An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. [Vol. II]
Contents
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Chap. IV. | |
A particular Description of the Island; its Produce and Inhabitants; their Dress, Habitations, Food, domestic Life and Amusements. | 35 |
Chap. V. | |
Of the Manufactures, Boats, and Navigation of Otaheite. | 57 |
Chap. VI. | |
Of the Division of Time in Otaheite; Numeration, Computation of Distance, Language, Diseases, Disposal of the Dead, Religion, War, Weapons, and Government; with some general Observations for the Use of future Navigators. | 71 |
Chap. VII. | |
A Description of several other Islands in the Neighbourhood of Otaheite, with various Incidents; a dramatic Entertainment and many Particulars relative to the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants. | 88 |
BOOK II. | |
Chap. I. | |
The Passage from Oteroah to New Zealand; Incidents which happened on going a-shore there, and while the Ship lay in Poverty-Bay. | 114page break |
Chap. II. | |
A Description of Poverty-Bay, and the Face of the adjacent Country. The Range from thence to Cape Turn-again, and back to Tolaga; with some Account of the People and the Country, and several Incidents that happened on that Part of the Coast. | 127 |
Chap. III. | |
The Range from Tolaga to Mercury-Bay, with an Account of many Incidents that happened both on board and a-shore. A Description of several Views exhibited by the Country, and of the Heppahs, or farfeited Villages of the Inhabitants. | 149 |
Chap. IV. | |
The Range from Mercury Bay to the Bay of Islands. An Expedition up the River Thames: Some Account of the Indians who inhabit its Banks, and the fine Timber that grows there. Several interviews with the Natives on different Parts of the Coast, and a Skirmish with them upon an Island. | 170 |
Chap. V. | |
Range from the Bay of Islands, round North-Cape to Queen Charlotte's Sound; and a Description of that Part of the Coast. | 188 |
Chap. VI. | |
Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound. Passage through the Streight which divides the two Islands, and back to Cape Turnagain. Horrid Custom of the Inhabitants. Remarkable Melody of Birds. A Visit to a Hippah, and many other Particulars. | 200page break |
Chap. VII. | |
Range from Cape Turnagain southward along the eastern Coast of Poenammoo, round Cape South, and back to the western Entrance of Cooke's Streight, which compleated the Circumnavigation of this Country: with a Description of the Coast, and of Admiralty Bay: The Departure from New Zealand, and various Particulars. | 222 |
Chap. VIII. | |
A general Account of New Zealand: its first Discovery, Situation, Extent, Climate, and Productions. | 241 |
Chap. IX. | |
A Description of the Inhabitants, their Habitations, Apparel, Ornaments, Food, Cookery, and Manner of Life. | 250 |
Chap. X. | |
Of the Canoes and Navigation of the Inhabitants of New Zealand; their Tillage, Weapons, and Music; Government, Religion, and Language: With some Reasons against the Existence of a Southern Continent. | 263 |
BOOK III. | |
Chap. I. | |
The Run from New Zealand to Botany Bay, on the East Coast of New Holland, now called New South Wales. Various Incidents that happened there. With some Account of the Country and its Inhabitants. | 279page break |
Chap. IV. | |
The Range from Botany Bay to Trinity Bay; with a farther Account of the Country, its Inhabitants and Productions. | 300 |
Chap. V. | |
Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Bay to Endeavour River. | 331 |
Chap. VI. | |
Transactions while the Ship was resitting in Endeavour River: a Description of the adjacent Country, its Inhabitants, and Productions. | 342 |
Chap. VII. | |
Departure from Endeavour River; a particular Description of the Harbour there, in which the Ship was refitted, the adjacent Country, and several Islands near the Coast: the Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country, and the Dangers of that Navigation. | 368 |
Chap. VIII. | |
Departure from New South Wales. A particular Description of the Country, its Products, and People. A Specimen of the Language; and some Observations upon the Currents and Tides. | 396 |
Chap. IX. | |
The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea; with an Account of what happened upon landing there. | 418page break |
Chap. X. | |
The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Savu, the Transactions there. | 429 |
Chap. XI. | |
A particular Description of the Island of Savu; its Produce and Inhabitants; with a Specimen of their Language. | 445 |
Chap. XII. | |
The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, and an Account of the Transactions there while the Ship was refitting. | 463 |
Chap. XIII. | |
Some Account of Batavia and the adjacent Country, with their Fruits, Flowers, and other Productions. | 479 |
Chap. XIV. | |
Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, their Manners, Customs, and Manner of Life. | 499 |
Chap. XV. | |
The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope. Some Account of Prince's Island, and its Inhabitants, and a comparative View of their Language with the Malay and Javanese. | 514page break |
Chap. XVI. | |
Our Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope; some Remarks on the Run from Java Head to that Place; a Description of the Cape, and of Saint Helena; with some Account of the Hottentots, and the Return of the Ship to England. | 525 |