CONTENTS 



OF 



THE SEVENTH VOLUME. 



BOOK V. 



Captain King's Journal of the Transactions on returning to 

 the Sandwich Islands. 



CHAP. I. 



Description of Carakakooa Bay. — Vast Concourse of the 

 Natives. — Power of the Chiefs over the inferior People. — 

 Visit from Koah, a Priest and Warrior. — The Morai at Kakooa 

 described. — Ceremonies at the Landing of Captain Cook. — 

 Observatories erected. — Powerful Operation of the Taboo. — 

 Method of salting Pork in tropical Climates. — Society of Priests 

 discovered. — Their Hospitality and Munificence. — Reception 

 of Captain Cook. — Artifice of Koah. — Arrival of Terreeoboo, 

 King of the Island. — Singular Ceremony. — Visit from the 

 King. — Returned by Captain Cook - I* a gc 3 



CHAP. II. 



Farther Account of Transactions with the Natives. — Their 



Hospitality Propensity to Theft. — Description of a Boxing 



Match. — Death of one of our Seamen. — Behaviour of the 

 Priests at his Funeral. — The Wood-work and Images on the 

 Morai purchased. — The Natives inquisitive about our Depart- 

 ure. — Their Opinion about the Design of our Voyage. — Mag- 

 nificent Presents of Terreeoboo to Captain Cook. — The Ships 

 leave the Island. — The Resolution damaged in a Gale, and 

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CHAP. III. 



Suspicious Behaviour of the Natives, on our Return to Karakakooa 

 Bay. — Theft on board the Discovery, and its Consequences. — 

 The Pinnace attacked, and the Crew obliged to quit her. — 



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