ROBERT KERR, F. R. S. & F. A. S. EDIN.

ILLUSTRATD BY MAPS AND CHARTS.

VOL. XIII.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne and Company,

FOR WILLLIAM BACKWOOD, SOUTH BRIDGE-STREET,
AND JOHN BALLANTYNE AND CO. HIGH-STREET, EDINBURGH;
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CONTENTS

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VOL. XIII.

PART III.-BOOK I.

Page.

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

Island of Otaheite; its Produce and

Inhabitants; their Dress, Habitation,

Food, Domestic Life and Amuse-

ments,

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SECT. XVIII.

Of the Manufactures, Boats, and Navi-

gation of Otaheite,

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XIX.

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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,

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