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[Illustration: Canoe of New Zealand.]




                                  THE

                                 THREE

                                VOYAGES

                                   OF

                           CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

                            ROUND THE WORLD.

                                COMPLETE

                           In Seven Volumes.

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                      _WITH MAP AND OTHER PLATES._

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                                VOL. II.
                 BEING THE SECOND OF THE FIRST VOYAGE.

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                                LONDON:
                              PRINTED FOR
                 LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,
                            PATERNOSTER-ROW.
                                 1821.




                                CONTENTS

                                   OF

                          _THE SECOND VOLUME_.


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                              FIRST VOYAGE.

                                BOOK II.

                               CHAP. VII.

                                                                   Page

 Range from Cape Turnagain southward along the eastern coast of    1
   Poenammoo, round Cape South, and back to the western Entrance
   of Cook’s Strait, which completed the Circumnavigation of this
   Country; with a Description of the Coast, and of Admiralty Bay.
   The Departure from New Zealand, and various Particulars

                               CHAP. VIII.

 A general Account of New Zealand; its first Discovery, Situation, 24
   Extent, Climate, and Productions

                                CHAP. IX.

 A Description of the Inhabitants, their Habitations, Apparel,     34
   Ornaments, Food, Cookery, and Manner of Life

                                CHAP. X.

 Of the Canoes and Navigation of the Inhabitants of New Zealand;   49
   their Tillage, Weapons, and Music; Government, Religion, and
   Language: with some Reasons against the Existence of a Southern
   Continent

                                BOOK III.

                                CHAP. I.

 The Run from New Zealand to Botany Bay, on the East Coast of New  67
   Holland, now called New South Wales; various Incidents that
   happened there; with some Account of the Country and its
   Inhabitants

                                CHAP. II.

 The Range from Botany Bay to Trinity Bay; with a farther Account  91
   of the Country, its Inhabitants, and Productions

                               CHAP. III.

 Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Bay to 127
   Endeavour River

                                CHAP. IV.

 Transactions while the Ship was refitting in Endeavour River.—A   139
   Description of the adjacent Country, its Inhabitants, and
   Productions

                                CHAP. V.

 Departure from Endeavour River.—A particular Description of the   170
   Harbour there, in which the Ship was refitted, the adjacent
   Country, and several Islands near the Coast.—The Range from
   Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country, and
   the Dangers of that Navigation

                                CHAP. VI.

 Departure from New South Wales.—A particular Description of the   202
   Country, its Products and People.—A Specimen of the Language,
   and some Observations upon the Currents and Tides

                               CHAP. VII.

 The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, with an Account   228
   of what happened upon landing there

                               CHAP. VIII.

 The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Savu, and the        240
   Transactions there

                                CHAP. IX.

 A particular Description of the Island of Savu, its Produce and   258
   Inhabitants, with a Specimen of their Language

                                CHAP. X.

 The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, and an Account of the 280
   Transactions there while the Ship was refitting

                                CHAP. XI.

 Some Account of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, with their     299
   Fruits, Flowers, and other Productions

                               CHAP. XII.

 Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent      322
   Country, their Manners. Customs, and Manner of Life

                               CHAP. XIII.

 The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope.—Some Account   339
   of Prince’s Island, and its Inhabitants, and a comparative View
   of their Language, with the Malay and Javanese

                               CHAP. XIV.

 Our Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope.—Some Remarks on the Run     352
   from Java Head to that Place.—A Description of the Cape and of
   Saint Helena.—With some Account of the Hottentots, and the
   Return of the Ship to England




                                   AN

                                ACCOUNT

                                  OF A

                        VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD,

                     IN 1768, 1769, 1770, AND 1771.

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                                BOOK II.

                               CHAP. VII.

     RANGE FROM CAPE TURNAGAIN SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF
POENAMMOO, ROUND CAPE SOUTH, AND BACK TO THE WESTERN ENTRANCE OF COOK’S
 STREIGHT, WHICH COMPLETED THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THIS COUNTRY; WITH A
 DESCRIPTION OF THE COAST, AND OF ADMIRALTY BAY: THE DEPARTURE FROM NEW
                   ZEALAND, AND VARIOUS PARTICULARS.


AT four o’clock in the afternoon of Friday the 9th of February, we
tacked, and stood S. W. till eight o’clock the next morning; when, being
not above three or four miles from the shore, we stood off two hours,
and then again S. W. till noon, when, at the distance of about two miles
from the shore, we had twenty-six fathom water.

