnlibeWti^vwok^ksoiF'^tMi^ tri ,:. .0 ';piiisr«x«nio)cetimt/3fti-e^^tfai iD^^v^Mtmiofi^i^, doubtlefs, greatly affifted by the agre5al)le' tlttl- .4wi i|6|pm> vachn^ s» l$p#%r |;ll$a^4JB«;'th!ttJ«rM| tifidie ^^ttMH^mt^^iifcttMng btf i^ lj3iiHig^45y tJie fucliy^ wiiic^f {%tp6^g t^d'vidc£d4 t$d(be"i!kar>' ed/iaw^K m>i^l<*-l^a)a^ k lersv^i^ik^'^ibr yailut- age fhaii^at )knd^:^ ^»d $n£ntr^}y ^ of the fize of prunes ; the one, wKi^ is yelloWy ts^ called ]urraca> and the other, whicU is black, called maitao ( but neither of them had a pleafant tafte, though eaten both by oar people and the natives. . ^ On the eminences v^kk jut out into the (k»^ grows a fpecie^ of philadelphus, and a ttee bear- ing flowers aloioft like myrtle. We tM the leaves of the philadelphus as tea, an4 ^nd them an exceUoit fubftitute for the oriental ifort. A kind of wild cdery, which grows plemi* - fully in almoft every cove, mav be reckoned *- mong the plants that were uienxl to wi} and a- nothertluit we iifed to call icurvy-gna^ Both ions i(«re boiled daily with wheat ground in a mili, for the people's breakfeft, and witli i^elr peafe*#^tt^lor dinner. Sometimes a^ they wete tifeda«lliad, or drefied as greens, InaUwhieli 1^ i%iDre excettent $ and, together witt j fiie ili^^li whkh Wwei^ a^ «lbts||^ a tnoft defitiiMc refrelhnient. I; . L The Vfi^l5L^?»4 ff P^»4»el I |)ut the fpccif ? qt each jlif^jfipr^i^ frpopi apy wc have in Eur^^pe. _ , J j ^Tt^ttf rf; , ar?; a great'niimber of other plai)t$,jp|4t lM||C^lii;i jpar^M^W .4 yet Wy pCTJLon, by, coriti- jlj^^Ui^^ 11^ epiq plaqe^ may ihc?ot .as oxany ii^ a day , j^yfp^i, ferye; jj^yjen or ^agljit pqrtops. The :|iri|iieffial l^ipd? ajr^ Jarge^ bf Ofn pajrgts, with ^r«y hc^dsi >:c^p j^iK|uet5| la^i;^ jw^oj^-pif ^ji9, .s^)dtw9,l^rt>pf c^ck^^ . ^IP^l^bcak. about the fize of j^ .tferiifliA if ^^qu^^ ai^ M plants?, ,1>U5t tpart p?*« paring ki^f; bn,bxcpnu- A:' ^iyagk' h^ the Pian/ttf 6cMn. 7V- fwtt^, and hU iiotek (b vaHedi tifeit 'm 6iit would Imaging hrihiVliF fuii'o^a^4 iifiiivk)!^ area direfTh!^ i^rti 'of \^^Sy wh>h tHc llttfe warbler is excrthiE; tiiittfelf. Froiir tfi(?rf cii^ii?- flancc It was fiaflfSd tile frt?^ith red bffll, aiid crdlccl'fli^gs ;«r^1*i (*. led c^tc-fiifh bf tli^t''' ,.■■■■• ^^'^--^ •■>-\ -i 'v.'^^rJ•^•.■ 6 ^fF^ Imdi^ M^ imf iMhierd'dclerviDgiBotiice, btit a greeh'^afpev or. ref^4mt^ftoiiei ^(i wl«kh .the te6)$^ in detached' pieces like ^ints, and, like them, «ha edge* a»e ^co^eted with it whitifli cruft. * The nath^s, in general su*e not fo well fonh- ed» efpecially about the limbs, as the Europeans, for ^ V^fogt tttth^Pmi/k C^ikM. n , thdugh e natives ray^fiOi* i; we i*^ aies, fomc tiers, fomc rablci with 5, lizard*; «k^)k that of any ^- dnd of fost- ' - <» ,j^ l)^.the iaounUHnout 4ilQpolkioii -offlfOtciiynu^, of afing tJbac kand of OMnrcifff wbith woild ren- der the body ftrMsht md weU^ ^prsfiofftioiwd* is probably the occafion of fthe waat of duf |>ro- partion* . Many of fbme rmiuhMiig £llropcs^l8^ aMlAheir colour i»>i)€itiytrK|i|'cafti» from r deept^h bkck tOran oUMe;.pir-;)itttov|& tingCii In. ;gfnera)^ howev(t». :their>, t fiEKtes are roi^^ I timr iipa ratJier liiUi and >th|sk'i . nofin, (though not dat) largo. tow6rd»^the(poii«l> rr An . aoqui&ie^ noie wad aoti tch be ifon tfnQOgtthfin '• thein efHt . arei iargOi i ;wtcl< itbauRstc^ ^Mie o^om- mcnlx brotfd^ wfa«tc!)vaiid/reguli^% XhpsJ^» in gcndralfx^is Uaok^ drong^naald rftrWghc ;; itjis commonly cut ihort on thr hinder pafti land the mil ^ lOit the orOwn of tho brad* , 39tne, indbed^ hspKO bvQwa hair,;f)n4>0U»tnrA« ^n^ that it natiRJiUy difporad Uitmfk l^t fomHepMioe of the young is generaU^ ft*ee and^i<|^iT{^b|it| in many «f the men, it has a ferleus or ApUtn r caft». The men a»e barges than- the^rvroni^ ; and the. latter a«e nort! d&ingui(hed .by. peculiar graceS|t£ither of form, or frBs. . , . r:* • Both ifcxeS' are tclqihed sUike i they h^l^^ ^ K garmcnfejnaili^oCthejiilky fiax already fnqn^^^ cd, about file feet m lengthy and iburija breadth. This appears to be their prinoipalmanufafbre, whifih^ is ^formed by knotting^ Two corners L3 of 74 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, of tHis 'gairment' pa(& over) tbe ihouldersj and they hmn tk «n^he breaft'livkK thit wbich co^' vers thebody^t^ii|?'i6^.ikiii or krge feathers. Mafij' of theoi ' wear coats over this garment, ext^ing Ir6i]ft the llraiukliBn to theheeb. The nidft'tqlknifOiii^KJMarin^'howeverji i&a quantity ftf thifcdg/ {ilhnt'Ubov^wnichtiiiiid badly ma- ruife wh^e ittfallsvdbwnjon all lii?*^ td'ihe ittiddl€*of.tfeetiMghsfc nWhen they iat d6wn' in tlti$ >hai^t^ot||^f &}sM liard^r be di(^ tingttiihdd ?from la^gr gM3r^onesy. iftthrdr black heids dkT'hot pmjt^ hefna^ ttftir cdfetings. TOey jkibrn^ heads> pieces of jafper,"or bitsjbfdbtht Some have the ^J-^^- tum of*theM6re "bored in. ffisUowep party but we never faw 4tii^ oi*nakttent iwirc in that pasrt 5 tho* iXmi^inA ^dflM through it iby one (dk6 ihem^ to iUew that it' \lras(.b^isiionaliy ufedifor that purpbfe; ^ : 'Many'are flaincd in the face wath euxdou&£-. gure*i qf a U»ck or dark bkie.eblaur^ but it is. not certain whether this is intended to be. orna-. nieittd)^^ <»r ae ii 'milk, ibf particular diftrsk^^ion : tlic womttti are marked, only* 'Ons^Aeirv lips aad> chins I a^d both fex^s befmear their/hca^s a^d^ iaC(f8? with a gi-eafy rcddJfh paint. The. wo^ men alfo wear necklaces of Ihark's teeth^ oft ' bunches r , A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 75 fSj and licli co^ >ut ^c jietimcs ieathcrs. racixient* L The quantity idly ma- vajon all hen they ly bedi^- t(&t black rei^ings. tjd the in- ipftcn ha«e ^dsj pieces ethe/c^i»- t^ but we pairtvtlio* di lor that cufiious.fi- r^ but it is- lobCttirna-, iift'naiSkion • ;hcad;8apifl The woji teethe o* bunches bonches txf long bead&i; and a few of them have fmall-tirtangaUr aproniit adorned t with feathers or pieces of pearl ihells^>£»fteBed ab^ut^hft waifi with A double or jbrdale ibtrof :09rds. They live In. the fmajft covrs already m«ntion^ ed, fomc^tinies in finglefamilk^ and loni^ime^ in compaaier.ofj perhaps ^Qiily or lifty^^ tlUi^ huts^ jTiljkich arje jn geners^fni^ tp^^Si^ \q4^ ging plates, are) buiHiContiglipiist to> eai^l^ ot^^. The befl w^^fa^iir^as buihinthQflfia9nerj,of^one of our country -barns, oad^was.abou^ 4l^r^t i^ h^ghtf^fifben )n;|)i:«a4lb» %ndhthii^ty*^ee in length* The^iniSiie wasjQbrong^aildiFegular, well faftemid by fnean$fof^)i^thgs»7isV«'i'aqd paint;ed red aodil^cl^. « :^^ One 9n4 ithad $1 l^^le ferytng as^ afdoor to ; tsm^ \ out dt^tind mR\\^f^ ^opfi- derably rsnaller,:>feeming^y ioX' the purpofe of letting out ;the fmc^e.' ilTl^, hpweiiqr, <^ug}it to be; cpnfidered ^dneof't^^' palaces, fornut- ny of their huts are not of half the fize, and ieldom are more than four ^et v^ heighf^ v Th^y have no other furniture thaOi^few foiall ln)gs or bafk^tsj in which they diepcEfit their fiihing-hooka and .oth^r trifles.. They fit down in,' the middle round a fmall £re, and^ probably ileep, in the iame iituation,, without any other coverixig thah what they £avQ won^ inthe:day« ..: .. ■ /cii'^' :.. : j ., ,, • ~ lilhinglis their principal fup^port, in wliich vhey u£(;tdit^r«pt |;inds qf ne$^y or wooden fifh-, hooks pointed with bone.; but made in fo ex- traordmary a manner, that it appear^ ailoniihing^ how they can anfwer fuch^a purpofe. llxei eii^ ^6 ^A'-^(^':dWf4iap>^fkitn» f^'tftc^iskw §lry>f(Nst!f^lott«f/ <^idiii^k«»^ vliei;^ They '<1t^4si£^d'thci^ t^ it«6^ the: 1^ iU^I^ ft^HiJi^ £Mii lMteii^ptfir6die»>tlkat pc%^^^WhlHi ttliei^di tlseyt^CiiViaiid fitod irf aiefiftm£f(liftij^e«%i%hifi^lbi^^ i&ef^^ftiteH^ for {M(f«(l^^^^ ri^y^k%kl^^% ta^^W witHi grttat^qoan- i:^'fef}giihil», li^li^^ a^ enable f^ theii^ dogi? are ftlfo bred for food^ but they d^pd^ ' ^riticipEtf)^ ^0^ the fen: fof 4^eir fiibfift. enoei %^kh ^ef ;tfe imo^-iiei^ TK^ art'^ mtSiy lii tke^ibtcM^g af U^tv pjerfon8> iviu^k often eimt a very ofitniive ef- fluvia, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 17 and J5-o«a i^^ 9mm m^^mg^f^pi^^^ their_h(^f sure ^pleniifull)! iftpc^ Wll^. I'f^Ti^M'y which they foine^imes a»|. I^rg|^)ef|l^f%l^ not only ^isvpeio^ i^ l»A«i?r+uM#iM^?ftlii» lowed .tfe(CC9rtaii wiih;^q(iiN4 liSfi^ci^ynaSSw the inhajMttnlftt o£,?^w.iPKP3ie,%'#jj|^.j|i^ not ^veo. tefl;tiPMg{b;rg^*-j}Mre/i^iPPicjdflpifqi it with the grcuM^ ^gerA^|,JFi(9fi||0fl|>a$ i-o|t€i| and ,ijw#dj& v*d ifHl ii'ir!'^ zisfib^^^:' - any tincitilif^ ^NI>eB^^ti^|^,^Ua^«pipE^ tools, >dt^cy.ma|ii^lktfr5fj:ty»g l^/ilph^i^;;^^ like wi^9ponfv wi^ Qe»M^2 ^9)gt)¥>{m^^ venien6e#>^Wii$iryi)pr^ftM ii^i^^kkmit^mi^ of tha &tr|pQ^-ftp9|C(<9i^i)Qe»m- oq |]^e. Jii<^4^ 4^^ canoes^ n$$ 01% dUjf»lay ia!ucjii,de4gi()»>iit,e3fer cutioiiM' Their c9i:^ge fpi^fiCbj^g, i^ned'i/B not inferior ta that <^ this country, :)|^,fheir ^ets are equalfy \good4 • A iW^ ^WA^^mt^Aa jafper, is their fubftitute for a knife i ^d a fliark's toothy ^x^ \n the end of a piece of woody i9 their augeiv s ']^h^t thfe lis ilsft^d for na^ *b- thdr piir|)Olh tilttii Id ickt^tip the bddidj of thbfifc Iflioto tbcj^ km ia^bartlif; rr s^^tti><^iia*i fi^^boDgh no pe6{^le arthldfe pcddf ^6'r^^€^ m^'ha^S yet tji^y liik* ^leiy dp^uMty 6f biiitg iniftilent^^^^^^ 'mtitt' is iil» Idanger 5o£ •piiii!#irflk$lit ; ^ 'WHetSif^ it b:iy be li r«Mr ao! effaa «r » fu^i<6t(s id%>fit$Dik' tbfain g«lliaP brater^^ ¥he^^ ^jittiraliy ifyfti^fl- if^^^M ioiil^diatdy 'td^¥i0t oui' * Ihtt^,* « ^it ^Ib^ioilf^ a|l(ii»idlti»rn^ Wlie^ief tht^fhould d^gfffiMiilittneai iiAd ikiil eT%^bSih^^%!thin Oidkr^Httcli^ 4f r^^ tSt)^ (fito^^^'de- j^dac^edyou in a bargaiflpfi^' 'J*^^ t)a«i^i^i*^ '4 Sttckd«rfoii. '#itb Omai^AaM itm ! trom K^Ot^QOtail or Interttimiaitf esbUMtp4 •'flsiiWNilf^ IJtttttiKI' i— Mode of Shavi^ig, &e. — ^Vti^f Potilaho, tiie Kiog — PottUho's inan'mate Viceroy-— Offering to depfeca^e death— -Mouroiiig Ceremonies— Sentiments edacinkHi ^m M^' vikvtnStt.ti.'^Thtm Language, 4l«^4br.. 4 I _ .V - ^ V TN tb« monuiig of tibe a5th of Febmaiy^ itk 1 l^^ef lad, and nude fail through Cook's |S£ait8. On the 271!^ Cap9^PaUi^ he^g wefi; Vol. I. M about Ba A Voyage to tht Pacifid t)cean. aboiitieyeii leagues dil^sint, we naj^'a ntie gate^ jm4ifte?redtowsirds the Pj^rtlk^eaC^* As toon )k^ 'Mt haAXoSt ighy of U^^^^up^wo y^ung Kc#- •ZeaUnders heartily repented oTthe adventurdus ilepthey had taken, /rhpugti we endeavoured, atifar as lay in our p0wcr^to, {both themi tliey wept, bo$h In publiQ^nd^pri^'atei and ^ave vent tf^ their Anrows ill:, a kind pf ipng, whith feemr eForieyc^al.'jdau^, tiil, at length, thea^tq^io^ <4'othei;ri^p^s peg^ tp fpbfidc, -W^^ jtfcfijf fta-tificknetej^hich h^4 aggravated dieir grief, t^ic4 oi^„ Their lamentatidns'thcsi '^Bcam^iefs ju^d Jisfs^equent \ their native cpun- t^yj^ thiii^^Adred iipd it}ixm» were jpadvally Ibi^m^ anduAi^ appcaijed, to lie firmly at- >ttptoft>e tilth, a^npqnj^^gi^ in ttcUititi^di^.of ^i|ai1I.'7' fouth, ai^^^p thelongjtudi^ j;^7> ii f*tftj wfc ta'^l^ PJIft^!^^ f<|ualls and iiiii^. ^^ thdadDfMircCPhifted to ^nor^^-^eff,, and aftervteards ^ fQutliffWeft, jbetween^, wliich.point andhtfaenei^ it cpii^ued \p 1i>low, fometimes ▼ery mod«rs|^y> and it other tinD^e* f^^ ftrong gsdei . WliMl^is wind we Jleered aorth^^il ^ eaft .und eaft, wttii all the fail we could cfarry, fill Tucfday the i ith^ when it veered to nor^- eafl mc gaie. ;avc— , , jm, tlicy gave vijat S:h feicmr lintry aiiid in aU pr^ hey conti- at length, aggray^ atidns then latiVc^jmn- e jMcadually ; firnoly at- r»n' '2 1 \.^t fontn- < f^prtJ^TC?ift» I, fomctifees ,d nH|«. On W-wetf ». an<* ■■wWcix point y^ fotnetitnes ted to nwth- » eaft -^ ^^Z\ t^ fhff^ifi^ Ocean. 83 eaft and.fouthHenil ;.we then ftood to the north and tKe Wuttikr^i'ftf as'rai wind would permit, >., . .r. hc'.j * ... A.;, v. f^^^ thenorth, diiy ^c proceed*- ' thic Wind fre^ ^^yen^ly v'eeJ-e J'to e'aiit And eafti-ndrth-eaft, we bft'cn/mad!^ ttb better tHfaii a lio^therly courfe. The IiOpes, HoweV^ri.* ^of the wiiid doming more i^uthet! J^, 'bt froii^^it' yeftward, a little with- out ^e Tropic 6f fe^citiri^,' cncoutofied the Sdinnnioclore t6 ki^p thTii'i^iirfe. 'It ^uiJHndeeti icdSB^ ihitwil^tAik^tiiA ^U'hdsat^N our p^dpcflhg tb'th^hfeh ftii^'ftlmbca^j' i» ^t-ofe- ctitldii'^dJ'tl^e pHnci^a^bljfeilt of the e3fci[kditioH, 'eiiip!^^epcndea^ttVpii?'having a (^tfiik paf. m W^ftjAfeftf^i b^'theSdeiletylflesi 11; it' '^Smfla^ ifie iViWrld'iri 'the z^tti, Ihc windl. 'thi^ ruHj^ wp ol7rerve4 nothing that ^^uldinduee ■- V)(^ tife*^ -^ci^fi^ feilM near kby ' land,"^ cx- cetii[ and fomtof them aflembl^d Jn fipaU bodici, making great fjiouts. ' . , Upon our nearer approach to the (kprc, we faw many of the natives running along the beach, aftd, by the aflxftance of our glaflcs, co«J4 per- ceive that they .were trjawA with long Ipcjirii and ctub^, which ttier bratBdiihcd in the ^wlth figni^threatcnfcg, oi-, af fome of us iiip^. ^d| «| ihvitfttiote tpiani^. Moft of thciti KifMWkcd, ej^oept haymg a kind oif drdle, WKch was bJ-Oujht np^i^wc^ their t%hs } ^ Ibmc ^tlsi^m wjore ^Wt t^eir ,ihMdprs l^tced' of tjnght rccdye jihe viiit^jb^t%^n^i)*s 4«fdftitlo» toilliig,: he foOn rc^ijrnc4 towai;4% the bfeach, ivtee, aft^ fome tui^c, ?9lot%r .man joined ^ittii |p the canoe ; and then their both paddled itV^ds; the, fliip. 'ftey j^op^ ifhort, h^ct#, i^ ^y t0 ;ipprp34i,;ii^Ofnai, w»6 ai^fei^ilB them ji^ the tt^hdti?' ^^^^ge, ih iii^ iixealure tib^lraj^cy^fe t^ jtl»sn' itame iiiif ^pugfi to t%;^e headi^rfnd tiails, whlehV^rc ticdfe a ipJecc of wood. A,*-^> .',, wood, Knd throwa Vte the l«i. "' m. «1 »ft.W eo touch tW..r*' ^Wiiem- piece of wood ^«*j^hmg», and pw ths Om?i ftW. th.tX, .fe* fi-P^onj for q«*ftion to. tb2f^^t^ P-" *•« human fleft? which ri^^Lr'^**'* «»' »» fi«ivti with a m^^Tu^^S "J^""" «"«^ "«- ho^ence. One"? ^ 1'"?' ^ion and ,b. rooa, bang aifced h„n *"* "^^mtMou. Pteof M iii.«, ^i^ ?«g''t'ag-_«rttb Ae peo. however, they y,^ to« ,£* '"P^- Still, but told Omri. tSHf.-- ^'""* OB. boj,^ ven them thi?'caS«f aTrr'^'"'" *'<» 8*" «%«*» to «Hi„i^'^,*^*«.^ time dirL 'hei»irt«of fte^e,^^f'^*« A'PCMM, and !«» called OrdoaeS Vtif ^'='"«<» thejrftid, "«g, tM 'bo^h tfomlrocb/ ^ ! Ilwir beards were lorigV'Ml iftrtrHnfidftf^ tlMaP^arimv fiwm the ihoitiid^ fO<^ifltt vlbow^/iiid fcmi/ other^paitv> wtiii' fMiAw^d i ot^taUitifuifftet thB madnev^af the'bati^«i^timo# aAcUe» were maile (^ wood of the iWi^ 9 <»\oKtr i iksSH were broiMl m OMtiBndi and blurilked, snuLabout three feet lon^. li h^A . an upright ftern, ^ Hve feet highi which > tevmir natcd at the top in a kind of. fork. Xhej^^psMlr dlcd incUffereiitlyy I either cimI of Ahe^apoe ^» wardiv,'.; ;jj-.;;, ijf 'iur.):! .^^ut k,i.j ■/: . . i\ii^ As ioon j&t}Bfr'lhips.1;reivlin»»iprQpjar ftattotiii Captain Cook fent out^two i)0«ib9 to vskdjf^cim to find a QOi^venientiplace;f«r ia«4m|> InoA^ of them ihe weol Hinfeif, and Ihad . nooipQfier piit off from, the {hi6^^\ikAti the im^iWfSfk in^lhe cjiboe>{>addled' to^miiid* hisr;boal|i tuid whm tW werb cbiiie .^kija^G^f MouroOi^c ^ilhowlc J»ift* tadon^vdkpt uMOilitirk v tOoiai^ ^.wki»> wa3 nrilli the Captaifti wtefibfirod to!0itq»ire ^tfn^ i^uiA- ted us'ittHifFQrjpUeeftL) Butlvrcttiom iOllp!£»r¥iBd> with (segttttk that Ihe jAt^iA^ Aft nlAM^i^mkm^ impnu^&able^ ; 00 :liccoitiit of :tli^> iiijrf»( jWJlc^^ tki infqiieiQf ihftvfagcoiuri j^^ ?Nor weroirepBOoe Ittcedwiilt in ovnifeailtl^ fo}^a|k«|iiQr-> age» AS weicpuWiriStid ata jbottom: ^llli v^^ a caU^r leitgtb o^ the ; hreabei-^ r?^«bl^jf# rin«t witkiiiKHBrf fdnkytM. twejaty Jitbomfti^l$py^ pv$r fharp xodks 6£'Coralwx[! i:f(i.i»v JjDaho^j ro>9f. ti(,> • IVMei wiiirlhtMi TOfiiiHvioittt^f the£J9iQi« of Mangetap thcrnAtib!ea.thrfi»ge4idbMmi lipoiitj^ itt thfikditiiithr'Ckptftin jb^k^ttbliil^^ .p(»h fi:oig|^4aadiBg»rcominaiu|i»d>tbem^^ A^ i^aoTrtif thmn.ooinpliedi.. we.im9gijiHs4i. th$it hie was n A J^it>lod b^flwc^tfadihi^ reibrVe. Wi^ei^i found ifone €Uffioiilty'mkeB{)itig t&cbh out, . aiid could icarctf^^eveHt their p3ferkig wbotev^ tbey coubiday itheilr hftbd)^ opoh. * At lengdi) «0ii^ef he had contimi^ a fhort time ^n lMWi«d|(iC^}»aiiQ'€doko]!def«d a boat to carry fali^ towanh^e kmid. cln hts M^y otft of the tft^f hji^^^iigiio '^Qxilble met «ne of the gostii h^ Aop|»0d^ looked jit rile animal^ and alked^i9ia»>wbarbiikl irwai^ but ncyt receiving an imtiiiei^te smfwttr flmn hifflRk> he put the lame queftion to fome of the peO^^ who were upon de^^'I^e boat having) toi^yed^himiiii^ iiii^>lMi4eii^d itttq thrtracei^' ondl^i^f^^re. Hid 40ti9kiryhi«» jj eiger^to learii Mm Id^ ithat he hadtitei flo«keJycmiid%iai iir £b^ he had landed ; in whi<^ iit^Mioii ^t^ rtaain^d ^en tre loft light of them. We bsifted in tie boated foon as ihe retiirfted^ and ni^e fail to iHt f^^fdge t9\hePadJk (j^^ ^ re4otKc iijl tlicii^ jon«' '' At ns of fear, bjeasthat rik tnncH too m^ch ow hitn to cry uAcafy, ncc; and fhort time aat to carry o.>t of the one of the limal, and [rt receiving smtt Upon itftiJiatfthe ^i^^i^ore. fiM^aS he sy rto«tt*^ id inaiic fau to to the northward. ' Thus werti ^e obliged to liave thi^ fin^ iflan4'tiii»ii^ed^ #hkb it%ti{e«l ia<< ' pable of fappl^irig all <>ur iieoelileies;^ * 'li^ fe Si- tuate in the longitude of 201° 53*^ eaft, an^i^- thc latitijdfi*o£*2|0 5^7'fouth;' ' •' rts liiV Thofe paits df «h^ 4oa[ft of Mofigek'^FhS^ fall under Oi^- o^feFtmd though^ >of #jfiil^ derate ahi pjr<«t^ ^ual hqighf, ni^ ttt< ft^ri'M' cleir weaither at fJN! 4i[|iltnoe< >c^it^ In the.oi^rior rpartmM idiiniiSno6' §as&iW^ whence thicre,i^,att wfjf (dcftcot itt tlie#*EJW^ not v^ry high^ ij^l^rfifv^l^iisfli^ekb^^w ' by tite dalhi^ of tW^avca^«^fl^rlirM|Wi'' fandy-fh^Qt, ^^hl ^itl9 d^K^ast' hei^ abounds with creeft^of idi<|j^pi gr^m, iflllelk feeaa to b© aH of ;:Ot^ ioti^ric36dept^tieartrtl^^l^ fhore;, where^ 0ljCdh«dd>«hddilii^{|»f>thM#|i*^ cksjoi Jra^tna ^undjn tht wookisbf iis«^'&ik;< lan^. The ftOWi oiirtHe;'liortlvw€tVfBrt> tl*^- minates in -^^ ^ndyy 1>eaeh^' ■' bcyteid^ fthkh thfe land isbrokea into imall thfliVns,' ^ftMd hhs k broad boMer of tr^* which rcfenibte ifaU wll*. lows. Farther tip^ on the afcent, the txet^ were of the dqep green above^nientiotiefd, which fdoie of us imagined to* bs the rima) inwifirtii i ed with coco»*p46m» i^od a few other fortf.^ ' Soitt6 trees of aidgher fert were thinly fc4%i9efeci OH the hillsj the Other parts of which were dthel*^ covered with ibmething like fern, or were barfe, and f o A Voyage to tke ^^cifit^^^am, ,,wf^|«i,; #^,hlg%, pr«^ fwch .. . ^. BHfg«jg|^ t^tato^^j^w^ ftrved pi|p Imi^fe ne^ |f^, J>«(A^,i^ch,, iji its oi Qt^itp. , ft ^^^zJ^^}pMS^fff^, ^, dgUt |(pc| hj|rh,^ixd al^ut^JEywjm)^]^^ an open ,cpd, which jrepref^fitth«m; but they 4iN not {>ait frilh theiDr'% way of exchange, as tiiey leciiijiid to haAre npidea of baf^r or traJBif?; ' C^^. ^tl^, al^« a litUe..perfua|ioii^ catoic* on bctflitjbi vfC^ t]U^other^tworoonjMo«red4idi'e3(aiD ^llfey appeared to be penfe^y «i|'6afo^< and |F«e f f#ti\ a|i appsrehfiofiont < iMtci{:«^ir CM|pari«n-«^ 4(^^ ^Wed m.aoother catioe, Abriogi^ijig^ a^ 1$]^^1)f plaBtaiiyn a^ a pripfoit tpi^ptam Co!»l^^ii^^Ve h^iii inxctucn^^ piepe oif ^ced cfeth an^iii|ir^jMM. ^^e were aftetw^a jiiffAQbi!;^ MfQm^i^x. tlus preient^hadubeeiiiiici^^ jj^uxU < %on aW^ a^ dd«tbte> c)atioe^f«^lS9|a^^ tiirelve ofithCiilbnjJNirsi ca^ mmwm. 1^ 4lJfi aj^oachiiigfthe ihip,^.t2M7 i;eoit^d.^^ wends in conr£rt| by wajs of Glioro%.jone^tMW firil giving the wovdbcfore'cachiiq>0tttioii^'^^:!iiaii4bg finiibaiin^ilhejUanfeaitilig^de 9adaih8dfortheithief^;iU4b9n aajOaptai^iaiok ]bB|di^m|^ his appearancey^a.iHgandmM cocoa* outs. Were conveyed into thi^^^ip^ wadthr Cap- tain was alio prefented wid»«a piece of matlingi fay the principal perfon. in the ca^(oe* when he aiid Us companions had got^on board;^ - j . Theie new > v iiitors^ wcm introdiiccd 4ntai (^ tabini; andcondu^ked touihef pavts^#ie?fiiipi Tiipii^ ibme ^ibje^b feened , t^ fi»pi^ theoi) nothing ^Feyt^iJl^it^ Paci/Sc Ocean, 93 ^^wr ha- £^flf«f cocoa- thff Cap- o£ mailting) ^tien he >i^ thetn, nothing a^^ j^KjPQtHCC Acsur. .tlb^.«ow«> a^ Imi^^ of wbpjT^ jQ^Itu^ I^W^u'Miild /(MTncnoiCOBoe^ioii. d/^99dj l^t tli«]i^]Eiieiri Ahcmito^ be ibi^of/f^^t is a m9^W ^y9&iPS0imen^ kasam iguo^ t^QSqxM. «ifCX( mko^ (6, ndtcnkMULaini^^, i|iil|ce, ^ 9(l7:>ot]l^^ tei^iibialt.aBinialv^ii^ hmM i^Nl^AP^^/bir^ If ^AB^ 4U Jkhcgr }fa» «^ QBifjP|i%#W**^«^#w» iBiry diffimiqt fir^iiitiif . Immi^^ma^pttiiymBief o(ifpedes. ( Tho' pgM»i|«B( ^^CfpMct ^i^^ idifii^pouitdd.. y %^ Cla#ts^4ini afijcrw^jnri&Hiiiibnncd 'th^ he ^i9mid»^lmi&ii^wu dd^te^tbouglilbc i^9|J^iiMM CMB eaLillQdaii.otbfir i^nds rv^ ,wpB ;|9 ^^eraL of the inid<^|^' ibturey aiu| , not un&fi^ khci 14ismg^sai& llilbew either %re(it jboleljis cQvep« their dfhoulden, or wa» tie4: . o|}tbe^fgN)«rn of tWhttaid^ and though inioM iti ^m, fr»4(«4> fCt >tliat#a»> inf H^as^tbf #$dght "" I. ' N '^ fortr--- Si n A^ Voyage ^ the Facifo Ocean, forfc/iras kmg.' Some of the young ^nen vrerf bondfome. like the inhabitants of Jtfangep, t^ief trore girdles ^ glazed dothy^r fine nj^rt- ting^ the ends of which were broi^ht between their thighs. Their ears were boredy apd thqr wore about their necks| by way of ornsun^, a fe»t 'of broad grafsry Ibfned with red, ^^^/ftfl^g with berries €lthe'night-&ade. ManyoCthem were curiouily marked or /d/aof^/ from the mid- dle downwards, particularly upon their Ufgi^ which made them appear a^ if they wore boots. Their beards were long> and they ba^ a kind of «iahd^ o^ their feet. .T^ey were-^nli iBSd cheerful in their deportment, and very fiMdly alkct^dodnatured.^ i- lieutenant Gore returned from his cxciirSon in the aft:ertioon^ and* informed Qiptain €^k> that he h^d ^^anilned the weft fide^^he^dd^d, without being* able to find ii plaee where tibe ihlps could -fide in fafety, or a boat could hnc^ the 'fliobe being botmded by ti fteep coral rock, agaielt whidi a continue finrf broke with ex- traordinary Tidence. But as l^ jhhabituits ieemfid extremely firiendlyi and ar defirous of our landing as we ourfekes wete^ Mr Gore was of o|>inion^ that they might be prevailed upon to bring off to the boats beyond the lurf, iuch aiticle^ as we#ere moft in tieed of* ^ we^ad little or no ^ind, the delay of a day or two was of fiiM coniideration ; and theref l-^j|-»- I, ■< . v--^.- The fame momingy which^wai^the 3d oFA* ^lr#,f€a|^h Cook di^taela^ M^Gor&withtbrte ^h^M mk&^ triad 1[»f the expeiiment which tllfil^ibffiit^ faad'[i^0cr^. ' ^woof thenittivesy wko%id'bdE j^it Oil bd^ aecomiyaiiiedf' hiih: ^ * and 4)i^i^lbrved^^ an lnreir{treter. 5i^he fliips her 411^ a ftdl k^tgtiij Irom the i^cmd^hen theboats p^t ofi^' a«kl !thi^'#iiid bdng inccmfiderable) it ^ttit^it d^iock before we cbvild woii^ up to it. W«' then perceived* lOur three bolts jyft Vrithockt t^h^^rl^ and^m amazing number ctf the ifl^inllcrs on the flioif e ai^breaft ^dhenn • Gon- i^lttdiiigf^otti thiflf lh?it Jbieuteaant Gore, and otKerl^of^ur 'p«.c»pie, had* landed, we were im- patittit to know the eveht, 1 With a view dfob- l^nrihgthe^ motions^ ^and «being iready to affi^rd %»tci AwM a0iftance ai they m%ht occaiion^ly wqiHrei'the Cbmmodoie kept as iifear the ihore ^^ ednfi^em w^h prtrdence. He^wascOn- r^i^ N 2 ■ vinccd, ^p6 A F^yagi to the Pacific Ocean. fince4t;liow£V4r» that tbt reef was>a veiyef- £ei£^^ai t^urwr between us vad our ^itods who had landed, and put themtcom^tely ^out ef Hhf^ re^^ j^;f9iif pHQte^lom But the natives, ii^,a1lproh^hili|y» were not io feniible te(tM^n^' ! Whoi^ our peoplefot f)n,|^i^,ve ffpncVith^t,]^ pare»^.Ai*l^- 4i!p» |#^3ii^ey,,i^^ thic;on^^. iGg^ jvj^^^h^^ laq^Qi^i,«{£he««eciirrcnces ofithe th^, ij^^^F full^il^«tedr(«tbe €^ominodore >|^«ii4^|G^C^ .1^' A94<»^on'Siiy^Qant« of their .t^i^li^n%^|^h,M»f ViCry ji?(;l^^e4 fpii@i^)p{3(eBivF9$l9iis on/the inanc)^4ixMi its lnlw^^i:^i'?W>f«^^iW)foUi>wingipi^^ ::>';* jXhe^s^Elpwed^^t^wgrds^^a fjmdy Jpe^ great nuinb^ of t^ii^ii^^F^ hdci aflemhfed, aod .caii;te (o> a^ ;^|;i^9r ialt.i^ diftpoHe: of a^^ yards^ifr^n the fcef^nrvSeivjeralj olnthc ifikndirs lV7#p(^O^J]|ri||^!^4i(ipi)a-n^ wiizh thccni'iand Omai gEiyf |h^ iiQiunderftand, that. our ife^ werjC 4c#rciifusf of tadf^. Socm. after^ tfro^ca- noes carne off) and toinfpire the.nativeft wnki"^ greater ^uout "of K natives, ir«coiintry- txnodore ,v,AlF«Jt^f*U''Paeillti Ocean, ^^j groiitcr C0iificl6ttc6, Mr Gdre and' fiircx^^- om ttCph^ t(y ga tuiarined^ atnd «o ttin 'm Ha- aand^i^^bdnc^tieajtod well «r UL • -> .'* ^ «;Qnsffrsi' &^ MrAndrffoir^ ^^Mriiclh- iog attentively the motimtt of (ho'^l^f landed MriBorneyt ^uiA m^rielff Hrho^ watt UrtMe'firft cantiieyfii^j upon ^eired^^ An iBjiaSef'ttltlk. hosld 0^ eacti of u^ '•bfiioii% vwitjb Hdi inteiitibn to fvtpfKnt usJni^Utingf oi'ihr t^e M^gbd Mdc, to the heacb^ where feyefitl of the- othfetn 7^ iiS| hpldiBg the g^eoAf litoi^hs'^ of a' Tpeder n^f iM^»^ ioi^ir faoiddsi ^and "t^lutbdtB 'hf JbM- ing thoir nofel'io^r«w.f l(lr? ^M^ ie^ Oti^ wcto bmMJEpoaei the^iieeood^ ^eahod. » • *- • !<^ <,Ji^«Mtat trowd^dekx^ tr^h eag^ink-itfoty to kx^ at Us I (and) wolfld> have prev^nt^d - 6lir proceednig,rhad not fome^who it^mihi'tb-S^avc authoritj^deidt bte!iirs» with little diftteaito: li- mongfX^i^i to fcec{h thcim and: oreMt^^c^i^lbie hhn- felf mtkimrfivti o^ trtangol^if«^|Ma^ ' ft^ k leaft«|*|||^#iii:oa^f«^4 ii^th t^cdtJlIM han^e wert;liige ^^M«di«8 ;c^ vbeai^l li^ which p^feoi' kfmnt&k But be had nq oth^r iD«rkf.«»^oiBaniettf,; to dl(|iQgui& hl4 frdm the reft 0f4he people 1 though they all obeyed i N 3 him A fhtfUp to ih Pacific Octatu ^V^MkiktWff<6ax^mtiktf^ H^i^itheriuilunil- Wlidi^lM fhiitiiM6*pitt«iii'a Mitm^Yfat not m(fi^eblm«$iiitie0| md ifiitt«wl»^6;^^}r« '^ib^'<%a#'«i^iigii mid 'leaded' bfi d«fiMd us 1:MBl id M'^iJi^^^WikiM^^Ht i«iHing 4li^^kli^'i 2k|^%f^f«l^%t tkeidUMliiee^thir. !iy^^^^ i^hk^^'i^^^M^Mtk^^ in !%%ii^l^l»^| <4>ttt tbeiii^yes^ere o(«a deep b]^, and (tachreountenance eqi^e^ aj^egi^eeff f Om- plaeoncy andmodeftyfi pe^uHar (^ ^ j^sf^in e- very purtof^the woripsL^lbut^perimipa n^recon- fpicuoiB hei^ wh«t; nat^^preicialiqd 119 nith her prodiidlkHU^ in tM: 4ull^ pe>fisi£Upfiy mibi- afTed hi fentimenl»iby c^oniy -or ;^l^eftrainod in maimer fa^ art*^ ,#Thcir fi^^^ audJin^ba Were c- ^ fe^mtijr'ronaed^ Fer* ; as wthejr di;e^ oonfi^eed ^ oniy of > |ACce of ,glaz^n clp^^^ft^d, about the waift, and fcacce^ reachhfig^ fo jow^ 39 the kneesif in nuyiy >we had. ^i^^pport^nity of ,ob. >fenring«very part.* TliU dance; .:i|na&^ finiih- eidy whe» > we^ ifanardar noi^, aa if ionie. horfes had been ^»U^ing^.tpwardi^ \a~\ and on looking t^iii weJ^F ^i ^op^ arnifE^d width f^ubs^ who had beei^ dcfiredy SIS y^.i&pppf^^^^ cntertam us fith the fight ofttheir^maiii^ of fitting. This ^ih^new^didi one paityrpigCui^^&anot^r who As 1 00 . ,iid( Fo^c fy the ^Pik'ijk Ocian, /:>(f A»w^ m. miMh ifl^fSlBooiJ li]rthejpiciplcdtt>iir!6ihiKl lMai»«id teo^bKfd in tliiB!>»me maaiiflr'io thcithnee f:hjle^ Each of theib expelled irpttifent^' and l^stGorftcg^vcithciii iuchf.ithMlgft as ht had bmiight/Wtw ^itmsfrom tfl^ jfor^tkat fi^. ptfi^ V Ai^ervthg^fnaluigiift om^tain ttfthiaitn- WfK he Mbnncdj^ichiflii flkrttk what in- t«ntkin,the >ii^iBejtime, Ito.i^- jf^'pS us d «iMljgaz€ tiiDOe* above i#hea*Ltold LiFtnied to the, people wluchlhad ined ta the i it. From iBed.api*e^ to 4etsun tis ideedt'^ieem , tO'tnake^us I b«tili?i'^«» sidha2ird«id Inthi«ii»- ation, A Fiyagfti th* Pacifit Qtiftn. loi atioity'I'aiked for ibmethingr to mtV 4|yd^th»y readily bvou^t me fomt cocpa-miti|''l||iMMl'> fruit, andiii^ libvt of fcwif pttddingi mhiA mu pDcfoited by a iwoor^. AiMl on nty ^ttl^f^- ingmiMh df the beat oocafidnod by lhO'4^row the cfaael hknM ooiMlcf(pci;idc4 ^ Hn mifi >M|d gave rod^fmiiL piece o^ dotbj;^ ii^4i li(eykid roundiliiMP»ift^- .>i>^'ix;:fpnf:j;ii^^jj;^^j ,. .i.viJ* f B8r Biiniey iia|p^ingi|oiconieA04^pI|I(e wbere I wa^i I^itefito»i^liediriy4i^<^a%ljjl|^ andi to^.^Oi ihe,toft| %MlMr tlM^ <^^ wdU fbiiQdcdi'^rattoiaptedtio git l|^ tte'b«i4u But- we «cr« ftq^i^hvii >iibo9t<|lfM»%^^ fooiie meD|»^lUiJtdo9iiiig- ttfti^ fount! On»sQ Jbr }|ieir^M «|)il^^ ved, tlyat tbef) had chi^ 4 hoie igi>;t%e gp^||d for all pfieii||:i|4fic&tl)ierx^f^ 119^ llnKtin||,#fid heci«Mv«iigmQ0othter(^M^^^f(Sr Ui^ tlMiln that they: mamiUi^tsa^fit^m t»^^ li pi^«- tiH bf the^liatklt of Keif«jtc2]^'' N^t ? went fo far jm' Jo aife them ^ MlllWI a which they wore (^^tiytljt^» 4:^ of tlietti 'pitched a ' * ^ » ^j^^ iTOi was reb^$i p^^&#^^^ but I'x iTfi- arriye^ fceinied po^ : I redQoa al^ivcd, of coraI| again j '^ totak^et cd fbm^ bepermi MrBuriti wi'comii wrong in thecu^ to fbrsm^i naturalize ^ng thcni ' Findii better trifa tothcrwi ftould hav after w? ha prepared ft ftool of afc^ and dir^^ dcrablenieuii and,lhortly iii^ tjie ttcithey liftgdur ilched a -idtibthc ;rifii>ttS in ited lis P VT Hclv a^ iVrWcd arrived) fouiid^ourfelyes \^tched by peopl^^ wba feeioied to H^ye bi:eiij)la^t^ thdre &ribat I^r- pof^: £>r) ^^^^ 1^,^ W ¥^de ill up^ die re^ &hei^yi^t&iiiH^ clotMis, imi dragge of cora;!, which they remilred trie to thrdw dowi^ again ; "^liii^ ^ri W t'^j^^x i^7 ri?s4ein<> i^ijiple to takjK tllem j^rcibiy frorii nie. * Ihad gather- ed fom^ rmill:^ah|:sj^ htit jchpfc s^lfo I could not be perinif tii^ i;o Jt^^ii s and they iDdok a'^in ^n^ •. Mi|Burj^yi W|kich hk kkd recT^ii^cd ap a prefe/ti^:' ontcoiriing* J^bjfei ;i^^ laid^^ ^e had doniJi, wrong in taiQ|j^ .^lii^ fai^^ foi* it jvtfjsk' itoC^f the cui^pm^1i^ v- < Finding chat tt^'KCjIity aietliod of p^(^i&ln|^* better tr€^inent w^ td yield jrhpltdt obedi^d to thear wiil,'>vfi WiSh| vp agahi to ^b^ |4^ ?>% i had lel^ i zni " i^ey inow; ipromiredj) that ^' fhould hiivt a can0^ tO'ciuiFy ti8'(^0 €^^ after w^ had eaten olf ^ i'fi|^^ '^^ch'Jda^^b^^ preparei'for;iis.,r", ^, '.' .. ■"• ■ ,\ ., .,.rj '. 1-jV * Acc^rding^y^ t^^ iV:ond c^ief bd^re-kit tloned> havuAg ^ted hiipaielf upon a Idw hri ftoolof bla^kilh Kard wood) tblerably.pSfiihed^ and dir^^iting tl^\ multitiide to malie a pretty large rin^, ttia^f^ Usui c^own by hiia. A confi- derable n^^u^ii^ of cocoa-nuts' were now br^uglity and| Jhdrtly a^r^ai long| grefn bkiket, wi|t!l nfio^, 6cie6ti]^ahtiry olMk#d ptan^aihs to hay<^ iq^ved I adpzeiv^HbiUH 'i^ 6|^the youi>ghiQig Upap had 104 A Vvjagd to the, Pmfo Qc^, bad J)een dreffsd^ m9» then fct bdfore ci^ch of 1^1 ' of wikh wc wetc dcfircd to c»t. Onr ap- pBtitn Jiowever» Jiad failed, from the fttigji^e o^tbe day (. and thcw^h ite did eat a litUe to ^eale tbianyit was indthoat fatUfa£UQifi.U( 9jar- '« It tjciag npw nes^r Tun-fef,, vc tqld thpm it . was tioae to go on board* This they aUoififed } and< ftnt doesm to the be^ich, the remain^ of the^ Yi^U that had been fii'diM* to ^ psm^d wsfchifis to the ibip* , W«£oMfi4$.,cfnof r^y to put OS oixto9)DrbQat9» whichxhe ni^iyisikdid 9nm theiaine cui^iprt ^ wh^«.ifire|9V»dcd«, /jiyey put us pii board di« boa|^, iritb. ^^co^i^a-ivts, plantains^ and p^or |(rovifions> whiqh tliey ^d bKOim^;},>ai|d ^ rowed to^^ the ftdl»s, If Wjrell pleafedthai^lwe, ^ UA hadj^r^ of ,^^ Jn^ o£our.tsQuh^{^e,flW$(Bf9*V/r . lite ri^Mn^.fitoittfon.of ihef^ gitee them ver^ lUtle .oppo^nity of^obi^^ the country : for ^ey wffre feldoai » ^Ul|^ y9)c«|B^lroin.the place wherediey had bc^^o<- duood to the cbie&, aadconftquoilty lyierecQn- fined to the/wcrounding obje£b* .Tlierj^ft thing that attrn^ th^ notke w4> thi^ ni«inber of peoi Ic^ winch muft have been «atjeaft two jthov-^ filbcL. IqBcept a £ew, thofe who had cptn^.on beafd the ihips were all of an : inferior i^fi i for a^prcat lumber of thofe Ihat our gjsml^i^ me^ { n^ :0b fboKr had n Aquedor. fe?Hb1ft.^ Th^ old itteAw^ire, ntatrjr 6f tHfcm 6bi-iiiflint;: i^ 4e»6' dM>jrV^%^ tithtr feXf CflK3ep*«a imt v%. I O individuals fi^ A J^gfMfkc Pacific OceatU HHlll'Idii^Uh.who had fears o^ brpad, ulcers^ ,|^ ixi$4?7i9>g on ^t^ic face and other parts« ^, 7 ^.^ny, of; the natives were, armed with fpc^^ ^pdcli^y.th^. latter pf which were generally z- ^imt fix feet longi made of a hard black wood, neatly poliihed. The fpears were formed of the lame wood, fimply pointed, and were in general twelve fc;et long; but fome were fo fhort as to leem intended for darts; They preferved their canoes from the fun un- deir the fhade ot various trees. Our gentlemen faw eight or ten of them, all double ojies i that 1% two fingle ones faftened together by rafters iaflbed acrois. They were about four feet deep, «iid in length about twenty feet^ and the fides inrere rounded with a plank raifed upon (hem. 'Two of thefe candes were curioufly flained all l>ver with bl^cl^,, i|i) inumerable fmall figures, 9& triangles, Jqu;^'es>, (5^^* and were farfuperior to any thing of the l^d Mr Anderfon had ever 'feen at any other iJlUuidv in the Soufih Sea. The paddlest were alou^ft elUptical» and about four fee^long. ..Moft of the trees oWerved by Mr Anderfon, were£Qco»tj^g more than a "... ■'■■'■;. ^'-V^' ■ .. ' bank ccrs X^ ■ ..''!- K fpeW5 lerally ?- :k'WOod, edofthe n general lort as to AC fun un- yentlemen >jies*, that by rafters ^ feet deep, [ the fides pon them, ftained all all figures, farfuperior on had ever Sea. The about four Anderfon, ^j/c«j, afort cind he had ill and ficn- jalledbythe of convohu" fides whiqb, id Mt-trecs y of feeing' bank ATeytagi'toihePati/teOeeam i&f bainkof coral, generally fteej^^d fagged, i^leh though it has profbably been tot tramy ctoturifit expoied to th<: wdath)er, hasfuffered liafbrther change than becoming black on its (tirface. The reef or rock, With which the (hore is lined, rutli to different breadths inUb thfc fca, t^herc it re- ibmbles a high' ^tcp "^Hl : it is' bf a brown^ colour^ aiid neai-Iy eVenWith thie'ftirfaceof the water; and though its tekti^i^i^hkther'j^roiisi it is capable df withil^ndingthirwialhin^' 6f ^t^ fUrf Wtiith irdriftantlf br^kfe ujbn b * ' Though the ikiidintf '6# owi^^nnletheti nh^ the ineikiis of ehrlchi^-'the^^ 1^^^ ^ ^ vofi^ with th^ ]^^ai^g|>tiil!iculs^, th^ pt^i cij^ (%^ln vle#>^$']^lj^'in^tti{i^ we'&a^^ifroei^a athy'^hhi^^rtfiy^iHttiolfiill It ^^ mehtibt)bd;''th^ 0M>^ iim\ip6fk tUfe <^p«fditi6tfV ' 4<** l^>'*«^{*s^^'^'^ ^'**$^^ Got-if 4 iiiterprttfr.'lj^ iKSt thfe ibta^ ftTvice^ M performed thiis day; Re ^i aiiil by thr lifc tivCi k*^eat diiny qii^i8hs^(f- ^ ciife> and at tk« diftance the fhips were from Dbftrihoref deiVr^ the iiland, and kiU every . iM in it. They then inquired hj what means ^is cfmld he done^ and Omai explained it as well as he ceNiId^ He happened luckily Jto have 9 few cartridges in his pocketb Thefe he pro- duced I the IxkUsy ^d the gun*powder ^at was to fet them In motion^ were fubmitted to in- ^m^lica} (: ind^to fup^lj the defe% df his de- ^nptli»i»' aorsippeal was xnade to the Anfes of Uie fpe^tors. vThe nuidtitiide had been form- edy as be^Diyc mentionedy into a cirde*^ Tbis lorntftLed Qma* with a convenient ibkgc for hki exhibition* In the centre of this, the fni»M quantitydf gim^powdereolle^^ &HHn his c^r- lildges^ was {^'cip^riy dAfpoled ufk>n the ground, aiEHdiet oo i^ by ft pleceipf biiffiisg.9f!Q9dfrc2zn ^ oven. ' The fndden blaft*, and'lsi^ report, the minted flame and fmoke,"tlrat inihmtiy &cce^d, filled the whole afiembly with afto- nifliment. They no longer doubted the -trc- n»nduons powcrof our weapons, and gave full credit to a^l that Omai had iaidac If it had not been for the terrible idea they conceived of the fliijps guns, from the ^cimcn ef their mode of operation, k w*as thought they ^jmonld have detained the gentlemen all nighf. For Gmai aflured them, that if he and his coni- panionS^did not return on board the fame* dayi they might cxpeft that the Captain^ would fire upon *^ A Voyage to the Bae^ Ocecw. th^^ gveftt>- X fro«i I every , means d it «8 to have he pro* ^ntwas I to Jn- his dc- ilfifes of ijnfOWBr |C^r hj« He fm»W .h» cftr- grouB^i) _ report, i»ftantly \\th afto- thc tre- I gave full ttpon the ifland. And, as the -flups ftoad ki nearer the land in the evening, than they, had done any time before, of which they were obfer* ved to take great notice, they probably thought that thisibrmidable attack was meditating^ and therefore they fuffered their gueils to depart ; ' in the expe^ation, however, of feeing them a- gain on ihore next morning. But Captain Cook was too fenlible of the riik they had already run, to think of repeating the experimenti* ii This iflaiid, though never before vifited by Buropeans, had a Their ^iiD^ tciMlQd>pa£gc^ being ayery.lhbFt obc^ their ftcM^i^f pisQviiions was . icantf^. and fooni ok* h^ffJM., :liTh«^hardflups:rhe3ri fufiered^ white d^VQR by the ftorm they kncMr not whither^ are nut -to he rconceivedt ; vThey pafled many days mSt^MMCt any thirfg to eat or drink. Worn out byt (GamipB^ apdia,tigue»i stheir numbers gradually ^However,^ they kept barig- ingihyf its fidc^t during fome o£ ithe lai^ days, till Providence brcwg^t: thetxi in ttight -ot the people of^.thi«-«fland> wholinunedisifiely fent out canoes, andibixmghii ttheinr!aihoit.ii .>Of the four tthus favfC^ )Oxle wa» finse dead^ ^The; other thuee, v(^ lived! 10 give!/?thia account of ixtheirj nhnofV ^niitraiculous. tiiaa^ntation> ^fpoke highly ^t the yad^ treMment. dieyvhene met with;; tod they jlrcrcfo weU^itisfied withlheir prefem iitua- tioi^ ^att theyirefoicdothe oSkr made to them al>j(>oa«i'9 i(idqueftro^^^vlng them atpafiage to thfinnafcive; iflaads. ^Theihnilarity of imasmers a|iilfjhui|)i9ag&'had ;more than natfucaiized them toi 1^^ ipoit% nidw'thefrefh connections they had hettjtam^ .and ^which it would^ kive been pfttnfbl to h»¥e broken t>£F> after fuch a length o£ jthne» iy&iieiKly acpount foi^r thift tefufal. Thej had aiartved ^ upon this ifland ajfc rle^ft twdvfryear».agoi>dj .,:;,'...■.' v#\rhe7hin(dnlg,V fays^Captain Cook, « of ouir gattlanoi on this iilandy' cannot but be confix dercd dcrcd proved Jedge s ftruftii tive is ( than a foners, and in j Sea» m thpfe^h nent or Asco; learned mcn,th< thod'Qif I bitsofiij Qtaheita ligious c< theiifam^ it is incjjii wl ch'thc 5, tlicir on> OK* (, whilo letf are ny idays '"orn out rradually f hen the of thcfe ;pt baiig- daysjtiU iicpcople ojtcanoesy fotirithus ^gX" tbnee J almoft hly^rftthc isidthcy fcni fitua- letotbcm to _ imaiWiers ized them U they had hiivB been Ih a length Id alt .leaCt « 06 OUT It be confix dered yf Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 111* dereti as ia Veryvfortunate ciraimilaiiee. >Ic iKas proved tl^e means of thus bringing tOi>uv kno«r* ledgei a fya^ not^nly very cnrious^jbut verf i»- ftrudtivcii The application of thei above fiarra« tive is obviouvw It will ferve to expiiin> better than a thoofand conje^hiresi of fpectflative'tsa^ Toners, how the detached parts' ofi the^ earthy and in particular, how the ifi^nds of che S^onth^ Sea» may have been> firft peoplell |: e%ecia£liy thoje'thatvlie remote ^from^ any^ inhabited CimiK nenVorifrbmeachjOthcr/ui; .u:-a. i,ri::yj/>,^ u:>.}<- According to Omai's itcouiit'oC"^wfatenh^ learned in conva^fation with his three country** men, the ^manners )f thofe iflahders^ theirme- thodiof treating ilrangers, and theis? 'general n^surly the t fame. ; ikom< every circumitance^' ihdeed, it is indubitable, that the natives of' : Watetoa fprang cnriginally, fi^om the fame IVockj which has fpnrcad 'itfelf fb wonderfully all over the im« menfe extent of the South^^Sesi.iOne would fuppo^ ihoiwever, that they put libt theiv^ claim tea more illuftrious'extra^on ^for 0vnai>faid» that they dignified theii* ifland'\ ces oft its being entertained at Otahdite v but I that it was univerfally prevalent among the ^ V'' inhabitants Tia -^ Voyagi to tht Pacific Oeeen. ' *•■■■■■■ mliabitants of Mataia> or. Oihabnrgh ifland. Qmai, and our two New-Zealanders perfectly underftood their language, which was pretty much the fame as at the other iilands. Any peculiarities in it cannot be pointed out, as the Memorandum Book, in which Mr Anderfon had [nit down a fpecimen of it was iVolen by the natives. > V Having failed in procuring any fupplies of confequencc in Watecoo, and the eafterly fwell having carried, the (hips to fome diflancc from the ifland, on the night of the 3d of April} early next morning Captain Cook fleered for the iflatid which he had diicovered three days before. About ten o'clock next morning they got up to it, and Mr Gore was immediately djfpaichcd with' two boats, to look out a landing place, and prociire provender for the cattle. Though a reef furrounded the land here, is at WaUeoo^ and a rtmfiderablc furf broke againi^ the rocks, our boats no fooner reached the weft iide of the tiland but they ventured in, and Mr Gore and his attendants arrived fafe on ihore. Captain Cook feeing they had fo far Aicceeded, fcnt a fmall boat to know if further afliftance was rc- quked. She waited to take in a lading of the produce of the ifland, and did not return till three o'clock in the afternoon r being cleared, fhe was f nt again for another cargo \ the Jolly boat was alfo difpatched upon the fame bufinfeft* with orders for Mr Gore to return with the boats before night, which orders were punftu- atty obferved. ■ The Th dred 4 feme branci Thi from / Otaksia and th( pofcd I Tills Cocia-| there, iC grejit qi T|iere n a fcw> treacle^m catoi by landed m A bea negated , a fmali {A ^ome eggf One o] opa trecl Hing afpel fccn. h ■ JJegantly l^quenrc ptiier /b A f^cytgi to thi Pacific Oeiafh "3 1 iiland. pcrfeaiy 'as pretty ds. Any ut, a* the Anderfon lien by the applies of Icrly iwell tance from \pril yearly ►rtheiflatid before, hey got up r difpaichcd r place, and "Though a at WaUeoOy \ the rocks, a fide of the Ir Gore and 'c. Captain jdcd, fcnt a ancc was re- idiiig of the return till ing cleared, TO-, the Jolly ame bufmfeft* irn with the •were punftu- .Thc The fupply obtained here was about two hun- dred cocos^nuts for ourfelves, and for our cattle foine grafs, and a quantity of the leaves and branches of young cocoa*trec8, andthepandaaut* This ifland lies about three or four leagues from WaieeoOi the inhabitants of which call it Otakfotaut. It is in the latitude of 1 5^^^ 15' feuth and the longitude of 201^ 37' eafV, and is fup^ pofed not to exceed thrt-e miles in circuk. Tihis iibnd as entirely de(Vitute of watcifr Coc6a-pAnii were the only comnion trees found thQfe,!of which there were fcveral clttileits» and great qunmities of the nubamt^ or pmndtmuM. There were aHb thtf eattopbitimm^ /uria/u, wi/Ai a few other ihrubs i alfo a ibrt of Inn^-^imcit treack»mu/iardy a fpecies o£ J^rgt^ and the mot^ mAl :»tf^9im ; the A*ttit oi wktchli' fometiaies eaten by the natives of Otaheite. Oasai^twho^ landed wHh the party, dreiled ifMne of «t for tkeir dinncfy but they thought it ver^ndi^lereiils» A beautiftll tuckoo, of a chefnut brown, va«» negated with black, was the only bird (een a^ mongd the trees ; but, upon the ihore, wer6 I fmall fort of curlew, li^ue and wiiite herons, fome egg>birds« and great numbers of'Qoddie& One of the coilipany caught a lizard runnin|; I up a tree ; though Anall, it had a mofl forbid-^ ding afpe^. Many of another fort were alfo fcen. Infinite numbers of a kind of moth, e^ legantly fpeckled with black, white and red, frequented the buihes towards the fee. Some [other forts of moths and pretty butterflies were At t»4 A Voytigtto the Paeifie Oeean, * ^''A't thii time there were no fixed inhabittnU jkpon the ifland \ but we difcovered a few emp- tf huts, which convinced us of its being, at leaft, occafionally viiited. Monuments, coniift- ing of feveral large ftones, iftrere alfo ere£led un- der'/ the (hade of feme trees : there were alfo i|>ine fmaller ones, with which feveral places ^eit Shcidfed, where we fuppofed th^ir dead h^ been buried. We found in one placeaereat rUMi^ 'cock|e-(hdls,^ of a particular f(Ht, finely grdoVed, and larger thiinthie ^ I from which at w^ t6njd!hired,:that the ifland had been viiit- ed^peHbns who forndtinies feed on fl\dl 0ih« ttk^'Gtf^ ii^fbme hails and a hatchet fai one of fik^ huf^;f ^ ih^'uib cir kihofe ifhp i^ght vint twfitfahdlnfiiture^ W(^ I^t$'lc^'g1ibm^ b/ Wf a- gUlUf lo|M iibr^wsii^;>efoWh^g to try Olir 1^- t^^c^lV^ir^i^i iKlana; #hUh v^ diicov^d fej^tk]^i^iCro^ ill f j^^,diirteg lUiiliiVvOTige. ^^^^ ^B^^^^^^^^^^^-^^''^^ the ihorn- lng^^t%^(^ti^ it the ^ij^nce ol* abdiit three Icf^gui^: Weatypro':iched it, abbut eight o'clock, ind dbftr^ctf Yev^rar dahc^ cOming -frbm the ihJoW/toWirdSthefhihs. Ww^c rather fur- prifcd at this circiimfiahce, ds iio tcice^ or figns of ihnabitants were feen whi^n the Ifland was " firft difcovered r'thi^y indeed, might be owing to a briik ^ind that then blew, imd prevented their cahoes Veiltui'iiig out. Advahcihg fliill towards the ifland, * flx ok ^fe- venxloubie canoes immediately came |l)^r us, witkiirbm' three to fix men in each of them. ■ , At: '^^'^"*.