CHA P. XII.

Some Ladies vifit the Fort with very uncommon Ceremonies: The

Indians attend Divine Service, and in the Evening exhibit a moft ex-

traordinary Spectacle: Toubourai Tamaide falls into Temptation. 124

CHAP. XIII.

Another Vifit to Tootahah, with various Adventures: Extraordinary

Amusement of the Indians, with Remarks upon it: Preparations to

obferve the Tranfit of Venus, and what happened in the mean time

at the Fort.

CHA P. XIV..

1321

The Ceremonies of an Indian Funeral particularly defcribed: General

Obfervations on the Subject: A Character found among the Indians:

to which the Ancients paid great Veneration: A Robbery at the

Fort, and its Confequences; with a Specimen of Indian Cookery,

and various Incidents.

CHA P. XV.

142

An Account of the Circumnavigation of the Island, and various Inci-

dents that happened during the Expedition; with a Defcription of

a Burying-place and Place of Worship, called a Morai.

CHA P. XVI:

155

An Expedition of Mr. Banks to trace the River: Marks of fubter-

raneous Fire: Preparations for leaving the Ifland: An Account of

Tupia.

CHAP. XVII..

172

A particular Defcription of the Island; its Produce and Inhabitants;

their Dress, Habitations, Food, domeftic Life and Amusements. 184.

CHAP. XVIII..

Of the Manufactures, Boats, and Navigation of Otaheite.

210

CHAP..

CHAP. XIX.

Of the Divifion of Time in Otaheite; Numeration, Computation of

Diftance, Language, Difeafes, Difpofal of the Dead, Religion,

War, Weapons, and Government; with fome general Obfervations

for the Ufe of future Navigators.

CHAP. XX.

227

A Defcription of feveral other Islands in the Neighbourhood of Ota-

heite, with various Incidents; a dramatic Entertainment; and

many Particulars relative to the Cuftoms and Manners of the In-

habitants.

BOOK II.

CHAP. I.

249

The Paffage from Oteroah to New Zealand; Incidents which hap-

pened on going afhore there, and while the Ship lay in Poverty

Bay.

CHA P. II.

281

A Description of Poverty Bay, and the Face of the adjacent Country.

The Range from thence to Cape Turnagain, and back to Tolaga;

with fome Account of the People and the Country, and feveral Inci-

dents that happened on that Part of the Coaft.
.296

CHAP. III.

The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay, with an Account of many

Incidents that happened both on board and afhore: A Description of

feveral Views exhibited by the Country, and of the Heppahs, or

fortified Villages of the Inhabitants.

CHA P. IV.

323

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 Inter-

views with the Natives on different Parts of the Coaft, and a

Skirmish with them upon an Ifland.

CHAP. V.

349

Range from the Bay of Islands round North Cape to Queen Charlotte's

Sound; and a Defcription of that Part of the Coaft.

CHAP. VI.

371

Tranfactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound: Paffage through the

Streight which divides the two Islands, and back to Cape Turn-

again: Horrid Cuftom of the Inhabitants: Remarkable Melody of

Birds: A Visit to a Heppah, and many other Particulars.

385

AN

AN

ACCOUNT

OF A

VOYAGE round the WORLD,

IN THE YEARS

MDCCLXVIII, MDCCLXIX, MDCCLXX, and MDCCLXXI.

By LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK,
Commander of his Majesty's Bark the ENDEAVOUR.