We continued to make sail to the southward till sunset on the 11th, when
a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape
Palliser, of which as the weather was clear we had a good view. It is of
a height sufficient to be seen in clear weather at the distance of
twelve or fourteen leagues, and the land is of a broken and hilly
surface. Between the foot of the high land and the sea there is a low
flat border, off which there are some rocks that appear above water.
Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain, the land near the shore is, in
many places, low and flat, and has a green and pleasant appearance; but
farther from the sea it rises into hills. The land between Cape Palliser
and Cape Tierawitte is high and makes in table-points; it also seemed to
us to form two bays, but we were at too great a distance from this part
of the coast to judge accurately from appearances. The wind having been
variable, with calms, we had advanced no farther by the 12th at noon
than latitude 41° 52ʹ, Cape Palliser then bearing north, distant about
five leagues; and the snowy mountain S. 83 W.

At noon on the 13th, we found ourselves in the latitude of 42° 2ʹ S.;
Cape Palliser bearing N. 20 E. distant eight leagues. In the afternoon,
a fresh gale sprung up at N. E., and we steered S. W. by W. for the
southermost land in sight, which at sunset bore from us S. 74 W. At this
time the variation was 15° 4ʹ E.

At eight o’clock in the morning of the 14th, having run one-and-twenty
leagues S. 58 W. since the preceding noon, it fell calm. We were then
abreast of the snowy mountain which bore from us N. W. and in this
direction lay behind a mountainous ridge of nearly the same height,
which rises directly from the sea, and runs parallel with the shore,
which lies N. E. ½ N. and S. W. ½ S. The north-west end of the ridge
rises inland, not far from Cape Campbell; and both the mountain and the
ridge are distinctly seen as well from Cape Koamaroo as Cape Palliser:
from Koamaroo they are distant two-and-twenty leagues S. W. ½ S.; and
from Cape Palliser thirty leagues W. S. W.; and are of a height
sufficient to be seen at a much greater distance. Some persons on board
were of opinion that they were as high as Teneriffe; but I did not think
them as high as Mount Egmont on the south-west coast of Eahienomauwe;
because the snow, which almost entirely covered Mount Egmont, lay only
in patches upon these. At noon this day, we were in latitude 42° 34ʹ S.
The southernmost land in sight bore S. W. ½ W.; and some low land that
appeared like an island, and lay close under the foot of the ridge, bore
N. W. by N. about five or six leagues.

In the afternoon, when Mr. Banks was out in the boat a shooting, we saw
with our glasses four double canoes, having on board fifty-seven men,
put off from that shore, and make towards him; we immediately made
signals for him to come on board; but the ship, with respect to him,
being right in the wake of the sun, he did not see them. We were at a
considerable distance from the shore, and he was at a considerable
distance from the ship, which was between him and the shore; so that, it
being a dead calm, I began to be in some pain for him, fearing that he
might not see the canoes time enough to reach the ship before they
should get up with him: soon after, however, we saw his boat in motion,
and had the pleasure to take him on board before the Indians came up,
who probably had not seen him, as their attention seemed to be wholly
fixed upon the ship. They came within about a stone’s cast, and then
stopped, gazing at us with a look of vacant astonishment: Tupia exerted
all his eloquence to prevail upon them to come nearer, but without any
effect. After surveying us for some time, they left us, and made towards
the shore; but had not measured more than half the distance between that
and the ship before it was dark. We imagined that these people had heard
nothing of us, and could not but remark the different behaviour and
dispositions of the inhabitants of the different parts of this coast
upon their first approaching the vessel. These kept aloof with a mixture
of timidity and wonder; others had immediately commenced hostilities, by
pelting us with stones: the gentleman whom we had found alone, fishing
in his boat, seemed to think us entirely unworthy of his notice; and
some, almost without invitation, had come on board with an air of
perfect confidence and good-will. From the behaviour of our last
visitors, I gave the land from which they had put off, and which, as I
have before observed, had the appearance of an island, the name of
LOOKERS-ON.

At eight o’clock in the evening, a breeze sprung up at S. S. W. with
which I stretched off south-east, because some on board thought they saw
land in that quarter. In this course we continued till six o’clock the
next morning, when we had run eleven leagues, but saw no land, except
that which we had left.—Having stood to the S. E. with a light breeze,
which veered from the west to the north, till noon, our latitude by
observation was 42° 56ʹ S., and the high land that we were abreast of
the preceding noon bore N. N. W. ½ W. In the afternoon we had a light
breeze at N. E. with which we steered west, edging in for the land,
which was distant about eight leagues. At seven in the evening, we were
about six leagues from the shore, and the southermost extremity of the
land in sight bore W. S. W.

