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... , and yams , which we hoped would have been of great use to us in our course to the southward ; but the hogs would not eat European grain of any any kind , pulse , or bread - dust , CHAP . IV . SECT . XX . 91 Lieutenant James Cook .
... , and yams , which we hoped would have been of great use to us in our course to the southward ; but the hogs would not eat European grain of any any kind , pulse , or bread - dust , CHAP . IV . SECT . XX . 91 Lieutenant James Cook .
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... southward of the southermost of these islands , and the other lies between the two northermost . I was told that there were more harbours at 1 at the south end of this island , but I 92 PART III . BOOK I. Modern Circumnavigations .
... southward of the southermost of these islands , and the other lies between the two northermost . I was told that there were more harbours at 1 at the south end of this island , but I 92 PART III . BOOK I. Modern Circumnavigations .
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... whether there was an- chorage in a bay then in sight , and what land lay farther to the southward . Mr Banks and Dr Solander accompa- nied Mr Gore in this expedition , and as they nied CHAP . IV . SECT . XX . 93 Lieutenant James Cook .
... whether there was an- chorage in a bay then in sight , and what land lay farther to the southward . Mr Banks and Dr Solander accompa- nied Mr Gore in this expedition , and as they nied CHAP . IV . SECT . XX . 93 Lieutenant James Cook .
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... southward of that : Upon the whole , I was determined to stand south- ward in search of a continent , but to spend no time in searching for islands , if we did not happen to fall in with them during our course . SECTION XXI . The ...
... southward of that : Upon the whole , I was determined to stand south- ward in search of a continent , but to spend no time in searching for islands , if we did not happen to fall in with them during our course . SECTION XXI . The ...
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... southward as far as the latitude of 40 or 41 ; and then , if I met with no encouragement to proceed far- ther , to return to the northward . In the afternoon we lay becalmed , which the people on shore perceiving , several canoes put ...
... southward as far as the latitude of 40 or 41 ; and then , if I met with no encouragement to proceed far- ther , to return to the northward . In the afternoon we lay becalmed , which the people on shore perceiving , several canoes put ...
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afternoon anchor appeared ashore Banks and Dr Batavia Bay of Islands boat body Bolabola Botany Bay bread-fruit breeze called canoes Cape Cape Colville Cape Palliser Cape Saunders Cape Turnagain cloth coast cocoa-nut colour discovered distance Dr Solander earee east Endeavour River etoa fathom water fire fish five leagues four leagues half harbour head hills hogs houses Huaheine Indians inhabitants kind lance land in sight lies in latitude longitude Mercury Bay miles morning natives night noon northermost northward o'clock observed Otaha Otaheitans Otaheite piece pinnace plantains Poverty Bay reef resembling river rocks round sail sandy scarcely seemed seen Semau seven ship shoal shore side small islands soon south point southward steered tacked and stood thing three leagues tion told trees Tupia Ulietea westward whole wind women wood yawl
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Seite 37 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Seite 255 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Seite 235 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed; No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal, To make him loathe his vegetable meal...
Seite 255 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths ; their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Seite 256 - In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider : God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Seite 32 - Ordain'd to fire th' adoring sons of earth, With every charm of wisdom and of worth ; Ordain'd to light, with intellectual day, The mazy wheels of Nature as they play, Or, warm with Fancy's energy, to glow, And rival all but Shakspeare's name below.
Seite 198 - A prospect more rude and craggy is rarely to be met with ; for inland appears nothing but the summits of mountains of a stupendous height, and consisting of rocks that are totally barren and naked, except where they are covered with snow.
Seite 335 - By what means the inhabitants of this country are reduced to such a number as it can subsist, is not, perhaps, very easy to guess : whether, like the inhabitants of New Zealand, they are destroyed by the hands of each other in contests for food, whether they are swept off by accidental famine, or whether there is any cause that prevents the increase of the species, must be left for future adventurers to determine.
Seite 208 - W. To the north-west of Red Point, and a little way inland, stand.sa round hill, the top of which looks like the crown of a hat. In the afternoon of this day, we had a light breeze at NNW till five in the evening, when it fell calm : At this time, we were between three and four leagues from the shore, and had forty-eight fathom water : The variation by azimuth was 8° 48
Seite 5 - ... which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the summer's heat, as often as these seasons return; even if, after he has procured bread for his present household, he should convert a surplus into money, and lay it up for his children.