'M:'v''-;7V^-C'\'^'<'Vv*'^''^^
 
 AN 
 
 Account of a Voyage 
 
 IN SEARCH OF 
 
 LA PEROUSE, 
 
 UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER OF THE 
 
 CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE, 
 
 AND PERFORMED 
 
 In the Years 1791, 1792, and 1793. 
 
 IN THE 
 
 Recherche and Efperance, Ships of JVar, 
 
 UNDFR THE COMMAND OF 
 
 Rear-Admlral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux. 
 
 TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF 
 
 M. LABILLARDIERE, 
 
 Correfpondent of the ci-devant Academy of Sciences, Member of the 
 
 Society of Natural Hiftory of Paris, and one of the NaCuralifts 
 
 attached tj tlie Expedition. 
 
 IN TWO VOLUMES. 
 
 EMBELLISHED WITH FORTY-THREE ENGRAVINGS, 
 
 And u Chart exhibiting the Track of the Ships 
 
 bF.CONi) EDinON. 
 
 V O L. II. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PRINTED FOR B, UPHILL, No. 30, BRYDGES - STREET, 
 
 eOVENT GARDEN. 
 
 1802.
 
 yy^mcchy iJarker and Son 
 Gr.-^t Hu;Tcll-fir.Cov. Gar
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SECOND VOLUME. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 !:^laij Id JlocJijj Baij. Various e.vcursions into 
 the interior of the country. Goodness of 
 the soil. SinguJcr organization of the bark 
 of several trees peculiar to Nezc Holland. 
 Difficulty of pcnetrati/ig into the forests. 
 y/he trees in the interior of the country art 
 not excavated bij fire^ as by the seaside. 
 Fit-coal loicards the north-zcest of the 
 'South Cape. luterciezv icith the savage^. 
 Their conduct to'cards us very peaceable. - 
 One of them comes in the night, to look at ug 
 during our sleep. several accompany as across 
 the icoods. Other difcrent interviezvs with 
 these inhabitants. They broil shellfish on 
 the coals, in order to eat them. Polygamy 
 established among these people. 'J heir man- 
 A 2 per
 
 IV CONTENTS. 
 
 ncr of fishing. The JVomeu go in search of 
 lohsferSt ^^?<^ other shell-fish, and sometimes 
 dive for them to a considerable depth. 0;ze 
 of the savages comes on board. Their know- 
 ledge in botany. Page 1 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 departure from Rochy Bay. fj'e pass through 
 D'EntrecasteaiLv's Strait. The Ships run 
 aground in this Strait. furious e.vcursions 
 into the neighbouring country. Tntcrviezv 
 with the natives. 7 hey deposit in the woods 
 their arms, ivhich they resume ongoing azcay. 
 IFe anchor in Adventure Bay. - Page 63 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Departure f-om Adventure Bay. IFc go to the 
 northward of Nezv Zealand, and pass fjuiic 
 clo.'ic to it. Interviexcxvith its inhabitants. 
 JVe discover several islands , till tlien un- 
 hnown.Jf'e anchor atTongatahoo, one of the 
 Friendly Islands. Eagerness rf the inhabi- 
 tants to cmiie on board, and to procure us 
 fresh provi io)!s. 11 e salt a great number of 
 hogs. Ihe i\landers are very much addicted 
 to theft. One of our sentinels is knocLcd 
 
 down.
 
 CONTEXTS. V 
 
 douii, (hiriji.f>; the ?in:,l!t, In/ a iiat'rcL^ zcho 
 ^tads h's niuKkcL- '-J/^c ofjcuiler h iklivered up 
 to Jdvurai D' Eiifi\:caslcaiLv hi) King Toohou^ 
 'iclio relurns Itiai llic waslict that had been- 
 i'lu/oi. -' 'QuLLiiTi/u'li coi/if.s on board. Tooh'}'/, 
 gh'csan OctcrtainDicnt to the Admiral. Qt.jcn 
 "J'inch also g'/vcs hi?u one. 7 he smith of tlie 
 Recherche falls under the bloics givc/i hi/n 
 tcith clubs hij the natives, bij icliom he is 
 stripped in the open day, in sight of our ships. 
 JVe take on hoard some young plants cf the 
 bread-fruit tree, in- order loe..ich our co- 
 lonies a'ilh this Vuluahle \:c<];etahlc. Pao-e 8() 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 Departure from Tongalahoo. JJ^e irahe the. 
 south part of the ^J rchipelago Dc) ].l.spiritii 
 Scinto, or j\ Cic Hebrides. Dis-'o-ccryofl'l^l^^ 
 dc Bfanpro, or Beaupi "s Island. Jt'e anchor 
 at A'ric Caledonia. Inicr-ciczcs uifh the na- 
 tives. Description q/' their iirtr. lliesc sa- 
 vages are cannibals. 7 heir in'pudcnce toirards 
 us.^'riicy eat large pieces nf steatites i;i order 
 to appease their hu/iger.- j'neir attempts to 
 get possessio)i of our boats. Furious ercur- 
 sious into the interior oj' the island. - -Death 
 ofCaptairi Iluon. Ke/cv species rp'spidcr eaten 
 by the savages of Xcx Calcdo^iiu. Pag-e 1 84 
 
 i. eilAP-
 
 V COXTENTS; 
 
 CIMPTER XIV. 
 
 T>eparf7irc from Neza Caledonia. Intey^vietcff 
 with the inhabitants of Santa Cruz, or Egmout 
 Island. Their dishotiesty. A savage xcith 
 an arroxv slightly tcounds in the forehead one 
 of our sailors, who dies in consequence of this 
 \cound. Singular construction of their canoes. 
 Jl'e get sigiit of the south part of Solomon's 
 Archipelago. Interviezvs with the inhabi- 
 tants. Their treachery. JFe explore the 
 north coast of La Louisiade. Interviczcs with 
 its inhabitants. Danger of this navigation. 
 fVe pass through DajJipier's Strait, in order 
 to examine the north coast of Nova Britannia, 
 or New Britain. Death of Admiral D'Entre- 
 C'jsieau.v. The scurry makes great rdtages on 
 hvardour two ships. Death of thebaker of the 
 Recherche. We anchor at IVaygiou. Page 'Z5^ 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 Stay at IVaygiou. Our scorbutic people expe- 
 rience speedy relief. Jnterviews with tJie na- 
 tives. He anchor at Bouro. We pass the 
 Strait of Boutou. Ravages of the dysentery. 
 lie anchor at Sourahaya.- Stay at Sama- 
 rang. My detcnii(ni at Fort Ankai, near
 
 conte'nts. vu 
 
 Batavia.Stay in the Isle of Finance, My 
 return to France. ----- Page 301 
 
 Vocabulary of the Malay language - - 351 
 
 of the language of the Savages of 
 
 Cape Diemen -------- S9^ 
 
 of the language of the Friendly 
 
 Islands -^ - - 597 
 
 - of the language of the Natives of 
 
 New Caledonia ----.--- 409 
 
 -- of the language of the Natives of 
 
 JVaygiou --^---^---419 
 
 Tables of the Route of the F^sperance - - 1 
 Names and value of the New French Mea- 
 sures, compared xcith the Old - - 45
 
 ?<1 
 
 10 
 
 1 lO 
 i 12 
 i 32 
 i 75 
 
 2JU 
 
 Line 
 
 12 
 
 G 
 
 8 
 1 I 
 10 
 27 
 ]! 
 12 
 13 
 10 
 1 2 
 17 
 20 
 13 
 
 E R R A T A \' u L . I i . 
 
 Fcf free-ftcne r-^?^ far.cl-flone. 
 
 /'^r free-ftone ?ri-;^' fand-itone. 
 
 i^cr frec-itur.e rcYrr/ fand.iione. 
 
 For by rfr7i/ of. 
 
 For_/f:-/c^Vj- repAjiccidcs. 
 
 Yox fagar'ia rQ-d'l fagara. 
 
 For {"rcc-lione rtad laiid-flone. 
 
 For lay n-Y/i/lain. 
 
 For M:iJ'<e-,ida read Muffanda. 
 
 Fori\'\{c fires r'.7^' rKv.rockets. 
 
 /c-/- directly ri-.::/ the moment th, 
 
 2)f/<? ar.d. 
 
 For ili?.rk's ikin rfi?^-/ ray's fkin. 
 
 For C..W llings re^rf' dvvelUng?. 
 
 For unhcu read aran:a.
 
 AN ACCOUNT 
 
 OF 
 
 A VOYAGE 
 
 IN SEARCH OF 
 
 LA PEROUSE. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 Stay in Rocky Bay, Various e.vciirsions into 
 the interior of the country. Goodness of 
 the soil. Singular organization of the bark 
 of several trees peculiar to Nezv Holland. - 
 Difficulty of penetrating into the forests. 
 The trees in the interior of the country are 
 not excavated by fre, as by the seaside. 
 Pit-coal tozcards the north-west of the 
 South Cape. Interview with the savages. 
 Their conduct towards us very peaceable. 
 One of them comes in the nighty to look at us 
 during our sleep. Several accompany us across 
 'he woods. Other different interviews 's.'ith 
 VOL, ir. B these
 
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 these inhabitants. They broil shell-fish on 
 the coals y in order to eat them. Polygamy 
 established among these people. Their man- 
 ner of fishing. The Women go in search cf 
 "^'^bstersy and other shell-fishy and somciimes 
 da >e foj^ them to a considerable depth. One 
 ^J ^ "he savages comes on board. -Their knoic- 
 ledge- ^ /;;. botany. 
 
 xl-1 nve ^^cIock in the morning, on the 23d 
 01 Januar y^ j landed near the entrance of our 
 anchorage .^ I there faw along the iliore fome 
 biocKs (<-,f free-ftone, the fragments of which 
 .lad ici 'fjicfj j;he very fine fand refembling quartz 
 that 1 ^y^ij^ctj over for fome time. 
 
 -; -he Efpcrance had already found, in a fmall 
 ^Ove to the north-weft, a watering-place, the 
 water of which was very good, and very eafy to 
 be procured. The rivulet that furnifhed it, 
 difcharged itfelf into the fea from the height 
 of upwards of a meter. It was by no means 
 difficult to convey it into the boat, by means 
 of wooden troughs. 
 
 We foon arrived near the head of the bay, 
 where we found a houfe, built in a workman- 
 like manner by the favagcs. We admired the 
 fl<:iil with which tliey had difpofed the bark of 
 tr^^es that covered it : it was impervious to the 
 heavicft rain i its opening was placed towards 
 
 the
 
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 the fca ; and our curiofity to view the infide of 
 it, induced us to enter it. 
 
 We had been informed, that fome perfons 
 belonging to the Efperance had, the evening 
 before, perceived, quite clofe to this houfe, 
 three natives feated round a fmall fire ; but that 
 thcfe favages, terrified by the report of a gun 
 fired at a bird, had fled with precipitation. We 
 were not long before we had another proof of 
 their prefence in this extremity of the bay ; and 
 it feemed to us that they habitually came and 
 flept in the houfe. We foon had reafon to re- 
 pent having entered this cabin ; for the vermin 
 that ftuck to our clothes bit us fliortly after hi 
 a very difagreeable manner. 
 
 The flood-tide had jufl: brought up the fea 
 into the interior of the country. We there faw 
 a great many wild ducks, which did not fulfer 
 themfelvcs to be approached but at a very great 
 difl:ancc. This fear which they betrayed for 
 man, made me fuppofe that the natives deftroy 
 them. 
 
 We had found few infedts in the woods ; but 
 on our return to the beach, we v.ere amply 
 compenfated- As the weather was very fine, 
 the infects had flown from all quarters ; and, 
 among the great number of thofe which had en- 
 deavoured to crofs the bay, t.iere had fallen in- 
 to the water a great many tk.A'mes, and various 
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 4 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 coJeopteray of extremely fingular forms. The 
 M'ind had driven them on the fand, where it 
 was very eafy for us to pick them up. 
 
 The next morning, as foon as it was day- 
 light, we went on fhore near the head of the 
 road (lead, where we entered a large valley, 
 which extends to the fouth-weft between fome 
 very high hills. From the top of one of the 
 higheft, we had a view of all the country, as far 
 as the bafe of the great mountain which lay to 
 tiic north-weft of our fliips. The fnow, which 
 had not yet melted on its fummit, afforded a 
 very pi(flurefque appearance, and gave a relief 
 lo the beautiful verdure of the large trees, 
 which fcemed to be growing there in full vi- 
 gour. 
 
 On the declivity of the hills where we flood, 
 I rem.arked various fpecies of emhothrium. 
 Lower down, we faw iffuing from feveral places 
 very clear water, that ran into a lake, where I 
 perceived fome pelicans, at which, unfortunate- 
 ly, I could fire only at a great diflance. This 
 lake is in the middle of a large plain, the foil 
 of which, in the lowed: fpots, is compofed of a 
 clav impregnated with water, and covered with 
 roots of different plants, which form a bad fort 
 of turf placed o-i a Ihaking ground. This 
 ground, open fome decimeters in width in fe- 
 veral places, exMbits internally a very loofe 
 
 mud
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 5 
 
 mud covered with water. I had theplcrtfurc of 
 gathering, near thcfc bogs, a great number of 
 plants, PTiO.i^i; which I noticed feveral new fpe- 
 cies of ,a'ceo!ariu and o1 drofera. 
 
 V\t tlicn wa'kcJ over a rich foil, which 
 I found t'le fame at upwards of half a meter 
 dcco thrr.v.-raoul all the breadth of the valley. 
 The te";;;erature of this climate would be high- 
 ly favourable to the cultivation of mofl: of the 
 vcgc 'l^.lcs of Europe : belides, a few ditches, 
 niaJc i^^ proper iituations, would drain off the 
 v.aici. fo as to dry up almoftall the marQies 
 hcic found, and form them into a fertile foil. 
 
 At night-fail, mc went towards the place of 
 our landing, where we favv feveral heaps of 
 oyller-ihclls brought by the natives, which had 
 deccrmined our fifiiermen to look for fome in 
 tr.e roadftead. At the time of low water, they 
 difcovered, quite clofe to it, a bank of oyflers, 
 of which they procured a large ftock. The 
 flood-tide ai'^) brought into this bight feveral 
 fpccics of r ivs, fome of which were caught by 
 the fame fifiiermen. 
 
 I employed the day of the 25th in dcfcrib- 
 ing and preparing all that I had coUecled fincc 
 ourarrivd in Rocky Bay. I was aftonifiied at 
 the great variety of the productions yet afford- 
 ed me by this part of New Holland, v.here I 
 had already made very cxacl: refcarches, the 
 
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 b VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 year before, for upwards of a month ; though, 
 indeed, in fpots feveral myriameters diftant 
 from thofe which we had recently vifitcd, and 
 in a feafon much more advanced: accordingly 
 I. found there a great number of plants which 
 had already difappeared at the time of our for- 
 mer ftay in this country. 
 
 We fet off the next morning at day-break, 
 Avith an intention of not rcturnina; on board for 
 two days, and with a rcfolution of extending 
 our refearches to a great diftance from our an- 
 chorage. We landed to the fouth-weft, and 
 nearly in that direction we followed a path 
 made by the natives, M'here we remarked feveral 
 quite frefh impreflions of naked feet, among 
 which were fome of very young children : a few 
 families, terrified at our ftay in Rocky Bay, had 
 no doubt gone in fearch of another retreat, 
 where they thought themfelves in greater fafety. 
 After an hour's walk, Me flopped in a low 
 place, into which the waters of the neighbour- 
 ing hills ran, and were there lofl. Se\eral fpe- 
 cies of lepijfpennuvi had thriven fo well in this 
 humid foil, that they were become very talJ 
 trees, M~hlle elfew here 1 had found them only 
 of the fize of fmall fhrubs. Some v. ere here 
 lipwards of thirty meters high, although the 
 body of the tree was not more than two deci- 
 rictcrs tliick : one of thefe fpecies was remark- 
 able
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 7 
 
 able on account of its bark, which was about 
 three centimeters thick, and compofed of a 
 great number of fheets, fituated one upon the 
 other, very eafy to feparate, and as thin as the 
 fined China paper. This fingular organiza- 
 tion of bark is met with only in New Holland ; 
 it is much the fame in the eucalyptus refiniftra : 
 I had alfo obferved it on the fouth-well coaft 
 of this fame country in two large trees, one of 
 which belongs to the family of the prote^ey and 
 the other to that of the myrti. 
 
 We foon found a fhed ere(fted as a fhelter 
 againft the ftrong breezes from the fouth-weil. 
 We faw near it a fire, which appeared to have 
 been recently kindled. The natives had left 
 there part of a branch of the fucus palmatusy 
 which they eat after having broiled it, as we had 
 an opportunity of feeing in the fequel. 
 
 The fouth-well wdnd, which had been pre- 
 ceded by a great fall of the mercury in the ba- 
 rometer, blew in the afternoon in impetuous 
 fqualls, that brought us fome rain at the mo- 
 ment we arrived at the fea-fide, quire clofe to 
 the South Cape. A flirub of the family of the 
 rut a tribe fortunately formed here lome very 
 thick tufts, which afforded us excellent fiiclter : 
 this flirub was growing with vigour on thefe 
 elevations, notwithdanding it was cxpofed to 
 
 B 4 all
 
 S VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 all the impetuofity of the tempeftiious winds 
 uhich reign in thefc feas. 
 
 I have given to this new genus the name of 
 ma%eutQxeron, The calyx is campanulate or 
 bcll-fliaped, and four-toothed. 
 
 Four petals are attached to the bottom of 
 the calyx. 
 
 The ftamina, to the number of eight, are 
 fixed on the receptacle. 
 
 The germen is of an oval form. The flyle is 
 not quite fo long as the ftamina. The ftigma 
 has four divifions. 
 
 The capfule has four cells, eagh of which is 
 compofed of two valves : it is covered with hair. 
 
 Each cell contains from two to three feeds, 
 almoft fpherical. 
 
 The leaves of this plant are oppofite, round- 
 ed, covered with a thick down, and of a fawn 
 colour in the under part. 
 
 The flowers are folitary, and placed at the 
 axilla of the leaves. 
 
 I defignate this fhrub by the denomination of 
 mazeiitoxeron nifum. 
 
 Explanation of the, Figures. Flaie XVIF 
 Fig. I. Branch. 
 Fi^. 2. Flower. 
 Fig. 3. Petal. 
 
 Fig* 4-
 
 OF LA PEROUSS. 9 
 
 F/g. 4. The petals have been removed, in 
 order to fliewthc ftamina. 
 
 F/>. . & 6. The llamina magnified. 
 Frg. 7. Capfule. 
 
 We proceeded for a little time tov/ards the 
 north, acrofs fome fand-hills, before v/e went 
 down to the fliore, the windin^^s of which we 
 followed, without difficulty, for a <.T;reat dif- 
 tance ; but we were at length flopped by a per- 
 pendicular mountain, which proiecteJ into the 
 fea : we in vain endeavoured to go round it; 
 but we found it impoiTible to penetrate through 
 the thickets by which it was enconipalfed. 
 
 As it was getting late, vc meafured back our 
 fleps, with the intention oi" feeking, near a rivu- 
 let which we had already crolTcd, a convenient 
 place for paffiiig the night. A tufted bulh was 
 the beft flicker that we could there find. Wc 
 alfo covered it with boughs, thinking to be per- 
 fedly fecure from the inclemency of the wea- 
 ther; but the fouth-well wind blew with fuch 
 violence during" the nioht as to make the rain 
 penetrate on all fides. To add to our misfor- 
 tunes, the cold was very Iharp, and forced mod 
 of us to draw near the lire, althouoh wc were 
 there more expofcd to the wet than in this fort 
 of cabin. 
 
 As foon as it was day, we quitted our uncom- 
 fortable
 
 lO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fortable quarters, and traverfed the furround- 
 ing fand-hills. I obferved, in feveral places 
 which appeared to have fallen in recently, that 
 fome of thefe heaps of fand refted on a hard 
 iteatites of a dark-gray colour, and others an 
 free-ftone. I alfo remarked, fhortly after, on 
 the edge of the beach, that a very large rock, 
 which flood out in the fea, at no great diftancc 
 from the coall, exhibited in all its points the 
 fame fpecies of fteatites : this rock was very 
 high, and was perforated at one of its extremi- 
 ties. 
 
 The fwell had detached, from the bottom of 
 the fea, the fpunge called fpongia cancellata^ 
 which we faw thrown up in great quantities on 
 the beach. 
 
 In the middle of thefe fand-hills grew a new 
 fpecies of plantain, which I call planlago tricu- 
 fpidata, on account of the Ihape of its leaves : 
 it is to be claffed among the moft ufeful plants 
 that this country furni flies for the fuftenance of 
 man. The hope of finding fome vegetables, 
 fit to eat as a fallad, had determined the moft 
 provident among us to bring the ingredients 
 neceffary for drefling that dilh : the leaves of 
 this plantain were very tender, and the fallad 
 which they afforded us was much relifhed by all 
 our party. 
 
 Various graffes, among which I remarked 
 
 feveral
 
 OF LA PBROUSE. II 
 
 feveral new fpecies ol fcjlucay ferved to hold 
 together the fands. A new geranium, with an 
 herbaceous ftcm, very fmall, and with leaves 
 very much indented, was in the number of the 
 plants which I gathered: it was the firft plant 
 of this genus that I faw in this country. 
 
 I had already perceived fome burrows dug in 
 the places where the fand had fufficient folidi- 
 ty : I foon faw a greater number of them ; but 
 I knew not what animal had formed them, 
 when a middle-fized kangaroo got up on our 
 approach, and earthed itfelf in one of them : 
 it was in vain that we difcharged our pieces 
 feveral times into the holes, in hopes that the 
 fmoke would make it come out \ it ftill remain- 
 ed there clofe. 
 
 Shortly after, a great many tracks of kanga- 
 roos, made acrofs a little wood, roufed the ar- 
 dour of two fportfmen who were with us : they 
 prcfently difcovered, in the middle of a mea- 
 dow watered by a charming rivulet, feveral of 
 thcfe quadrupeds; not one of which, however, 
 would fuffer itfelf to be approached. 
 
 At length we arrived on board, the more fa- 
 tigued as, for the laft forty hours, we had not 
 had a linglc moment's fleep. 
 
 I cmpa>\cd the fourfollnningdays in vifiting 
 
 the environs of our anchora<xe. I there found, 
 
 towards the fouth fouth-eafl, a fine tree, which 
 
 3 fecmcd
 
 12 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 feemed to me to belong to the family of the 
 conifeYiCy to judge from the difpolitioii of its 
 flamina, and the refinous odour of ;il! it.s parts ; 
 but I never was able to procure anv of its fruit, 
 although I afterwards met with niany orher trees 
 of the fame fpecies: doubt lefs the feafon was 
 not yet fufiiciently advanced; the ftamma which 
 I remarked on them appeared to have been the 
 produftion of the preceding year. I m.ention 
 this tree, not only on account of the fingularity 
 of its leaves in a tree of this family, for they 
 are broad, and deeply divided on their mar- 
 gin, but alfo on account of their utility in the 
 making of beer: their bitter, and at the fame 
 time aromatic extrad, led me to think that it 
 might be ufed like that of fpruce. The expe- 
 riment which I made of it with malt, informed 
 me that I was not miflaken. 
 
 This fme tree is frequently a meter in thick- 
 nefs, and from twenty-five to thirty meters in 
 height: its wood is extremely hard, of a reddifli 
 colour, and fufceptible of a moft beautiful 
 polifn. 
 
 The thick forefls that lay to the north- 
 north-Vrcft: of our fliips, offered to my view a 
 great niimlxr of trees, of middling height, 
 which grcw\ery well, notwithflanaing theflvade 
 fpread over them by the enormous branches of 
 the eucalyptus gljbnlu^. 
 
 I Ml
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. IJ 
 
 I fliall give fome details rerpe(fl:ing a new ge- 
 nus of the family of the hyperica, which confti- 
 tured the ornament of thefe folitary places, and 
 which I, call carpodontos. 
 
 The calyx has four fcariofe leaves, united by 
 their upper part; thefe detach themfelves in 
 proportion as the corolla expands. 
 
 The corolla is formed of four petals, attached 
 under the germen. 
 
 The ftamina are numerous, (from thirty to 
 forty.) 
 
 The germen is elongated and furmountcd by 
 fix or feven ftyles, each of which has an acute 
 fligma. 
 
 The capfule opens into fix or feven valves, 
 which are ligneous, fpllt inwardly throughout 
 their whole length, and marked with two teeth 
 at their upper extremity. 
 
 The feeds are few in number, and flattened. 
 This tree, which does not o;row hio;her than 
 from eight to ten meters, is rather flender. 
 
 Its leaves are oval, oppofite, coriaceous, 
 fliining, and covered with a thin coat of refin, 
 which exudes from their upper part : the 
 back of them is whitifli ; their tranfverfal nerves 
 are fcarcely perceptible. I have given it the 
 name of carpodontos lucida^ 
 
 K.vpUi??a/i()/i
 
 14 VOYAGE tN SEARCH 
 
 E.vplcmat'wn of the Figures. Plate XVIII. 
 
 Fi'o-. I. Branch of the carpodontos liicida. 
 
 Fig. 2. Flower with the calyx already de- 
 tached from its bafe. 
 
 Fig. 3^ Flower i^tn in front. 
 
 Fig. 4. Hind part of the flower, in which 
 may be remarked the calyx, which fometimes 
 remains attached to it after the expanfion of the 
 corolla. 
 
 Fig, 5. Petal. 
 
 Fig. 6. The ftarnina magnified. 
 
 Fig. 7. Germen. 
 
 Fig. 8. Capfule. 
 
 We had formed a plan to go, on the ifl: of 
 February, and vifit the highefl: of the moun- 
 tains of this part of New Holland: its diverfified 
 lites promifed us a great number of new pro- 
 ductions. Each of us carried proviiions for 
 five days, perfuadcd that this time would be 
 fufficient for accomplifhing our objeft. We fet 
 out very early in the morning, pretty well pro- 
 vided with bifcuit, cheefe, fait pork, and 
 brandy, our ufual provender on thcfe diilant 
 excuriions. 
 
 After having travelled half of the roa.l that 
 we had already followed before in going to the 
 South Cape, we found a vaft glade, which faci- 
 
 lircited
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I5 
 
 litated our journey to the weft ward, as far as the 
 foot of the mountains that we had to crofs ; and 
 at length we penetrated into the middle of the 
 forefts, having now no other guide than the 
 compafs. 
 
 Wc direcSted our route to the northward, and 
 advanced but flowly, being obliged to over- 
 come the obftacles which were oppofed to us at 
 every ftep, by enormous trees heaped one upon 
 the other : moft of them, rooted up by the tem- 
 peft, had raifed in their fall part of the foil in 
 which they had grown : others, fallen down 
 from age, were worm-eaten in every part ; and 
 frequently the lower extremity of their trunk 
 was fecn ftill upright in the midft of the pro- 
 digious heaps of their remains. 
 
 After an extremely laborious walk, we at laft 
 reached the funimit of a mountain, whence we 
 perceived, to the fo'Jthvrard, the middle of the 
 roadftead of the South Cape, and, to the 
 north-weft, the great mountain towards which 
 We were directing our fteps. 
 
 Prefently the night forced us to flop. Wc 
 kindled a great lire, near which a pleaf?nt flcep 
 foon overtook us, and refreflied us after the fa^ 
 tigues of the day. We ficpt in the open air, 
 bccaufe it would have been very difficult for 
 us to build quickly a place of {helter in the 
 miJH of thefe large trees, their branches being 
 
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 l6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 chiefly fituated near their top : belides, this 
 part of the forefl: was deftitute of (hrubs. We 
 had in vain fought for fome great trunks exca- 
 vated by fire ; but thefe are to be met with only 
 in the places frequented by the natives : we had 
 fcen a great number of them by the fea-lide, 
 and had remarked feveral paths made by them ; 
 nothing, on the contrary, indicated to us that 
 they had come into the middle of thefe thick 
 foreR-s. 
 
 The air was extremely calm. I awoke about 
 midnight ; and, feeing myfelf infulated amidft 
 thefe filent forefts, of the majefty of which the 
 feeble light of the ftars flill afforded me a 
 glimpfe, I felt myfelf penetrated with a fenti- 
 rnent of admiration at the inexprefTibie grandeur 
 of Nature. 
 
 On the 2d, at day-break, we followed the 
 fame direction as on the preceding day. The 
 difficulties increafed more and more: frequently 
 the trunks of trees, thrown down one upon the 
 other, formed a barrier almoft impenetrable, 
 and fubjcoled us to the neceflity of climbing on 
 the moft lofty, and of walking thus from tree 
 to tree, at the rifk of falling from a great height; 
 for feveral being covered with a fungous bark, 
 foaked by the conftant humidity which reigns 
 in thefe thick forefts, afforded us but an ex- 
 tremely flippery and difficult paffage. 
 
 I ' The
 
 OF LA PEROUSE* I7 
 
 The day was already far advanced, -vvhcn we 
 reached the fummit of a mountain, whence we 
 perceived the whole extent of a very long val- 
 ley, which we were yet obliged to crofs before 
 we could arrive at the foot of the mountain 
 we had intended to vifit. The interval which. 
 feparated us from it, appeared to be about three 
 myriameters ; and this fpace was occupied by 
 forefls as thick as that through which we had juO: 
 palTed. It was doubtful whether we fhould not 
 fpend upwards of two days in attaining the ob- 
 jed: we had propofed, even on the fuppofi- 
 tion that our progrefs fliould not be retarded by 
 large marflies, or other obftacles impofTible to 
 forcfee. It would have required nearly the 
 fame time to return : accordinjjj to this calcuia- 
 tion, we fliould for three days have been i:i 
 want of provifions ; befides, thefe forcfts did 
 not afford us the fmalleft means of fubfiftencc : 
 wc V, ere therefore obi io-ed to renounce our pro- 
 jecfi:. 
 
