VOYAGE 



T O T HE 



PACIFIC OCEAN. 



BOOK V. 



Captain King's Journal of the Tranfa&ions 

 on returning to the Sandwich I (lands. 



CHAP. I. 



Defcription of Karakakooa Bay. — Vafl Co?Kourfe of the 

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

 Vift from Koah, a Priefi and Warrior. — The Morai 

 at Kakooa defcribed. — Ceremonies at the Landing of 

 Captain Cook. — Qbfervatories ereEled. — Powerful Ope- 

 ration of the 'Taboo. — Method of faking Pork in tropical 

 Climates. — Society of Priefi s difcovered. — Their Hofpi- 

 tality and Munificence. — Reception of Captain Cook. — 

 Artifice of Koah. — Arrival of Terreeoboo, King of the 

 Jfland. — Si?igular Ceremony. — Vifit from the King. — 

 Returned by Captain Cook. 



ARAKAKOOA Bay is fituated on the Weft fide of the i 779 . 

 iiland of Owhyhee, in a diftrict called Akona. It is ) v ^Il^ 

 about a mile in depth, and bounded by two low Sunda y »7- 

 points of land, at the diftance of half" a league, and bearing 

 South South Eaft and North North Weft from each other. 

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