*h'?fQfff.^n., ■ m 'idei^but they couU nJ £? • *■ ""?« »'«'«- ■^iM-viou, dM Kdi^e rdV^"'^ *«*""'? "». or to treat u, well ^ ''"'pofition to truA fomeoara outofthenlfrl? ^.'"^'""P*''' '° «"! -nan for cnd^^:^^'^:^^:}, "^ «^"* alft cut away a net confoi^ir ' """"• They over the ftern o" that ft- ^ ?''*' ''^'^k hung '0 purchafe it 4m Thenf ^^r' ^""'*'^ ^ bout the Refolution h^K ■ 1^°^* *''<' "'ewa- ly and dari„g7fo°"' "^ ^^^'i '''"/"y '«'"'>^<'<^ of a long fticic .^ ot^k f^^ °' '""'^ "''•^'^ longing to one o/'^„r^-«/«''f ^#ock,bo: ttey bad a knowledge o^?«' ^ 'PP'S^J *at changed fomcfiflj7«;°^^^ of which thiy weret^^ ""f -'?^l "^ called them W toi4'7?''?eaptl7 W, a^ Aer triflingi^. ,^^«/ P^per »• »yT 'hey caught with the or^n'^^? *° «^em. what was thrown fell iS / "^'J^ '''"*' ^ diajely ph.„ged i Jo S*'^i'='i t%iW«. »^ feeSri^,^-^™ #e^^^ rfla„4 "'■^greatly from ea,?o^h?'' of6 about 'thdf^fliOuM^r*, or Hcd' iif^* bdAch dh tbte \6f%i tfieyh^adJ «bme're#«,' in^feted, h^ditf ti^bppe^d ihbrtj' aiid, itt twa 5r Ihrcd'of thfem, it^was 6f attd'or browtiifh ebldut. f*«*ir doathing^ 'w^s a iiJ^o^ jbiede of init, bomui'ie- veraltimes round the lower |)artof^the 4!»ody, and pafflng brtwiert the thighs; We faw^'fine cap of red*feattifers lyittg itt otiie of ttife dtfffbes, and {mTi6 among ths^m Waf^^^WiaiWented with the flieH of a pfe^toyftcr^' pbllfted and bong about-"th6 ritfdt.'''' ' • v-^W' n-;>-ff^^ -::^^:*j n. The fi^o^e bf <>r*iaftifefit fe |>n^ateirt annong the natiteS'bf tUb'tSee^^, of jnin^cring or ta- toofft^thd* bddtes^ tiot Otie df them had adop- ted 5 biit^hotl^h,'th«y Were firigular^ih: this re- fpeft, thfcir 4)c^of' the fame JeomittOli haoc- is riot to l#^dotrbted-. Their language moi-i re- fembted t}x6"^\e^' erf *0taWeifefth^< that t)f Mailgeesl otf Watt^ocy. 'Lifee the natives of thofe iflandu thdyen^ult-^d from whence we cime, whithefiboui^dv the Ihips banie,''thd?^mc' of dwrchiffi %i4d%Ke liamber of i^eii'>«ti l>oard. StKh fed>to theBfnr^ ^y very tcaUHy an^?efedv Thd^jf^; in^oriAed uj, a- mong other things, that ^hey^ had befiqrefeen two l^t^isi ll^ip.<<, likb oCirs, bttt hi^ noiripoken to them as they pa£^ Tiie% t^ete^'?doubt- kfs, the* Refolution and AdttntarCiKfi^iwy acquainted us ih»t tto& iKime cf- tbcir ifljifiii was Terouggemou Atooa 5"i alid'dikqvfMfc^ i 4h4t they were fubjq^ to > l\»nrato«csiv«£l^l^ ^^1 Wateeoo. *' .» : r f / ' ■'• , Their I Their ibod, they faid, coniifted of codosNnuts, aOii and turtk i being dcftitute of dogs .and hags, and the iiland not producing bread4fruit OF plantainsi Their canoes (near thirty of which appeared one time in iight) are tolerably large, and w^l buik, and bear ioine refemblance to thofe of Wateeoo. • , We drew near tO' the' north^weft part of the ifland about one o'clock* This feeimed to be the only part where we could expetSt to find an- chorage^ or a landingplace £or our boats. Cap- tein Cook imipediately diipatched Lieutenant l^ing, with two armed boats, to found aad re* connokre the coail. The boats were no fooner hoiiied out, 'than our new vititors fuipended their traflic with us#r puihing ifor fliore as faft as ^p<^blc^ < and caniev no more ; nesr us» The boats returned lit t hijee 4>*clock, and ^Mr King inforn^^d Captain Cook, that he xould find no anchorage for the ihips; and that the boats couldadvance no f^»rther than the outer cilge erf the rctf^ which was almoil a quarter of amik ft^m theory Jaod« That a numbt^r of tke natives came upon the reef, arnted with dubs and long pikes, meaning,, as he fuppofed, to Oppofe lus landing.} though, at the fame time, they threw cocoa-nuts to our people, and requetfled them to cbfne onfherej and, not- with^uiding i;his ieeming friendly treatment, the women were very aiSlive in bringing doum a irdh lupf^y of darts and fpeais. Qiptaiik Cook coniidered that, -aa we cotdd not bring the ihips to. an. anchor, the Rttempt Vol. I. P to r8 'A Voyage tathe Pacifa^ Ocean... ^^ytXitvm^rTSt' vheib^. irnqtldi be tkttf3ftde4 With aD^the iflttnds a£Un? oxnrf leatmiMlL Nown^eftlKad, ^slihdiiittkigv from variety^>o£^iraroutaAanQ(i(s,.b^i»i '^iJaVMdably' retardiisd m oumpc^d&^^vit livas rin ^aih t6 th^ik of d«>idg aiiy>itbingires ancipfeivUioiis of thi fhips*, the better to enable iiiSilo jirofecute our Aomhern^difcoveries, which codid ikOf^ qo^ commence till a year later tbanriwas int«Ekdcd<' ' If wd could fortunately have! procured f»;fup- ply of water and grafs, at- any of xht iilands we had lately viiited, Captain Cook intended to have f^ood back to the ibuth, ttU heJhiad got a wefterly wind. Buti without iiidi a fupply,? the certahi confequence of dcHDg this» would have been the lofs of the cattle,, before it wafrpoffifole ^ for tis t?0 reach Otaheite^ vrithout gaining a iin- gle point of advantage refpe^ng the grand ob-j r jeft of our voyagCr j, , The Captain, therefore, determined to bear I away for the Friendly Iflands, where he knew he could be well fupplied with c^ery thing hel wanted: and, it being neceflary to run night atid' day^ he ordered Captain Clerke jto keep a league a-licad of the Refolution ; becaufe his ihipcouM beft daw of the land, which wcamightj poflibiy fall in with, in our paiTage. , Wei Captai dloto ha|ii, laft>ti{] next d hadfoi wefouj Palmer Cobk^ ceffity^. inoir derfed e] daring 53hifi the votl frflniithi aiternoo rajn-'wat unieti&i ti»e nextl weft, aj *ee2e. Wen ^eeth, ai fimJ th« of about (0iviiibQns of > |jro|ecute •lirediitJup- e jflands we lintendetl to le had got a ifupplfj'the would have iwaapoffiWe aining a fin- ifi g^and ob- lined to bear icrchcknew ery tWng hcl to run nightl rkeJlokeepal f ;b«caufe his] rich wc^ig^^l A Fii/age to the Pueifif Qctan. i:kfr Weibeered. weft hy^ti^linthii^ fine bre^ae. Captainfcdr xo procsed firft to Mid- dlcdMUigli^ o^ Bo«% vthhndcitigiMv«f >«night^ pcr<* haplyhmieifsovifioii enough Car the c»ttk> to laft>tiU ^c ibcNikl^imveait that ifland. But^^e rtts^ day^ about' noon, thofit launt; iMfeezes .that had fd long tetai'ded^ ^ us,;: agaia returned $ and ^ we found it neoefiasy tto; got into the imkude of Palmerfkon's and &t«ageii)andsy which Captain Co6b«diicovcre4 iar' .1774 $ vthat, > m jQai^ of< . ne- ceffity^ reedurfefnighrbeituidtoith 1. - >, ' m4»der^d'£ive»ouit vatesy tCtptnin) Go^k or- dered the ftilktoih&ikept Mtwdrkia wholftday ; during w^h- tiime^.v;rj|ii}oouredii»b0iii|)0leen galkH^:OTjS^*!waterSi/.;i.:ii!'iv /: Hi Jb')nt*'mnie-^ , ^Dhlfe Uglif broBics! xontibmtdliitt Thv^day the votiii, #h(kn t^ iiriivi^U^/Qme h^)|9)£|p^ from %h&tkov^^nAxiax3itih*pi9Sf!^^ aftorttoon^ehadibim ifiery^heairy if aln^ attended with th"nda:f<%m]lfo W'i colMtedY>*i,imi(;h rain-water as fiUed&ve of .i\ad bkvv^ia frefh tirceze. 'wmty?:j[>. ,:^*iobi^:' , ■ k rrj-KC)- sifT - We<\o!eiJ€thus!ped^ci*6eot get up with 9 z it I ao A Vb^gtf t9 the Pactfic Ofiak, t\ trnty and oac 6fOtikf tW Bifodiv^Ki^, vkM^ sr« pk>*- p«ro^dtt9 kfe^eaob^ %|f£ear(^k fbp a coBvenieiit laki«Mttgaplace'V ■'■'*ie^ behig now udier '^n abi&hite itsediir^i <^-p]?octi^mg here fome provender ior otircaulcy of we muii oertainl^rbWriofii l^ietm Vi^iM tt eaH&d Fa^sdsertcni'sr Blan<^ cbniifts oi # gtakip'Gi irniaH ifia^i s«^«it rtine ot ten in i]«ii*b«r/^coiiiic£ted togeuhet ' y krecf al d)ral rocks, andlj^irig'iii'ii drciii^r dii-efdon. TfefC bdatsf^firft^^ex^Hhidiid tfcc rtwft fomli-cafkcrly iflct ; andi, no« ^ceeiimg' there, #aii dc^n to 1£h6 fe- Cook %heii bore; d»wii ^^^h' thfe fljijifg, m Wc lug^ff •an«l on, t%d)^i^ bdrftg ho'ltotto^i to be foitoJ* to aiict*orlj^ft.' ^' ^'JPhis^ hoiv'e'fferj was of I*© mat«pi^ com^qwen»fei :tts the^e were no Itu- iiiia«i bclrigs wpon tlfc Mand, ejtcept tiic,ipart5r \<5bo-had-'-knded from -eyair boats;- '^•■''^^'^- ^^•'-■/■■'•''•■ M ^mi^o'eioik oc^*''^f -tiitJ'bbfiil* tcttirned, which was, >*« tfet^ time, a mx)(l*'cjcfccfltent'^pafl i'Cft our aif^imals on boatd, 'A'in^d^ge was alfo brought from Mr Gofe?,' wild -commanded the i)a#«y-up©n this expcsditibn^' atqtiaintittg tis that xhe jlktid abounded with (uch ^todiice'^* and al- Ib witi'i the whari»i-tree and cocoa-nuts. In confe^uenec of f Hs information, ' Cap^aiti Gook reibH?ed to get a fufficicnt fap^^f ici thele ar- tictes before he^uktedthtsftatioh,':kid' accord- ingly went ctfii lliore bi a fmall bciatj accompU'^ ■^ f^oyaf^f to the pacific O^af: Jjr «enictnt ibiBhite confifts r tew in 6l c6ral *i: The rlyiflct; , the fe*- C^talii >{ri to tc •etia Itu- hc party i;iied. by Jtjje, Captain of J^h^ i^i^covery/, 'JTha il}j^ud,^oi;ji;n0Vcx^^^ ^ niilcin circiniif^rtmcc, ^a4 is j|Qjt ,elqy^ed abpve three feet beygn(J,tli<; levejl pCi the fe and two il)rts of boobies', which were then laying their e^gs, aijd {oi exceedingly ta^ne^ toperm^'tis to take them off their 'nefts,' whi:ch confij^ only of a few fticks loofelj put . together. Thefc tropic birds differ, efl^ntially from the common fort, ming pf a beautiful white, ilightly tinged witli red, and^h^ving two long tail' feathers of a deepifh crimfon. ■ Q\xf people killed a conii- derable number of each fort, which, though not the mqft delicate kind ■of' food j were bjgh- iy acceptable to us, who had been a long tune . confined , to a fait diet. We {aw \ plenty of X^d crabs creeping about among the trees ;> -^^'* caught feveral fi{}i, which, when U^ treated,. jEj^diejen left in hqles lipcmt!^ At one p^t of tbe retf, which' bound* the lake witbJn,*alpQ(l even wjth. the fui:facc,thei:e was a large, bed of coral, which afforded a mo^t enchanting profpe^t. Ixi bafe, which was fix- ed to the Ihore, e^^t^ndedjo far that it.q^iild not be fcenj fb that jt appeared tc be fufpcndcd 3 "^ a tp- "■*; -J l€r the lESf^^^f mmt^cdhf^^ki^pl the 1 (daips, w^fittfcflea":m* eteif wffe." lattti' mit M^tf^FlfcFi^^ ^"^^^eatf it^6Ve4' bf the g| ^*^'^ ifMuffllfe ein^ladCTi;^e^ ^eSfd^'Sdat^, Ifeavihg^r G^e'iwx^ Kli ps^ to *'" oafs ji royigr U the Pacific Ocean, i a» c«t«d fey tin-fti, C^aftljCi^^^^^ purpo^, ve kept p^xx^ii^^A^^^^ '' ' h^x iJ| -wa* II t«^«li^ )>pecqitlqfi' ^b tqnvjiy^neiii fb with rf^ociprff^ ^|s ma^y. M| j^/ujMer tlie party Qn,fkf>t^}fqi( d^^^^^t^^^l^ «^"mW (liiiaptitf to ^^ flttP. Mqn of^ar;; ahi^W birds, wer^ Igpto i^rc An aDundsK?fi?'j fo to -^c iitiiiiJi^pitied iflnpi^s, 0^» ;^i c^ the country, with a datt«rltf and^iijKM?ftilw^^ tlif t didbira h^npiM"* !'ft^rc .f!^% i^e bo»ts rqx!erlwoirip$| axi^ wer^eadi tUMT ^.^^ ^ 4 y^oyage to ihe Pacific Qcfatf, returned on |x)ard, leaving. hi^ Tt^iirq |^icute- j»l^t ■&»»; o'filQck, ;an.d, .by j^jj^j^ tl^ey. f^turn- 4Mj4wil^ ^ dfihj v|9 PHde ii^ l|nf jpg .them .1)9. ^ , 1*0^4 . hjf iw^fct. Thef? vrdejs tieing jpp4IM6^lyjP^y with a light air from the pprth, , ? ' ,']Phft4to 5w:^iMft c^WC Apmjs Xprne^jipt ,lar- (g^i^tfewi the Pjjigr, ai?d almpft ,j^9ver^d ,\yith .^pCQSinfiad^is.. Thp pther pro4ii^>ons yfer^ the iame.as at ^he .fir ft illet. On the beach were /9H^ji tjiTO pieces pf bo^d, obe of >vhi?h was rudely jcarved., and ^n elliptical pjiddle. Thefe ryf^^i pcrJt»ap^ a pATt of the fame canoe, the fc- ,MW^'9^y^U(^W'ii94f^^ on^^ic otii^er beqch, jt^two iilets, beujig withiip^Jialf a mi\ft of each .<2|thqr. Theyjc wcce oot fp j;nany crios here as at flhc Jsift, plaf ^ , bvt we fqund fon^ fcorpipns^^d .qljber p^(5^ and a much .grj^^ter mj^mber pf :P^ iipon the req^fe, -AnjQl^g the ^eil ;^cre focrve fbeat#i»l l?>i;ge fpotted,eej9i whjcJ^ wiPjuld x^^^^^ feme of which were klQed bjroMr people;, hut their jfreiebae i?«tk the'ihore } ^tte'OiP ivr^ cuckoos, likie thbfe at Wc^ooa^ettf^ y»V6 alfofecn. /tn' The ifiets^ compreh^mted^ iii<4flr th^aairie^ of mits ^ a reef ^ cora^ ifo^i ^o^ei?ed< oi% iwit^^ a thih cO|^ dF iandf though ^Oathbd #it^t99esi and j^anty, like the ipt^ gpoand^iol the high iilanth of thirOceari*'r' ;' ••'• -■:'••- .t)M^'^'> ,^^^k*^:■' wdV, in order to proceed W ^nki^^moi^^ W« bad variahie wind$>%ith^^u?fe thi»«dflri and much rain^ . ^h^ ihdii^eM'hekligiAiii^y copi^ ous^ vtre^^ed «x^dhlldersSb4e quantityof voters and) a^ we could jrOtnrea greater ri^>ply in o^^ hour^ bythe'rai%ii)an by dii^iUation ki a ii^^th, we laid the iliU afide, asbein^ attended Wkh more trouble than advantage. Hie heat^'whith had continued |n the ex- treme fck abOul? a-DAOathr ^<>ain6^ rnueh mpi^ difagr^l^ In this-clofe riiiny weather, and ure apprehiendifid it would ibo<| bo noxious* It ij, htm^OBerj ren^arkable'' that there ws^s no^ then 2i|tli:iii^< itfVh % ^fudi 6n' the a>8thi^ abkiS,/ t»etiriilg> vkt^ by the^lbiitlt'^4ttilfl• ' ^t|> ha^^ifeai^i:^ aitt^bsed^ ^b«n «Wo> canoes ]Md^lbd%i«nNi8«^/^bid wiilKMttltfifitKliimt oamc ctliMMf4i«fCI^^#^ati4lua#i^^el^^ Towards eveiilli|^»<«^^Hd'sl flidittJiyifitiltfferiiifi.^ floti4r'CjAibe?fe«ftgk"wti«^efl tm^x.^^^t'S:' ik^fkiMSmiedt\i%'1^y^ pad). dtii^'ifrQtii^J^^^dMKHgts^iati i\ssttiifSmki&tmak& ttM»fi)ifi6fi^y^i^a)n#toi> foftflddkijiUeateiiaat ' Kui^ jwab rwiy^^it«hed <1^3riKDap|fiii e;!€ a^^flfil>ifirimir fiv ctfi^t- tP^ miioiiip #hiieh>/bi^4»^ht?>fRkh/ tliu^i^M^ fdWisi two pigs, , fevcral large wbod^p^toils, fiiuiti' aad roots o£.^'arious kinds, for which w'c *-. '....•■. :. / ■ '■ I -^ gave- ^ Voyage to the Pacific Ociott.- It? Ired'to > -canoes < Rtcame tenant ' mcEntS) »tb pro- rhichAVc gave i:■,!. V-- Mr Kiing's p^y.Tetufi^4 ^li>put nooo, havia^ bajp. iiroat^d / wi^i .gjrmt civiJiRy . at l^^afigo, Th« chief af (h^ ri0jn4t>r'X]oob(||iliiqgee» «<)d;iii- nothprjt^amed Taifv*, «SMfni^ ,oi>^bQW?4f.w^<> Hf |Ciug4 ^Tbey fprciipnted 51 hog to tiiio Cfipit;»ip, fnd promifed him more next day*^: Jiitr; King prootred ^ii«iv hogsi ibune ^>yls» atnid 9 <|iiaiiti- ty of fruits aad roote ^ Vfi|h i^0|e^.gr»ts; i^r iwliichobliged us to tbtiAqjLiifli the de<]g%,a]M go to thQ;ib* ^ Photogr^hic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14S«0 (716)872-4503 iV ^^ ^ "^ <^ «». ^M o^ ^^^ "^ liim. : >K '■i1r|i|jpiiij|rii'i _ ^4i^e4^fli»it7 ol#iik. It is iriBiiiiii«fei|3l^ «]iBt ^^Smif^^^i^^iktni^m^Bptm. the pa»df| «ii#|mt 4%t ibr«^ flia»t a^iitiR^€si|ife^ pidkm' ^ 11^ t^at the ]^ccwmerf m9V^^0i^6M§nm ^mM^ik^tilmm^Bie&^'iKmi^m^ but -i>0mKf-km»'tsdk}m> fAtm^hm^f&mA^ Wot ^i«i|Jsich. Several women toQ affcnie#li(it&c ^ * - csjooef^ 2 ^ ■ ^5 4 l/f>} ^^W j^^.-^ iOM. •" '^^P(p1^^^Pt^^*** ff, :^oe^ •^c- Mil:, f^ !.#«!;' - l-r,-^ -f-*-.v., ^W^^T^nTT^. r J *.■ 1^' S-: 1 r ■ ■ ■'. ■ ■■? , >t^ r<- . ■ y ;Mi ii.M-.i u.q-jtq sih r irjifb ,vEb iHojfir ?i''l vt :i ^lrbi.i:t ;jmywi i:5/iKt» a^tr;ii«3l'tOJ.J XxDrji^u ,\ , ■ » ■ . had a houfe carried a quarter of a mile> on. men'9 ihoulders, and placed by the iide of the ihed which our party occupied. , Our various operations on ihore began the Ifext day. Some were buiied in making hay^ •others in 61ling.our water-caikS| and a thiixl par- ^,in cutting wood. On the fame 4ay» Meflrs jQpig and Bailey began ^o obferve equal altitudes •of the^fun, in order, to get the rate of our time- keepers. In the eve|iing, Taipa harangued the natives Tor fomQ time \ Init we could only guefs 4it the. fubjeity and fuppofed he was inftnicting- Uiemhow to treat uf, and advifing the«i to bring ^ke^produce of the iHisN^ to market. His 4}oquencei h^d the c^^ed efiedt, ai^d occaiioned tvl tf^iTfxm^Si plc^tiful^fuppljr o^|N^yt(jU)^ next fls^* i ' < ' .■ . > ; ■' ii-^.v«'i>ri t^^^^ ,?. .■ i ,0a the 4th of Msiy, th^^Hpj^Jspii^fppft J^ fnwU^wver anchor, the caWe heiiig^fi»^i^.tW0 by the rocks." -^y ■ . >^- .■,-.■ I Cl^ the 6th, a chiffwiiigisnaiile iniilKN^ mt6 media newtl edy^ iHbr^'] (Mm bej|ny 1 mm vveit^^ »m m '?Ta^ nent. 4ea »- ioft\»e d^ing to ipmtjic id upon at trufty rty, li^d >a men's the (hed legan the ting i>»y* third par- y, Meflrs altitudes our time- igued the ?nly gueft iftrtt£ting^ thei^ to fl^et* His :cafioned rt^onS'tlie -*r' *^ lU, mit^'^^Bmc/lMwitlibocf i^iptf fotrddtftoii it^'hi^'iMdi'iiifcd mi^auHidt bad bean lA^ medl^ iffif|>^«cfif<^ 'H^'^lk%Mb«d^ •ii4(jli lis fhbi^^kb^ihforMett Hii'&ktt ail «h(^1itt«if«s:¥^t^fr d^dt^M oiltf tb tot yH^'iihbiedia«M3iittt*<^^ MVd; Who '6toie<$ Mi^l^ bbwiAf iiii^liaM if '^h^^h<^'j|i»l^of ^iiclit^lfatil^:^^ ikt^ta^i ph tl^'lMicftf'iKiH*/^ H^:4ia4^lil^iH^ti>%r^«tg^ £^'fiai^oa^%ofin^ iWUMli^Mieh^Mf #c^ be 3^7 thing l6& thaR^«»te^ ^-^f^irMag^iili^t m^lk'slit»fim^i^ iw^moi« tli^'f^iM^^lfef. iAs e^tMn Cook'j^cetved fi^wa^ ridt'tti^ itikh%h6m' he tieoiiemlliaxd td liii^te iis^dilHng^'til^/ifot^Vi^ Vti^age in the chal^ l^i^^^<^<^'l^g,'i^iliN5r th^^SHl'falutdtiW^ ^^ queftson^ him on that point j when TatpSk ^th i%^^^^iV¥i^]ie4 thik^he Was the ibvei^n In a^l^Mt time» our grand vifitort aorompimted it^i^^fillHi, iK^iid^' by five or iiK lei^aHts. -M Qj Ca^rtain I3t A Vkjd^^ «^ Pmi^mtiii. i^M^iii Coo^ tnidv 'tlMBi'fl Am widfrnJat pifbi^^sapji^ tMttrtalu^ tbem hi Aidv « iMaii* Il#,'li^ tiidi^^ #«ttid 1MB ntoftr ite«eaA)ir. lli#ftiriis 4imiiil|^ when fidfcik>« «r. an a iMif^for^tiil ^ftMi Me liad i«:ehned. MHit^ M^td^^dCMv^ Itoib idfttr^fitbe 'vnbomfd- dt yihpri^ WiaiHf1h^dt)«4k tiwiUfir «fv ^«tt^^t]|i% if^^l^ 1^ ^ttMini^ H«^ feilM^ the «asiii»%mlf ^}fi^Nl^^>Ml th^ictirodOillamceT fend, mmA^9imdB^^Mtp^^ the poor #cry iid^f amd ttii^etf^ tC[ftpttuit!^ia^ <^pr- ■f.-:-..-:: •■■■■ ■■" ''^'-ihip's t ■ the bbit) riscdnred. mtointd. kiWRJ the meet -*nd, tt* tlie poor Ailf^ crnipMt^ 'vrw VM afile to poye^^ 1^ «l«e «ftble ktoviiig get Ibul of a r0|tlit^^tliB|f c^ii^^ tHilMe W8t«r, when «he ^{m «^c^ ^^f^^ the*elib tide, ^nd^ probably ^W lr# bttt>«^^ 1^^ "vei* the ciibAe ptm^A* The i^^covery o^ t^0f wenjliidcy enoiigh to weig^ iti ; '0m$ <% and the next' i^fo, -'Feenou 4liied^ with Captahi Codkv >«ft)hded by Taipa^ vrooboti,^ and;^>«ie other chie^« None W Taipai however^ was permitted to ^ at table or • even to eat in his prdcncc. This etiquette greatly pleafedGipta^i Cdoki Ibr before Feenou arrived, he h^tCidfn- monly fnore vilitol^tlian he iiiclinod } ai^^l cable frequently ovdr'Howed^ With people of both ^:|e». J^or the women €^f the Fi*iendlf Hies h«v«;^c privilege of editing with the men, ^hieh it »t the C5«fc at Otthftitei «4 We had frequeiit occdfions to obfoK^e ft^c dexterity which thefe peopk j[}&fl^^^t pilferin|: the Vetf chiefs at times pra^ttfed tt kittle; i^- ▼iilig^ hdlcm the arrival of ^Feevnm^:* hid a hW|k; junk axe ftolen out of the ^fi^, wl^dfei^iswe coiwi imptite tto none but the G^^ain corn|daiiied'to himy 9ml |9<|)»iredihi Woiild i^ 'h^^atitH6)*ity to \{;et it re^ored^ he ift^ifie^ia'tviy ^1g^ Of^erii for th^t pi»*pore^ j^ Wat ^mihdtly it win* hiN»ught ns^ aboftt^^^^i Ht^ei^e^expH<:iit^bed|ence pdid to hi9^i;i[^anci(f . Ontlie^i^^Mii^/one of them wa» d)st«£lM:l - ' ;Q^3 carrying. 'i 1JI4 -^ Vtf^0 tt^iie Pm^fMk, caiif|inf4Mitii^lieihip, the boU lyeloogingitatbe fflmtmrn i«riMiy<^hkbihtiad»cmfiillf ootk- fi^k^diditofaef cxmfiiMd:tiU Itf nb^ move times : of rank, tlieur fenrants or ilavei were conftautly eaiploy- flifgiiig ^ititbiatfvvyobibeiniag 'tmdiSkrttkctf aa \£k Iia^ibcta,^4ip9wtb9'0)«id^aft^i iWhen any qf^titofritofeicaugiitiaii lifae^afk vo^ chieviitgyt in- ftoKl^ilfbehalfi' ih maf- t«vto#dtid xiiiefcuiadvifct^tiit i v^p^itJiif»e alttdi^ iofenfikfev of the ieaifdk49Pi«ir^09ipbra^h^> jvhiphi wr ili|>poM' had Wikai^tfattilrilMids.'M tici cbmplttely ifhaved, timhue^nvefkula^vniiw^ tbeir eNl|»ti^'dif|iJMb «^imdld not ii^tb^ ki& l^oilBdor ftcwcdi (pcrhap* in 4i wooden viflehi^tiic'lMt ftonet) andiit was carried on boardon nfi^Biilll IcaO Captain Oook>tafted of themeft^niiiiwit To I wcU pleafed with k* that ]ift3ifteriMkiQ»i dcred fome ${h to be dicflediin thefame^rofi but, thoiigli his cook rttcdee4ad>*flfeirabl]|W«l|4 it was mnck inferior to the diihhe atn^mptedto imitaie. ^ .^jj .(jy/ //jvtli/o 8;ti«/oi i<^rt- Hai?4ng» X ifi! 'a^grea^c flaneaikre^^^pihaitfted! the iflandof-aknoft cveryE^aitkicc^l^ifood^ 9ncSi^|- d4y fail[iasj£bon as the ibifbovctoy (hou^^ba^e foand^her bdi bower anclnr.iheafiia9tha6thA (Qapt^ lOeaaC to proaeed* totTongatlibpoii ea^teftly ^entrq^itqd houiito aiten his pbina expneil^i|^as;aBtidbiRV!er* ^n tiKit^ asii£i((bgF {dijaorting/ib^aftinraait^Vi^ wilbadi ti»jproriu)ie> fame j cpiiif%tciilav/M ^fc warmly ^recommended] aigroilppf iiknds^ ) called Hapaeic, • lying tOi the noiSh-eaft i whereof hejaili^%d:> t», wei?)60iiild^,eafi(y4nd plenti^lly fttpphe^iwithxTecy rdMhfneuA i and even o0eredcfa^accoinpsm^tiiStthi^piiiffNar(^ In (ooa^MHieBce .o£ bis^ advicn, rMaf^^wa^ nia^f choke ofi and as^h^iadAotrbeen/wtfitf^vby an)r £ttn^)ioa|Viihip%0l^ j^ tOi.-Captain:Cdok.^r.io ^.>/'^> i-jiij.xl ao b^.<».i^ ' QniTnefdayiOie i^tl^,^Capl»isbiCkffce'f ^Mlr ohor waft happiliy icciomrerQditBqd^onttfMrf inori(|> iag Qf{^thte,!ti4th^* ifo goluiwder )iiVil|i(f4ld lli^ . lAiaiAvQiooka«i>'D <i1 jif-v-i-mon' ^a-i-^^' n l^bniigh«hy»,iiiin4^49 Mmftwhal highcrlhiii .b'*vr*:»>' the .^'■* •/.*:. ' wkoRMWC^DIII^O^'S ntOoCMrtS IMNnlt* '^^'^nlb UIOlKi -iMi^iiS^tferihipi^ lay9'eoilfi(l»«f a #iS|i, fvgged, ^ HM^i ^ tU i mhout Abie or teti feet M^ eiieept 'Hrdfimd^ beachcg^ ♦idikh ai^ dc -i mi i d fmm . Htbt'^^^'B reef f>f the famefnt of rock» In the centre of the iiland there is a fair-water hike» 'Hbmiltinffrile and a half in breadth^ rowiyd which 'IhCirgrouiid rMes with a gradual afeent, ami we eeijkln^t trace*its having any -coinmtmication Wkh ^he fea^ Oti the riiinj; parts of the ifland , indelp^iaily towards the iea, the ibil is either t>f a^ hnldtifh loe(e mould, or a jwddifli clay *, ^hlit there ^iiot a ib^am of *frefh water to be ^ found in any part of the iflandi »* 5St.» The land here is well cult!ivated, except in a ffew places $ and, though forne parts appeaf to *fie-wailei they are bnly left to tecover the ^ftlh£i^h exhaufted by coofVant ciilture V for we dfttSl "few the native* at work upon thefe fpots, HitM^tev^^^ them again. Yam* and plan- *t«h»fornft'i;heir principal plantations ) many ot' *%hfch are very«xtcnftvc, and InekHcd wtth fen- %^^t9fr^ed about fax feet high. Pencei of lefs l^ira^nls Hftre biten f the natives, llie Ofther ps^s -tifihe ifljmd,efjpecially toward* thefeaf^ and found fh^ hke, are covered \^dth ItfUfHriam WeH -%^ hi^esj'tmitm^wh^h theretii«^a^^ nymu mM hi^on( mhei lowlA are to whieh We b&ig« thfiiiil procuri eoriian ediHd withoui ftlMli parlf t^ the ni heieh»' cultyp their. ^torS| hie* i,, thouiai be arei >rke Annai ' 'leeasi wj thhg^ ny j pi gi #p ft MWMl £liitittoo»ifito AU tlM i^lltt aBlMiod,7ll»4lM||(l ^kip cnHioMi^tiiili £m^^i4iilly/4«ftit. ed iik^ikmiiafymit0 l«piiriD'tlie ^owmiydfiMfi without flntenaiMg^rtte'lniiVf tfciM of t 'ti* 4itort| lintKtii; o^hAf iillim4% ^pendei^ k k^p^ ble* i^JioivHMnr, iis>tye««ttvop»f«v.r|iiof«>'2tlMmi!rli thouAioct ^piQ(fi|litrt(Ooti«aoi at one laflMy it jimi|r be irei^«i^li|f)^t^ppoM|( ^hat there ^ate^l^^ ^kc tliiirinisibw iipon tJbp ifland^ i m I woi^ hoitmNmI^^ the aorch uid nortfafieall^ Annaa»k)l^ riiiipt nun^^ laMOl lfle#. are ^eesy ^ aArWlliwiltKrlBlBd ihoals this g^fiM^^iiitrviitidQ^fadiili^^ there ¥ra» ^St^f^£R^giiot^Mpi of fu<^iliftgii(Kaclea80tlrs; ^blMgbJhe EORivci^dUod thFoulih «{ie inlietirab in^tbeir «m!9W ^^fhfiNiftMtCti wh^ we weighed' 9mihofSkm)Anmm'0okk^ iv^* Peered tb g6 to th« wcil-ward of the abOtf*e illAndsi'/attd tio^h- iravtfi44Kd^owtifds iKab, sihd /Fooib9^ Vwoiflands itpiaDkable Ibf ^ihelr igre^ height^ aiid ^thenvoil weftorlf of thGTr bk fighHii ¥Vdtfft<^6f ifland^^ of #hich W*-^»)ewqio«^abrctt|hV'>. V' '^^^'^^ .. ,mou .>^v^^> l>Wltt]r we fea^eMt^«t iil^aal difta^e^^^'iind iiwA i^jdMOi^atiCi a» hi^ as A^naottooka. Sotrie ol^hei^^ise two o» ttl^^ olilcis' in ll^gth,^ - asid ote^»Qnt|('^tl£ taufiiilet uMiiiyc^ iUSEp«Qck^ifli»nl^ likii jfttiiMliiOokfiV^fonle hkV^e r«iittaiiciki% aftid othevs hive ^iyii^'ba^ei» exteiKiting afioioftithcb whtikiaigtli^' 'tEngdne^ ral, th^ are entirely chthed '#kKti^be»i^ikni6ng yirhkh i are x nan^r oido^'p^itaif etHth'hkntig the apfieainneevof >akic»utM^ tfardenr |>lsic«d ^in the fe«i.v$Thc ferenewdMher Hii^eh6# had/tontri^ biHed. greatly ' ' to^>he^hlen the ' foBiii i ' ^d the ivWi^nughtieonvc^p^ideiof thtf i^alizaHon of ioplf fiuTjr land. ' ItTappearsi that knnt of thefe ifWls liavebeen fortn^ s^'P^macft^s liknd wmJu^ioiedio havis beenv foi!»^6i(<( of them is tummititt^ fsmd^ «iid anoth£t»4itk»'bi[t^ * tingle buAi -or tree upoW'itwf'- '•"•>'■'' •■''^ t,.;djui ->_.,, .^ &:k(beafternooni about fcfot^^of^^^^wt tteet* e^tQ the- aort^ leaiving'Toofea^and Ka» oik ouf hrboard.^ hrfHwd,! ,,i«r« jn(<,nd«4 to. We an^.^^ m "PPait. 0/ which Sie„dTX:^"°''=»»° tain fome fnperftition.^ „„• '■™*"«'«" "iteri w^re informed, that itC^l- <'"™'«r- We fhrge ftonev and luZT'^'^^'^Vyc- 'he fize of 8 fmall M« ^S !f '"npared to faoking in the rr^^ o^^he^tbr ^"'■«' i'^. -» « AnSt>£"'tt';r"°'^« le^ft ten leagues W« ^ *^ediftanceof it --butthf^i^haStdr'^t'tt^ '^'^ Pon « was excellent. ^ *« *»'«• U. f">m K^^i^h'T,*;:ii'tror'-'^ S«re , we fteeted to the £V^ u*^ ' coni«.fi. miles mm ..: Ml m 5 'TTt 'NtiMt^ f'S !• .\ i6ft ^ yifgfUff io tie Pacifif Oceatt. 141 ^Tljip^ark, ' , , . , ••,,. ,..,^,^ ., ' , .',,.., in| tfeii dwjjn wi|)i Foa^, w% percehred i| Was law^M^qoJitoj, ^y^ Avt* ili^ «u3kc oT the % 4I^l^g«l,##,l*:pr5P<^ pla^WaJ^fou]^4, a- bfjca^pCfk r«tf ifmi^l)^ jqips l^cfbdgai to.F^a;^ ha- terf f^a^ilc fi^;j| Jji? Jhjre, j ,aiYi., ^^^^«i^|^ rojjj^5lf^.;f>3f^a jwtillJti^oS ca^qs, ^ 4f^d L„ i;<^^,.4l|^|^t v^k ^W h^ fym)^ J-oit, iRg> W*oj4«i;,^Q infiro^WBt Oll^ain^p^k tot^ ]^p^ J» lii^ijObHid} liQ fcsH^ Sbcomp^oled them an ib^re fyr thatt pufpQ^^. , : v QoQllj^j ^iqQP, j^itQ^i^ 1. 'fhe 0^1^ <^0ft, aiid^lie iWltilMki flfyaMmi Arootifig then) «» the out* i; * R fide; our tJ^i^ A J^oyitgt>.to ' the Padjmjl^i^ ««„ pld r He ^tilmiigaedtiiftinn^in^wcfrdviibiirly tifao^moaHBilBil diJhtinus tirith JrlMni»iinfb# (%$^ ftit Aesd any tibtfigifrciin hnbyibi^^oi^iKtfiiiM in any i>tlidrVfii«iii]iefyi'(4i|ii^ei«kiaitg6{ AiefaiiqrtitiesrsiSilfeftiiuitie* ^tedP ^BooD sKfiidir fa^ hadrjisliimfed) hkcfdi if^ikh^ OiqptAin j€ofaki wws ihlbniii^ \kff^i1ki^ that it was neceflary toflidaU inakktf'ia p#dam |o Earonpa^ the ohiel ofithe iflin^^i ^The^p- ta&i being ]Mt^qal|pi«pareaK for cliiSiybi|^vc him fiid^ alleles as firtr ^neecfled) Jias^^xiiie^tion) ;Tys lUierality o'eiledtfitn&Hrtdemaoikilroiii tw« ■chiefs of other iile» (who wore pcefent^^nd-even £rom Ta^ hitnfellLi^' Soon after he hidthi&t the laft of thefe prefents^ Feenoo rctumed,^ and exprefled his difpleaiure witbTaifa for fuffering inc to be fo laviih of my fiivours. But this was, dbttbtk69 a fincfiey as he certainly a6IM4&con« cert with the- othfvsj- >xd^Miiij.i<:i-Xj )n. u.) •ivxr^ losaon now refnmed Bit ftaty * omiwiHg ta^ fol^ to Bt by.hiiny i and'ha^9Bgiie4die people at {^aipa had done^ ubidi he md naa^owt > fame oncj 9ndt Onh t»bQi tirpa0; ©iiiiei 4*ejahie •^ ■»-SJ ^/r))E? Ate^^vftigig^ M thi Pacific Ocian^ 143: t^iind^veii ornedf ^^ rtelMg^ .^o the fame fiiokti^ieppAv Thgkjdtnaumia i»var« the chiefi^ a|)the>jC4^ui^iro|U#«)ixMPMlu£bed hkn^M three Asigmntifoah ofr.whAf.he caUe4Mh «at€»tiiB oiiftj ^? wfatch the. wMer waylftdeed tolerable^ andthe :filiu(iQxi>ceiiytnkQ(bllr6Uiiig o«t caflcs. On hii cetnml^ hit-formeri Hatlon. he ibiind. >m I^Qd*h0g 8lnd>fome yaints» finfliUii9(h<»ty .ready to; betcottv^TtdJ)!!. bof|rd fon ltts4ioiier. Jikk m* vil;ed £qmou;aitd hkifriemls/ieopartikeiofotfap fe(paft^aild,the)i^bavkedrfoiiltjbcihi{^i!iltDb^ Q0ne!(tHit:hMnid^ fat down withv^ut ht Mblew Diiiner^heuig.ovei) the Oapaincondn^ied f^them o«i.vflK>]re|vand»' before h^ retiiirniBd^yrecei^^ l$ia)])refet)t;ffom^e chic^iA line latge turtk» andi^ ^tMhtity iftf f rptmsi > i '^ rkid >% ipkBtiful ffip^ ctf jptdftifiont^i fiqy;1hithft cKNMefe of the duXf^^Maget/iitjr laoteriog iviidb llie>inatyves!,. a- JMfll tivdlt^fiiiallrhogiyf tdgethentM«|dOa{ krge qf^tH7i.o€iniitiiMk)idatxtYiiuH^j:>!>n :i»v/ .ii mr«:. -q!On''Siltida|Mthii ftttip eaii$( b' il^Tnffrtilng;, JT^etnott fnd.Oiiai^iirho-iM|«r<^bpti^ ^'Ofieiiitith ihej3hkf|xea^ on^tboMd^ id jseqiiefiiitGapttlfi l^liil>|ta«irQB0(^iip8^(th^;iflaitd.v nuorjajcomil* paQteti{d!ifni/»w^».ii^ii)!ibniHbg$ >fln9s ioooduc- ItdrtPlthe pticrilheK)(he ha^bocd &ff»ted ^the preche£<^l^di3^tlco^jc£tBt«Mhe^» nor could/Omai give himaBy^^rsbationu! n: 'K3BGpt°4lb«e h^iw^$iftaiied^uaboat:>im!iwndled f^(tift^ ndbi^Kfciafipttkrbd^ ani ad/vitaoedi doc^ ^vffh)ryjinisyi |M^ttdteii^bvead^fn^^!/4cbcQa-iiuts, Mifc^^ R 2 ' and ftK" 144 . A Vo^t i^ tk Piltijk (kmHk 1^ iliefe imt Ijfttfiei two p^taaid hsA( k do^ ifOk^hi and t^ thoib Ufxm ih$ kh^ fix pigs 0b tvm turtiit. Efliimq;^ i^MtA hiatfdlf be^ Ml^o srtkites^ tiM left fidd, «tfd moito' •^Hbf >b«fot«« tbdfe on^Ubci^f^l^ } tliejr idiig k 1 |> a r< fttoy^ l dllfe f#«d lieve» aa h^ had bei» at. Axmstttfocki, Md wh^ Uid pHAtMfy laid this ttx: tip«^ the «liidb of iiaipiet ibr ^ ^reibit oecftfimii v IVlMm thli ihiliilficeiit «(aile£Hdtt of ffN^'l^ns n^^sMbisd Id oir^i^ a^fd adf fttfttig«iu% |Kl%»w ^ th«%iiiiH^itf^ Id^n^^c multiliidi^ ^ §i^ii^eA$t^chmmd ^ ivtiii^'viMnttdilttd alter, a number of aam^ ai they foceffi vdy iHteirtftkued itf wi^ fingle^coMbatsi «^ 6ham^ fHoa f^iti one iidi chaUe&giog-thore «ff die 0^ liier i4cf f^^yhf Krordt/ biat more b^ ekpref" ^ fffijlpl^rtd fen4 one of their j^ai% to op ^ni^Maa, T he thaltelsge was, ^gniiei^i ac- ceptdd I the two cOBxbataiits plstdsd tlMfehrei Id fioper attkodes, and the €n^effiiM*iite^n, f&li^fi^intiwd «yi Q»b^^^^ yielded^ «r till lh<& i9ieii|)0Bi iNsre hrok^/ }^ the co&thifibn of TKTi'iV) '.i «p0ii the ll^deil the Mii^h^^" »tti?^to op- ' n, ^«CtBI»ttofiOft 01 iMrnid o//* 4^«li |/!>ii;«T''Trrr it .-r >4X«ot -^ t *rnTij(.a^ T-i(UO ^1 -^r m >re him* The 'cepted } the two wiMl^£liii^|N;fibMfed witi iiMmrearifttr tl)i^^»ri9cMldeiMs mimtedtlift(^uAfli^irQ^n^gibiit^ feBaiaywnt»]iipad«on; . £ i gaged J reianl theft a eacho^ moyem lines, ai evoltttJQ cane if] forniaiic ciic]e;,« Capitainpi ended'.^./M piibdiiind appeartdi, -J A Foyag* h tht Pacific Ocean* 147 ODky rkft 5; r ■ ■'' iiiit(|> gaged-, gsgedi each having an inftrument in his handt^ rc&nbling m ^pdddtoi two feet and a half ]onjgy with avfhitt biade^ and a fraall handle, '^ith theft inflriiineiit»if urtous fl^uriihes were ihadei eackof(«rhid)ifwai»ac6oinpflnied with a diibtnt' movement; or a 4ifit:rent attitude of the iMkl^ At.firft^ the jdiiwer»>faRge4«liemlelf ei hi^-tiyrelB lines, and fo changed their ftations \rf difieff«!ttt ' evoltttioM|ithaiitlM)^who-had heto in the^#dur came ifito thdtont^ • At •ond {liN^of •Ihtt^-i ' formanec^i tinsf extccidedithemiMviS'ift «btf nlf^,^ afbvwaMsi they i(#med>il^iAMtiiei ^iftto tt^ftft^** cirde; (andtthettJiitbltwo %aQie«^!l^«(i^Bli^'^ ring>ih^r|AAinio«eilie(|ii^ otte^^ithliktf i^^ fm¥''^ w9^; «nd jpdrlbnnednanialttte^diinM ^Mdiw Capitiiiii?€obhy I with ^ iivhidi' < thii^'|ttif(iMalttlitdbl^< iiili&tmifit tJhar aU»}oiiifaiii^^ihi>^dliittei'W«» ^ pilodiived Imi^w6» ^niiMi, ^^ w0iSitkt>h>iMkm lo^ ' ol'^foo^di^ :#om iwhidfa|^4h«5ui^«diiftiM: MniiM'' nottK bjr iiepftito^iQn^tlMmi' "Vk^sihM*^ dan^ecsfl Iterwewri^ did>^io«(aipp^|(|i Wbe*iliiidk affiftod ov dlvelted^by^«lfeitt^>fbkiioiiq^nb^^ cfaoeteil^f ifoeilittofildydtt wliiil»i&the>dtfimi^ ti^nMI coiTd)K>Mii^ iflnKMi9ifiPi«Mibv:|Q q»> i'^li^'^eeiHfttiv' , . iwg^'i, ■ ■ . acne ■«. 1^ AJek)tgH»dk]^tici^(k0m r ^^txwJokmiM^'.iffi^,i T£^ !i^ ^$^f but oar water and iky-rocketSt iid partlcu)^. fyvdma^iti. A i i;':'iii ■^:>:\ ' ro' ttkimeiitk iiegjBM? A^Jw^ript aw^ w chorus Jm rwMgt IV* wDi Flttip§ 'CAVHIfc K W IdiMh; w liktf WM i ih#>iftiq«.iiMiiio% rpiir^'^ tncl lying i^Mi* thc^ growd) it— liihfaM a tone at acvte, as the others wcni'fMivftdM fdeiiiii^.' i^THe%hdi< of ufliv tauMi (iwifudttig thrtfe^wHb l^ MA^mi ^m^ «tetflwboos>ifiiiif hjMd' ^ *(kef ^"ttf ( tlMi4iii||MineittHi/tlh|t oiht <^^ ci ! < »i d to g r tt » t % 4MiKlMle#0teai9dii|Mft». iih%f4ti^KW, «fi^tt«f#c5ilkif«ift0M)tM>cMfel Mofft'^ them had Apon their hcids^ garlaads^^ Vi^W4i^^t»tii»it k^.|A« tatteai ^mhir^ib^t^xiSrelr^hicli ^ wwjlt^ Up* fw Wkt^f -'wWMii* i .. t4f klM^ *tiHli' wti idiniciilrftiii iy ii 'jwifaa «4o fpiiti' tiMi lying vfM* the' gr«i«»l^ ftiniihiBg a tone at acstc, ts the others weni^frttveilM fbleOkfif.' ^^Thfe^^holi' of tJfke iHUMi (iMffudfiig tilde »^ 'fu ft ak h H A '^m %l» Uwbliai) iairp pi^d each other, aitd returned as the former ; but th$i Qti^^^Q r^fnain(»i^and tto^tholr cteae lolne, j^to^iacl^jB^ itp^NjfViJsjitm the wholkiram* fejb^^ ^ii^^5(fi^4#;«iir$tei about jthe dkmis, ^^^^l^m^itf^^^pf^ 49k|l««ngtln^af7noir ichangcd ^^}^^ m^i^imPa tn^ whkh Ithejp mads a lf,^if^h^ lining, jtmiclaffiHig their IS, ^i^ftisgq^^^m^i^^firt, ^fepitingifomc ^Pi?*f^i!^WW?M^ vTowtard the«nd, as the quicknefs of the.i»ltik>:!iiicrba« i^tl^id^;^^ wuve i»f iedi^th ^04^r]^^a9»¥>ii^ aridr fgmciof tVelpjj^^t^ia?, jRcrh|i|ij,,«i*Ul^iK*!ithx tisiiDe rcci- l5P^e^j^;^;:r^n^cfi«f^t.v^ t^pQ^(f^ t9^cjjBvieyp^ny.ii|ira^tiE^,4^eft«^^^^ Pffl#'^^i!%Ri^'*8^'Wie|)itrirf *liBfefiii)veih€3fitSi rlet^ gf Qt|Ie^5i{i^W5e%*P?<^^ach^jfh« ifjeaWe a pf^ijOfips^p^irt. in fome of thefe, the dancers if^f^a/f 4':th^H'.:ii»otionfii to^^T^prodigicilii^ ^ick- nefsi^iiiakiiig thtiif h^^s frbth Ilic^^^f to'lhoul- 0m^$;jQih'^^^ ran a ;ioRS *« .upon Ae bUeaft. "tw r^.""*"' h* ftrucfc fcn inftamjy rifinf^J^ ^^^S AJs, a per- Jii f h« kr ^1. w ' I .-k:!?!*«'»'«^d tWfc. ftCrhii B^,!°'iI^?J^^ "^ the Nprth i>a. f5S ^ Vo$9gt t9 ibe Pacifig Ottm. Imwi^ttMAm down with a Uow en the l|f»d, uA h^mtn ^Mf carried away. But Unt^kl afH exciiie the otiier five wiMiicn fron Ibcailva'' ordniMry » di&tpliiie i for t\»ej were trtated in tlici ftinc manner bf^j^pcrfon who fucceeded kkp> When thd*e nine rwonoen dancedy their performance was twice difapproved pi^i and they were obliged t» repeat it^again. /iWrc wat no great difference between this dance aixl that of Sie iiriV WQinen» except that tbefe ibmetimes raiied the body upon one kg^ and then upon the other, ahemately, by »ibft of double no- tion. ♦ Scon affter, a perfononexpe^dly entered* ma- iling ioim iudicroui remarks on the fircsl« dian com 'ji^Cdanii A^f^oyO^ to the Pae^ OheOn. r 15^ lie )|f»(i» pcated in fueceeded «dy their »,»ndthcy tfc waf no ^ that of {ometimes then upon ^ubksDo- Btercdf ma- fftedabuvft had then a Ihqpiwjn- krovod the thing ^'^S' jc head and moveflQcntSt }r« rapi<^) iVy appro* pcrfcaiy wcrt/o o tllCTfpok« icdtij^t fe$i«Mat ^ iNr rafNT afl)exa||gk9«iieil ocvmom^'' Hl!he(»iielit^da[3^ iNf^ilih 0a^^^ |iart^t^^ ihiiiitf^^, jW «flii'f^sar«lim^afte'|>^c»<^ pcMibpn^CO th<» ^dklfciiPdfit'ibfe ibil» 't^^ti '4i]p thi^lbcenitl parts of the.ifland, the foil b better ; and^^ib nitHti^^l^^^MlflAMAitt^^ib^^ an €vmk hukiffS^ thill*th«>f(9l[^e^>fdMitekf«lrki. k^i^ Cd^»d(f^^'t4>n|i^x||JM}^ labile tMd^ IN^ m^B^'^PiiM^ ;« aiad^liff^^phimatilMl^ ill ^^^ #^^'atbttlidlilltly' f^MAce^H^i^^^i^ pMlti'^dl»i #iJk4N!(^^ *llieKia)|iKCtpre^iim dian com, £cc. -"^^biir^bbHraM'ttilibttfk'^ vith^m>!ilf»ifi^We»"<^ gtoil befoiPi} it, ^o ♦Mt^ thi!»][y(k»j^ irolMblf rdbtt on fonor ^b^ Kfc t(cta^itl^^^ lu Hapaee. their voya ^u^plyofi forOmai defired us would be i nou would tain Cook < ehie^.whoi Lthea4th, , bout by fo fembied ou we left it, was alio re fiiat ifland, ^Me new \ appeared, t foundation, Pwrpofc the unleis we fi 0^ getting other. OnSund to a houfe of a child, A Voyage^ Wthe Pacific Ocean, i^^ s cxcur- urgc iail- Refolu- i, whom t voyage, ipofedby ie couW jard, but alrof un- lled Wm wluch wc lou, how- [\ had ap- under the ed. Fee- hat time i lallcft no- piledrto Feenoti, defiring him to exeit his aur thontyiy for the purpoie of getting thepn reOp^ red } but this appHeatioiv was of no e0ie£^. Qn tiie 23d9 as we were prep^ing to leave tlieifland, Feenou and his prime-Q>inifter Taipa, came a- long-fide in a canoe^ and informed us that they vrere going to Vavitoo, an iHand fituate, asthqr faid> about two dafs failing to the nbrthward of Hapaee. They aflbred us, that the obje£t of their voyage was to procure for us an additional luj^ply of hogs, bcfides fome red-feathered caps for Omai to carry with him to Qtahcite; ,aTid defired us hot to fail till their return, which would be in faur or five days ; after which 'ftKr nou would accompany us to Tongatabpo. Cap- tain Cook confented^to wait- the r-eturn of this chie^ who immediately isX, out for Vavaoo. Oo I the 24th, a report was induibriouily fpread a- bout by fome of the iflanJers, that a ihip re- fembled ours had arrived at Annamooka iince we left it, and was now at anchor there.. It was alio reported, that Toobou, ,the chief of that ifland, was hadening thither to receive thefe new visitors. After enquiry, however, it appeared, lhs(t tliis report was totally void of foundation. It is diiHcuIt to conje^ure, what purpofe the invention of this tale could anfwer ; imlefs we fuppofe it was contrived with a view of getting us removed from one iiland to the other. On Sunday the :25th, Captain Cook went in- to a houfe wlicrc a womaffwas dreffing the eyes of a child, who icemed blind. The irftruments • - S 2 ufed 156 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.. ufed by this female oculift were two, ilender wooden probes, with which ilie brufhed.tbe ey^<^ fo as to make them bleed. In the fame lioufe he found another woman (having a child's head with a fhark's tooth, {lu£k bto tSe end of a Aick: ihefirii wetted the hair with a rag dip- ped in water, and then making ufe of her in- itrument, took offthe hair as clofe as if a razor had been eniplojred. Captain Cook foon after tried upon hinlifelf one or theie remarkable in- flrutnents, ' which he found to be an excellent iubilitute. Hie natiVes of thefe iilaods, how- ever, have a diderent xnethbd of paying their beards, which operation the^ peiform with two /uuls \ ovk€ of whijch they place undc^a part olP the' beard,' and with the other, applied, above, the^ (Irijp^ bffthat |>art: in this laanner the./ ca^ 0)iVe vdry ctofe, though the procef^ is ra- ther tedious. There are among them.fpme men whq.