 The great chain of mountains appeared to 
 extend to a vafl: diftance, in a direction from 
 north-eaft to fouth-wefl. 
 
 We found, in the forefls which wc had juft 
 traverfed, tlie fame forts of ftones that we had 
 already met with about the South Cape. We 
 faw this cape to the fouth by eaft : we followed 
 that direclion, and went to pafs the night on 
 
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 jg VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 the fkirts of the forefl, near a rivulet which 
 ran at the foot of the mountains. 
 
 The difficulty of penetrating through the 
 woods, made us refolve to follow in future the 
 Ihore as far as we could, and to take advantage 
 of the glades that terminated there, in order to 
 advance into the country : in this manner, we 
 could in a fliort time go over a great extent of 
 ground ; but it was firft neceffary for us to crofs 
 the fteep bank, which projected as far as the 
 beach, and which had flopped us a few days 
 before. 
 
 On the 3d we made fonie frefn trials, which 
 ;it length fuccceded ; and after the greatefV dif- 
 ficulties, we contrived to penetrate through the 
 thick forefts which prohibited our approach 
 to it. After having got out of them, we were 
 able to continue our march along the fea-fide, 
 where we for fome time found an eafy road, the 
 mountains terminatincr here with a o-entle decli- 
 vity ; but we were foon obliged to clamber over 
 fome fteep rocks, at the foot of which we faw 
 the fca break in a frightful manner. This road, 
 though fo difficult, was however frequented by 
 the natives. We here found one of their darts: 
 this weapon was a very ftraight long (tick, 
 which they had fnarpened at both ends, but had 
 not taken the trouble to polifh. 
 
 Having a full view of the fide of the moun- 
 tains
 
 OF LA PEROUSE* I9 
 
 tains for a confiderable diftance, we faw a hori- 
 zontal (Iratum of pic-coal, the greateft thick- 
 nefs of which did not exceed a decimeter. We 
 obferved it to extend over a fpace of upwards 
 of three hundred meters. It refted upon free- 
 ftone, and was covered with a dark brown fchif- 
 tus. Thefe indications lead me to prefume, that 
 at a greater depth would be found an abundance 
 of excellent pit-coal. It is well known, that the 
 richeft mines of that combuftible are commonly- 
 found beneath free-ftone. 
 
 The ruft with which I faw the water that 
 dropped from the rocks fbrongly coloured, was 
 the firft fign that apprized me that thefe moun- 
 tains contained iron ; but I prefcntly found 
 fome fine pieces of hematites, of a red copper 
 colour; and farther on an ochreous earth, of a 
 rather bright red. Tripela was likewife fcat- 
 tered, in little ifolated bits, in the middle of 
 the road that we were following: it had proba- 
 bly been detached from the upper flrata, which 
 could no longer be diftinguiHied, becaufe they 
 were concealed by large quantities of fallen earth. 
 
 Several new fpecies of lobelia grew in the 
 clefts of the rocks, v/hich became more and 
 more deep: fome were perpendicular, and were 
 upwards of two hundred meters in height above 
 the level of the fea. Very recent marks of fal- 
 len fragments determined us to dired: our route 
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 2o VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 acrofs the woods, and no more to approach thefe 
 rocks but with the greateft precaution. 
 
 V\'e walked along for fome time in the 
 midfl: of flirubs, moft of which were of the fa- 
 mily of the eric(^ and of that of the loti. 
 
 Our attention was foon attracted by a fright- 
 ful noife, the increafe of which feemed to us to 
 follow the motion of thewavesj and we beheld, 
 with the greateft aftonilhment, the terrible fight 
 of the deftruclive effeCl:s of the fea, which is 
 continually undermining thefe fteep fhores. 
 The bafe of an enormous rock was already fwal- 
 lowed up by the water; while its fummit was 
 excavated into an enormous vault, fufpended 
 at upwards of tv.o hundred meters of perpen- 
 dicular elevation, which, by re-echoing the 
 founds, increafed the noife of the repeated dafh- 
 ing of the impetuous waves that broke againft 
 its fides. 
 
 We had paffed beyond the two firll capes 
 which lie to the we'b.vard of the South Ca]5e. 
 We returned towards this lall, whce we fpcnt 
 a very bad night; for unfortunately we were at 
 no oreat dift mce from fome liaizn mt water, and 
 the perfedt (tiUnefs of ..le atmofpherc hid aban- 
 doned us to all the fury of the fj;:d-ri es. 
 
 On the 4th, the morning being tr.e time of 
 
 low water, we purpof 1 to take ad wantage of 
 
 it, in order to procure fome flicll-r:!:!, of v/iiich 
 
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 the bad quality of our provifions made us feel 
 an urgent want: but the fca-bree/.e fet in, and 
 deceived our hopes, by nuiking the water rife 
 nearly to the fame height that it would have 
 reached at the top of the flood ; we were there- 
 fore obliged to content ourfelves with our fait 
 provifions. 
 
 The cafcade of the South Cape, which, when 
 Furneaux landed in this country, carried a great 
 deal of water to the fea, was almofl: dry at the 
 time of our being here. However, it was very 
 evident, from the traces of the torrent, that its 
 flream muft be confiderable in the rainy feafon. 
 
 We found dead, on the fliore, a feal, of the 
 fpecies called phoca monachiis. Two violent 
 contufions which it had in the head, made uspre- 
 fume that perhaps it had been dafiied, in fpite of 
 itfelfjagainfl fome rock, by the force of the waves. 
 
 In proceeding towards our anchorage, we 
 met, to the caR-north-can; of the South Cape, 
 with two large ponds; and in keeping along 
 their banks, we faw feveral kangaroo burrows. 
 A new fpecies of ///r;V///jr/ J difplayed its charm- 
 ing flowers on the furface of thefe Rill waters. 
 I was aflonillied that fuch ftagnanr pools did 
 not emit a fetid fmcll, as is generally the cafe : 
 it is probable tliat they are quickly renewed by 
 being fdtered through the grounds. 
 
 It was three o'clock in the afternoon when 
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 22 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 we arrived on board. We learnt that one of 
 the gunners of the Efperance, named Boucher, 
 had juft died, in confequence of a pulmonary 
 confumption. 
 
 The time that I had left on the 5th and 6th, 
 after having defcribed and prepared the fpeci- 
 mens which I had collecled the preceding days, 
 I employed in vifiting the low lands that lay to 
 the fouth-eaft of us. I eafily penetrated into 
 thefe forcfts, the trees of which ftood at fome 
 diflance from each other. I found, almofl 
 every where, an excellent vegetable mould. I 
 here cut famples of feveral forts of wood, in 
 order to afcertain the different ufes to which 
 each of them might be applied. The fine tree, 
 which I take to be of the family of the conifera^ 
 and of which I have already fpoken, oppofed a 
 great refifcance to thefaw; this, no doubt, is 
 the tree of that family which would furnifh the 
 clofefi: grained wood, 
 
 I had long wifhed that on this part of the 
 coafl might be depofited, in a good vegetable 
 mould fufficiently moiftcned, mod of the feeds 
 which we had brought from Europe, and which 
 might thrive here; but, on my return, I faw 
 with concern, that a very dry and very fandy 
 foil at the bottom of the bay had juft been 
 dug and fown. 
 
 On the 7th, the gardener and I, with two men 
 
 belongs
 
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 belonging to the fliip, fet out very early in the 
 morning, with an intention to fpend two fuccef- 
 five days in vifiting the environs of Port D'En- 
 trecafteaux. We debarked at its entrance on the 
 \vc{[ fhore. It was the time of low water ; and, by a 
 fortunate chance, we found ourfelves on a bank 
 of oyfters, of which we laid in an ample flock. 
 
 We again faw with pleafure a country that 
 Ave had viiited feveral times the preceding year. 
 Moft of the fmall rivulets which we had then 
 found, and even that from which we had fetched 
 our water at that period, were now dry. 
 
 We foon arrived at the head of the harbour, 
 and, on afcending the river, met with fome 
 very thick, marfhy groves, which often retarded 
 our progrefs. 
 
 Snakes are not very common at Cape Die- 
 men: however, I faw two lying afleep in the 
 fun, under large flumps of trees; but on our 
 approach, they fled into the hollowed trunks, 
 which ferved them as a retreat. They were of 
 the fpecies of the coluber, which I had already 
 fecn the year before, and which is by no means 
 dangerous. 
 
 Although the courfe of the river was ob- 
 flru^led at almoft every itep by large trees, we 
 were neverthelefs obliged to afcend it for the 
 diftance of upwards of two kilometers, before we 
 could find one vv'lnch afforded us the means of 
 c J. ciolTin.^. 
 
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 24 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 crofling, without too much difficulty, to the 
 other bank. 
 
 We then proceeded to the north-eaft, and 
 without inconvenience traverfed a large plain, 
 part of the vegetables of which the natives had 
 recently burnt. We foon reached the head of 
 the great lake, the banks of which we followed 
 as far as the fea; and after having gone over a 
 great extent of ground, we returned to its ex- 
 tremity, in order to pafs the night near a rivulet 
 that we had already crofTed. As the weather 
 was very fine, we flept in the open air, flickered 
 only by fome large trunks of trees lying on the 
 ground; but prefently the cold, which we felt 
 very fenfibly, forced us to light a great fire. 
 
 It is remarkable, that in the temperature of 
 the atrr.ofphere at this extremity of New Hol- 
 land, there was fometimes a variation of 17 be- 
 tween the day and the night, namely, from the 
 6th^' to the 23d. (I am ftill fpeaking of the 
 mercurial thermometer, graduated according 
 to Reaumur's fcale). Indeed, this narrow land, 
 fituatccl in fo high a latitude, is little ca- 
 pable of long retaining the heat imparted to it 
 by the rays cf the fun. This great difference 
 in the temperature failed not to incommode us, 
 becaufe jt forced us to load ourfclves with 
 clothes, which were very troublefome during 
 UK' day, I mull alio mention, that the varia- 
 tion
 
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 tion of the thermometer obferved on board at 
 the fame time, did not exceed 5" or 6". 
 
 On the 8th, as foon as day-light appeared, 
 Tvhilc the two men who had accompanied us 
 were yet aflecp, the gardener and I advanced 
 alone towards the part of the lake oppofite 
 lo that which we had vilited the day before. 
 
 I had the fatisfaclion of gathering fcveral 
 fpecies of the fingle-leaved mivioja, all the parts 
 of fructification of which were expanded. I 
 was already in poflellion of a few fpecimens of 
 it, but they were very imperfedl. 
 
 After having proceeded at leaft three kilome- 
 ters, we thought we heard before us fome hu- 
 man voices. Advancing a few paces, we re- 
 doubled our attention, when, all on a fudden, 
 there iifucd from the fame fpot a cry formed 
 by the union of feveral voices; and wc foon 
 perccixed, through the trees, a great lamiber of 
 n:\tivcs, moft of whom feemcd to be employed 
 in fiihing on tiie banks of the lake. As v. e 
 were not at all acquainted with their intentions, 
 and were befidcs unarmed, we did not hefi- 
 tate in determining to rejoin our \\\o con'.} a- 
 nions, who had each a muflxet. We ir.fh'.nily 
 croficd the v.oods, in order to hide nurfclvcs 
 trom the liglit of the favages ; and wc endea- 
 voured to conceal our tiii'ht, tliat w c miiiht 
 not bepurfucd by them. 
 
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 26 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Afterhaving told our two fhipmates thecaufe 
 of our return, I exprclTed to them my earned 
 jdefire of communicating with thefe inhabitants ; 
 but it was fir ft neceflary to difpofe of our means 
 of defence, fo that we might make ufe of them 
 in cafe they fhould attack us. We haftily pre- 
 pared a few cartridges, and fet out towards the 
 place where we had perceived them. It was 
 then only nine o'clock. Scarcely had we pro- 
 ceeded a few fteps, before we met them. The 
 full-grown men, and the young boys, were 
 ranged in front, nearly in a femi-circle : the wo- 
 men, girls, and children, kept behind, at the 
 diftance of a few paces. Their manner not ap- 
 pearing to me to announce any hoftile inten- 
 tion, I made no hefitation in approaching the 
 oldeft of the men : he accepted, with a good 
 grace, a piece of bifcuit which I offered him, 
 and of which he had feen me eat. I then held 
 out my hand to him, as a token of friend flii p ; 
 and I had the fatisfaclion to fee that this favage 
 underflood me perfedlly well ; he gave me his, 
 {looping a little, and at the fame time railing 
 his left foot, which he threw back in propor- 
 tion as he bent his body. Thefe motions were 
 accompanied by an agreeable fmile. 
 
 My companions alfo r^'vanced quite clofc to 
 
 the others; and immcciiately the beft under- 
 
 fianding prevailed between us and thefe inha- 
 
 3 bitants :
 
 or LA PEROUSE. 27 
 
 bitants: they gladly received the neck-hand- 
 kerchiefs which \vc offered them. The young 
 people drew ftill nearer to us ; one of them had 
 the generofity to give me fome fmall whelks, 
 perforated near the middle, andflrungona cord: 
 this ornament, which he called canlaride, was 
 the only one that tie polIelTed ; he wore it round 
 his head: a handkerchief replaced this prefent, 
 and gratified tne wifhes of the favage, who ad- 
 vanced that I might bind it round his head, 
 and, putting his hand there feveral times, ex- 
 preffed the greateft joy. We wore, as 1 have 
 already faid, a great many clothes on account 
 of the coldnefs of the nights : the greater part 
 of thefe we pulled off, to prefent to thefe 
 iflanders. 
 
 The women were very delirous to come nearer 
 to us ; and although the men made ligns to 
 them to keep apart, their curiofity was every 
 moment ready to get the better of all other con- 
 fjderations. However, confidence gradually 
 increafed ; and they then obtained permiflion 
 to approach. It appeared lo us very aftonifh- 
 ing, that in fo high a latitude, where, at this 
 early feafon of the year, we already found the 
 cold prettv fcvere during the night, thefe people 
 felt not the neceflity of clothing themfelves : 
 the women, even, were in general entirely naked, 
 like the men ; fome of them only had their 
 
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 28 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 flioulders and part of their back covered with 
 a kangaroo's fkin, the hair of which was next 
 their flefli. Amonp- them we remarked two, 
 who had each a child at the breafh another 
 had, for her whole clothing, a ftrip of kanga- 
 roo's ikm, half a decimeter in breadth, which 
 was rolled fix or feven times round her middle ; 
 another wore a collar of fkin ; fomc of the reft 
 had their heads bound with feveral turns of a 
 rather fmall cord. I afterwards difcovered that 
 thefe cords were moftly made with the bark of 
 a Ihrub, < f the family of the //'";;//, which are 
 very widci / difperfed in this country. 
 
 A pole-:.xe, which we made ufe of to cut a 
 few boL'.gi.s, excited the admiration of thefe 
 natives. As they faw us difpofcd to give them 
 all that \^e polTclFed, they were not afraid of 
 afking us for it ; and when we had complied 
 with their requeft, they were tranfpnrted with 
 joy : they were alfo fully fenfible of the value of 
 our knives, and received with pleafure a few 
 t'Ji-pots. As foon as I Ihcwed them my watch, 
 it excited their longing. One of them, in 
 particular, exprelTed to me a wiih to pofTefs it ; 
 but he very foon gave up his application, when 
 he faw that I would not part with it. 
 
 'j'he facility with which wc crave them our 
 property, doubtlefs made them prefume that 
 henceforth they might take all that belonged 
 
 to
 
 OK LA PEROUSE. 29 
 
 to US, without the ceremony of afking for any 
 thing more : we were therefore obliged to re- 
 fufe to gratify their wiflies ; but we faw with fa- 
 tisfadlion, that, without making the fmalleft 
 reliftance, they returned the articles which we 
 could not let them have. 
 
 i had given them feveral things, without re- 
 quiring any thing from them. I wifhed, in my 
 turn, to obtain the Ikin of a kang.iroo, at a 
 time when among the favages who furround- 
 ed us there was only a young girl thct had one. 
 No fooner had I propofed to her to give it to 
 me in exchange for a pair of pantaloons, than 
 flie ran away, and hid herfelf in the voods. The 
 The other natives appeared really hurt at this 
 rcfufal. Thefe good people interceded forme 
 with this vou ncr oirl and called her feveral 
 times. At length ilie yielded to their felicita- 
 tions, and approached to deliver nie the fkin- 
 Perhaps it v/as only through timidity that fhe 
 had made any dirnculty in parting vith this fort 
 of clothing. In return, Ihe obtained a pair of 
 pantaloons, which, according to the fafliion 
 of thefe l:\dies, was far lefs ufeful to her than 
 this Vi\\n, which ferved to cover h(r fnouldcrs. 
 We fliev, cd her the ufe of them : but lor that 
 purpofe we were neccfilirily obligeJ to pur them 
 on her ourfelves : (he confented to tliis with the 
 befl grace in the world, leaning loth her hands 
 
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 ^d VOYAGE IK SEARCH 
 
 on our flioiildeis, v.hile flie raifed her legs otle" 
 after the other, in order to bedecked with this 
 new o-arment. Wifhinej to avoid all Caufe of 
 rnifimderlianding, ^re preferved, on this oc- 
 caiion, as much gravity as we polTibly could. 
 
 Thefe favages were forty-two in number: 
 fcveii of them were full-grown men, and eight 
 were women ; the others appeared to be theif 
 children, among whom we remarked feveral 
 girls arrived at the age of puberty, and flill lefs 
 clothed than moft of the mothers. We invited 
 them all to come and reft themfelves by our 
 fire; as fooi as we had reached it, one of thefe 
 favages exprcifed to us, by unequivocal figns^ 
 that he had come to reconnoitre us during the 
 night: in order to make us comprehend that 
 he had {ccn us aOcep, he put his right hand on 
 one fide of his head, which he inclined, at the 
 fame- time ihutting his eyes to exprefs fleep ; 
 with the other hand he fhewed us the place 
 where we ha] palTed the night. He then indi- 
 cated to us, by other figns no lefs expreiTive> 
 that he had a.l the time kept on the other lidc of 
 the rivulcr, whence he had watched us. In 
 fad:, one of is had been awaked about the niid- 
 dle of the ni^ht by a ruffling noife among tlic 
 branches ; ht had even fancied, that he had 
 heard feme cf them breaking; but, over- 
 come by fa^ijuc, he had fallen afiecp again: 
 
 befides.
 
 OF LA PEROOSE. 3I 
 
 befides, he thought that it was furely a kangaroo 
 which had come to pay us a vilit. Our fire had 
 been a land-mark for the native, whom this 
 tribe had charged to come and watch our mo- 
 tions. As for us, although we had been, during 
 this whole night, entirely at the mercy of thefe 
 ravages, we had not on that account had a lefs 
 quiet fleep. One of the failors who accom- 
 panied us then informed me, that, the evening 
 before, at fun-fet, having perceived a fmoke 
 on the other fide of the lake, he had rightly 
 prcfumed that fome natives were affembled 
 there ; but he had not thought, he faid, of 
 mentioning it to iis when v/e m.et. 
 
 We wjfhed to flicw thefe favages the cffeS: 
 of our fire-arms, after having given them to 
 undcrftand, as well as v. e could, that they had 
 nothing to fear: they appeared, however, a little 
 frightened at thenoife of the explofion. 
 
 Thefe natives have woolly hair, and fuffer their 
 beard to grow. Platfs VL VII. and Fill, will 
 give a far more correcft idea refpedling the cha- 
 radler of their countenance, than all that I could 
 relate by long details. In Plate FII. it may be 
 obferved, that, in the children, the upper jaw 
 projecfls conliderably beyond the lower; but 
 that, falling in proportion to their age, in the 
 adult it is nearly in the fame line. Their ikin 
 is noc a very deep black ; but, no doubt, among 
 
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 32 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 thcfe people it is a beauty to be very black ; 
 and in order to appear much more fo than they 
 are in reality, they cover chiefly the upper 
 parts of their body with charcoal duft. 
 
 On their fkin is fecn, particularly about the 
 breaft and flioulders, tubercles fymmetrically 
 difpofed, fometimes exhibiting lines a decimeter 
 in length ; at others, fpots placed at different 
 diflances from each other. The cauftic, by 
 means of which they had produced thefe forts 
 of elevations, had not, however, deftroyed the 
 reticular membrane of the fl<:inj for it there 
 preferved the fame colour as in the other parts 
 of the body. 
 
 The cuftom of pulling out two of the upper 
 incifors, which, according to the account of 
 fome navigators, had been thought general 
 among thefe inhabitants, is certainly not intro- 
 duced in this tribe J for we faw none of them 
 that had any wanting in the upper jaw, and 
 they all had very beautiful teeth. 
 
 One of the failors v/ho accomoanied us, 
 imagined that he could not regale them better 
 than by offering them brandy ; but, accuftomed 
 ro drink only water, they very foon fpit it out 
 again; and it appeared to occafion them an ex- 
 tremely difagrceable fen fat ion. 
 
 Thcfe favages, being all naked, arc very apt 
 to hurt themfelvcs, particularly in the lov/er 
 
 extremities.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. ^^ 
 
 extremities, when they traverfe the woods. We 
 remarked one of them who walked with diffi- 
 culty, and had one of his feet wrapped up in a 
 piece of Ikin. 
 
 1 had for fome time miiTed the young girls, 
 and thought that they already had all retired into 
 the woods; but, looking behind me, I faw 
 with furprife it::\cn who had gone and perched 
 upon a large branch growing upwards of three 
 meters above the ground, and who, from this 
 litLiation, were obferving our moll trifling 
 motions with much attention: they all kept 
 fcpiatted, and formed a charm.ing group. 
 
 We were very far from the ihorc, where a 
 boat was to wait to take us on board. It was 
 time to fet out on our way thither. We were 
 quitting with regret thefe peaceable natives, 
 when we faw the men and four young lads fepa- 
 rate from their party in order to accompany 
 us. Prefently one of the ftouteft ruilied into 
 the wood, whence he returned almoft immedi- 
 ately, holding in his hand two long darts; but 
 in advancing towards us, he exprelTed to us by 
 figns that we had nothing to fear ; he appeared, 
 on the contrary, defirous of putting us under 
 the protecftion of his arms. It was, no doubt, 
 not to alarm us that he had depofited them in 
 the foreit, when they had come to meet us in 
 the morning. 
 
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 34 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 The Other natives that we had juft quitted 
 approaciic . our party. As foon as we had re- 
 queficd hiin who carried the darts to ilievv us 
 his dexterity, he, with his right hand, feized 
 hold of one of them nearly about the middle; 
 then, railing it as hi'jh as his head, and fall 
 holding it in a horizontal pofition, he drew it 
 backtowards him three times in fuccellion, with 
 ajcik, cccalioning a very evident quivering at 
 both its extremities ; he then threw it near a 
 hundred yards. This weapon, fupported in all 
 its length by the lower column of the air, fiew 
 upwards of three fourths of that diftance nearly 
 in a horizontal direClion. The tremulous mo- 
 tion that he communicated to it before he threw 
 it, doubtlefs contributed to accelerate its pro- 
 grefiive motion, and to fcpport it longer in the 
 air. 
 
 This fa\agc readily yielded to our wiflies by 
 throwing the fame dart feveral times : he then 
 aimed at a mark which we pointed out to him, 
 and at each throw he came funiciently near it to 
 give us a great idea of his dexterity. A mo- 
 ment afier, another defired us to icmark, in the 
 fRin of a kangaroo, two hclcs which appeared 
 to have bjen made by t'le point of a dart, giv- 
 ing us thus to undcrfiand that his countrymen 
 eir.ploy it to kill thcfc quadrupeds. In facl:, 
 
 they
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. ^^ 
 
 they throw it with fufiicicnt force to pierce 
 the animal through and through. 
 
 We at length fct off with our new guides, 
 whole progrcfs was fo flow that we could edfily 
 follow them. It fcems that they are not ac- 
 cuflomed to make a long excurlion without 
 halting; for fcarcely had we walked half an 
 hour before they afl;ed us to fit down, faying to 
 us, Medi: we immediately flopped. This halt 
 lafted only a few minutes; after which they 
 rofc, calling out to us, Tangara^ which lignifies, 
 het us go on. We immediately refumed our route. 
 They again prevailed on us to make, in the 
 fame manner, four other flops, at diftances 
 nearly equal. 
 
 The attentions which thcfe favan;cs laviflied 
 on us, aftoniflicd us prodigioufly. Was our 
 way encumbered by heaps of dry branches, 
 fom.e of them walked before us, and placed 
 them on the edges of the path: they even broke 
 off thofe which, being frill attached to the 
 fallen trees, obllrucled the road that we were 
 following;. 
 
 We could not walk on the dry grafs without 
 flipping e\ cry moment, efpecially in the flopir.g 
 places ; but thcfe good fivages, to hinder us 
 from falling, fupported us, by taking hold of 
 our arm. It was to no purpofe that we per- 
 fuadcd them that none of us would fall, even 
 D 2 although
 
 ^6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 although unaffifted : they continued not the lefs 
 to give us thefe marks of kindnefs; they often 
 even placed themfelves, one on the right, and 
 the other on the left, in order to fupport us 
 ftill better. As they obftinately perfifted in 
 paying us thefe obliging attentions, we re- 
 folved no longer to refufe them. 
 
 Certainly they rightly fufpevfled that we had 
 formed the projedl of going to Port D'Entre- 
 cafteaux ; for we twice miftook the road, and 
 they conftantly put us again into that which 
 led direcflly thither. 
 
 A little incident gave us reafon to think that 
 they fometimes catch birds by hand. A parra- 
 keet, of the fpecies drawn in Plafe X. of which 
 J Ihall prefently give a defcription, palTed quite 
 clofe to us, and fettled at a little diftance oa 
 the turf. Immediately two of the young fa- 
 v;iges fet off, purfucd it, and were on the point 
 of putting their hand on it, when the bird flevT 
 away. 
 
 It is to be picfumcd, that at Cape Diemcnt 
 there are met with no fcrpents whofe bite is dan- 
 gerous ; at lead, if there exift any, the inhabi- 
 tants know very well how to dilHnguifh them 
 from the others : they made us remark one, 
 which was gliding along tlie grafs pretty near 
 them ; but it appeared n.ot to infpire them with 
 anv fear. 
 
 At
 
 OF LA rEROUSE. 3*7 
 
 At length they condu(ftcd us to the fpot near 
 which we had anchored the preceding year. 
 The eldefl of them all was very dry : he imme- 
 diately had an oyfter iliell brought him by one 
 of the young lads, in order to ufe it as a cup ; 
 but he was obliged to dip it into the water fe- 
 veral times, before he could fucceed in quench- 
 ing his third. 
 
 As we were quite clofe to the garden which 
 had been formed the year before, under the di- 
 redion of Citizen Lahaye, gardener of the ex- 
 pedition, we refolved to vifit it: we availed 
 ourfelves of the momicnt when the favages were 
 feated ; we wiflicd to contrive it fo that they 
 fhould remain with our two failors, for fear 
 they fliould go and damage the vegetables which 
 might have fucceeded : but one of them would 
 abfolutely follow us ; he examined attentively 
 the plants of this garden, and pointed them out 
 to us, appearing to diftinguifli them perfeclly 
 from the indigenous vegetables. We faw with 
 concern, that there remained in it only a fmall 
 number of cabbages, a icw potatoes, fome ra- 
 diflies, crcfles, wild endive, and forrel, but all 
 in very bad condition : thefc plants would no 
 doubt have thriven better nearer to a rl\ulet 
 that we perceived to the wcftward. I had at 
 ieafl: expecled to find the crelles planted on its 
 
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 38 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 banks ; furely this could have proceeded only 
 from the forgetfulnefs of the gardener. 
 
 Our boat was not yet arrived. We v. ere very 
 defiroiis that thefe favages fhould have a near 
 view of it: befides, we expe<fled to be able to 
 perfuade forne of them to come on board with 
 US; but they were already leaving us to go back 
 to their families. However, on our invitation, 
 t: ey delayed their departure; and we walked 
 together, along the fliore, towards the entrance 
 of the harbour. Some trees l}'ing down on the 
 beach, fu; nillied them an opportunity of giving 
 us an idea of their activity, by jumping over 
 them. For our part, we were too much 
 fatigued to amufe ourfeh^es with Ibewing them 
 our agility ; but I think that, favages as they 
 were, a tolcniMy a',Sl:ive European might have 
 obtainetl tlie advantaLie of them in this fort of 
 contcH:. 
 
 Vv^hc.i the boa': was arrived, we invited fome 
 of then to end.xirk with us. After Iiaving fpent 
 a long tim.e in de.'ding, tlircc of tliem agreed 
 to con"ie i.'Uo it: hut it apper.rs that they had 
 had no ir.rcntif'n of leaving their party ; for 
 they hafi:iy ,n-cj:)pcd out :is foon as we prepared 
 to quit tjie berch. 
 
 \\c law tiicni then v;:ilk quietly alojig by the 
 fca-jide, looking at us from time to time, and 
 V. f: teri n g fnou ts of j oy. 
 
