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 Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, Band 1W. Strahan, 1785 |
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... fifh : that they seized the women of the country , to whom their brutality was fatal , and afterwards giving themselves up to worfe vices , the whole race was was destroyed by fire from heaven , which how- ever xii GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
... fifh : that they seized the women of the country , to whom their brutality was fatal , and afterwards giving themselves up to worfe vices , the whole race was was destroyed by fire from heaven , which how- ever xii GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
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... fire from heaven , which how- ever left their bones unconfumed , as a lafting memorial of Divine vengeance . Bones of an amazing fize are faid to have been found in this country , and fragments of teeth , which , if they were whole ...
... fire from heaven , which how- ever left their bones unconfumed , as a lafting memorial of Divine vengeance . Bones of an amazing fize are faid to have been found in this country , and fragments of teeth , which , if they were whole ...
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... fire - arms , in the course of these expeditions , when they endeavour- ed to repress the invaders of their country ; a re- gret which I am confident my Readers will par- ticipate with me : this however appears to be an evil which , if ...
... fire - arms , in the course of these expeditions , when they endeavour- ed to repress the invaders of their country ; a re- gret which I am confident my Readers will par- ticipate with me : this however appears to be an evil which , if ...
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... fire happened to break out , or a ftorm to rife , but that by the interpofition of Providence life was preferved , expreffions which imply that the mischief had one origin , and the remedy another ; but fuch language certainly de ...
... fire happened to break out , or a ftorm to rife , but that by the interpofition of Providence life was preferved , expreffions which imply that the mischief had one origin , and the remedy another ; but fuch language certainly de ...
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... fire , or an extraordinary phenome- non which greatly refembled it , at fome diftance : it continued to blaze for about half an hour , and then disappeared . In the evening of Thurfday , Thurfd . 12 . July the 12th , we faw the rocks ...
... fire , or an extraordinary phenome- non which greatly refembled it , at fome diftance : it continued to blaze for about half an hour , and then disappeared . In the evening of Thurfday , Thurfd . 12 . July the 12th , we faw the rocks ...
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Seite i - Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of this nation as a maritime power, to the dignity of the crown of Great Britain, and to the advancement of the trade and navigation thereof, than to make discoveries of countries hitherto unknown...
Seite 291 - ... a sudden exclamation of one of the Indians, who saw it, drew the attention of the rest, and in a moment every eye was fixed upon the prodigy, and every operation was suspended. The whole assembly stood some time motionless, in silent astonishment, which could not have been more strongly...
Seite 270 - ... sun, and the hammocks placed in the nettings. At the same time several canoes, well manned, were making towards the ship's bow, having probably taken notice that no shot had been fired from this part: I therefore ordered some guns forward, to be well pointed and fired at these canoes; at the same time running out two guns abaft, and pointing them well at the canoes that were making the attack. Among the canoes that were coming toward the bow, there was one which appeared to have some chief on...
Seite 34 - I ever heard, with an air of ferious folemnity, which inclined me to think that it was a religious ceremony : they were all painted and clothed nearly in the fame manner ; the circles round the two eyes were in no...
Seite 34 - ... with paint of different colours: I did not measure him, but if I may judge of his height by the proportion of his stature to my own, it could not be much less than seven feet.
Seite 277 - ... and with the cloth left behind. In return for the hogs, our people left upon the shore some hatchets, nails, and other things, making signs to some of the Indians who were in sight, to take them away with their cloth. Soon after the boat had come on board, the Indians brought down two more hogs, and called to us to fetch them ; the boat therefore returned, and fetched off the two hogs, but still left the cloth, though the Indians made signs that we should take it. Our people reported, that they...
Seite 46 - British navy with the best masts in the world. Some of them are of a great height, and more than eight feet in diameter, which is proportionably more than eight yards in circumference; so that four men, joining hand in hand, could not compass them: among others, we found the pepper tree, or winter's bark, in great plenty. Among these woods, notwithstanding the coldness of the climate, there are innumerable parrots, and other...
Seite 314 - ... before and behind; another piece, which is between four and five yards long, and about one yard broad, they wrap round the body in a very easy manner. This cloth is not woven, but is made, like paper, of the macerated fibres of an inner bark spread out and beaten together. Their ornaments are feathers, flowers, pieces of shells, and pearls: The pearls are worn chiefly by the women, from whom I...
Seite 33 - ... invitations to land; I could not perceive that they had any weapons among them, however I made signs that they should retire to a little distance, with which they immediately complied: They continued to shout with great vociferation, and in a short time we landed, though not without great difficulty, most of the boat's crew being up to the middle in water. I drew up my people upon the beach, with my officers at their head, and gave orders that none of them should move from that station, till...
Seite 60 - ... dog, and a bite of one of these creatures almost tore him to pieces. Nor were these the only dangerous animals that we found here, for the master having been sent out one day to sound the coast upon the south shore, reported, at his return, that four creatures of great fierceness, resembling wolves, ran up to their bellies in the water to attack the people in his boat, and that as they happened to have no fire-arms with them, they had immediately put the boat off into deep water. The next morning...