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landing. The Ships leave the Islands, and proceed to the 

 North - . . . _ Page 176 



CHAP. XII. 



The Situation of the Islands now discovered. Their Names. 



Called the Sandwich Islands. Atooi described. The Soil 



Climate Vegetable Productions Birds. Fish. Domes- 

 tic Animals. Persons of the Inhabitants. Their Disposition. 



Dress Ornaments. Habitations. Food. Cookery. 



Amusements. Manufactures Working-tools. Knowledge 



of Iron accounted for. Canoes. Agriculture. Account of 

 one of their Chiefs. Weapons. Customs agreeing with those 



of Tongataboo, and Otaheite Their Language the same. 



Extent of this Nation throughout the Pacific Ocean. Reflec- 

 tions on the useful Situation of the Sandwich Islands - 204? 



CHAP. XIII. 



Observations made at the Sandwich Islands, on the Longitude, 

 Variation of the Compass and Tides. Prosecution of the 

 Voyage. Remarks on the Mildness of the Weather, as far as 

 the Latitude 44 North. Paucity of Sea Birds, in the Northern 

 Hemisphere. Small Sea Animals described. Arrival on the 

 Coast of America. Appearance of the Country. Unfavour- 

 able Winds, and boisterous Weather. Remarks on Martin 

 d'Aguillar's River, and Juan de Fuca's pretended Strait. An 

 Inlet discovered, where the Ships anchor. Behaviour of the 

 Natives _-... 23S 



BOOK IV. 



Transactions amongst the Natives of North America ; Dis- 

 coveries along that Coast and the Eastern Extremity of 

 Asia, Northward to Icy Cape ; and Return Southward to 

 the Sandwich Islands. 



CHAP L 



The Ships enter the Sound, and moor in a Harbour. Intercourse 

 with the Natives. Articles brought to barter. Thefts com- 

 mitted. The Observatories erected, and Carpenters set to 

 work. Jealousy of the Inhabitants of the Sound to prevent 

 other Tribes having Intercourse with the Ships. Stormy and 

 rainy Weather. Progress round the Sound. Behaviour of 

 the Natives at their Villages. Their Manner of drying Fish, 

 c. Remarkable Visit from Strangers, and introductory 