 Tilt-
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 39 
 
 The next day we returned uith a large party 
 tovrarus thcfe f.ivaocs, 
 
 Vnr ioine t-\\\c 'ac Kc;^r aloni^ the oarr beyond 
 Pert D'r'p.trcealleaiix, when a lire whicii we 
 pereciwvl in the vicinity of the lea determined 
 us to htnd. 
 
 PrtTendy :. few natives came to m.eet us, ex- 
 prening by their iliouts the pleafure that they 
 fcl: at feeinp; us a;i;ain. 
 
 Our fiddler had brruvxht his violin, thinking 
 by noify tunes to ex'.Me in trieni ihe fame en- 
 thuiiafm that we had rt-iiiaikcd ainoncr the 
 iliandcrs of Bouka; but his vanity wa< com- 
 pletely mortified at their indifference. Savages 
 arc in general little affected by the founds of 
 fli-inged inilrumcnts. 
 
 On our advancing up the heights that flvirt 
 the fea, we foon found alTembled part of the 
 natives who had received us (o v,ell the day be- 
 fore, A lively joy was depicted in all their 
 countenances when they fav/ us approach ; they 
 were, to the number of nineteen, Icated round 
 three fuKiU iires, making their meal on niufcles 
 as fall as they were dreifed on tlve e:r.bers. 
 Some women vvent, from time to time, r > de- 
 tach thefe ihell-fiib from the neighbournig 
 rocks, and did not come back till ri^cy had 
 lillcvi tlicir baikets with them. \\'ea:!ofaw, 
 broiling on the fame fires, the fpecies of Ica- 
 D 4. weed
 
 40 VOYAGE IN SE.ARCH 
 
 weed caUed/iiciis palmatus; and when it had ac- 
 quired a certain degree of foftnefs, they tore it 
 in pieces and ate it. 
 
 We reniarkedj with much intereft, the great 
 pains that one of the mothers took to quiet her 
 child ff:i!l at the breaft, whofe tears our prefence 
 had excited ; the only way {"iic could fucceed 
 was by putting I-.er hand on i::s eyes, to prevent 
 it from feeing us any m.ore. 
 
 None of thefe inhabitants appeared with arms : 
 but perhaps they had concealed them clofe at 
 hand; for feveral of us having exprelTed a wifli 
 to penetrate into the woods, one of the favages 
 earneftly begged them not to go that way. We 
 did not perfiit, for fear of giving them fome 
 caufe of miftrufi: : however, fome of our 
 people, wifliing to deceive the vigilance of this 
 fentinel, advanced a little alnn;. the beach, in 
 order to be able to enter tlu" forcd without his 
 lvn(>vsled^::e ; btit one of the women, perceiving 
 their intention, fet up fome horrible fcreams, 
 to a:\ 'i'e the other favages, who entreated 
 them to return towards the iea. 
 
 We knew not to what caufe to attribute their 
 repugnance tor our aliments ; but they would 
 not taftc any of tliofj which we c^flVrcd them: 
 thiCy did not even permit their c'^iidrcr. to eat 
 tiie fiirar which we gave them, t.iking great 
 care to withdraM' ]t from their mouih as foon as 
 
 they
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 4I 
 
 they were going to fwallow it. Confidence was, 
 however, eftablifhcd to fuch adegree, that one 
 of the women, who was fuckling a child, was 
 not afraid to entruft it to feveral of us. 
 
 I thought that thefe inhabitants, pafllng rnoft 
 of their nights in the open air, under a fky of 
 fo very variable a temperature, would have been 
 fubject to violent ophthalmia; neverthelefs they 
 all had very found eyes, except one who had a 
 cataracl. 
 
 Some M'ere feated on the fkins of kangaroos, 
 and a few others had a fmall pillow which they 
 call roeri^, about two decim.eters in length, and 
 covered with fkin; on this they lean their 
 elbows. 
 
 We remarked with furprife the fingula. ap- 
 pearance of the women when they are feated on 
 the ground. It appears that it is the fafliion 
 among thefe ladies, who then have their knees 
 very widely fpread, to conceal, with one of 
 their feet, that which it is contrary to decorum 
 to fuffer to be i^ctw in this pofture; although, 
 in other refpects, they are for the moft part en- 
 tirely naked. 
 
 Thefe people feemed fo nearly in a ftate of 
 nature, that their fmalleft actions appeared to 
 me to merit obfervation.. Accordingly I fliall 
 not pafs over in filence the correction which a 
 father infiided on one of his children, for hav-
 
 4'2 VOYAGE IN SEARCil 
 
 ing thrown a flone at the back of another ftill 
 younger ; he ilruck hiin gently on the fhoulder : 
 this punilliment rriajc hiim fhea a few tears, 
 and pievenred him from l1o;;u!i committini^ the 
 fame fault. 
 
 The painter belonging to our expedition^ 
 cxprelled to thefe fivnges a wilh to have hii 
 ftcin covered,, like them, with charcoal- dud. 
 His requefr, as was to be expecled, was fa- 
 vourably received. Immediately one ot the 
 natives chofe fome of the mofc brittle charcoal, 
 v>hich he bruifed by rubbing it between his 
 hands : he then applied this powder to all the 
 parts of the body that v/cre un.covercd, em- 
 ploying, to niake it adhere, only the friction of 
 his hand ; and prefenily our friend Piron was 
 as black as a New-Hcl lander, 'i'i.c favage ap- 
 pealed extremely delighted v.ith his work, 
 winch he concluded by blowing gently, in or- 
 der to remove the duft which did not flick clofe, 
 takir;g particular care to wipe olT that which 
 might i-.ive entered the eyes. 
 
 We f^L olF to go to Port D'Enirccadeaux : 
 inftanlly more t'nan half of thclc peaceable in- 
 habitants rofe up, in order to aecompan}- us : 
 lour of the young girls were alfo of t'ne parly ; 
 they received with inciiiferciice the clotlies that 
 uc gave them ; and, not to load ti^.cmfeivcs 
 vv:th a \cry ufelcfs burden^ they immediately 
 
 dopolitcd.
 
 OF LA PF.ROUSE. 43 
 
 depofitcd them in the coppices borderinr^ on 
 the path that \vc followed, intend mil^, no doubt, 
 to pick them up a^i;ain on their return. What 
 proves that they (ec little value on j-refents of 
 this fort, is, tliat we faw none of them wear 
 any of thofe which we had given them the day 
 before. Three of thefe young girls were already 
 arrived at the age of puberty, and were nil of a 
 very fprightly difpoiition. 1 remarked one of 
 them, v.hofe leftbrcaR was not yet at all promd- 
 nent, while the right had attained its full expan- 
 fion. This rrhrmg deformity atfccfed not her 
 gaietv. Several timics exerciling themfelves in 
 running on a beach exrveiT^ielv imo;-th, fome per- 
 fons of our [.arry tried to overtake them ; and 
 we had the fatisfaclion oi feeing that Europeans 
 often ran bc'/:';'r than tliefe favages. 
 
 T'r.e men followed at a How pace, each hold- 
 ing his hanJs one o\er the other, and placed 
 on his Iriin^ ; forv.etlmcs with the left hand, 
 carried beh;:;d the^r back, thev held the rio-ht 
 arm about the rcici.'iie. 
 
 \V'e douotic'':. 'Olt a great deal bv not iinder- 
 flandino- the l;in'^ua.n;c of thefe natise.^ ; for one 
 of the young girls faal to us a p.rocigions num- 
 ber of things ; fhc fi)oke to u; for a lone time 
 "with an extra:n'omarv voluhii.zv : however, flie 
 mud certainly liave percei\ed th.at we did not 
 
 con^prehcnd
 
 44 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 comprehend her; but no matter llie would 
 ftill talk. 
 
 The others endeavoured, at different times, 
 to charm us with airs, the modulation of which 
 ftruck me fmgularly, from their great analogy 
 to thofe of the Arabs of Afia Minor. Two of 
 them frequently fangth? fame air together ; but 
 theoneconftantlya third above the other, form- 
 ing this harmony with the gi*eateft cxaclnefs. 
 
 In the midft of thefe fands was growing a 
 fpecies of Jiciodes, almoft in every refpecl fimi- 
 lar to the fig-tree of the Hottentots, mefemhry- 
 anibemnm ediile: however, it differed effentially 
 from' it in the colour of its fiowers, which are 
 red, while thofe of the fig-tiee of the Hotten- 
 tots are yellov/ ; but, like the latter, it bore 
 fruit, the tafte of which confiderably refembles 
 that of fweet apples exceedingly ripe. Thefe 
 fruits confiituted the delight of the New-Hol- 
 landers, who afliduoufly fought them, and ate 
 them immediately. 
 
 During this long excurfion, fome of them 
 took us by the arm from time to time, with the 
 intention of helping us to walk. 
 
 A young girl, having perceived at a diflance 
 a head which the gunner of the Efperance had 
 carved on the trunk of a tree, appeared at fir 11: 
 extremely furprifcd^ and flopped a moment ; 
 
 fhe 
 
 3
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 45 
 
 fhe^then approached it with us, and, after hav- 
 ing confidered it with attention, flie named to 
 us the different parts of it, at the fame time 
 pointing them out to us with her hand. 
 
 In a Ihort time we arrived at the entrance of 
 Port D'Entrecafteaux. 
 
 Two of the young girls, being far behind the 
 other natives, were following, without miftrufl, 
 the different windings of the beach with three 
 of our failors, when the latter availed them- 
 felves of one of the moft retired places to be- 
 have to them in a manner much too free ; but 
 they were received f.^.- differently from v,hat 
 they had expeded. Thefe young creatures 
 immediately fled to the rocks which extended 
 f:irtheit into the fca, appearing difpofed to 
 jump into the water, and fwim av/ay, if they 
 had been purfucd ; but they foon repaired to the 
 fpot where we Mere affcmbled with the other 
 favages. It feems that they did not blab this 
 adventure; for the moft perfect underftanding 
 continued to reign between them and us. 
 
 \ViIhing to know if thefe iflandcrs were ex- 
 pert fwimmcrs, one of the officers leaped into 
 tlie water, and dived fevcral times : but it was 
 in vain tiiat he foliciLcd them to follow him ; 
 yet they dive very v. ell, as we afterwards had 
 an oj^poiiunicy of feeing, fmce it is In iliis man- 
 ner that they procure a great par*: of the food 
 
 on
 
 46 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 on which they fubfifl. We invited them te-" 
 eat with us fome oyllcrs and lobfters, which 
 we had jull broiled on the coals ; but they 
 all refufed, except one alone, who chofe to tafle 
 a lobller. At firfl: we thought that the hour of 
 their meal was flill very remote : however, we 
 were millaken; for they foon began to eat, but 
 of food which they drefTed thcmfelves ; this 
 coniifted alfo of lobfters and other fliell-fifli, 
 which they broiled much more than thofe that 
 we had offered them. 
 
 We faw fome of thefe favages employed in 
 cutting into the fhape of a fpatula, and polifh- 
 ing with a fnell, fome fmall pieces of vx-ood^ 
 deftined for detaching from the rocks ear-fliells 
 and limpets, with which ti ,cy regaled them- 
 fclves as iaft as they were dre:Tcd. 
 
 The time for us to return on board was ar- 
 rived. Not one of the natives would come 
 with US; they quitted us, and retired into the 
 woods. 
 
 On the morning of the icth, the geographi- 
 cal engineer of the Recherche fet out m the 
 barge, in order to go and reconnoitre the extent 
 of the vafr bay which is at the entrance of the 
 D'Entrecaficaux's Strait, v, hither v,e were 
 Ihortly to fail. 
 
 In the courfe of this day were abandoned all 
 the cilablifhments which we had made on Ihorc 
 
 during
 
 OV LA PEROUSE. 47 
 
 during our flay in Rocky Bay. The repairs of 
 the two ihips were completed. Tiie trial that 
 had been made, the preceding year, of the 
 wood of the ruc.i'yplns vlohulus^ had determined 
 our carpenters to employ it in preference to 
 the other Ipecies of the fame genus. 
 
 I penetrated into the thick foreft.s which lay 
 to the north- weft of us. Under the fnadc of 
 the large trees grew various fpecics of Ihrubs, 
 of the family of the Icrel'lnlhi ; l\\Q fagaria cvodia 
 was one of the molt reniarkable, from its beau- 
 tiful foliage. In thefc folitary places, the eye 
 dwelt with pleaUire on the carpodciitcs Incida^ 
 the branches of which were quite covered with 
 handfome white flowers. 
 
 In advancing towards the fouth-weff, I croiTcd 
 fome glades, where I killed a charming fi;ecics 
 of parrakect, which I defignate by the nam.e of 
 the black-fpotted parrakeet of Cape Diemen. 
 [See Vl.iic X,j I had already met with it in 
 feveral other places, but rd\va}s in low and open 
 fpots. Very diirercnt from the known f[?ecies 
 of the fame 'j:;':\'\\\i , it a]:)pears that it <liO'j.i not 
 perch, tor i have ccnliantlv {a^zn it rife from 
 umong the grafs, and go and alight there again 
 alinolt immeJiatclv. Tlie form of its feet, ar;ned 
 with clav.s very long aiid a little incurved, 
 rullicicnrlv^ iiidic.-.tes the habits of tliis bird, 
 whofe plumage \>> of a green colour, fpottcd 
 
 with
 
 4? VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 with black ; fome of thefe fpots are furrounded 
 by fmall yellowiHi flripes ; the under part of 
 the wing is a cinereous grey, on it is {een 
 abroad pale yellow flripe; black and yellow 
 are the prevailing colours beneath the belly; 
 the under feathers of the tail are remarkable for 
 tranfverfal flripes, fome blackifli, and others of 
 a pale yellow placed alternately; a few fmall 
 reddilh feathers are diftinguilhable at the bafe 
 of the bill, above the upper mandible. 
 
 The next day we landed near Port D'Entreca- 
 fleaux, with a great number of perfons belonging 
 to the two fhips, in order to try to fee the fa- 
 vages again. It was not long before fome of 
 them came to meet us, giving us, at the fame 
 time, marks of the greateft confidence they 
 firfi examined with much attention the infide of 
 our boats : they then took us by the arm, and 
 entreated us to follow them along the beach. 
 
 Scarcely had we proceeded two kilometers 
 when we found ourfelves in the midft of forty- 
 eight natives ; namely, ten men, fourteen wo- 
 men, and twenty-four children, among whom 
 I remarked as many girls as boys. Seven fires 
 were lighted, and round each was alfembled a 
 little family. 
 
 The fmalleft children, terrified at the fight 
 ajffofded them by fo great a number of Euro- 
 peans, ran immediately and took refuge in the 
 
 arms
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, 49 
 
 arms of their mothers, who lavifhed on them 
 marks of the greatell tenderncfs. Thefe chil- 
 dren very foon recovered from their alarms, and 
 they flievved us tiiat they were not exempt from 
 little paflloas, whence urofe fome difputes, 
 which the mothers appeafcd almoll immeciiately 
 by a gentle correction ; but they foon flopped 
 their tears by a renewal of their carelfes. 
 
 We knew tiiat thefe favagcs had little tafie for 
 the founds of ihe violin. We flattered O'rfclves 
 .however that they would not be quite infenfible 
 to them if Ibmc lively tunes were played, and in 
 very diilincl time. At iirfl; they left us fome mo- 
 ments in fufpenfe: our nuifician redoubled his 
 efforts, thinking to obtain their pkiiidits ; but 
 his bow fell from his hand when he faw this 
 numerous aiTembly put their finger:^ in tlieir ears 
 tliat they might hear no more. 
 
 Thefe people are covered with vermin. We 
 admired the pitience of a woman v^lio was a 
 long time employed in picking them off from 
 one of her children ; but we law with much 
 averfion that, like moft of tlie blacks, flie 
 cracked tlv.,re difgufting infects witli her teeth, 
 and fwallowcd them immediately. It is to be 
 remarked that n-sonkies have the fame hab!ts. 
 
 The little children were very fond of every 
 thing that was at all Ihowy; tliey n-aJe no 
 icruple to take the metal buttons from our 
 coats. The n^othcrs, iefs anxious about their
 
 50 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 own drcfs than that of their children, prefented 
 them to us in order that we might faften on them 
 the ornaments which we gave them for them- 
 felves. 
 
 I mufl not forget to mention a prank that 
 a young favage played one of our failors. The 
 latter had depofited at the foot of a rock a bag 
 filled with fhell-fifh. Immediately the native 
 fecretly conveyed it elfewhere, and left him to 
 look for it for fome time ; he then brought it 
 back to the fame place ; and he amufcd himfelf 
 exceedingly with the trick that he had jufl 
 played. 
 
 This numerous alTembly was tranfported with 
 admiration on obferving the effects of gun- 
 powder, when we threw it on the burning coals. 
 They all folicited us to treat them feveral times 
 in fucceflion with the fame fight. 
 
 Not being able to perfuade themfclves that 
 there were none but men amongft us, they for a 
 long time thought, in fpite of all that we told 
 them, that the youngeft were women. Their 
 curiofity in this refpecft went much farther than 
 we had imagined ; in fliort, they were not con- 
 vinced till, having obtained permillion, they 
 afcertained the fad: with their own eyes. 
 
 It is not cafy to know whether it is through 
 coquetry that the women have adopted a fafhion 
 which certainly would not fuit the tafle of our 
 fine ladies, although it removes a great part of 
 
 the
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 SI 
 
 the wrinkles which have been produced by child- 
 bearing. The fkin of their belly was marked 
 with three great Temi-circular punctures placed 
 one above the other. 
 
 One of thefe favages had on his head feveral 
 very recent marks of burning. Perhaps they 
 applied the actual cautery in various difeafes ; 
 a cuiiom eftabliflied among many other na- 
 tions, and particularly among molt of the 
 Indians. 
 
 We fiiw them make their meal about the 
 middle of the day. Till now we had only a faint 
 ideaof the trouble that the women are at to pro- 
 cure the food neceflary for the fubliftence of 
 their family : prefently they each took a bafket, 
 and were followed by their daughters, who did 
 the fame; they then went to the rocks projedl- 
 ing into the fea, and thence ventured to the 
 bottom of the water in fearch of lobflers and 
 other flicU-lifli. As they were out of fight for 
 a long time, we felt very uneafy on their ac- 
 count; for they had dived in the midft of fea- 
 weeds of a great length, among which I re- 
 marked the fiiciis pyriferus : we were afraid that 
 they were entangled in them, and were not able 
 to regain the furface of the fea ; at length they 
 reappeared, and fliewed us that it was no diffi- 
 cult matter for them to remain underwater twice 
 as long as our moft expert divers. An inltant 
 
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 52 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 was fufficient for them to take breath ; they t ^' 
 dived again feveral times, till their bafket w 
 nearly filled. Mofb of them were provided wii 
 a fmall piece of wood cut in the form of a fpa 
 tula, and of which I have already fpoken; they 
 made ufe of it for detaching from the rocks 
 concealed under water, at great depths, fome 
 very large ear-fliells: perhaps they picked them, 
 for thofe which they brought up were all very 
 big. 
 
 At the fight of the large lobfiers which filled 
 their bafkets, we were afraid that thofe crufta- 
 ceous fi flies would feize hold of thefe poor women 
 with their enormous claws j but we foon per- 
 ceived that they had taken the precaution to 
 kill them as foon as they had caught them. They 
 came out of the water only to bring their huf- 
 bands the fruits of their fifliing ; and they fre- 
 quently returned to dive again almofi: immedi- 
 ately, till they had procured a frock fufliciently 
 abundant for fubfifling their families : on other 
 occafions they warmed themfelves for fome 
 time, with their face turned towards the fire 
 where their fiih was broiling; and they had 
 kindled behind them other fmall fires, in order 
 to be warmed on both fides at once. 
 
 It fcemed as if they regrerted to remain idle a 
 iingle moment; for while they were v. arming 
 the rnfelvcs they were alfo employed in broiling 
 
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 53 
 
 -fifli, which they put on the coals wiih the 
 nteft precaution: but they took much Icfs 
 'tins with the h)bucr.i, which they threw care- 
 "'isly inro the mi>-idlc of the Hames ; as foon as 
 the}- were drcflld, they diftributed the claws of 
 them to the men and the children, referving for 
 themfclves the body, which tlicy fometimcs ate 
 befcvfc tb.cy returned to the bottom of the fea. 
 
 We were all exceedingly hurt to fee thefe 
 poor creatures condemincd to fo hard a tafis:. 
 Beiidcs, they were expofed to be devoured by 
 tiic fiv.:rhs, or to cxt entangled among the fea- 
 V. ^'ea tliat there qrows at the bottom of the wa- 
 ter. \\ c fevcral times requefled tl^cir hulbands 
 to at Icafi: ihare their trouble: but it was always 
 in vain ; they condantly remained nr/j.y the fire, 
 rt J?'.ii;ng thcn.ielves v> ith the choiccfl bits : they 
 bhe\\iie ate br^i'cd fca-wced and fern-root. 
 Irom tin";e to tim.e they v.cre occupied in 
 brc.-ikirg 'M-anchies into fmall pieces for keep- 
 ing up iLe lire, taking care to chcofe the dried. 
 'I'heir manricr of break inir wood fhev.cd us that 
 ti^cy Iiad a xcry iiard fcull, for tlicirs Icrved them 
 to refl it agairdr ; and v, ith their hands fixed at 
 th.e extremitie: Oi each niece, they bent itflronf^lv 
 till it v.as broken. I'iicir head, being conilantly 
 I'.ncovercd, an;i e\j5:.led to all the inclemency of 
 v.^.c weather in tii:s high latitude, acquires t];ic 
 t'i-cu'ty of reiiiling fiu:h efforts; befidcs, their 
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 54 
 
 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 hair forms a cufhion which deadens the prelTure, 
 and renders it much lefs painful on the crown 
 of the head than on any other part of the body. 
 Very few of the women would have been able 
 to do the like ; for fome of them had their hair 
 cut pretty clofe, and wore on the head a cord 
 which was twifted round it feveral times ; others 
 had only a fimple circle of hair. {See Plates 
 IF and V.) We like wife made the fame obfer- 
 vation on feveral of the children, but never on 
 the men ; the latter had the back, the breaft, 
 the fhouldcrs and the arms covered with foft 
 W'Oolly hair. 
 
 Two of the ftouteft of the party were feated 
 in the middle of their children, and had each 
 of them at their fide two wives : they expreffed 
 to us, by figns, that thefe belonged to them ; 
 which gave us another proof that polygamy is 
 eftablifhed among this people. The other wo- 
 men, who had each a hufband to hcrfelf, took 
 equal pains to let us know it. I cannot pretend 
 to fay which are the moil happy, l^he one as 
 well as the other being charged with the moll 
 laborious buiinefsof the family, the former have 
 the advantage of fliaring it; and that compen- 
 fates, perhaps, for the participation of the tef- 
 timonies of the hufband's afrection. 
 
 Their meal had now lafled a long time, and 
 
 v.e were \cry much furprifcd that no::e of them 
 
 3 had
 
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 had yet drunk ; but they waited to be com- 
 pletely fatiiified. Then the women and girls went 
 to bring water in the vefTels made of fea-weed 
 Avhich I have before mentioned; they fetched 
 it from the nearefl: place, and fet it down quite 
 clofc to the men, who drank it without repug- 
 nance, although it was very thick and muddy. 
 In this manner they terminated their repaft. 
 
 When we returned towards Port D'Entreca- 
 fteaux, moft of thefe favages accompanied us; 
 and before they quitted us, they gave us to under- 
 fland that in two days they fliould follow the 
 windings of the fliore, and come very near our 
 lliips. To fignify to us, that they fliould in two 
 days perform this journey, they dcfcribed with 
 -their hands the diurnal motion of the fun, tak- 
 ing care to indicate the number tivo by hold- 
 ing up as many fingers. 
 
 On our ftepping into the boat to go o\\ board, 
 thefe worthy people followed us v\ ith their eyes 
 for fome time before they quitted the beach; 
 they then penetrated into the woods : their road 
 occafionally led them to the fea-iidc; and we 
 \vere immediately apprized of this by fliouts of 
 joy, with which they made the air refound. Thefe 
 demonflrations ccafed not till they had got to 
 fo great a dillance as to be entirely out oi light. 
 
 During the whole time that we were with 
 them, nothing indicated to us that they had 
 
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 56 VOYAGE T>7 SEARCH 
 
 any chiefs : on the contrary, each family feemed 
 to us to live in a ftate of perfect independence; 
 only \vc remarked in the children preat fubor- 
 dination to their parents, and the fame in the 
 wives to their hulbands. It appeared to us that 
 the v."crr;en look good, care not to excite their 
 hufijands' jcaloufy : hovv-ever, on our return, one 
 of our pcop/ie boaftedthat he had been extremely 
 v/ell received by a Cape Diemen beauty ; but 
 it is difiicult to know how far the alfertion de- 
 fer vc J credit. 
 
 On the i2t]i cf February I went to the fouth- 
 eaU, V. here I fi ill contrived to add to the obfer- 
 vations which I had already made on the va- 
 r;ou3 produfticns of this counLry. 
 
 The next dav every thing v/.is prepared for 
 i)'jr departi;re, and vre now waited only for a 
 f-ilr Vvind to j^i;t to fea ; but a ca'm having 
 declined us, we law with pleafure that the fii- 
 vages v>ho, in tlieir laft interviev, had pro- 
 ^vdfcd 11. to con"!e in tv/o days quite clofe to our 
 nncliora'^:, had bt^en as good as their word. In. 
 faci, ab;)ii: tiic nuddle of the day, we perceived 
 a lire at a llii'c diilan':e from our watering-place; 
 i.nd tlicre wa^ nodcubt that it had been kindled 
 i-y them, ibr ;dl oiir people v.eie on board. A 
 'arp;c parry of us imn^cdiatcly got in-io our 
 'Toats to repair to tlic fpot where thefe inhabi- 
 ':-'ni^ had appointed to meet us This was the 
 
 2 firO
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 57 
 
 firft time that Admiral D'Entrccaftcaux had the 
 pleafnr.;^ of feeing thc;n. Prefcntly they q'jittcd 
 their fire, and for foTiC time followed the paths 
 made throu"-h the woods alono- the beach, in 
 order to approach us (till nearer. \Vc went to 
 meet tl-.eni; and when we got near them, they 
 iurjpcd, and appeared very glad to fcj us come 
 on Ihorc. They were five in number. One of 
 them carried a bit of rotten wood, lighted at 
 one of its extremities, and which burnt flowdy : 
 he made ufe of this fort of match for pre- 
 i'crvin'^ a li^ht, am.ufino- himfelf from time to 
 iirAC in fetting fire to the underwood, in which 
 were fomc vci'y dry herbs. The others, having 
 been invited by our people to dance in a ring 
 with them, imitated tolerably mcII all their 
 rnotion.s : they fuffered to be fufpendcd to their 
 neck v^ith lirings, a great number of articles, 
 of w hich we h:\d ]u{\ made them a preient; their 
 boLiies were ujcki in a great meafure covered with 
 ihefe, and t>:ev appe:ired highly pleafed : but 
 thev did not o-ivc i:s any thinn-; for thev had 
 not encumberfd themfeives with any of their 
 cifects, probably for the fake of walking more 
 at tb.cir eafc. 
 
 A n;itive to v* hom we gave a hatchet, difplayed 
 a great deal of dexterity in (Iriking fucccilively 
 a great number of blov.s in the lame place, 
 ^"ilhing to imitate one of our lailors^ who had 
 
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 5S VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 jufl felled a tree. We fhewed him that it was 
 necciTary to ftrike in different places, in order 
 to form notches ; which he immediately exe- 
 cuted, and he was tranfported with joy when 
 he had brought the tree to the ground. They 
 were aftonifhed at the rapidity with which the 
 trunk of it was hewn through. We made them 
 a prefent of a few handfaws, which they em- 
 ployed with much facility, as foon as we had 
 Ihewn them their ufe. 
 
 The manner in which we had {een them fifh, 
 made us rightly prefume they had no hooks ; 
 we gave them fome of ours, and taught them 
 how to ufe them, congratulating ourfelves on 
 having procured them the means of alleviating 
 one of the moft laborious tafks impofed on their 
 "women, 
 
 Thefe favages were very much furprifed to 
 fee us light the fpungy bark of the eucalyptus 
 refinifera by the focus of a lens. The one who 
 appeared the moft intelligent, endeavouring 
 to find out, of his own accord, the eifecl of 
 this lens, directed againft his thigh the con- 
 centrated rays of the fun; but the pain which 
 he felt took away his inclination for repeating 
 -this experiment. 
 
 We fhewed one of thefe natives our two 
 fnips, by means of a good glafs ; and he foon 
 accepted our invitations, and embarked in a 
 
 boat
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 5^ 
 
 boat to go on board of the Recherche. He 
 got up the fide with an air of confidence, and 
 examined the fliip throughout with a great deal 
 of attention : he then principally direcTced his 
 looks towards fuch articles of food as fell in his 
 way. Guided by the analogy that exifts be- 
 tween the fhape of the black fwans of Cape 
 Diemen, and that of the Guinea geefe which he 
 faw on board, he afked us for one, giving us 
 to underfland that it was to eat it. When he 
 came oppofite to our fowl-coops, he appeared 
 fl:ruck with the beauty of a very large cock : it 
 was oftered to him; and, on receiving it, he let 
 us know he would not be long in broiling it to 
 eat. He was loaded with prefents. After hav- 
 ing remained in the fhip for upwards of half an 
 hour, he afked to go back, and he was imme- 
 diately conveyed on fhore. We had taken thi- 
 ther a monkey, which amufcd thefe favages ex- 
 ceedingly ; and one of our men had carried with 
 him a kid, which for fome time was the fub- 
 jc^l; of their converfation ; they now and then 
 addrellcd their difcourfe to it, faying, Medi, 
 (re If yoiirfclfj 
 
 They have ailigned particular names to each 
 vegetable. We convinced ourfclves that their 
 knowledge in botany is invariable, by afking 
 fevcral of them, and at different times, the 
 names of the fame plants. 
 