At daybreak on the 16th, we discovered land bearing S. by W. and
seemingly detached from the coast we were upon. About eight, a breeze
sprung up, at N. by E. and we steered directly for it. At noon, we were
in latitude 43° 19ʹ S. the peak on the snowy mountain bore N. 20 E.
distant twenty-seven leagues; the southern extremity of the land we
could see bore west, and the land which had been discovered in the
morning appeared like an island extending from S. S. W. to S. W. by W. ½
W. distant about eight leagues. In the afternoon, we stood to the
southward of it, with a fresh breeze at north: at eight in the evening,
we had run eleven leagues, and the land then extended from S. W. by W.
to N. by W. We were then distant about three or four leagues from the
nearest shore, and in this situation had fifty fathom water, with a fine
sandy bottom. The variation of the compass by this morning’s amplitude
was 14° 39ʹ E.

At sunrise, the next morning, our opinion that the land we had been
standing for was an island, was confirmed, by our seeing part of the
land of Tovy Poenammoo open to the westward of it, extending as far as
W. by S. At eight in the morning, the extremes of the island bore N. 76
W. and N. N. E. ½ E.; and an opening near the south point, which had the
appearance of a bay or harbour, N. 20 W. distant between three and four
leagues: in this situation we had thirty-eight fathom water with a brown
sandy bottom.

This island, which I named after Mr. Banks, lies about five leagues from
the coast of Tovy Poenammoo; the south point bears S. 21 W. from the
highest peak on the snowy mountain, and lies in latitude 43° 32ʹ S. and
in longitude 186° 30ʹ W. by an observation of the sun and moon which was
made this morning: it is of a circular figure, and about twenty-four
leagues in compass: it is sufficiently high to be seen at the distance
of twelve or fifteen leagues, and the land has a broken irregular
surface, with the appearance rather of barrenness than fertility; yet it
was inhabited, for we saw smoke in one place, and a few straggling
natives in another.

When this island was first discovered in the direction of S. by W. some
persons on board were of opinion that they also saw land bearing S. S.
E. and S. E. by E. I was myself upon the deck at the time, and told
them, that in my opinion it was no more than a cloud, and that as the
sun rose it would dissipate and vanish. However, as I was determined to
leave no subject for disputation which experiment could remove, I
ordered the ship to be wore, and steered E. S. E. by compass, in the
direction which the land was said to bear from us at that time. At noon
we were in latitude 44° 7ʹ S.; the south point of Banks’s Island bearing
north, distant five leagues. By seven o’clock at night we had run
eight-and-twenty miles, when seeing no land, nor any signs of any, but
that which we had left, we bore away S. by W. and continued upon that
course till the next day at noon, when we were in latitude 45° 16ʹ, the
south point of Banks’s Island bearing N. 6° 30ʹ W. distant twenty-eight
leagues. The variation by the azimuth this morning was 15° 30ʹ E. As no
signs of land had yet appeared to the southward, and as I thought that
we had stood far enough in that direction to weather all the land we had
left, judging from the report of the natives in Queen Charlotte’s Sound,
I hauled to the westward.

We had a moderate breeze at N. N. W. and N. till eight in the evening,
when it became unsettled; and at ten fixed at south: during the night,
it blew with such violence that it brought us under our close reefed
topsails. At eight the next morning, having run twenty-eight leagues
upon a W. by N. ½ N. course, and judging ourselves to be to the westward
of the land of Tovy Poenammoo, we bore away N. W. with a fresh gale at
south. At ten, having run eleven miles upon this course, we saw land
extending from the S. W. to the N. W. at the distance of about ten
leagues, which we hauled up for. At noon, our latitude by observation
was 44° 38ʹ, the south-east point of Banks’s Island bore N. 58° 30ʹ E.
distant thirty leagues, and the main body of the land in sight W. by N.
A head sea prevented us from making much way to the southward; at seven
in the evening the extremes of the land stretched from S. W. by S. to N.
by W.; and at six leagues from the shore we had thirty-two fathom water.
At four o’clock the next morning we stood in for the shore W. by S., and
during a course of four leagues our depth of water was from thirty-two
to thirteen fathom. When it was thirteen fathom we were but three miles
distant from the shore, and therefore stood off; its direction is here
nearly N. and S. The surface, to the distance of about five miles from
the sea, is low and flat; but it then rises into hills of a considerable
height. It appeared to be totally barren, and we saw no signs of its
being inhabited. Our latitude, at noon, was 44° 44ʹ; and the longitude
which we made from Banks’s Island to this place was 2° 22ʹ W. During the
last twenty-four hours, though we carried as much sail as the ship would
bear, we were driven three leagues to the leeward.

We continued to stand off and on all this day and the