;y C O N T E N T S .
Singular head-drefles of the natives - Page 116 etfeq*
Map of the coaft of New-Zealand - - - “ ,2 5
Vocabulary o f the New-Zealand tongue - - - - 127
Defcription and delineation of the military weapons and houfehold
implements, perfonal ornaments, &c., of New-Zealand - - 128
P A R T III.
Comprehending the incidents that happened from the time of the
(hip's leaving New-Zealand, to its arrival at and departure from Batavia
for Europe.
Account of the country, natives, and natural produce, of New-
Holland - ijrfe, - . f l E . - - >'.• - ’ 33
Vocabulary of the language of New-Holland - - - 148 ‘
Vocabulary of the language of the natives of the iiland of Savoo 163
Defcription of the city, inhabitants, cuftoms, and perfons trading to
Batavia - - . - ‘ ~ ~ " “ *73 ,
Vocabulary of the Malayan language, fpoken at Batavia, called the
Low Malay. - - - - - - . ■ - “
Vocabulary of the language fpoken at Anjenga, on the coaft of
Malabar, called, at Batavia, the high or proper Malay - - 195
Vocabulary o f the language of the natives of Sumatra - - 198
P A R T IV.
Comprehending an account of the (hip s voyage home from Batavia 209 adult*
P R E F A C E .
By the E D I I O R.
UNqualified to addrefs the public, as a writer, I ihould have contented myfelf
with giving the following journal to the world, without the formality o f
£reface> had not the circumftances, which have delayed, and the arts that have
been pradtifed to fupprefs, its publication, madefome explanation on this head par-,
ticularly neceifary.
The, unmerited afperfions which have been caft on me, for aflerting a right td
pay this tribute to the memory o f a deceafed brother, and to poifefs a bequeathed,
analienated, pittance o f his little fortune, earned at the hazard, and purchafed, as
I may fay, at the expence, o f his life, render'it indeed incumbent on me to defend
a reputatipn, as injurioufly attacked as fuch dear-bought property has been
unjuftifiably invaded.
It is yet with regret I find myfelf reduced to this neceflity j as the perfons, o f
whom I complain, are men, from whofe fuperior talents and fituation in life better
things might be expedted j however they have, in this inftance, been rnif-
employed in ftriving to baiHe a plain, unlettered, man j who, though he thinks it
is his duty to be refigned under the difpenfations o f providence, thinks it alfo
equally his duty to feek every lawful redrefs from the oppreflive-adls o f vain and
rapacious men.
Sydney Parkinfon, from whofe papers and drawings the journal, now prefented
to the public, has been faithfully tranfcribed and delineated, was the younger fon
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