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CO N T EN T S .
C H A T T E R V.
V isit Oeno Islan d—De scription o f it— Loss o f a B oat and one Seaman— Na rrow Escape o f the
Crew— Cresc ent Islan d—Gambie r G ro n p e— Visited by Natives on Rafts—Discover a
Passage into th e L agoon— Ship e n te rs—In te rv iew witL th e Natives— Anchor off two
Streams of W a te r—Visited by th e N atives—T h e ft— Communication w ith them suspended
— M o ra i— M an n e r of pre serving th e De ad— Idols and Places of Wo rship. P a g e 101
C H A P T E R V I .
S econd In te rv iew w ith th e Natives— Visit to th e principal Village—Bodies exposed to d ry—
Areghe or Chief— L ie u te n a n t W a inw rig h t attacked by Natives— Advantage o f the P o rt
F u rth e r D e scrip tio n o f th e Island, its Soil and Productions. . . 124
C H A P T E R V I I .
Q u it Gambie r Islands— Visit L o rd Hood’s Is lan d—W a te r-S p o u t— Clermont T o n n e re— D e scription
o f the Island and Na tive s, Canoe, &c.— Serle Island—W h itsu n d ay Island
L agoon Island— T h rum Cap Islan d— E gm o n t Island— Discover Barrow Is la n d ; description
o f it— Carysfort Island— Discover Cockburn Island— Osnaburgh Islan d—F in d
th e W re c k o f th e Matilda—E lig h ’s Lagoon Island—Discovery of B yam M a rtin Island—
M e e t a P a rty o f Chain Islanders th e re—M y s te ry attached to th e ir H is to ry—T a k e two
o f them on board th e Ship— Gloucester Island— See Bow Island. . •
C H A P T E R V I I I .
Boat sen t to examine th e Channel into Bow Island Lagoon— U n ex p ected In terv iew between
T uw a rri and his B ro th e r— A P e a rl B rig a t anchor in th e Lagoon—M y s te ry attached
to th e Byam M a rtin Islanders dispelled— T h e ir in te re stin g F listory, extensive W a n derings
and Sufferings— Seq u el of T uw a rri’s H is to ry— Ship_ en te rs th e Lagoon— De scription
o f th e Islan d—A sh o rt Account of tlie Natives—Visit several other coral Islands,
and discover Melville and Croker Islands— Remarks on th e Discoveries of Cook, W a llis,
C arte ret, See.— Peculiarities o f the coral Islands— Arrival a t Otahe ite . . . 167
C H A P T E R IX .
P roce edings a t O t a h e i te -T h e Ship visited by th e Q u e en R e g e n t, th e Royal F amily, and
seve ral Chiefs— Short Account o f th e Chiefs since Captain Cook’sV is it— Successful Issue
of a D isp u te with th e G o ve rnment re specting th e D e te n tio n of a trad in g V essel—Visit to
th e Q u e e n R e g e n t’s House— P re se n t Condition o f the Chiefs and of th e In h a b ita n ts—
S u p e r s titio n s -T r ia l o f Natives for T h e f t of th e S hip’s S to r e s -T h e K in g visits th e
Ship— L ak e an d Mora i of M i r a p a y e -D a n c e exhibited by a P a rty o f New Zealanders
— Considerations on th e Effect of th e Introduc tion of C hristianity. • . 1 9 6
C O N T EN T S .
C H A P T E R X .
D e p a rtu re from O tah e ite— Arrival a tW o a h o o , Sandwich Islands— C ontrast betwe en th e two
C ountries— Visit the K in g and P itt— D e p a rtu re— Oneehow— P assag e to K amtscha tka—
P etropaulski— B e e rin g ’s Island— St. L aw ren c e Island— E squimaux— K in g ’s Islan d—
Diomede Islands— P ass Beering’s S trait— Arrive in Kotzebue Sound— A nchor off
Chamisso Islan d— Ic e Formation in Escholtz Bay. . . P a g e 229
C H A P T E R X L
Q u it Kotzebue Sound, and proceed to survey th e Coast to th e Northward— Interviews with
th e Na tive s—Cape Thomson— P o in t H o p e— C u rre n t—Capes Sabine and Beaufort—
B arrie r of Ic e Ic y Cape— Advanced Position o f the S h ip—Discover Cape F ran k lin ,
W a inw rig h t In le t, Shoals off Ic y Cape, &c.— B oat s e n t on an E x pedition along th e
Coast— R e tu rn of the Ship to Kotzebue Sound— In te rv iew s witJi the E squimaux— Boat
rejoins th e Ship— Im p o rtan t R esu lts o f h e r Expedition. . . . 260
C H A P T E R X I I .
In te re s tin g Narra tive o f the Boat E x p ed itio n— P o in t Barrow— Ne a r Approach to Capta
F ran k lin— Beset by the Ic e— Perilous Situa tion and fortuna te Relea se o f the Barge-
Terrific Ga le— Rejoin the S hip—F u rth e r Examination o f Kotzebue Sound— Discover
Buckland R iv e r—Mammoth Bones—Ic e Formation— Approach o fW in te r obliges the
Ship to q u it th e Sound— Kepass B e e rin g ’s S tra it—Ga le— Proce ed to th e Southward—
F u tu re P lans— Make St. P a u l’s Island— A leu tian Islands— P ass thro u g h Oonemak
Channel—Arrive off San Francisco in California. . . . 304
C H A P T E R X I I I .
Anchor a t San F ranc isco—Description o f the H a rbour, Presidio, and th e Missions— Occupations—
Dissatisfied S ta te o f th e Garrison and the P riesthood— Contemplated P la n of
se ttlin g th e In d ian s in th e Missions— Occupations o f th e converted In d ia n s— Man n e r
o f making Converts— Expedition ag a in st the T rib e o f Cosemenes— Official De spatch—
Ove rland Jo u rn e y to M o n tere y— Scarcity of Provisions a t th a t P la c e—P la n of the
Voyage alte red in consequence—D e p a rtu re . . . . 344