An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere: And Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks ...John Byron, Samuel Wallis, Philip Carteret, James Cook, Joseph Banks, Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave James Williams, 1775 |
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About this time died an old woman of some rank, who was related to Tomio,
which gave us an opportunity to fee how they disposed of the body, and
confirmed us in our opinion that these people, contrary to the present custom of
all other ...
About this time died an old woman of some rank, who was related to Tomio,
which gave us an opportunity to fee how they disposed of the body, and
confirmed us in our opinion that these people, contrary to the present custom of
all other ...
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1759. body was deposited upon such a frame as has before Ju"^ been described
: it was covered with fine cloth, and near it was placed bread-fruit, fish, and other
provisions : we supposed that the food was placed there for the spirit of the ...
1759. body was deposited upon such a frame as has before Ju"^ been described
: it was covered with fine cloth, and near it was placed bread-fruit, fish, and other
provisions : we supposed that the food was placed there for the spirit of the ...
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Upon this occasion it may be observed, that nothing can be more absurd than the
notion that the happiness or misery of a future life depends, in any degree, upon
the disposition of the body when the state of probation is past; yet that nothing is ...
Upon this occasion it may be observed, that nothing can be more absurd than the
notion that the happiness or misery of a future life depends, in any degree, upon
the disposition of the body when the state of probation is past; yet that nothing is ...
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In the evening, therefore, he repaired to the place where the body lay, and was
received by the daughter of the deceased, and several other persons, among
whom was a boy about fourteen years old, who were to assist in the ceremony.
In the evening, therefore, he repaired to the place where the body lay, and was
received by the daughter of the deceased, and several other persons, among
whom was a boy about fourteen years old, who were to assist in the ceremony.
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and his dress was extremely fantastical, though not unbecoming. Mr. Banks was
stripped of his European, clothes, and a small piece of cloth being tied round his
middle, his body was smeared with charcoal and water, as low as the shoulders,
...
and his dress was extremely fantastical, though not unbecoming. Mr. Banks was
stripped of his European, clothes, and a small piece of cloth being tied round his
middle, his body was smeared with charcoal and water, as low as the shoulders,
...
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a-breast a-head a-shore afternoon anchor appeared Banks and Dr Batavia beach boat body bore Botany Bay bottom breeze called canoes Cape Cape Colville Cape Conway Cape Palliser Cape Saunders cloth coast cocoa-nut colour depth of water distance Dutch east eastward eight Endeavour River fame fathoms water feet fire fish five leagues four leagues fresh half harbour hauled head hills houses Indians inhabitants kind lances land in sight lies in latitude Lizard Island longitude Mercury Bay miles morning natives night noon northward o'clock observed Otaheite piece pinnace plantains reef river rocks round sail sandy seemed seen Semau sent seven ship shoals shore side small islands Solander soon sound south point southward steered stone tacked and stood three leagues tide told trees Tupia turtle weather Wednes westward wind women wood yawl
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Seite 335 - ... her off the ledge upon which she rested, towards the deep water. About five o'clock in the afternoon, we observed the tide begin to rise, but we observed at the same time that the leak increased to a most alarming degree, so that two more pumps were manned, but unhappily only one of them would work. Three of the pumps, however, were kept going, and at nine o'clock the ship righted; but the leak had gained upon us so considerably, that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased...
Seite 312 - Upon these mangroves also we saw small green caterpillars in great numbers : Their bodies were thick set with hairs, and they were ranged upon the leaves side by side like a file of soldiers, to the number of twenty or "thirty together : When we touched them, we found that the hair of their bodies had the quality of a nettle, and gave us a much more acute, though less durable pain.
Seite 408 - Upon such ornaments as they had, they set so great a value, that they would never part with the least article for any thing we could offer; which was the more extraordinary as our beads and ribbons were ornaments of the same kind, but of a more regular form and more showy materials. They had indeed no idea of traffic, nor could we communicate any to them : They received the things that we gave them ; but never appeared to understand our signs when we required a return.
Seite 398 - New Holland, or, as I have now called the eastern coast, New South Wales, is of a larger extent than any other country in the known world that does not bear the name of a continent ; the length of coast along which we sailed, reduced to a straight line, is no less than twentyseven degrees of latitude, amounting to near 2000 miles, so that its square surface must be much more than equal to all Europe.
Seite 439 - ... the beach, abreast of the ship ; supposing therefore that the Dutch had a settlement here, I sent Lieutenant Gore ashore, to wait upon the governor, or the chief person residing upon the spot, and acquaint him who we were, and for what purpose we had touched upon the coast. As soon as he came ashore, he was received by a guard of between twenty and thirty Indians, armed with...
Seite 91 - ... in one end of it was a square hole, in the middle of which was a ring touching the sides, and leaving the angles open, so as to form a round hole within a square one.
Seite 263 - A farther proof that human nature is here untainted with disease, is the great number of old men that we saw, many of whom, by the loss of their hair and teeth, appeared to be very ancient, yet none of them were decrepit, and though not equal to the young in muscular strength, were not a whit behind them in cheerfulness and vivacity.
Seite 415 - ... that the bark of a tree becomes thicker and stronger by being suffered to remain upon the trunk after it has been cut round. The canoes of New Holland are as mean and rude as the houses. Those...
Seite 34 - Tupia sustained himself in this scene with a firmness and resolution truly admirable : he wept, indeed, but the effort that he made to conceal his tears, concurred, with them, to do him honour.
Seite 336 - To those only who have waited in a state of such suspense, Death has approached in all his terrors ; and as the dreadful moment that was to determine our fate came on, every one saw his own sensations pictured in the countenances of his companions...