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 (14769081104)

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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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the shore, weobserved it assumed another aspect, andoflfered a j)rospect both of anchorage andlanding. Upon this we plied in under theisland. We were now visited by two canoes,which came boldly along-side of us, andseveral of the Indians^entered the Resolutionwithout hesitation; which mark of confi-dence determined us to visit them if possible.After making a few trips, we found goodanchorage, and come to- in twenty-five fa-thoms water, at three cables length from theshore. We had scarcely anchored, whenwe were surrownded with Indians, somein canoes, and some swimn:ing, severalcame on board, and among tiiem a chief,named Tioony, to whom Capt. Cook pre-sented a hatchet, spike-nails, and other ar-ticles, with which he was higUly pleased.A party of our people, in company withTioony, went on shore, who were conductedto a little creek formed by the rocks, rightabreast of the ships, where landing was veryeasy, and the boats secure against fhe surf.Here we weresaluted with loud acclamations.
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AND JiOUND THE WORLD. 241 hy ;\n immense crowd of people, who shew-ed the most evident sisjns of jnciHc inten-tions, not one of them havinu: so much asa stick, or any weapon in their hands.They thronged so thick round the boatswith cloth, mattini?, &.c. that it was sometime before we could make ifood our land-ijjg. Many of them, who con hi not getnear the boats, threw over the others heads,whole bales of cloth, and retired imme-diately, without either askiut?, or waitingto get any thing in retmn. At length thechief caused them to open to the right andleft, and make room for ns to land. Wewere then conducted up to his house, whichwas situated about tliree hundred yardsfrom the sea, at the end of a tine lawn, andnntler some shaddock trees. In the frontwas the prospect of the sea and the sinpsat anchor. Plantations abounding withthe richest productions of nature, werejdaced behind, and on each side. Wewere seated on mats, laid on the floor, andthe natives placed themselves in a circl