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 (14771107692)

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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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ach her. We can-pearance, she seemed to be neglected by the not tell whether she had before taken himman. We Vvere conducted to their habita- for a female, or whether, in discovering him-fion, which consisted of two mean huts, self, he had taken some liberties with her.situated near the skirts of a wood. Their In the evening the natives of Dusky Baycanoe lay in a small creek near the huts, took up their quarters very near our water-and was just large enough to transport the ing-place, which was a clear proof that theywhole family from jvlace to place. A gen- placed a great deal of confident* in us. Wetlemanof^ our party made sketches of them, passed two or hree days in examining thewhich occasioned their calling him Toe-Toe, bay and making necessary experiments andwhich, it seems, is a word which signifies observations. We likewise shot great qujn-marking or painting. On taking leave, the tities of wild fowl.n.1 an presented Capt. Cook with somejri- On Monday the 19th, the man and his
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AND ROUND THE WOULD. 2lf; /^lUi^^nter hefore inentioneil ventured on wlio hallooed to ifieni, and lliey were in-l)oard oiir ship, wliile llie re^t of the fiunily tlixed to ro\r over to them. Ca;»t. Cookwere Hsiiiiv^ in llie canoe. Helore the man with two otiier eenllemen huuled iinurmed.would come int(» the ship, he struck the anti advanced all toitether, hut the nativesside olit with aJTieen l)ran<h, and muttered retreated, nor would tliey stand still tillsome words, which we tO»k liu- a prayer; Capt. Cook went up alone. It was withalter which he threw away the branch and some tli/hculty that he prevaile<l on one ofc:;!ne on board. \Ve were at breaktast, but then) to lay down his spear; at last he did• ould not prevail on them to ;mrtake with it, and met the captain with a <^russ plant inus. They viewed every part ot the cabin his hand, ijiviu? Capt. (ook one end towith ajiparent curiosity and surpri<;e; but we hold whilst he himselT liehl the other. In••ouhi not