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 60 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 In this interview \vc had the means of adding 
 conliderably to the vocabulary of their language, 
 whicli we had already coUeded, and v.hich is 
 at the end of this volume. It will be feen, on 
 coinparing it with the vocabularies which fe- 
 veral navigators have given us of the language 
 of the inhabitants of the eafi coaft of New- 
 Holland, that it has no afnnity to them ; which 
 proves that thefe nations are not of the fame 
 origin. 
 
 The fiivagc v.ho had been on board foon 
 quitted us, cxpreiTing tous much gratitude, and 
 pointing to the cock, which we had jufr placed 
 on one of his fhouldcrs. 
 
 The others, before they went away, gave us 
 to underfrand, that tiic next day t'leir nmiilies 
 v.ould come to the place near where v, e lay ; but 
 they appeared to comprehend us when we aii- 
 nounccd to them that v.c v. ere to fail that very 
 day, and they feemcd to be really aiTlieted at 
 t?i!s intelligence. 
 
 Our obferv:uory, ntuated towards the fouth- 
 fouth-eail, at about a kilometer from the an- 
 chorage, v-as in 43^ 34' 37" fouth latitude, and 
 144 37' eafi Icngitude. 
 
 By a great nuir^bcr of obfcrvations which 
 V ere made on board, the variation of the compafs 
 wa.3 y 34' eafl, while at the obfervatory it was 
 o]ily 2^ 55' ealt. So great a diiTerence arofo, 
 
 no
 
 OF I. A PERO'JSE. 
 
 6i 
 
 r.o doLibtj from fornc ipa:ii;nctic nttraflion : be- 
 iidcs, \vc bnd alrcaJy found indications of for- 
 ruf^inous fubllances at a litile. dilrance from th3.t 
 fpot. It is remarkable, tliit at the obfervatory 
 of the Kfpcraiicc, v, hicli v,as difTant ancut (ix 
 huncb-od meters from thai of tlie Recherche, 
 the vari ition of the needle was 8"" eafl. It was 
 afccrtained that this difference did not proceed 
 from the compaiTes made ufe of; for it v/as the 
 fan-se, after havin-.^ fuccellively carried the fame 
 compalTes to the rwo obfervatories. 
 
 The dip of the needle was 72 at the obfer- 
 vatory of the Reciicrchc, and 71? at that of the 
 Efperance. 
 
 During our ftay in Rocky Bay, the winds va- 
 ried from north-wcfl: to fouth-weft, and often 
 blew in heavy fqualls. The weather was fcldora 
 free from clouds, and there fell even a little 
 rain. 
 
 Tlie tides were perceptible only once in the 
 twenty-four hours. As the winds had much 
 infiuencc en ih .ri\, we could not detcrrniriC with 
 precihon the tin'u of high water i this bay -m 
 the full and ch-m^j-e of the moon. Ti;e rcuell 
 
 O 
 
 perpendicLilar rife of the tide was only {i:.teen 
 dcciuiercrs. 
 
 l^urin:"" our friv nt thi''anchora'Te, cur ;^amen 
 Mad loii; nu:c;i o: ::";e:r :ir.:c:ur lor nii.uv;;; lor 
 till:, laborious cxcrJiib, wlii^h ihc}' chiefl}" per- 
 
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 62 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 formed during the night, did not exempt them 
 from doing their other duty on board; fo that, 
 after having been kept to fifli, they were not 
 the lefs obliged to work the whole day, the fame 
 as thofewhohadtheirregularreft all night. Care, 
 however, fhould have been taken not to damp 
 the zeal of the fifhermen ; for it was the ge- 
 .neral intereft to have a plentiful llock of frefli 
 provifions : befides, it was unjuft not to allow 
 at leafl a few hours repofe during the day to 
 men who had pafTed the night in procuring for 
 all the fhip's company an agreeable and very 
 wholefome article of food. 
 
 We landed in this country a fhe-goat and a 
 young he-goat, in hopes of naturalizing here 
 thefe quadrupeds: no doubt they will thrive 
 very well upon the mountains of this extremity 
 of New-Holland, and will one day be a great 
 refource to navigators ; only it is to be feared 
 that the favages may deftroy them before they 
 have had time to multiply. 
 
 CHAPTER
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, 6^ 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 Departure fro7n Rocki/ Bay. JFe pass through 
 D' EntrecasteaiLv' s Strait. llie Ships run 
 a2:roujid in this Strait. Various excursions 
 into the neighbouring countrij. Interview 
 ivith the natives. They deposit in the woods 
 their armst xvhich they resume on going axvay . 
 JVe anchor in Adventure Bay, 
 
 yJN the 14th of February, as foon as it was 
 day-break, we got under fail from Rocky Bay 
 with the wind at fouth-weft, and fleered to the 
 caft north-ead till we were clear of it, intend- 
 ing to go and anchor in D'Entrecafteaux's 
 Strait. 
 
 Some natives gave us figns of their prefence, 
 by feveral fires which they had lighted on the 
 eafl: coaft. 
 
 We had already crofTed the great roadftead 
 which lies at the entrance of the Strait, and, in 
 the utmoft fecurity, were running very clofe 
 along the coaft, which was on our larboard hand, 
 when, about half paft one o'clock in the after- 
 noon, we ftruck on a fhoal, of no great extent, 
 formed of fand mixed with mud. The ebb had 
 
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 64 VOYAGE IN SEARCii 
 
 jufl produced a current, which was againft uso 
 The tide flilling more and more, we were com- 
 pelled to wait till half pad fix for the flood, to 
 bring our fliip afloat. The Efpcrance had 
 worked herfelf into the fand deeper than us ; 
 for flic could not gTt off till about eight o'clock. 
 
 The boat that had been fent five days before 
 returned, after having difcovercd feveral very 
 deep bights, which form excellent anchorages: 
 {\^c had met with no river. It is remarkable,, 
 that all the rivers which we had feen at Cape 
 Diemen are very fmall, which announced an 
 interfected country. 
 
 The boat was loaded with black fvvans, which, 
 fuffering themfelves to be very clofely ap- 
 proached, had been foot. It had been found no 
 eafy matter to catch thofe vhich had been only 
 wounded; for as they ftill fwam with great 
 fwiftncfs, our people, to overtake them, had 
 been obliged to row with all their ihength. 
 
 During the whole night of the 15th, Vvcfaw 
 feveral hrcs, which the inhabitants had kindled 
 on the fea-fhore to the fouth fouth-eali, at the 
 diflance of three kilometers from the place 
 where we were lyinL'". 
 
 We were in hopes that a fair wind vould 
 have permitted us to fail again in the courfe of 
 the morning ; but it was contrary to us, and the 
 Admiial determined that we fliould remain at: 
 
 anchor
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 6^ 
 
 anchor till the next day. We then landed 
 to the fouth-cafl, on a low coaft, whence it was 
 eafy to go in a very fliort time to Adventure 
 Bay. 
 
 Among the different flirubs which adorned 
 thefe places, I lliall mention one, which I 
 clafs in the genus that I have before defcribed 
 under the name of jnazeiitoxeroiu It agrees 
 with it in all its characters ; only the pecals, 
 which are different from each other, adhere to- 
 gether by the middle part of their margins ; but 
 they may be feparated without being broken. 
 The fiyle is fimplc and acute. 
 
 I have given to this new fpecies the name of 
 ma'zentoxeron rcficxum^ on account of its leaves, 
 which hang down towards the ground : they are 
 hairy and whitifh underneath. 
 
 The flowers, of a greenifh colour, are folira- 
 ry, and grow from between two fmall oval 
 leaves: they have towards the middle of theic 
 peduncle, two filiform appendages, fomevvhat 
 longer than the calyx. 
 
 ExpliUuiUon of the Figures. Plalc XfX. 
 Fig. I. Branch. 
 Fi^. 2. Flowep. 
 
 o 
 
 /'/>. 3. Corolla. 
 
 /'/(;- 4. Corolla expanded, in order Zo Hiew 
 ;iow the petals acherc together !;ir orally. 
 
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 66 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Fig. 5. Calyx, with the ftamina and the 
 germen, the corolla having been removed. 
 
 Fig. 6. Capfulc, beneath which is feen the 
 ^calyx. 
 
 Fig. 7. One of the valves of the capfule. 
 
 Citizen Beaupre, the geographical engineer, 
 fet out in the evening in the Admiral's barge, 
 in order to vifit the great bight which we had 
 the year before difcovered to the northward, on 
 coming out of D'Entrecafteaux's Strait. The 
 principal queftion was, whether it would not 
 afford fome opening that might communicafe 
 with the fea, and whether Maria's Iflands were 
 jceally feparated from the main land ; for this 
 point had not been fufficiently elucidated by 
 Marion, nor even by Captain Cook. 
 
 The north wind, which blew on the i6th, 
 during the whole courfe of the day, prevented 
 US from weighing. We went on fhore, while 
 gur fifliermen proceeded towards the mouth of 
 ^he Strait. The flood-tide brought thither a 
 great quantity of fifli ; they caught feveral fpe- 
 Qies of rays of a very large iize, fome of them 
 v^eighing upwards of twelve myriagrams. 
 
 The next day, the 17th, in the morning, we 
 weighed anchor, but with a breeze too faint so 
 ilcm the current, which was againft us; we 
 were, therefore, foon obliged to come to again. 
 
 Towards
 
 OF LA PERQUSE. $f 
 
 Towards the middle of the day, a few na- 
 tives appeared on the eafl: bank, at the diftance 
 of a kilometer from our diip ; they were fooa 
 joined by fome others, and we had already 
 counted ten of them, when they kindled a fire, 
 iTound which they fat down. From time to 
 time they anfwered with fliouts of joy thafe of 
 pur failors. We did not delay landing in great 
 jiumbers, to have a near view of them. When 
 .we were at a little diftance from the fhore, they 
 advanced towards us without arms ; and their 
 -fmiling looks left us no doubt that our vifit 
 gave them pleafure. They were as naked as 
 4:hofe whom we had met with in the environs 
 of Port D'Entrecallcaux ; but we v.cre not a 
 little furprifed to fee, that mofl: of them kept 
 their left hand at the extremity of their pre- 
 puce; doubtlcfs in confequence of a bad ha- 
 bit ; for we did not obferve any thing like it 
 jn others v.ho came to join them liiortly after. 
 Tiieir joy difplayed itfelf in loud burits of 
 laughter; at the fame time they held their 
 -hands upon their head, ami flamped with their 
 feet, w hi!e their countenance flicwcd that they 
 were extremely glad to fee us. We perfuaded 
 them to fit down, fpeaking to Lhein in the lan- 
 guaLje of tlie other natives \\ horn we hud aheady 
 iir:i v.ich at that extremity of New-Holland. 
 They undcrilpod us perfectly well, and immc- 
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 68 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 diately accepted our invitation : they alfo com- 
 prehended other words of the vocabulary of the 
 language of the people whom we had {een ; and 
 we made no doubt but they fpoke the fame 
 tongue: however, Anderfon has colleded fome 
 words of the language of the inhabitants of 
 Adventure Bay, which have no affinity to thofe 
 we had it in our power to verify. 
 
 Thefe favages exprelTcd a great deal of grati- 
 tude when we gave them fome fmall pieces of 
 cloth of different colours, glafs beads, a hatchet, 
 and a few other articles of hardware. 
 
 Several other favages came out of the wood, 
 nnd approached us. There was not, among 
 them, a fingle wom.an, ajid only a few young 
 men. Of thefe we remarked one of a middling 
 Irature, whofe form, even in the opinion of our 
 draughtfman, was of the fincll" proportions. From 
 his cojlume we took this favage for a New^ Hol- 
 land pel it viaitre: he was tatooed with a great 
 deal of fymmctry ; and his hair, covered with 
 greafc, was thickly powdered with ochre. 
 
 One of the natives gave us to undcrfland, 
 that he had before fcen fnips in Adventure Bay : 
 he probably meant to fpeak of Captain Bligh, 
 who had come and anchored here in the begin- 
 jii ng of 1792, as \\q. learnt a few days after, 
 ir, fcveral infcri]-)tions which we found engraved 
 upon the trunks of trees. 
 
 2 An
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. , 6^ 
 
 An officer who belonged to our lliip, did not 
 fuppofcthat he would intin;idatc the natives by 
 Ihcvving them the eiiccl of our fire-arms ; but 
 as moil of them had not been forewarned, they 
 Avere frightened at the noife of the explofion ; 
 they immediately got up, and would not fit 
 down again. Thinking that their women and 
 children had retired a Lttle way into the Moods, 
 we exprefled a defire of feeing them come to 
 us. The favages fignified to us, that we ihould 
 find them, a'rer having proceeded for fome 
 time through the woods, along a path which led 
 towards the fouth fouth-weft, and which they 
 alfo took, inviting us to accompany them. We 
 folIoM'ed them; but they foon exprelTcd a wifli 
 to fee us return towards our fliips, and Vvalked 
 away from us, frequently looking behind them, 
 to obferve our motions. However, at the word 
 ^langlod (in their language. Will you come?) 
 which I pronounced, they flopped ; and I, as 
 well as an officer of the Recherche, had time 
 to come up with them. They cont.nuLd to 
 lead us by the fame path, which appeared much 
 irequented ; and wc went at a ilow pare, in 
 order that the people belonging to o.ir Ihip 
 might he able to join us. In this m.iniKM- we 
 proceeded for a quarter of an hour, arm in 
 arm with thefe inhabitants ; when, all of a fud- 
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 den, they quickened their flep fo that it was 
 no eafy matter to keep pace with them any far- 
 ther. It appeared to us, that they wifhed us 
 to quit them ; for fome of them would no lon- 
 ger be held by the arm, but walked alone at a 
 certain diflance from us. One of our people, 
 wifliing to overtake one of thefe fugitives, ran 
 after him, calling out as loud as he could, 
 which fpread the alarm among all the others, 
 who immediately fled with precipitation, and 
 kept a good way before us. They wifhed, no 
 doubt, to arrive alone at the fpot where they 
 had depoiitcd their arms ; for, after having 
 again accelerated their progrcfs, they turned a 
 little out of the path, and we foon favv them, 
 er.ch armed with three cr four darts, which 
 they held in their hands, directing their courfe 
 for ti.e n'oft pare towards Adventure Bay, while 
 others of them advanced towards the weft. 
 1 iicy then aiked us to follow them ; but we 
 would not go farther, for we did not wilh to 
 walk as hPc as them, and, bcades, it was time 
 for us to return on board. 
 
 Thcfc natives appeared to us to bear the 
 greateft refeir.blance to thofe whom wc had 
 fccii a few days J)efv)re; only wc reniarked fomc 
 of thefe who had lofl one, and others both of 
 the middle incifors of the upper jaw. We 
 2 could
 
 OF LA PEROUSF.. 71 
 
 could not learn whence this cuftom originated, 
 but it is not general, as mofl: of them have pre- 
 fervcd even all their tcetli. 
 
 It appeared that, like the others, they are ig- 
 norant of the ufe of the bow. 
 
 They were alinoft all tatoocd with punc- 
 tures, placed fometimes in two lines, one above 
 the other, nearly in the forni of a horfc fiioe. 
 Thcfe punctures v/ere frcqucnily in three flraight 
 and parallel lines on each fide of tlie bread. 
 We alfo obfcrvcd foip.c towards the lower part 
 of the fl-ioulder-bladcs. 
 
 Several had the navel fwollen, and very pro- 
 minent , but v.c fatisfied ourfelves that this de- 
 formity did not proceed fromai hernia ; perhaps 
 it refulted from the too great diftance at which 
 they feparated the umbilical cord. 
 
 They gave us to underftand, that they lived 
 on fifli, the fame as the other in'iabitants of 
 Cape Diemcn. I muft remark, that we did not 
 fee one of them that had the fmalleft trace of 
 any cutaneous diforder, which does not accord 
 -\\ ith the opinion of thofe v.ho Iiavc advanced, 
 that people living on filh are ilil^icd to a fpe- 
 cics of Icprofy. Hiflory c\ cii relarc.s, tliar fuch 
 of the Crrccks as would ad()pi in Kg\-[H the 
 dietetic rcjj;iirien of Orp'icus, were afleccjvl ^\it!l 
 ihe elephaiuiafis. 
 
 Vv'e arrived on beard foon aUer I'un-fjt. The 
 1 i Mind
 
 72 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Avind having become favourable, we got under 
 way, and went and anchored a myriameter far- 
 ther (yn. 
 
 Tlie p.ext day, the i8th of February, we 
 weighted anclvor at a very early hour ; but we 
 were obhccd to come to arain almolt imme- 
 diatcly, the wind having become contrary. 
 
 I lanf'ed on the cafl bank, whence I pe- 
 netraied into the v.oods, following the much 
 frequented paths of tlie favagcs. It was not 
 long before I obferved a new fpecies of exocar- 
 foSy which I call cxocarpc.^ r::pc ifa, becaufe its 
 branches are much more fpread than ihM:' of 
 the cxocarpo^ cnpre^fjiformis ; its fruit is larger 
 than that of the latter fpecies. 
 
 \Vc wereapprifed, by two guns fired on board 
 the Recherche, that flic was on the point of 
 getting under way : we therefore immediately 
 returned to the fliip, and at five o'clock we were 
 under fail ; but the breeze was fo faint, that 
 v,e niade very little way before dark. From 
 the place wiicre wc brought up, we did not 
 rj.:ko!i it more than a r-iyrianiercr to the extre- 
 mity of t!:c Snait; but heiiip; thwarted l;v the 
 A-., inds and curien:*b, it took us four days more 
 to get out "f it. 
 
 In this interval, t'le boat wdiich the Admiral 
 had fcnt to make gcogniphical refcarchc.s, re- 
 ;iirncci on the 2 1 it of February, after live davs 
 
 a b fence.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, "73 
 
 abfence. She had difcovercd feveral bays, till 
 then unknown : the mod diflant, towards the 
 north, extended to the latitude of 42 42' fouth ; 
 and the eafternmoft reached as far as. the longi- 
 tude of Cape Pillar. She had difcovered the 
 channel which feparates Maria's Iflands from 
 the main land. 
 
 We faw with aftonifliment the prodigious 
 number of places of fnekcr which, from the 
 South Cape, as far as the meridian of Cape 
 Pillar, afford a continuity of excellent anchor- 
 ages, in a fpace of about eigin ^-yriameters 
 from V, eft to e.ift, and of about ten luyriameters 
 from north to fouth. 
 
 It appeared, that, in this feafon, frefli water 
 is alfo very fcarce in thefe new bays. We found, 
 however, towards the head of that which ex- 
 tends the farthefl: to rhc riorthward, a river, 
 where, in an extent of aboi't iifty yards fiomits 
 miOuth, even an hour after iiigh water, there 
 were not Icfs thau t'Ao meters per;-endicular of 
 wiiter, which was wery frefh, its llream being 
 fo rapid as tr- T'cn^ ti:e tide, and prevent the fea 
 from nv.xing wiih it. 
 
 We anchored on the 23d of Februnry, at ^^ ilf 
 pafl: eleven o'cl, :k i;i the forciir, // n- 
 
 turc Bay, in elcNcn factioms water, -., -" . bot- 
 tom of mud, mixed v.ith a fmall qu.mLity of 
 fand. 
 
 The
 
 74 
 
 VOYAGE IN- SEARCH 
 
 The ncareft fliore lay fouth-eafl of us, one 
 Ivilometer dilTant ; and Penguin Ifland bore 
 north, 51'' cafl. 
 
 Wc immediately difpatched a boat, to fee if 
 it would be eafy to get a fupply of water to- 
 wards the north-weft, at the watering-plac6 
 marked by Captain Cook in the plan which he 
 has given of this bay. The cail: fouth-eail 
 "U'inds occafioned there a very troublefome furf;, 
 for which reafon we preferred getting water to 
 the fouth-eafl : but it tafted as if it had been 
 procured in a place too low, and too near the 
 fhore J for it was fomcwhat brackiHi. 
 
 This bay being open to the eaft and fouth- 
 caft winds, they fometimes brought in upon the 
 weft bank a heavy fwell, which, rebounding 
 from all quarters, rendered it very difficult to 
 land. 
 
 During the time that we lay at ancho*", I daily 
 made excurlion.s to the neighbouring coun- 
 try; but I found little to add to the numerous 
 collections which 1 had made at Cape Diemen. 
 
 Penguin Ifland, which I went to viiit, is no 
 more than a hill, fcarcely detached from the 
 principal ifumd ; for at low water I crolfcd, 
 almofl without wetting my feet, the channti 
 that feparates them. It conlifts of a free-flonc, 
 of a deep gray colour, the fame as great part 
 of the ll}orc of Adventure Bay. It appeared to 
 
 be
 
 OF LA PEROUSF. ^^ 
 
 be commanded by Fluted Cape, which confifts 
 of a reddifli fand-ftonc, difpofcd in (Irata, pa- 
 rallel to each other, and perpendicular to the 
 horizon. The difference of tint of thefe llrata 
 prefent, ;it a diitance, appearances of deep 
 grooves, which lias obtained ii the name that 
 it bears. Perhaps it is only by a typographical 
 error that it is Ihited that Anderfon found this 
 cape to be formed of v.lute fand-ftone. 
 
 I gathered on Penguin Illand a new fpccies' 
 of mugv\'ort, remarkable for its large leaves, 
 of a light fuvn colour; a eucalyptus ^ of a mid- 
 dling height, which was eafily diftinguiflied 
 by its leaves, which are oppofite, fertile and 
 glaucous; an emhothriuin with its leaves very 
 deeply indented ; feveral fine fpecies of phila- 
 delphus^ the flowers of which have no fmell, 
 &c. &:c. 
 
 We found a raft which the fea had thrown on 
 the wcRern Ihore of Adventure I5ay. Perhaps 
 it had been made ufe of by fome favages, to 
 come from Maria's Iflands into this bay. It was 
 made of the bark of a tree, of a form nearly 
 fimilar to tliat of Fig. 2> Plate XLlVy as broad^ 
 but upwards of a third Ihorter. The pieces of 
 bark of whiLh it v as made, were difpofed in 
 ihects, much thiniicrthan thofe of the eucalyptus 
 rcjinifcra. They had been joined together by 
 knitrlcs made of grafs, exhibiting ^ web of 
 
 very
 
 'Jb VOYAGE IN S.EARCH 
 
 very large mefhes, mofl: of which were in the 
 form of a pretty regular pentagon. 
 
 Not far from this, we faw fome calcareous 
 rocks, which terminated a vaft fandy beach. 
 On its fkirts we found the remains of a tempo- 
 rary erection, which had been made by Euro- 
 peans m order to cut wood ; we there faw pins 
 that had ferved for pitching a tent, and large 
 blocks, on which feemcd to have been placed 
 inflruments for making agronomical obferva- 
 tions. 
 
 The fieep hills with which the fandy beach 
 is bordered, exhibit, a little farther to the 
 northward, cavities which appeared to us to be 
 much frequented by the natives, as we judged 
 from the black colour with which they have 
 been tino;ed bv the fmoke, and the remains of 
 lobficrs, and other flielUfiih, which we there 
 found. 
 
 Several infcriptions, engraved upon the 
 trunks of trees, informed us that Captain Bligh 
 h:\d anchored iii this hay in the month of Fe- 
 bruary 1792 : he Vv as to proceed to the Society 
 Idancls, in order to take in the bread-fruit tree, 
 and carry it to the Englidi Wcfl-India colonies, 
 fituatcd within the tropics. 
 
 ijligh had witii him two botanifls, who, at a 
 fni.U di (lance from the Ihore, fowed crelFes, 
 .r>mc :'.Cw-n^, cclicry, &:c. Vv'c fzw three young 
 
 lig-trecs,
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 n 
 
 fig-trees, two pomegranates, and a quince, 
 planted by them, which had thriven very well; 
 but it appeared to us, that among the young 
 plants which they had committed to this foil, 
 one had already perifhed ; for tlie following in- 
 fcription, which we found on a large neigh- 
 bourinsc trunk, announced {^\q.\\ of them : 
 
 Near this treCy Cap lain WiUiam Bligh planted 
 >] fruit -trees y 1792; Me(frs.S. and TV. botanijis. 
 
 The other infcriptions were conceived nearly 
 in the fame terms. In thefe I obferved that the 
 fame marks of deference were paid by theEnglifli 
 botanifts to the commander of their fhip, by 
 putting only the initial letters of their names, 
 and recording that the Captain had himfelf 
 fown and planted thefe different vegetable pro- 
 ductions which he had brought from Europe : 
 I doubt much whether Bligh was very fenfible 
 of the honours which thefe botanifts thought 
 proper to pay him. 
 
 We found, towards the fouth-eaft, at a fmall 
 dlftance from the fliore, an apple-tree, the 
 trunk of which was near two meters in height, 
 and one dcmi-decimeter in girth. It did not 
 appear to us ever to have been grafted. 
 
 Our fiiliermcn were tolerably fuccefoful at 
 this anchorage. The fires which they kindled 
 on the beach during the night, attracted a 
 great number of fillies to their nets. This 
 
 practice
 
 78 VOYAGE IN SEARC!I 
 
 practice had already fucceeded fo completely 
 "vvith the filliermeii of the Efperance in D'Entre- 
 cafteaux's Strait, that they had laid in feveral 
 months flock of fifh, which fome of them kept 
 in a ftrong pickie, and others dried them. 
 
 I happened to be prefent feveral times during 
 the day, when they were hauling the feine; 
 and I always obfcrved fome new fpecies of fea 
 hedge-hog. I admired the promptitude with 
 which thefe little fifhes, by fwelling themfelves, 
 as foonas they were handled, erecled the prickles 
 with which they are covered ; but they let them 
 fall, and kept them, throughout their vv^hole 
 length, drawn in clofe to their fkin, as foon as 
 they thought themfelves out of danger. From 
 this obfervation it is evident, that the attitude 
 which is given to fiflies of this genus, by 
 fwelling them as much as poiTible, and in v/hich 
 they are exhibited in cabinets of natural hifiory, 
 is not that which is mod common to them. 
 
 \\c put on fhore, near the northern bank of 
 this bay, a flie-goat which was with kid, and a 
 young he-goat, lincerely wiihing that the fa^ 
 vages might allow thefe quadrupeds to propa^ 
 gate in their ifland. Perhaps they may there 
 multiply fo as to occaiion a total change in 
 the mode of life of the inhabitants, who, be- 
 ing then able to become a paftoral people, will 
 abandon, witbouL regret, the fea-fnores, and 
 
 enjoy
 
 or lA PEROUSE, J^ 
 
 enjoy the pleafure of not being obliged to divo 
 in fearch of their food, at the rifk of being 
 devoured by fliarks. The women, being con- 
 demned to this laborious talk, will feel, ftill 
 much more than the men, the value of fuch a 
 prefent : but it is to be feared that they will 
 kill thefe animals before they have multiplied g 
 for it appears that this has happened with re- 
 fped to the fow and the boar which Captain 
 Cook had left them; at leaft none of us could 
 perceive the fmalleft trace of thofe animals. 
 
 The latitude of our obfervatory, which had 
 been eredted two kilometers to the fouthward of 
 pur anchoring place, was 43' 21' 18" fouth, and 
 its longitude 145 12' 17" eaH:. The variation 
 of the magnetic needle, obferved at the fame 
 place, was 7 jq' eaft. 
 
 C>HAPrER
 
 So VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Depart lire from. Adventure Bay. TVe go to the 
 7iortlraard of N'eiv Zealand^ and pass quite 
 close to it. Tnterviezc zvith its lnhabita?its. 
 fVe discover several islands^ till then un.^ 
 knozrn, If e anchor atlongatalwoy one of the 
 Friendly Islands. Eagerness of the inhabi- 
 tants to come on hoard, and to procure us 
 fresh provisions. fie salt a great number of 
 hogs.- The islanders are vcrij much addicted 
 to theft. One of our sentinels is h nocked 
 dozen y during the night, by a native, who 
 steals his musket.- The offender is delivered up 
 to jldmiral D''Enlrecasteaux by King Toohou, 
 who returns him the musket that had been 
 stolen. QueenTineh comes on board. Toobou 
 gives an entertainment to the Admiral. -Queen 
 Ti)udL also gives him one. The smith of the 
 Recherche falls under the blozrs given him 
 with clubs by the natives, by whom he is 
 stripped in the open day^ in -sight of our ships. 
 JVe take on board some young plants of the 
 breadfruit tree, in order to enrich our co- 
 lonies with this valuable vegetable. 
 
 On the itxh of February, v/c got under fail 
 from Adventure Bay, about eight o'clock in 
 
 the
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 8t 
 
 the morning ; we \verc driven along by heavy 
 fqualls, which came from the fourh-weft, and 
 it was not long before we doubled Cape Pillar, 
 behind which we faw fevcral fires lighted by 
 the favages. We afterwards fleered to the 
 northward, and Itood oi\ about eight myriame- 
 ters in fight of the coafi:, leaving Oyfier Bay to 
 the wefi^ward. We then fiiaped our courfe for 
 the Friendly lOands. 
 
