The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous Engravings on Wood. With an Appendix, Giving an Account of the Present Condition of the South Sea Islands, &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.].William Smith, 1842 |
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... five of them were alive and swam briskly in a tub of water , but the sixth appeared to have been dead some time . Nothing remarkable happened till the 30th , except that we prepared for the bad weather which we were shortly to expect ...
... five of them were alive and swam briskly in a tub of water , but the sixth appeared to have been dead some time . Nothing remarkable happened till the 30th , except that we prepared for the bad weather which we were shortly to expect ...
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... five feet eight to five feet ten : the women are much less , few of them being more than five feet high . Their whole apparel consists of the skin of a guanoco * , or seal , which is thrown over their shoulders , exactly in the state in ...
... five feet eight to five feet ten : the women are much less , few of them being more than five feet high . Their whole apparel consists of the skin of a guanoco * , or seal , which is thrown over their shoulders , exactly in the state in ...
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... five leagues long , and as many broad . The bay of Good Success lies about the middle of it , on the Terra del Fuego ... five o'clock , and rise about five or six feet perpendicular . But the flood runs two or three hours longer in the ...
... five leagues long , and as many broad . The bay of Good Success lies about the middle of it , on the Terra del Fuego ... five o'clock , and rise about five or six feet perpendicular . But the flood runs two or three hours longer in the ...
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... five leagues , in the direction of N.W. and S.E. , and its breadth about five miles . The trees upon it appeared to be large , and we saw smoke rising in different parts of it from among them : a certain sign that it was inhabited . The ...
... five leagues , in the direction of N.W. and S.E. , and its breadth about five miles . The trees upon it appeared to be large , and we saw smoke rising in different parts of it from among them : a certain sign that it was inhabited . The ...
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... five oclock in the morning our sentry alarmed us , with an account that the boat was missing he had seen her , he said , about half an hour before , at her grappling , which was not above fifty yards from the shore ; but , upon hearing ...
... five oclock in the morning our sentry alarmed us , with an account that the boat was missing he had seen her , he said , about half an hour before , at her grappling , which was not above fifty yards from the shore ; but , upon hearing ...
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afternoon anchor anchorage appeared ashore Banks and Dr Batavia beach birds boat bore Botany Bay bottom Bougainville breeze brought called calm canoes Cape Cape Horn Cape Palliser Cape Saunders Captain Furneaux chief cloth coast cocoa-nut colour continued cove discovered distance east Endeavour River farther fathom water feet fire fish five leagues four leagues fresh gale fruit gave harbour hauled head hills hogs Hugh Palliser Indians inhabitants island isle kind land latitude longitude miles morning natives night noon northward observed Otaheite Otoo peterels pieces pinnace plantains Port Egmont reef returned rocks round sail seemed seen sent ship shoals shore side sight situation small isles Solander soon sound south point southward steered stones strait three leagues told took trees Tupia veered voyage weather westward wind women wood yawl Zealand
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Seite xix - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Seite 516 - The stones they use are, in general, the branches of coral rocks from eight to fourteen inches long, and from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter. I know not if they employ them as...
Seite 571 - Sandwich Land, was either a group of islands, or else a point of the continent. For I firmly believe that there is a tract of land near the Pole which is the source of most of the ice that is spread over this vast southern ocean.
Seite 23 - ... had before told the company that to sleep was to perish. Mr. Banks and the rest found it impossible to carry them, and there being no remedy, they were both suffered to sit down, being partly supported by the bushes, and in a few minutes they fell into a profound sleep : soon after, some of the people who had been sent forward, returned, with the welcome news that a fire was kindled about a quarter of a mile farther on the way. Mr. Banks then endeavoured to wake Dr. Solander, and happily succeeded...
Seite 38 - A proper person or persons will be appointed to trade with the natives for all manner of provisions, fruit, and other productions of the earth ; and no officer or seaman, or other person belonging to the ship excepting such as are so appointed, shall trade, or offer to trade for any sort of provision, fruit, or other productions of the earth, unless they have leave so to do.
Seite 527 - Having no suspicion of its being of a poisonous nature, we ordered it to be dressed for supper; but, very luckily, the operation of drawing and describing took up so much time, that it was too late, so that only the liver and row were dressed, of which the two Mr Forsters and myself did but taste.
Seite 490 - ... sneering in my face, saying, What sort of a man are you, thus to refuse the embraces of so fine a young woman? For the girl certainly did not want beauty; which, however, I could better withstand, than the abuses of this worthy matron, and therefore hastened into the boat.
Seite 572 - ... and these difficulties are greatly heightened by the inexpressibly horrid aspect of the country; a country doomed by nature never once to feel the warmth of the sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The ports which may be on the coast, are, in a manner, wholly filled up with frozen snow of vast thickness ; but if any...
Seite 262 - Their features are far from being disagreeable, their noses are not flat, nor are their lips thick ; their teeth are white and even, and their hair naturally long and black, it is however universally cropped short ; in general it is straight, but sometimes it has a slight curl ; we saw none that was not matted and filthy, though without oil or grease, and to our great astonishment free from lice. Their beards were of the same colour with their hair, and bushy and thick : They are not however suffered...
Seite 444 - I did not take some opportunity to declare, that they always shewed the utmost readiness to carry into execution, in. the most effectual manner, every measure I thought proper to take. Under such circumstances, it is hardly necessary to say, that the seamen were always obedient and alert ; and, on this occasion, they were so far from wishing the voyage at an end, that they rejoiced at the prospect of its being prolonged another year, and of soon enjoying the benefits of a milder climate.