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, Band 3W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1773 |
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... fight , which had the appearance of an island , extended from N. E. by N. to N. W. by W. and feemed to be about five leagues distant from the main ; the eastermost ledge of rocks bore S. S. E. diftant one . league and an half , and the ...
... fight , which had the appearance of an island , extended from N. E. by N. to N. W. by W. and feemed to be about five leagues distant from the main ; the eastermost ledge of rocks bore S. S. E. diftant one . league and an half , and the ...
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... fight , I fired a mufquet , charged with ball , abreast of them among the mangroves , to convince them that they were not yet out of our reach : upon hearing the ball they quickened their pace , and we foon loft fight of them . We ...
... fight , I fired a mufquet , charged with ball , abreast of them among the mangroves , to convince them that they were not yet out of our reach : upon hearing the ball they quickened their pace , and we foon loft fight of them . We ...
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... fight , having first sent the boats ahead to found : the depth of water was eight , feven , fix , five , and four fathom , and three fathom upon the bank , it being now the last quarter ebb . At this time , the northermost island in fight ...
... fight , having first sent the boats ahead to found : the depth of water was eight , feven , fix , five , and four fathom , and three fathom upon the bank , it being now the last quarter ebb . At this time , the northermost island in fight ...
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CONTENTS | 7 |
CHAP VIII | 31 |
A Defcription of the Inhabitants their Habitations Apparel Orna | 42 |
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