 On the loth of March, at daybreak, we 
 were in fig-ht of the ifiots called the Three 
 Kings. 
 
 About eight o'clock we were in longitude 
 169 56' eaft, v.hen we fet the middle ifiot of 
 this group, bearing north, at the difiance of a 
 demi-myriamcter, and vve determined its lati- 
 tude at 34"^ 20' fouth. 
 
 We faw three principal rocks, of middling 
 height, fituatcd nearly on the ;..;:ie parallel, 
 not far diihmi: from each oiher, and funoundeci 
 by other rocks much fmaller. Notu ithdand- 
 ing the fog which had jull got up, we c.lfo 
 difiinguifiied, to the northv.ard, fome others 
 \\hich made a part of the fame group. They 
 were extremely barren, and we preiumcd th.ic 
 they were n(jt inhabited. However, a t';ick, 
 column of Imoke alcendcd from the cailcr;:- 
 mofi iflot, and announced to us r'le prelence 
 of favao-cs. No doubt thcv h;i.ve choien tliis 
 
 VOL, II. Q ibo.k:,
 
 Sz vovAc-r, i\- s'. iRCii 
 
 abode, becMi! fc they c.ifily find means to fiHi In 
 tlic mid 11 of the 11k):i1s. 
 
 .Mnnit three quai lers pall ten o'clock, we 
 defcried the coaft of New Zealand, which we 
 rpproaehed, ilaiidin;; to the eailward under fa- 
 vour of a light breeze from the weft north- 
 V, el L . 
 
 I'he iiatives had kindled a lai'gc fire on the 
 hiffhell of the hills which ikirt the fea, and ex- 
 tend as far as Cape North. About half paft 
 five o'clock we were at no jjreat diftance from 
 this cape, wlien two canoes put off from the 
 fliore, and itood towards us. They foon came 
 up with us, and they reujaincd for fome time 
 ; ;!crn (;f our fhip before they ventured to come 
 aloiigfide; but rightly judging of our difpo- 
 fitioi-iS rov\ards them, they approached with 
 conildence: behdes, tlicfe favages undoubtedly 
 ,vere not ignorant, that the luirop/eans w ho had 
 v:hted their coalis had m ver been the lirfl ag- 
 greijors. Thiey inimediaL..I\ ihc\v'cd iva ibmc 
 bun lie:; of >:cy: Zealand ibix fj:rnr':;;/^:>i /n\ix)y 
 in;;^'i.ig them abotit in orJe;- to n^a^:e us rcnun-k 
 all ;ts beauty, an.d o{]c.red to mak'j ihvac ex- 
 changes with us. They received, with marks 
 jfgrear fati^bu'^ior;, the cloths of (btlej-cnt co- 
 "jurs which \ve gave i ;:en!, and they conaanlly 
 '-'(livered us, with fcruivjlous cxafiiiefs;, the 
 . : ae rlisit MT s nprC'-.i on. 
 
 Thrv
 
 OF LA rCROUSE. Sj 
 
 They gave iron a very decided preference 
 over every other article that wc oiTered them. 
 That metal is fo highly prized by this warlike 
 people, that they were tranfported v/ith joy 
 when they learnt that we bad fome ; although 
 we did not fliew it to them at iirfl: but at a great 
 didancc, they nevertl'Clefs recognized it per- 
 fcclly, by the found that illlied from two pieces 
 ftruck againft: each other. 
 
 Thefe inhabitants jrave us, in cxchans;e for 
 our articles, almofi: every thing that tliey had 
 in their canoes ; we coniidered it as a mark of 
 thcgreatcft confidence, that, tvO oblige us, they 
 made not the fmalleft difficulty to part with ail 
 their arms. 
 
 The largeft darts that they gave us, vv-erc net 
 more tlian five meters in length, by four centi- 
 meters in thicknefs; the fmallcfL were not half 
 fo long. They were all of a lingie piece of very 
 hard wood, which they had coniplctely po- 
 lilhcd. 
 
 They gave us lines and hooks of dificrent 
 fliapes ; at the end of fome they had pur feathers, 
 a bait which they make ufe of to attrad: vora- 
 cious fiihes. Several of the lines Vvcre very 
 long, and had at their extremity a piece of hard 
 fcM-pent-fione, to fink them in the wa.cr to great 
 depths. We admirjd the beautiful i\^Iii]i that 
 they had given to this flone, which was of a 
 G 2 fpherical
 
 84 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fpherical form, and furmountcd by a fmall pro- 
 tuberance, in V, hich they had made a hole for 
 pafllng a line through. It mufi: be very diffi- 
 cult for thefe favages to bore ftones fo hard, 
 and no doubt it takes them a great deal of time; 
 but they have icifure enough to devote them- 
 felvcs to works of this fort ; for their wants are 
 few, and, befides^ the fea furniilies them with 
 food in great abundance. They fold us a good 
 deal of fiih which they had juft caught: there 
 is fo great a quantity along the coaft, that, in 
 the little time that we continued lying to, we 
 faw feveral very numerous fhoals, which, rifmg 
 to the furface of the fea, ruffled it at different 
 times for a very extenfive fpace, producing 
 nearly the fiune effects as the currents that, in 
 calm weather, pafs over fhoals. 
 
 Thefe favages even fl ripped themfelves of 
 their clothes, to procure our articles of traffic. 
 
 Some of the young lads had car-rings, made 
 of \ery hard ferpent-flone; they were of an 
 oval form, and mod of them were a decimeter 
 in lejigth. 
 
 The men wore, as a fort of trophy, a fmall 
 part of a human cubitus^ which hung on their 
 breaff at the end of a firing paffed round their 
 neck. {See Plate XXF.) They fet a great value 
 en this ornament. 
 
 It
 
 OF LA PEROUSr, 85 
 
 It is well known that thefe people eat human, 
 flcfli with avidity ; and indeed every thing 
 that awakens in them the idea of fuch food, 
 gives them the oreatcfV pleafure. A failor be- 
 loinjingr' to our lliip offered one of them a knife ; 
 bat wifliing to fl-iew him the ufc of it, he pre- 
 tcinied CO cut off his finger, which he immedi- 
 ately canied to his mouth, feigning to eat it : 
 initanc!/ the carmibal, who watched all his mo- 
 tions, felt quite overjoyed, and we faw him 
 laugli aloud for fome time, rubbing his hands 
 in an ecdafy. They were all very tall, and ex- 
 tremely mufcular. They quitted us foon after 
 fun-fet. 
 
 At the fame moment, a third canoe arrived 
 from the neareft coaft ; it was conducted by 
 twelve iOanders, who immediately afked us for 
 fome hatchets in exchan<?;e for their effecfts. 
 One of them had already obtained a hatchet, 
 when another addreffed himfelf to us in a ffrong 
 voice, calling out with all his might etoki (a 
 hatchet); and he would not be filent till one 
 was given him. 
 
 It was now dark. The Efperance being too 
 far from our fliip for us to difcern her, we let 
 off Ibmc pov/der in fmall quantities, in order 
 ro induce her to inform us of her fituation ; i^ut 
 we faw with furprifc that thcfc natives very far 
 froni manifcfting any fear at the urtech of gun- 
 G j po\\'dcr.
 
 86 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 powder, continued neverLlielers their traffic. 
 It had been dark for upwards' of half an hour, 
 M'hen they paddled away, direcTiing their courfe 
 towards zhc cr.ai\. 
 
 As wc cont'iiued lying to, we founded at 
 different tin cs , and the depth of water was con- 
 flantly from tlLirs) -three to forty-fix fathoms, 
 over a fi::e faudy bottom. 
 
 To the land brec/xs, which blew faintly 
 during the night, fucceeded, about break of day 
 on the 13th, fome north-wefrerly winds. We 
 were yet very near the coaft, and it would have 
 been cafy for us to go ana anchor in Lauriflon 
 Bay ; but the melancholy events that had be- 
 fallen Captain Marion, and afterwards Cap- 
 tain FiinieT'UX, determined the Admiral not to 
 put in til ere. 
 
 riowever, I ccnfidered it my duty to repre- 
 fcnt to him how important it Mould be to take 
 on I. aid, at New Zealand, the liliaceous plant, 
 known bv the name of i bcrniiiiin ienax ( Nnv 7.ca- 
 
 J. \ 
 
 liUil jlax-t'drt} , in order to convey it to Europe 
 where it voiild tlirive very v.eil. The tl'. reads 
 that arc .Irawn from its leaves are much llroiiger 
 than P'ly otl jr vegetable productions employed 
 in !r.?kii^:j cordage; the cables v.hich might 
 be manuf iC .ured of them, would bear the greatcfl 
 i'raiii. 1- V.I one ought to have been more ^^n- 
 j'.Mo tl';iri che Commander of the expedition.
 
 OF I. A PE ROUSE. 87 
 
 ofthc^reat utility jf ll'iis plant for our navy. 
 Notuithftanding which, we continued our 
 courfc towards LiiC i'riendly Iflands^ llccnng to 
 the north-cair. 
 
 Bcfidc-;, it v.oi'Kl have been advantageous to 
 touch at liic northern extremity of New Zea- 
 huid, in rrdcr to verify there our obfervations, 
 which n^adc lis place C^ape North 36' more to 
 the cafiward than it is Liiti dov:n. by Wales. It 
 nuifl, ho\\evcr3 be admitted, that we are jiifti- 
 fied in gi\!np; them a decided preference to 
 thofe of that ailronomcr, when it is known that 
 he dctern.fined this noint'only from the longi- 
 tude which he had obferved in the cove v.here 
 the fliip lay, having followed the continuation 
 of tlie coall on the route of Captain Cook ; but 
 it fiioLiId be recollccled, that this celebrated 
 navigator had no time-keeper in his firft voyage; 
 and it is well known that this inftrument is in- 
 difpenlably neccllar}', when it is intended to 
 iix V, ith cxactncfs the continuation of a coafi 
 on '.", liich are met v/ith irregular and very rapid 
 currents. 
 
 On th'^ f6ih, about fouro^clcck in the after- 
 noon, tViC people who were looking out at the 
 mail-head rriliedout, that they faw a large rock 
 to the iiortii noith-eaft. We were furroundecl 
 by a vail !Uiml)er of fea-birds, among which I 
 reniarkcd a great many boobies and gulls. It 
 G 4 was
 
 88 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 was already night when we pafTed about fix 
 hundred meters to leeward of this rock, v\ lience 
 were heard the cries of feveral of thefe birds; 
 but the moon fhining bright, we diftingu'lhed, 
 on the moft prominent points, a whitenefs which 
 we attributed to thc;ir excrements. 
 
 This rock, which is m latitude 31 32' 20" 
 fouth, and longitude lyc)'^ eaft, is not more 
 than a kilometer in circumference, and from 
 feventy to ei<.;hty meters in elevation. Some 
 breakers were remark c off the waix point. 
 
 We were entirely fliclu^red from the fea when 
 we ran under f-.c lee of this flioal, fo that had 
 there lay in our route any rock even with 
 the water's edge, we Ihould not have been ap- 
 prized of the danger till the mom.ent when the 
 fliip had ftruck on it. Wc Iho'ild have avoided 
 thefe rocks, if we had gone to windward of it, 
 or even at a proper diflancc to leeward. 
 
 The next day, the 17th, we got fight of 
 Curtis *s lllands ; they are two in number, 
 very in.all, and near tv.o myriametcrs fron"; 
 each otiicr, 1 he fouthernmoit is not more 
 than tvv'o kiloniLLcrs in length from north to 
 fouth ; it is deep, very i^ancn, and guarded by 
 a g'v'it number of rocks, the high points of 
 which rile to libout a huncircJ nK'ters in pcr- 
 ]k:: ilculir height above the level of the fea. 
 Their v. hitifn colour made mic think that they 
 
 were
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 89 
 
 were of a calcareous nature, like the greater 
 part of the iflantls that arc found in thefe fcas. 
 
 The other iflar.J is nearly round, covered 
 ^vith verc'vrc. and is lofty as the former: il: is 
 fleep vlmoii .rouglioi't ts vvhoJecircimfereMCC; 
 houeverj a ooat mi-^'ht 'md on it to the weft- 
 ward. Ic is in latitude 30" 18' 26''r! th, and 
 longitude 179 38' eaft. 
 
 About fix o'clock in the evening, we dif- 
 covered at a very greit difiance to the north 
 north-weft, a new ]iinc. ; which determined us 
 to pafs the night lying to. 
 
 The next morning, the iSth, as foon as the 
 day appeared, we faw it again to the northward, 
 ftill more than five myriameters diflant ; but 
 about five o'clock in the afternoon we were 
 clofe to it, and we had already feen all its cir- 
 cumference, which is about two myriameters 
 and a half. 
 
 We gave the name of la Recherche to this 
 ifiand, which is in latitude 29" 20' 18" fiDuth, 
 and longitude 179 55' eaft. Its form is nearly 
 triangular. Towards the centre, its foil is ele- 
 vated about five hundred meters perpendicular 
 above the level of the fea. We faw on the coaft 
 a few fmall openino:s, where the earth had fal- 
 Icn down, and where we might have landed. 
 
 We clearly diftinguifticd. in all the perpen- 
 dicular places, the difpofition of thin horizon- 
 3 tal
 
 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 90 
 
 t.il and parallel ftrata of a whitifli, and no 
 doubt calcareous ftone, of which it is formed. 
 The interior exhibited great precipices. Trees 
 iverc J'een upon the moft lofty fummits, 
 
 A fnoalj -ituatcd quite clofc to the coafl op. 
 the norih-wel'i lide, cxccnded to at kail: fix 
 hundred meters in the fame direction. 
 
 Kight rocks, fornc hundreds of meters diilant 
 from eaeh other, itretched out into tlie fea, to 
 the diihuicc of a denii-rnyriameter, to the eail 
 foutli-eafr. 
 
 Betv, een the north-v.cfl point, and the 
 wefi: point, we remarked a fmall bight, where 
 probably would be found very good anchoring 
 ground ; a fhip would be perfcclly fheltered 
 there from eallerly winds. 
 
 We faw, betv.een the north- v. eft and fouth- 
 eafi points, a little rivulet that difcharged itfelf 
 into tb.e fea, and at a fmall diftance, in a per- 
 pend; -ulai" fpct, was perceived a great block of 
 earth, of a pretty <\k:<^\^ red colour, which was 
 perh.'j^s a clay, and which appeared as if in- 
 crullated in the calcareous ftone. 
 
 On t!:e 22d of iVIarch, about nine o'clock in 
 the cvcnlnf^, v. e entered the torrid zone, in the 
 longitude of 1S4* eali : this was the fourth time 
 tiiit wc had prilled tliC tropic of Capricorn. 
 
 '\\\z next day, the 23d, at one o'clock in the 
 ifrtraoon, wc difcovcred Kooa, one ot the 
 
 Friendly
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. gl 
 
 Friendly Iflands: it bore north-weft at the 
 diftance of fcvcn n^yriamcters ; but we foon 
 ran pretty clofc m with it. The beautiful ver- 
 dure with which it was every where covered, 
 announced the Iccundity of its foil. The land 
 is of a niiduliiig height. 
 
 It was half pall fix o'clock when we hove to, 
 in order to w ait for the I'^fperance. We fpent 
 the nighu \n itaricJing ';if and on. 
 
 On the 24th oi LVlarjh, about feven in the 
 morning, we vvcrc no more than three myria- 
 meters from Tongataboo ; and yet it was diffi- 
 cult to diilinguifh it; for the land is rather low. 
 We foon ranged very clofely along its eaftern 
 Ihore, ftanding to the north and north-weft, 
 that we might not mifs the opening which 
 leads to tiicharbour^ v. here a fuip cannot arrive 
 ti'l after flie has paired betv/ecn reefs very clofe 
 to each or iter, and the break between which 
 cannot be difcovered till llic is within a ihort 
 diftance. 
 
 As foon as we were about the middle of tliis 
 channel, a great many canoes with outriggers 
 came out to meet us, loaded with fruits, hogs, 
 and poultry, which they oHered us : they v, ere 
 each conducted bv two or three nati ves ; fev con- 
 tained lour. One of them ad\anciiig towards 
 us at too vjcsx a rale, her outri'^'cr was un- 
 !ii|>ncdj and wc were concerned to fee the three 
 
 paddlers
 
 92 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 paddlers fall into the water ; but, much lefs 
 embarrafTed than wc ftiould have imagined, they 
 fwam towards the ncarcfl: coaft, dragging after 
 them their fkifF, which they foon righted and 
 launched again. Thcfe forts of boats arc fa 
 ticklifli, that they muft often be expofed to 
 iimilar accidents; and Indeed the canoes which 
 pafTed clofe to this, appeared fcarcely to notice 
 what had happened. 
 
 Mofl of them had eatables on board; how- 
 ever wc remarked one which had none, and we 
 thought flie had nothing to offer us ; but wc 
 were miflaken : fhc was navigated by two men, 
 whofe countenance befpokc a great deal of gaie- 
 ty, while they pointed out to us two women 
 that were paddling w ith them : their figns left us 
 110 doubt that they made us very gallant offers. 
 
 Wc fiiw, at a di (lance, fomc large canoes un- 
 der fail. 
 
 About half pad eleven o'clock, being in the 
 narrowcft part of the channel, we found bot- 
 tom about the middle at five fathon^s and a 
 half. It did not appear to us to be above four 
 hundred meters in width. 
 
 At the moment when wc were on the j^oint 
 of entering it, a large canoe had come to r.'.cct 
 us, and defired us to follow her into a much 
 wider channel, which lay on our ftarboard hand ; 
 but when flic faw us take another route, fne re- 
 turned.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. ^3 
 
 turned, and kept again for fome time ahead of 
 us, wifliing to (licw us how we ought to ftcer. 
 
 At length wc arrived in the road of Tonga- 
 taboo ; and after having made feveral tacks in 
 order to reach the anchorage, we let go the an- 
 chor two kilometers fouth-weft of Pangaimotoo, 
 in eleven fathoms water, with a bottom of very 
 fine gray fand ; the weft point of Tongataboo 
 bearing weft 3 north ; the weftern extremity 
 of Pangaimotoo, north 24 eaft ; and the ex- 
 tremity of the reefs on the fame fide, north 
 20 weft. 
 
 We were immediatel)' fuiTounded by natives^ 
 who came on board our fhip in fuch numbers, 
 that the deck was foon covered with them. Se- 
 veral had come in double canoes, of the form of 
 that which is reprefented in Plate XXFIII, 
 
 A native, followed by feveral others, who 
 appeared to hold him in much refpecl, an- 
 nounced himfelf as one of the chiefs of the 
 ifland. He defired to fee the commander of our 
 ftiip ; and he inftantly ordered a hog to be 
 brought, and gave it him as a prefent. This 
 iftander Teemed very grateful on receiving- a 
 hatchet from the hands of the Admiral. 
 
 In lefs than an hour were procured, by means of 
 exchang-cs, a dozen hops, the fmalKiil of which 
 weighed at leail five n-ivriaerams. As the value 
 of each was given a middlc-fizcd hatchet. 
 
 The
 
 94 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 The Admiral had com mi (Honed one of the 
 officers to treat with the illanders for the pro- 
 vilions that they migiit '^e ar.Ic to furnifh us 
 and to avoid all competition, which would have 
 been prejudicial :.? the victualling of our lliips, 
 he had prohibited every other peiTon to traffic ; 
 but it was impoffible to enforce ftridily the exe- 
 cution of this order. Befides, it was not eafy 
 to refifl" the cagernefs which the natives exprelT- 
 ed in difpoling of their commodities ; every 
 one difplaycd his own to the bef!: advantage. 
 We were exceedingly amufed to fee them hold 
 under their arm their little pigs, Vvhich they 
 from time to time pulled hy the ears, in order 
 to let us know that they v.ifned to fell them. 
 
 A chief of the warrior^, i amed F:cnou, came 
 on board about five o'clock in the afternoon. 
 He was a man about forty-iive years of age, of 
 a middle fize, and very fat. Like the other 
 inhabitants, he had all the features of an Euro- 
 pean. His body was covered with fears in fe- 
 veral places ; he made us notice two on his 
 breafl, which, he told us, were theconfequences 
 of wounds that he had received from darts in 
 different battles with the inhabitants of FiJo'i. 
 
 The portrait of this warrior, Philc VIIJ, 
 Fig. 2, is a llriking like;:iefs; his hair, pow- 
 dered with chalk, was drclfed in fuch a man- 
 ner that it mi;/;ht have been taken for a wig. 
 
 He
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. Qsj 
 
 ITc fcated himfclf on the feat appropriated 
 for the oflicer of the watch, with four of the 
 natives, and ordered all the others to fquat, 
 except a few whom he permitted to lit down 
 on tlie arm-chell. I know not whether thefc 
 laft were perfons of confequence ; but we re- 
 marked among them a man advanced in years, 
 who v.as followed by a young girl, and who em- 
 ployed all his eloquence to tempt thofe among 
 us that came near her. 
 
 FccncH mnde the Admiral a prefent of the 
 largeft: hog that we had yet ^gqw fince \\e had 
 been at the anchorage ; he alfo gave him two 
 very handfoiiie clubs, made of cafiiarina wood, 
 in which were fcen incruftated flat pieces of 
 bone, fome cut circularly, fome in the fliapc 
 of (iar-fifh, and others reprefenting birds, but 
 very indiiferently defigncd. This chief ap- 
 peared very well fatisfied when the Admiral 
 prefentcd him Vvith a hatchet, a large piece of 
 red cloth, and fome nails. To tcflify his gra- 
 titude, he immediately applied each of thefe 
 articles to the left fide of his forehead, afcer 
 having rcreivcd them with the left hand. 
 
 Towards fuii-fet wc begged him to ^q\\<\ away 
 from our lliip all the natives, the rrov/d of 
 whom was become prodigious. We w illicd that 
 none iliould remain on l-)oard, tha: .v.e might 
 .':or. have the trouble of keeping v.atch over 
 2 them
 
 96 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 them during the night ; but his authority, pef- 
 haps, did nor extend to all ; for, having driven 
 away only the greater part of them, he quitted 
 US3 and uirecled his route towards the well coaft 
 of Tongataboo. 
 
 It would be a difficult matter to guefs how 
 he managed to get out of our Ihip thefe ifland- 
 ers, who incommoded us exceedingly. He 
 purfued them with his club, which he wielded 
 with fuch force, that they found no other means 
 of cfca-)ing from the blows of this deftrudlive 
 weapon than by throwing themfelves into the 
 fea. 
 
 Moil of their clubs are made of cafuarina 
 wood, which is extremely hard ; however, we 
 faw fome of bone, and thefe were rather more 
 than a meter in length. As tliefe iflanders have 
 no quadruped that can furnilh them with fuch 
 bones, there is no doubt that they belong to 
 fome large cetaceous fiflies. 
 
 Bcfides a great quantity of poultry, theyalfo 
 fold us fome pigeons of the fpecies called co- 
 Uinihd (cncci, bread-fruit, cocoa-nuts, yams, and 
 feveral varieties of plantains of a delicious fla- 
 vour. 
 
 W^ bad prevailed on all the natives to go on 
 flicrc before dark ; for feveral had not come 
 merely to fatisfy tiicir curiofity, or to fell us 
 thcii goods. We ^-^ere not long in perceiving 
 
 that
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 97 
 
 that they had ftolen from us a great many things. 
 In the mean time, all the canoes were already 
 gone, and there Hill remained on board fix 
 iflanders^ who, having now no other means of 
 returning on fliore than by fwimming, begged 
 us to let them pafs the night upon deck ; there 
 was one of them however who preferred fwim- 
 ming on fhorc, although we were about two 
 kilometers from the neareft coafl:. We admired 
 the facility with which he executed all his mo- 
 tions. He fwam conftantly oa the belly, with 
 his neck entirely out of the water; he made 
 very little efforts with his left hand, keeping 
 it always before him;^ while he took a very 
 great fweep v, ith his right hand, carrying it at 
 every ftroke againll the thigh of the fame 
 fide : his hodv was at the fame time rather in- 
 clined to the left ; this flill added to the rapi- 
 dity with which he divided the water. I never 
 faw an Kuropean fv, im with fomuch confidence, 
 Jior with fo iinich fwiftnefs. 
 
 Tccnc:i rcturncil the next morning, to fpcnd a 
 few hours on board; he amulcd himfcif ex- 
 ceedin;'"ly in examining the moil minute 'gti- 
 tures of a monkey which i:elongcd to one oi 
 our gunners. 
 
 'i'hc tciii:, 'or our obfervatorv v.'crc pjtch.cuii 
 on tlic rouLh-\vert cccill <.i i^aii.ia'in^'.:;;') ; and 
 there were con'.cveJ to the faiue fj^ei; cloths of 
 
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 98 VOYACiE IN SEARCH 
 
 different colours, and a great quantity of ar- 
 ticles of hardware, in order to procure us 
 frcfli provifions in exchange. As the inhabi- 
 tants brought us a great many hogs; the Ad- 
 miral refolved to renew our flock of fait pork. 
 Citizen Rcnard, one of the furgeons of our 
 expedition, readily undertook to fuperintend 
 this bulinefs. 
 
 An enclofure was marked out with a rope 
 faflened to the extremity of ftakes fixed in the 
 ground at the diftance of four or five meters 
 from each other. With fuch barriers it was 
 propofed to reflrain, night and day, the inha- 
 bitants, upwards of two thoufand of whom, 
 ino(\ly arrived from Tongataboo^ were already 
 colledled round us. 
 
 Fnttafaihcy one of the fons of the late King 
 Poulabo, repaired very early in the morning to 
 the fame fpot. He undertook to keep the natives 
 in good order; and indeed the traffic was car- 
 ried on with the G;rearcft tranquillity; but \\c 
 faw with concern, that, in order to make him- 
 felf obeyed, he employed means equally cruel 
 towards them, and laborious to himfelf ; for if 
 any one of them otiered to pafs only a few deci- 
 meters beyond tlie line which bad been drawn, 
 immediately, to \\arn him to keep back, he 
 threw at him every thing that came in his way, 
 -regardlcfs of the bad confcqucnces that might 
 
 .thente
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 99 
 
 thence rcfult. A young man, having advanced 
 a little too far, had like to have loft his life, 
 for not having attended to the orders of Fiitta- 
 faihe, who inllantly threw at him, with all his 
 might, a very large billet of wood, but which, 
 the youth had the good fortune to avoid. 
 
 We were obliged to pafs through this nume- 
 rous circle, to penetrate into the interior of the 
 ifland : it was very difficult not to tread on the 
 feet and legs of the natives, who were feated on 
 the ground, very clofe to each other, all with 
 their legs acrofs ; and yet, very far from being 
 angry, they held out their hand to fupport us, 
 when, for fear of hurting them, we were at a 
 lofs where to fet our feet. We were followed 
 by a very fmall number. 
 
 We found a great many inhabitants employed 
 in building houfes, in order to fettle on the 
 ifland of Panga'imatoo ; they had been attracted 
 by the choice that we hud made of this little 
 ifland for purchaiing the provilions with which 
 they could fupply us. Several of thefe houfes 
 were already built. The illandcrs ^hom wc 
 there met with, received us rery kindly, and 
 paid us various marks of extraordinary atten- 
 tion. 
 
 The fpace occupied by each of thefe habita- 
 tions was not, in general, more than three me- 
 ters in breadth, by live in length. The roof, 
 i\ ,>. raifed
 
 lOO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 raifcd about two meters towards the middle, 
 reached down to the ground, with a very gentle 
 flope. On one of its fides was formed an open- 
 insT, which fometimcs was the whole lcn";th of 
 theihoufe, but which w as fo low, that a perfoni 
 could not enter it but by fiooping, and fupport- 
 ing himfelf on his hands : on the oppofite fide 
 was another opening ftill lower and narrower, 
 which fcemed intended to promote the circu- 
 lation of air. In other places were to be {cen a 
 greater number of apertures, but fmaller, and 
 fituated even in the direiflion of the breadth of 
 the habitations. We here admired the beauti- 
 ful texture of the mats that were fpread on the 
 ground. The roof was covered with leaves of 
 the palm-tree, called ccrypha wnhracuJifcra ; 
 fometimes,,alfo, with cyprefs and grafs. Under 
 fuch a roof it was impoiilble to ftand upright, 
 except towards the middle; but thefe people 
 commonly remain fquatied in the houfe; ac- 
 cordingly they can approach pretty near its lides. 
 In the environs of thefe peaceful abodes, we 
 frequently found men of the moft obliging tem- 
 per, although of a robull confiitution, who 
 took a pleafure in informing firangers cf the 
 favourable reception they might meet with from 
 the fair fex in ihcfe fortunate iflands. The 
 w ifli to oblige, no doubt, was one prin- 
 cipal inducement for their olicrsj but it ap- 
 3. pears
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. lOI 
 
 pears that they alfo had an eye to their own 
 perfonal interefu; for they never forgot to de- 
 mand a reconipcnfc for their information. 
 
