A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 9R. Phillips & Company, 1809 |
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... cast . Here we saw some pintado birds , being the first since we left the land . On the 31st , at noon , Captain Clerke made a signal to speak with me . By the return of the boat which I sent on board his ship , he informed me , that ...
... cast . Here we saw some pintado birds , being the first since we left the land . On the 31st , at noon , Captain Clerke made a signal to speak with me . By the return of the boat which I sent on board his ship , he informed me , that ...
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... cast , we got under sail , and steered for Matavai Bay , where the Resolution anchored the same evening . But the Discovery did not get in till the next morning ; so that half of the man's prophe- cy was fulfilled . * See a plan of this ...
... cast , we got under sail , and steered for Matavai Bay , where the Resolution anchored the same evening . But the Discovery did not get in till the next morning ; so that half of the man's prophe- cy was fulfilled . * See a plan of this ...
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... cast , between the hills , above two miles . For security , and goodness of its bottom , it is not inferior to any harbour that I have met with at any of the islands in this ocean ; and it has this advantage over most of them , that a ...
... cast , between the hills , above two miles . For security , and goodness of its bottom , it is not inferior to any harbour that I have met with at any of the islands in this ocean ; and it has this advantage over most of them , that a ...
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... cast , which renders it a prospect superior to any thing we saw at Otaheite . The soil , about the low grounds , is a yellowish and pretty stiff mould ; but , upon the lower hills , it is blacker and more loose : and the stone that ...
... cast , which renders it a prospect superior to any thing we saw at Otaheite . The soil , about the low grounds , is a yellowish and pretty stiff mould ; but , upon the lower hills , it is blacker and more loose : and the stone that ...
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... casting the ship , it parted , being cut by the rocks , and the outer end was left behind , as those who cast it off did not perceive that it was broken ; so that it became necessary to send a boat to bring it on board . In this boat ...
... casting the ship , it parted , being cut by the rocks , and the outer end was left behind , as those who cast it off did not perceive that it was broken ; so that it became necessary to send a boat to bring it on board . In this boat ...
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Page 207 - It is in this very latitude where we now were, that geographers have placed the pretended strait of Juan de Fuca. But we saw nothing like it; nor is there the least probability that ever any such thing existed.
Page 125 - Their behavior, on all occasions, seems to indicate a great openness and generosity of disposition. I never saw them, in any misfortune, labor under the appearance of anxiety, after the critical moment was past. Neither does care ever seem to wrinkle their brow. On the contrary, even the approach of death does not appear to alter their usual vivacity" (Third Voyage of Discovery, 1776-1780).
Page 126 - I could not help concluding that this man felt the most supreme pleasure, while he was driven on so fast and so smoothly by the sea; especially as, though the tents and ships were so near, he did not seem in the least to envy, or even to take any notice of, the crowds of his countrymen collected to view them as objects which were rare and curious.
Page 161 - At first, on their entering the ship, they endeavoured to steal everything they came near ; or rather to take it openly, as what we either should not resent, or not hinder.
Page 236 - The fur of these animals, as mentioned in the Russian accounts, is certainly softer and finer than that of any others we know of; and therefore the discovery of this part of the continent of North America, where so valuable an article of commerce may be met with, cannot be a matter of indifference*.
Page 393 - I must say that he has delineated the coast very well, and fixed the latitude and longitude of the points better than could be expected from the methods he had to go by.
Page 121 - Perhaps there is scarcely a spot in the universe that affords a more luxuriant prospect than the south-east part of Otaheite. The hills are high and steep ; and, in many places, craggy. But they are covered to the very summits with trees and shrubs, in such a manner, that the spectator can scarcely help thinking that the very rocks possess the property of producing and supporting their verdant...
Page 235 - It was rather young, weighing only twenty-five pounds; of a shining or glossy black colour; but many of the hairs being tipt with white, gave it a greyish cast at first sight. The face, throat, and breast were of a yellowish white, or very light brown colour, which, in many of the skins, extended the whole length of the belly. It had six cutting teeth in each jaw; two of those of the lower jaw being very minute, and placed without, at the base of the two middle ones.
Page 216 - ... at the other. If we missed a thing immediately after it had been stolen, we found little difficulty in detecting the thief, as they were ready enough to impeach one another. But the guilty person generally relinquished his prize with reluctance, and sometimes we found it necessary to have recourse to force.
Page 260 - Nothing is without a kind of frieze-work, or the figure of some animal upon it ; but the most general representation is that of the human face, which is often cut out upon birds, and the other monstrous figures mentioned before ; and even upon their stone and their bone weapons. The general design of all these things is perfectly sufficient to convey a knowledge of the object they are intended to represent ; but the carving is not executed with the nicety that a dexterous artist would bestow even...