^feini to profefs this trade : forUifras as comitioh'fcr otli*^ failors to go afliore to have theiir biifdsfcraped off after the mode of I la- pace, as it 1^'as'for tHdr chiefs to come on board to be fliaved by our' barbers. , Cap^aiii took finding little or n6thing*of what thelfland produced was now brought tot^fliips, detex*mint:d to change his ftation, and to wait Ftienou's return in fome other anchoring-place, where we might ftill meet wit ■ , rcfremmcits. We accrbfdingly, on the 26th, uiade fail to ^he fouthward along the reef of the ifland, and ha- ving pail^d feveral ihoals, hauled into a bay, that lies between, the north end of Hoolaiva, apd the the foutJ had nof fter of t bay whci Cook, ao ed on the frcfli Watt weft fide cial moun J7fcethi| ohc diamei this mQiini and a half coral rock iflanders, '^as feen al Ai Areekee* the mount kings. Or and Mr Gc came back : found from with a bottc Lefooga j other by a 1 ter. Some the laft men eft mark of except a fmi to catch fifh We that it fh A Voyage to the Pacijic Ocean, 157- ,the ume id of dip- r in- the fouth of Lefbogai and there anchored. We had no fooner ca(t anchor, than Mr Bligh, Ma- iler of the Refblution, was ient to found the bay where we were now ibitioned ; and Captain Cdok, accompanied by Lieutenant Gore, land- ed on the fouthern part of Lefooga, to look for frefh water, and examine the country. On the weft fide of the Ifland, they obferved an artifi- cial mount of condderable antiquity, about for- ty feet liigh, and meafuring about fif^ feet in mt diameter of its fummit. At the bottom of this mount was a ilone fourteen feet high, two and a half thick, and four broad, hewm out of coral rock; and /they were informed by the iflanders, that not more than half its length was fecn abcJvc ground. They called 'tt.Tanga' ta Areekee* \ and he (aid it had been fet up, a;nd the niount raifed, in memory of one of their kings. On t2>e approach of nighty the Captain and Mr Gor« returned on board, and Mr Bligh came back from (bunding the bay, in which he found from fourteen to twenty fathoms water, with a bottom principally of fand. Lefooga and Hoolaiva are feparated from each otheir by a reef of coral rocks, dry at low wa- ter. Some of our gentlemen, who landed in the laft mentioned iiland, found not the fmall- efl: mark of cultivation, or habitation, upon it, except a (ingle hut, in which a man employed to catch fi(h and turtle refided. It is remarka- ble that it (hould remain in this defclate condi- S 3 tion, •" Tangata^ in the language of thefc people i* man ; J/w- ier^ktng. • J58 A Voyage (o. the Paeifie Ocean, tion, {ihce it communicated fo immediately* ^whh Lefo(^ga, vhieh M fdwell cultivated. T^t weft lidb of it has a betiding, where there ieems to be good anchorage ; sihd the eaft fide hais a reef, \\% well as Lefooga. UAinhabited as Hoolaivais, an drtifidal mdunt has 'been raifed upon it, e- cjual in height tofome of the Airrounding trees. Dn Tuefdsiy'the 27th, at break of day, the Coilimodoi-e made the fignal to weigh ; and as he intended'to^ttifempt,? in his way to Tonga- tab6o,'a jgl^lTag^ to AntiamobkaV by the fouth- weft,' an^bng-thie irkerihediate ifles, he lent Mr Bligh ir^^ boat td Ibuhd isefore t^efhips; But befee* we gbt unddr <^i>, the wind became fo va- ri^Ie atidf ui^^l^J, as to render it utlfafe to 'at- tempt tjfteiifl&j^e with whkh* wfe were fo little ac- quainted f'^i^fe '^tfiei'e&re lay fatt and made the Ijgnal for ^fi^^Mafter to return. CaptamfPook: had laow an'Oj>porttonity of djf- coverlfag^^kat Pcenou was not the King of the Fric^dlf lilands, but only af fubordinate chief* ; ■''♦-' ■ • " ' '';■• '■ . for • *By afptrddent regulation- 111 dieir goTcrnment/ fay» C%ptainr< i be fent on board. Xhe chkf was then carried out of the boat, by his own {hbjo£b, on a board refembling a hand-bar- row; atid immdiiately feated hiiriielf In a fmall hou^ near the Ihore.. He placed the Captain at his fide; and his attendants formed a ienit- circle before them, on^he outfide of the houfe. An old woman fat clofe to the chief, with a kind of fan in her hand, to prevent his being hscemnioded by the flies. The various articles wbkh hit people had procured by trading on board the fiiips, being now difplayed before him, he attentively looked over them all, en- quired whs^t they had given in exchange, and, at length, ordered every thing to be returiicd to the refpeftive owners, except a glafsi.T)owl, which he rtferved for himfelf. Thoie who broifght brought tiiemfclve jUcjfc pure They obfi them awaj ^pcak to h fore they 1 iag their h and touchjj »f the fing< f harmed wi ^J pn this c ' who informed him, that, as f^r as h^ had proceeded. tliere was a pafiag< for the (hips» and tolerable anchorage; but thjH;, , towards the.footh and fouth-eaft, he obferved numerbu^ fhoals^ breaks* ers and fmall ides. In confequence of> Uiis re- port, we relinquished ail thoughts of a pa0age that way \ and being refolved to return' to An- namooka by the Tame route which we had fo Utely experienced to be a fafe* one, v we fhould have failed the next morning, Avhich was ^e 28th, if the wind had not been uiifettled* Pou- iaho came early on board, bringing a red-feather- ed cap a$ a prefent to Captain Cook, Thefe caps were greatly fought after by us, as we knew they would be highly valued at Otaheite : but not one was ever brought for fale, though very. lu-ge prices were offered j nor could a perfon I in either ihip make himfelf the proprietor of A one l62 A Voyage hthe Pacific Ocean, ane» except the two Captains and Omai. Tlicf are compofed of the tail feathers of the tropic bird, intermixed with the red feathers of the parroquet ( and are made in fuch a manner,^ as to tie on the forehead without atiy crown, and liave the form of a femi-cii^cle, whofe radius is eighteen or twenty inches. But the befl idea of them mil be convejred by Mr "Webber's re- prefentation of. Poulalio, ornamented with one 0^ thefe caps or bonnets. The chief left the ^miin the evening; but his brother, whofe ninve aHb was Futafaihe, and fome of his at- tendants, remained all night on board* On the 29th, at day-break, we weiglied with a Giac breeze at eaft-north-ead, and made fail to the T^eftward followed by feveral failing ca-- ndes^^li one of which was Poitlaho the king, ^lM>>%getting on board the Refolution, enquired ftir his brother, and the dlhers who had conti- nued with us all night. We now found that they had ftaid without Iiis permiffion, for he jp;ave them fuch a reprimand as brought tears from their eyes : however, he was foon reconciled to their making a longer Aay ; for, on his depar- ture from the fliip, he left his brother, and five attendants, on board. We were alfo honoured with the company of a chief named Toobouei- toa, juil then arrived from l^'ongatabOo ; who, as^ibon as he came, fent away his canoe, de- daring, that he, and five others, who came with him^ would fleep onboard 5 fo that Cap- tain Gpok now had his cabin filled with viiltors. This inconvenience he the more "vyillingily en- ' dured, dured, 1 proviiion 'net with In the cecded bj Our cour were obiifi fetched th o'clock in "P to Lofa ^e or nort l5ut the be breakers lyi Kotoo, exp( ft was dark finding no Paflcd the r fheaift, a nel which u rocks Ifmg 1 approach, w us through. ^de of the w till near twel remade no appreheniive MO many of and ftood bac Footooha am freft, with f< mht, the Re kind, fetching near running I 4 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ^ 163 fluredy as they brought with tlietn plenty of provilions as prefents to himt for which they met with fuitable.retums. In the afternoon the eafterly wind was fuc- ceeded by a firefli breeze at fouth-fouth-eail. Our courfe being now fouth-Touth-weft, we were obliged tb^Iy to wind-ward, and barely fetched the northern fide of Footooha by eight o'clock in the evening. ^ The next day we plied up to Lofanga, and got foundings^ under tJm^ Iipe or north-weft fide^ iitHforty fathoms water | but the bottom being rocky, and a chain i)f breakers lying to leeward, we ft.-i^tched away for Kotoo, expeSing to find better anchorage there. It was dark before we reached that ifland, where finding no convenient place to anchor in, we pafTed the night in making fhort boards. On the 31ft, at day-break, we ftood for the chan- nel which is between Kotoo, and the reef of rocks lying to the weilward of it ; but on our approach, we found the wind infufificient to lead us through. We therefore,> bore up on the out- fide of the reef, and ftretched to the fouth-weil till near twelve o'clock, when, perceiving that we made no progrefs to windward, and being apprehenfive of lofing the illands while we had fo many of the natives on board, we tacked and ftood back, and fpent the' night between Footooha and Kotoo. The wind now blew . freih, with fqualls and rain \ and, duri*?g the sight, the Refolution* by a fmall change of the wind, fetching too fiftr to the windward, was very {near running full t^n a low Tandy ifie, named .< : POOtOO 164 ^ Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Pootoo Pootooa, encompafled with breakers. Our people having fortunately been juft order- ed upon deck, to put the (hip about, and moil -of them being at their refpe^Hve ftation?, the jftcceflary movements were performed with judgment and alertnefs ; and this alone preier- Ved us from defbrudtion. The Difcovery, being aftem, incurred no danger. lliis narrow efcape lo alarmed th^ natives who Were on board, that they were eagerly de- firous of getting afhore : accordingly, on the return of day-light, a boat was hoifted out, and the officer who' commanded her was ordered, after landing them at'Kotoo, to found for an- chorage along the reef that proje^ 'from that ifland. During the abfence of the boat, we endeavoured to turn the (hipsfthrough the chan- nel between the reef of Kotoo and the Tandy iile ; but meeting with a firong current againil us, we were obliged to defift, and caft anchor in fifty fathoms water, the fandy iile bearing eail by north, about the diftance of one mile. Here we remained till the 4th of June, being fre- quently vifited by the king, by Tooboucitoa, and by people who came from the neighbouring iilands to traffic with us. Mr Bligh was, in the mean time, difpatched to found the channels between the iilands iituate to the eaftward \ and Captain Cook himfelf landed on Kotoo, to take a furvey of it. This ifland, on account of the coral reefs that environ it^ is fca!rcely acceffible by boats. Its north-weft end is low ; but it rifes fuddenly in t^e middle, an4 terminates at the fouth- fouth-ea] tluces th cent iflar thinly inl WjiiJe tl, our peopj cattle; an feturntoti ty brackifl was coiific . Wcwei with a fr^ towaois A '^c^xt ajqnn; W€h^d, made fail towards ^nn'amoolMy where we anchored ^e next moroingt iiear]ly> in the fame ftatioii wHch we hf^ .^9 la^y pccupied. Caiptain Cook fobn after weilt on ihore^ and found the ifltnders -ve- ry bufyjin,tbeir,plantatioD% digging up yams for traffic* In the courfe . of thd d|i|r^ about tWQ hundred of them aflembled on the beaich^ and traded with^eat eagemefs* It appearedy that they had bedi /very dtligenV left» were ilia thtiving condition. -^(^. L T On wever, of tliis loKs at fea was not ill imagined 4 for we had lately had very fiormy weath^-. On th« fucceeding morning, Poulafao, and fome o- thor chieB arrived; at which time Captain Cbok happened to be aihere with Feenc% who nowu>peared to be fenfible of the imprit^iety df Ibs condndV, |n abrogating a chara^eriyhich he had no juft claiiti to^ for he not only ac- knowledged Poukho as fovereign of Toi^ata- boo and theacgacent ifles, but-affe^ted to kkfift ^uch on k. The Captain left fiim, and went Vo p^ a vlfit to thfc lEing, vihom he found^- ting 'Irith a few of the natives before him, but I great Qjtoibers hafteniiigtaMv their refpe^ to ' him, the circle incrcafcd very Kift. W6a Fee- . ' ■ 'BOU nou appr wft that Majefty, confufed hisagitati thefe two Captain tc We. Fcei intheufu fovereign y ^lie cabin; neither eat On the for Tongat caft. "W^ «cen faiKng wp^^one^ ^not. was d bundle of g^ end of a p^ "oc in the At five in tl iflands, at tl weftward; , and the othc »^ in the 1: leagues from According tc ''^ho had bee 2^f fivcmei Hoonga Tor proceeded 01 9th faw fcvc A Voyage id ihi Piaeifii Oceafu l6f nou approached, lie placed himiblf among the reft that fat before Poulaho, asattd[idant$on his Majeffy. He at firft- feemed to be fomewhat eonfufed and abaflied ; but ioonreeoyered from his agitation. Somcconverfationpailed between thefe two chiefs, who went on board with the Captain to dinner ^ but only Poulaho fat ^t ta- * ble. Feenou,. after having made^his obeifance in the ufual mode, bj fainting the fdot of his fovereign with his- head and hands, retired from the cabin ; and it now appeared, that he could Neither eat nor drink in the king's prefence. On the 8th) we weighed, anchor, and fteered for Tongataboo,.with a gentle breeze at north<» eaft. We were accompaAiecPbj fourteen or fif- teen iailin? vefleU belonging to iht iilanders^ &• very one o? which oiiuran the* ihips. The royal canoe was diftinguifhed from the reft by a fmall bundle of giafs, of a red celonr, £aft«ned to the end of a pole^ and fixed in the ftem of the ca^*^ noe in the fame manner a^ our enfign ftaffs* At five in the afternoon we ^efcried two fmall tilands, at the diftance of four leagues to the weftward y one was called Hoonga Hapaee, and the other Hoonga Tonga. They are ;fitu- ated in the latitude of 2oO 36' fouth, about teiT .leagues fromthe weftern point of Annamooka. According to the information of two iflanderj who had been fent on board by Feenou as pnot«, only five men refided on Hoonga Hapaee, and Hoonga Tonga bad no inhabitants. We ftill proceeded on a fouth-weft courfe, and on the 5)!th faw feveral little" iilands, beyond which Ta ^ Eooa f i6$ 4 Voytgi to thi Pacific OciOHp £oo» and Tongataboo appeared. Wc had at • this time twent)r-]&ve fathoms water, the bottom coniifted of broken coral and fand) and the depth gradually decreaied, as we approached the abov&>mentioned fmall ifles. Steering by the direction of our pilots, for the wideft fpace •between thofe iijes, we were infenfibly drawn upon a large flat, on which lay innumerable ;rocks inage. We ftill continued our courie> and the moment we found a place where we could an- chor wi^ any degree of fafety, we came to^ and the Ma^rs were difpached, Vriih. the boats, to found* 'Soon after we had caft anchpr, fe-« yeral of the natives of Tongat^boo came to us in their cai;ioes^ and they, as well as our pilots, affijired us, that we fhould m.eet vfj^ deep wa- ter further in, irce from rocks. Their intelU* gence was trues for, ahout four o'clock, the boats made a fign^l of. having foitf^d good an- choring ground. We therefore weighed^ and ^ibood in tiUdark, vfhen we anphbred in nine fa- thmris water, with' $ clear fandy bottom* Du- ring ^he nighty we. had fbme rain ( bul ear^^in the mornu^g, the wind becoming foutherly, and bnnging on fair weather, we weighed again, and worked tow^s the fhorc of Tongat^hoo. While A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 169 While we were plymg up to the harbour, the king continued failing round us in his canoe ; and at the fame time there was a great number of fmall canoes about the fhips. Two of thefe not getting out of the 'way of his royal veflel, he ran quite over them with the greateft tincon«-' cern. Among thofe vths^ came on board the Rsfolutton, wa& Qtago, who had been fo uie<- ful to Captain Cook when he vifited Tongata- boo in his laft voyage ; and one l''oobou, who had, at that time, attached himfelf to Captain Furneaux. Each of them brougjht ibme yami and a^hog, m te^mony of friendihip; for which they received a fuitable retom. We arrived m uur intended ftataon about two o'clock in the afternoon of the loth of June. It w^ a very convenient place, formed by the ihox^ of Tongataboo on the ibuth-eai>, and two little ifles on the eaft and northreaft. Herd both our ihips anchored over a Tandy bottom, where . the depth of water was ten thorns. Our dU ftaoce firom the ihore exceeded a quarter of a mile. We had not been, long at anchor off Tongata- boo, , when Captain Cook landed on the iiland accompanied by fome of the officers and Omai, ^ey found the king, waiting for them on* the beachj whocondtt^hKl them to a fmall neat houfe neaVf ^w wcK)ds, with an extendve are^ before it, and tqld the Captain, . that it was at his fer- vke during his continusuace on the iihnd. Be- fore they had been long in the houi^, a large circle of the natives afiembled before thein, and i . . Ta. ^ fcatcd KJO A Fbyage to the Pacific Ocedm, fiBBted themfelves upon the area. A root of the hava pUnt being brought to the king, he com- manded it to be fplit in pieces^ and diflributed to ieveral people, of both fexes,.who began to ehew it) and foon- prepared a. bowl of their fa- "iiourite liquor*. Mean wUle, a baked hog, and nquantityof baked yams, were produced, and divided into ten portions. Thefe ibarcs were given to fome of thofe who were preien^ ex-- oqpt one,, which remained undifpofed of, and ^vhich was probably, referved.fbr the king iiim-^ iUll The hquc waS: next ferved ;Out 4 and the £jrft a^ being brought to his majelly,. hb 'nrder^^ ed it to be given to a perfon who fat neser him : iJk iccond was alio btoughrto him,, which he Ji^ : tjbe third waswa»diftributed>to different geople i^i. and von^ f£^< cups-.being carried to Bouhho's farothei:^ h# retired wiSt this,, and with his fii;are of tiifc pKM^ifions. Some others alio withdrew from the circle with their. por^- tionv becauie they could neither eat nm^ drink in his mase^'s-preiencer but there wer& others of. an inferior ratik» of both- feicesy who both eat Md dxqmk. hffi^ham^ SGoh^ afterwards, ^ greaterpart offtlieia went avay^ ca wkh fhenvwhat th^y had not ate of their : of the feaA. It is worthy^of remadcv thafc ^ ienrants, wha diftributed tibe meat and: tlite;^A9^ vfiy delivered it fittings notonly to. die kingy^ -tot to;^ others.. ^ * Oj^aiii; A Voyage to the Pacific Oieatu fjn Captain C^ok, before he returned on boards went in fearch of a watering-place^- aiid was conduced- to ibme ponds, in <>ae of which the water was tolerable,, but it was at {o&x dtftance inland. Being infovmed that the fmall ifland of PangimodiEK)^. near which .the Orips were fta* tioned, could bettec fupply thb important ar« tide he went over; to it the next morning, and found there a pool containing frefher water than any he had met. with among thefe iilands. This pool being extremely dirty, he cauied it. to be cleaned ^ .and here it was that we filled our wa^ ter»calks. ThcTame moming,^a.tent was pitch* ed near the houfe whi^h the king, had affigned for our uie... The horfes^ cattle^ and (heep^ were then landed, and a:party of marines Rationed there as a guard.. The obfervatory was fet up at an inconfiderable diilance fiH>m the other tent*; and Mr King took^ up his rdidence on ihore, to dire£t the obiervatbnsy and fuperin'* tend all other neceiiary-buihiefs. A party was occupied in cutting wood for fuel, and planks for the ihips$.and'the gunners were, apointed to condu£l the traffic with the inhabitants, who flocked from all parts of the"^ ifland with hogs^ yams, cocoa-nuts, and other artieks, inibmudiy that our land flation reien^led a fair, and our fhipw were remarkabiy crowded with vifitants^ Feeia0» J'efiding in ourneighboiurhoody we had d»l|^ iliQpfs of ius opulence and generofity, by ^ coiiiQuance of Ius valuSaUe delations. P6u* kto iRM lequdly attentive to us in thb refpeOi, «a fcaiccly a day pa^d whhout his ^vouriii{^ ua , witht 172 A Voyage /a thi Pacific Ocean, with confiderable prefents. We were now in- formed) ^lat a pcarfon of the name of Maree- wagee was of very high rank in the ifland, and was treated with great reverence ; naify if otir interpreter Omat&i not mifunderiland .hiB in- formers, that he was Superior to Pcxukiho him- self ^ but that, being advanced in years, he lived in retirement, and therefore was not inclined to pay us a viiit. This intelligence exciting the i;urlofity of Captain Cook,, he fignified ' to Pou- kho his intention of waiting upon Marcewagee; 4nd the king' having agreed to accompany him, tHeyrfetout thcn^tt morning in the pinnace, Captsdn Clerke jokiing them in one of his own boats. They procee(i&d to the Gi£bv-ard of the little ides which form the harbour, and then tur^nig towards tke^ fouth, entered a fpacious bayj upt which they rowed about three miles flOid landed/ itmidft a ^eat concourfe of people, who received them with fhouts and acclamations* T^ crowd inft^Btly feparated, that' Poulaho might pofs^ \;^ho took oiur gentlemen mi^M fmall endoAire, amd changed tike piece of cloth he wore, for a new^ piece, very neatly folded: an f>ld woman 'affiftc^ in dreffing him^ and put a Jflurge niiit over his doth* Bmg new a&ed w&iee Marcewagee waS) he ioddi to the ^at luipi^fe o£ the gendemef^ that be was gpne do#n tOv thai ^s. ^ Ho w ever^ 'T&crre^i^|ed ^pttem; t<» accotnpaBy him ta a wudaui •of \0iiok «#|iisidie fcforH ; and ^ when, they^came i&m lar^e lHM»k before k, hefeated^Mnaffif in th^vpei^l «^#b: thi6y> at hi* dciirey ir^)licd; 1^ . toi the {'V; ■ '^ _ • hoi^e,.] Iioufc, and ing a little by the med be Jntroduo nofatisfafto pe^thatth ed from thci piqued at ti appeared, th jnd-that,iii l^een made, { cd, or haviu| concerning t] Tl^c place pleaf^nt villa bai^s of Ihe principal perf thelehashisj tatiiHi, with a iervant5t Tii round, and* ii >i^hich is by % ^cc public road I «hlc part of fo , "» grafe^plptsj, feem le;^ adopt fuch other plai of perfous of I wjgiatable prod P^ty. Ne^p thichwereiliit A Voyagi H ihi Pacific Ocean* 19) bouie, and fat down in the front.. After wait

they returned to their boats n^ucb piqued at their difappointment, It afterwardf appeared^ tl^ Mareewagee hs^l not .been there |. and-that, in thii» aBTair, tome grois miilalces had D^h made, Oms^i either having been miiinfoFm^ ed| or having niifunderAood what was told hin^ concerning the old chief. t The place our. gentlemea went to wa$,g jerjr pleafant village* delightfully iku^^ed on; tht baiAft of the bay or iijet^ where, moft. of |;h# principsil perfon^of the Uland reiide^ J^h of theic has his.h^u£ein the midft of a fm^U plap»r tation* with alcind «^out-houfes, and o^ces fcf fefvant^. Theie plantations are neately ^cedi rounds and^ in general,, have only one eatratiCjBi^ which is by a door fa^ened on the loM^ wit^ a pi^op^of wood. Betw^n each plantjttioi^^thj^ arc public roads and narrow lanes. A coi^ei^f able part oi Usme. of thei^ enclofurea i$ laid out in gra^I^otS) and planted with fuch things a9 feem lefs adopted for ufe than for ornaments X» fuch other pkntationa as vvj^e not the refidencQ of j^rfoiis of h^h ranl^ every article of ,th and pre- fented to Captaia Cook, together wkh a few cocoa-nuts. The next morning, Old Toobou came on board to return the Captain's viiit: he alfo viiited Captain Clerke ^ and if our former prefent wasnot fufiiciently confiderable, the de- ficiency was now iupplied. In tl^e mean time, Mareew^gee went to fee our people who were* Rationed on (hore^ and Mr King ihewed him^ whatever we had' ther^. He was ftruck with admiration at the fight ^f the cattle; and th^' crofs^cut faw rivetted his attention. - Towards r noon, Poulaho came on boards bringing with him his foh^ who wm about twelve years of age. Me dined witk Cs^tain Cook $ but the fon, though prefent, was not peemitted to fit down with him. The Captain found it very ender Iconvenient to have him for his^eft; for, when- [eventy lever he was prefent, (which was fireqwently the at cor- Icafe) every other native was excluded irOm the^ in his Itable, and few of them would continue in the> Cap- Icabin : whereas, if i^ith^r he nor Feenou werdt lo meet mm board, the chiefs <^ inferior rank were very- reient Impbrtunate tobe €>f the dining party, or to.be' [ged to kaiit|cd at that dme into the cabin, vhkli be-) Ined ^^ bnc^onfequently very much crowded. The to b3 pog yrga fooB jreconcjled to oar cookery, aki4^ |itisficdi| was ing;» ock, four jr of ifter- gen- [horc gun- forty )?hich igincd re «n- ^ that kt, was cedby 'ioufly> ! chiefs oobou, oobou, ho has leaux's rcnera- tifi A yoyage to th§ Patifit Ocian, fend of our wine. H? now rdided at the maiaet near oor tent, where he this evening en- tertained our people with a dance, in which he hlmfelf, though fo. corpulent and unweildy, en- gaged* On the t^th, Captain Cook recehred a mef- fage from Old loobou, importing, that he was delirouf of feeing hiiu on ihore. He and O^ mai accordingly waited on that chief, whom they found fitting, like one of the ancient pa- triarchs, under the (hade of a tree, with a large piece of cloth,, the manufadhire of the iflands, fpread out before him. He defired them to place themfelves by him } after which he told Omai, ttiat the dotih, with ibme cocoa-nuts, and red feathers, conflituted his preient to CaptainCook. The X^tcx thanked him fbr the donation, and adeed him to go on board with him. Omai, be- ing fent fer l^ Poulaha, now left the Captain, who was informed by Feenou^ that young Fat- tafaihe, the king'^ fon, defired to fee hiitk He immediately obeyed the fummons, and found the young prince and Omai f<;ated under a cano- ^ of fine cloth, with a piece of a coarfer kind, feventy-fix yards long, and feven and a half broady ipieid before them and undo* them. On mitf fide wab a quantity of cocoa-nut! } and> on the other, a largt boar. A multitude of peo- ple iat round the clothi and among than was Mbureewagee, with oti^r peribnt olrank. The €i]^tain was requeftH to icat lumfelf t^ the priiice V «k1 then Ottifli hifonii^ him that he ttid rb^n 2ii^^edt>)rt*oiihibO| totdlhim, that ^ .^' . • . as » his Mi ^•?ped thi heiided ir M a teftin the prince greed to t yAowm^ J-aptain cone «>« had i«ac others iMimed prince foilowc IJ^'^agce, wh, wmeobBifance torecm«.^ *coW ladies, ' Vol. I. '^ ■^^'yg'" the Pacific Ocan. ,„ M a teftimony J^!rZ'r "*" *« Captain, •h« prince', p^l^" '^i™;; ^W accL „/ greed to tlu» nronnAi Pf'.'" .^-oolfc readily a. dine with wrft i^'' '"r " *>""•» young prince. Old Tooh«„ J^"'*'''°8ly. the »r four fubordinatechiVfe in^""'"^**, '*«« ft'P- Mareewa«M ^ A.!,f^ '"°''°" '" ">e »f cloth, with rp«ch« 5** '■; » »««' Pi«e the flcirt. of it. ^^^^- °^ ^'^ feathers on on purpofe (oi JJ^^^fl^^U'^^^f >r>^. rived on board, he out ii „ff' ■ " ^ *>« "^ to Captain Cook Knf' ""^ ""^fented it «ot one of them woK^**^":'' '^"' "P' morfet of any thinir. ^th^ ''°""' or eat a f^ 5 which wo5*Cgft "C al'^' i*"' '•ve meanmg, eenerall. fi™c ? 'O'nprehcn. prohibited. S^X^fS"*^' '^ » thing i, , I^fents to them all. ,,Z„„laJ!^V^ ""tie lx»t had waehed the laS t?*r^' When the H''^ {"ttmediatdvflj^ **""""«' '■«'<=«« r'^=fo«jo4sx^rc^r'i^y°"ng , fime obeifance which'ZSnrf?''PPn»« *« |«fce (ddladies. had hm,™ i??"^ ai»d one of Vol. I. '^'''^«'»fi»ffi»ed:5ta»d. Af. •'■■p-^, ter jl^fi Jt Voyage to ibt'PaeiJu'Octaiu tet this ceremony, the did people fftepped out of the boat into a canoe, which was waiting to ' convey them to their place of refidence. Oip- : tain Cook was pleiifed at being prefent on this voccaiion, as he was thus^furniOied with the moft convincing proofs of the/upreme xlignity of Pou- laho and his Ton. By this time, indeed, he had gained fome certain information with regard to the relative iituation of feveral of the chiefs, ;'He now knew, that old Toobou and Mareewa- gee were brothers. Both of them were men of very coniiderable property, and in high eftima- rtionwith the people : Mareewagee, in particu- lar, had obtained the honourable appellation of M-Gtooa Tonga, which implies, father of Tonga, or of his country. We alfo now underfiood, jthat he was the "king's father-in4aw, Poulaho liaving efpoufed one of his daughters, by whom he hsS. young Fattafaihe } fo that Mareewagee was grandfather to the prince. As for Feenou, he was one of the fons of Mareewagee, and Too- boueitqa was another. Captain Cook, on his landing, found Pou- kho inthehoufe adjoining to our tent, who immedbtely made him a prefent of a quan- tity of yams, and a hog. Towards evening, a numbd: of the iflanders came, and having ibated themfelves in a circle, fung in concert with the mufk of bamboo-drumS| which were placed in the centre. Three of thifim were long ones, and two were ihort. With thde they ftruck the ground endwiie. There weve two others that lay Bdt by fide o^ the groimd, one v of ef wbic tinuedb fongs wj tainnien o'clock, ^palm In tht ndothei which fi] feUowuif country J vated,. tJ growing ; yond this which ari tions. 1^ tent, the flowed ei retires, t rock, iiit( andnear are vail n iimumera fpot, but ~ proached, baffle all I deavour t of art, , w and.perre\ ^ay» whic fes with a whei*e its i h&ng abo •4 Voyagi to ihe PacijU Ocean, 1 7 j^ ef which was partly fpllt : on thele a perfbn con-- tinued beating with two fticks. They fung three fengs while the Captain ftaid ; and tlie enter- tainment lafted, after he left them, till ten o'clock. They, burned the leaves of the noffar^ fc^ palm for a light. In the mean time, Mr Anderfon, with ieve- nd others, made an excucfion into the country^ which furniihed him with obfervations to the Ibllowing eSt&. : Wedward of the tent, the country for about two miles is ehtirely unculti- vated,, thoiigh covered with trees and buihes- Rowing JiuUirally with the gre«^teft vigour. Be- yond t£asa pretty large plain extends itfelf, on which are cocoa^trees, and fome fmall planta- tions. Near the creek, which runs weft of the tent, the land is perfectly flat, and partly over- flowed every tide by the fea. When the water - retires, . the furface is fcen to con0f^ of- coral rock, interiperfed with holes of yeUowifh mud;^ andnear the edges, where it is rather more firm, are vail numbers of little openings, whence iflue innumerable fmall crabs, which (warm upon the fpot, but are fo very nimble, that, when ap- proached,, they inftantaneoufly difappear, add baffle all the dexterity of the natives who en- deavour to catch them. At this place is a work, of art, . which tefUfies fome degree of ingenuity and.perfeverance : on one iide is a narrow caufe- . way, which, gradually i'^creafing in breadth, ri- fes with a gentle afcent to the height of ten feet, whe)*e its In-eadth is five paces, the whole length being about fcventy-four paces. Adjacent to IT 2 this mtmmm iSo A Voyage Uthe Pofi/ic Ocean, t]ii8^is kiii4 of a circus, thirtf pacet in diame- ter, abo|it one or two feet higher than the eauieifay that joins it y and in the middle of this circus fome trees are planted. On the oppoiite fide, another caufewaf deicends, whic|i is part- ly in ruins, and not above forty pacer in length. The whole is built of large coral ftones^. with earth on the iurface, which is overgrown with ihrubs'and low trees. From its decaying in fe<* veral places, it is probably of: ibme antiquity. It iSsems to be of no fervice at prefent, whatever may have been itsufe in former times. All the intelligence concerning it, that Mr Anderfon could procure from the natives, was, that it was called JE!/tfi&rf» and belonged to the kmg» ^ In the morning of the i6th, Cs^tain Cook and Mr Gore too^ a walk into the country ; in the courie of which they met with an opportu- nity ofieeing the whole procefs of making cloth, the priticipal manufa£hu'.e of. thefe iikiB^Sy as well as of many others in the South»Sea. An account .of this op^ation, as performed here, may not improperly be fubjoined The manu- facturers, who are of the female fex, take the {fender ftalks or trunks of the paper-mulberry, which rarely grows more than ieven feet in height, and about the thicknefs of four fingers. From thefe' ihilks tliey ftrip the bark, and icrape off the exterior rind \ after which the bark ^is rolled up, and macerated for fome time in wa- ter; it is then beaten with a fquarc inflrumcnt of wood, full of coarfe grooves, but fometimes with a plain one. The operation is often re- peated A F^agt to tki Pacific Oaan: 1^-j as An icre, anu- the in CIS. peated by another perfonj or the bark is folded ieveraL times, and beat loftger, which is pro- bably intendied to clofe rather^ than divide its texture. It is then fpread out to dry ; the pieces beings from four, to fix or feven feet in lengthy airtd about half as broad. Theft pieces ans joined \if fmearing part of them with the l^tinous juice of a beiry called ttM / and, slter being thu» lengthened, they are placed over a Urge piece of wood, with a fort of fiamp, com* lo^d df a fibrous fubftance, laid beneath them^ ~ :: manufsu^turers then take a bit of doth, and 1 - utg dipped it in a juice expreiled from the bark of a tree called ktkka, rub it fariikly over the piece that n making. This leaves upon the Surface a dry gloft, and a dull brown coloi^l and the ftamp makes, at the fame time, a flight impreffion.^ Thus they proceed, joining and Gaining by de^ees, tilt a piece c^ cloth, of the requifite length and breadth, is produc<^di They generally, feave a border, about a fb^ broad, at the tides, and ratlver- k>nger at tbi ends, unllained. If any p^rts of the original pieces have holes, or are too thin, they glue fpare bits upon them, tiH their thicknefs equab that of the reft. Whenever they are deiirous of producing a Mack colour, they mix the juice of the kiMia srith the foot procured from an oil^ nut called tlooeddct They allert, that the black cloth, which is ufually moft glazed, makes a cold drefs ; but the orher, a warm one. The Commodore and Mr Gore, meeting with Feeiioil by l^treewagee.fer' giving a grand Im'iMi, OR entertainment,^ at wh^h^we were all iiivited to attend... Before the temporary hut of this chief, near our land ftation, a large fpace had been cleared for that purpofe. In the morn-i Ing^ vaft; numbers of the natives eame in -from. • the country, every one of whom bore on his ihoulder a long pole, at each end of which a yam was fufpended.. 7%efe poles and yams be- ng depofited on each fide of the openipace, or area, formed two large heaps, decorated with iiaaaU fiih of different kinds. They were Ma- x«ewagee's prefent to the Captains Cook and Cterke. The neceilary preparations being madcf the iflanders began, about eleven o'clock, ito exhibit various dances, which they, call mmi^ The band of mufic at firft confifted.of ieventy /men as a chorus, amidfl whom were placed three iiiftruinent& that we called dnuns, though they Acyddi <7lindrica] feet in len s^man of They are e and open c three inchc of the drui ^ood is ho qf fome dii the natives towards th« it, with twc as the wrifl ^hich mea] found, is p the ftsengci likchvifecha the end, or There we each, in the hands a fins two feet in 1 oblong padd are called ^^ tion8;iuchai on one fide, at the faaie i oppofite fide with great qu and twirling terity; with motioiisy.^i A'Vijagt to the Pact, <0- i/Sc Oditan, iVj ^ey d'i not much refemble them- They ar» eylindrical pieces of wood from three to four feet in lengthy Tome of them twkeas thick at^^ ^ man of ordinary iize^ and ibme not fo larger They are entirely- hollow^ 'but cloTe at each enc(» and open only by a chink^ about tfae^ breadth of f^bree inches^ running nearly the whole length of the druihs^ By this opening, the reft of tho ■ wood is hollowed ; whiqh muft be an operation c^ fome difBoulty. ThirinftrumeQt is.called by^ the natives naffag znd^ having ihe chink turned towards themi they fit and beat vigoroufly upon^ it, with two cylindrical pieces of wood, as thick as the wriiV, and about a foot in lengthy by which means a rude, .but loud .and powerful^ found, is- produced^ . Tliey occafionally vary-:, the ftKengcn. wad *rate of their beating i and . liktfwife cha|)ge thft tones,., by .beating towardt^^ the end, or in the middle of the inftrument. There were four ranks, .of twenty-four me]A. > each, in the firft dance. TheTe held in thein hands a fmall thin wooden in^mnent, above two feet in length, reiembHng in its- fhape ai^ oblong paddle. With thefe inftrmnents, which> are called ^^^,: they made mp.ny different mo- tions; iuch as/pointing them towards the ground on one fide, and .inclining their, bodies that way at the fame inftant ; then ihifting them to the oppofite fide in^the faine manner ; paffing them with great quicknefs from one hand to the other» and twirling them about with remarkable dex- terity ; with various other 'manoeuvres. Their motionsy .w^kh were flow at firl^j qipckened \ '-i: as ffi^^ . ^n fh A royagi U thi Pacific OcMrt. » the drums beat fafter ; and thef repeatpd fen- tences the whole time in a mufi^al tone, which were anfwered foy the chorus ; bi|t, in a (hort time, they all joined, . and ended with a fhoutv After a ceflation of a few minutes, they began a» before, and continued- with (hort intervals, ^wards of a quarter of an hour; and then the rear-rank dividing, mov^ flowly round each •nd, met in the front, and formed the firft rankj during which time the ifhcHt number continued to recite fentencesr The. other ranks fuccef- fively did the fame, till that which was fore- moft became the rear ; and this evolution did not ceafe till the laft rank regained its former fi- taation. ' A much quicker dance, though flow dt iirft, was then-'begun, and they fung £or ten minutes, when the whok" body, in a two-fold #ri@on, retreated, and then advanced,' forai- ing*a ktnd of circnhur figure, which concluded tft!e ds^ice ; the chorus retiring, and the drums biei»| removed) at the lame time. In the ibcond dance th^e were forty>men as 3 ehorus, with only two dnihis ; and the dan- cers, or rather a£Vor8, coniifted of t^o ranksi the foremoft of which had feventeen perfons, and the other fifteen. Feenou was in the mid- die of thie firft rank, which is coniidered, on thell^ eccafions, as the principle place. They danced and repeated (entences, with very fhort intervals for half an hour, ibmetimes flowly, and at other tipnes qukkly, with the higheft' de- gree of exa£hi6rs and r^ularity. Towards the cloief thoTear^rank divkiedy came rouiui^ and V- occupied occupied wirJk rt b«?ing fin the chon Thrnc ioi and i third dan fifteen m head, wh , kind of ThefcApei P^gg*$ ib a of the ipe« withTaroo as if; aOiai ^dermoi] loon after j ^cond dan ed a triple of the area, ^ure clear. l^gan to ci "fe of in b their hands, them with g ^U» ti«at, tl they never ii ^kh uncomt Qtheri and, ^ade various the air, and then retired f^%Mpia ^» A Vjtifagi to thi Faafic Qctan, ' 1 85 fcn- hich [Hort lOUt* tegan rvals, n the each rank; inued uccef- forc- »n did jierfi- hflow brtcR ro-fold form- eluded drums nen as dan- ranks, erfons, • e mid- sd, cm They {hort iowly, •ftdfe- la* the (i and ;upied occui^d the place of the front, which after^ war(» refumed its priftine fituatidn. This dance being iiniihedt the drums were taken away> and the chorus retired, as in the preceding dance. Thrc^ very large drums were now brought in^ and feventy men ferved as a chorus to the third dance. This coniiiled of two ranks, of. fixteen men each having young Toobou at their head^ who was iplendidly ornamented with a kind of garment covered with red feathers; THefe^perfons danced, fung, and twirled the P^fSil^ ib as to meet with the continual applauie of the fpeitatprs, who were particularly pleafed wkhr 9 motkin in which they held the ^e afide^; as if aihamed, with thfi>9;gf/, bdbre it.^ ^Th»^ hindermoftrHnkclofedbeforethefrontoBe, whicfag loon after i^fumed its place, as in the fccond dances: then beginning again, tl ed a triple row, divided, retreated to eacl of the area, and left the ground in a great fure clear. Two men rulhing in at tha| va%,mXi began to exercife the clubs which they make ufe of in battle. They firft twirled them in their hands, and made circular ftrokes before them with great quicldnefs, managing with fuch ikill, that, though they ftood clofe to each other, they never interfered. They ihifted the clubs, with uncommon dexterity, from one hand to the other I and, after fom6 time, kneeled down, and made various motions, tofling up theii' clubs in the air, and catching them as they fell. They* then retired as hailily as they had entered. They had pieces of white cloth about their heads, . fattened lis A Vhyage to the Pacific Otian. Hift^d at the croinrn with a wreatlr of fi^liagr round their foreheads,: and,' that they migtit be ftte from all incumbrance, they had only a very fm^li piece of doth tied round the waift.^ A- mah, armed with a'fpear^ then niihed'iir^ and put himfelf in a menacitig attitude^ as if -he ih^ tended to itrilce with his weapon at one of the people in the crowd ; at the fame time bendbg the knee a little, and trembiing as it were with fury He continued in this-pofition near a mi- nute, and then moved to the other fide, where, having ftood in the fame poilure, he haftily re- treated from the area.- During all ^his time, the ' danccfrs who- had divided themfelves into' t#o^ parties, continued to repeat fomethin^flow. \fy aiid they iiow came forward, and joined a- comrWdih^thfe dj^e with general ap^ This dance' was probably coniidered as il performance, a»fbmeofthe pnncipal jlc were engaged in if $ one of the drums' ^Stigbeat by Futtafaihc,the king^s brother, a- nothcr 'bjr Feenou-, and the third by Marce'wa- jec himfclf. "*' tti the fourth and laft dance, there were forty men as a chorus, with two drums; The per- formers were fixty men, arfaneed in three rows, having twcnty-fdijr in front* Before they com- menCedy^e were entertained with a preliminary harangue, in which the^wliole number madl^re- foonfestoan individual fpeaker. They recited icntences alternately with the chorus, and made with th6^^^ many quick' motions. They di- ^ed into two parties, with their- backs to each- Other; ii the precc being fac dubs, as the dance ^urns witJ terminate Thefe o'clock till Iwho attent who were or ftraggHi thoufand, ; a mile. Ii in this entc galhed muc nius and cu fpeftatorsci tion8,whcr thepleafurc thefentime cited. Ho ferved our nefs of the and the ex with which hk the ev •witoa^ w.n thetemporai continued tl; twelve of. tl fame inaha< them, irhid A Feyageio the Pacijie Octan, iS^ other) formed again, (hifted their rankf (as in the preceding dauices) divided^ and retreated^ being fucceeded by two men who exerciied their dubs, as before, after whom came two others ; the dancers in the mean time repeating in their ■turns with the chorus: they then advanced, and terminated the dance. Thefe amufement^ continued from eleven o'cloclc till near three. The nuinbtn^ of iilandert \who attended as fpe^tors, together wltn thoie who were round the trading.place at the tc::t; or ftraggKng about^ amounted to at leaft ten thoufand, all within the compafs uf a quarter of a mile. If we had underftood what was fpoken in this entertainment, we might probably have galhed much information with regard lo the ge» nius and cuftoms of thefe people. Though the fpedtatorsconftantly applauded the dijtferent mo* tions, when well made, a conliderable fhare. of the pleafure they received, fetmed to^arife from the fentimental part, or what tlie performers re* cited. However, the mere acting part well de- fended our notice, on account of the extenfive* nefs of the plan, the variety^of the motions, and the exa^ unity, eafe, and gracefulnefs, ^h which they were performed. In the evening we were entertained with the himutif or.nigh^ut if an antagonift appears, they meet with marks of the greatefl good nature, generally fmiling, and de- liberately adjuring the piece of cloth that is faftened round the waift. They then lay hold of each other by this cloth, and he who fuc- •xeedsm drawing his opponent to him, inftantly endeavours ta lift him upon his breai\, and threw him on his back ; and if he can turn round with him in that poiition two or three times, before he thrown him, he n*^eets with great applaufe for his dexterity. If they are more equally matched, they quickly clo{e, and attempt to throw each . other by entwining their legs, or raiiing each pther firom the ground ; in which ftruggles they difplay an extraordinary exertion of ftrength. When one o^ them is thrown, he immediately -retires \ wjbile the conqueror iits down, for near a minute, then rifes and-goes to the fide from which he came, where the victory is proclaimr ed aloud. After fitting for a fhort time, he ri- fes again, and challenges \ and if ^veral anta- gonifts appe'ar, he has the privilege of chooffng which of them hepleafts to engage with : he may alfo, if he (hould throw his competitor, challenge again, till he himfelf is vanquifhed ; and then the people on the oppofite iide chant Ihe fong of Victory in favour of their champibn. . ^ It ces. ly IT if it had tory, who gage TJ chauj ftretcj holdii Wrap Oppoi vent blows I tivity, I They of thej on th< verfa blow inatch< to- the |o»7} approvJ ly boys| not uni uf Koyagi to thi PaeiJU 0mm. | f i in a ly on > and >ncnt if an >f the id de- bat is r hold J fuc- ftantly threw td with before mfe for atched, iw each ig each lesthey rength< ediajtely irnear ic from 'oclaim-T ;, he ri- ■ai anta- ihoof^ng ath : he ipetitw, ^uiihed •, le chant lampib'^* It frequently happens, that five or {urrife firom each fide» and give challenges together \ fo that it is not uncommon to (ee feversd fets engaged on the field at the fame time. T'ley preferv« great temper in this exercire» and Ic vve the fpot without the lead difpleafure in their countenain^ ces. When they find that they are too equs^l" ly matched, they deiift by mutual confent^ and if it does not clearly appear which of them has had the advantage, both tides proclaim the vic- tory,, and then they engage again. Qiit nc Qii\ who has been vanquilhedi is permitted to en« gage a lecond time with his conqueror. , Thofe wi\o intend to box, advance iide-wa)'8, changing the Qde at every pace, bavins one arm ftretehed out before, the bther betund % aii4 holding, in one hand a piece of cord, which the]| wrap clofely about it, when they meet with ai) opponent. This is probably intended to prer vent a diflocation of the hand or fingers. Their blows are dealt out with great qnv. kriefs and ac- tivity, and are aimed principally at the head* They box equally well with either hand. One of their molt dexterous blows Is, to turn round on the heel, juft aft . .the/ nave (truck their act verfary, and to give him another pretty violent blow with the other hand backward. In boxing- matches, unlefs a perfon ftrikes his antagoniit to- the ground, they never fing the fong of vic- tory \ which ihews,^ that this diverfion is le(» approved among them than wreilling. Not on- ly boys engage in both thefe exercifesi but it not unfrequently happens, that little girls box X 2 with ipft A Voyagt U th* Pac^ Otion, #kK great obftinacy. On all thefe occafions; ffhey do not consider it as any difgracc to be o- wrcome } and the vanquished peHbn fits down with as nipch indlfterence as if he had never cti* gaged. Some of our people contended with them in both exercifes^ but were generally worft- ed. Captain Cook intending to leave behind him ^me of the animals he had l:^ought, thought pi^per to make a di^ribution of them before his departure. H« therefore, on the ipth^ af- fembled the chiefs before oar houie^ andmaik- ed out liis intended prefent^ to them. To the king he gave » bull and a cow ; to Mareewagee, % cape mm and two ewes; and to Feenoua horfe and a mare. He infbrudled Omai to tell' them, that no ibch animals exifted within i^Everal months fail of their ifland ; that we had brought them^ with a great degree of trouble and ex- pence, for their ufe ; thati therefore, • they ought not to kiU any of them till they had mul- tiplied confiderably 5 and, finally, that" they and their pof^erity ought to remember, that they had received them from the natives of Britain. Omai alfo explained to them their refpeftive iHTes, as far as his limited knowledge in fucH points would permit hii. The Cap:ain had intended to give oldToobou two or three goats 5 but finding that chief indifferent abovft them, he added them to the, fhare of Poulaho. ^t fbon appeared, that fome of the natives were ttifTatisfied with the allotment of our -animals s fOft the next morning, two of our turkey-cocks, and * • 'f? on three cano-, "h"^ ,,* "??