2(H cook's voyage to feb. 



CHAP. XII. 



THE SITUATION OF THE ISLANDS NOW DISCOVERED. THEIR 



NAMES. CALLED THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. ATQOl DE- 

 SCRIBED. THE SOIL. CLIMATE. VEGETABLE PRODUC- 

 TIONS. BIRDS. FISH. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. PERSONS 



OF THE INHABITANTS. THEIR DISPOSITION. DRESS. 



ORNAMENTS. HABITATIONS. FOOD. COOKERY. 



AMUSEMENTS. MANUFACTURES. WORKING-TOOLS. 



KNOWLEDGE OF IRON ACCOUNTED FOR. CANOES. AGRI- 

 CULTURE. ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THEIR CHIEFS. WEA- 

 PONS. CUSTOMS AGREEING WITH THOSE OF TONGATABOO, 



AND OTAHEITE. THEIR LANGUAGE THE SAME. EXTENT 



OF THIS NATION THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC OCEAN. RE- 

 FLECTIONS ON THE USEFUL SITUATION OF THE SANDWICH 

 ISLANDS, 



It is worthy of observation, that the islands in the 

 Pacific Ocean, which our late voyages have added to 

 the geography of the globe, have been generally found 

 lying in groups or clusters ; the single intermediate 

 islands, as yet discovered, being few in proportion 

 to the others ; though, probably, there are many 

 more of them still unknown, which serve as steps be- 

 tween the several clusters. Of what number this 

 newly-discovered Archipelago consists, must be left 

 for future investigation. We saw five of them, whose 

 names, as given to us by the natives, are Woahoo, 

 Atooi, Oneeheow, Oreehoua, and Tahoora. The last 

 is a small elevated island, lying four or five leagues 

 from the south-east point of Oneeheow, in the direc- 

 tion of south, 69 W. We were told, that it 

 abounds with birds, which are its only inhabit- 

 ants. We also got some information of the exist- 

 ence of a low, uninhabited island, in the neighbour- 

 hood, whose name is Tammata pappa. Besides these 



