V O Y A G E
T O THE
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B O O K V.
Captain King’s Journal of the Trania£tions
on returning to the Sandwich Iilands.
C H A P . I.
Defcription o f Karakakooa Bay.— Kaft Concourfe o f the
Natives.— Pcrner o f the Chiefs over the inferior People._
from Koah, a Priejl and Warrior.— The Morai
at Kakooa defer ibed.— Ceremonies at the Landing o f
Captain Cool.— -Obfervatories ereEled.— Powerful Operation
o f the ‘Taboo.— Method o f falting Pori in tropical
Climates.— Society o f Priefls difcovered.— Their Hofpitality
and Munificence.— Reception o f Captain Cook._
Artifice o f Koah.— A rrival o f Terreeoboo, King o f the
IJland.— Singular Ceremony.— V fit from the King._
Returned by Captain Cook.
JT A R A K A K O O A Bay is fituated on the Weft fide o f the ,779.
^ tfland o f Owhyhee, in a diftriit called Akona. It is
about a mile in depth, and bounded b y two low Snnday >7*
points o f land, at the diftance o f h a lf a leagu e, and bearing
South South Eaft and North North Weft from each other
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