°«^' ^^^^ 'fcW went on (hw ZTv. "Shd* ""= «"> 8 chief,, in o„Xrfe fe' f* , '^™'' °*«r * guard over thml^'^"^'^*^^ appointed «hey muftcoS J^^^-*^ 'f.'^". 'hat rhe turkeys and the kirlK .i^^'^'^^ "^^ on'y Which we'hadtL'rpf„i^''t,t" *'"«' "' were reft&red to w "pki!i^^ ''"'°"» «'"'«, *kJ then fat dmvn ,o rfj^u , '^ .■'fWned , pearance of unconcl, q„*^'^*'*h *> ap- S^e, and aa iron we?' t°° ?*<="'•"*. a« Some armed na"iv« inVh " '*'"°"8'>« «° "»- «o aflemWc behind The W "ean time, beg,a. ^d wtte«.a part o/tr Sd ^"a'i'^J "^ *ert. 5 atod the chiefs at ^, • ^"**,*^ ^^nS Commodore, -aveorf", 'u '"'*'S'«oa of the appear. wirLt" ^'f^^^ ,-" ^ "«'"'* him on Iward. th..» ^^x "I '° ''""« with •rfthem havin. afti^^i'y ^J"^'"*- Some ho'« going, he^'^"f'' "'^"^ '° P°"'»- fared^haf hel^J J,^,™«J'«ely. .nd de- 'ngly; th^ chiefs \*mr„n i^ ?^- '^"o'-d - o-clock, H««fe«i JLi I ■ . , 'P' '*" near four n«t long a"* .^"^"^''^ 'hem afty>rei and, Ae other turkey ftouldb-^l P^^mifing that •»«» «norniB^ondered at, fince tnoft of the yarns, and o- ther provifions that they brought with them, were difpoied of to us ; and they were unwil- ling to return to their own habitations, while they coii^ld proqure any fuftenance near bur poft» That particular part of the iilai>d, where our ihiticMi was, being uncultivated, there were none of the natives who had a fixed reiidence within half a mile of us. Thofe therefore who were at our poft, were obliged to live under trees and bufhes, or in temporary iheds;^ andtheco'f coa-trecs were ftripped of their branches, for the purppfe of erecting huts for the chie£k Omai and the Captain, in the courie of their walk, found fix or feven women at fupper toge- ther, two of whom were fed- by the others. On their aiking the reafon of this circumftance, iht women replied, taboct mattee. Upon further enquiry it appeared, that one of them, about two months before, had waihed the corpi^ of a chief, on which account (he was not: allowed to handle any food for five months ; afMl> that the other had performed the fame office ^o the dead body of a perfon of inferior rank, and was therefore under a fimilar refb-i£^io«i, though not for fb l«ig a fpace. ' On*Saturday the 21ft, early in the mom:n;^^ Poulaho came on boards to invite Gapt^ Coov. . t9 to a ed his j too was after foun »ng» ry lo from yams fticks diilan from yams, yams \ each i 'i^ey two ba a livin half-ir which able. accumi fo of b which fifli, 1 /bme compof About l>egun. the firf r< A Voyage to the Pacijic Ocean* »95 y to to a haiva or entertainment, which he defign- ed to giv£ the fame day. He had already had his head beimeared with red pigment, in ordei^ to communicate a red colour to his hair, which was naturally of a dark brown. The Captain, after breakfaft, attended him to the fhore, and found the iflanders very bufy in two places, fix- ing, in a fquare and upright poiition, folir ve- ry long pofts, at the dillance of near two feet from each ot her. They afterwards filled up with yams the fpace between the pofts v and faftened i^icks acrofs, from one pbft to another, at tho diftanice of every four feet, to prevent the pofts from feparating, by the weight of the kiclofed yams, and^ alfo to afcend by. As foon as the yams had reached the fummit of the firilpofts, they continued to fallen others to them, till each pile was thirty feet or more in heights They pboed, on the- top of one of the piles, two baked hogs y and,, on the top of the othei^ a living x)nc; $ and they tied another by tl^ legp half-i^ay up. The facility and difpatch with which thefe two pi)es were raifc^d^ was remorlsf able. After the^ had completed them, they, accumulated fome other heaps of yams, and al- fo of bread-fruit, on each fide of the area \ to which a turtle, and a great quantity of excdlept fifh, were added. The whole of this, with fome red feathers, a mat, and a piece of doth^ compofed the king's prefent to Captain Cook. About one o'clock the nua^ or dance|,wei^ begun. The firft of thefe very nearly re£biQble4 the firfl that was pjcrfornied. siti fM^ef:^f^> •♦ , * entertainment^ %§fi A t^oyage (If ike Pacific (kean. entertainment. The fecdfid was conclu^ftd by yobou ; and in thi$) four or five women mett imroduced, who equalled the men' in the txH^e^r and regularity of their motions. Near th<^ etid the performers divided, in order to leave room for two champions who exertifed thdr clubi}. In the third dance, which was the foil, two Other men, #ith clubs, exhibited their fkiil ailci* activity. The dances were fucceedcd fy boxing and vhreilling ; and one man entered tfi^' lifts with a kind of heavy club, made from tht ftem ofacocOft-leaf, biit'could meet with no c^^ponent to engage him in \o rough a diveriion. Towards the evening, thel hmmyOT night-dances^ begafi^ in which the king hin^felf, apparelled in £ligli£h mantifa^ure, was a performer : but nei- ther thefe, nor the dances in the day-time, were Ay capital' as thofe of Feenou, or Mareew^gee. The Commodore^ in Order to be preferlit the #bbie time, dined on (hore. Poulaho fat down iHth him, bikt neither eat ndlr drank^ which was li#ing to the prefence of a fbmaie, who had Ijeeh adniittedy, at hisrequefb, tothef dining par- t^, and who, as we were informed in the fecjuel, was of fuperiOr rank to himlelf. This lady had Hit fdOner dined, thlan ihe w^Iked^trp ttyPbula- li^i who «|)pnc(d HiV hands to her feet; after #hich' fhe retired: He immediatety dip|jed his Iteigers'into a gtafsof wiM, and then all her ^t- tlntdatifs paid him obetflinee. At*his defirefoirie 9f bieir fire-works wttW plty^d off iri the evening j hilt beii^g damaged) they did-not ali^er th^ ex- ■ . ^. 'No us. nefs, fumec duced Feene by ail be pui they A Voyage h iSe Pacific Ocean, 197 '■ No more entertamments being expefbed 011 either fide, and the curiofity of the pooulace being in a great degr<:e fatisfied i moft of them defer ed us the day after Poulaho's haiva. Still, however, we had thieves among us, and had continual inilances of their depredations* Some of the officers of both ihips, who had made an excurfion into the interior parts; of the ifland, returned the 22d of June in the evening, alter an abfence of two days^ They had take^i their rauikets and necefiary ammunition with then^, beiides feveral.fmall articles gf the favou* rite commodities ; the whole of which the na^ tivei had the dexterity to fteai from them, in the courie of their fhort journey, biconveni* ent Gonfequencea were likely to have a^ndcd this a€^ ; for, when our plundered tmetteirs returned,, they employed Omai, withofd^^iiip* ibltingr Cs^ain Cook, to complain to the ktng of the treatment they, had received* He, not knowing how the-Captain would proceed in this affair, and apprehending that he i^iight again by him under reftraint, fet off early the next morning, aiid Feenou followed his example ; (6 that not a chief of authority now remained near us. The Captain was ofiended at this bufi> nei?, and reprimanded Omai for having pre- fumed to interfere in it. This reprimand in- duced him to endeavoiu: to bring back his triend Feenou, and he fucceeded in his negociation, by af&iring hinv that no violent meafures^ would be purfued to oblige the natives to return what they had ftoien. Truiling^ to this d as an eclipfe of the fun was to hap- A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean* igi^ I f a- \ us uftly any into inted pie to And> to be woul4 of th« * lin did urttclc* t them of Fee* her in- e reco- idbecn boats, "acorn- le com- tnnel to /as iro* rocks i iftward, \t fmall fould be .low r^- ^y an4 Ce of the I ta hap- pen pen on the 5 th of July, the Captain determined ' to i\ay till that time, to have a chance of ob- ferving it. Having now fome leifure before us, Captain Co(^, and a party of us, accompanied by Pou- laho, fet out tlie next morning, in a boat, for Mooa, a kind of village, where he, and the o- ther men of confequence ufually reiide. ^ Row- ing up the inlet, we faw fourteen canoe jjf filhing in company ; in one of which was Poulaho's fo.'. They had then taken fome fine mullets, about a dozen of which they put into our bout. They {hewed us their whole method of iifhing, which appeared to be an effectual one. Taking leave of the prince and his^ filhing^ party, we were rowed to the bottom of the bay,* and landed where we had . done , before, when we Went to fee Mareewagee. As foon as we gpt on Ihore, we were conducted to one of Poula- ho*s houfcs ; which though tolerably large, feen^ ed to be his private place of refidence, and ^j^B lituated within a plantation. The king feaWr himfelf at one end of the houfe, and thofe who came to viiit him, fat down in a femi-circle at the oth^r end. A bpwl oikava was inimediately prepared for us, and direftions were given tp bake fome yams. While thefe were getting ready, fome of us, together with a few of the king's attendants, and Omai as our interpri^ter, . went to take a view of a fiatooka, or burjfing- place, at a fmall dii^^ce froni the habitation., It belonged to^the king, and conHfted of three largifh hpufes, iituated^on arifing ground, with a On thefloors P»ne%™ .^/j pebbles j and the of thsmounts. «»e fi«^~*'aP^ ftones of con.1 ^hote wis ewlofcd W^ „„ o„e fide, ^fe. One of tl'^jX or;?*". '"^*^y "^^ ' at,d wo wooden ^ft%°^i,ed of the native, vere w^thm .t. .^./.^not enter here) what v,ho followed us (b« °^™ fo^edus, that they Aefeimag«.^fyj«^° chiefe ^ho had been were meroonaU ot '™~ ^ ^ the reprefenta- boriid there 'ind °^X^*^«„ents.it is pre- Sen er^d^^any^;^^ bodleshad be» Wewere mfonnedtn^ ^^ ^ ^„^ of ^riedineachofth^^.^^^. The carved fKi were to be diiong" yj^v, had been IK of an Otaheue canoe, wh ^ driven »fc°«='S„*Srg ground was a g«fr- one of them. »»*« ™ , e| ^^^^ e plan- plot, on Which d?^"* Yiferal of thofe c^d £d among ''*''^^,''"?emWe the cypreftjfxi itoa. They greatly ^emo now p;Jms had a very f*«»^f;e of the boufes. , was alfo P'"»*^Jf ' rfdves with fome prov.fi- . After refrefcmg ouri^ ^ „„ fhips. we on* which ^e bad teought^ j.^ ^^^^t^, ,t took a pretty I'Jg^ ^ „i„ifters, who would leaded by one of the feing s . „ot « feet, mounts, the tops and the i of corjil I one fide* ly carved, jc natives here) what „ that they had been i-eprefenta- tsitisi""^" appeared to A Foyagi to ihe Paafic Ocean, 201 not fufiTer any of the rabble to follow us, and obliged thofe whom we met U{k>n our progrds, to fit down vrtiXt we were paffing ; a mark of refpeft due only to their fovereigns. The great- oil part of the country was cultivated, and mef(b of their plantations fenced round. Some parts, indeed, lay fallow, and others in a ftate o£ na- ture ; the latter afibrded large quaiftities of timber. We found many public and-¥rcll beaten p£ltths leading to.di^erent parts of the ifland. Tra^ veiling here was, indeed, very commodious^*' the roads being excellent, and the country level, i^ We were condu^ became hApp^ w?tfH wine ' and brandy which we h^d brought, sOfo-flepft in ' the heuie^ as did fevefal others of th^ natiVesr. Before day-break," they all rofc, andeiit^dm* to c(mverration by moon-li^t. As fboh srs tt ' was day, they difperfed diSetebt ways^ but it^ was not kmg befbre-they all returned, accelriip^V rtied by feveral of their countrjftoeri. ' '^''^■ Whife th«y were prepaHilg a b^lof *&^; ^ Vol. I. Y Caj^^in aoa A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Captain Cook went, to pay a vifit to Toobou, Captain Furneaux's friend, who had a houfe not far diftant, which for flze and neatnefs was hardly exceeded in the place. Here alfo we found a company preparing a morning draught. The chief made a prefent to the Captain of a living hogi and one that was baked \ alfo a quantity oif yarns, and a birge piece of cloth, i^^turning to the king, we found him and his 4t;tcndant« dirinking the fecond bovni of kava. That bufinefs being performed, he informed Omai that he was going to perform a mour;iing ceremony, called toogey in memory of a fon who had been^ome time dead, and deiired us to ac- company him. Naturally expe^ing to fee fome- what new or curious, we readily complied with the rcqueft. Th^ king fiepped out of the houfe, attend- ed bj twovold women, and put on a new cloath- ||MLpver which were placed an old ragged mat, ^^■i mi^ht probably have ferved his grandfa- ther upon a iimilar folcmn occafion. His at- tendants were habited in the fame manner, ex- cepting that, in point ofautiquity, none of their mats could vie with that p£ their mafter. Thus equipped^ M^re marched <^| preceded by eight or tep perfons in the fame uniform, each of them'hay.nglikewife a green bough about his iicckf Ppijlahp, who held his boujgh in his hand t^l^e approached the place of rendezvous, then aljb jput it about his heck. We now entered a ^all inclofnre, wherein was a neat houie, and a jQ||i letting before it. As the compimy ehter- . ' - • ed A Voyagt to the Pacific OceaH» f{ra3 oboM, houfc is was ifo wc augbt. [1 of a allb a f cloth, and his ►f kava» [formed ourning fon who us to ac- 'ec fotne- Ucd with attend- w cloath- ged mat, grandfa- His at- nner, cx- ac of their er. Thus by eig^* , each of about his nhish^an^ vous, then entered a icufe, and >any enter- • ed td they took the branches from their necks, and threw them awaj. The king feated him- feif, and the others /at before him in. the ufual manner. By the arrival of other perfons, the circle increased to upwards of an hundred, prin>' cipally old men, all drefied in the manner above defcribed. The company being aflcmbled, «i large root of kava was produced by. one of the king's fcrvants, and a capacious bowl ttiat would contain five or lix gallons. Many pc:^rrons* now began to chew the root, and the bowl was tilled with, liquor up to the brim Others were em- ployed in making drinkmg-cu}.s of plaintaih leaves The firft cup that was filled, being pref.nted to the king, he ordered it to be giveki to- another perfon i the lecond was alfo preient- eJ to him, and he drank it ; the third was of- fered to Captain Cook. Afterwards a cvp was given to feveral others,^ till the liquor was cat-r liauiKd; and, though not half the conipahy partook of ir, no one appeared in the ^^atljK fatisfied. Each' cup, as it was emptied, was thrown upon the ground whence it -was taken up, and carried to be filled again. AH this time the chief, and his whole circle, fat with a great deal of gravity, hardly fpeaking a fv liable to each other. All this while we were in expe£tation of feeing the mourning ceremony b6gin, when to our great furprife, as Toon as the kava was drank out^ itiiy all rofe up,' and difperfedi and Ponlaho infprmcd us, he was now ready to attend us to the fhips. We had fometimes feen the drinking o{ kava y 2 at a04 A Voyngii^ the Pacific Octan, at other iflands, but no where fo frequent as here. The kcnia is a fj^iti of pepper, which th^ efteem a valuatje article, and cultivate lor this fUrpofe, carefully defeniling the young plants from any injury ( and it is ulually plantw about their houfes. It does not often e^^ceed the height .of a man, though they are ibmetimes ieen much Jbigher. It has large heait-ihapcd leaves, and jointed Oalics. Only the root of the hava is ufed at the Friendly IHands : after being dug up, it is gi- ven to the fervants, who, breaking it in pieces, fcrape the dirt off, and each chews his portion, which he afterwards fpits into a piece of plan- tain leaf. Thofe, .^ho are to prepare the liquor, collect thefe mo^hfuls together, and depolit them, in a large wooden bowl, adding a fuffici- ent quantity of water to maike it ox a l^roper ftrength. It is then well mixed up with the hands, and wrung hard, ^ order to make it «9du^!ve of as much liquid as polHble. - "^About a quarter of a pint of this beverage is uAndly put into each cup. It has no perceptible efl^ upon thefe people, who ufe it fo frequent- ' Ijr i but, on fome of ours, it operated like our ipiritft occafioning intoxication, or rather ilu- pefa^tion. The mourning ceremony being over, we left ■ Mooa, and fet out. on our return to the fhips. Rowing down the inlet, we met with two ^anoes retui ning from fifhing. Poulaho ordered them to approach liim, and took from them every fiih and ihell. He aftierwards ftopped two other canoes, sherc i they V this I about J height nmuch ie8> aitfi . at the it is gi- \ a pieces, portio]^» of plan- le liquor, a deport a iuffici- a proper with the make it )le. average is erceptiWc frequent- like our ither ft«- ■ , we left [the ihips. two <5anoes [eredthem ^cm every , two other canoes, jt Voyage to the Pacific (X'Mn, 265 canoes, .iearchcd them, and found nothing, lie cave us ioMie of the fiih, and the reft wer* fold by his fervants on board the (hip. Proceeding we landed there, in-order to tafte it, and found it to be extremely brackifh. This ifland is quite in a natural ftate, and only frequented as a fi(hing-place } shaving nearly the fame pr^ dudlions as ralmer(lon*s Ifland. When we returned to the (hipi Captain Cook Was informed that every thing'had been quiet during his abience ( not a (ingle theft havin|; been committed ; of which, Feeilou and Fut- tafaihe, the King's brotliery who had underta^ ken the management .of his countrymen in tltie Captain's abfence, boafied not a little. Tliis evin- ces what power the chiefii have when they afc inclined to. execute it \ which is not often to b^ cxpefted'} for whatever was ftolen friom us, was generally eon«reyed to them. The nckt day^ fix or eight of the natkes Jit- faulted fome of our people who wa^e £iwing planks^; in confequencc of which tbs^/vrtrc fired on by the ferttry; one of them W«s fup- pDied to bie wounded, and three were taken^ The laft«er w^rt conHtied, till night, when dit^ Y 3 . were .ap6 A Vopge to the Pacific Ocean. were puniihed, and (et at liberty. After this, tkeir behaviour was yery decent and circum- ipe^l } occalioned, as we imagined, by the man being wounded: for, till ^his time, they had Only heard of the effect of fire-arms, but now they had^// it* We were not miilaicen in our conjeAure, for Mr King, and Mr Anderfon, in an excurfion they tuok into the cpuntry, met with the very man, and found indubitable marks of iiis having been wounded with a muiket>baU. Nothing worthy of notice happened at the ihips for two days \ we ihall therefore £11 up tRat interval with an account of Mr Andcrfon's ejicurfion, above-mentioned. On Monday the 30th of June; Mr King, and he, accompanied Futtafaihe as viiitors to his houfe, which, is not far from that of his brother Poulaho, at Mooa. Soon after they arrived, a largiih hog was kill- ed, which was effected by repeated ftrokes upon the head. The hair was then curiouily fcraped od*, with the (harp edge of pieces of fplit bam- boo, and the entrails taken out by the fame lim- ple inflrument. Previous to this, an oven had It^een prepared, which is a large hole vdug in the earth, the bottom of which is covered with ilones, about the iize of a man's fift, which are made red hot by kindling a fire over them v then they \^pt up iqvnt of thefe ilones in leaves of Uie bread-fruit tree, with which they fil)ed the kog's belly ; (luffing in a quantity of leaves to prevent their falling out, and thrufling a, plug of the fame kind in the anus. This being done, the carcafe was placed upon fome fticks laid a-** ' crofs A Voyage to th Faciftc PciAn, 207 rtlus, rcum- c man ;y had It now in our ■fon, in •y, met e marks tet-baU. , \ at the ; fill up idcrfon's nday the itnpanied ch/»s not at Mooa. was kill- kes upon y fcrapcd plit barn- fame fim- joven had lug in the :red with ' rhich are lemv ^^^ leaves of filled the leaves to ing aplwg jitjg donc> laid a-- crofs crofs the Qones, and covered with plantain- leaves. The earth was . afterwards dug up all round ; and the' oven being thus efie^tually clo> fedy the operation of baking required no fur>» ther aid. They afterwards amufed themielves by walk- ing about the country, but faw nothing remark- able, except a fiatooka of about thirty feet high» At a fm 11 diiVance, there was a number of e- toa«trees, on which were vaft quantities of ?ge^ by fti Ik- ing hk body and legs, with both fifts, till he fell afleep, and, with" Tome intervals, continued it thf^ whole night. The perfon being fall aileep, they abate a little of the ftrength and briikneis of the beating} but, if they oblerve any ap- pearance of his awakening, they refuine it. In the morning they were informed that Futtafai- he's women relieved each other, and went al- ternately to fleep. Such a practice as this, in any other country, would be fuppofed to be dc- ftruftive of all reft ; but here, it operates like an opiate, and ftrongly Jhews what h«tbit may cffeft. They fet out with Futtafaihe the next morn- ing, and walked to the point, down the eaft-flde of the bay. The country all along this fide ap- peared to be well cultivated, but not fo much •inclofed t. was in lied at r'finca, .derable ig, tirith ind, like :oa-nuts. antity of but they iguiar in- i of coiv- of being .p, Twp irmed this , by ftvlk- kiUhe fell ntinued >t faft ailecp, briiknefs re any ap- meit. Irt It Futtafai- id went al- as this, in •d to be dc- perates like i h&bit may next inori^- the caft-fide this fide ap- ot fo tnucb •inclofed A Voyage to the Pcuifu Octan, jtop incloTed as at Mooa. They found, that in ti^ velUng, Futtafaihe exerciied a power, wluch ihewed the great authority the principid men are invefied with. To one place he ^nt for filh ; and to another, for yams ; and his orders were as readily obeyed, as if he had lieen abso- lute mafter of all the people's property. They croiled the bay, in the evening, to their ilation, in a canoe procured by Futtafaihe^ by exercifing his authority in calling to the iirft that appeared ; he _ d alfo a large hog at this place, and wanted them to accept of a bundle of cioath ; but, the boat being fmall, they ob- jected ; and he ordered it to be taken to them the next day. Thus ends Mr Andcrfon^s ac- count of his excuriioii. Captain Cook had prolonged his (lay at this iflaod, on account of the approaching eclipTe ; bur^ on looking at the micrometor, ion the 2d of July) he found fome accident had happened to it, and that it \vas rendered ufelefst tUl re- paired \ which could tiot be done l^ibre the lime it was intended to be uicd. We therefore got on board, this day, all the cattle and other animals, except thofe that were deiiined to re- main, The Captain defigncd to have left a tur- key-cock and hen, but two hens being deftroy- ed by accident, and wifhing to carry the breed to Otaheite, he referved the only remaining pair for that purpofe. We took up otif anchor the next day, and moved the fhips behind Pangimodoo, to be ready for the firft favourable wind to take us through 2 lo A Voyage to the Pacific OceaH^ through Sit narrows. The king, who was of our company one day at dinner, I obfer- ved took particular notice of the plates. This occaiioned me to make him an ofier of one, either of pewter or of earthen ware. He chofe the firft ; and then began to tell us the ieveral uies to which he intended to apply it. Two of them are fo e]:traordinary, that I cannot omit mentioning th .. He faid, that whenever he ihould have occafion to viiit any of the other iilands, he would leave this plate behind him| at Tongataboo, as a fort of reprefentative, in his abfence, that the people might pay it the fame obeifarxe they do to himielf in perfon. He was aiked what had been ufually employed for this purpofe before he got this plate ; s^nd Wf had the iatisfadtion of learning from him, that this lingular honour had been conferred on a wooden bowl in which he wafhed his hands. The othef extraordinary ufe to which he meapt to apply it in the room of his wooden bowl, was to difcover a thief. He fajd, that when any thing was ftolen, and the thief could not be found out, the people were all aflembled to- gether before him, when he wa{hes his hands in water in this veflel ; after which it was clean- ed, and then the whole multitude advanced, one after another, and touched it in the fame manner that they touch his foot, when ibey pay him obeifance. If the guilty perfon touch- ed it, he died immediately upon thp fpot *, not by violence, but by the hand of Providence i and if any one refufed to touch it, his refufal * was mo\ of 1 fom* thai Jialf fore gain of th was A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 2n rho va« 1 obfer- 8. ^This of one, He chofe [vc Icvcral Two of nnot omit lenever he the other lehind h\m\ ntativc, in pay it the in perfon. y employed pUte V an<^ from him, bonferredon his hands, ch he meaipt aoden bowl, , that when ef could not affemblcd to- ,es his hands ^ it was clean- se advanced, t in the fame t, when they perfon touch- :he fpot •, not ; providence \ it, his refufii ' was was ti. clear proof that he was the man. In the morning of Saturday the 5th of July, the day of the eclipfe, the weather was cloudy, with fome (howers of rain. About nine o'clock^ the fun broke out at fmall intervals for about half an hour, but was totally obfcured juft be- fore the beginning of the eclipfe. The fun a- gain appeared at intervals till about the middle of the eclipfe ; but was feen no more during the remainder of the day, fo hat we could not oH- ferve the end. This diappointmcnt was the lefs to be lamentei), as the longitude was fu£i- ciently determined by lunar obiervations. The eclipfe being over, we packed up the inftrumcnts and every thmg was conveyed on board. None of the natives having taken any care of the three fheep allotted to Mareewagee, the Commodore ordered them to be carried back to the fhips. He was apprehenlive, that if they had been left there, they would probably -be de- ftroyed by dogs. Thefe animals did not exift upon the ifland in 1773, when the Commodore firft vifited it ; but there is now ^ plenty of them; partly from the breed left by him, and partly from fome imported from an ifland, called Feejee. At prefent, however, the dogs have not got into any of thie Friendly Iflands, except Tongataboo. Mr Anderfon has given us the following de- fcription of this ifland. Amfterdam, Tonga- taboo, or Tonga (as it is fometimes called by [the natives) is about twenty leagues in circum- ference, rather oblong, though broadcft at the jeaft end, and its greateft length is from eaft to weft. 21 a A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, weft. The fouth fhore is ftraight, coniifting of coral rocks of about eight or ten feet high j ter- minating perpendicularly, except in fome few places, where there are Tandy beaches. The weft end is about five or fix miles broad and has a fhore like that of the fouth fide i but the north fide is environed with ftioals and iflands j and the eaft fide is, moft probably like the fouth. This ifland tnay, with propriety, be called a low one } the only eminent part, to be obfervcd from a ftiip, is the fouth-eaft point, though ma- ny gently rifing and declining grounds are per- ceivable by thofe who are on Ihore. Though the general appearance of the country does not exhibit that beautiful kind of landfcape, pro- duced by a vanety of hills and vallies, rivulets, and lawns, yet it conveys an idea of the molt exuberant fertility. The furface, at a diftance, feems entirely clothed with trees of various fizes : but the tall cocoa-palm^ raife their tufted heads high above the reft, and are a noble or- nament to any country that produces them. The boogoo, which is a fpecies of the fig, is the '.^rgeft fized tree upon the ifland j and the moft common bullies and fmall trees, on the uncul- tivated (pots, arc the pandanus, the faitanoc, feveral forts of hibifcus, and a few others. The climate of Tongataboo, from the fitua- tlon towards the tropic is more variable than in countries far within that line ', though that might, pernaps, be occafioned by the feafon cf the year, which was now the winter fclftice. The winds, are generally firom iome point be- . tween varietl being [ fiiaddl plantc Ofl and fd pound ceedini Voi ■jd'^f^t% ^A Voyage to the Ptuific Ocean* 213 fiftmg of ugb, ter- omc few The weft iid has a the north ands •, aiwl e icwith. te called a le obfervcd hough ma- ds arc per- . Though ry does not Ifcape, pro- ves, rivulets, af the moft X a diftance, of various their tufted a noble or- [duces them, he fig, is the and the moft In the \incul- :he faitanoc, others. >m the fitua- ariabk than though that he feafon ci Iter folftice. te point be- tween tween fouth and eall. The wind, indeed, fome* times veers to the north-eaCt, or even north- weft, but never continues long, nor blows fti^ng from thence, though often accompanied with heavy rain, and clofe fultry weather. . The vegetable productions are never fo much afiedted, refpedting the foliage, as to fhed It all at once \ but every leaf, as it falls, is fucceeded by another, which caufes the s^pearance of u- niverfal fpring. A coral rock appears to be the bails of the ifland, that being the only fort that prefents it- felf on the ihore. There was not the appear- ance of any other ftone, except fome fmall blue pebbles about the^atookas, and the Imooth black ftone, of which the natives ixuke their, hatcf^j^ ^ and thefe have, perhaps, been Brought from o- ther iflands in the neighbourhood. Though, in many places, the coral projedts above the fur- face, the foil is, in moft parts, of a coniiderable depth. In cultivated places, it is generally of a loofe black colour, feemingly produced by the rotten vegetables. The principal of the cultivated fruits in this ifliind, are plantains, of which they have tifteen varieties J the Jambu, and the eeevce y the latter being a kind of pkun ; and yaft quantities of {haddocks, as often found in u natural iVate as planted. Of yams there are two forts ; one black, and fo large as to weigh from twenty to tri'rty pounds ; the other white and long, feldom ex- ceeding a pound in we;ght. There is a large Vol. I Z root. ^^■^ a^i^ AVti^fff^U f%e FaeijSc'O^^. tees, Called m^Kaha*; the talooi'aihd tiiejongo^ itieldoxh grows high- er than fi-ve or fix feet. Plenty of excellent fu- :gar-cane is coltilratect here ; alfb gourds, bam- boo, turmeric, aii(f a i^ies of fig, talked mit" te ; bat the catalogue df tincuitivated plants h :too l^e to be enumerated. • Inhere are no ^juadrupeds in this Ifhnd, bat hi^ dogs, and a fevr rats. Fowls of a krge biieed are domeifticated here. Among the birds, are parrots, and parrOquets, tuckoos, king-fi{hers, and la bird of the thrufh kind, (tf a dull green colour, *#hic|^ is the only iinging bird we could, find here ; but it com- pehfates in si great degree, for the trant ofo- thers, by the force and melody of its voice. Among the other land birds, are rails about Ihefiie OT a pigeon, of a -variegated grey colour 5 9 black its of {Mgeom. Of water-fowl, are the ducks feen at Anna^ mookaj trom Urds; bSue ^nd 'white herons ; noddies ; W: utc terns 5 a new fped^ or a ' lead- en eolour : a itnall bl!^&' curlew .: -said 9 large i^otted plover,. : .:/ '-■ ■ •'•■ - ^ -; <; ^^ , thejecjcc. cocbartlrcc, I KLd a fen. f-* inyHW re*- t. ' A third grows Wgh- jxceUcnt fu- loords, bftm- I tatted mat- ted plants is s Iftaiidfbat 4sof alirge dparfbqucts, ofthe thniHi }3k is the oniy but it com- ic -want of o- ; its voice, ire rails about d grey colour •, Tc violet toots, Iflj^-^atchers •, of pigeon?*, feen at Anna- white herons v edcs ol a lead- • iid ularge ' ii|i)qp|§^this aiuQviU of the re^tilei, or-inreA tribet) anO) W^a^e$,t(tiiip* oftea jeea on Hi^re},, aMoigriifP guanQC9» abpiiit fi^teoi inchfa Ipiigy aQ4 ti99» ftnflU^r ibri8«; l|ere sir« fpmq bcautW^ fyX QiothsfSKUl battenSlcs^ ;i^ fpoMe vei^ kirg^ fpidoi^} tog^l^ , with others,. malMi^i ni, thc; whole, about fifty difle?»eQt iorts ofj^fi;^ .• Th^u^ th(9r i^a abouiul^i with H)^, tim ya^ rii^yri^Ufa $hi¥* might b«^^imagiae4i tl^fe ia. th^ fl^^dl pUnty !Mfe mutai«. ^veiyfifli, ol4: wivc;6„ pam)t-filh,c fo)«f i; li^aiN^iH^l^^ ^'Usi* qpros) bonaclos,; e^b li)^ tho^ ^bout Palflier^ jQ^n^s Ifl^d], rays, % %t of pilce, «^4 Jobml There are an epdlefs variety q$ ihe^ fifh alRt the reefs and Hioals ;. among which are the ham-* Tfk&r oyfter ; a \&ge indented oyfter, and many others; but none of the common fort ; a gigan- tic cockle; panani4s ; c<>nes i pearMhsll oyftersy (^1.'. Alfo feveral foits of fea-eggs ; matiy, cu* rious ftar-fi(]b ; ccatwv cray^fi^. ^c. ai^d fcH- veral forts of fpunge' Thou^hr we were now ready to fail, wq ha4 not fiiliS«nt daylight to turn through the nar- rowa; the morning flood falling cmt too early, and the evening flood too late. We ¥^re th®e- fore under a neceffity of .waking two or three Mays, unlels we ihould be fortunate enough tQ have a leading wind. This delay gave us an opportunity to be prc- (ej^ at a public iblemnity, to which the kilB^. wi Z 2 ha4 w 2i6 A Voyage to the Paeije Ocecm, ^had incited tU, and which was to be ptrforn^d on the 8th. He and all the peoph o£ coitfe- qiiMce tepabed to Mpoa op the 7th, ^hore the Uktmt&tf was to^^ be exhibited. $c*\tiva! of us foUowed tKem the nesit mdiilikig. Foukho had itk^xftned tis, that his ^n was now to be initiat- ed into certain priTikg^j one of whkh-^vas, that dF eating with his ^ther \ an himour he had not hitherto enjoyed. About, eight cf clock in the morning we ar- rid^^it Mooa, wh«r6'We f0Ufidthe kingi withi a mimct of attendaiMs fitttegiiefbre him> with- ' in a firiall dirty encldfutel They wetey'sM^ ufu- al) l^idS^ in preparing a bowl of Imw. %% this |.¥ra8 not liquor for us, we went to pay a viiit to .7 f^^ of our friends, and to obferve what pre- I^Mons were dnaking for the ceremony, which was fbon expected to begin. , About ten o'clock, the people ailcmblcd in a large area before the maiaee, or great houfe. At the en^ 6f a road, opening into this area, ftood ieveral men with fpears and clubs, inccf- fantly reciting ihbrt /ententes, in mournful ac- ' cents, which conveyed an idea of diftrefs. This was continued about an hour^ during which time, many people came down the road^ each having a yam tied to the middle of a pole, which they laid ^own before thofe who continued re- peating the fentences. At Icngtli, the king and prince arrived, and feated themfelves upon the atea; and we were requefted to, fit ddwn by thetn,'to take oflf our hats, and to untie our hair. The bearers of the yams having all en- tered, nr« the il of us ahobad r. initiat- ittour he ^g we ar- ipg, Vrith^ kini>wth- , A«thi8 ^ vifit to what ytt' >ny, which sibl'cti in a cat houfe. this area, |abs, inccf- surnful ac- (cfs. This ling which Iroadf each lole, which Itinucd re- king and upon the d; >(^ ^■•:^^'. '/w/ '^ r 7 HiotDgraphic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STRCCT WEGSTER,N.Y. K580 (716) 872-4503 V '.vV ; vw Wkdipifi^pe^WM takefti^ between two meD> yrh6 caiipea it over their '.mouMers. They^a^ terwaiidi le^ifn^ into companiffl^fof ^ ten Of 1i|f«i»e eadii i^d marched acroft. ^ o^cCf .irStit« f^pld |M^^^ company headed fa^ #l|m ii|^ 4 clttt^ or fpear, and defend- ^iJ«^ it, bylililpll others, arihed with ;Jl^^t two hundred and 'l|iC'|he proceflion,: which h^inammi^^ onapeixhaUv- rhef: hoilfe Cookt6aik,thttt pcpi ill he carrk^^ [txxmtfi hlii hii iii^iiied unwHUng tb> ifiibl^natl^ wf i^d|Ciired ; fomeof ^^^k^^aw^-?-^ proceiBon, ieem^» |)^^iit%Mir|^<}r>&/<>9ii0 of one* ii|l^ :t^!«|fMim, about a ^uarten t^ij^ilie'ihi^^ft aiTembled; i Herd: thef 4mliM^^9i^^ them ]ii««^ vid^nttmntdkQ'F^ilika&t^ ^hd ,adyi£^^efD o^ inufe OQT^hnM faf. waliiiig )al»uti a|^^^^ fbr df lofi|%'^e Jai^ of ai^yviKsrt of tW ccfie^ mre ?etitJ9M|i^ t<»^'^ Iclng^^ 1^^ defired Qi^^ Cook tQ 'Ofiler llMi^^h^ f:rew not^ta preupme to ftir from the boat, for every tlijysgnwpcAdi. veryibon^be lilw^ and if any of oiur pfopli Z.3^ ' ■■v*it,or.- 2f I; A, Vvpfsjf t» ^e JPaafie Oeem» m or of thtir owmi ihonlcT^ fe«» ivalkiiigiibbar^ tkqr irould eatainly be .IcnocbBd 4ovii witb clubfti ni^ i»tf«n/ / that is, k^Hl^ ^Pe aUcr ift-^^ fortned u% tliat we codiil ni>t lii |nilnt itthe cefemonj i but that we ^loidd b« paceli in San^ a^^luatum, as t/b be abW t^ci lee ef ^^^i)%i^alr ptt^. Oiir drefs wat^fpiiiciil^lf ei^e^M to^ and .wis i^eie told, that, tti^i^a^us totbe^ift^ fent* we muft be nakcui as low as^^ bresftr and 011^ hats: taken, i^jjuid ,CNir Ipnr^iimiKk Qmai readily agreed 1^ eoblbfin I0 |hi^|«K|«l*i iii^;3^tmi»e(&i^]f^i^eg^lMi^^ ol^id^j^tisk wiBf e ^tlA;0iiie4i^^^ e^ eqi^ly witlkMleh^., , ; ^r . m^« ' ' n < /' t '^ -^ Hot relxihing^ fiftn^on, theCaptauvMr out, to fee what ih%^ii^irllel*giE^^ Very few people,^ h^»«tfr , irere^,t<» be ^R^ cept thofe vt^Q mem Mioi^ tor aitt^d*4^ cil^e- jnony ; fome having in their handalon^p^^ aMtt four, feei^m la$gtft|!t«|]^ which were liftiped twoi «r' ^oite fOtto ^fi^aaik fticks, about^ kc^es io%. r^^ g(^^ towpfisfthe mom. Captain €ckdB^i|i>k ^tii, all of^iig 0i]ft iB^Mi, r hei0!e»» tufod^ g& Kffii^ard Ah%ca|»iie %^l^ l»Mf|^^sa|d^;of ^ .;peoplGfitt|^, liBliiMt.': >ii# wisi^oBili troB^^ w^ toiip&4Ni#> ijmd, noli luMlwkig : wiNrt^ iiitetip be ' t^ > ^eoitillMiii^iiQBi ' of" W- ~ ^ he ^f^wwd,^ih^ i«i|Qi^i|rritd tlie jNil^^^p^^ ^ >0in diis eirouriibmce^ that fhe^SM^ thiiq^ was tnmfa£lBng beyo«d% hi ]^ %nr .^; thoughts 1 thdUgh this i^ui by*.lSire piittififl^ ihakro Amt, wh afterwai But he i whohac him. t] came wi ^or me ^eo|iiev juft befo which th he could pany fit thither^ s • ^Bued in tjioy^quiti off in pro pair carry poiesoni that the i poles I we Aey were aticaUy.?^ l^ii^d oni poll;, as if Ae wtighf ^ ma A V^tyi^ » tiie PgfiificOMm . 2tpt lOlltyr irUM fcsftr PWBUTld* 'Of tfadttghts ef advancing^ liy^ tiiaking a roiund loir this ^urp^fe |, but he wai lb liarrowly obiervcd bf ihree meiiy tkatr be had ito opp^hmity df pHftttBg his- de^gR iti< cMoitioii. In order to* (hake off thde teUowivhle retorned to the m**- Imif whtre he had parted frooi the Hii^ and altetfward» made an doj^emenfe a feceiid tmie |^ hot he iniiaiitly met with the fame three men». wha haddoubtteft received inftni£tois to waich him. * He- paid no afetentiofi. to ^hemy. till hr came within fight of the Ida^v ^ptmi^^^fiaitm la or MvfWf 'before which a great number of people were fittings bdag th^ whom he had juft before feen paf» by the other merai^ froam whidi diia wa9 but aUttle diftant. Seemg thafe he could obienre the proceeding!! of tho» com>^ pany from the kini^ plantation^, he fepaireds thither> accontpanied by felveral l>f htr pei^. ^ ' The number of perfom at ^is fiakMf. coa^ ' turned tncreafii^ for fome time i and at length^ thsy^^uttted their fitting pofture, smd marched: off in procefficQi. They wadloed hrpairs».eter]P pair carrying, between them, one of the fmatt:^ poles on their ihoolders'. We were inSarmed^ that the fmall pieces: of iBeks> faftened to< ;^ poles; were yams y it is therefore prdbableytlHi|t they were meant to reprelpnt this r6etcmblem«^ aticaUy. The hindmoft man of each couple pbeed ont of his* hands to the middte of ibtr .polib, as if it were not ftrong enoughtv carr^' the weight that* hang to\ it, and uraerwhkh' they i# ieemed to bendi as they proceedldr^ TMaprawffioff confined of one hundred' andr eight 2X0 A Fhyage to tbf Faeifie 0ceim. eight' pairs, and principtilly men of rank. Ma* ving le<^n them all pafs> we repaired to Pou* lahoV houfe, and faw him going oat* We were not permitted to follow him $ but^ were immediately dondu£ted to the place allotted to us, behind a fence adjoining to the area of the Jiatooioii where the yams had been depofited in the morning. Arriving at our ftation. we faw two or three hundred people, fitting on the grafs, near the end'oCtl^ road opening into the area of the nhrdi and others were continually joining them.