VOYAGE 



TO 



THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



BOOK V. 



CAPTAIN KING'S JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS ON 

 RETURNING TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



CHAP. I. 



DESCRIPTION OF KARAKAKOOA BAY. VAST CONCOURSE OF THE 



NATIVES. POWER OF THE CHIEFS OVER THE INFERIOR PEO- 

 PLE. VISIT FROM KOAH, A PRIEST AND WARRIOR. THE 



MORAI AT KAKOOA DESCRIBED. CEREMONIES AT THE LAND- 



INGOF CAPTAIN COOK. OBSERVATORIES ERECTED. POWER- 

 FUL 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 TER- 



REEOBOO, KING OF THE ISLAND. SINGULAR CEREMONY. 



VISIT FROM THE KING. RETURNED BY CAPTAIN COOK. 



J^arakakooa Bay is situated on the west side of the 

 island of Owhyhee, in a district called Akona. It is 

 about a mile in depth, and bounded by two low points 

 of land, at the distance of half a league, and bearing 

 south south-east and north north-west from each 

 other. On the north point, which is flat and barren, 

 stands the village of Kowrowa; and in the bottom of 

 the bay, near a grove of tall cocoa-nut trees, there is 



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