Captain Cook's original voyages round the world, performed by royal authority - containing the whole of his discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c., with memoirs of his life, and (14771449105)

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Title: Captain Cook's original voyages round the world, performed by royal authority : containing the whole of his discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c., with memoirs of his life, and particulars relative to his unfortunate death
Year: 1815 (1810s)
Authors: Cook, James, 1728-1779
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 Voyages around the world
Publisher: Woodbridge (East Suffolk) B. Smith
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives



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f<dds to the ground, over theother articles hot from the oven, were put oHier. Round the outside of all, were theninto this vessel ; togf^ther with some hot wrapped several pieces of cloth of various co-.^tones, in or.ier to make the contents simmer, lours, which considerably increased the size ;Three or four jiersons were employed in it being five or six yards in circuit ; and thestirring u;» the several iugredients, till they weight of this singular attire, was as muchwere perfectly incorporated, and the juice of as the poor girls could well support. 1othe cocoa-nut was turned to oil; and the each were hung, tw«f taamfs, or breast-plate--,whole mass, at last, was nearly of the consis- iu fjrder to embellish the whole, and gave ittency of a hasty pndtling. The hog being a j)icturesque appearance. Thus equipped,baked, and the piuhliug being made, they, they were taken on board the ship, togetherHgether with two Jiving hogs, some bread- with several hogs, and a quantity of fruit,
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AND ROUND TflE WORLD which, tntj^tlier wiih tlii«? cloth, was a pre-aecjt to Va\)L Cook froiii Oloos father.Tliose who are dressed in tliis manner, arecalled atee ; but, this ceremony is neverperformed, except wliere large presents ofclotli are to be made. We never snw itpractised npoii any other occasion ; butboth C;i;»t. CooU and Capt Clerke had cloth))resented to them afterwards, wrappeil ronndtl>e bearers in the same nianner. Jhe nextday, Capt. CooU received a present of live1h);2:s, and some tniit, from ()too ; and oneiio;;-, and some frnittVom each of his sisters.Other provisions were also in pfreat plenty.(Vreat quantities of mackarel had beencaui^ht here by the natives, for two or threesuccessive days; some of which were sold onboard the ships. Otoo was equally attentive to supply ourAvants, and contribute to our amusement. Onihe 10th, he treated a party of us at Oi)arre,Mith a play. His three sisters were the per-formers, and their dresses were new and ele-gant, much mor