^ At length-, arrived a few men, each carnrinlf fome fmall poles and 'branches, or leaves of the cbcoa^Ut tree. As foon as they appeared, . an old nian feated himfelf in the road, and pro- fltmniced a long oration in a ferious majeilic tone.. He then retired, and the others advancing to> tiie-mi<£dle bf the area^ began to ere£t a fmall l^iisd or hut ; employing, for that purpofe, the ihaterialsah'eady mentioned. Their work being &ii(hed, they all fquatted doWn, for a moment,. before it, then toft up, and joined the reft of the company. * Potilaho's fon arrived foon af- tei^,. preceded by four or five men. After them appeared about twelve or fourteen women of the fiiNft ranki advancing flowly in pairs, each pair carrying between them a narrow piece of wfik^ cIoth> about two or du'ee yards in length. Itlley approached the prince, fquatted ddwn^ be- fore h^m^'and wrapped fome of the jpieces of the doth itond his body ; they then rofe ^ «nd retired- in the: fame orders to fome d^mo#on 1;' his< A Vt^ge to ^ Pacific Ocean* 2%t hk left, where they filled themfelves. Pod- laho now made lUt jtopearance> pireceded hf fevr meiiy waUupg twb and two atereafty and fil 4own on his ftin*s left hand, at afmaU dif- tfnce £roin him. The young^prince then quit- ted hi> firft pofitionj and icAted himielf under the ihed^ #ith his attendants; many others placed theinielves on the crafs before this royal canopy. The prince fat nicing the people, with hit back to the morai. Three comoanies of ^XMit ten or a do^n men in each^' iliuttdrtu^ from among the crowd, foon after elich clfjier^ Wid# running hazily to the oppofite iide, f^^ down for a few feconds \ and then returned^ ij^ tlie fame maniier, to their former ftatilMis. To Ithem fucceeded two men, each having a fnuil ^een branch in his hand, who rofe and advan^ ced towards tii^ prince, fitting down, for a few feconds, threfc different timds as they approach- ed ; and retired ib the fame, manner, inclli^iog their branches to each other as they fat.' ^AfleiV wards two other repeated the fame ceredienjtt The grand procdQion, which marchtd froi^ the other morai^ now began to come in. As they entered the area, they proceeded to the right of the Aied, and having proftrated thein- ielv« on the grais, depofitcd their pretended heavy burthens, (the poles), and faced round to the prince. They then rofe up, and retired ij^ the;?£ime order, cloiing their hands with the nloft ferious afpe^V, and fcated them^ves a- long the front of the ^rea. While tM^unie- jrous band "were entering, and depoi)^^, thAir ■ poles, pe^ th|(|f IPAII. l4l{h|%lwiM);^ f|qp^ ^kpil^ hi» Of?! foiii, ^^ String .Mv^ t|^ #ii|«%ai«if^4 to J9«|iif ^.l^niti ihi^ilii . , i#«ltti(J ijlc micWle-rf and dwnk fo Sr<^eix oC bra^y a^di ltttie9|^«Ch«r«tir [it Ibifi^ or thf ^ who *wfWFgclpBfUHjr tttcficictl iMMni the chicfi'^aiiuc m itird, 'fiitihjr ^down V 'nihi; immedHtteif !?&- |ta ¥he f](nie%|iet^^ wli)if h had bect^ ppaii^ ici "ujMytv 9i^2ffa&1iif,' tam>$jijrg or besthig ^fei%> #Kh4i^:»ifidied'iiftl, ina liis ihi|^. This, taifltsid'^^ait^ to^nittMt, hacTtfae emltts^ ^^Qijpt^iti Ospk and Omal how paid attfit tb th^ Induce, who had paf^td from U9 dbrijf tht iSHkredhig'evenh^g ; M hb^ did hot lodge With th0 king, bift in iipat^ment^ of his own, nt fhihe """'" ^oih -his ftrthcPs hotrfe. Wp Fotind ^iHt a tirdc .df:iio)?, about his Qwn s^e^ iKii^i^ before him \ asidfah did man and wpmjf^: yfiiBeirek pi^hfcrs of both fexlcs^ emp^yed^ liAlf i?hcir necefl^ affairs, who ^bibljr, be- Ic^^d tb his houf(^h61d. '^'We^hcn rttmucd to the king^'wfed 'l^ii tii*|w€e^ tevee before him, cobfilHng'^^ ' ^f ioiR Id- men. While a bowl of i^tw wifcs ' parings a baked hog and yams, foKikJntt I wcremtnydtitcd 5 the greatjeft port bfww&i fell to otir fharc, for thcfc people efpecialiy the i/^ v« drinkcrSj-eatTcry Ktrle in a morning. f We aiteryrards walked out, and vifited fcv^- lyal bther cl^ifefs 5 all pf whom were taking theh* mol-ning dr^nght, or they had already takeh h. rRettnrnitIg tto the king, we' found him afteep t^i. la r^ftlrd hut, with t& Women tapping or ftrik- ]ini|'# hisr breath. Abbofr eleven ok a prefentof two pieces of the cloth which had been manufa£bired in the ifland. .\ f.,.ljtwas now about noon, when, bf appduot- ment, the .Captain repaired to the pabce to din- ner i which was foon after ferred up) and cooh Jftcid of two pigs and fome yams. The dnt^fffy jnbnarcb was roufed to partake of what h^,l|jMi appointed for our entertainment.. Two mulls^j and foiiK ihell-^ih, were introduced, as ^In- tended for hi^feparate portion. But he add^ jl^tp our fare, fat down with us, apd macfe a slQplner , bdng over,. we were informed that the ceremony would foon begin, and n^ere i^i^l:- ly enjoined not to venture out. The Commo- QQre nad refolved, however, to peep no longer lirom ^>ehind the curtain, but,^ if po^ble, to 4lix,with the a^ors themfdves. With this view J^ Wj^ed towards the morai, the iceae of the fol$m9ity. H^ was frequently defired to re- |um, bnt h^7>aid no regara to the adikonitions he received, and was permitted to pafs on. Whibn arrived at the morai^he faw^iiumber ^men^£dt^d,Qa the iide ofthearea. A few V > were were men i the 19^ theni toiit hefatj dies, c cdtoi rows. cemin^ time t( turned and ma ed, tha mentiojc that pre ajf^nd j m^di af ddSrcd 1 Jnghim tQ uncov li€ readiJ longer fe Thep iength ap ingday. ihed, two repeating. and put ti gan thdr '^ backw in the for two:me%. mmm smm s. ^ '"'yf to ti, P^ o„^ ^ •be mWft of U« &^Z^)J^ »J^i«to to fit down, which he ac3iLj.7** ''''w*! row.. AU the infor.^^ ? ™ «f haniinw ed, th.t U.e word S '?krn f "' "^^• mentioned., SomethmT^M !['« «»"•% that produced loud bwft.^7 1 l ^ ™« •>««» ■^dj othe., of ISr liu*'*'" ^^ »" ">Hcl> applauded. Ti»r.; v^^^' '«" alfo ddJred Z leave he pte^t".^ frequently, >"« Wm detemined ?o^' ^^ '«•««•; fi„X'- !«-«thaSd tr^^r "•ltin«. at , 'hed, two «»en. KifeP'*'^ "»'»«• ^ r^ating fo«i4 to ^a \Srfl"^T»*- and put them about him -i?' '""""^ «»a'D, r"" .^kwawJ and,f(J.ward ^T',.'^""*"** m the fornjer dav C? !f° 'j "^e «««. aa- ^ ihort 126 A Voyigi to ihi Pacffie Ocitm» Jhort fpeech» and then the whole comptnyrofe tip, and placed themfehes before the' £bed in #hich the prince, and three or four men were ieated. One of the company who feemed very deffirous of obliging Captain Cook, procured him fuch a iituation, that if he could have made ufe of his eyes, nothing could have efcap- cd him. But it was neceifary to have a demure countenance and downcail looks. The proceffion foon after arrived, as on the .preceding day i a pole, with a cocoa-nut-leaf ' plaited round the middle of it, being carried on •the ihoulders of every two peifons. Thefewere depofited with the fame ceremonies as on the day before. After thb fucceeded another pro- cemon, compofed of men, who brought halkets, made of palm-leaves, fuch as are generally ufbd by this people to carry provifions in. A third proceffion rollowed, in which a Variety of fmalt fiih, each pbced at the end of a forked ftick, ijrere brought. An old man,< who fat on the prince's ri^t hand, without the fhed, received the baikets ; each of which he kept in his hand, making a ihort fpeech or prayer \ then laying that slide, he called for another, repeating the fame kind of prayer ; he proceeded in this man- ner tilll^e had gone through the whole number of baikets. Two men, who, till this time, had in their hands green branch^, and were feated on the left, received the jBfhone by xme,>as they were prefonted to them on the forked fticks. The firft fifli they laid down on their right, aiid the fecond on their Idt. The third bdng prefented, preH hind didi ever) hjQd, lion, hold Whai and Ic fioq a touch! (very throiig Vhad *him'; ] Thepc «fli, d mannei had bee of the] or pray %nal b paces, 1 prince, lookbel by this prince h and fron honour < roafted y that purj: Soon ! kind off »tm A Voyigt to thi Pacific Wcean, tVJ ayrofc hedln nwcrc Bdvcry •ocureu 1 have etfc«p- demure on the nut-leaf irricd on lefcwcrc I on tfa6 iherpro- t halkets. •ally ufto A third offmall :ed ftick» it on the received his hand, :n laying iting the [his man- , number :ime, had _ feated e, as they led iticks. idr righti ird being ^refented, preTentec], a (louti(h man, who was feated he- hind the other two, endeavoured to fcize it, at did alfo the other two tit the fame time* llius every fiih was contended for \ but th^ man be- hind, on account of hit difadvantagcoos (itu»- tiony got only pieces % for he never quitted hit hold till the fifh was torn out of his hand. What the others got, were laid on the rrffht and left. At laft the perfon behind got poflei^ fioQ of a whole Aih,iUie other two ^ not epren touching it. ■ Upon this, ihe word nMrmu, (very good), was pronounced in a Ipw^ voice thromghout the wlip)e crowd. It appeared, that Ke had tmw doiie tUi that* was expected from *him i £mr hie did notiOMGici^d for the other hUw The perfont wlio broqghli in thefe batkets and iilh, delivered them fitting ( and, in tl^e (ame manner, the poles carried ip the firfl: proceffiout had been placed upon the ground. At the doic of the hSk. proceflion, there was fqme fpeaking or prtying by different peribns. .^Then, oa a fignal being eiven, we all rofe up, ran feyeral paces, and fat down, with our backsfto the prince. The Commodore was requeited not to look behind him \ but he was not difcouraged, by this injun^on, from ^cing about. The prince had now turnejd his face to the marm^ and from ths^t moment he was ^admitted to the^ honour of eating with his father ^ and a piece of roafted yam was prefented to each of them for that purpofe. Soon after, wcall turned about, forming a . kind of femictrcie before the prince, and leaving Aa 2 JL ""2^ ^ ^;^having thrown down the peleft from ,thetr ihouiders. The others attacked tbe ipoles,* ..imd Hawing beat them irfoil unmorc^tilly;" rt- Humed to their places, ^heformdr as tlrtiy litifi cdf, gave tl^ challenge ixibd 'here in'^reftiing^^ jmAy m a^ort tiniej icune luAy fdbM^s (^nic £rom thei fame quartet, fepeatin^the challenge as they approached. Thefe were tcfiild(d by tt .cempany, who arrived at tbstt inf^ant from the oppoiite ide. Both parties, however, rcturn- v(Bd to their *pwn f)uart€r, toft'^ hawing paraded About the area for- fome minutes, j^fterward^ for the fpace of half an hour, wrefVling an^ 4)oxing-matche$ fucceeded. Speeches were then delivered by two men, who Seated thdmiclyes before the, prince, with which the 'folemnity ended, and the whole aflembly bi?oke up. K In vain did we endeavour to find out the pur- port of the folemnity, called Naiehe, AIL the anfwer we received to our enquiries, wiis^iaboo; ijvhich^ as has been ah'eady obferved, is. applied to many things. There was a myfterious foleth- nity in the whole tranfa6lion j atKl from the isaanner of pecfprming it, as well as the jplaee . -- where whdrc there i on. \ drefs a; that ov th jt w< crofi-Ic thcr. the chi( TBdintJ thccefe cvidentl f«ive4 an4 that, if pmftteC the Xfeity woiildddh-oy their king. ' i ! m day ^s for%M hf^fetl^eaklilf^ a3# A. Thyage to the Pacific Oceatt, of the aflemblf } and as we were at fome diftance from the ihipsy we were impatic;nt to fet out from Mooa. Taking leave of Poulaho, he prefled ns eameftly to ftay till the next day, in order to be prefent at a funeral ceremony. The wife of Mareewagee, his mother-in-4aw, had lately died % and, on account of the natche, her corps had been carried on board a canoe in the lagoon, Poulaho told Captain Cooky that when he had paid tjhe Uft offices tq her, |ie would attend him to £ooa i but if he did not chuie to yr^t, that he would follow him thither. He woul(!f ^adly have feen tliis ceremony,, had not the tide been now favourable. , The wind too, which had been very boii^erous, was now moderate and fettled. Beddes, we were inform^ ed, the funeral ceremonies would continue fiv^ days, which, as the ihips lay in fuch a utuation^ that we could not get to fea at pleafure* was too long a iime to ftay. Thfc tiilaptain, however,, aflured the king, that if he did not imrpediately fail,, he would viiit him again the next dayu Whereupon we all took leave of him, and ar- rived at our fhips about ei|^t o'clock in the e- vening. While the Comino^ore. wa^ attending ,tibe, maichi^ at Mooa, he drdeited^ the hoWes, bull* «id other cattle, to be brought tUther, tKink* ing they \vould be fafer there, than at a j^ace; that would be, in a ^eat meagre defertec^ the moment after our departure. .Befid^s, -yKhaA left with our friends here»ayoung£ngli^boar^ •nd tb»«e jonpgEag^ fewa» J^X wcrprca- ccedmgly ing tha breed, two ral which failed, to thefe boo is a extremcl Wcw« o'clock ii turned, tl jfleacall© atJirft, i that from uoQS ilroi thefe difa exceeds t there can *^ks, in ^here a fl pools. X '^e^g^hc wheiiiijrB ^ ward? of I wl. He 3 ceremony, Qusa/fi^t %twiotic »**t ei^r j ih \ ,'>f^ ^•Ai^-tK.tttOiiibtJLm : ancc t out , Kc y, in Tkc M itcbe, loe in > that er, t>e id not r, lither. y^had 5 wind as now nform^ tuation^ was too owevefi. mediately 5xt day* and ar- thec- I a ,#acc. »d« tn6 baa bft^boar^ ^ Kf)M!^# /l) tin Paeyie Odmi. 2^$ ceedingly deiirous of them, naturally fuppof- ing that they would greatly improve their own breed, which is but fmaU. Feenoii alfo got two rabbits from us, a buck and a doe, ijcom which young ones vfere produced, he^c we failed* If th^. tattle fucceed, the acquifition to thefe iflands will be great j apd as Tongata- boo is a fine level country, the horfes wiU be extremely ufeful. We w^^ed anchor on thQioth, about eight o'clock i^the mornicig, and,, with a (teady galet, turnedtqixMmhtb^ channel, b^ the imaU ifles called Makahaa and. Monooafai. The flood, at £rft, fet ftrof •; in our favour, ttU leading up to the lago9nt where the eaft-ward flood meets that from the weft. This,, with the indraught of the.db^o0ir, andpftheihoals before it, pcca*- iu>ns ilrong icings and whirlpools. Befldes thefe difadCantages, the depth o^ the channel exceeds the length of ^ cable; consequently therie can W no anchorage, except clofe to the rocks, in iorty and fprty-flve fathoms wat^^ where a ihip wopld; ,be, exp<^ed to the w}iir(« pools. The Captain, tjherefore, aba^doned the deiigtihe had formed of coming tq an anchor, wheipi ¥pe ^^^^thrQugh the narrows, and a^r ward? <^ fi?aki^g V e^wfion to ffe t|^ Jiiii^f jeai* ,J)fc leather ch^^'.be abfetit froi» tha|^. cerepoony, than to leave the.^ps ip^ib dangf^^^- Qiis aifi^tion. WepUed to^wii^d-w^^ J3e|wc«|i, N^ t^ tide% tiU it was npaf h|ph wa^r,, wjtl^, Mt ei^r gainyog^pr ipfing an mch, wj^t^ Wf vi (,.■(»»... « * ' tide. ^5* A^Voyage to the Pacific Oc^fi: -^^iinrherc wccxpcftcd the ebb to run -ftfong to the eafl:*ward in o\xt favour.^ It proved, h&w- ««crj vtrj' inconfidcrablc. Gonyihced that we 'eoxM not' get to fea hefbre it -was dark, we an- diored'imder the ihore^of Tongatabbo, m fer- tf -kfive fathoms water. The IJiJcoveiy dropped •anchor under our- ftem;vbut drove off the bank liefore the anchor took hoild, and did not reco- v^ it till about midnight. .^After remaiixing hi^is ftation^tUl eteven o'- tat(:t ; pe- ll^ nearly tfte &me phce where the ^^^aptain took his -ft^oa in 1773', "^^f^ fie jiatned' it J^ii^miid.' ' -■ '^='-- ■: - •- ' A* fo»oii aft trc had 'iuic^itored; l^c^ft the thief,- an^ 'foetal of tti^'iiatlves; vifited us on hoa^tf, and fbemedrejdeed at tmr ai^vah This 'i^tiofa had been Captain ^^iMik's T^ji^ when he was/here in 1773, land therefdre they werfe not ^Inmgers to ekh cither. The Captain are€Chn- ^0^ Htm Off 6tore in^^i^di qf^^0i(' #ater, ^^ proct^itir of irWch was *h«j ^chii^ tiiiqfeft Mi^ l^tii^tit htm to ISoba^ Hi^ Miteard^lit TcMaftaboo ()^ (ktam heireiyiHiith j^n from Jh< telk'intothto^ "%hto8l'wi ■^ateciri they hid I thcprcfen fcnt^^fcc j*^bf ihe< had a -very iately feen, fcape. Iti! we had le which appe aUy toward fi^m this c drover an themj but ] prefents an trees, ai be A Voyage to the Bacifie Ocean, 233 ftfong i,h©w- aat we we an- infor- irippcd xebank DtTCCO- evett o*- pjicd w^ w« wca- trctehcd 'inhabi- did not approve of this, we were ihown'a Httle way into the ifland ; where, in a deep chafm, we found ibme excellent water ; which, though attended with fome trouble, might be conveyed to; the ihore, by means :o£i ipauts or troughs^t ht might be provided for that purpofezlMk rathor than onder^ke that tedious tafk, the Captain contented hinifftlf with theitipply theihips had received at.Tongataboo, : ^ rBefoce. hcTetumed on board, he began a t^£- !&c'§afc hogsand^ms.. Of the:farmer, we'<^oukl .not'procnre many $ but, x)lthe4atter, plenty. At dns '^aad we landed the ram and vtwo ewes* ^f tbeCape. of C^lod Hope^breed, and cammitted ithom^tovthe xare^of Taoofa, who .feemed '4^ •ligiited^nrith his' charge, it was, perhai^ a'fciCL tunate circumftance thatlMareewagee, tO; whom they hid bsen grven, as before velated, flighted the preient: as £ooa had no dog& upon kat pro- fent^ it feemed to be a fitter. place fcrtlio'reai^ ing bf iheep than -I ongataboo. While we were lying at andior, this ifland had a Areryidifierent afpei£t from any that werhad lately feen, and formed a moil pleaiing land- fcape. < It is the higheil of any we had feen ilac^ we had left Nevv-Ze.:land, and from itsctiE»|l^' which appears to be almoin flat, decliaef|^i?iidtt- ally towards the fea. The other iil^s,^^«xhich from tills cUiAer, being level, tlve eye c^ndt dBfcover any thing except the trees that cover them ; but here the land rifing gently upwards, prcfents an exteniive profpe^t, where groves of trees, m beautiful diforder, are InterfpeHed at /^^i^ irregular ^^ -^ l^ojwX* ^^ ^^ Pacific Ocean, •irregular diftances. Near the fliore^ it is quite (haded with a variety of treeS) among which are erected the habitatbns of the natives \ and to the right of where we were ilationed, was on6 p£ t}|e moil exteniive groves of cocoa*pahns that we had ever feen. I|i the sift^noon of the ^ijth^ a party of us .afcending the higheft part o£the ifland» a little to the right of our Ihips, to have a perfect' view of the country. Having . advanced about half way up» we crofied a deep valley, the bottoij^ jiod iides of which were clQathed with trees. Wc found plenty of coral till we approached the ifmnmits of thfe.higheft hills ;lhtf foil near the tdp isy; imgeneral, a reddifli' day y which^ in many, i^lacesa is very deep. On- the. mod ele- vated pgrt of the iflahd we faw a round, platform fupported by a wall of coral {k>nes.. Our con*- dii^ort informed us,, that this^mounti Lad been railed 1^ the direction of theiiv chief;, and that they met thercy. occaiionally^. to drink kava. They caUe4 it jS/<^tf ;, by which name an erec- tioiK was- diftinguiihed which we had (een at Tongataboo. At. a fmall dtilance from it was a. i|>ring of moil, excellent water;, and, about a ,licit|e iow«r down,, a ft: earn, which, we were tpldy :i»n into the fea when tlie rains were co- pious* Wa alfo difcovered water in fcveral r^atl holes ;, and fupppfed that plenty might l^ found, by digging. , From this elevation we had a cdmptete vic\» , <^ the whole i^anU, except a 0i»ll partvto the folith. The fouth-eaft fide, from which the hills hills we with crca fea ; Xo tl the north< tufts of tn a moft dc view. W enchanting idea, that the fame ei ed with cat and thatth lent purpoi tions, woul had not bee b^des the Mes, a fpeci tree. All^ or n were told, ^o : thp inl fals, tothcn cafe at all th mooka, whe with fdme ki was much eft( was tempted chScfofthiSi them 5 and h cd the offer, contrary by C he thought h native ifle* A Voyage Uihe J^acific Ocean, 235 quite ;hare id to IS on6 isthat of BS lUttte t' view lit half K)ttoi!l|i trees. 3cdthe car thJc idii- lA ioft cte- latform ur con- id beeti nd that kavcu in crec- fi^n at it was a libout a were Irerc co- I fcvcral might Ite viCVF utb the Ic^ the hilU hills we were how ujMm arc not far dtftant^' riics with ereatihcqcialities, immedtately from the Tea ; To that the plains and meadows lie all on the north-weft fide ; which being adorned with tufts of treeS} iritermixcid with plantations, form a moil delightful landfcape in every point of view. While Captain Cook was furveying this enchanting ptofpe^V, he enjoyed the pleafing idea, that fome fhture navigators might, from the fame eminence, behold thefe meadows ftock- edwith cattle, brought by the (hips of England ^ and that the completion of this fingle benevo- lent purpoie, excluiive of all other confidera- tions, would fufficiently prove that our voyages had not beeti ufeldfs. We found, on this height, bi£des the piUnts common on the neighbouring ifles, a ipecies of arr^iVj/i», m#/A^oiffa, and fem- trce. AU^ or moft of the land on' this ifland, we . were told, belonged to the chiefr of Tongata- boo : th; inhabitants being only tenants, or vai^ fals, to them. This feemed, indeed, to be the cafe at all the neighbouring ifles, except Anna- mooka, where fome of the chiefs feemed to a£t vrith fome kind of independence. Omai, who was much eileemed by Feenou and many others, was tempted with the offer of heing appointed a chief of this ifland, if he would continue amo|ig ' them s and he feemed inclinable to have accept* ed the offer, had he not been advifed" to the ^ contrary by Captain Cook, though not becaufe he thought he wouM do better for himfelf in his native ific* Returning iQ^ A Ftytgeto tie Badjk Oceattk^^ RiCturniiig from our country excurfion, we l^card that a party of the nativesp in the 9uar- t^ where our people traded, had ibruck o^e of t|ntr own people with a club, ii^hich fra^kured hi^iltuli, and afterwardstbtpke his thigh with the iafne^nftniment. No iiigns of life werere- maifliiigs when he ,was carried to a neighbouring houfpr. but In a Otort time, he^coyered a little, 01) pur deiiring to know the reafpn ol fuch ie- vei^tyi; we were informed, that he had been diA^evcred in an indelicate iituation with a wo4 man who was taMd, We foon under Aood, hoff^W^jthat Ihc was nootherwife taha'dthva, by belonging \o anothf^* perTon, who was iupe* rior in rank to her gallanty We djicovered fi-pm this circumft^nce,. how th^e peqple ptuniih fuc^ infidelities. BjLit the female (inner, as we/were informed, has a much milder punifhment for. her«nifd<^9aeanovrt and only,ineceives aremon- Ib^nce atida very flight beating, .C^ptgin Cook, the next morning,, planted a pine^apl^) and fowed the {tcd& of melons, and other, articles, in the chiePs plantation. He had r^om indeed, tp fuppofe, that his endeavours of this kind would not be firuitlefsi for a diih of turnips was, this day, ferifed up at his din- ni^i,- which was the produce of the feeds he had h^erein 1773. ^^1^ Captain having fixed upon the 1 5 th for falj^gi Taoofa prefied him to ftay alitt^ long- ei^lh oifder to receive a prefent which he had t>ieps^«d for him. His intreaties, together with the daily expectation of receiving a vi^; jrom fome s'. fome of to defer ccivcd fi of two li fruit, wh ther iilcs. .ofthcinl and, as w numerous iflandcrs, their pilfe jng. were '"n the latt< ^e diverf: ed with th dent happe at waft, pr( Qncof ou or Airty of him down, cteaths. H. ed two cane on the chie be reftored, livered up tc ccmed at wj ceflay ftqjs ^ere aflemb thatmoft of when they nft^nt to tak M^wlt, tht^, ^as fpon dteli Vt>t. I. f wc juar- [ico£ cured with PC re- aring little, chie- becn a wo^ •ftood, fithan I lupc* dfrpm [hfocj^ re. were :nt for. rcroon- inted a ' IS, and had ivours a diih Msdin- Ihe had :th ibr long- ic had with from fomc A Voyage to the Pacific Oaan, Jjf Anne of his finends at Tongataboo, Induced hiit to defer his departure. Ine next day he re- ceived from the chief the prefent ; conlifHiig^ of two little heaps of yams, and a quantity •£ fruit, which Teemed to be colle^d as at the c^ ther ifles. On this occafion the greatefl part of the inhabitants of the iiland had aflembled ; and, as we had many times experienced on fuch numerous meetings among their neighbouring ^ iilanders, it gave no fmall trouble to prevent their pilfering. Cudgelling, wreftling, and box- ifig, were exhibited For our ditertainment ( and in the latter, combatants of both fexes engaged/ The diverfions wert intended to have been nnifli- ed with the bomai^ or night-dance ; but an acci- dent happened that either put a totalilop to it, or' at kaft, prevented our Haying on Ihbre to fee it. One of our people was furroundcd by twenty or d^rty of the natives, fome of whom knoclced him down, fVripped him, and carried off all his cloaths. Hearing of this, the Commodore feiz- ed two canoes, and. a large hog ; zxm iniifted on the chiefs not onl^ caiiiing the apparel to be reftored, but alfo on the ofienders' being de- livered up to him. Taoofa feemed greatly con- cerned at what had happened, and took thene- ceflary fteps to fatisfy him.^ The people who were aflembled were fo alarmed at this affair, that" mod of them immediately fled; However, when they were informed that the Captain meant to take no other meafures to revenge the inihlt, they returned. One of the delinquents was fpon delivered up to hrni, and a fhirt and ^ Vea. L Bb pair ^jt A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, jok of trowfert reftored. The remainder of the ftolen goods not coming in before the even- Ing, the Commodore was obliged to leave them, in order to go aboard j the Tea running To high, that i( was extremely difficult for the boats to get out of the creek even with day-light, and would be attended with much more danger in the dark. He came afhore again the next morn- ing, bringing with him a prefent for Taoofa, in return for what he had received from him. Be- ing early, there were but few people^t the 1and<* ing place, and even thofe few not without their fears and apprehenfions ; but on- the Capt in^s deiiring Omai to aflure them, that we did not mean tp injure them ; and having reftored the quioes, and releafed the ofiender, who had been delivered up to him, they refumed their ufual chearfulnefs, and a large circle was prefently formed, in which the chief and the principal men of the ifland took their refpe6:ive places. The remainder of the cloaths were at length brought In, but, having been torn off the man's back by pieces, they were not thought worth carrying on board, Taoofa ihared the prefent he had received with three or four other chiefs, reierving only a. fmall part for himfelf. This don^ion fo far exceeded their expe£tation, that a venerable old chief told the Captain, they v/ere not deferving of it,'coniidering how little he had received from them, and the ill treatment one of his people had met with. Captain Co6k con- tinued with them, till they had emptied their ho^l of kava; and then, after paying for the hog, w] ttumed ( one of] piece of fteem f( prefent j We f breeze a Taoofa, ibund, ble had I iides thii niihing (i Prefently the creek ihips. A du&cdhj ving but confident informed, which we tions to^l hogs i anc would be days. The I'tturn to i I'eaibii to ( but, bein{ Sufficient i ^ly,ajswe vifions to Is fides Taoof % of yam A'Fcyagi to iht Paafic Ocean, 33^ hog, which he had taken the day before, re- turned on board, in company with Taoofa, and one of Poulaho's fervants, by whom he lent a piece of bar iron, as a parting mark of his e- fteem for that chief, that being as valuable a prefent as any he could jpoflibly make. . We weighed Toon after, and with a light breeze at fouth-eaft, ftood out to Tea, when Taoofa, and fome other natives, left us. We found, on heavine up the anchor, that the ca- ble had been much injured by the rocks. Be- fides this, we experienced, that a moft ailo- nilhing fwell rolls in there from the fouth-wefl. -Frefently we obferved a failing canoe eoterbig- ^e creek before which we had anchored our ihips. A few hours* after, a fmall canoe, con^ ducted by four men, came off to us: fbr^ ha- ving but very little wind, we were (till at no confiderable diftance from the land. We were informed, by thefe men, that the (ailing canoe, which wehaid feen arrive, had brought dirte- tions to^the people of Eoco, to fumiih us with hogs \ and that the king, and the other chiefr, would be with us in the (pace of two or three days.. They requeued, therefore, that we would return to our former ftation. . There was no reafon to doubt the truth of this information ; but, being- now clear of the land, it was not a iufficient inducement to bring us back } efpeci- ally, as we had, already, a fufficient frock of pro- vifions to laft us in our paflage to Otaheite. Be- fidesTaoofa's prefent, we received a large quan- tity of yams at Eooa, in exchange for nails C5V. » B b 2 and 2^9 A Vtyagt to ihi Patific (keofi* 9ii€i added confiderably to our fuppty of hogi. Finding that we would not return, tfaetfe people left ut in the evening, as did ibme others^ who had come off in two canoes, with coeooHAUtt and (haddo^s, to barter for what they could get ; their eagernefs to poflefs more of our com- modities, inducing them to follow us out to fea, and to continue their intercourfe with ua even to the laft moment. We have now taken leav« of the Friendly Ifland3» and their inhabitants, after i cordial intercourie with the Utter }br between two^and \ three montlis. Some differences^ indeed, occa* iionally happened^ on account c^ their ostural propeniity to thieving, though too ireqiiently encouraged by the negligence and inattention ii oMur people. Theie umrences, however, were never attended with any fatal confeouencesi and few» belonging to our ihips» partea from their friends without fome regntt. < The tisie employed among the natives of the Friendly Iflands,' fays Captain Cook, * was not thrown away. We expended very little of our ftra provifions ; fubfifting,. in general, upon the produce of the iiUnds, while we f^aid {.and carrying away with us a quantity of refireihments fufficient to laft till our arrival at another (hition where we could depend upon a fircfh fupply. I was not fbrry, beiides, to have had an oppor- tunity of bettering the condition of thefe good people, by leaving feveral very ufefid -apimals among them } and, at the fame time, thole de- iigned for Otaheite, received frefh ftrength in the tfaepaf thercfo ingher tKMial i ceived, fiKudon feaib« i has beei therefb Iron t Axes, h smdfilesj Mid coloi alio ing which an ciallythe . be porch itihottld^ merely bi onetime, firftarrivi willing to when Fee brought t with the 1 In retui rated, aH i duce may bythe Fri< grown to I their pprk, ferior in qi Good\^ « A VvjQp io tht Pacific Octan, 24^ ^ paihires ofTongauboo. Upon the whole, therefore, the adTantagei we received, by touch- ing here, were very great \ and I had the addi- \\SmX iatisfa£tUm to reflet, that tkify were re- ceived, without retarding one moment, the pro- fiKUtion of the great objeft of our voyage) the feaib« for proccedins to the North, being, as has been afready obierved, loft, before I took the refblution of bearing away for thefe iflands.* Iron tools are the beft articles for traffic here. Axes, hatchets, nails of all ikcs, knives, rafps, and files, are much demanded. Redcloth, whke and coloured linen, looking-glaiTes and beads, are alio in great eftimation \ but of the latter, thofe which are blue are preferred to all others, efpe- cially the white ones. A hog might, at any timei be purchaled, by a ftring of large bhie beads : it ihouldy neverthclefs, be obferved, that artkles, merely ornamental, may be highly eiteemed at one time, and difregarded at anothor. On ouc firft arrival at Annamooka, the people were un# willing to take them in exchange for fruit ( but, when Feenou arrived, his approbation of them brought them into vogue, and ftamped them wdth the value above-mentioned. In return for the commodities juft enume^ rated, aH the refreflmients that the iflands pro- dace may be procured. The yams, produced by the FriencBf liknds, are excii'*mt, and when grown to perfc^ion, preierve well at fea : but their pprk, plantahis, and brestd-frott, are in ferior in quality to the fame articles at Otaheite. Good \mer is fcarce in thefe iflands. It may Bb3 be 242 A Voydge to thi Pacific Ocean, be found, indeed, in all of them, but hot to ferve the purpofes of navigators ; for either the fituations are too inconyenient, or the quantities too incohfiderable. Whili^ we lay at anchor un- der Kotoo, we were informed, that there was a ftr^am of water at Kao, which ran from the mountains into the Tea, on the fouth^weiV iide of the Ifland. This intelligence may probably deferve the attention ©f future navigators. We muil include, under the denomination of Friendly Iflands, not only the group at Hapaee> \ but alfo thofe which have been difeoveredtothe' ncMTth, nearly under the fame meridian, as well as iome others under the dominion of Tonga-^ taboo, which is the capital, and feat of govern- ^mient. From the beft information we could receive, , this archipelago is very exteniive. One of the natives enumerated one hundred and fifty iflands and Mr Anderfon- procured all their names. Six« ty^ne of them are marked upon our chart o£ the Friendly Iflands, and upon theiketchofthe harbour of Tongataboo. Keppel's and Bofca- wen's Iflands, two of Captain Wallis's difcove** ries in 1765, are doubtlefs comprehended in Mr Anderfon's lift. v But the moft conflderabk of all uxe iflands that^we heard of in this neighbourhood, aro Hamoa, Vavaoo, and F*^ejee ^ each of which is larger than Tongatabod ; but it does not i^>peap that any European has ever yet feen any one of them* Hamoa lies two days fail north-wefl from Va- I ¥aoo. 1 yaoo. iflands; produce freflime ed. Pou and the Tongata ' Feejec weft, at It abour fruits an others, but not iflands oi gataboo I and the i much afJ body for^ hands, to ority to tl matter of dered thei in the ufe their fava^ mies as th It has firft jee people Qf i^ty ? hit;uits Qf" theft-iepdf] jee througt A Voyage to the Pacific Octati. 243 lands (> aro yaoo. It is faid to be the largeft of all their iilands % afford, harbours and good water, and produces, in abundance, all the articles of re- ireihment that are found at the places we vifit- ed. Foulaho frequently refides upon this ifland; and the peo[de here are in high eftimation H. Tongataboo. ' Feejec lies in the dire£lion of north-weft by weft, about three days fail from Tongataboo. It abounds with hogs^-dogs, fowls, and fuch fruits and roots as are to be found in any of the Others,' and is much larger than Tongataboo; but not fubjedt to its dominion, as the other iilands of the archipelago are. Feejee and Ton- gataboo often engage in war againft each other and the inhabitants of the latter, are often fo much afraid of this enemy, that they bend the body forward, and cover the face with their hands, to exprefs the fenfe of their own inferi- ority to the Feejee men. This is, indeed, no matter of furprife, for thofe of Feejee have ren- dered themfelves formidable, by their dexterity in the ufe of bows and ftlngs ; but more To, by their favage pra£lice of eating fuch of their ene- mies as thev kill'in battle. " It has faAcn iniifted on, that extreme hunger firft oc^poned men to feed on human fleih % but fi^ii^ could be the inducement for the Fec- j(^ pTOpie to continue the practice in the midft of plenty ? It is held in deteftation by the inha- bittUits of Tongataboo, who feemed to cultivate the friendfhip of their favage neighbours of Fee- jee through fear ; though they occadonally, ven- . -^ ture 244 -^ ^^i!^ ^0 _^^^ Pacific Occam turs to fkirmifli with them on tlieir own territo- rff and cany off large quantities of red feathers as trophies. When a profound peace reigns be- tween the two iflands, they have frecpiently inter- cDurfe together ; tho' it is probable, they have not long been known to each other \ or, it might be iuppofed that Tongataboo, and its neighbour- ing iflands, would before this time, have been iiipplied with a breed of dogs, which are nume- rous at Feejee, and were not brought to Tonga- taboo, when Captain Cook firfl vldted itin 1 773.1 The eoiour of the natives of Feejee was, at itaft, a fkade darker than that of the inhabi- tants of the other Friendly Iflands*. "We Taw one of the natives of Feejee, who had his left . ear flit, and the lobe fo ftretched, that it al- moft extended to his (houlder ; which flngula- rity had been oblerved by Captain Cook at other inlands of th$ So\ith Sea, during his iecond voyage. The Feejee men were much reveren- ced here \ not only on account oH their power and cruelty in war, but alfo for their ingenuity ; for they greatly excel the inhabitants (^Tonga- taboo in workmanfhip. Specimens, were ftiewn us of their clubs and fpears- which were inge- niotlfly carved. We were alfb ffaewn fome of their beautifully chequered doth, variegated mats, earthen pots, and other ar nclesy all of which difpiayed a fuperiority inr the execution. Feejee, as has been already mentiontd^ is three days fail from Tongatai)oo } theft people having no other method of difcovering the dif- taace firom ifland to iflaiid^ but by mentioning . ' . the the tin . canoes. fome p their log* foi tie galej from th as in ge miles an ever, is for whei no more or ten 01 morning fccond, i day, they night, by can only i the winds at that tin th^ are t intended f The ftory diiven to that thofe ways loft. The bar taboo is fiif thcfe ifland its capacity we ran in caution eve wg that pai ji Vopge to the Pacific Ocean, 24^ Trito- atheVs ns be- ■ intcr- f have might hbour- t been numc- Fonga- was, at mhabi- Vc fawr his left it it al- tttgola- It other iecond levercn^ power :nuity5 'onga- ftiewn inge- nue of ;gate as in general blow in their feas, feven oir eighth miles an hour on an average. Each day, how-, ever, is not to be reckoned at twenty-four hour»(. for when they talk.of one day's fail, they mean, no more than firom the morning to the eveningly or ten or twelve* hours at the mofV. From thf^^ morning of the firi^ day till the evening of the fecond, is, with them, two da/a fail. In the day, they are guided by the fun i and, in thr night, by ftars. When thefe are'obfcured, they can only have recoux^ to the points from whence the winds and waves come upon the vedbl. Ifn at that time, the winds and waves ihould fhifty, they are quite bewildered, often miffing ^ir intended port, and being never heard of more. The ftory of Omai's countrymen^ who were di'iven to Wateeoa convinces us, however, that thofe who are not heard of, are not air- ways loft. The harbour and anchoring place of Tonga- taboo is (uperior to any wc have met with among thcfe Iflands, as well from its gteat fecurity, as its capacity, and goo3nefs of bottom. The rifle we ran in entering it from the north, -fhould caution every future commander from attempt- ing that paflage again, efpeciaily with a fliip of burdeif i 246 A Voyage to the Pacific Ojceatt. burden, fincc that by which we left it may be purftied with greater cafe and fafety. Though the harbour of Tongataboo, has the preference, its water is exceeded in goodnefs, by that at Annamooka, and yet this cannot be reckoned good. Tolerable water may, ncter- thelefs, be procured, by digging holes near the fide of the pond. Befides, Annatnooka being nearly in the centre of the group, is the bcft Btuated for procuring refrcflimehts from the others. There is a creek in the reef on the north fide of the ifland, wherein two or three fbips may^ lie fecurdy.- Thofe who aredefirous of having a more par- ticular defcription of the Friendly Iflands, muH: have recouHe to the chart, where evety thing is delineated as accurately as circumftanceswoidd permit. To the fame chart, recourfe may alfo be had lor tracing the feveral Aations of the ^ps, and their route. ■ "What may have been her6 omitted, concern^ ing the geography of thefe iflands, will be found in the hiftory of Captain Cook's lad voyage*; to which narrative the reader is referredf , for fbch particulars as he had then< ol^rved. At prefent, we fhall only relate fuch interefting circumi^ances, as either were omitted in that account, or were impeHe£Uy and incorre^Uy re- prefented'. After living among them between two and three months, it is reafonable to expeft^^ that we • Cook*8 Voyage, Vol. i. p. in, 113- flbijU wciho and to mannei as reli^ with us as well terprete taflc. 1 thing 'c tion, w( tent kno was cert; we were troubled when he ideas wei difiered i counts, in edus. Be mong the inclinatioi ed. And oiFendcd i deemed fi where we was likew the countr but few in; a^ with the fo that we the domefl That we cc brin^ away ■ ■ iV>Mfc -*«• WMfct atAiViqu^ A Foyagi to the Pacific Ocean, 247 we ihould be able to clear up every difficulty, and to give a tolerably good account of their manners, cuftoms, and inftitutions, civil as well as religious i particularly as we had a perfon with us, who, by underflanding their language as well as ours, might be enabled to z6k as an in- terpreter. But Omai was not qualified for that talk. Unlefs we had before us the obje<^ or thing -concerning which we wanted informa- tion, we found it difficult to obtain a compe- tent knowledge from his explanations. Omai was certainly more liable to make miilakes than we were; for, having no cu^ofity, h^ never troubled himfelf with makitq^ remarks; and when he attempted to explain matters to us, his ideas were apparently fo limited, and, probably, differed (6 much from ours, that his confufed ac- counts, indead of in{lrume difeafes. Vaft numbers of them are afiedked with the tetter or ringworm, which leaves whi- tifh ferpentine marks behind it. But they Have, another difeafe of a more mifchievpus conibn' Vol. I. Cc quence 1 lj;o A f^^ge io tht Padfic Ocean, -quence, which is alfo very frequent, and ap- pears on every partofthe body, in large broad ul- cers, difcharging a thin, clear pus, fome of which had a very virufent appearance, particularly o^ the face. Some, however, appeared to be cured of it, and others mending ^ but it was general- ly attended with the lofs of the nofe, or a con- iiderable part of it. It being certainly known, and even acknowledged by themfelves, that the natives were fubjeft to this difeafe before they were vifited by the Englifh, it cannot be the ef- fect of venereal contagion, nowithftanding the Similarity of the fymptoms ; unleft we adopt a fuppoittion, that tht venereal difbrder, was introduced here by our people, in 1773. I* cer- tainly was amongft thenii at this time ; for, fbou after we arrived there, fbme of our people re- ceived the infection \ and Captain Cook had the mortification to leahi from thence, that all the care he took in 1775, to prevent ihe communi- cation of this dreadful difeafe, had proved in- efie£hial. They do not feem, however, to re- gard it much ; and, as we did not fee many in- ftances of its deftroyine efie^, perhaps the climate, and the way of living of thefe people, may abate its virulence. Two other difeafes are common among them ; one of which is a firm fwdling, which affedh the legs and arms ; the other is a tumour in the teilicles, which fome- times exceed thefi2e of the two fif^s. In other refpc£b, they are remarkably healthy, hot a fingle perTon, havmg, during our flay/beencon- iihed to the houfe by any kind of ficknefs. Their fbrength A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 2J t ftrength and a<5livity are, in every rcfpc*5t, an- fwerableto their mufcular appearance j and they exert both, in Aich a manner, as to prove, that they are as yet little debilitated by the nume- rous difeafes that are the natural confequence of indolence. The graceful mien and firmnefs of (Icp with which they walk, are obvious proofs of their pcrfonal accomplifhments. They confiddr this as a thing fo neceilary to be acquired, that their laughter was excited when they faw us frequent- ly (tumbling upon the roots of trees^ or other inequalities, in walking. Their countenances very remarkably eSLprefs the abundant niildnefs, or good nature, which they poiTefs ; and are entirely free from thatfa- vage keennefs which marks nations in a barba- rous ilate. One would, indeed, be apt to fan- cy, that they had been bred up under the fevered reflridtions, to acquire an afpedt fo fettled, and inch 2L command of their pailions, as well as fleadinefs in conduct. But they arc, at the fame time, frank, chearful, and good-humour- ed i though fometimes, in the prepjnce of their chiefs, they put on a degree of gravity, and fuch a ferious air, as becomes (lifFand awkward, and has an appearance of refer ve. Their peaceable difpofition is fufficientLy evin- ced, from the friendly reception ail ftrangers have met with, who have vifited them. Inftead of offering to attack them openly, or clandef^ tinely, as has been the cafe with moft of the inhabitants of thefe feas, they have never ap- Cci peared. 