 For fome time we followed the ftiirts of the 
 fliore, where we faw a parent number of bread- 
 fruit trees in full vigour, although their roots 
 were often waflied by brackilli water. Pre- 
 fently the fea> fuelled by the flood, obliged us 
 to penetrate into the interior of the ifland, where 
 we traverfed thick woods_, under the fliade of 
 ivhich grew the iacca pinnalifiday the Jaccharum 
 Jpontaneum^ the mufccnda frondofdy the ahrus pre- 
 catoriii^, the pepper-tree, which the inhabitants 
 chew to make kava, &c. We then walked 
 over grounds, fome of which were employed 
 in the culture of fweet potatoes, others in that 
 of the fpecies of yam called diofcorca alaUi: 
 we fiiw, in another place, fon'.e young plants of 
 -jacoita, (pandaniis odoralijfinns,) the l-.-avcs of 
 which ferve for making \\\M<,. \ arther on, we 
 found fields of the p.-per-nMiIberry tree, culti- 
 vated on accou'n oti's b.iri:, of which the na- 
 tives mani'.fa^ture ch.rh to ^ c.ir. 'T\\^t b"hif:us 
 !/::!' r^ij was growi/^ : j ontar^.oa. }" ^"^^ the 
 borders of theic dii-crent ^ uirt-\rion>, anu o-'tc 
 dole to rhc A :i : i^:^ i.;aik ti"r-".i::-^s th^ ;T; yjfc) 
 \\\ih :hc u^iiL^-i'Kii ]oi Ai.'k';:;^ ch-i-i. b-^ tar Icfs 
 haiAlloi'ic 'hAn il. l Oi li^ .^apcr-r^uH'. jrr}'. 
 Some natives, who tMlloucd wj, >'j:y clnieh', 
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 102 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 affecfled to appear to have no other view than 
 to be ufeful to us : we, however, caught fome 
 of them putting their hands from time to time 
 into our pockets, in order to fleal our property; 
 but, whenever we perceived them, we forced 
 them to reftore it to us. One of them, how- 
 ever, having got hold of a knife belonging to a 
 failor, ran off Vvith it as faff as his legs could 
 carry him, and made his efcape into the middle 
 of the woods. 
 
 We prefently found a group of iflanders, 
 who were going to drink kava. They invited us 
 to fit down befide them ; we remained during 
 the whole time that they were preparing this 
 beverage. They call by the fame name the 
 fpecies of pepper-tree, of which it is chiefly 
 compofed, and the elongated, flefliy and very 
 tender roots of v.hich are frequently upwards 
 of a decimeter in rhickncfs. P'irfl: they cleaned 
 them Vvirh the greased care ; they then cheued 
 them, in ordc ] to reduce them to a forr of [jafte, 
 which they forn^;ca into balls nearly ^^ decime- 
 ter in circu/;f- rence : Vv'-icn ma:^c, they depo- 
 {\iQd tb.cT.i in u large wo.)di:n vclTel ; and as foon 
 as Its bfittom '.w.-.. :o- 'ied v> ith tr.cm, after hav- 
 ing placed tl;en; ot tlic diriai.cc of a decimeter 
 one from the ot;.v.i, t'ncy filled it vith Vvater. 
 lirmiediately this liquor was ftiried about, and 
 then diflributcd to all prcfent. Some drank 
 
 out
 
 or LA PEROUSE. lOJ 
 
 out of cups made of cocoa-nut-flieHs, and 
 others out of thofc v^hich they made on the 
 fpot with phiiiUain leaves. 
 
 The large roots with which they had jufl 
 made the kaza, had, in their k)ngitudinal direc- 
 tion, very fmall ligneous fibres^ which fettled to 
 the bottom of this beverage. The perfon who 
 diflribuLcd it, gathered them up with one of his 
 hands, and ufed it as a fpunge for filling the 
 cups. 
 
 We were invited to partake of this drink ; 
 but to yield to the invitations of thefe good 
 people, it would have been neceifary not to 
 have ^tcn it prepared. However, the chaplain 
 of our fliip had the courage to fwallow a whole 
 cupful of it. Wifliing alfo to know the tafle 
 of this root, I preferred chewing a fmall piece 
 of it myfelf, which I found t-art and (limulant. 
 Every one of them then ate yams, frefh roafted 
 on the embers, and plantains, no doubt to allay 
 the heat that is felt in the flomach after having 
 drunk tliis intoxicating liquor. 
 
 The inhabitants hold in great cfliniation the 
 pcpper-trec, IVom which it is obtained. Its 
 ftcm, which is often thicker than the thumb, 
 is pretty urai;;!^t, and iianv's wiiiiout lupport. 
 In the interval between the knors, tlicy cut fc- 
 veral pieces of it, which t'lev }:r^:'iented to us, 
 lignifving that tliey placed thtin in this man- 
 .1! 4 ner.
 
 i04 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 iier in the ground, in order to propagate the; 
 
 plant. 
 
 Wc were at no great diftancc from the tents 
 of tl c obfervatory, when wc were invited by 
 fomc other inhabitants to cat fruits, in the 
 number of vv!iich v e had the pleafure of feeing 
 tliofe of the fpoiidias cyphered. Every owo: fat 
 dovv*' ; C':' ..n Riche luid juft placed on the 
 groun-:' a pGlc-a::(\, v.hcn r. native ftole foftly 
 be'}' id !dr\, fhatchc^d ii up, i\\\vi ran away 
 as h;;.d ,.: lie : ".Id: v^-c hnmedin.teiv ^^urfued 
 Yh'-r. biit '". -;nc! b^aoy j.,^. r.yO f-r for us to 
 cvl L.d . hdn. A riiict, .vLo wa;: .ren quite 
 clo.._ ^0 : ;-^ V, .:::^_. to ij-vcthe pole-- ::e reliored 
 tot:.- ii;(i rjT- ::!;:.;':..:.'] afte/ :!: t'iicT, but 
 h' iG.;._ -i/jiL bicli, ::j apije:ued much con- 
 ;!,:; r..et with liii"!i. 
 
 V' ^ unvcd at the eu'-loAarc where 
 
 ': V . as c:;rr:cd 0:1. Vu! i.Uuihe \~\x^ liill 
 
 V ^ ;c:ir::r ihac he h.!Cj }-<roc:ircd the ref- 
 : '. D ci' ri iabrc, aud fevcra! otlicr articles 
 : ..i.-^i;i,j; to (-liVcrcnt p;;rr.)iis of the crew, 
 ^ l.iCiT ]'i:.'\ i,^ ,:i iiolcii by J.be inhabitants. 
 Ri'i.c ap^)iad ro 'in;, to try to have back hi^ 
 |;'de-a> c , uui tiu; c.iv.;c:; vouis ci Dti !(!j\iihe were 
 un.iwiiling. 
 
 A L,ic..t r"un:'A;r c/[ i.:i!iwcs fdrrouiidcd our 
 f!:j'i,, a!ih(Au:h iliv:; Aibniral iiad piven orders 
 Kj c'.>;:,pcl tlivrn to kc^p olFs but they here 
 
 turned
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, lO^ 
 
 arncd their commodities to a bcrter account 
 than at the market already edabliihed on the 
 coaft, where fcarcely any thing was purchafcd 
 but eatables, the j^rice of which never varied; 
 while on board, they frequently received a great 
 value for articles of fancy. Befides, thcfe ca- 
 noes carried on another traffic, ftill more par- 
 ticularly prohibited by the orders of Admiral 
 D'Entrecafteaux; but the fentinels not putting 
 them :trid:ly into execution, a number of young 
 girls eafily efcapcd their vigilance, and entered 
 every momer.t by the ports. 
 
 On the 26th of March, we landed, very ear- 
 ly in the morning, on the neareft coaft, where 
 we had the pleafure to fee that thefe ifianders 
 are in pofTeflion of the fugar-canc. They of- 
 fered us fome very large ones, which we ac- 
 cepted, l^hcy fold us fcveral birds ; among 
 others, a charming fpecies of lory, v/hich they 
 alluri'd us ^"laJ been brought them from Fido-i ; 
 a be^uuiu'l fpecies of turtle-dove, remarkable 
 for a red f'^ot on the iicad, and which is known 
 by tiie name ot coUanl-a parpMrAta ; the fpecies 
 of rail, nan^.ed ralliis phi'i ppc-r:Jjs ; the pigeon 
 called coli'mhii pii:ijica^ ixLC Several of them had 
 lizards oi tlie i;^.ecies kr.own by the denomina- 
 tion oi uijcri.i a:;woi}ii}[jis, which they ojlcred 
 us as being very good to eat. 
 
 T!i natives who fuliov/ed us, iiicommcded 
 
 us
 
 i06 VOYAGE IN SEAftCir 
 
 US very niuCh by their numbers and their ca-- 
 gernefs lo oblige us. Seeing us gather fome 
 plants^ feveral of them picked up, indifcrimi- 
 nately, all thofe which came in their way, im- 
 mediately made very large bundles of them, 
 and brought them to us, wifhing afterwards to 
 load us with this burden. Others, feeing us take 
 up fome infeds, never ceafed adding us if thefe 
 were not deftined for feeding the birds which 
 we had jufr purchafed ; but moll: of them pre- 
 tended to have a great regard for us, while, at 
 the fame time, they were ftealing our effects; 
 We in vain endeavoured feveral times to get 
 rid of them ; the miCans that we employed were 
 no doubt much too gentle to fucceed with thefe 
 people, who arc accuflomed to be treated ve- 
 ry roughly by their chiefs. 
 
 FutLifdibc, uccom.panicti by another chief, had 
 been to dine v. iih the Admiral, who made a 
 prefent to the one of a red coat, and to the 
 other of a blue one. Dreffed out in thefe 
 new garments, which they had put on over 
 their ordinary clothes, they we;c^ under one of 
 the tents of the obfcrvaLjry when Fi c)!ou prc- 
 fented himfclf at tiic entrance, and bctravcd 
 much jcaloLry at fecig his Iricrids tlius. arrav- 
 cd. lie retired \;\i\\ a very dif-jcntciucd air, 
 fayingj that they all }!afred thcnu^'clves \\n' 
 chicfj {c^nisJi and he went to drink Lua: with 
 
 other
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 107 
 
 Other people. We were at a lofs what to think 
 of this precipitate retreat of Fccnou ; however, 
 we prefunied that lie was far IcTs powerful than 
 Futtafaibc ; and that he avoided appearing be- 
 fore him, not to pay him the honours due to 
 his rank. 
 
 The o^cer who was charged with the [)ur- 
 chafe of provilions, had a very troublefome 
 tafls: to accompHdi ; for, although he had fet a 
 fixed value on each article, the natives, think- 
 ing always to fell dearer, never parted with their 
 commodities till after tliey had for a long time 
 haggled about the price. 
 
 PrelTed by hunger, we retired under the tent, 
 where were depofited the provifions that had 
 been purchafed in the courfe of the day We 
 were followed thither by two inhabitants, whom 
 we took for chiefs. One of them flicwed the 
 grcateft: cagernefs to choofe me the bed fruit ; I 
 had put my hat on the ground, thinking it in a 
 f:ife phicc ; but thefe two Iharpers did not for- 
 get their trade: the one v/ho was behind rnc, 
 was fuiliciehtly dexterous to coiice.i! mv hat 
 under his clothes, and he went away before I 
 jniirecl it ; the other very qui':kly followed 
 him. I the iefs fufpccted this trick, as I h;id 
 not ini.ioincd that they would venUire to feize 
 upon fo bulkv an article, at the riik of being 
 rauolit w ithin tl;c enelofure, into which we had 
 
 let
 
 lOS VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 let thcni enter ; befidcs, a hat could be but of 
 very little ufc to tliefe people, who generally 
 go bare-headed. The addrefs m hich they had 
 difplayed in robbing me, proved to us that this 
 was not tlicir firit trial of fkill, and made us 
 prefiime that ihcy frequently fteal from one ano- 
 ther. Belidcs, the chiefs might have an inte- 
 refl: in the thefts which they committed on us ; 
 for ue often faw them, take poflcfnon of what 
 they found in the hands of their fubjed:s, whom 
 they plundered without ceremony. 
 
 It was contrary to our inclination to deal 
 hardily by thefe rogues ; but it v.as time to re- 
 prefs their audacioufnefs, for it did but in- 
 crcafc by impunity. In order to attain this 
 end, it wa:; propofed to let them know the ef- 
 fect of our fire-arms on a coc':, which was 
 placed on the end of a long pole; but, from 
 V'ant of coniidcration, there w^as made ufe of 
 a ooible-barreiled gun^ which had been ex- 
 pcfeci dj-firig the preceding night to the humi- 
 dity oi rh:, jtii:: fpr.erc : at fru it fialhed in the 
 pan; thcii. '{': "lung *'re, arui it v/as neceiiary to 
 have rcc'i. ic tc arcsther jn n^ in order lo bring 
 the cock ro ; 2 c:r:)'jrd : acco: :^::. .1 . th :;c in- 
 l;abii;aiUs 'i;;..carevl to prciVr'' c a iiui-ii k ^'^'^r 
 opinion ( f tficir o'.vn ainv^ tiuui '.m' '.'Wv:-., v;i-i:n 
 anv;J.er co.^k, \\h'rh h..d been fiilercd to the 
 extremity oi tht lame ooIj; wa-j picrCi-J i;;/ one
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. IO9 
 
 of thefe iflanders with a long arrow tipped with 
 a barb. To take aim at this bird, having placed 
 himfelf right under it, he had raifed himfelf as 
 much as poffible on tip-toe, fo that the end 
 of his arrow was within four meters of it. All 
 the others had their eyes fixed on him, and ob- 
 fcrved the mofS: profound filence; but as foon 
 as he had hit the mark, their fhouts of admira- 
 tion convinced us that they did not always fiic- 
 ceed fo well, even at fuch a fliort diilance. 
 
 The arrovv which he hadjufl let jRy, was near 
 three meters in length; they al To have fmaller 
 ones, Vvhich they iikewifc carry in bar .boo qui- 
 vers. 
 
 Two fentries kept watch 3:i,qht and day for 
 the fafety of the fettlemcnt ^^'^;)Lh ue had form- 
 ed on the iiland of PangaYmatoo. Thefe were 
 quite fufiicicnt for ki'cplng ori" the inhabi- 
 tants, vvho had endeavoLUvd to Hip hi fi'/ly, in 
 oracr ro fical the article.-, \yhicli we iiad there 
 dcpoiired. Dout:Llefs, no ic\i iiad ijceu enter- 
 tained (>( ihciL iiitroducina" thcnilelves there bv 
 opcii t:)rco ; for no precaution had been t?.i:en 
 to fLCurc ::l;e p!;ice againfi; a i\;ddcn attack : 
 h(r.\cvc'-, np. iiiandcr avaihxl himielf of a vjry 
 heavy '^i:)\.cr of riin that led 01 the :; pyloric !i 
 of (hp;, to luivancc h-.hu;v,i cv.2 of c;-.;;- L.i'V'C^ ; 
 .\nd h: I'ruch him f^) \ :c;ientJv o': t;:.^ iiC.id with 
 
 hi-^
 
 no VOVAGE IN SEARCli 
 
 his club, that the latter fell under the blow^ 
 although it had been in a great meafure warded 
 off by his cap. The afHilIin inftantly took 
 away his mulket- The other fentry immedi- 
 ately called up thofe who were fleeping in the 
 tents. The alarm was given : every one flew 
 to arms ; feveral went down clofer to the beach, 
 with the intention of getting into the launch, 
 if the iflanders had come and fallen on them in 
 great numbers. The watch-Mord was heard on 
 board of the Efperance, ftie having the day be- 
 fore moored within hail of the fiiore; ihe im- 
 mediately let off fome falfe fires, to apprize 
 the Recherche; but all apprehenfion of a ge- 
 neral attacic on the part of the natives was 
 fpcedily banifhed, for it was very foon afcer- 
 taincd that moft of them were Irill fleeping 
 round our eflablifhment, and that thofc who' 
 had jult been awaked were going away from it : 
 bcfidcs, an officer who arrived from the heart 
 of the liland, alrnoft at the very moment of this 
 alfault, reported that he had fcen a great num- 
 ber of inli.iLitants, and that they ail appeared 
 to him to be found aflecp. 
 
 The commander of the expedition went on 
 fhore about fix o'clock in the morning, with a 
 detu; hmcnt well-arn.cd. He gave orders to 
 ilriKe the teats uiftaiuly^ and to convey them 
 
 on
 
 OF LA FEROUSE. lit 
 
 on board, as well as all the articles which had 
 been dcpofited within the cnclofure fo': the pur- 
 pofe of traffic. 
 
 Our retreat particularly afilided feveral 
 chiefs, who approached the Admiral to teftify 
 to him the great concern that this melancholy 
 accident had occafioncd them ; they highly 
 difapproved fo bafe an acft of treachery, faying 
 that the offender deferved death, and Oiould not 
 long furvive his crime. They did every thing 
 in their power to obtain permiiTion for the traf- 
 fic to continue as before. 
 
 Our detachment having advanced a little into 
 the interior of the ifland, in order to obferve the 
 difpofition of the natives, found near a thoufand 
 who had fiept in the neighbourhood of our efta- 
 blifhment. The commanding officer entreated 
 tl'.em to keep at a greater diftance, which they 
 all did, except a fmall group of armed men, 
 who, immediately railing their clubs and darts, 
 refufcd to recede a fmgle Ifep, Perhaps it 
 would have been neccfTary to reprcfs this auda- 
 cioufnefs, which induced us to conlider them 
 as the accomplices of the offender; but a chief 
 named Tooi'ou, one of the King's relations, fell 
 on them with impetuofity, and, with heavy 
 blows of his club, he very e|uickly uifperfed 
 them. 
 
 Th? Adniiral, before he took bgat to refurn 
 
 on
 
 112 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 on board, made fome prefents to the different 
 chiefs who were collected round him. He re- 
 quired from them that they fhould deliver up 
 to him th.e aflaflin, and reftore the mufket that 
 he had ftolcn, as alfo a fabre which had been 
 purloined the day before from one of our gun 
 ners ; and he apprized them, that on that 
 condition alone he would pcrm.it any traffic 
 to be renewed. 
 
 All the inhabitants retired directly our launch 
 quitted the beach ; but no fooner had fhe 
 reached the fliip, than fevcral of them vifited 
 the place we had juft abandoned, and very care- 
 fully fearched if any of our property had been 
 left behind. We remarked one who had the 
 dexterity to extract the nail which had ferved 
 to fufpcnd to a poft one of our time-keepers. 
 
 FcenoH came on board in the afternoon, and 
 made the Admiral a prefent of fome bread- 
 fruii_, fome yam,3, a hog, and fomie plantains : 
 he received, in return, a hand-faw, a hatcher, 
 and fevcral joiners' chifcls; but we obferved 
 that he gave a very decided preference to the 
 hatchet over all the other inftruments. Afcer 
 having paid the gre:itc{l attention to the account 
 we gave him of the ailault which had been 
 committed by one of the inhabitants on our 
 fcntry, he promifcd to have the mull<et reftored 
 to us the next day; and he told us that he would 
 
 bring
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 1^3 
 
 bring us the culprit, on whom he would do 
 juftice in our prcfencc. He requefled to fee the 
 gunner that h?j] been wounded. The latter had 
 a very large wound in the head ; but fortunately 
 it exhibited no dangerous fymptoms ; for the 
 violence of the blow had been deadened by the 
 cap which he wore. Feenoii fliewed a great deal of 
 concern on feeing this wound : he made the 
 wounded man a I'refcnt of a piece of cloth, manu- 
 faciured from zYjz bark of the paper-mulberry, in 
 order that he might em.ploy it in the dreffing of 
 his wound; infatfl, this cloth po iTeiTe.; properties 
 which render it very fit for fuch a ufe, 
 
 Ftcno'.L having ordered fcvcfal of the natives 
 of his fiiire to m.a'.e /v^i\-:, the latter immedi- 
 ately chewed fome thick roots of the pepper- 
 tree which bears the fame name, an J. this li- 
 quor was fcon prepared. lie drank of it the 
 hrft, and the remainder wa.. divided am.ong the 
 other inliabitaiits, who, as well a'a re-^nQii, afier- 
 w.-ids ate jjlantains. Out of refpecl to him, 
 they all kept iquat^'cJ on the deck, while he 
 v/ai fcated on the bench appropriated to the 
 o ffi I e r oft h. e w a t c ! ^ . 
 
 We Ihewed thij chief fevoral engraviig-: of 
 the vov.igc-s of 'Japt.iin Cook. It was 's'.ih i-Jie 
 grer. eft icfpccc ihai he at ciifTerent time, n^en- 
 tioned the name of that celebrated nav;g;::or, 
 T\-hom he called -T::.' v. 1: is rcijK'.rkab'e, that 
 
 VOL. ir. r ahhcL'.n:h
 
 114 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 although we had much facility in pronouncing 
 the terms of the language of thefe inhabitants, 
 it was not the fame with them in refpecfl to ours. 
 For inflance, wifhing to repeat the word Fran- 
 ^ois, they all pronounced it Palan^ois ; in- 
 ftead of Beaupre, Beawpiliy &c. &c. Feejioit 
 talked to us about Otaheite, and told us that 
 he had feen Omai at Annamooka. Perhaps 
 this was the fame Feeiiou who had been particu- 
 larly acquainted with Cook in his laft voyage. 
 Captain Cook however fays that he was of a 
 good height. 
 
 The people of his fuite talked to us a great 
 deal about King Tcsbou, of whofe power they 
 boafled much ; and in order to fhew us how 
 far he was fupcrior to Fecnou, they raifed the 
 right arm very high in pronouncing his name^ 
 and then carried the left hand towards the el- 
 bow, to indicate the degree of inferiority of 
 FeenoH. The latter admitted this pre-eminence 
 of Tcobou, who he told us was to come on 
 board rhe next day. 
 
 I had formed the proje6l of going to fpend 
 the^Sthon the ifland of Tongataboo, with feme 
 of my fhipmates ; but the Admiral pcrfuaded 
 me to defer this party till the chiefs had proved 
 to us, that they had really come to a refolu- 
 tion of checking the depredations of their fub- 
 je(fls. 
 
 * A great
 
 OF LA PEROUSfi. U^ 
 
 A great many canoes furrounded our fhips ; 
 none of them, however, were permitted to come 
 alongfide. Several idanders, tired of not being 
 able to carry on any kind of traffic, amufed 
 themfelves with fidiing with nets, which 
 were nearly eight meters long by a meter and 
 a half wide, and the meflies of which were 
 about a fourth of a decimeter fquare. From 
 the fhape of thefe nets, feveral of which we had 
 already purchafed, wehad imagined that the inha- 
 bitants ufed them as we do the feine, by dragging 
 them over the beach ; but we vrere greatly 
 aftoniflicd to fee thefe caO: in the middle of the 
 harbour, much in the fame manner as we throw 
 the fweep-net. Pieces of coral, attached to 
 their lower edge, carried them quickly down, 
 towards the bottom of the fea; then the fiflier- 
 men immediately dived, in order to contract 
 tlic two extremities by means of fmall lines that 
 are faftcncd to ir, and thus to take our the 
 fifn which they put into theh* canoes. It is ob- 
 vious, th^it, to catch any in this manner in deep 
 water, there mull: be a great abundance. Thefe 
 fifliermen, doubilcfs, gave thenifcWes fo much 
 trouble, only bccaule they were violently tor- 
 mented by hunger; for, not having in tlu-iir 
 canoes any means of drefiing their fifh, they 
 were glad to eit it raw. 
 
 I 2 Abou:
 
 Il6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 About nine o'clock in the morning, three 
 chiefs came on board, to announce to us that 
 we wcie prefently to receive a vifit from Toohou^ 
 fupreme zVi^i (egui la'i). of Tongataboo, Vavao, 
 Annamooka, &c.; that he was going to deliver 
 upto us the culprit whom we claimed, and to re- 
 llore us the mufket that he had ftolen. In fad:, 
 it was fcarcely eleven o'clock when 'Toobou ar- 
 rived with feverai chiefs. The criminal was 
 lying on his belly at the chief's feet, with his 
 hands tied behind his back, toobou immedi- 
 ately had him helped up the fide of the fliip, 
 and then gave orders for bringing the mufket, 
 with its bayonet fixed, which he had ftolen from 
 one of our fentinels. Two pieces of cloth, 
 made of the bark of the paper-mulberry, and 
 fo large that each, when opened out, would 
 have entirely covered our fliip, two hogs, and 
 feverai very large mats, were the prefents that 
 he made to the commander of the expedition. 
 The warrior Fccnon^ not difdaining to perform 
 the office of executioner, immediately raifed his 
 club, to knock the culprit in the head; and it 
 was no eafy matter to prevent him from doing 
 juftice before our faces : at le: gth he gave him 
 up to the Admiral's difpofal, thinkmg, no 
 doubt, tliat the latter wiHied to referve to him- 
 felf the fatisfacT:ion of making him futfer the 
 punimnjcnt due to his crime ; accordingly the 
 
 malefador
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. II7 
 
 malefador flretched out his neck, thinking that 
 his 1 ll hoiu was come. Durinp; thefe tranf- 
 ad:ions, our fentincl, whom he had kn-^ked 
 doua with his cljb, folicited that the life of 
 th"^ ri^iiiiil I. light be fpared : his p'inilhment 
 WIS then limited to a few ftrokes on the Ihoul- 
 df-rs with a rope's end; but Fccnoii^ finding this 
 punifliment much too mild, agiin raifed his club 
 to difpatch him. It was to nopurpofe that the 
 Admiral called out with all his might ica'i mate^ 
 that he mull let him live. Feenou afTured us, 
 thit nevertnelefs he would not ell ape the pu- 
 nilhment which he had n^erited. As we were ex- 
 amining feveral marks of blows from a club 
 whii h this man h id already received on the head 
 before he was brought to us, we learnt that 
 he had been thus fevcrely hanaled at the time 
 he was taken. The Admiral defircd our fur- 
 geon to drefs his wounds, and then fcnt him 
 on board the rXpe ranee, with the intention of 
 putting him on f!:ore during the night, in order 
 to endcvvour to fave his life. 
 
 King T^iok-jv. received as a prefent, from the 
 hands of the A(.in;ira], a red co.it, in which he 
 drefTcd hi.r ll'if -r. -mediate! y, and a large hatciict 
 bcfid.. ; T, : .;: al ; r.a.l a rc\i coU .nd a hatchet, 
 but n;;t iic.:r j'- \:.\'iz. Sop,, fvall hauciicL,> v, ere 
 bkcwifc d 'rd.);; c.i ai^-^ng the orlier ciiiefs. 
 They were ou deck, fi.riiiing a circle round 
 I 3 Tooloiiy
 
 Il8 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 ^oobcUy who fat on the officer of the watch's 
 feat, with Fecnou on his right, and another chief 
 named Omalai on his left. 
 
 Toohoii appeared to us to be at leaft fixty years 
 of age. This old man was of a middle lize, 
 and fiill much fatter than Feenou. His clothes 
 were of the fame make as thofe of the other 
 iflanders, fix)m which they differed only in the 
 finenefs of their texture. He wore a very hand- 
 fome mat, faftened on his body by means of a 
 girdle of cloth made of the bark of the paper- 
 mulberry. 
 
 When Toohou gave orders for making the kaz-a, 
 we begged fome of the chiefs to occupy them- 
 felves in this preparation, and to chew the roots 
 of the kava pepper-tree which we prefented to 
 them ; but they conftantly refuied, feeming to 
 fcorn to engage in this emplcyment. It was 
 entnifi'.d to me.i of an iiifei.or clafs (mouas), 
 who M'cre featcd about tiie n.I idle of the circle 
 w h i c i I the f e c li ' c f s To r n ': d . 
 
 Tiic rain whir^h fell in the mean time in- 
 crcafjng with i.ijrldity, we ti;ought that every 
 one of them worlJ have fought a lliclter ; but 
 the) bvavrd this Il.ovvcr, except the King, who 
 retired io the AJn:ir:d's cabin, with Frrnou^ and 
 Tool'ou-rou^onQ of the King's relations. Kava\\2iS 
 brci.g'iL to thcr.i in cups, which had juft been 
 made of plantain leaves ] plantains v/erethen pre- 
 fented
 
 OF LA PE.OUSE. II9 
 
 fentcd to them. The Admiral invited them all 
 three to dinner; but the King permitted none 
 of thefe chiefs to fit at the fame table with him ; 
 he tafted all the d'fhes, rejed:ed them for the 
 moll part, and, except fugar, he ate very little of 
 ihofe which he feemed not to diflike. The Ad- 
 miral had made him a prefent of a bird-organ, 
 which amufed him exceedingly, and on which 
 lie played during all the repafl. 
 
 As thefe iflanders Ihave themfelves with the 
 fliarp edge of a fhell, they employ a great deal of 
 time in this operation. They were (truck with 
 aftonidiment when they faw with what difpatch 
 our barber fhaved feveral of the fhip's company : 
 each of them wiflied to be Hiaved by him ; he 
 alfo had the honour of taking off his Majefly's 
 beard. 
 
 About half paft three o'clock, the King hav- 
 ing apprized us of his intention to depart, it was 
 propofed to him to go on fhore in our barge, 
 to which he confentcd. He was followed by a 
 great number of canoes ; and he lliortly arrived 
 on the ifland of Pan^aimotoo, with moft of the 
 chiefs who had accompanied him on board. As 
 foon as he had landed on the coall, he caufed to 
 be brought to him fome yams, a bread-fruit, 
 fome pork, and fome bananas; luit \\c were 
 much furprifed to fee him eac with a very great 
 appetite; for we thought that he v\ as not hun- 
 
 I 4 gry.
 
