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PART III.-BOOK I.

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CHAP. IV. SECT. XVII. A particular Description of the

XIX.

Island of Otaheite; its Produce and

Inhabitants; their Dress, Habitation,

Food, Domestic Life and Amuse-

Of the Division of Time at Otaheite;

Numeration, Computation of Dis-

tance, Language, Diseases, Dispo-

sal of the Dead, Religion, War, Wea-

pons, and Government; with some

general Observations for the Use of

future Navigators,

XX. Description of the several Islands in the

Neighbourhood of Otaheite, with va-

rious Incidents; a Dramatic Enter-

tainment; and many Particulars rela-

tive to the Customs and Manners of

the Inhabitants,

XXI. The Passage from Oteroah to New Zea-

land; Incidents which happened in

going ashore there, and while the Ship

lay in Poverty Bay,

SECT. XXII. 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 Coun-

try, and several Incidents that hap-

pened on that Part of the Coast,

XXIII. The Range from Tolaga to Mercury

Bay, with an Account of many Inci-

dents that happened both on board

and ashore: A Description of several

Views exhibited by the Country, and

of the Hippahs, or fortified Villages

of the Inhabitants,

XXIV. 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, 156

XXV. Range from the Bay of Islands round

North Cape to Queen Charlotte's

Island; and a Description of that

Part of the Coast,

XXVI. 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: Remark-
able Melody of Birds: A Visit to
a Hippah, and many other Particu-
lars,

XXVII. Range from Cape Turnagain along the

eastern Coast of Poenammoo, round

Cape South, and back to the En-

trance of Cook's Streight, which

completed the Circumnavigation of

the Country; with a Description of

the Coast, and of Admiralty Bay:

The Departure from New Zealand,

and various Particulars,

XXVIII. The Run from New Zealand to Botany

Bay, on the East Coast of New Hol-

land, now called New South Wales;

various Incidents that happened there;

with some Account of the Country

and its Inhabitants,

SECT. XXIX. The Range from Botany Bay; with a

farther Account of the Country, and

its Inhabitants and Productions, 242

XXX. Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her

Course from Trinity Bay to Endea-

XXXI. Transactions while the Ship was refit-

ting in Endeavour River: A De-

scription of the adjacent Country, its

Inhabitants and Productions,

XXXII. 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 North-

ern Extremity of the Country, and

the Dangers of that Navigation,

XXXIII. Departure from New South Wales; a

particular Description of the Coun-

try, its Products, and People: A Spe-

cimen of the Language, and some

Observations on the Currents and

XXXIV. The Passage from New South Wales to

New Guinea, with an Account of

what happened upon landing there, 362

XXXV. The Passage from New Guinea to the

Island of Semau, and the Transac-

XXXVI, A particular Description of the Island

of Savu, its Produce, and Inhabit-

ants, with a Specimen of their Lan-

XXXVII. The Run from the Island of Savu to Ba-

tavia, and an Account of the Trans-

actions there while the Ship was re-

XXVIII. Some Account of Batavia, and the ad-

jacent Country; with the Fruits,

Flowers, and other Productions,

XXXIX. Some Account of the Inhabitants of

Batavia, and the adjacent Country,

their Manners, Customs, and Manner

XL. The Passage from Batavia to the Cape

of Good Hope. Some Account of

Prince's Island and its Inhabitants.

Our Arrival at the Cape of Good

Hope. Some Remarks on the Run

from Java Head to that Place, and

to Saint Helena. The Return of the

Ship to England,

APPENDIX. An Abstract of the Voyage round the

World, performed by Lewis de Bougainville,

Colonel of Foot, and Commander of the Ex-

pedition, in the Frigate La Boudeuse, and

the Storeship L'Etoile, in the Years 1766-7-8,

and 9, drawn up expressly for this Work,

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