252 A yoyage to ike Pacific Ocean, peared, in the fmalleil degree, hoftile \ but, on the contrary, like the moil civilized |)eopIe, have courted an intercourfe^with their vifitors,' by bartering, which is the dnly medium that unites all nations in a fort of friendship. Per- haps, no nation in the world traffic with more honefty and lefs diftrud. We could always fafely permit them to examine our goods, and to hand them about, one to another ; and they put the fame confidence in us. If either party repented of the bargain, the goods were re-ex- changed with mutual confent and good-humour. Upon the whole, they feem poileiled of many of the moil es^ccllent qualities that adorn the human mmd ; fuch as induftry, ingenuity, per- severance, afiubility, and, perhaps, other vir- tues which our Ihort flay with them might pre- vent our obierving. The only defeft fuUying their charaftcr, that we know of, is a propeniity to thieving ; to which, we found thoie of all ages, and both fexes, addi^ed ; and to an uncommon degree. It ihould however, be conildcred, th^ this exceptionable part of their condu£l feemed to cxill merely with refpe^t to us j for, in their general intercourfe with one another, I had reafon to be of opinion, that thefts do not happen more frequently (perhaps lefs fo) than in other countries, the diihoneft praftices of whofe worthlefs individuals are not iuppofed to authorife any indifcriminate cenfure on the whole body of the people. Great allowances ihould be made for the foibles of thefe poor natives A Voyage to tht Pacific Ocean, ^53' , on oplc, tors," that Per- more [ways , and they party •c-cx- mour. many rnthc r,per- ar vir- \tprc- •, that fg5 to both Icgrec. It this led to their |l had lo not than :es of Mto the inces poor latives natives of the Pacific ocean, whofe minds vru'e overpowered with the glare of obje^s, equally new to them, as they were captivating^ Stealing, amongft the civilized, and enlightened nations of the world, may well be conddered as denot- ing a chara^er deeply (lained with moral tur- pitude, with avarice unreilrained by the known rules of right, and with profligacy producing extreme indigence, and neglempofed of flat pieces jy have for 'erve them tf the fibres ugh not a- )ut the fizc mired, and ropes of a mlof thoie ftrongand even even as our beil cord. Their fmall hooks coii- ii(t entirely of pearUfliell *, but the large otiet are only covered with it on the back : and the points of both, are, in general, of tortoiie4hel(. With the large hooks they catch albicores, and bonnetos, by putting them to a bamboo-rod, a- bout twelve feet long, with a line of the fame length. They have alio numbers of fmall feines fom« of which are of the moft delicate texture. Their mufical reeds- or pipes, which refemble the fyrin% of the ancients, have eight or ten pieces placed parallel to each other, mofi; of which are of unequal lengths. Their fiutes are made of a joint o^ bamboo, about eigliteen inches long, and are cloied at both ends,.having a hole near each end, and four others } two ci which, and onfy one of the firft, are ufed by them in playing. Tliey clofe the left noftrU with the thumb of the left hand, and blow in- fo the hole at one end with the other noilril. The fore finger of the right hand is applied to the loweft hole on the right, and the middle finger of the left to the firft hole on that ^de. In this manner, with only three notes, they produce a pleafing, tho' fimple, mufic. Their najjfat or drum, has been already defi:ribed. . : Their warlike* weapons are clubs, curioufiy ornamented, (pears, and darts. They al^fo make bows and arrows \ but thefe are intended £[)ir a- mufement, fuch as fliooting at birds, and^not for the purpofes of war. Their ftools, or ra^ thcr {hIIows, are about two feet long, but only four or five inches in I^ight, and near four in Vol. I. D d breadth. '^Sfht A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Inreadthf inclining downwards tdwards the mid- dle \ with four ftrong legs and circular feet % the vhole compofed of brown or black \wood, neat- ly polHhed, and fometimes inlaid with ivory. They likewife inlay with ivory the handles of fly-fiiaps \ and, with a (hark's tooth, fhape bones into figures of men, birds, life. Their vegetable diet principally coniifts of .plantains, cocoa-nuts, bread-fruit, and yams. Their chief articles of animal food are hogs, fifli, ai\d fowls ; but the common people fre- quently eat rats. Their hogs^ fowls, and tur- tle, however, feem to be only occaHonal dain- ties, referved forperlbns of rank. Their food is, in general, drefled by baking, as at Otaheite ; and they make, from different forts of fruit, feveral difhes, which are very good. They fometiroes boil their fifh in the green, leaves of •the plantain-tree, which ferve as a bag to hold both fifh and water: having tied them up, they wrap them again in three or four other leaves, ^and place them upon flones heated for the pur- pofe : when they are fufficiently done, they not pnly eat the fifh, but drink the liquor or foup. They arc not very cleanly either in their cookery, or their manner of eating. Their u- Tiial drink at their meals is water or cocoa-nut milk, the kava being only their morning beve- rage. The food that is ferved up to the chiefs, is geoerally laid upon plantain-leaves. , The king, :"** his meals, was co^nmonly attended up- on by three or four of -the natives, oae of whom cut large pieces of the fifh, or of the joint, a- nother A Voyage to the Pacific Otean 263 nother afterwards divided it into mouthfiils, and the red ftood by with cocoa-nutSy and whatever elfe he might happen to want. We never ch^ ferved a large company (it down to a fociabl^ meal, by eating ^m the fame difh. The wo- men are nor excluded from taking their meals with the men ; but ther^ are certriin ranks that are not allowed either to eat or drink together. This difHnftion begins with his majtfty, .but we know not where it ends. They rife at day-break, and retire to reft a% ibon as it becomes dark. They, for the mo (I part, flecp alfo in the day time, when the wea- ther is very hot. They are fond of aflociating together ; in confequence of which, it is noti uncommon to find feveral houfes empty, and the pofTeflbrs of them ailembled in feme other houfe, or upon fome convenient fpot in the neighbourhood, where they relax themfelvcs by conv fation and other amufements. Their private diverfions chiefly conilft of dancing, linging, and mufic. When two or three wo- men fnap their fingers, and fing in concert, it ^ is called oooai ; but when there are more, they form ieveral parties, each of which fings in a different key, which conftitutes an agreenble melody, and is termed Aeeva or haiva. The fongs arc generally accompanied with the mufic of their flutes. The dances both of the nien and women, are performed with an eafe and grace which are difficult to be defcribed. We could not determine with precifion, whc* ther their marriages were rendered durable by D d 2 any I 164 A Voyagt to ike Pacific Ocean, 1 ■ * •ny kixKd of folemn contrail : it is certain, how- ever that the major part of the people content- ed themfclves with one wife. The chie.£s^ in- deed, commonly have feveral women, though there was only one who (as we thought) was coniidered in the light of miftrefs of the fami- ly. Though female chai^ity ieemed to be held in little eltimation, not u ^ngle breach of con« jugal fidelity happendy to our knowledge, du- ring our whole continuanc* at thefe iflands; nor were the unmarried womei.' of rank more lfl>e- fal of their favours. But tb re were great num- bers of a very different chaj nTtcr. The concern (hewn bv tht l* iilandcrs for the /dead is a ftrong proof ox theix humanity. Be- fides the tooge, which we have mentioned before* and burnt circles and fcurs, they flrike a ihark's tooth into their heads till the blood flows con- Aderably, beat their teeth with ftonesy and thruft fpears not only through their cheeks in- 10 their mouths, but alfo into the inner part of their thighs, and into their (ides. The more pain^l operations, however, are only pra^tifed when they mourn the death of thofe who were nioft nearly conne^led with them. When one of them dies, h^ is wra'pped up in mats and cloth, and then interred. 'Thtjiatookas ieem to be appropriated to the chiefs and other perfons of diftinftion, as their imrial places ; but the. inferior people have no particular ipot fet ^part for their interment, It is uncertaih what part «£< the mourning ceremony follows immei^a^Iy »ften«ardss bat there is fomething befides the general A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, . 26^ general one which is continued for a confidera- ble time, the funeral of Mareewagec's wife be- ing attended with ceremonies of five days dura- tion. They feem to consider death as a great evil, to avert which they praftife a very lingular cuftom. When Captain Cook, during his fe- cond voyage, firft viiited thefe iflands, he ob- ferved that many of the natives had one or both of their little £ngers cut off; of the reafon of which mutilation he could not then obtain a fa- tisfadbory account. But he was now informed, that they perform this operation when they are aiHi£ted with fome dangerous diforder, which they imagine may bring them to the grave. They iuppofe, that the little finger will be ac- cepted of by the Deity, as a kind of propitia- tory iacrifice fufficiently efficacious to procure their recovery. In cutting it off, they make uie of a flone hatchet. There was fcarcely one perfbn in ten who was not thus mutilated ; and they fometimes cut fo clofe, as to encroach upon that bone of the hand which joins the ampB- tated finger. It is alfo common for the lower clafs of people to cut off a joint of their littic finger, on account of the ficknefs of the chiefe to whom they refpedtively belong. When the rigid ftriftnefs with which diey per- form their mourning and religious ceremonies is confidered, it might be expefled, that they isa^ deavoured thereby to fecure to thcmfelves eter- nal: h^pineis ; but their principal obje^ regards thki^a merely temporal; for they have a^pa- nsmtly little conception of future punifhm6ht D d 3 _ for ^d-1 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean* for iins committed in the prefent life. They believe, however, that they meet with juft pu- nifhment upon earth; and, therefore, put e- very method in practice to render their divini- ties propitious. They admit a plurality of dei- ties, all of them inferior to Kallafootonga^ who they fay is a female, and the fupreme author of mod things, reiiding in the heavens, and di- recting the wind, rain, thunder, ^c. They are of opinion, that when (he is much difplea- fed with them, the produ£Uons of the earth are blafted, many things confumed by lightning,, and themfelves affli^ed with ficknefs and death ;. but that when Iier anger abates, every thing is immediately reitored to its former (late. Among their fubordinate deities, they mention Futta^^ fiuhei or Footafooa^ who has jie adminiftrationt of the fea, and its .productions i Toofooa-booiootoo^ god of, the clouds and fog; TalieteboOf Mattaba^ Tareefiva, and others. The fame fyftem of re- ligion does not extend all over the Friendly^ I0ands ; the fupreme deity of Hapaee, for in-. Aapce, being called yf/o Mo. They entertain* very abfurd opinions relative to the power and* various attributes of thefe beings, who, they fuppofe, have no farther cpncern with them afU ter -death. . They have, however^ jufter fenti- ments refpe^ng the immortality and immaierin ality of the foul ; which they call- life, the living, principle, or an Otooa, that is, a divinity. They« imagine* th^t immediately after death, the toulsL of their chiefs sire feparated from their bodiesy and go to a delightful region called Boolootoai, the god' , They juft pu- r divini- y of dci- igOf who luthor of J and di- :. They 1 difplea- earth are lightning* id death *, y thing is :. Among 311 Futia-' iniftrationf ya'boolootoo^ Mattaba^ lem of re- Friendly. €, for in-, entertain* jower and* ffho, they 1 them af-i ifter fenti- immaicri-i thelivingr ty. They, t,. the foul» leir bodies^ god • A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 26y god of which is named Gooleho. By this Geoleha they probably perfonify death. His country, ac- cording to their mythology, is the general rcpo- iitory of the dead \ and thofe who are once con- veyed thither, are no more fubje^t to death, but feaft on all the favourite produ^Uons of theic na- tive foil, with which this blifsftil abode, is pknti* fully furniihcd. A< for the fouls of people of an inferior clafs, tlley are fuppofed by them to fuf- fer a kind of tranfmigration ; or are eaten up (they fay) by a bird called loata^ which walks upon the graves with that intent.. They do not worfhip any viiible part of the creation, or any thing made by their own hands. They make no offerings of dogs,, hogs, and fruit, (as is the cuftom at Otaheite), unlefs em- blematically. But there feems to be no reafon to doubt of their offering up human facrifices. Their fiateoiai^, or morais, are in general, bury- ing grounds and places of wor(liip : fome of them, however, appeared to be appropriated on- ly to the former purpofe y but thefe were fmall^ and greatly inferior to the reft. We are very little acquainted with their form, of government. A fubordination, refembling the feudal fyftem of our anceftors in Europe, k eftabliihed among them ; but of its fubdivi- iions, and the conftituent parts, we are igno-r rant. Though. fome of them informed us that tht'king's power is unbounded, and that he has the-abfolute difpofal of the lives and properties of lu9 fubje£ls : yet the few circumftinci^ that offered .themfeives to our obfervation, contra- difted. a68 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. di^ed raf\er than confirmed, the idea of deri>o- tic firay. Mareewagee, Feenou, and Old Too- bou, a^ed each the pirt of a petty fovereign, and not unfrequently counteradled the meafures of the king. Nor was his court fuperior in fplendour to thofe of Old Toobou and Maree* wages, who next to his Majefly, were the mod potent chiefs in thefe iilands ; and, next after them, Feenou appeared to l\and higheft in rank and authority. But, however indepen- dent on the king the principal men may be, the inferior people are totally fubje^t to the will of the chiefs to whom they feverally belong. Thelilands of Tongataboo is divided into nu- merous diftri^b, each of which has its peculiar chief, who diftributes juftice, and decides dif- putes, within his own territory. Moft of thefe chieftams have edates in other iflands, whence they procure fupplies. The king, at ilated times, receives the product of his di&ant domains at Tongataboo, which is not only the ufual place of his reiidence, but tlie abode of moft perfons of diflinftion among thefe iflands. -Its inhabi- tants frequently call it the Land of Chiefs, and ftigmntize the lubordinate iiles with the appella- tions of Lands of Servants. The chiefs are filled by the people lords of the earth, and alfo of the fun and iky. The royal^in^y afiume the name of Futtafaihe, from the god diltixigaifhed by that appellation, who is probably conftdered by them as their tutelary pacroQ. The kmg's peculiar title is iimply Teb" et Tctiga. The order and decorum obfez4ed m his A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 269 Old Too- fovercign, e mcafurcs uperior in id Marcc- wcrc the andy next nd highcft :r indcpen- nay be, the he will of :long. ed into nu- its peculiar iecides dif- oft of thefe ds, whence ;iated times, domains at : ufual place noft pcrfons 4ts inhabi- Chiefs, and the appella- pie lords of I iky. The tafaihe, from llation, who tieir tutelary \ fimply yW- lobfex^ed in his his prcfence, and likewifc in that of the other chiefs, are truly admirable. Whenever he iits down, all the attendants feat themfelves before him, forming a femicircle, and leaving a fuffici- ent (pace between them and him, into which no one, unlefs he has particular buiinefs, prefumes to come. Nor is any one fuffcred to Ht, or pafs behind him, or even near him, without his per- mi0ion. When a perfon wiihes to fpeak to his majefty, he comes forward, and having feated himfelf before him, delivers in a few words whdt he has to fay ; then, after being fa>'oured with an anfwer from his feat, unlefs he Is to receive an order } in which cafe he rifes froan his place* and feats himfelf crofs-legged * before his ma- jcfly. To fpeak to the king (landing, would here be confidered as a glaring mark of rudeneis. None of the moft civilized nations have e- vcr exceeded thefe iilanders in the great or- der and regularity maintained on every occa- sion, in ready and fubniiifive compliance with the commands of their chiefs, and in the per- fect harmony that fubliils among all ranks. Such a behaviour manifeds itfelf in a remark- able manner, wiienever their chiefs harangue a body of them aflembled together, which fre- quently happens. The greateft attention and moft profound filence are obferved during the harangue ; and whatever might have been the purport of the oration, we never faw a fingle in- ftajlce, * It may be proper to mention here, on the authority of Captain King, that thi^ poflure is peculiar to the mcuj for the females always fit with both their legs throwu » Uttle on one fide. 2 JO A Voyage to tJje Pacific Ocean, ftance, when any one of thofe who were prefent- fhewcd figns of his being difpleafed, or fecmed in the Icaft inclined to difpute the declared will ^ of the fpeiaker. It is a peculiar privilege annexed to the perfoh-i of the king, not to be punftured, nor- circum-^ cifed, or rather fupercifed, as a^ his fubje^ls are* Whenever he walks out, all who meet him muA>^ lit down till he ha? palled* No perfon is fuffer^ cd to be over his head ; but, on the contrary, all muft com6 under his feet. The method of doing homage to him, and the other chiefs, is as follows : the perfon who is tapay obeifance, fquats down before the- great perfonage, and bows the head down to the. fole of his^ foojt^, wluch he taps or- touches with^the under and upper fide of the fkigersof each hand ; then riiing up> he retires. We had reafon to think, that his majcfly cannot- refufe any -one who is defirous of- paying him this homage, which is called by the natives moe moea ; for the people would fre 4|uently think proper to fhew him thefc marks of Ibbmiiilion when he was walking; and he was on thofe occafions obliged to ftop, and hold up one of his feet behind him, till they had performed this refpene who is , which is the people him thefc dng; and Hop, and till they »y. This, sPoulaho, bme ; and ir, by run- ach a con- hands, af- j, in fome 11 they arc waihedj^ waihed they muft not touch food of any fort. ,This prohibition, in a country where water is far from being plentiful, would be attended with inconvenience, if a piece of any juicy giant, which they can immediately procure, being rub- bed over the hands, did not ferve for the pur- pose of purification. When the hands are in this iituation, they term it taboo rema ; the for- mer word generally {ignif;'ing forbidden, and the latter implying hand. When the taboo is in- curred, by doing homage to a pcrfon of rank, it may thus eafily be waihed off: but, in feveral other cafes, it muft continue for a certain peri- pd. We have often fecn women, who have been taboo remay not fed by themfelves, but by others. The interdicted perfon, after the li- mited time has elapfed, wafhes- herfelf in one of their baths, which are, in general, dirty ponds of brakifh water. She then waits upon the fo- vereign, and, after having paid the cuftomary obeifance, takes hold of hb foot, which Hie ap- plies to her fhoulders; breaft, and other parts: he then embraces her on both fhoulders, and ihe immediately retires, purified from her un- cleannefs. If it be always necefTary to have.re- courfe to his majefty for this purpofe (of which ,we are not certain, though Omai afliired us it was) it may be one reafon for his travelling very frequeiitly from one ifland to another. The word taboo has a great latitude of fignifi- cation. They call human facrifices tangata ta-' boo ; and when any particular thing is prohibited to be eaten, or made ufe of, they fay it is taboo. They ,ji(j#i*!rw»— ~- 27a ' A Voya%t to thi Pacific Ocean, They informed us, that, if the king ihould go into a houfe belonging to one of his fubjedls, that houfe ^ould in confequence become taboo^ and could never be again inhabited by the own- er of it ; (6 that, wherever his majefty travels, there are houfes peculiarly aligned for his ac- commodation. At this time Old Topbou pre- iided over the taboo ; that is, if Omai did not mifunderftand thofc who g.we him the intdli- gence, he and his deputies had the infpeftion of all the Droduce of the iiland, taking care that each inr! Mrinal (hould cultivate and plant his quota, u i directing what (hould, and what ihould nk>c, be eaten. By fb prudent aregula*- tbn, th£y take effe^al precautions againfl a famine; fuflieient ground is employed in raifing proviiions ; and every article is fecured from un- necefiary confumption. When we take into consideration the num^ ber of {{lands of which this ftate coniifts, and the diftance at which fome of them are remov«- ed from the feat of government, attempts to throw off the yoke of fubje^on might be ap- prehended. But 'they informed us, that this circumfbmce never happens. Oie reafon of their not being thus embroiled in dotneftic com- motions may be this ; that all their principal rhie& take up their relidence at Tongataboo. They alfo fecure the dependence of the other ifks, by the deciiive celerity of their operations ^ for if a Teditious and popular mail fiiould i^art up in any of them, Feenou, or whoever hap- pens to hold his office, is immediately difpatch- ^ ed :ean* [hould go \ fubjcfts, ome taboo^ y the own- fty travels, for his ac- >obou pre- lai did not the intclli- ifpcftion of r care that d plant Ws ^ and what int aregula- js againft a ed in railing •ed from un- fi the nuf»- :onfifts, and I are rcmov*- attempts to might be ap- is, that this le reafon of otncftic €om- kcir principal Tongataboo. of the other r operations v ftiouldftart ,/hoever hap- Ltely difpatch- i cd A Fityage to the Pac^ Ocean, 273 ed thither to put him to death } by which meins they extinguiih an infurredtion while it is yet in embryo. , - The diffiamt chfles of their chie& feemed to be nearly as nmerous as among us ; bat there are few comparativdy fpesddng, that are brds of extenfive diftrifks of territory, it b laid, , that when ift perfon of p ropert y dies, aU his pofieffions devobve on the Sovereign ; but that it is cuiioaiary to give them to the eldeft Am of the deceased, with thb condition annexed, that he ihonld provide out of the eftate, for the o* ther diildren. The: crown is hereditaiy $ and we know, from z. puticular circumlhince, that the Futtafiuhes, of which funily is Poalaho, have reigned in a dkeSk line, (ot the fpoce of at leaft one hundred and thirty &tc years, which have eiapfed between our prefent viiit to theie iflandsi and Tafinan's difcovery of them. Upon our enquiring of them, whether any traditioiRil ac- count of the arrival -of Tatfman's (hips had been preierved among them till this time, we founds that this hiftory had been deli^eir^ down to them from their anceftors, witfa^great accuracy : for they iaid thatiiis two fhkp» refembled «ttrs, and alfo mciAioned thd place where they^ hsfd lain at anchor, theh* harming continued but i few days, and their quitting that ibtion to io t# Annamookai afid, fior the ^pufpoie of inmrtn^ ing us how long ago this affahr had happ^di^ tbey commuwicacod to us the nsime of the F^ tafaihe ndip reigned at that time, stud .fhoft fi4o hadteceeded him in dw^vcrdgntyy 4owil to 'VhL. Hm E e Poulahoo >27a| ^Vopge to the Pacific Ocean. Poulaho, who is the fifth monarch fince that period. It might naturally be imagined, that the pre- sent fovereign of the Friendly; liles bad the high- eft rank of any perfon in his dominions. But Vfc found it to be ofherwife j for Latoolibooloo, who has bfeen already mentioned^ and three women, are fuperior, in fome refpe^s^ to Paulaho himfelf. Thefe great perfonages are • diilinguifhed by the title o£ TammMifa, which implies a chief. When we made enquiry con- cerning them, we were informed that the late king^ father of Poulaho, left him behind a ilf- ter of equal rank, and older than himfelf} that ihe, by a native of Feejee, had a fon and two daughters ; and that thefe three perfbns, as well as their mother, are of higho* rank than the king. We endeavoured to difcover the reafon of this pre-emisence of the ^Tammahas^ but jvrithout effect. The mother, and one of her daughters, named Tooeela-kaipa, refide at Va- vaoo. The other daughter, cadled Mongou- la-kaipa, and Latoolibooloo the. fon, dwieH at Tongataboo. Mongouia-kaipa is the lady who has been mentioned as having dined with Cap- tain Cook on the 2ift of Jurie. Latoolibooloo was fuppofedy by his tountryracii, to- be difbr- dered in his fenfes. At Eooa, or Middleburg, they fliewed us a confiderable quantity of land, which was £iid to be his property \ and we faw there a fon of his* a child^ who was honoured with the iame title that his ^her enjoyed^ The laoguage of thefe iihnds bear a fisiking ffcfemblaBce "kean, fince that latthepre- 1 the high- ions. But Dolibooloo, and three rfpcas, to bnages are tba, which iquiry con- lat the late ehind a fif- nielf i that n and two yns, as well k than the the reafon mahas, but one of her efide at Va- i Mongou- in, dwtUat Le lady who i with Cap- atoolibodloo to-be difor- ^(iddleborg, tity of land, and we faw as honoured rtjoyed. ur a Mking Kfeml^aBce j4 Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 2J$ refemblancc to that of New-Zealand, of Ota- heitc, and the Society Ifles. The pronuncia- ation of theft people differs, indeed, in many inilances, from thcti both of Ot;iheit€ and New- Zealand ; but notwitlrllanding that, a great number of words are either very little chiingf^d, or exafdy the fame. The language, as .Ipokcii by the Friendly Wanders, h futficiently copious to exprefs all their ideas j and, belides being to- lerably harmon^ous in common couverfation, is eafily adapted for the purpofes of mufic. They have terms to iignify numbers as fur us a hun- dred thouland, beyond which they either would not, or could not, reckon. The latitude of that part of Tongataboo.wljerc, our oblervatory was ere^ed, which was p.ear the" middleof the northiideof the ilhnJ, was, ac- cording to the raoft accurate obfervations, 21° 8* 19" fouthi and its longitude was 184° 55' i8"eaft. The tides are more confiderable at the Friend- ly Ifl'ands, than at any other of Captain Cook's difcoverfes in this ocean, that are fituate within either of the tropics. At Amiaihooka the tide rifes and falls about lix feet, upon a perpendicu- lar. At Tongataboo, it rlies and falls four feet; and three duartdrs, on the full and change days 5 and thrfrc teet and a half at the quadratures. , ik- Ee2 VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. BOOK UL CONTENTS. Ifland of Toobdliai difcoveilcd — Arrival- at Otabcite-— ihita** RecepHoh — 6tah«ite Tifited by the Spantardi xi-Their Attempts to depreciMe the Charadtor of the Epffliih^lntcrview with Wahctadooa, the Chief of Ti- arawK^— Omai't imprudent condvA— Poultry and Cat- tle left on the Ifland-- Captain Cook admitted into a Council of the Chiefs — Rei)e<£tion8 on a human Sacri- , $ce-~Heeva9 defcribed— Oirk dreflcd to bring a Pre- fcot — Manner of preierving (he body of a dead Chief — Hiding on Horfeback — Mock Fight between two War Canoes— Manner of conducing a War--A curi- ous Medical Operation — Otoo'iL Art — Omai's S^ar Canoe— Navai Power, &c. # ' _ WE had new taken our final lea^e of tlie Friendly Iflands. On the 1 7th of Ju- ly, at eight o'clock in the evenihgj Eooa bore north-ealt by north, diftant 3. or 4 leagues. The wind blew a frefh gale at eaft, We flood tp the fouth, tUl after £x o'clock tlie next morn- ing;, when, from the fame dire£tion> a fudden fquall ' A Voyage ta tht Pacijk Qu^ff* 27 ; fquall took our {hip aback) and before we could trim the (hips on the other tack, the main^faU anvl the top gaUant fails were conliderably torn. On the 19th and 20th, the wind kept between the fouth-'wefl, and fouth-eaft ; then it veered to the eafl, north-eafl, and north. "We ftretclied to the eaft-fouth-eaft, without meeting with anything remarkable, till the igith, at feven o'clock in the evening, when we had a very heavy fquall of wind from the north. We were, at this time, under fingle>reefed top-fails, eourfeS, and ftay-faiU. Two of the latter were al- mpft demoliOied by the wind, and it was with tlie utmoft difficulty that we faved the other fails. Thii fquall being over, we law feveral lights moving aboti^ on board the Dtfccvery > whence we conjedturtd that fomething had giv^n way i andy the n^t morning, we perceived that her main-top-maft had been loli. Both wind ami weather remained very unfettled till noon, when the latter cleared i4p, and the former ^ttled in the north-weft quarter. Our latitude was now 2S9 6' fouth and our longitude was 198^ 23' eaiL We faw fome pintado-birds, whkh were the firft wefbd feen, iince we left the land. At noon, on the 31ft, Captain Clerkc made a iignalto fpeak with Captain Cook; and after- wards informed him, that the head of the main- mail had fpning, and in fuch a manner, as tp rcftcier the riggiiig of another top-mai^ extreme^ ly dangerous ; that he muft therefore rig feme- thing l^hter in its places He further informed him, that he bad loft his main-top-galhnt-yard j . i E c 3 and , 2^9 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and had not another on board, nor a fpar to make one. Captain Cook fent him the Keiblu- tion's rprit-fail-top-faiUyard, which fupplied this want for the prefent* The next day, by get- ting up a jury-top-maft, on which he fct a mi- zen-top-fail, he was enabled to keep way with the Refolution. We ftcered eail-nodrth-eail, and north-eaft, without meeting with any rema: xable occur- rence till the morning of the 8th of Auguft, at eleven o'clock ; when land was obferved bear- ing north>north-eal>, about nine or ten kagues diftant. At firft it appeared like fo many l^^pa- rate iilands ; but, as we approached, we found it was all conne6led, and formed one ^nd the fame ifland. We fteered dire^y for it with a 6ne gale, and j at half pail fix in the afternoon, it extended from north by eaftv to north*north- eail, diftant three tilt four leagues^ At day-break, the next morning, we 'fteered for the north-weft ftde of ihe ifland, and as we ftood round its fouth-wcft part, *wfe faw it guard* ed by a reef of eoral-rock, exfte&ding, in fomc places, at leaft a mile from tli^an;d,< and a high iuif breaking uponitl • Asw drew near, w« fvff people Walking or nitfninj^ along ihore^^cn reV<:ral parts of the4!o9^, ftffd, in a ftiorttime after, when we had'r^:kchbd' (Ac lee-fide of the ifland, ijt^b faw twp tanoes' feutiched, in which were about a do2en of theti/'whd ^wldled to- wards us. -^ '^^ ■^*>^* In order to^ giie thefe cmstvtkae to come up ^ith us, ai well as to found ftt: Mlchorage, wc {hortene4 A Voyage to the Pucific Ckeatu 279 fhortened fail, and at ^he diftance of lialf a mile from the reef, we found from forty to thirty* five fathoms water. The canoes, after having advanced within piftol ihot of the (hips, fud« denly flopped^ Omai was defired, as was ufual; on fuch occaiions, to endeavour to prevail upon the men in them to come nearer ; but no ar^ guments could induce them to truft themfelves within our reach. They often pointed eagerly to the (hore with their paddles, at the fame time calling to us to go thither \ and many of their people who were ilanding upon the beach, held up iomcthing white in their hands, which we con{b*ued as an invitation for us to come to land. We could eaiily have accomplifhed this, there being good anchorage without the reef» and an opening in it, through which the canoes had pafled, which had no furf upon it. But the Captain did not chufe to riik the advantage of a fair wind, in order to examine an ifland, that appeared to be but of little confequence. We required no refrefhments, if we had been cer- tain of nieeting with them there, and there- fore, after making ieveral unfuccefsful attempts tO; prevail upon mefe people to come near usy we made fail to the north^. and left them ; ha- ving fird learned that the name of their ifland wasToobouai. It is fituated in the latitude of 2^0 25' fouth; and in 2fo° 37' eaft longitude. The greateft entent of this ifland, in any di- redion, is not above five or iix miles. Small, however, as it app( arsi there are hills in it of a confiderable elevation \ at the foot of which, is 28o A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. a narrow border of flat latfid, extending almoft all round h, bordered with a white fand-beach. The hills were covered with herbage, except a few rocky cliffs, with patches of trees inter- Iperfed to their fiimmits. This iiland, as we were informed by the men in the canoes, is pkntifuUy ftocked with hogs and fowls ; and produces the feveral kinds of fruits and roots that are to be met with at the other iflands in this neighbourhood. From the converfation we had with thofe who came oflT to us, we difcovered that tho in- habitants of Toobouai fpeak the Otahehe lan- guage : an indubitable proof that they are of the fame nation. Thofe.whom we faw in the ca- noes, were a (tout copper-coloured people ; fomc wearing their hair (which was ftraight and black) flowing about the (houlders, and others having it tied in a bunch oit the crown of the liead. Their faces were roundiih and full, but the features flat ; and their countenances expref- fed a degree of natural ferocity. Their covering was a pxce of narrow fiuflT wrapped round the wai A;, and pafliing between ths thighs \ but ibme of'thofe whonv we beheld nflbn the b^ach, were completely clothed in whtte^ ' Some^ of our viii- tors, in the canoes^: had their necks ornament- ed wkh pesff!-fhe!l$.$ and ond of them continu- ed blowing a. large conchp^iltcit, to wiiichareed, of about two feet long, was fixed; he began in % long tone, without any variltioa *, and after- wards converted it into a kind of mufioalinftnio inpnt^ Whether the blovdng of thftconch por- tended Ocean. ling almoft fand-beach. c, except a trees inter- land, as we ; canoes, is fowls ; and ts and roots r iilands in with thofc that the in- kahche lan- cy arc of the r in the ca- red people; > ftraight and , and others :rown of the and full, but ances cxpref- icir covering :d round the hsjbutibme c btacfa, were ic* of our vifr- cs ornament- hem cGBtintH whichareed, , he began in 1 ; and aftcr- [lofical inftru- hfrconch por- tended jf Voyage h the Pacific Ocean. afft tended any thing, we cannot fay, but we never found k the meSenger of peace. The length of their canoes appeared to be about thirty feet, and they rofe. about two feet ubove the furface of the water, as they floated. The fore-part projected a little ; the after-part rofe to the height of two or three feet, with a gradual curve, and, like the upper part of the fides, was carved all over. The reft of the fides were ornamented with flat white {hells cu- rioufly difpofed. There were eight men in one of the canoes, and feven in the other. Thqf werb condu£Wd with fmall paddles, whoie blades^ were almoft circular ; and they fome- times "paddled with the two oppofite fides to clofe together, that they appeared to be but one boat ; the rowers occafionally turn'tng their faces to the ftern, and pulling that way, with- out paddling the canoes round. Seeing we were determined to leave them they flood up, and repeated fomething aloud •, but we knew not whether they were expreffing their enmity, or frienddiip. It is certain, however, that they had not any weapons with them ; nor could we with our glaflcs difcover, that thofc on fhore were armed. Leaving the ifland, we fleered to the north with a frem gale, and at day-break, on the i ith» we perceived the ifland of Maitca. Otaheite appeared foon after ; the point of Oheitcpeha Bay bearing weft, about four leagues diftant. Wc fieered for this bay, intending to anchor there, in order to draw fome refrefhmcnts from the 282 j1 Voyage to the Pacific Ocmut* the fouth-eaft part of the ifland, before we pro« ceeded to Matavai, where we expefted our prin- cipal fupply. We had a freih gale till two o' ck>ck in the afternoon % when, at about a league: from the bay, the wind fuddenly died away. About two hours after, we had fudden fquall < with rain, froraJhe eaO. About nine o-clocl«. ^. we were obliged to ftand out,. and fpend th^.^* night at Tea. ' When we came near the ifland, feveral ca- noes came off to the (hip, each v condu^d by- twQ or tlicee ni£n.. Bjiit, as they were commoii) fellows, Omai took no purticular notice of them, nor thty of him. They did not even fecm to perceive that he was one of their countrymtn^. altho' they converfed with him for Tome time. At length, a chief whom I had known before, ni'med Ootcf , r.nd Omai*s brother-in-law, who chanced to be now at this corner of the ifland^ and three or four more perfons all of whom knew Omai, before he embarked with Cdptain Furmaux, came on board. Yet there was no* thing either tender or ftriking in their mcf ri- vs*^ On the contrary, there feemed to be a perteft indifference on both iidos, till Omai, having ta-. ken his brother down into the cabir^ opened the drawer where he kept his red fcatfters, and g{ive him a few. This being prefently known, aMongd: the reft of the natives upon en Arcm to ountrymtn^ fome time. )wn before^ in-law, who. the ifland^ k of whom 1th Cdptain re was no* rir me*'r "^ >e a pertf^ having ta- }m. opened atners, and tly known, I deck, the and Ootee, )efore, now Viends) and rtie honouTi and ^ Voyage h ihi Pacific Oetafi, 283 and confirmed it with a prefent of red feathers \ and Ootee, by way of return, fent alliore for a hog. But it w:)s evident to every one of us, that it was not the man, but his property, they W'Sre in love with. Had he not ihewn to them his u eafui^e of red feathers, which is the com- modA y in greateft eflimation at the Ifland, I qjcAion much whether they would have be- {' jwed even a cocoa-nut upon him.^ Such w,as Omai's "Irft eception among his countrymen. I own, : never expected it would be otherwife } but 1 i!> I wa« in hopes, that the valuable car- ;_: J of prefent.^ with which the liberality of his fr sinds in England ^ad loaded him, would be the means of railing i ^.i. into confequence, and of making him refpedted, and even courted,15y the fir ft perfons throughout the extent of the Society Iflands. Tliis could not but have hap- pened, had he conducted himfelf with any de- gree of prudence. But, inftead of it, I am for- ry to fay, that he paid too little regard to the repeated advice of thofe who wiihed him well, and fuffered himfelf to be duped by every de- figning knave. The important news, of red feathers being on board our Ihips, having been conveyed on iliore by Omai's friends, day had no fooner be- gun to break next morning, than we were fur- roimded by a multitude of canoes, crowded with people bringing hogs and fruits to market. At firft» a quantity of feathers, not greater than what might be got from a tom-tit, would pur- chafe a hog of forty or ^fty pounds weight. But, 2^4 -^ ^ojoge to the Padfa Ocean, Bqt, as almofi every body in the fhips was poilef- fed of fome of this precious articjle of trade, it fell in its value, above fix hundred per ^etd before night. However, even tlien, the balance was much m our favour; and red feathers continu- ed to preferve their Superiority over every other commodity. Some of the natives would not part with a hog, unlefs they received an axe in exchange ; but nails, beads, and other trinkets, which, during our former voyages, had ib great a run at this ifland, were now lb much defpifed, that few would deign to look at them. In the morning of the i ^th. Captain Cook came to anchor in a bay called Oheitepeha. Soon after, Omai's fifter came on board to fee him ; and the Captain was happy to obferve, that much to the honour of eadb> their meet- ing was marked with expreffions of the moil tender afte^on. After this moving fceoe, O- mai and 4he Captain wept aihore. Here, the attention of the former was fbon draym to an oid woman, the iider of his mother, ^he was already at his feet, and had bedewed them plen- tifully with tears of joy. The Ci^aln l<^him with the old lady, encircled by a number of people,^ in order to go and take a view of a houfe and crofs erected by tine Spaniards. When he returned, he found Omai holding forth to a isrge company ; and it wac; with foipe di0icuky he could be got away to accompajHy ihe Captain on board. Ctptain Cook, it feeoMt had found, from the natives, that two Spanifh fhips from Lima had twic$ put into Qheitepeh^ Bay, fince • ' i his I was poiTef** trade, it fell 0nt before olance was irs continu- every other would not :d an axe in ler trinkets, had fo great ich defpifed, em. iptain Cook Oheitepeha. board to fee ' to obfervc, their mett- of the mod ig fcene, O- . i^ere, the draynvto an ;r. iShe was dthemplen- >talnl^thim i number of a view of a iards. When jg forth to a mie difficuky r the Captain had found, h (hips from b^ Bay, fincc his ji Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. 