 120 
 
 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 giy, having done fo little jufticc to the Admi- 
 ral's dinner; yec ^ve had no rcafop. t-o prtTume 
 that cur difhes had not been to his tafle, f^ncc 
 the other illanders liked them exceedingly : 
 perhaps it h not the etiquette for his Majcfly 
 to indu'ge his appetite when he dines out, 
 cipecially with flrangcrs. He t^^en 'nade a 
 fpccv-^hj in v/hich, undoubtcc'Jy, ' e fj. ke ox our 
 amicable difpoi:':icr3- a;. a of t'o refiiut^on. 
 we -d fern ed of pu .ii-.-:-g th le who h.culd 
 rob us he Lhc:\ repairc.! to the liiand of Ion- 
 rat: ':c'). 
 
 Cp tnc aDDT'^ach nf nir-ht, f>-"c;/ h'-oi.i^rh*: the 
 
 f^. 
 
 ; .. 1 
 
 o J r 
 
 o-\ ;y ci? f hv del'-'CiCvi k to the Adr'nral, and 
 m-de h'n. a -^rticit of a very large iiili <)f the 
 prr^a nu^, ca'^Icd the pcr.'a ^:-::Lifj. Bef^'e 
 hr q .'tte.! us, he announced to the canoes which 
 V. re about us, that the next ciav the trailic 
 vo.'i.i be reneu'cJ. 
 
 C'li the 2'.th, very early in the niorning, our 
 boai carried a gie:it niariy clcihr and articles of 
 h:'rc;'.vare r<) rr.e ih:^nd of l^^n.^ai'm^too. The 
 
 invix'l feve- 
 
 hi-1. 
 
 ca::ocs wni- i; H:''r:;undca U'i 
 
 ! -^.' 
 
 ere 
 
 r. 
 
 1 r;r 
 
 nes, t:- 
 
 pi rpc-c, to go lo t:ie marKct 
 vn^ch had \r'i hL?cn rc-cib.bliihcd on this little 
 :'iA(\d: CiT oiib'c-s in-r:rn.ic.;, however, that 
 t!-. )- h.:d f^n:nd a f^nx n-ciiu d of ke^^pi ig ti:eni 
 away iVoni cur ihii;.:;^ when ilicy law them fly 
 
 with
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 121 
 
 with preciplration as Toon as fomc water had 
 been thrown on them with a firc-cngiae: but 
 the fuccefs was not hiTing , for, knowing very 
 Hiortly that they ra.i no other rifk than that 
 of being wetted, it wa^ without efte^t that the 
 fiime engine was continued to be j'layed u them; 
 they no longer ftirred f'-oni the pkiec whicn they 
 oecupicd. Dauribe:;u, the Ae-niral's captain, 
 then gave orders for vcrfettini them w 'uyiercr 
 Giir boLjs ilicLldgo o ihorc; andprefentl/ our 
 bifcay-'n, feinng oiT fo^- the nc-ireil ceaft with 
 \ariou.s inHruments Jcftincd for niaking alrro- 
 nomic d obfervations, rowed after a canoe car- 
 rying three men and two girls : fnc prefcntly 
 iinfaipped the canoe's outrigger, and ue fnould 
 have had tne mortification of feeing thefe two 
 pretty creatures fall into the water, had not the 
 men prevented this accident by jumping over- 
 board ; tv,o of them united their ftrength to 
 fupport their canoe, v.hile tlic third Hepped the 
 outrigger, and they foon paddled away towards 
 Tongataooo. The other canoes, apprized of 
 the danger, had fuflicient dexterity to avoid 
 fuch of our boats as endctvoured afterwards to 
 overfet them. 
 
 Fccnc-u ean.c on boani very early in the morn- 
 ing with 7'^,.';,', the King's bn^ther. Thefe 
 two chiefs invited the \dmiral to co.ne to an 
 entertainment whieii the Kin- ; tr.irpoied giving 
 
 him
 
 ill VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 him two days after in the ifland of Tongataboo. 
 Having begged us to fliew them the effedls of 
 our fwivels and carronades, they teftified at this 
 light equal terror and admiration. 
 
 When we arrived on fnore, we obferved with 
 furprife that the market was very well fupplied, 
 although it had on the preceding days been at- 
 tended by three times the number of iflanders. 
 "Ewery thing went on there in the greateft 
 order. 
 
 It was conftantly the fame officer (Lagran- 
 diere) who treated with them for the fupplies 
 for our fliips. He congratulated himfelf ex- 
 ceedingly on having thought of getting pieces 
 of iron hoops made into the fliape of joiners* 
 chifels, and of turning them to good account 
 in his traffic w'ith thcfe inhabitants. Yet we 
 had on board feme very good tools, which had 
 been purchafed in Europe to give them. We 
 could not conceive why the fatisfadtion which 
 he fhould have felt in procuring them durable 
 inftruments, did not get the better of every 
 other confideration. 
 
 In rambling over the interior of the ifland, 
 we faw a barber, who was (jccup'ed in fliaving, 
 in his way, one of the chiefs. The latter was 
 feaced, and leaning with his back againfi his 
 habitation. The barber having for a razor 
 xhe two valves of a pajticuiar fpecics of fneil, 
 
 fixed
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 123 
 
 fixed againft the fkin that which he held in 
 his left hand, while with the rigv.t he leant the 
 edge of the other valve againrt the bate of the 
 hairs, which he repeatedly fcraped, and took 
 theni off, <'.s it were, one by one. We were 
 afbonillicd at Co much patience; and we quitted 
 thein, as may well be conceived, long before 
 the end of the operation. 
 
 The manufaclure of potiery is not very much 
 advanced among thefe people. We faw in cheir 
 hands fome earthen velTels, which were very 
 porous, and rather Hicrhtly baked. They kept 
 in them frefli water, v.hich would foon have 
 ouzed through, had they not taken the pre- 
 caution to cover them with a coat of rofm ; con- 
 fequen'dy they can be of no fervice in drelling 
 their food. Thefe inhabitants fliewed us fome 
 of a tolerably handfom.e fliape, which they told 
 us had been brought from Fidgi. (St:e Plate: 
 XXXI. F/V. 8.j We faw them drink, one after 
 the other, out of thefe forts of Ncflels, which 
 they take care to fcrround by a net with h'.rge 
 mcHies, in order to render tlrem more portable. 
 7\s foon as they had emptied ibme of them, 
 they went and filled them in fmali holes which 
 they had diV::'^ in the ground, that the water 
 might there collcet. This water was Icarcely 
 I'.r ail brackiih, although it wa^ taken up at 
 
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 124 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 only about three hundred meters from the beach. 
 As it was neccHar/ to replace that which we 
 had expended llnce our departure from Adven- 
 ture Biy, we made in the ground, at a good 
 diftance from the fhore, a hole upwards of a 
 meter deep, where immediately collef^ed fome 
 very drinkable v.ater. Vvc filled with it our 
 brcakept;"^^ which the natives of theclafs of the 
 touas chofe to carry on their fnoul iers into our 
 launch ; but the part of their body on which 
 refted the iron hoops of the breakers, being 
 naked, it was not long before it v/as chafed, 
 and they foon gave up this kind of work: 
 hovvcver, they v.-:llingly confented to drag the 
 breakers on a little cart v/hich we had brought 
 from Europe. The touas, to the number of 
 twelve, fano; out to m.ark the moments when it 
 v/as 'leccfiliry fr^r them to unite all their efforts 
 at once. Their num.ber fnoiLly fuelled to 
 twenty ; and at firfl: tiiey did not demand an in- 
 creafe of the recompenfe agreed on for eich 
 trit), namely, tuelve glafs beads; but a few 
 days after t.^ey fct a higher price on their la- 
 bour. Th^y affured us that no warer was tf> be 
 found on TongUaboo_, exr;cpt in the pools, or 
 ty digging a hole in the grouad as at Pangii- 
 
 riiotoo ; 
 
 * A iktle c?.'^'^, c^MTta'nin'^ abn'it ten gallon?, and g(, ucrally 
 ufcd in j, ro^i;r:Tjg ^vutcr foi' hnall vcILls, I'.
 
 motpo ; but that very good fpring water might 
 be procured at KaOy a fiiuiU iliand adjacent to 
 *Toofou. 
 
 I had not yet fccn any dog fince \vc had been 
 at theanchoraiic. An i (lander brought us one in 
 the afternoon to fell, afFuring us that its flelli 
 was very good to eat. KrAili is the appellation 
 given to this animal, which, in thefe iOands, is 
 generally fmall, of a f^iwn colour, and much 
 refem.blin^ the wolf-dco-. 
 
 Citizen Riche inform.ed us, that the aflaflin 
 whom I have before mentioned, having been 
 conveyed, the preceding night, to the weft 
 coafl of Pangaimotoo, in a boat belonging to 
 the Efperance, had hclitatcd for fometime be- 
 fore he v/ent on Ihore, and with much eurnefl- 
 nefs had afked the boat's crew that carried him, 
 which way Fecnoii had gone on returning the 
 evening preceding : at length, he determined to 
 land on the ifland, and era v led on his hands and 
 feet for upwards. Of three hundred yards along 
 the beach, before he ventured to penetrate into 
 the interior of the country. 
 
 Quite clofe to the market, whither the na- 
 tives came and broug-ht us their commodities, 
 we perceived a woman of cxtraordinar;, crnbon- 
 point, at icaPt iifcy years of age, ic>unJ whom 
 the natives formed a very nuip.cioui circle: 
 
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 126 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fome paid her, in our prefence, marks of re- 
 fpeft, by taking her right foot, and placing it 
 on their head, after having made a low bow j 
 others came and touched with their right hand 
 the fole of her right foot. Several chiefs, whom 
 we knew, alfop^id her other marks of deference. 
 Wc were informed that ilie v/as Queen Tineh 
 Her hair, cut about two thirds of a decimeter 
 in length, was, as wtH as part of her forehead, 
 covered vith a reddilh powder. 
 
 After having expreifed a wifh to go on board 
 of the Recherche to fee the com.mander of the 
 expedition, flie afked us to accompany her, 
 and immediately embarked to go thither with 
 part of her court. She gave fcveral very hand- 
 fomc mats, a hog, and fome yams, to Admiral 
 D'Enti-ecallcaux, who m.ade her a prefent of 
 ditfcrtnt pieces of cloths, on which ^v.o: feemed 
 to fer a great value. 
 
 Wiiliing to know what fenfations the founds 
 of the voice, accompanied by the violin and 
 the German guitar, would produce on thefe peo- 
 ple, \\c remarked with pleifure that this mufic 
 was agreeable to them; l.iit a few tunes played 
 on a bird-organ, ootained plaudits flill more 
 exprellive. 
 
 Queen Tiarh, wifliing not to be behind hand 
 with us, ordered fcUiC young girls ot her fuite 
 
 tp
 
 0^ XA PEROUSE* J27 
 
 to fing. One of the prettiefl: immediately rofe 
 up, and foon gained our applaufe : yet Ihe fang 
 nothing but 
 
 
 aJ>ou lelley ; apou hlley ; apou lellcy apon hllrj , 
 
 which fhe repeated for at leafl half an hour j 
 but Ihe difplaycd fo much grace in the motions" 
 with which flie accompanied this air, that we 
 were forry (lie left off fo foon. Her arms were 
 brought forward, one after the other, and fol- 
 lowed the time, while llie raifcd her feet, fland- 
 ing, however, always in the fame place: each 
 divifion of the time was marked with the fore- 
 finger ; this Hie ftruck on the middle-finger,, 
 which flie kept extended by the thumb; and 
 fometimes the thumb was carried againft the 
 middle-finger and the fore-finger. The charms 
 of thefe motions were particularly owing to the 
 beautiful fliape of the hands and arms, {o com- 
 mon among thefe people, and of which this 
 young girl afforded a very flriking example. 
 Two other young girls then repeated the fame 
 tune, which they fang in parts, the one conflantly 
 a fifth under the other, and feveralmen rofe up to 
 dancetothefoundoftheir melodious voices: they 
 beat time, by motions analoo-ous to thofe of the
 
 ];28 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 young girls, firft with their feet, and often by 
 putting one of their hands on the oppciite arm. 
 
 We took the words of this tune apou lelley, 
 (agreeable evening) foracomplimentonthcpart 
 ofthcfeiflanders, who were congratulating them- 
 felves on fpending the evening in cur company. 
 
 The Q;^:cen tafted the different dilhes which 
 Ave offeree! her; but flie gave a decided pre- 
 ference to bananas preferved in fugar. Our 
 fteward fl:ood behind her, and was waiting for 
 the moment to take away; but flic faved him 
 the trouble, by keeping for herfelf the plate 
 and the napkin. 
 
 Tineh was very tenacious of the honours which 
 the chiefs did not dare to refufe her when they 
 met her; accordingly fome avoided being in 
 her prefence. Fcenoii, and the King's brother 
 Toobou^ were on board, andhadjuft promifed 
 to Hay and dine v.ith us when flie came along- 
 i:xd.t; they immediately urged us not to let her 
 come upon the quarter-deck : however, flic 
 foon made her appearance there, and v/c fav/ 
 ihafe iv.o chiefs precipitarcly retreat into their 
 canoes \ f n- they would have been obliged, as, 
 feveral of the inhabitants aiiured us, to come 
 and take hold of lier right foot, and very refpecl- 
 fully incline their heads towards it, as an ac- 
 knovvledgmcnt of th^ir inferiority. This Queen 
 informed us with an air of fatisfacUon, that 
 3 ^^Z
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 129 
 
 King Toolou even was compelled to pay her 
 thefe marks of refpecft, becaufe it was from her 
 that he held his dignity. 
 
 After having told us that fhe intended to 
 live in the Ifland of Pangaimatoo as long as we 
 fhould ftay in this roadflead, fhe invited the 
 Admiral to take up his relidence on fhore, and 
 to fleep in her habitation. I do not imagine 
 that this old Queen had any other view than to 
 procure him an abode more agreeable and more 
 falubrious than that of the fhip; but the Ad- 
 miral had no opportunity of appreciating juftly 
 the motive of thefe obliging offers ; for he did 
 not accept the invitation. 
 
 One of our failors held in his hand a piece of 
 boiled fait pork, which Feogo, one of TineJfs 
 Ladies in waiting-, feemcd to lonp- to tafle : he 
 offered it to her, and ihe received it with gra- 
 titude ; bur, not daring to take the liberty to 
 eat in the prefencc of the Queen, the latter had 
 the condefcenlion to go and fit down about 
 twelve yards farther off, in order that her at- 
 tendant might be at a diftance from her; but 
 before fhe quitted her place, flie received from 
 this young girl the fame marks of refped: as 
 the other natives had already paid her in our 
 prefence. 
 
 Two hours before fun-fct, Tinch exprefTed a 
 wifli to return to the Ifland of Pangaimatoo ; 
 
 VOL. II. K and
 
 IJO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 and fhortly after departed in our barge, with 
 part of her fuite. 
 
 We knew, from Bligh's narrative, [page 174,) 
 that at the moment when he was preparing to 
 quit the ifland of Toofoa, the man whom he 
 had fent on fhore to caft off his boat's flern-fafl, 
 had been killed by an iflander. The natives of 
 TongataboS informed us, that this murder had 
 been committed by a chief named Mondoiilalo ; 
 but we could not learn the motives which had 
 led him to this excefs of barbarity : every one of 
 us was aftonifhed at the indifference with which 
 thefe people related fuch a tale. 
 
 We had already {ttv\y in the hands of the na- 
 tives, fevcral knives of Englifh manufadure. 
 Early on the morning of the 30th, F^^oa brought 
 us a blunt bayonet, which he had got from 
 Captain Cook, and which he begged us to 
 fharpen. 
 
 In the afternoon we vifited fome iflots, fitu- 
 ated at a fmall diftance from each other, be- 
 tween Tongataboo and Panga'imatoo; they are 
 connected by a flioal, which is ahnoft entirely 
 dry at low water. 
 
 At firfl we reached a fand-bank, newly rifen 
 from the bofom of the deep, and called by 
 the iflanders Inioii, on which, however, was 
 already feen a conjmcncemen: of vegetation. 
 Winding, then, to get to the fmall ifland of 
 
 Manima,
 
 OF LA PER0U3E. I3I 
 
 Manma, we were obliged to cro fs a pretty rapid 
 ftream, which, a little time before the flood 
 made, was not above two meters in depth, and 
 in which the water that flowed was the warmer 
 as it had jufl paflcd over a beach ftrongly heated 
 by the rays of the fun. We there found one of 
 the Queen's Ladies in waiting, to whom we 
 made a few prefents of glafs-beads : fhe imme- 
 diately fent for two hens, and off'ered them to 
 US; we encumbered ourfelves with this load, 
 from the apprehenfion that fhe might feel hurt 
 at our refufal. She took good care to let us 
 know that {lie did not by any means give them 
 to US by way of exchange; atfecling to repeat, 
 with an air of dignity, ika'i fokatou, and to an- 
 nounce to us, by the Word adcupe^ that fhe was 
 making us aprefent. In facl, the chiefs never 
 propofed to us to barter their efleclLS for ours ; 
 they made us prefents, and accepted every thing 
 that we offered them. 
 
 It is remarkable that thefc iflanders brought to 
 our market a great many cocks, but very feldoni 
 any hens : they prefcrved them, to make them 
 breed ; accordingly they fold us very few eggs. 
 
 The two hens that we had to carry away, had 
 been caught in our prcfence with the fame fort 
 of net which we had already fecn call in the 
 open roadilead to catch lifli, 
 
 K 2 The
 
 132 
 
 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 The liland of Manima affords a foil little cul- 
 tivated : however, we favv there a few planta- 
 tions of yams, cocoa-palms and plantain-trees. 
 
 After having crolTed a channel as Ihallow as 
 the former, we arrived at Oneata. Wifhing to 
 examine the infide of a habitation conftructed 
 in a workman-like ftyle, we were greatly fur- 
 prifed to fee a chief, who, very gravely feated 
 in the middle of his houfe, was permitting an 
 individual belonging to our fliip to enjoy the 
 lall favour of one of the prettied girls in the 
 ifland. He offered us fome cocoa-nuts, and at 
 the fame time apprizing us, that he could not 
 let us drink their juice in the inlide of his 
 dwelling. We could never have imagined that 
 this witnefs of the exhibition, which we had juft 
 interrupted in his own houfe, would have been fo 
 intolerant towards perfons who came there only 
 to quench their thirft : however, we made a 
 point not to contradid: him. 
 
 In the mean time two natives arrived, hold- 
 ing in their hands fome open and very ripe 
 cocoa-nutSj with which we faw them prepare a 
 dilli that they appeared to relifh exceedingly. 
 By means of fliells fixed into wooden handles, 
 they fcoopedout the kernels, whichthey bruifed 
 with a very hot fioiic, in order to reduce them 
 to the form of a pulp, to which they gave the 
 
 confiftence
 
 OF LA PEROUSK, l^J, 
 
 confiflenrc of a pudding, firfl: mixinoj with it 
 fome l-rcad-fiuif jccrrtly boiled; they then 
 fcinied it into balls, which they ate in:ime- 
 diately. 
 
 We obfcrvcd, under a laig;e fhed, a double 
 canoe, twelve meters long, which the native.^ 
 had put there to be fhcltered from the incle- 
 mency of the weather. 
 
 We were pretty near the fmall illand called 
 Nougoii-noiigGii, when fome inhabitants pointed 
 out to us, under the name o^ Ivlackaha, an iflot 
 very near to Panga'iniatoo. We proceeded to- 
 wards this laft mentioned ifiand ; and as the 
 tide was comino; in, we were obliged, in order 
 to get there, to walk into the water up to our 
 middle. Prefently we arrived at the place 
 where the Queen regularly held her court; it 
 was at a fmall difla ice from our market, under 
 the fhadeof a very tufted bread-fruit tree. She 
 was there giving a vocal concert, in which 
 Fiittafaihe fang and beat iixwt^ which all the 
 muiicians followed with the o;reateft cxacl- 
 ncf'". Some performed their part in it, by ac- 
 companying, with different modulations, the 
 fimple mielodv of the others. \ v e now and then 
 remarked fome difcordant notes, wirh which, 
 however, the car of thefe people fecmed very 
 Duich gratified. 
 
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 134 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 During this concert, we faw arrive a great 
 number of iflanders, each carrying on the 
 ihoulder a long (tick, at the ends of which were 
 fufpendcd yams and fifh : of thefe they imme- 
 diately formed the bafeof a quadrangular pyra- 
 mid, which they raifed to nearly two meters. 
 This prefent was deftined for Admiral D'En- 
 trecafteaux, to whom Tinch was giving an en- 
 tertainment. She apprized us of the danger 
 that we incurred by walking alone in the ifland 
 towards the clofe of the day, afTuring us that 
 robbers might avail themfelves of the darknefs 
 of the night to aflault us with their clubs, and 
 plunder us. 
 
 The Admiral fet out, on the 31 ft, at fix 
 o'clock in the morning, to comply with the 
 invitation of King T'(9<:'/'o;/, who propofcd to give 
 him an entertainment in the Ifland of Tonga- 
 taboo, We accompanied him, with almoft all 
 the officers of our expedition, and a detachment 
 well armed. 
 
 Some natives, who followed us in their 
 canoes, made us for a time keep along the coaft 
 to the weflward, in order to conduct us to a 
 place where they told us that we fhould find a 
 y:vi-d.x number of the in::abitants affembled with 
 fcvcral of their chiefs. As foon as we wereiir- 
 r:vcd, Freiioii advanced to receive the Admiral, 
 
 and
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 13^ 
 
 and accompanied him to the middle of a great 
 concourfe of iflanders, over whom Onidlai pre- 
 fided : this chief invited us to fit down on his 
 left, after having ordered the natives to range 
 themfelves in a circle round him. We refled 
 ourfelves a moment on foir.e mats fpread on the 
 ground, under the maue of leverrd trees of r^r- 
 bera manghas and oi kernandia ovigcra, the fruit 
 of which thefe people ufe as an ornament. 
 Shortly after, we went to vilit a very lofty ihed, 
 that ferved to flielter a war canoe five and 
 tv.enty meters long, the infide of which was 
 frrengthened by fome very flout knees placed at 
 about the diftance of a meter from each other. 
 FeenoUy after having made us admire the con- 
 ftruclion of this double canoe, told us that he 
 had taken it in a battle which he had fought 
 with the inhabitants of F'idgi. 
 
 In advancing to the weftward, we went over 
 a vafl enclofure formed by palifadcs, the flakes 
 of which, placed obliquely, were pretty clofe 
 to each other, and in the middle of w hich grew 
 the bread-fruit tree, the plantain-tree, the fan 
 palm, coryth.i umhraculifcva, &c. Farther on, 
 we found, within a fence not near fo extenfive, 
 a fmall hut, of a conical form, in which we 
 learnt were depofited the remains of a chief 
 lately dead ; an J we v. ere alfo informed that it 
 was forbidden to enter it. 
 
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 136 VOYAQE IN SEARCH 
 
 We then walked, for near a quarter of an 
 hour, along a narrow road lined with palifades 
 on both fides: we followed it as far as a very 
 large lawn, v/here King Toobou was fhortly to 
 make his appearance. (See Plate XXFI.) 
 
 We were invited by Omalai to enjoy the air 
 under a fhed, which exhibited nearly the form 
 of a demi-oval, of the breadth of five meters, 
 by twelve in length, and the roof of which, 
 raifed about five meters and a half, was covered 
 with leaves of vacona that rendered it imper- 
 vious to the heavieft rains:- it was fupported by 
 ten polls, and came down with a flope to 
 within about two-thirds of a meter above the 
 ground, on which were fpread fome very fine 
 mats. This place was about two decimeters 
 more elevated than the furrounding ground, 
 v.'hich fee u red it from inundations. 
 
 At length 'Toobou arrived, with two of his 
 daughters : they had fprcad on their hair a 
 great quantity of cocoa-nut oil ; and they each 
 wore a necklace, made with the pretty feeds of 
 the abrus prcditorius. 
 
 The i (landers form.cd on every fide a great 
 concourfc; we reckoned that they were at leafl 
 four thoufan;! in number. 
 
 The place of honour, no doubt, was on the 
 
 left of the King; for he invited the Admiral to 
 
 fit there. The latrei- immediately ordered to be 
 
 2 brought
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 13^ 
 
 brought the prefents intended for Toohou, who 
 expreffed his acknowledgments in the warmed 
 terms ; but, of all that was offered to him, no- 
 thing fo much excited the admiration of this 
 numerous alfembly, as a piece of crimfon da- 
 mafk, the glaring colour of which made them 
 exclaim on all fides, Eho! eho! which they re- 
 peated for a long time, teftifying the greatefl 
 fiirprife: they uttered the fame exclamation 
 when we opened out a few pieces of ribbon, in 
 which red was the prevailing colour. The Ad- 
 miral then gave 7'oobou a Ihe-goat big with kid, 
 a he-goat, and two rabbits, a male and female; 
 the King promifed to take the greateft care of 
 them, and to let them propagate in his ifland. 
 
 Omalai^ who Toohou told us was his fon, 
 aifo received a few prefents from the Admiral ; 
 as did feveral other chiefs. 
 
 We had, on our right, towards the north-eaft, 
 thirteen muficians, who, feated in the fliadc of 
 a bread-fruit tree loaded with a prodigious 
 quantity of fruit, fang together in parts. Four 
 of them held in their hand a bamboo, from a 
 meter to a m.eter and a half in length, with 
 which they ftruck the ground in order to beat 
 time ; the longefl: of thefe bamboos fometimes 
 ferving to murk all the divifions. Thefe in- 
 flruments gave founds fomewhat fimilar to thofe 
 ot the tambourine; and there was the following 
 
 proportion
 
 138 VOYAGE IN SFARClf* 
 
 proportion between them : the two niiddle-fized 
 bamboos were in unifon ; the Ion[';cfl: was a note 
 and a half lower; and the fhortell, two notes 
 and a half higher. The mufician who fang the 
 counter-tenor, made himfelf heard much above 
 the others, although his voice was rather hoarfe ; 
 heaccompg.nied himfelf, at the fame time, by 
 f^riking, with two little cafuarina fticks, on 
 a bamboo fix meters long, and fplit longitudi- 
 nally. Three muficians, placed before the 
 others, flrove alfo to explain the fubjecl of their 
 fong by geflures, which they had no doubt 
 perfe(5lly ftudicd, for they repeated them to- 
 gether, and in the fame manner. From time 
 to time they turned towards the King, making 
 with their arms motions which were not alto- 
 gether devoid of grace ; at other times they 
 inclined their head fuddenly againfl their breaft, 
 and fhook it repeatedly, &;c. <Scc. 
 
 During thefe tranfaclions, Toobou offered the 
 Admiral fome pieces of cloth, made of the bark 
 of the paper-mulberry ; and he had them opened 
 out with a great deal of oftentation, in order to 
 let us know the full value of his prefent. 
 
 The one of his miniflcrs who was feared on 
 his right, ordered the kazui to be prepared : and 
 prcfenrly was brough.t full a woovien veiTel of 
 an oval Pnape, the length of wliich was a me- 
 ter. (Sec Plate XXXI. Fig. 9.; 
 
 The
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 139 
 
 The mulicians had doubtlefs referved for this 
 moment their fined pieces; for at every paufc 
 they made, we heard from all quarters a fliout 
 of, Mali! mail I and the reiterated plaudits of 
 thefe inhabitants fhewed us that this mufic made 
 on them a very ftriking and very agreeable im- 
 preirion. 
 
 The kava was then diflributed to the different 
 chiefs by him who had given orders for pre- 
 paring it. He had it carried to them in cups, 
 which were made on the fpot with plantain 
 leaves ; and every time that he offered one of 
 thefe, he pronounced, in a pretty loud voice, 
 the name of the perfon for whom he intended 
 it. He ordered Feenou to be ferved the firff, fay- 
 ing, Maye maa Feenou ; he did the fame towards 
 the other chiefs, who all bore names which we 
 pronounced very ealily : perhaps it may not be 
 altogether unintereftmg to the reader to know 
 fome of them Nufatoa, Fejcy Mofi^ Famouna, 
 Fatouniou?:,:, cS:c. 
 
 It was no doubt neceffary that feveral of the 
 chiefs fi:ou!d judge of the goodnefs of this liquor 
 before the King tailed it ; for he was pre- 
 fented only with the fourth cup. None was 
 prefented to his daughters; and indeed, it always 
 pppeared to us that this liquor was entirely re- 
 ferved for the men. 
 
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 140 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Notvvithftanding the prefenceof the Admiral, 
 it was not long before the King fell ;ifleep, and 
 fnored very loud, being feared w^th h.s lers 
 acrofs, and having his head hanging ^1o\vn quire 
 clofe to his knees. As foon as he awcikCj tve 
 fhewed him a draving reprefenting a cow ; and 
 afked him if that which had been given by Cook 
 to King Poulaho had bred. He perfedlly recoI.> 
 ledted this quadruped, which he called hoakka 
 Tootee ; and told us that there vvere forne at Ha- 
 paee, but none at Tongataboo. Yet federal na- 
 tives alTured us, at the fame time, imitating to- 
 lerably well the lowing of thofe anim.als, that 
 there were fome at Tongataboo ; but manv others 
 contradicted this fact, fo thaf we were not able 
 to learn what are become oi the bull and the 
 cow which Captain Cook ha.i left on this ifland. 
 It was the fame with refpecl to the horfe and 
 the mare which he had given to Fcenou. Per- 
 haps they were afraid that we Ihould afk them 
 for fome of thefe quadrupeds. 
 
