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An Explanation of the Nautical Terms not generally
understood which occur in this Work.
A Defcription of the Cuts.
xxxix
COMMODORE BYRON's VOYAGE.
CHAP. I.
The Pallage from the Downs to Rio de Janeiro.
CHA P. II.
3
Paffage from Rio de Janeiro to Port Defire; with
fome Defcription of that Place.
CHA P. III.
Courfe from Port Defire, in fearch of Pepys
9
Inland,
and afterwards to the Coast of Patagonia, with a
Defcription of the Inhabitants.
CHA P. IV.
28
Paffage up the Streight of Magellan, to Port Fa-
mine; with fome Account of that Harbour, and
the adjacent Coaft.
CHAP. V.
The Courfe back from Port Famine to Falkland's
Iflands, with fome Account of the Country.
C H A P. VI.
50
The Paffage through the Streights of Magellan as far
as Cape Monday, with a Defcription of feveral
Bays and Harbours, formed by the Coast on each
Side.
CHAP. VII.
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The Paffage from Cape Monday, in the Streight of
Magellan, into the South Seas; with some general
Remarks on the Navigation of that Streight.
CHAP. VIII.
91
The Run from the Western Entrance of the Streight
of Magellan, to the Islands of Difappointment. 104
CHA P. IX.
The Difcovery of King George's lands, with a De
fcription of them, and an Account of feveral Inci-
dents that happened there.
CHA P. X.
The Run from King George's Islands to the Islands of
Saypan, Tinian, and Aguignan; with an Account
of feveral Islands that were discovered in that
Track.
129
CHA F.
CHAP. XI.
The Arrival of the Dolphin and Tamar at Tinian, a
Defcription of the prefent Condition of that Island,
and an Account of the Tranfactions there.
CHAP. XII.
139
The Run from Tinian to Pulo Timoan, with some
Account of that Ifland, its Inhabitants and Pro-
ductions, and thence to Batavia.
148
Tranfactions at Batavia, and Departure from that
Place.
CHA P. XIV.
158
The Paffage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope,
and from thence to England.
CAPTAIN WALLIS's VOYAGE.
163
The Paffage to the Coast of Patagonia, with fome
Account of the Natives.
171
The Paffage through the Streight of Magellan, with
Some further Account of the Patagonians, and a
Defcription of the Coast on each Side, and its In-
kabitants.
190
СНАР.
A particular Account of the Places in which we an-
chored during our Paffage through the Streight,
and of the Shoals and Rocks that lie near them.
227
The Paffage from the Streight of Magellan, to King
George the Third's Ifland, called Otaheite, in the
South Sea, with an Account of the Discovery of
feveral other Islands, and a Defcription of their
Inhabitants.
238
An Account of the Discovery of King George the
Third's Island, or Otaheite, and of feveral Incidents
which happened both on board the Ship and on
Shore.
255
CHAP. VI.
The Sick fent on Shore, and a regular Trade efta-
blished with the Natives; fome Account of their
Character and Manners, of their Vifits on board
the Ship, and a Variety of Incidents that happened
during this Intercourse.
280
An Account of an Expedition to discover the inland
Part of the Country, and our other Transactions,
till we quitted the Island to continue our Voy-
age.
302
A more particular Account of the Inhabitants of Ota-
beite, and of their domeftic Life, Manners, and
Arts.
CHAP. IX.
312
Passage from Otaheite to Tinian, with fome Account
of feveral other Islands that were discovered in the
South Seas.
326
CHAP. X.
Some Account of the prefent State of the Island of
Tinian and our Employment there; with what
bappened in the Run from thence to Batavia. 335
CHA P. XI.
Transactions at Batavia, and an Account of the Paf-
fage from thence to the Cape of Good Hope.
345
An Account of our Tranfactions at the Cape of Good
Hope, and of the Return of the Dolphin to Eng-
land.
353
A TABLE of the LATITUDES and LONGITUDES
Weft of LONDON, with the Variation of the Needle
at