285 his laft vifit in 1 774. They had left fome^hogs, dogs, goats, a bull, and a ram, on fhore. The 5rft time they came, they built a houfe, and left four men behind them, carrying away four of the natives^ In about ten months, the fame (liips returned, bringing back two of the ifland- ers, the other two having died at Lima. After a Ihort ftay, they took away their own people, but left the houfe fianding. This was Atuated at a fmall diflance from the beach. . The wood- en materials of which it was compofed, feemed to .have been brought, ready prepared, to fet up occaiionally ; for all the planks were numbered. It was divided into two imall rooms ; and, in the inner one, were a bench, a table, a bed- ftead, fome old hats, and other trifles, of which the natives feemed to be very careful, as alfo of the houfe itfelf, which had fuffered no hurt from the weather, a fhed having been built over it. There were fcuttles all round, which ferved as air-holes ; and perhaps they were alfo meant to fire from, with nuifquets, if ever it {hould be foundneceflary. At ibme diilance, ilood a wood- en crofs, on the tranfvcrie part of which was cut Christis Vjncit. * And on the perpendicular part was Carolus III. Imperit. 1774- On the other fide of the poft, Captain Cook took care to preferve the memory of the pri«r vifits of the Engliih, by infcribing Georgius Tertius Ret^a Annis 1767. ^1^9> ^773» 17745 ^ 1777- Vol. I. Ff Near TJ86 A Voyage. t9 the Pacific Dceafh Near the foot of this crofs was' the gi^ve d^ the Commodbre of the two fhips, whb died here, while they lay in the bay, the firft tiiae. The Spaniards feemed to- have taken great pains to ingratiate themfeh^es with the inhabitants, who, oh eveiy occalion, mentioned them with the Itrongeft expreffioxis of efteem and venera* tion. The forrticr, however, idid ttot flicceed in their attempts to deprefciate the ch^dri^er'of thle EngUfli. Otf6 df the-fbuir ^^feiffoiis Whom thley left behind, imd whbm the liases tilled Mateeraa, tnade hlmfdf Vef y popular. He took uncotnmbtt' pains tciftudy their langiiagie, that he might be dnabl^^to imprefs'th^ir minds with the moft exaltisd ideas of thd grtatijefs 6f the Spanifh monarchy^ and make them think mean- Vy of the Englifh. He eveii wentfb far as to aflure them, mit we no longer exifted as an in- dependent nation 5 that Pretane 'was only a finall ifland which they (the Spaniards)' had entirely dcftroyed j and that a^fer Ciptkin Cook, they h^ met tirlth him at ilea; and with a fbw fhot, had fent his ftiip, With i^very foul hi Her, td the bottom. AUtlhis, and inariJF bth^ hnprobable: falfehoods, did the Spaniards make this people believe. But, if Spain had no other views, in this expedition, than to depreciate the Englifh, ihe had better have kept her fhips sit home^ for Captain Cook's return to the iflaiid (which, lii courfe, was quite unexpe6ted) was coniidered as a complete refutation of all that Mateema had faid. Waheiadooa, iSovereign of TiaraboO, (wtiich was A Voyage to the a^T » gfave df w& died firft thne. ;reat pains ihabitants, them with id venersu ot fiiccced tl^drjS^er of biis Whom Sves tilled "Retook ruagie, that minds with pefs 6f the hinkmean- fb far as to ;d aS an in- >nly a ftnall ad entirely Cook, they a ffew {hot, ftcr, to the Ittiprobable this people tt views, in he Englifli, thome^ for (which, \ti oniidered as [ateema had boo, (wliich was W^ the name of tli|r part of the iibndV lil^ now abfent. Howorer, he foon af^ >ii|^ meflage to notify his arrival, and to A^fili^^^ the Captain would vifit him a(hore»: Th^ was not the fame peribn, though of the fame name, with the chief, whom Captain Cook had ieen here during his lad voyage ; but his brother, a boy about ten years old, who had fucceeded on the ^ death of the elder Waheiadooa, about twenty months before, and was. now under the Hitorage of si chief, named Etorea. The cele- brated Queen Oberea was dead. Accordingly^ Omai and the Captain prepsired to make him a formal viiit. On this occafion,, Omai, aflifted by fome of his friends, drefied himielf: not af^ ter the Englifh fa(hion, nor that of Otaheite^ nor that of Tongataboo, nor in.the drefs of any country upon earth; but in a.iitfange medley of all that he was pofiefled of. There was nothing' remarkable in thi$ interview, except the iofor- motion w|ucl^ Capt^' Cook received, that the Spaniards* when they viiited the iiland, had de(ired the chiefs npt to fuii^ him to enter O- heitepeha B^yi, if he (hould re;tr a dozoi of hogs fome clot^, and a>quantity df fruiti In the even- iri'^y, we exhibited fome Bre-^works, which both pleafed and aflonifhed the numerous fpe^tors^ Some A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. afijT ; chief was ; and em- g this trea- nes. The fiends ac- ofed of red :d for Otoo, confidering ry great va- adehiranot ) keep it on rofprefent- Buthehad id fidelity of •. Nothing lore, on this )oa, to be by to its^^^ being ught by Idiis both chicfe 5 iCf whofe fc- him> v»^ith- her. What leiadoo kept Otoo a very ventieth part at.'prelewt. ved from the bzenofhogs I.the two at- ^4^^s plaped it in ord^y> but . liot tiU after i^ey h^d #^fl^^them^lves in clean white ipbes. The chief» we were inforniedy hnd been dead al^t tw^Qty iQontha* ,. - iroiiJ ^^avii^g j^ovid^d a |re£k fiipply of wator, and finifhed all ,pur la^Qe^Taryoperations, on the Oiti w« b^pugh^; qiOr.^pui-; a^imaljs fvom iboreyiond mad^ jf^iad^^fpir ifea,j. r'W-W«t>the;ihip» were un- mopribgi, Qis»i »an4r jpafilai^ Cook; knded^ ia the. ni(M|^(f)?fithe agdutp /tajRe ^kaiw ofrtke young chieli,t ^^e thdy iH^r@/iwith him^ one of th^fe peiions,T,wh<^^9y»<^k £«low, from a p^r4li;^90 ll»t tfc.fyipfiiXpfti th? ^iti of thb l^alL^^. app^a^lt(e9irof lidfanity^febqutcihini^ ^ ^pg^ i»fiww#i«il^ll!S'|JhliUJto^^ fdantaiB w|>at )^,jH!4ri&iT%in ml)p>d^i^^Qiii^t.)r> Butddriud t£iid he perfe^Hy comprehended him» and^ihafc^iie was advi^g WaMa4(t9cjft?d0 1 aifionDpikiy fcaptain Cpok tP)l^at4y«i|^afkseatp^hki(i which; he had i^eyer; kpowix ti^tjhfi m%eaSi9A^\t» thad the Captain e^^-m^At iC^h .ar^prqp^ak^toxillhi^: The J?t tm after rhJXe tphoB. A Voyage to the Pac^c Ocean* t^ ;t.*(1lw t watcK^asid QO the.X2d~ ftiore, land ps wereun- kndod^ itt •avc ofrtfae h htm, one |>iriti of thb ^tbqutiildai^ H^fiuttcred Jiing iToioBi^ ndfihafci.iiC' itM^ wiuch' fxi^iRQitthad lObipS'tvrould' esrances^ at that that time, favoured his afTertion^ as thekre #^ not a< (ingle, breath of win4 in any direction. While he was delivering his prophecy^ t heavjr ihower of rain came on, which occafiotie<^ aH t6 run for fhelter, except himfelf, who appeared to difregard it. He continued fqeaking about half an hour^ and then retired. No attention wa»paid to what he uttered, though fome of the nativesw laughed at him. Captain Cook afked the -chief, whether -he was an Earee or a ^o^tow ? The anfwer he re- rived was, that he was taata etioy that is, a bad And yet, notwithftanding this^ and tht man. little notice taken of tdie mad prophetiilip^rfti^ tion for^Bur governs thf' natives, that thlsy abfoi ktely believe ioch peribns td be po^feflod with the fpirit of the Eatoia^ Omai feemed to 'be wcllnnftru^bed concerning them. • Hefaidi that during the#ts,'>with which they «re feized^ they knbw nobody, and that if any feems not)«9 hat« the leaft remembrance-^ what he badidone^ditinng thetime the fit was^ upon-hkn.^^'. t'"- - •■ •■ ■ • ■' V Soon after the Oiptain got di board, a light. breeze Ringing upat eaft, we got uhder M,^ andtthetRefolotion anchored, th^^aime evening^ - attfiiitavafiMfi«^ ) but the DHcdvery^ did hot gd/ iOitiU^hen^tmomrngvooitfe^neiitly^themanV prophecy was. half fiilfilted. ^ -^^^ ^'^'^ QoLthe a4^i^Qf Augufty Capt^n Co(ri^ feft' the ap:2 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, the Bay of Oheitcpcha, and in the evening an- dtored in Matafvai Bay, in another part of the ifland, whence he expe6ted his principal (upply. Here he and Oniai had an Interview, on Ihore, with Otoo, the King of the whelc ifland. O- mai, ftys the Captain, had prepared himfelf for tins ceremony, by drefling himfelf in his very beft cloaths, and behaved with a great deal of rcfpe^t and modefty. Neverthelcl's, very little notice was taicen of him. Perhaps, envy had i'ome fhare in producing this cold reception. He made the chief a prelerit of a large piece of red feathers, and about two or three yards of gold cloth; and I gave him a fukof fine linen, a g[old 4accd > iat, fome t^bls, and, what was of more value than all the other articles, 2. quan*- tity of red fec^thers, artd one of the bonnets in . ufc at the Friendly Iflands. After the hurry of this vifit ^^as over, the King, and the wliole Royal f^amily, accOmpa- iried me on board, followed by feveral canoes, laden with all kinds of proviiiotls, in ^quantity fufficicntto have feiired the comj>a'n4esdf both fhips for a week. Each of the faiittily owned, or pretended to 6wh, A'f^aPt; fo that I had ft prefent from every one of them ; and* very one of them had a fepftrate prefent in i*etum from mc4 which was the great obj^^tin view. Soon ^aftcr, the King's mother, who had not been prefent at the firft: intcrview^, came^ oft beard bringing with her a quat^ty of. prbvlllons And cloth, which flie divided between me and OitAi.. For, although he was biit little nciticed at firft:, . i ■ . ■ s bv A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 293 by his countrymen, they no fooner gained the knowledge of his riches, than they began to court Ikis friendfhip. I encouraged this as much as 1 couid \ for it was my wifh to fix him witk Otoo. As I intended to leave all oiy European animals at this in;nid, I thought he would be able to give (bme inf>ru6lion about the manage^ ment of them, and about their ufe. Befides^ I knew,, and iav«r, that the farther he was from his native ifland, he would be the better refpec- ted. But, unfortunately, poor Omai rcjcdted my advice, and comiutfted himfelf in fo impru* dent a manner, that he fcon loll the friendfhip of Otooa, nndrof every otlicr perfou of note in Otaheite* Ije aiTocialed with none but vaga^ bonds andiArEuagOTs, wliofe fole views were ips,f \. we4) fC** the loweft of the psople, his'^companions. } e.-^^-^;^ Captain C!dok w as , n(^xt -engag^ in landing the poultry, with which he was to Hock the ifland* They conned of a peacock and hen, a turkey»cockand,|i6n> a gander and three geefe» a drake and four pUpi^, *and it .was unanimouf- If dtXtta&titd. to tre^ci it uj^der iooU. In that flstte^^'O^sn rounfi^it by chance,, and was over- joyed at tfe' dilcbveryr for he had a full conii- dckice, that 'if he haa but grapes, lie could ea- fiXy make wine. Accordingly, he had feveral fll|i*^ cut off from the tree, to carry away v?ith hint \ and the remainder of it was pruned, and put in order. Perhaps, becoming wife by Q- mai's inflradtions, they may now iu^er the fruit to ^ow to perfe^ion, and not pafs, fo hafty ^ ' f^ntence eral goats -, could have id not ar- }ws afhore. irom liima. bull; and ught, with put, afhore a piece of wr of which Ipok after, pinc-applc iing, before everal fliad- it from the ight, could ovrt^ihould c curiofity, le Spaniards natives got re; but, as fiUered it as unanimouf- ot, In that d was ovcr- a full confix lC could ea- had feveral r away v?ith pruned, aiid wife by O* ^cr th? fr«it s.fqhafty ? fentence A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 195 fentence upon it again. As Captain Cook in« tended to continue here a confiderable time, we let up our two obfervatories on Matavai Point % and, adjoining to them, two tents were pitched, for the reception of a guard, and of fuch peo- ple as might be left on ihore, in different de- partments. The command at this ftation was entrufted to Mr King } who alfo attended the agronomical and other obfervations. While we remained here, the crews of both {hips were occupied in many neceilary operations. The Difcovery's main-maft was carried afhore, and made as good as it had ever been before. Our fails and water-cafks were repaired; both^ our fhips were caulked ; and the rigging was completely over-hauled. We likewife infpedted the bread that we had on board in caiks, and fouhd that but little of it was damaged. At Matavai, Captain Cook renewed his in- tercourfe with all his pld friends, whofe names , are recorded in his account ofh^iecondyoyage^ and, while there. pAe of the natiyes, w^^Om the. Spaniards' &^d carried wit{| them to (liipa, jnid him a vifit. Though not iq be dif^ingutfnedr in appearance, from 'Hit refl of his coyntrymen, > he had not forgot fome Spanifh words. Among , them the moft frequeht were, Ji Sen^ i and, when a flranger was introduced to him, he did not fail to rif^ up and ^ccoft liun as well as he , cou^. ^^ We alfp found here, fays Captain Cook, the ybtihg man whom we called Oedidee, hut whof): real name is tieeteheete. I had carried him from 2(^6 A Foyage to the Pacifit: Oce.iti. from Ulietea in 1 773, ami brought him back in 1774; after he had vifitcd the Friendly Iflands, New Zealand, EaiUr Ifland, and the Murque- {^i and being on board my (hipi in that rxten- ilve navigation, about feven months. He was at leaft as tenacious of his good breeding, as the man who had been at Lima ; and jv/, S«^, or if you pleaje, Sir, were as frequently repeated by him, hs^ Sennor, Was by the other. Hcetc- hectc, who is* a native of BolaboTa, had arrived in Ofaheite, about three months before^ with no other intcntidhj that we could learn, than to gratify his^ curiofity, or, perhaps^ fome o- thcr favourite paffion *, which' arc, very often, the only objects of the puAiit of ^ther trtvel- ling gentlemen. It was evident, howcvcrj that he preferred' the modes, and even garb, of his countrymen^ to burs. For, thotigh I give him ibmc cloaths, "whieh our Admiralty. Board' had been^eifed to fend for his ufe (to which I ad- ded a cheft^of looISi and a few other articles, 2S a pirfen t from niyfelf), he declined' wearing them arfteir % fcw^tkkysi This infHmce, ahd that of the pcrfbn who had been at- Lima:;; may be urged as a proof of the ilrong propenfity natu- ral to man, of returning to habits acquired at an early age, and only interrupted' by accident. And, perhaps, it may be concluded, that even Omai, who had imbibed almod the whole Eiig- lifli manners, will, in a very (hort time after our leaving him, like OedideCj and 'the vtiitoi^ of Lima, return to his own native garments. . In the morning of the 27th, a man firom O- heitepcha 1 m. urn back iii dly Iflands, iC Murquc- that rxtcn- I. He was iJinc, as the f/, Sk^i or if repeated by er. Hcetc- hapenfity natu- ti acquired at !• hy accident. ed, that even « whole Erig- timc after cur the vHitof of irmcnts. man from O- hcitcpeha ji Voyage to the Pacific Ocean* 29f heitepeha informed us, that two SpsmiiK (hips had anchored in that bay the preceding night ; and to confirm this intelligence, he produced fbme coarfe blue cloth, which, he faid, he had got out of one of the (hips. He furiher faid, that Mateema was in one of the ihips \ and that they would come to Matavai iii two or three days.. Thefe, and (bme other circumftances, which he mentioned, gave the ftory fo much the appearance of truth, that the Comimodore difpatched Lieutenant Williamfbn in a boat, to look into Oheitepeha Bay ; and, in the mean time, both our ihips were put in a pofture of defence. For, tho' England and Spain were at peace when he lef^ England, he did not. know but that a different fcene might, by this time, have opened. UpOn enquiry, however, we had rea- fon to imaghie, fEat the relater of the (lory had impofed upon us y and this, was put beyond^ all doubt, when Mr Y^Hamfon returned the day following, who made^ report to CaptaibCook, that he had been at Cttieitqpeha, and ibund^ that no ihips were thereat fc y f eht, nor had any been there fince we left it. The people of this part of the ifland, where we dqw were (lationed, told us, indeed, at firft, that it was a ii^Elion i^^ vented by thofe of Tiaraboo. But what yiew^ they could have, we could^noc conceive, unlefs they ftippoicd that the report would induce us to quit the ifland, and thus deprive the inhabit tants of Otaheite-nooe of t^e advantages; they; might^o^crwiie reap from our (hips remaining there ; the natives of the two parts of the ifla:nd Vol. I. Gg bekig %9S A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. being inveterate enemies to each other. Since we, arrived at Matavai, the weather had been unfettled till the 29th ; before which day we were unable to get equal altitudes of the fun for afcertaining the going of the time-keeper. The caulking, and other repairs of the (hips, were alfo retarded by the fame caufe. In the even- ing of this day, the iflanders made a precipitate retreat, both from our land flation, and from on board the fhips. We conjedlured that this arofe from their knowing that fome theft had been committed, and apprehending punifhment upon that account. At length, we became ac- quainted with the whole aflfair. One of the Surgeon*s mates had made an excurfion into the country to purchafe curiofities, and had taken with him four hatchets for the purpofe of ex- change. Having been fo imprudent as to em- ploy a native to carry them, the fellow took an opportunity of running off with fo valuable a prize. This was the reafon of the fudden flight, in which Otoo himfelf, and all his family, had joined; and it was with difficulty that the Captain flopped them, after following them for the fpace of two or three miles. As he had de- termined to take no meafures for the recovery of the hatchets, that his people for the future might be more upon their guard againfl fuch negligence, every thing quickly refumed its for- mer tranquility. The next morning, fome meflengers arrived from Eimeo, with intelligence, that the people ff that ifland were in arms; and that Otoo^s partizans jt4 Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 299 partizans there had been obliged by the oppo-i lite party to retreat to the mountains. The quarrel between the tvvo iflands, which began in 1774, had partly fubfided ever iince. A formidable armament had failed foon after Cap- tain Cook left Otaheite in his lalt voyage ; but the malecontents of Eimeo had made fo gallant a reli/lance that the ileet had returned without fuccefs 5 and now another expedition was deem- ed neceflary. On the arrival of thefe meflen- gers, the chiefs afiembled at Otoo*s houfe, where the Captain aflually was at that time, and had the honour of being admitted into their coun- cil. One of the meflengers opened the buii- nefs with a fpeech of coniilderable length, the purport of which was to explain the iituation of affairs in Eimeo, and to excite the Otaheitean chiefs to arm on the occafion. This opinion was oppofed by others who were againft com- mencing hoftilities ; and the debate was for Ibme time, carried on with great order and de- corum. At length, however, they became ve- ry tumultuous, and the Captain began to expefb that their meeting would conclude like a Polifli diet. But tl\e contending chiefs cooled as fail as they grew warm, and order was fpeedily re- ftored. In tlie end, the party for war prevail- ed \ and it was refolved, though not unanimouf- ly, that a ftrong force iljould be fent to Eimeo. Otoo faid very little during the whole debate. Thofe of the co;mcii, who were inclinable for war, applied to tie Captain for his affiftance; and all of them were defirous of knowing what Ggz part 300 A Voyage tc the Pacific Ocean, part he would take. Omai was lent for to aped up in cocoa-leaves and fmall branches, was now taken out of the canoe, and laid upon the beach. The priefts t placed themfelves a- round it ; fome (landing, and others fitting ; and one, or more of them, repeated fentences for about ten minute.s. 1 he body was now ftrip- ped of the leaves and branches, and placed pa- rallel with thcfea^lhore. Then one of thepriefts, flanding at the feet of the corpie, . pronounced a long prayer, in which he was occaiionally joined by the others, each of them holding a tqitofred feathers in his hand. During this prayer, fome hair was pulled oiF the head of the intended facrifice,^ and the left eye was ta- ken out *f both which being wrapped up in a green leaf, were prefented to the king ; who, however, did not touch them, but gave, to the man who prefented them, the tuft of red fea- thers which'he had received from Towha. This, with the eye and hair, was taken to the priefts. Not 304 A Foyage to the Pacific Ocean, Not long after, his majefty fent them another piece of feathers. In the eourfe of this iafir ce- rembny, a king>fiiHer making a noife in the trees, Otoo turned to €Sq>tain Coiok, faying, ** That is tlie Eatooa ;" and fcemed to coniQder it as a fiivoiirable prognoftic. The corpfe was then carried a little way, and laid under a tree j near which were iixed three thin pieces of wood variouHy carred. The bun- dles bfclbth were placed on a part of the hto- rai ; and the tufts of red feathers were laid at the feet of the dead body, round which the pricfts ftationed thcmfelves} and our geiitle- njen were now permitted to go as near as they plcafed." He who itemed to be the chief prieft iix)ke for about a quai-ter of an hour, with dif- ferent tones and gcftures j fometime^ s^)^aring to expoftulate with the deceased; at other times, aiking feveral qucfltons ; then making various demands, as if the dead perfbn either had power lumfcH^, or intcreft with the deity, to engage Iserhi to grant fuch requefts *, among which he defired him to deliver Eimeo, Moheine its chief, the women, hogs, ami other things of the iiland, ttito their liands 5 which was, indeed, the cx- prefs object of the facrifice. He then prayed near half an hour, in a whining tone, and two other priefts joined fn the prayer, in the eourfe of which a prieft plucked fome more hair from the head of the corpfe, and put it upon one of the bundles. The en icf prieft now prayed alone, holding in his hand the feathers received from 1 owha. Having finiihed, he gave them to ano- ther ther pri the tuft dies of 4 this pla< The< confpicu and the, beat llo laid a^ the ibot feated tj their pr« a hole a1 they thri ftones ai the bod^ upon wh was the the meai duced^ a hajir was t^yx o\ they wer heart, ai put on h dog, aft< was, wit priefts, V ing. Tl over the very louc in a loud faid, was another s laft cc- ; in the faying, condder 97ay, and :ed three rhe bun- * the hto- re laid at hich the r gehtle- ir as they lief pricft with dif- ^>pearing ler times, ig various tad power o engage which he ; its chiefj he iiland, the ex- prayed and two he courfc hair from on one of yed alone, iv«d from rm to ano- ther ji Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 305 :n ther prieft, who prayed in like manner \ then all the tufts of feathers were placed -upon the bun- dles of cloth) wliich concluded the ^remonj; jit this place. < . The dead body was now carried to the mod confpicuou^ part of t|ie morau with ^he feathers, and the two bundje^ oCdo;h» while the drums beat (lowly. 7He fathers and bundles yrcre laid a^nft ti^ pile of ftones, and the ))pdy at the ibot of them. . The prieils havisig again feated themfelves roui^d the corpfe, renewed their prayers, while fome of their aififtants dug a hole about tl^e depth of t>v^o feet, into lyhich they threw the viiSlimn ^d cpyer^d it^ over with ftones and e^rtjh. "Whilf^-t^fiy w^^^cpmnfiittijag the body, t^^ the ,graye, a boy fq^cake^ aloud, upon which Qno^ ^14 tp Capt^aiin^ Cpok« that k was the Batooq^, , A- fire, haying boen made in the mean time, a lean h^lf (larved dog was pro- duced, and kilHd by twiiling his neck. The hajir was tki^l iinged o^,, apd the entrails being taken out,, were .thrp^fi into the /ire, where they were l^ft to.be confuixifd ; but ^ he kidney, heart, and liver, were only roait^d, by b'iiog put on heated ftones j and the carcafe of the dog, after being rubbed over with the Wood, was, with the Kver, &c. laid down before the priefts, who were feated round the grave, pray- ing. They for fome time uttered ejaculations over the dog, while two men, at intervals, beat very loud on two drums j and a boy fcreamed, in a loud {hrill voice, three times. This, the^ faid, was to invite the Eatooa to feail on tl banq 3o6 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. banquet that' they had provided for him. When the priefts had furilhed their prayers, the body, heatt, liver, \^c, of the dog, were placed on a 'Ufhatta^ orfcafibld, about iix feet in height, on which lay the remains of two other dogs, and of two pigs, which had heen lately facrificed. The priefts and attendants now ^ave a kind of ihout, which put an end to the ceremonies at preftnt. The evening being arrived, our gen- tlemen, were conduced to a hoilfe belonging to Potatoiij where they were entertained, and lodged for the night. Having been informed, that the religious rites were to be renewed the next morning, they would not quit the place while any thing remained to.be feen. Some oF them repaired to the fcene of action early in the morning ; and, foon afterwards, a pig was fa- crificed, and laid upon the fame fcaffold with the others. About eight o*clock, Otoo took our party again to the moraiy where the priafts, ^nd a great multitude of people, were by th^s time aflembled. The two bundles occupied the place where they had been depofited the pre- ceding evening 5 the two drums were in the front of the moraiy and the priefts were ftation- cd beyond them. The king placed himfelfbe- , twten the drums, and defired Captain Cook to ftand by him. The ceremony of this day began with bring- ing a young plantairt-tree, and laying it at his majefty*s feet. A prayer was then repeated by the priefts, holding in their hands feveral tufts of red feathers, and alfo a plume of oftrich feathers^ feathers to Otoo had enc tion, ar tiemen : who hac ceding ( tinned n the tuft; upon th( four pig! mediatel ken to a One c was four Otaheite of the cl full leng bout fifti quarter i the famt of cloth, the waif) red featl One end about th edges w( other en rious len rows, in pleaftng ibriie of to the uj ?<7/;, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 307 I. When he body, laced on eight, on ogs, and 'acrificed. a kind of [nonies at our geri- onging to ned, and informed, ewcd the the place Some oF arly in the ^ig was fa- 'old with )too took he priafts, re by thjs cupied the the pre- re in the re ftation- limfelf be- 1 Cook to ith bring- it at his repeated everal tufts of oftrich feathers^ feathers, which the Commodore had. prefented to Otoo on his firft arrival. When the priefts had ended the prayer^ they changed their ila- tion, and placed themfelves between our gen- tlemen and the morai. One of them, the uime who had performed the principal part the pre- ceding day, began another prayer, which con- tinued near half an hour. During this prayer, the tufts of red feathers were put, one by one upon the ark of the Eatooa. Not long after, four pigs were produced, one of which was im- mediately killed, and the three others were ta- ken to a neighbouring ftyc. One of the bundles was now untied ; and it was found to contain the marOi with which the Otaheiteans inveft their kings. When taken out of the cloth, it was fpread on the ground, at full length, before the priefls. It is a girdle a- bout fifteen feet in length, and one foot and a quarter in breadth, and is probably put on in the fame manner as the common marq^ or piece of cloth, ,« fed by thefe iflanders to wrap round the waift.. It was ornamented with yellow and red feathers; but principally with the former. One end of it was bordered witli eight pieces, about the iize and figure of a horfe-lhoe, whofe edges were fringed with black feathers. The other end was forked, having the points of va- rious lengths. The feathers were ranged in two rows, in fquare compartments, and produced a pleafing efFe£l. They had been firft fixed upon foriie of the cloth of the ifland, and then fewed to the upper end of the pendant which Captain Wallis 3o8 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, • Wallb had left flying on fhore, the firft time of hU arrival at ^feitavai; The priefts prmioanced a long' prayer, relative to this part of the cere- mony ) and after it was ended, the badge of royalty was folded up with great care, and put into the cloth. The other bundle, which we have abready mentioned, under the name of the ark, was next opened, at one end i but our party were nof permitted to approach near enough to examine its myfterloui contents. The intelligence they obtained refpefting it, was, that the £aiooa, (or rather what -is fuppofed to reprefent him) was concealed in it. This facred repository is com- posed of the twifted fibres of the hu& of the cocoa-nut $ and its figure is roundifh, with one end eoniiderabljr thicker than the other. The pig that had been killed was by this time cleaned, and its entrails taken out. Thefe happened to have many of thoie convuliive mo- tions, which firequently appear in difierent parts, when an animal is killed ; and this was cohfi- dered as a v^y favourable omen to the intend- ed expedition. After being expofed for fbme time, the entrails were carried and laid down before the priefts. While one of them prayed, another clolely inlpefted the entrails, and con- tinued turning them gently with a ftick. Ha- ting been fufficicntly examined, they were then thrown into the fire. The iacrificed' pig, aud its liver, heart, &c. were now put upon the Icaffold where the dog had been deposited ; and' then all the feathers, except the oilrich plume, being I v; ' 1 .'kW t ' 5iiT< '' .:■.!• ' •! f*|> < .»'*** ***.' f.w % t .L^ u^ ,/«< lif'ii*' ' I '« -.1 . ,.? J V ii^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. m 1.0 I.I U;|2£ 12.5 ■^ 1^ 12.2 IL25 III 1.4 1.8 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation \ ^ .V •ss <^ V 4 ^---1^>^ 6^ ^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. M5S0 (716) 873-4503 ^ is \ V^O i\ V being Foil all the A fim: fafteiu fore^p &^ is. nutSy , upon'! iaid, t they IK 4iBil m ^icfl hondb mined ofiered ihip, G head a] • temple^ had bee hehsid *rhe w thefe a iheir^i ¥0L A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean* 309 being cloied in the ark^ an end was put to the whp^ ^enmity. Four doable canoes remained upon the beach, . sAl the morning, before the place of facrifice. A fniali platform, covered with [^im-leaves, / '£iiAened in myfterious knots, was fixed on the fore-part of each of thefe canoes I and this al- io, is , called a marau Some plantains, cocoa- nuts, i>read*firuit,'fi(b,:and other articles, lay upon each oi thefe naval morait* The natives- ', iaid, that they belonged to the JSa/Ma, and tha^ they were to attend the fleet that was to httient I ■ 4^^^1^, to appearance, a middle-ag0ilmaa, ^^-tad was one of the lowd^clafs of the^'^op^* ^^Bntfii|did not appear,, that they had fixed upon I^IUHI ^account of hii- having committed any ■'"^'^Hftiiioghst trime, that defcrved death. It is cei^ taiir^t'^hbwever, ^hat tney uMly felqH^ liich ginlty pt^ons fort&eir (acrifices, or elle» vag^ bonds, who have no, vifible way of procuring an honeil livelihood. Our gentlemcift having esufe- mined tlie body of the unhappy iiiflfereri item ofiered uptathe Object of thdc peopleV i!i|^ ihip, ob(ervedf that it was bloody ^boi^^^n^ head and face, and much bruifed upon the ri^ ( temple, which denoted the manner in which he had been killed. And they were informed, that Im^ had been knocked on the head with s^>ftone. ^he vrretches who are deftined to {nfkr on thefe occafions, are never previouily iappcized oT ihdr fatCr 'Wheaever.any one of thefaon^spol Vol. I. ' H h ^^h cKi#^ Querns a-%iUmjm fao^lifice fice«flSa7^^ any ^^Caiadrgeoc^^ he fixes upon tlie'v£^iiil» and tlteii ij^t^a imsnt of h» teii^ fe ft a nta, who fj^ npim^ him fiiddk|}]r; atict^^ith^^ftone him to'idcadi* inr b^ ^out Us hrams with a chib. Hie ^ivereigii^is^ ^ i»hofe preieAc^ Is laid to be ahfoliitel^^roquii^e ^t the -folemn.rites that ^^Uow j and, indeed^ on the late occafiona'D^ bore a ca{»tal part. The ibleninhy ilH^ is^ tinned Fooft ErUf or ' the .prayer 1^ the^ehiefi and the ^Wmi is called *^miia Aitoer «oil^M9rated man. 5 ; f - sllie mcmiry nvliere the late iaoifice wsa t0es^ fcdi is.ak«ayiB i^f^f^t^^ the humsd of the iltnig Off the whole ij3and» and l^tewlie of his ' .lamily said foin^ othdr pierfofis of difiingoiih* ^ed rank. It driers, Htdei-exc^t pi extent, £roln ^the tominon limr^* Ita pHndpal part b/ a large oblong ^e of ftonesiabont thirteen leet In &9gli^^and4:ohtra£)ied towards the tc«pi with % ^mngcdar area on each lidc^ loofely pa^^ ^3i pebbldf imddr which the bon^ of ihechieft affe d^^ted.' ^ot4i'£^:^the^dneai^ the Jsit^ is ^ place Wfacrifice, where is a w^ farge or fcafibhli en which i^e o£%ings c^ and other ^getables^ are placed i but thie are laid on a ^tanB/a one, $d^hh^. hu*> jiiUne^ces 9fe htteii^undter & pa|i^aei^oit. llm-are federal i*^M^^ the iee i:fii«|i ^ifi«^ iloBies i9^<^^ in «aHo^ psurtt die poff^ittienti iomt with bits <^ cloth fifteok recpdrdiA, o^ers entirely covefvid witkHi undf npn the fide of the large pile^ firbntii^ llie^ jtfgyage to the Facific 0ce4M, 3^1 i^msLg area grcvt iittmher of pieces of carved irwk^ in which their gods are Aippofed to re.- fide occafibpaMy. That it a heap of ftoiiei» at one end of thehrge^fcaffiiidi with a to of i^ fena on onx)icr^koned no kfs mm, Ipirti^ine flculls of lorBier vid&nsy lym^he&i^ ^ ffiMvVy^ai A|td^ none of tho^ flLulk ap^risd to have {\i6Sered any confi#en^)te e|ange^:or decays from the weatlier» it may m uijferred, that but a.{hdrt time had e^ifed, nncis tl^ ^ii£&ns had been offered. This horrid^ |pi^%: though no coniideratbn, whatever can sMee it ceaie to be deteftal^t might|^ per^^» bethdught lefs detrimental in fome f^^^^*- If k contrJU^d to ipprefs any awe lor t|e «... ^siET ^.^j^ ^^^ r^j^gion,, upofr the H h 2 mih^s Kii >*• 312 A Vv^age to the Pacific Ocean, minds of the fpeftators. But this was To far from being the cafe on the late occaiion, that though a vaft muhitude of people had ailem- bled at the mormy they fhewed very little reve- rence' for what \^as tranfadting. And Omai happpening to arrive> after the ceremonies had begun, many of the iilanders thronged round him, and were engaged, for the remaining part of the time in making him recount fome of his adventures } to which they liftene^ with great eagernefs of attention, regardlefs of the folemn offices which their priefts were then per- forming. Indeed, the priefts themfelves, ex- cept the one who fuftained the principal part, either firom their being familiarized to fuch ob* je£ts, or from their repofing no great degree of confidence in the efficacy of their religious in- i^itdtions, maintained very little of that folem- nity which is neceflary to give to* afts of devo- tion their proper effed. Their habit iwas but an ordinary one; they converfed together with great familiarity \ -and the only attempt they made to preferve decorum, was by exerting their authority to prevent the populace from encroaching on the very fpot where the rites were performed, and to fufier our gentlemen*, as' Grangers, to 'come forward. They were, however, very candid in the anfwers which they gave to any interrogatories that were put to them, with regard to this inhuman inf^itution. And, particularly, on being afked, what waA the deiign of it, they replied, that it was an an- cient cuftom, and was highly agreeable to. their • • god, an. A Voy^i to the Pacific Ocenn. 3 P3, iras fb far liion, that tad a0em- ittle rere- Lnd Omai tonics had ;ed round ining part t fome of enecf with leTs of the then per- elvesy ex- :ipal part, b fuch ob* degree of igious in- lat folem- of devo- t iwas but :thcr with mpt they exerting lace from the rites entlemen^ ley were, hich they re put to iflitution. what wa« ras an an- e to. their god, god, who came and fed upon the facrhices ; in coniequence of which, he granted their peti- tions. It was then objected, that he certainly did not feed on thefe, as he was neither obfer- red to do it, nor were the bodies of the facri- iBced animals foon con(;jmed ; and that as to the corpfe of a hu^an victim, they prevented his feeding on that, by interring it. In anfwer to theie objeftions, they gave it as their opinion, that he came in the night, invlfibly, and ied only on ^he foul, or immaterial (>art, which (thefe people fay) remains about the place of ft- crifice, till -the carcafe of the vi^im is totally wafted by putrefa£Hon. Human facrifices are hot the only barbarous cuilom that (^ill prevails amongil the inhabitants of Otaheite, though, 'in many others rofpe^, they hairc emerged from the brutal manners of favage life. Befides cutting out the jaM^-bonts of their enemies {lain in battle, which they car- ry about with, them* as t«0{lhies, they,, in fome meafure, offer up their bodies to the Eathoa, Soon after an engagement, in which they have come off vi£lorous, they collect all-thedtad, and bring them to the moraif whdre, with great form and ceremonyj they dig a large hole, and bury them all in, a» fo many offerings to their divinities. ■ They treat, in a dilS^ent manner, their owii chiefs that faH in battle. Theijr late king, Topi- taha, Toubourai-tamaide, and another chief, who were all flain m an engagement with, thofe of '^araboo, were brought to the morai at Atta< H -h ^ . ' hooroo. 