A 
VOYAGE 
TO THE 
PACIFIC OCEAN. 
BOOK V. 
CAPTAIN KING’S JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS ON 
RETURNING TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. 
CHAP. I. 
Defcription of Karakakooa Bay.—Vaft Concourfe of the Na¬ 
tives,—Power of the Chiefs over the inferior People.—Vifit 
from Koah, a Prieft and Warrior.—!The Morai at Kakooa 
defcribed.—Ceremonies at the Landing of Captain Cook .— 
Obfervatories ere tied.—Powerful Operation of the Paboo .— 
Method of falting Pork in tropical Climates.—Society of 
Priefts difcovered.—Pheir Hofpitality and Munificence. — Re¬ 
ception of Captain Cook.—Artifice of KoahX-Arrival of 
Perreeoboo , King of the IJland.—Singular Ceremony,—Vifit 
from the King.—Returned by Captain Cook, 
1779. 
January. 
' ARAKAKOOA Bay is fttuated on the Weft fide of the 
ifland of Owhyhee, in a diftri<ft called Akona. It is 
about a mile in depth, and bounded by two low Sunday 17. 
points of land, at the diftance of half a league, and bearing 
South South Eaft and North North Weft ffom each other. 
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