CHA P. 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.

CHA P. 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 Defcription 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 several Inci-

dents that happened on that Part of the Coaft.

MEA NOBK

CHAP. III.

296

The Ronge from Tolaga to Mercury Bay, with an Account of many
cidents that happened both on board and afhore: A Description of

Jerseisab 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 Island.

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 Coast.

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 Vifit to a Heppah, and many other Particulars.

385

AN

VOL. II.

ΑΝ

ACCOUNT

OF A

VOYAGE round the WORLD,

IN THE YEARS

MDCCLXVIII, MDCCLXIX, MDCCLXX, and MDCCLXXI.

By LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK,
Commander of his Majefty's Bark the ENDEAVOUr.

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