3»4 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean* hooroo. There the priefts cut out their bowels before the great altar ^ and their dead bodies were afterwards interred in three different places, near the great, pile of ftones above mentioned ; and the common men, who loft their lives in the bat- tle, were all buried' in one hole, at the foot of the fame pile. This was performed the day af- ter the battle, with much pomp and formality, amidft a numerous concourfe of people, as a thankfgiving offering to the deity, for the vic- tory they hstd obtained the preceding day.' The vanquiihed, in the mesin time, had 'taken re- fuge in the mountains, wherei they remained upwards of a week, till the fury of the ,vi£lors began to abate. A treaty was then fet on foot by which it was agreed, that Otoo ihould be proclaimed king of the whole iiland ; and the folemnity of invefting him with the maro^ or badge 6i royalty, was peifo^med at the fame morai^ with great magnificence. At the clofe of the very extraordinary fcene e^xhibited at the irnorm, our party embarked a- bout twelve o'clock^ in order to return to Ma- tavai \ and, in their way, paid a viiit. to Tow- ha, who had continued in the little iiland, wher^ they met him the precedingday. Some cpnverfatibn about public afiairs pailed. between Otoo and him \ and the latter entreated Captain Cook, once more, to jdn them as an ally, in their war againft£|meo. By his p|)fitive jreAi0d he entirely loft the good opinion of this chie£, :> Before thi^ feparated, he interrogated par gentlemen coQceming the folemnity, at whicIT they "V A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3«S ir bowels iies were ices, near led; and 1 the bat- ; foot of tie day af- brmalityy »le, as a • the vic- ay. The taken re- remained le ,vi£tors t on foot hould be and the maroy or he fame ary fcene arked a- 1 to Ma- to Tow- i ifland, , Some between Captain ally, in s chief Bted our At whicIT they they had been prefent ; andalk^d, particularly^ if it anfwered their expectations \ what opinion they entertained of its efficacy \ and whether fuch aCls of worihip were frequent in their owa ^ country? They had been (ilent during the ce- lebration of the horrid ceremony \ but, as (bon as it was completed, freely expreifed their fenti- ments upon the fubjeCt to Otoo, and his attend- ants ; confequently Captain Cook did not con- ceal his detellation of it, in this converfation with Towha. Exclufive of the barbarity of the bloody cudpm, he urged the unreaTonableneis of it, alledging that iiich a facrifice, inftead of making the Eatooa propitious to their nation,, would excite his vengeance; and that, from this very circumftance, he concluded, that their intended expedition againft Maheine would be unfuxcefsful. This was proceeding to great lengths upon conjecture ; but there was little danger of being miftaken \ for, refpeCting this war, there were three parties in this ifland, one violent for it, another perfectly indifierent a«; bout it ; and the third avowed fupporters of Maheine, and his caufe. • Under theie circum- fiances, it was not prob ible that fuch a plan <^ military operations would be fettled^ as could mfure fuccefs^ Omai aCted as interpreter, in conveying the Captain's fentiments to Towha, on the fubjeCt of the kite horrid facrifice \ and he fupported his arguments with fuch fpirit, tliatthe chief appeared to be extremely angry ; especially,, on being informed, that if he had tiken away the life of a man in £i^gland, as he had ■^ 3J6 A Voyagt to the Pacific Oeetm, had done here, his rank would not have protec<«- ted him from an ignominious death. Upon this, he exclaimed, maeno I maettof (vile ! vile !) and would nor hear a fyllable more about it^ Many of the natives w^re prefent at this debate ; par- ticularly the attendants and fervants of Towha ; and when Omai mentioned the punifhment that would in England be inflidted upon the greateft man, if he dared ^to kill the meanrft fervant,. they liftcned very attentively : and, perhaps, on this fubjeft,. they thought differently from their mafter. Leaving Towha, our gentlemen proceeded tO' Oparre, where Otoo (blicited them to pafs the night. They landed in the evenirig ; and, on their way to his habitation, had an opportunity* of obierving how thefe people amufe themfelves, in their private heeoai. They faw abont a hun- dred of them fitting in a houfe ; in the midft of whom were two women, and an old man be- hind each of them, beating gently utx)n a drum) and the women, at intervals, tinging with great ibftnefs and delicacy. The ailembly were very attentive, and feemed, as it were, absorbed in (he pleaiure the muiic gave them ; few of them taking any notice of the fbrangers, and the perv Ibrmers never once ceafing. When the party arn^d' at Otoo's houfe, it was silmoU dark. Here they were entertained with one of their public heevaSi or plays, in which his three fifler^ veprefented the principal charadterk This they call a heeva raoy and no perfon is fufibred to en- fir the houfk or area, where it is .exhibitec}.r This This is are the fion, they ac ed mai whereix to afibr which compar Matava ther, fi the Ca fhort ti Whi fent fro fuppliec After ti pany ai us, amc Omai, ^ of fifh, being c back to vantr b ready fc was a h fence, whole p It was ro, and fcrapsdj felf. / nels, w: vt protcc-^ Jponthis, eilc !) and t'. Many ate; par- F Towha ; ment that e greateft t lervant^ perhaps, itly from tceeded tc 9 pafs tlie , and, on iportwnity* remielves, tit a hiin- r midft of man be* 1 a dromf rith great vcre very ibrbed in of them the perv the party 0^ dark. ; of their ♦cc iifter^ rhisthey ed to en- xhibited^' This A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3n This is always the cafe, when the royal iifters are the performers. Their drcfs, on this occa* iion, was truly elegant and pidturefquei and they acquitted thenuelves in a very diftinguifh- ed manner} though fome comic interludes^ wherein four men were the performers, ieemed to afford greater entertainment to the audienccy which was numerous. The Captain and hit companions proceeded, the next morning, to Matavai, leaving Otoo at Oparre \ but his mo- ther, iifters, and many other women, attended the Captain on board, and Otoo followed a ihort time after. While Otoo and Captain Cook had been skb- fent from t\\t (hips, they had been fparingly fupplied with fruit, and had not many vifitors. After their return, we had abundance of com- pany and provifions. On the 4di, a party of us, among whom was Otoo, dined afhore with Omai, who provided excellent fare, coniifting of fifh, fowls, pork, imd puddings. Dinner being over. Captain Cook accompanied Otoo- back to his dwelling, where he found all his fer- vants- bufy, in getting a quantity of provifions ready for him. Amongft other articles, there was a large hog, which they killed in his pre- fence. There was alfo a large pudding ) the whole procefs in making which the Captain faw. It was compofed of bread-fruit, plantains, ta- ro, and palm or pandanus-nuts, each rafped^ fcrapsd, or Heat up very fine, and baked by it- felf. A quantity of the juice of cocoa-nut-ker- nels, was put into a kind of wooden tray. The other 3 1 8 A Voyage to the Pacific Oaatir- other articles, hot from the ofvir, were put iii' to this veflel ; together with, feme hot ftones, in order to make the content* firmer. Three or four perfons were employed in ftirring up the feTeral insredients, till they were perfedUj; m- corporated, and the juice of the cocoa^nurwas turned to oil % and the whole mafsi- at laft, was nearly of the confiftency^ of a hafty-pudding. The hog being baked, and the pudding being made, they, together with two living hogs, fbme bread-fruit, and cocoa-nuts were icnt on board the Captain's fhip in a canoe, fDllowed by him and all the royal family. ' A young ram, of the Cape-breed, that had been lambod, and carefully brought up on board Captain Cook's fhip, was killed by a dog the following -(day. This was^ the more to be re- gretted, as it was the only one of that breed that we had; and only one of the Engliih breed was now remaining. On the 7th) in ' the evening, we exhibited iome fire-works before a vaft concourfe of peo- ple, fome of whom were highly lentertaincd,. but the greater number were much terrified with the exhibition \ infomuch, that they could hardly be prevailed on to keep together, to fee the whole of the entertainment. What conclu- ded the bufinefs, was a table-rocket. It fieW (^ the table, and difperfed the y^hxAt crowd in an inilanti even the mofi: refolute amongft them' ti&tr fl(^; ^ith precipitation. On ^ 8th of Septembor, a party of u* (fined vrith our former ihip-mate^ Oedidee, oni m A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3 19 re put in- ot ftones, . Three ng up the rfe£Uy; in- a*nut*wa8 t laft, was -pudding, ling being iig hogSy e fcnt on followed , that had [> on board a dog the to be re- hat breed lifh breed exhibited fe of pco- [tertained, terrified hey could ler, to fee at conclu* It flcw^ crowti in ngft them' rty bf u* didee, om fidi and pork. The hog weighed about thirty pounds \ and it may be worth mentioning! that it was alivcy dreiTed, and brought upon the ta* ble^ within the hour. We had but juft dined, when Otoo came, and aiked me, if my belly was full ? On my anfwering in the affirmative, he faid, < Then, come, along with me.' I ac- cordinaly went with him to his father's, where I found fome employed in dreffing two girls with a prodigious quantity of fine cloth, after a very flngular falhion. The one end of each piece of cloth, of which there were a good many, was held up over the heads of the girls, while the remainder was wrapped round their bodies, under the arm-pits. Then the upper ends were let fall, and hung down in folds to the ground, over the other, To far as to bear refemblance to a circular hoop-petticoat. Afterward, round the outiide of all, were wrapped feveral pieces of differently coloured cloth, which coniider- ably increafed the iize; fo that it was not lefs than five or fix yards in circuit, and the weight of this lingular attire was as much as the poor girlt could fupport. To each were hung two taamesy or breaft-plates, by way of enriching the whole, and giving it a pi^urefque appearance. Thus equipped, they were conducted on board the fhip, together with feveral hogs, and a quanti- ty of fruit, which, with the cloth, was a pre- fent to me from Otoo's father. Perfons, of ei- ther fex, drefled in this manner, are called atee ; but I believe, it is never pra^tifed, except when large pvefents of cloth are to be made. At leaffc. 310 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. I never faw it pra£tired upon any other occafion ; ^nor, indeed, had I ever fuch a prefent before; but both Captain Qerke and I had cloth given to us afterward, thus wrapped round the bearers. The next day, Captain Cook received a pre- fent of five hogs, and feme fruit from Otoo ; and one hog, and fome fruit from ^ch of his iifters. Other provifions were alfo in great plenty* Great quantities of mackarel had been caught here by the natives, for two or three fuccefiive days ; fome of each were fold on board the fhips. Otoo was equally attentive to fupply our wants, and contribute to our amufement. On the loth, he treated a party of us at Oparre, with a play. His three lifters were the perform- » ers, and their drefles were new and elegant, much n^ore fb than we had met with in any of thefe iflands. The principal object, however, that the Cap- tain had now in view, in going to Oparre, was to fee an embalmed corpfe, near the refidence of Otoo. On enquiry, fays he, I found it to* be the remains of Tee, a chief well known to me, when I was at thiis illand, during my laft voyage. It was lying in a toopapaooy more ele- gantly coh{lru£led than their common ones. It was in a pretty large houfe, enclofed with a low palifade It refembled one of thofe little houfes^ or awnings, belonging to their large canoes. When we arrived at the place, the body was un- der cover, and wrapped up in cloth, within the ttopapaeo ; but, at my deiire, the man wlio had the an, er occafion ; Pent before ; cloth given the bearers, eivcd a pre- From Otoo ; €ach of his [fo in great el had been vo or three fold ere on fupply our ment. On \ at Oparre, be perform- » nd elegant, ii in any of at the Cap- )parre, was le refidence found it to* I known to Ing my laft , more ele- on ones. It with a low ittle houfesy rge canoes. >dy was un- within the n who had the I the cj a kinc as full were j clofe t edthe cloth, ' effea. every ] was ll begun, fmell p one of bove ft ration t the mi naiis w hered, f pliable, happen were N told ni thod of bodies, their de ing tlie arius i fed wit part ; ikin, it afterwa] of pcrfi quently Vol. ■I lb a 'J a. y/ Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 32 1 the care of it, brought it out, and laid it upon a kind 6f bier, in fuch a manner, that we had as full a view of it as we could wi(h \ but we were not allowed to go within the pales that en- clofe the toopapaoo. After he had tlius exhibit- ed the corpfe, he hung the place with mats and cloth, io difpofed as to proluc^ a very pfetty cffetii^»i the - Jbands jf Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 323 lands and pofleflions, of which, after his death, they had been deprived. Otoo returned the next evening, from exer- cifing the moft difagreeable of his royal duties } and, the next day^ being honoured with his company the Captains Cook and Clerke, mount- ed on horfebiick, and rode round the plain of Matavai, to the ailonilhinent of a vali train of fpedtators. Once or. twice before this, Omai had, indeed, attempted to get on a horle \ but he had as often fallen oflF, before he could con- trive to feat himfelf properly; this was, there- fore, the firft time they had feen any body on horfeback. What the Captains had begun, was repeated daily, by one or another of our people; and yet the curiofity of the natives continued unabated. After they had feen the ufe that was made of thefe animals, they were greatly delight* ed with them ; and we were of opinion, that they conveyed to them a better idea of the greatnels of other nations, than all the novelties that their European vifitors had carried amonft them. The next day, Etary, or Olla, the. god of Bolabola, removed from the neighbourhood "of Mitavai, to Oparre, attended by feveral failing canoes. Otoo, we were told, did not approve of his being fo near our ftation, where his peo- ple could more conveniently invade our proper- ty. Otoo, it muft be acknowledged, took e- vcry prudent method to prevent thefts and rob- ' beries ; and it was principally owing to his re- gulations, that fo few were committed. He had ercfted a fmall houfe or two behind our I i 2 • poft ; 324 ^ ^'^^S^ *o '^ Pacific Ocean, jx)ft i and two others near our tents, between the river and the fea. Some of his own people continually kept watch in all thefe places ; and, as his father ufually reiided on Matavai Point, we were, in a manner, furfounded by them. They not only defended us in the night from thievifs, but they had an opportunity of obfer- ving every thing that pafled in the day ; and were ready to receive contributions from fuch girls, as were privately connected with our peo- ple, which was ufually done every morning ; (b that the meafures he had taken to fecure our fafety, anfwered the more eflential purpbfe of enlarging his own profits. Otoo acquainted Captain Cook, that his pre- fence was required at Oparre, where an audi- ence was to be given to the great perfonage from Bolabola, and begged he would accompany him thither. The Captain readily confented, ex- pelling to meet with fomething deferving his notice. Accordingly, they fet out on the i6th, attended by Mr Anderfon. Nc»thing^ howe- ver, occurred, that was interefting or curious. Etary and his followers, prefented fome coarfe cloth and hogs to Otoo, with fome ceremony, and a fet fpeech. After this, a confultation was held between them and fome other chiefs, about their expedition to Eimeo. Etary, at firft, dif- apprOved of it ; but his objections v/ere at length over-ruled. It appeared, indeed, the next day, that it was too late to deliberate upon this bufi- nefs ; for in the evening, a mefTcn^er arrived with intelligence, that there had been fome fkir- mifhes. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, V'S , between \vn people ces ; and, ivai Point, by them, light from of obfer- day \ and from fuch li our peo- >rning ; fo fecure our )urpbfe of at his pre- e an audi- mage from npany him rnted, ex- erving his the 1 6th, >r curious, me coarfe ceremony, tation was iefs, about firft, dif- i at length next day, this bufi- jr arrived bme fkir- milhes. jiiiihes, but that the lofs or advantage, on either lide, was inconfiderable. Captain Cook* Mr Anderfon, and Omai, in the morning of the 1 8th, went again to Oparre, accompanied by Otoo \ taking with them the iheep which the Captain intended to leave upon the ifland. They conlifted of an Englifii ram and €we, and three Cape ewes ; all which he made a prefent of to Otoo. All the three cows had ta- ken the bull, he therefore thought it advifeable to -divide them, and carry fome to Ulietea. With this view, he ordered them to be brought before him, and propofed to Etary, iWiX. if he would have his IhiU with Otoo, he fliould have this, and one of the cows. To this propofal, Etary, at firft darted fome objections ; but, at laft, agreed to it ; however, as tlie cattle were put- ting into the boat, one of Etary*s followers op-^ pofed the making any change whatever. The Captain, upon this, fuipc£ting that Etary had agreed to the arrangement, for the prefenr, only to pleafe him, dropped- the idea of an ex- change ; and finally determined to leave them all with Otoo ; whom he ftriClly enjoined not to fufFer them to be "removed from Oparre, till lie fhould have got a ilock of young ones ; which he might then difpofe of to his friends, or fend to the neighbouring iflands. • This matter being fettled, our gentlemen left Etary and his party, and attended Otoo to ano- ther place, not far dirtant, wliere they found the fervants of a chief, waiting with a hog, a )m their mailer {>»gi dpg/'^s, a prefent I tr- 326 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, to the king. Thefe were delivered with the u- lual ceremonies, and an harangue, in which the fpeaker inquired after the health of Otoo, and of bis principal people. This compliment was fe-echoed in the name of Otoo, by one of his minifters ; and then the difpute with Eimeo was formally difcuiled. The deputies of this chief were advocates for profecuting the war with vigour, advifing Otoo to offer a human facri- fice on the occaiion. A chief, who conftantlj attended the perfori of Otoo, oppofed it, fcem- ingly with great ftrength of argument. The Captain was now confirmed in his opinion, that Otoo never entered heartily into the fpirit of this war. He received repeated meflfages from Towha, urging him to haflen to his afliflance. Having dined with Otoo, our party returned to Matavai, leaving him at Oparre. This day^ and the 19th, we were very fparingly fupplied with fruit. Otoo being informed of this, he and his brother, who had particularly attached him- felf to Captain Clerke, came from Caparre, with a large fupply for both fhips. All the royal fa- mily came the next day with prefents, fo that we now had more provifions than we could confuntt. Our M'ater being all on board, and every thing put in order, the Captain began to think of quitting the ifland, that he might have a fuffi-^^ cient time for vifiting others in this neighbour- hood. "We therefore removed our obiervatories and inftruments from the fhore, and bent the fails; Early'the next morning, Otoo came on board ^ to inform Captain Cook, that the War canoes of -''^ Matavai^ Ofl* A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 317 th the u- irhich the too, and nent was ne of his limeo was this chief Nwe with an facri- onftantly it, fcem- it. The lion, that : fpirit of ges from [iftance. returned 'his day,, (upplied s, he and led him- rre, with royal fa- ) that we ;6nfunit. ry thing hink of a fuffi't' ghbour- rvatories the fails; m board ,'. anoes of -'^ l^atavai,^ Matavai, and of three other diftri£ls, were go- ing to join thofe belonging to Oparre, and that part of the ifland \ and that there would be a general review there. The fquadron of Matavai was Toon after in motion ; and after parading for {bme time about the bay. aflembled afhore,. near the middle of it. Captain Cook now went in his boat to take a furvey of them. What they call their war canoes, w;hich are thofe with Aages, on which they fight, amount to about fixty in number \ there are nearly as- many more of a fmaller iize. The Captain was ready to have attended them to Oparre \ but the chiefs foon after formed a refolution, that they would not mbve till the next day. This appeared to be a fortunate delay, as it afforded him an opportunity of getting feme infight into their manner of fighting. He therefore defired Otpo to give orders, that fome of them ihould go through the neceilary manoeuvres. Two were accordingly ordered out into the bay 5 in one of which, Otoo, Captain Cook and Mr King, embarked i and Omai went on board the other. When we had got fafificient fea-room, we faced, , and advanced upon each other, and retreated by turns, as quick as our rowers could paddle. During this, the warriors on the ftages fiiourifh-' ed their weapons, and played a hundred antic tricks, which could anfwer no other end, in . our judgment, than to work up their pafiions, and prepare them for fighting. Otoo ftood by the lide of our ilage, and gave the necefiary orden, when to advance, and when to jj-etreat. In 2^9 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. In this, great judgment, anl a quick eye, com- bined together, feemed requifite, to feize every advantage that might offer, and to avoid giving any advantage to the adverfary. At laft, after advancing and retreating to and from each o- ther, at lead a dozen of times, the two canoes clofed, head to head, or ftage to (lage ; and, after a ihort conflict, the troops on our (tagc were iuppofed to be all killed,and we were board- ed by Oniai and his aflbciates. At that very inftant, Otoo, and all our paddlers leaped over- board, as if reduced to the neceiHty of endea-* vouring to fave their lives by fwimming. If,Omai's information is to be depended upon, their naval engagements arc not always conduc- ted in this manner. He told us, that they fome- times begin with lafhtng the two vcflels together, liead to head, and then fight till all the warri- ors are killed, on one fide oivthe other. But this clofjc combat, I apprehend! is never prac- tifed, bjit when they are determined to conquer or did! Indeed, one or the other muft happen ; for all agree, that they never give quarter, un- kfs it be to referve their prifoners for a more cruel death the next day. The power and (Irength of thefe lilands lie entirely in their natives. We never heard of a ^cticral engagement on land ; and all their de- idfijre battles are fought on the water. If the time and place of conflift are fixed upon by lloth parties, the preceding day and night arc ipent in diverfions and feafting. Toward morn- ing they launch the canoes, . put every thing in order,. rofi. "v. ^ yoyage to the Pacific Ocean, 329 I eye, com- icize every ivoid giving Lt laft, after om each o- two canoes [^age ; and, 1 our ftagc vere board- that very eaped over- Y of endea- ing. nded upon, lys conduc- they fomc- h together, the warri- ^er. But ever prac- o conquer ft happen ; larter, un- or a more lilands lie leard of a their de- Ifthc upon by night are ird morn- T thing in order, *. order, and with the day, begin the battle the fate of which generally decides the diTpute. The vanquilhed fave themfelves by a precipitate flight ; and fuch as reach the Aiore, fly with their friends, to the mountains ; for the victors, while their fury lafts, fpare neither the aged, nor womeny nor children. The next day, they aiiemble at the morai, to return thanks to the Eatooa for the vidtory, and to ofler up the flain as facriflces, and the prifoners alfo, if they have any. After this, a treaty is fet on foot \ and the conquerors, for the mofl: part, obtain their own terms \ by which particular d'irifts of land, and, fometimesj^ whole iflands, change their owners. Omai told us, that he was once taken a prifoner by the men of Bolabola, and carried to that ifland, where he and fome o- thers wonld have been put to death the next day, if they had ^ot found means to efcape in the night. As foon as this mock-Hght was over, Omai put on his fuit of armour, mounted a ftage in one of the canoes, and was paddled all along the fhpre of the bay ; fo that every one had a full view of him. His coat of mail did not draw the attention of his countrymen fo much as might have been expe his boat, concluiltd rom this inftead of d to their however, ed by Mr arrival, a elated the [ice, it be- ms being s feverely einforce- to a dii^ 1 current- he treat- ment j1 Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 331 ment he had received, had Jerlared, that im- mediately after Capiain Cook's departure, he would join his forces to thofe of Tiaraboo, and attack Otoo. This called upon the Captain to declare, that he was determined to efpoufe the intereft of his friend- j and that wbofoever pre- fumed to attack him, Ihould experience the weight of his difpleafure, when he returned to their ifland. This declaration, probably, had the defired effect, and, if Towha did entertain any fuch hoftile intention at firft, we heard no more of the report. Whappai, the father of Otoo, high- ly difapproved of the peace, and cenfured Tow- ha for concluding it. The old man wifely con- iidered, that Captain Cook's going with them to Eimeo, might have been of fingular fervice to their caufe, though he (hould not interfere in the quarrel. He therefore concluded, that Otoo bad a£ted prudently in waiting for the Captain \ though it prevented his giving that early aiHOance to Towha which he expected. While we were debating on this fubjeA at Oparre, a mefienger arrived from Towha, de- firing the attendance of Otoo the next day, at the merai in Attahooroo, to return thanks to the Gods for the peace he had concluded. Cap- tain Cook was afked to attend \ but being much out of order, he chofe rather to decline it. De- iirous, however, of knowing what ceremony might be exhibited on (o memorable an occaii- on, he fent Mr King and Omai to obferve the particulars, and returned to his fhip, attended by 532 A Voyage h the Pacific Ocean* by Otoo*s mother, his three iifters and feveral other women. * At firft/ fays Captain Cook, < I thought that this numerous train of females qame into' my boat with no other view than to get a pafTage to Matavai. But when we arrived at the ihip, they told me, they intended pafling the night on board, for the exprefs purpofe of undertaking the cure of thediforder IcomplaiKc^fiiLof ; which was a pain of the rheumatic kinUl$3 extending from the hip to the foot. I accepted the friendly offer, had a bed fpread for them upon the cabin floor, and fubmittcd myfclf to their di- re(ftions. I was delired to lay myfclf down a- mongft them. Then, as many of them as could get round me, began to fqueeze me with both hands, from head to foot, but more particularly on the parts where the pain was lodged, till they made my bones crack, and my fleih became a pcrfedl mummy. In (hort, after undergoing this difcipline about a quarter of an hour, I was glad to get away from them. However, the o- peration gave me immediate relief, which en- couraged me to fubmjt to another rubbing down before I went to bed ; and it was fo effeftual that I found myfelf pretty eafy all the night af- ter. My female phylicians repeated their pre- fcription the next morning, before they went a(hore, and again, in the evening, when they returned on board ; after which, I found the pains entirely removed 5 and the cure being per- fected, they took their leave of me the follow- ing morning. This they call romee ; an opera- tion tion w brufh, ufc of mongf formec womei and tlr Jmmed legs *, a ceedini On' MrKh roo ; a he had fet, we About of Tett meeting be inter themfel which ' being a to himj atdy lai ha*s pec ter 1 h Otoo, ': nor fayi He alke I anfwci that I >* him kn( converfs Vol. id fevcral ught that : into' my paffage to Ihip, they night on dertaking >f; which extending le friendly upon the > their di- f down a- m as could with both articularly d, till they became a ndergoing »ur, I was ^er, the o- which en- aing down effeftual night af- their pre- hey went vhen they bund the jeing per- le foUow- I an opera- tion ui Voyagt to the Pacific Ocean, 333 tion which, in my opinion, far exceeds the fleih« brufh, or any thing of the kind that we make ufe of externally. It is univerfally pradtifed a- mongft thefe Iflanders ; being fometimes per- formed by the men, but more generally by the women. If at any time, one appears languid and tired, and fits down by any of them, they immediately begin to pradtife the romeevn^w his legs *, and 1 have always found it to have an ex- ceedingly good effect.* On Thurfday the 25th of September, Otoo, Mr King, and Omai, retuined from Attahoo- roo ; and Mr King gave a narrative of what he had feen to the following effe^St : * At fun- fet, we embarked in a canoe, and left Oparre. About nine o'clock we landed at that extremity of Tettaha, which joins to Attahooroo. The meeting of Otoo and Towha, I expected, would be inter efting. Otoo and his attendants felted themfelves upon the beach, near the canoe in which Towha fat. He was then afleep ; but being awakened, and Otoo's name mentioned to him, a plantain-tree and a dog were immedi- ately laid at Otoo*s feet ; and feveral of Tow- ha's people came and converfed with him. Af- ter 1 had been for fometime feated clofe to Otoo, Towha neither ftirring from his canoe, nOr faying any thing to us, I repaired to him. He alked me if Toote was difpleafed with him ; I anfwered, No \ and that he was his iaio ; and that I was ordered to go to Attahooroo, to let him know it. Omai then entered mto a long converfation with this chief; but I could not Vol. I. K k gather 334 ^ Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. gather any information from him. On. my re- turning to Otoo, he deiired that I fliould go to eat, and then to fleep ; in confequcnce of which Omai and I left him. On queilioning Omai on that head, he faid, Towha was lame, and therefore could notrftir.; but that Otoo and he would foon converfe together in private. This was probably true; for thofe we left with Otoo came to us in a little time; and about ten mi- nutes after, Otoo himfelf arrived, when we all went to.ilccp in his canoe. The flvdi was the next morning in great plen- -ty. he fent one or more meflengers to Otoo every day. Every meilenger, at all times, carried a young plantain-tree in his hand, which he laid at the foot of Otoo, before he^mentioned his er- rand ) then feated himfelf before him, and re- Isited the particulars of his meifage. When two men are in inch high difpute that blows are ex- pef^jd to enfue, if one Ihould lay a plantain-tree before the other, they both become cool, and proceed in the argument without further ani- moHiy. It is, indeed, the olive branch of thefe people upon all oci^aiions. As our friends knew that we were upon the point of failing, they all paid us a viiit on the 26th, and brought more hogs with them than we wanted ; for, having no I'alt left to prefervc any, we had fully fufficient for our prefent ufe. Captain Copk accompanied Otoo, the next day, to Oparre ^ and before he left it, took a - furvey of the cattle and poultry, which he had configned to his friend's care, Every thing was in a promifing way v and Teemed prv^perly at- tended to. Two of the geefe, as well as two of the ducks, were fittings but the pea-hen and turkey-hen had neither of them beg i^i to lay. He took four goats from Otoo, two of which he intended to leave it Ulietea 5 and to referve the other two for the ufe of any other iflands he niight touch at in his paiTage to the north. « A «A< I fliall 1 pie are their pi at diffe was a i\ feilion and pro carried him, th he had would fc muft nc and 1 w the glaii fame tin by it. ting it ; with hi Gierke did not Otoo 5 of mort give hin than he •Well,* cafe, yoi a lofer, acceptec be told « Qui this iflai away. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean^: 339' heir reli- ;ir public on many It Eimeoy too every carried a :h he laid led his er- , and re- V^hen two vs are ex- ntain-tree cool, and rther ani- ;hofthefc upon the (it on the :hem than preferve refent ufe, the next it, took a- ch he had thing was v->perly at- 1 as two of a>hen and »i to lay. of which to rcferve ler iilands e north. •A • A circumftance,* fays Captain Cook, • which I {hall now mention, will fhew, that theie peo- ple are capable of much addrefs and art, to gain their purpofcs. Amongft other things, which, at di^erent times, 1 had given t^o this chief, was a fpying-glafs. After having it in his pof^ feOlon two or three days, tired of its novelty, and probably, finding it of no ufe to him, he carried it privately to Captain Clerke, and told him, that as he had been his very good friend^ he had got a prefcnt for him, which he knew would be very agreeable. * But,* fays Otoo, you muft not let Toote know it, becauie he wants it, and 1 would not let him have it.* He then put. the glafs into Captain Clerke's hands; at the fame time, afluring him, that he came honedly by it. Captain Clerke, at firft, declined accep- ting it ; but Otoo iniii^ed upon it, and left.it with him. Some days after, he put Captain* Clerke in mind of the glafs ; who, though he did not want it, was yet delirous of obliging. Otoo \ and thinking that a few axes would be of more ufe at this iiland, produced four to give him in return. Otoo no fooner faw this than he faid, « Toote offered me five for it.*—^ •Well,* fays Captain Clerke, * if that be the cafe, your friendOiip for me ihall not make yoit a lofer, and you fhail have fix axes.* Thefe he accepted y but delired again, that I might noS: be told what he had i;one. ' < Qur friend Omai got one good thing, at this ifland, for the many good things he gave away. This was a very fine double failing canoe^ , . completely ^40 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: completely equipped, and fit for the fea. Some time before, I made up for him a fuit of EngUlh colours ; but he thought thefe too valuable to be ufcd at this time ; and patched up a parcel of colours, fuch as flags and pendants, to the number of ten or a dozen, which he fpread on different parts of his veffel, all at the fame time ; and drew together as many people to look at her, as a man of war would, drefled^ in an Eu- ropean port. Thefe dreamers of Omai were a mixture of Englilh, French, Spaniih, and Dutch, which were all the European colours that he had feen. When I was laft at this ifland,. I gave to Otoo an Englifh jack and pendant, and to Towha a pendant ; which I now found they had preferved with the greatell care. * Omai had alfo provided himfclf with a good dock of cloth and cocoa-nut oil, which are not only in greater plenty, but much better, at O- taheite, than at any of the Society lilands ; Info- much, that they are articles of trad?. Omai would not have behaved fo inconliftently, and {o much unlike himfelf,. as he did, in many in- ftances, but for his iifter and brother in-law, who, together with a few more of their ac- quaintance, engrofled him entirely to -them- felves, with no other view than taftrip him of every thing he had got. And they would, un- doubtedly, have fucceeded in their fcheme, if > I had not put a ilop to it in time^ by taking the inoft ufeful articles of his property into my pof^ iefliom But even this would not have faved O- laai from ruin,, if I had fuffered thefe relations of his his to 1 his inte they ha thcr vi fhewtl ed in tl too wel «On formed he defi home, no Preti that he tance. this ma entirely him the he fully for the ceivcd. had be< war J b hah, abc feemcd was dec work, V As it wj could o] but it w his preii *T1k this iflai fion, th keatt, ea. Some of EngUlh valuable to ip a parcel nts, to the 5 fpread on fame time ; to look at , in an Eu- Omai were anifh, and ;an colours : this ifland». ,d pendant, now found : care. with a good lich are not etter, at O- ands ; Info- ide. Omai itently, and in many in- :h^ in-law, f their ac- yto-them- irip him of would, un- fcheme, ?f y taking the nto my pof- ive faved O- : relations of his A Voyage to the Pacific Oceau. 34 1 his to have gone with, or to have followed us to, his intended place of fettlement, Huaheine. This they had intended; but I difappointed their fur- ther views of plunder,^ by forbidding them to fhew themi^lves in that ifland, while I remain- ed in the neighbourhood ; and they knew me too well not to comply. • On the 28th, Otoo came on board, and in- formed me, that he had got a canoe, which he defired I would take with me, and carry home, as a prefent from him to the Earee rahie no Pretane ; it, being the only thing, he faid^ that he could fend, worth his Majefty*s accep- tance. I was not a little pleafedwith Otoo, for this mark of his gratitude. Jt was a thought entirely his own, not one of us having given him the leaft hint about it; and it (hewed, that he fully under ftood to whom he was indebted for the moft valuable prefents that he had re- ceived. At firft, I thought, that this canoe had been a model of one of their veflels of war J but I foon found, that it was a fmall ivd" hahf about fixteen feet long. It was double, and feemcd to have been built for the purpofe ; and was decorated with all thofe pieces of carved work, which they ufually fix upon their canoes; As it was too hrge for me to take on board, I. could only thank him for his good intention ; but it would have pleafed him much better, if his prefent could have been accepted. * The frequent viiits we had lately paid to this ifland, feem to have created a full perfua- fion, that the intercourfe will not be difconti- nued,^^ 14^ ^ Voyage to the Pacific Ocean,. nued. It was (Iri^lly enjoined to me by Otoo» to rcqucft, in his name, the Earee rahie no Pre^ tane^ to f^nd him, by the next ihtps, red fea- thers, and the birds that produce them ; axes; half a dozen mufquets, with powder and (hot ; tnd, by no means to forget horics.. When thefe people make us a prefent, it is cuftomary for them to let us know what they expert in return ; and we Hnd it convenient to gratify them ; by which means our prefents come dearer to us than what we get b/ barter. But, being fbrnetimcs prefTcd by occafioaal fear- city, we could have recourfe to our friends for a fupply as a prefent, when we could libt get it l^ any other method. Upon the whole, there- fore, this way of traffic was full as advantageous to us as to the natives. Cyprain Cook, in ge- neral^ paid for each feparaic article as he re- ceived it» except in his intercourfe with Otoo, His prefents were fo numerous, that no account was kept between him ^nd the captain. What- ever he aiked for, if it could be fpared, the Cap- tain never denied himj and he always found him^ moderate in his demands. Captain Cook would not have quitted Ota- heite fo foon as he did, if he could have pre- vailed upon Omai to fix himfelf there. There was not even a probability of our being better fupplied with proviiions elfewhere, than we con- tinued to be here, even at the time of our lea- ving it. Befides, fuch a friendChip andconfidence fub(ifted between us and the inhabitants, as cDuld hardly be expefted at any other place ; and, and, it been on cident, been a ( is proba conduit a traffic ihare of tain by ] was, in view wit Captain the mod fer then] Omai wj ing inftr them th conduit, tend a d not alwj they are plain of] luable th Cook, the day the fame From th ments to and the being fb The few are high aiking u 5 by Otoo, hie no Pre* I, red fca- ;m; axes; and {hot ; cfent, it is what they ivcnicnt to ir prefents t b»' barter, iioiiit^kl fear- friends for I libt get it \ole, there- Ivantageous ook, in ge- ; as he re- with Otoo. no account In. What- d, the Cap- i found him- uitted Ota- II have pre* ;re. There )eing better aan we con- ; of our lea- dconfidence abitants, as (ther place ; and, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 343 and, it was rather extraordinary, had never been once interrupted or fufpcnded by any ac-» cident, or mifunderftanding ; nor had there been a theft committed, worthy of notice. It is probable, however, that their regularity of condu£l refulted from their fear of interrupting a traffic, which might procure them a greater ihare of our. commodities, than they could ob- tain by plunder or pilfering. This point, indecJ,|j was, in fomc degree, fettled at the firft inter- view with their chiefs, after our arrival. For Captain Cook declared then to the natives, in the moft deciiive terms, that he would not fuf- fer them to rob us, as they had formerly done. Omai was iingularly ufeful in this butinefs, be- ing inftru6ted by the Captain to point out to them the happy confequences of their honed conduct, and the fatal mifchicfs that mud at- tend a deviation from it. But the chiefs have it not always in their power to prevent thefts \ they are often robbed themfelves ; and com- plain of it as the worft of evils. The moft va- luable things that Otoo received from Captain Cook, were left in the Captain's pofleffion till the day before we failed ; Otoo declaring, at the fame time, that they were no where fo fafe. From the acquilition of new riches, the induce- ments to pilfering muft certainly have increafed; and thie chiefs are fcnlible of this, from their being fo extremely defirous of having chefts. The few that the Spaniards left amongft them are highly prized ; and they were continually aiking us for fome. Captain Cook had one made 344 A Veynge to the Pacific Ocean* made for Otoo, the dimenfion's of which were eight feet in length, five in breadth, and about three in depth. Locks and bolts are not confi- dl^red as a fuificient fecuritj} but it mud be large enough for two people to fleep upon, and coniequently guard it in the night. It may appear extraordinary, that we could never get any di{lin(^ account of the time when jtlic Spaniards arrived, the time they Aaycd, and when they departed. The more we made in- quiry into this matter, the more we were con- vinced of the incapability of mp/l 6f thefe peo- ,plc to remember, calculate, or note the time, when pail events happened j efpecially if for a ^ longer period than eighteen or twenty months. It however appeared, by the infcription upon the crofs, and by the information of the mod intelligent of the natives, that two (hips came to Oheitepeha in 1774, not long after Captain Gook left Matavai, which was in May the fame year. The live uock they left here, confifted of one bull, feme goats, hogs, and dogs, and the male of another animal ; which we were afterwards informed was a ram, and was, at this time, at Bolabola. The hogs are large \ have already much im- proved the breed originally found by us upon the iiland \ and, on our late arrival, were very numerous. Goats are alfo in plenty, there be- ing hardly a chief without feme. The dogs that the Spaniards put afhore are of two or three forts : if they had all been hanged, inftead of being left upon the iiland, it would have been better )aan, irhich were and about e not confi- it mud be upon, and : wc could time when flayed, and e made in- ; were con- *thefe peo- ; the time, lly if for a ty months. ption upon of the moft {hips came fter Captain ay the fame e, coniifled dogs, and h we were nd was, at much im- [>y us upon , were very , there be- le dogs that o or three inflead of have been better yf Foyagi io tht P^jfic OiM; -9Jf fk s 345 better for the natives. Captain Cobk'l y(c time in thie houfe at Oheite[K:ha ; but MateeitM roved about continually, viliting many paits pf ^ the ifland. After he and his companions had lUid ten months, two Ihips arriving at 01u;He» peha, took them aboard, and failed again in^~ days. Whatever deiign the Spaniards have had upon this ifland, this hafly deparlure iliews they have now laid it alide. They^co^ deavoured to make the natives believe, that t&ey flill intended to return i and that they wwd bring with them houfes, all kinds of anii and men and women who. were to fettle oki the ' ifland. Otoo, when he mentioned this to Cap- tain Cook, added, that if the Spaniards' fhould return, they fliould not come to Matavai "Bo^ < which, he faid, was ours. The idea pld^ed him } but he did not coniider that the completi- on of it would deprive him of his kingdom, «ad his people of their liberties. Though this (hews how eafily a fettlement might be made at Ol^ heite, it is hoped that fuch a circumftanct ivitl never happen Our occaflonal vilits may ft^ve been of fervice to its inhabitants, but (confider- ing how mod European eftabliihments are con«. ducted among Indian nations) a permanent eC- tablilhment amongft them would probably, give them ju(l caufe to lament that our (hips h^ ever difcovered it. Indeed, a mcafure 0^ ibis Vol I. LI iihd i ihe Pai'jfic Ocean* fc Vm r- 1 fever be ierioufly thought of, can neither anfwer the purpoies of public bition, nor of private avarice. has been aketidhr obferved that Captain received a viiit from one of the two natives k iOand, who had been taken to Xiina by paniards. It is fomewhat remarkable that er faw him afterwards, efpeciaUy as the in received him with uncommon civility. Captain, however, iuppoied that Omai had him at a diflance firom hitm, firom motives oufy, he being a traveller, that in fome , might vie with himfelf* Our touching ner'iSk was a hxcky drcumftance for Omai ; prided himielf in having viiited a place be- g to Spain, as well as this man. Captain , who has fecn the other man, fpokc of a low ^ow, a little o«t of his fimies $. SBs own coontFjmen entevtahied the- fam^ ^~; of him. In ihort, thele two adventu* med to be held in littk or do citeem. had not been {o fortunate^ indeed, as to home with fuch valuable property as had ftowed upon Omai $ whofe advantages ;oing to England wepe £o great, that if he fink into tbs lame ftate of inlignificance, only himlBf to blame lor it.. ?:mm -.. ^' ,€>'',' THB EM^ e:^ YOtUME tlRST. J /S*^^^ f '*' Tceafi* :hought of, ;s of public tat Oaptain two natives to Uma by rkable that laUy as ^he noB civility. it Omai had om motives >t in ibme jr touching : for Omai ; kaplacebe- u Captain K ipokc of jhis ienics y the- fam^ advcntu* m eibeeA. eed, as to erty as had idvants^es , that iihe ificance^ ^ 'Mi ■j -*•<(»;-. .."^■Ife". >. .' I< '**,