 We quitted the aifembly, to proceed to the 
 eaftward, afcending a gentle acclivity : at fir (l 
 we followed roads lined with palifades; thefe 
 we foon left, in order to crofs fields of yams 
 which were in full bearing: farther on, the 
 ground, which was newly turned up, exhibited 
 every appearance of fertility. 
 
 Prefently
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 14! 
 
 Prefently we reached the top of a little hill, 
 in a charming fpor, where the inhabitants had 
 formed, with palifades, and fome flirubs cut 
 with art, a fort of rotunda four meters broad, 
 under which were ftill to be feen the remains of 
 the roots of the kava pepper-tree that they 
 had chevvn. It was furrounded by twenty-four 
 fmall cabins, built on the borders of a circular 
 fpot, from fourteen to fifteen meters in extent: 
 all thcfe were covered with leaves of the cocoa- 
 palm interwoven with each other ; and they pre- 
 fented nearly the form of a demi-oval, two 
 meters broad by three long, and divided from 
 top to bottom by a very narrow flit, which, 
 however, was the only opening to it, but the 
 fides of which it was necefTary to pull back, 
 in order to be able to enter it. Some natives 
 who had followed us, informed us that the King 
 often came to drink kava in this place, with 
 feveral chiefs of the ifland; and that after- 
 wards every one went and Oept in thefe huts. 
 
 On returning towards the place of the en- 
 tertainment, we went along the circumference 
 of the largefl: circle formed by the inhabitants, 
 in the mid ft of whom we remarked feveral 
 wives of eguis. T'Uttafaihe'i, from her beauty, 
 attradled almoft every eye; but flie took care to 
 hint to her admirers, froni time to time, that it 
 was her duty to remain faithful to her hufband. 
 
 This
 
 142 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 This is the manner in which {he expreffed her- 
 {qU !aI>ou mitzi mitzi. Thefe terms are rather 
 too ingenuous for me to venture to give a lite- 
 ral tranflation of them, as may be feen in rhe 
 vocabulary of the language of the Friendly 
 Iflands, inferted towards the end of this volume. 
 We remarked, in the poirefTion of a woman 
 who appeared to enjoy a certain degree of con- 
 fequence, a fort of mat, nearly two thirds of a 
 meter fquare, woven with white hair of a horfe's 
 rail : perhaps it belonged to thofe horfes which 
 Cook had left on this ifland ; but Ihe would not 
 fatisfy our curiolity in this refpedt. 
 
 The King had commanded his fubjecfls to 
 bring the prefents which he intended for the 
 Admiral. From half pad ten o'clock we faw 
 arriving, at intervals, a great many iflanders, 
 each of whom carried on his fliouldcr a bam- 
 boo two meters long, at the extremities of 
 which were fufpended fome rather fmall fiflies 
 of t\\t fcanis and cbcvtodon genera, moft of them 
 dreffed, and wrapped up in leaflets of the cocoa- 
 palm ; others brought bread-fruit, yams, &c.; 
 and they prcfcntly raifed, by croffing their bam- 
 boos, two portions of triangular pyramids, one 
 two meters high, and the other only one meter. 
 The raw fiihes already began to fpread a very 
 tainted fmell. 
 About one o'clock Toohou went away without 
 
 faying
 
 OF LA PEROUSn. I43 
 
 faying a word to any perfon. We then quitted 
 the afTembly / and \\c were acconnpanied to the 
 place of our landing by Feeiioti and Omalai^ who 
 caufed to be brought us a whole hog newly 
 drefled, with fonie fifh, yams and bread-fruit, 
 inviting us to fit down to make our meal; but 
 their hog was not above half done, according 
 to the cuftom of thefe people, for which rca- 
 i^on we preferred going on board to dinner. 
 
 They immediately begged us to accept thefe 
 different diflies, which they direc9:ed to be 
 carried into our launch; while other natives, 
 executing the orders of Tcobou, filled it with 
 the eatables which they had juft taken from the 
 j)}ramids erecled for the Admiral. In a little 
 time every thing was ready for our departure. 
 
 Our boats having been forced to put off frctn 
 the fliore, on account of the tide being out, 
 we could not reach them without cronincr a bank 
 of coral, nhich v/as covered with Mater for a 
 fpace of upwards of three hundred yards; but 
 we found fevera! very obliging native's, who, 
 not wilhing to let us v/et ourfclves, carried us 
 as far as fome rocks even with the water's edge, 
 againll which others came with their canoes to 
 convey us into our boats. 
 
 Our bearers appeared very well fatisfied with 
 f.he articles wc gave them as a reward for 
 
 their
 
 144 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 their trouble ; but, in this fhort palTage, fome 
 other natives turned us to better account, by 
 flipping foftly behind us, and robbing us 
 quite at their eafe, while the former were car- 
 rying us on their backs : thefe thieves, how- 
 ever, were not equally fuccefsful ; for we pur- 
 fued fome of them, whom we forced to reftore 
 what they had jufl taken. 
 
 As foon as we had arrived on board, the com- 
 manding officer informed us that, during our 
 abfence, he had given orders for flopping an 
 iflander, at the moment when he was carrying 
 away feveral articles of hardware which he had 
 flolen in the between- decks; and that Fnttafaihe^ 
 difapproving the robberies which the natives 
 daily committed on us, had, with apparent fin- 
 cerity, declared aloud that this man mufl be 
 punifhed with death : but it was foon perceiv- 
 ed that this was only a feint on the part of the 
 chief; for, no fooner was the thief ftruck with 
 a rope's end, than he interceded for his p^irdon, 
 which he did not obtain ; and as the number of 
 ftrokes which the fellow was to receive had been 
 fixed at five and twenty, and which were actu- 
 ally inflidled on him, Fiitlafaihe feemed to be 
 extremely afl'ecfted. 
 
 Early in the morning of the ifl of April, we 
 had a viflt from Tonga^ who accompanied Too- 
 
 bou.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I45 
 
 holly his father, and brother to the King. They 
 both took pjreat p;:iin.s to explain to us all the 
 dignities of their family. 
 
 'Tonga pave us repeated proofs of a quick 
 underllanding, and particularly when we fhew- 
 ed him a chart of . the Friendly Iflands, drawn 
 by Captain Cook. At firft he caft a hafty glance 
 at this Archipelago; then, flopping at Tonga- 
 taboo, he made us remark that there had been 
 laid down feveral reefs which did not exift ; 
 and told us that we fhould find, to the north- 
 well, a palTage, by which it would be very eafy 
 to gain the open fea with our ihips. This in- 
 formation wiis the more ufeful to us, as we in- 
 tended going out of this road (lead by the nar- 
 row channel which had ferved us as an entrance, 
 where no doubt we fnould have had to ftruggle 
 againfi the reigning v/inds, while with the fame 
 winds we had every facility of failing out by 
 this new channel. Tov^rj,^ offered to make us 
 acquainted v. iih it, and Vvillingly confented to 
 pafs the nig::t on I)o:ird, in order to conducft 
 thither, the next morning at day-break, Citi- 
 zen Beaupre, our geographical engineer, who 
 was to afccrtain its liLuation. 
 
 In an excurfion which we made to the coun- 
 try the moft contiguous to our anchora^^^c, we 
 remarked, in the middle of a group of natives, 
 a yoimg girl, wlio had all the chara:lers of an 
 
 VOL. II. L Albino.
 
 146 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Albino. She was, in other rerpe(fts, of a very 
 lickly complexion, as mofl commonly happens 
 in fuch cafes, becaufe it proceeds from a ftate 
 of difeafe. 
 
 On the 2d, in the morning, having furprifed 
 fome natives who were paddling away towards 
 the coaft of Tongataboo, with fome articles 
 which they had juft carried off from our fhip, 
 the commanding officer had them purfued by 
 our people, when one of them, who had caufed 
 himfelf to be announced as a chief, faid that 
 he would punifh them himfelf, and that he 
 would, the very next day, bring us the ar- 
 ticles which had been ftolen ; but it appeared 
 to us that he was in league with thefe thieves, 
 for he took very good care not to return on 
 board. 
 
 When we v/ent on fhorc, OmaJai accompa- 
 nied us, and greatly admired the rudder of our 
 launch : he would fleer the boat himfelf; and 
 this he did with much judgment. Thefe peo- 
 ple make ufe only of paddles to fteer their ca- 
 noes. 
 
 Cocoa-nut oil forms a part of the toilet 
 of the women, after it has been perfumed by 
 a fmall feed which thefe iflanders call langa 
 kali, and which they gather on the idand of 
 Tongataboo: on examining it, we faw that it 
 was mixed with pounded cocoa-nut fliells, 
 
 which,
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I47 
 
 which, in their language, they call moii. Having 
 fpread them on mats, they expofe them to the 
 fun to dry, before they exprefs from them the 
 oil, with which the women greafe the upper 
 parts of their body, no doubt in order to nou- 
 rifli the foftnefs of their Ikin, and to prevent 
 too copious a perfpiration. They keep it in 
 the fruit of the melodinus fcandens, having 
 previoudy taken out the feeds. When we pur- 
 chafed any of thefe little phials (one of which 
 may be (c^w in Plate XXXI. Fig. i4.)> ^^^ ^"t.'- 
 quently threw away the oil which they contain- 
 ed, for fear chat it fliould be fpilt in our 
 pockets ; but the women feeing with regret 
 that we v.alled this liquor, on which they fen a 
 great value, generally advanced in order to re- 
 ceive it on their heads; then, with their hands, 
 they fpread irover their fnoulders and arms. 
 
 The natives had already fold us a great num- 
 ber of clubs of various fliapes, and made in a 
 workman- like manner, as m.ay be {t'^m in Plate 
 XXXIII. ^^'e faw fevcral who v/ere employ- 
 ed in carving others with fhark's teeth fixed 
 into the extremity of a piece of wood. (See 
 Plate XXX I J. Fig. 23.^ We were afionidacd to 
 fee them quickly notch, with this fort of chifel, 
 cafiiarhid wood, notwithflanding its extreUiC 
 hardnefi. Others already ufedwith much dex- 
 terity foine of the iron inftrumcnts which v,e 
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 148 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 had given them. All thcfe workmen had, in a 
 fmall bag made of mat, pumice-ftones, with 
 which they poliflied their articles. 
 
 I remarked feveral cotton-trees, of the fpe- 
 cies called go(Jypium religiofum, which grew in 
 uncultivated places ; and I faw with furprife, 
 that thefe people do not employ in any of their 
 maniifadturcs the fine cotton which they might 
 obtain from it in abundance. 
 
 About nine o'clock at night, we perceived a 
 canoe quite clofe to the buoy of one of our an- 
 chors. Fearing that Hie would cut the buoy- 
 rope, we fent one of our boats in chafe of her: 
 fcarcely had the boat put off, before we heard 
 fomebody fall over-board : immediately every 
 one ran to help hini ; but feeing a perfon fwim- 
 ming away from the fliip without choofing to 
 fpeak a fingle word, we no longer doubted that 
 it was a thief who was making off with foriie 
 of our effeeils. I-Ie was immedintely purfued, 
 and he fe\eral times efcapcd from our boar's 
 crew by diving; at lafi: they fucceeded in catch- 
 ing him, but not till they had wounded him in 
 the thighs with a boat-hook which they had 
 made ufc of to flop him. As foon as he was 
 brought on board, he was fecured on deck, 
 where he pafied the night, lie confeffed, that, 
 having ffolen feveral articles from our bifcayan, 
 lie had carried them into the canoe, which was 
 
 Ifiil
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I49 
 
 dill waiting for him near our buoy, and which 
 quickly made off. Half an hour after, we 
 thought that we jQiw her again approaching 
 flowly aflern of our fliip, to look for the iflander 
 whom we had jufl laid hold of. Inllantly our 
 yaw 1 rowed after her as hard as the men could 
 pullj and, having come up with her, they found 
 in her only one native and two paddles : but it 
 was foon perceived that ilie had brought us ano- 
 ther thief; the latter had lurked about thefliip 
 till the arrival of another canoe, which was 
 come to take him out, in order to carry him on 
 fhore. As foon as this canoe was perceived, 
 fhe was chafed ; but the natives who were in 
 her paddled with fo much ftrength, that it was 
 impofTible to overtake them. 
 
 Citizen Beauprc returned about three o'clock 
 in the morning with ^ovga, after having dif- 
 covered, to the north-weft, the paHage which 
 this iflander had defcribed to us. They had 
 ranged very clofe along Attataa, which they 
 had left on their larboard hand on quitting our 
 anchorage. The chief of this little iiland, 
 named Repay had been to meet them, and had 
 given them a very good recej)tion. He came 
 to fee us in thie moniing, and inquired after 
 Caprain Cook, who, he told us, was iiis friend; 
 but he was unable to relirain his rear.^ on Icarn- 
 in>r his death ; and he drew from hii gir^ile a 
 
 L X fliark's
 
 1^0 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fliark's tooth, with which he was going to tear 
 his cheeks in order to exprefs the violence of 
 his grief, if v/e had not prevented him. 
 
 Phyfic is pradifed among thefe iflanders with 
 a myfterious ceremony. One of our people, 
 who was accompanying us along the beach, 
 having put his wrift out of joint in making an 
 effort, a native offered to relieve him, and very 
 foon fuccecded in fetting it: but at the fame 
 time he blew on it repeatedly, wifhing no doubt 
 hat we fnould attribute to his blowing the 
 cure which he had juft pertonvicd. 
 
 We faw on the fea-fhore fe verai natives em- 
 ployed in fquaring fome large calcareous ftones, 
 which we were tol4 were to ferve for erecting 
 the burial-place of a chief, one of Futtafaihe's re- 
 lations. They carried them away, after having 
 detached thefn by breaking them with a volca- 
 nic flint, which they had taken the precaution, 
 to furround near the middle with pieces of mat, 
 in order to prevent the fplinters of the ftones 
 from flying in their eyes. Thefe ftones were 
 almoll at the furfice of the earth, and difpofed 
 in flrata a decimeter in thicknefs. 
 
 We had before remarked among thefe peo- 
 ple a game v.hich they call Icagiii, and which 
 requires a confidcrable degree of attention. It 
 is [dayed by two pcrfons, and confilis in one of 
 ihcni endeavouring to repeat inflantaneoufly the 
 
 ligns
 
 or LA PEROUSE. I5I 
 
 figns made by the other, and the former after- 
 wards in his turn makes figns, which the latter 
 tries to repeat in the like manner. We faw 
 two of them in the midfl: of a group at a fliort 
 diilance from our market, who difplayed fo 
 much quicknefs at this fort of exercife, that 
 our eyes could fcarcely follow their motions. 
 
 Citizen Legrand, who had been fent the day 
 before from the Efperance, to endeavour to dif- 
 cover fome outlets to leeward, returned in the 
 evening, after having explored two towards the 
 north. 
 
 On the 4th, I fet out early in the morning, 
 with all the other naturalifts belonging to the 
 expedition, to go to the Idand of Tongataboo. 
 Some of the natives would carry us thither in 
 their little canoes ; but moft of us, not trim- 
 ming them properly, overfet thefe ticklifh 
 boats at the moment of our departure : we 
 then rcfolved to go on board their double 
 canoes, which they managed with (kill. The 
 maft was ftcpped in the canoe that was to lee- 
 ward ; they hoiiled their fail, and foon put us 
 on ffiore. 
 
 We were obliged to debark upwards of fix 
 hundred yards from the beach, on account of 
 the flioalnefs of the water. The natives carried 
 us on Ihore on their back, and afterwards 
 ihewed us the habitation of Tocbouy the King's 
 L 4 brother.
 
 1^2 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 brother. Here we flopped : the gardener of 
 the expedition made this chief aprefent of agreat 
 number of fpecies of feeds brought from 
 Europe, principally efculent vegetables, which 
 he promifed to cultivate v.ith care. We 
 quitted him in order to penetrate into the woods, 
 where the foil was calcareous, and where we faw, 
 here and there, heaps of ;;/i7i:^?r/)or<-r, which proved 
 that the waters of the fea had remained there 
 for a long time. .We perceived upon the trees, 
 a number of large bats, of the fpecies named 
 'vefpertilio i-ampyriis^ which the inhabitants fay- 
 are very good eating. 
 
 We were in the middle of the wood, when 
 an iflandcr, who had flipped behind one of us, 
 fnatched from his hands the iron nippers in- 
 tended for taking up infecls. The thief im- 
 mediately took to his heels, and he had fcarccly 
 gone four and twenty yards, when, finding him- 
 felf very clofely purfueJ, he got behind a tree, 
 round, which he dodged feveral times, in order 
 that he m'ght not be caug'ht : however, our 
 companion fcizcd him by the clothes, and 
 thought he was on the point of recovering 
 his nippers, in^.agining thiu he iidd a good hold 
 of the fellow; but what was his furprifc, when 
 the latter untied his girdle, and left his gar- 
 m,ents in our friend's haiKls, tliathcmighit efcape 
 quickly with the at tide he had ftolen ! 
 
 We
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I53 
 
 We foon after entered the fields, where we 
 faw each individual's ground divided into fmall 
 plots, furroundcd by palifadcs, and in a high 
 ilate of cultivation. Indian kale, arum cscuien- 
 tum, grew here with vigour, among a variety of 
 other vegetables, which I have already no- 
 ticed, and which likewifc are ufcd as food by 
 thefe iflanders. 
 
 The fuear-canes which we found here, v.ere 
 planted at a great di fiance from each other, 
 under the fhade of the inocarpus edulis^ the 
 fruit of which the inhabitants eat broiled j its 
 flavour is very much like that of chefnuts. We 
 faw alfo, in the fame plots, fcveral trees of 
 liiorinda citrifjUa, loaded with ripe fruit, which 
 is in great rcqueft among the natives : they 
 brought us large quantities of ^ it for fom.e 
 days after our arrival ; but its infipid tafte 
 made us refufe it in the fequel. 
 
 Having proceeded towards the eaH:, we 
 flopped to examine two fmail hurs, erev::l:ed in 
 anenclofure of no great extent, and fliadcd by 
 forne fine fl'.adJock-trecs loaded with fruit, and 
 fcveral bcautilul cafnarina trees. The iflanders 
 told us, that here were dej^oritcd the remains of 
 tv.o chiefs of the family oi -loobou. W e lifted 
 the ri~:;it v. I'.ich formed tlie principal cnrrancc : 
 the jurface of tlie grouiid was covered with 
 \i.ndy and towards the middle ^\ e perceived 
 
 fmall
 
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 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fmall flones of different colours, difpofed in 
 the form of an oblong fquare. It was doubt- 
 lefs out of refpecH: for the dead, that none of 
 the inhabitants who followed us would venture 
 to pull thcfe fliaddocks, although we offered 
 to purchafe them ; they told us that thefe were 
 not to be fold. 
 
 In a fliort time we returned to the houfe of 
 ^'oobou, to whom we denounced the man who 
 ftole the nippers. Fie promifed to fend them 
 to us the next day, and he kept his word. This 
 chief invited us to pafs the night at his dwell- 
 ing ; but we did not accept the invitation, 
 left our abfence might cccafion uneafinefs on 
 board. 
 
 Thefe people are in the habit of caftrating 
 iheir hogs, in order to render the fiefh more 
 delicate. We faw this (jpcration performed on 
 a very young pig, which one of the iflanders 
 laid upon its back afrer having tied its feet, 
 while another opened the fcrotum with the 
 edge of a piece of bamboo, and took out the 
 tefticles, the adherent parts of which he fe-. 
 parated with all the fkill of an anaromiff. 
 
 Tochoii ordered to be fet before us, fowls 
 broiled on the coals, yams, plantains, and 
 bread-fruit roafled in the aihes ; and regaled 
 uh with cocoa-nut juice. 
 
 Three of the dauiihters of this chief came 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSE. I55 
 
 to keep us company. They talked a great deal ; 
 and although we were dying with hunger, they 
 made no fcruple of frequently interrupting us 
 by obliging us to anfwer their queflions, which 
 principally turned upon the cuftoms of the 
 French, and particularly thofe of the women. 
 As they faw our failors make love to each of 
 their country-women indifcriminately, they 
 afked us with eagerncfs, if in France the women 
 were not tahoo ; that is, if they enjoyed the 
 fame freedom as the greater part of thofe in 
 their ifland. The anfwers by which we en- 
 deavoured to make them underlland our cuf- 
 toms, tickled them exceedingly. They in- 
 formed us that the egnis (chiefsj of Tongataboo 
 had feveral wives, and afked us how many the 
 French eguis generally had ; but they burft out 
 a laughing \\ hen they learnt that ours had only 
 one. We could fcarcely perfuade them that it 
 was the fame with refpect to the eguis lais (the 
 kings) of Europe; a fa^ft which gave them no 
 high idea of their power. 
 
 Of all the articles which we prefentcd to the 
 women, fccnted waters had the preference. They 
 appeared to us as fond of perfumes as moft of 
 the inhabitants of cold climates, notwithfland- 
 ing their body v,as partly covered with cocoa- 
 nut oil, which diffufcd a difacMCcable fmell. 
 One of the prctticll girls oi this company 
 
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 156 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 had the little finger of her left hand wrapped 
 up in cloth made of paper mulberry-tree bark, 
 which was ftained with blood. We dcfired to 
 fee the wound, and immediately another reach- 
 ed down from the roof under which we were, 
 a bit of plantain-leaf, out of which flic took the 
 tw o firft joints of this young girl's little finger, 
 that had been cut off very recently, on pur- 
 pofe, as file told us, to cure a fcrious difor- 
 der. She flieued us the hatchet of volcanic 
 fione which had been employed in this opera- 
 tion, and informed us, that the operator had 
 at firil: prclTed the edge of the inftrument on the 
 extremity of the third joint of the finger, and 
 afterwards (Iruck forcibly on the hatchet with, 
 the helve of another. 
 
 This little girl foon went away; but, before 
 her departure, fiie kilTed the daughters of Too- 
 I;ou, after tlie manner of the inhabitants of the 
 rricncily Iflands, which confifts in touching, 
 with the tip of the nofe, the nofeof the perfon 
 embr;iced. It is remarkable that thefe ifinnders, 
 Mho have a great refemblancc to Europeans, 
 have ncvcrthelefs the extremity oi their nofe 
 a little flattened ; which trifling dt-forniily very 
 probably is cjcaiioned by the cuiloni I have 
 juR mentioned. 
 
 "Too-oiC'^ daugiiters changed names with us, 
 an ufage eilablillied among thefe people 
 
 to
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I57 
 
 to teftify their regard : they then played an 
 extremely monotonous duet upon bamboo 
 flutes ; but we were very much amufed to fee 
 them blow \\ ith their nofc into a hole perforat- 
 ed at the extremity of thcfe inftruments, in 
 order to make it produce founds. They prc- 
 fented us with fome combs of a very elegant 
 fliape, one of which is to be fecn in Plate 
 XXX H. Fig. 21. 
 
 The inhabitants that formed a circle round 
 us, having ftolen fevcral of our cfFecls, we 
 complained of this to Toohou'?, daughters, who 
 fliortly after quitted us without fiiying a word, 
 probably to go in fearch of their father, 
 and beg; him to out a floo to thcfe thefts : but 
 as we liad not time to wait tl'.eir return, we fct 
 out imrn-jviiatcly towards the Ifl:u"id of Pan- 
 gaimatoo. The tide being out, we ealily palfevi 
 over the Ihojis which connect the iflots with 
 the principal ilhmd. \\c fiopoed iialf-wav at 
 a habitation, where we were witnefs to the verv 
 whimlical n.anner in v, hicli a woman took her 
 meal. Seated near a pillar, and motionlefs as 
 a flatue, fhe from time to time opened her 
 mouth, to receive the bits of bread-fruit which 
 another woman put into it. 'VVe were inforn^;ed, 
 that file was not permitted to touch w itli her 
 hands any fort of food, bec.uife (lie liul within 
 a few days waflied the body of a dead chief. 
 
 3 When
 
 5' 
 
 Voyage in search 
 
 When wc arrived at Pangaimatoo, Queen 
 ^ineh, feated beneath a fhed covered with cocoa- ^ 
 nut leaves, and eredled under the fhade of fome 
 fine bread-fruit trees, was giving an entertain- 
 ment to Admiral D'Entrecafleaux. She firfl 
 ordered fome young girls of her fuite to dance, 
 which they did with infinite grace: they fang 
 at the fame time; while Futtafaihe, who was 
 ftanding, direcfled their motions, and animated 
 them with his voice andgeftures. 
 
 We had afterwards a grand concert, which 
 differed very little from that which we had 
 heard fome days before given by the King : but 
 here the expreflion of joy was much more 
 lively. 
 
 The Queen was furrounded by women, while 
 a great number of men kept at a little diftance 
 oppofite to her, and formed a circle round the 
 muficians. 
 
 As foon as the women had done dancing, 
 feveral men (lood up, each holding in his hand 
 a little club, nearly in the form of a paddle, 
 which they moved about, keeping time with 
 great correcftnefs, and making a variety of mo- 
 tions with their feet. The muficians, after 
 having fung fome airs in very flow time, fang 
 others in very quick time, which gave to this 
 fort of pyrrhic dance, a degree of vivacity and 
 fpirit that excited our vvarmcfl: admiration. 
 
 2 The
 
 ei LA PEROUSK. I^Q 
 
 The fubjecl of this dance greatly awakened 
 our curiofity ; but we foon learnt that its ob- 
 jed: was to celebrate the noble feats of fome of 
 their warriors. The women, from time to time, 
 mingled their voices with thofe of the men^ 
 accompanying their fong with the mod graceful 
 motions. 
 
 One of the armourers of the Efperance was 
 a good deal furprifed to fee the iflander who 
 had ftolen his fabre among the number of thefc 
 dancers, and at a fliort diftance from Futtafaihc, 
 that chief having always alTured us that he had 
 not been able to difcover the thief: he appear- 
 ed, however, to be one of his fuite. The fellow- 
 retired precipitately as foon as he perceived that 
 he had been recoo-nifed. 
 
 o 
 
 Som.e of the iHanders had, during this time, 
 raifed a pyramid of bamboos ; to thefe they had 
 fafiened different fruits, of which Tiiidj made a 
 prcfcnt to the Admiral. 
 
 We expreffed a defire to fee fome of the in- 
 habitants practife v.rellling; but we were in- 
 form.ed that this kind of amufement was never 
 exhibited in prefence of the Queen. 
 
 This entertainment had attracted a great con- 
 courfe of the natives, among whom had Hipped, 
 in a number of thieves that grew more and 
 ^^ore impudent. They had already taken, by 
 
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 main force, from fome of us, feveral articles, 
 with which they fled into the woods. 
 
 We were afTembled together, to the number 
 of thirty, and were quenching our thirft with 
 the delicious juice of the cocoa-nuts which T/W/j 
 had prefented to the Admiral, when an iflander 
 had the audacioufnefs to fnatch a knife out of 
 the hands of one of our party : indignant at fo 
 much eiirontery, feveral ran immediately after 
 the robber, and purfued him as far as the Ifland 
 of Tongataboo ; but, feeing themfelves fur- 
 rounded by a great number of the inhabitants, 
 they quickly returned towards our anchoring- 
 place. However, the fmith of the Recherche, 
 a German by birth, thought that he muft dif- 
 playmore courage than the others, byadvancing 
 alone into the midll of thcfe iflaiidcrs. Thr 
 latter foon faced about upon him, purfued him 
 in their turn as foon. as they favr him meafure 
 back his ftcps, and would even have flruck him 
 with their clubs, liad he not kept them at bay 
 for along time, bypcMuting at the moft audaci- 
 ous a bad pillol, which he made feveral attempts 
 to fire : being no more than about fcven hun- 
 dred uK^ters diilance from the iliips, he was 
 thinking himfclf entirely fecurc from every 
 attempt on their part, when one of them fplit 
 his feuU with a fcrokc of liis club, Vv hile another 
 
 threw
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, l6l 
 
 threw a dart at his back; they then fell upon 
 him in great numbers, and beat him till they 
 imagined he was dead. One of them had at- 
 tempted feveral times to fhoot him with the 
 piftol which he had laid hold of, but fortunately 
 the priming had fallen out. They were already 
 parting his clothes, when the affair was per- 
 ceived from the Efperance, whence was imme- 
 diately fired a gun, the fliot from which pafTcd 
 very near the afTafTms, and quickly difperfed 
 them. Our people ran from all quarters to the 
 afHrtance of the unfortunate fmith. One 
 of the Ihip's company having advanced along 
 the beach to fuccour him, was attacked by an 
 iflander, who knocked out two of his teeth 
 with a club ; but this outrage cofl: him his 
 life, for he v,-as immediately killed by a mudvet- 
 fhot. Our fmith was very foon fet on his 
 legs ; and although he had a large aperture in 
 the left frontal Tzw^j-, and fome other very dan- 
 o-crous wounds, he ftill had the refolution to 
 walk to the boat in order to return on board, 
 being fupported only by the arm. 
 
 Several guns loaded with grapc-fliot were 
 fired, for ilic proteclionof thofe of us who were 
 on fliorc. The natives ran from all fides, af- 
 fembling in very numerous groups, in different 
 parts of the ifland; while a detachment, well 
 armed, was fcnt; to endeavour to diipcrfe them, 
 
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 l62 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 and to efcort back fuch of our people as were 
 yet up the country. 
 
 Several of the chiefs, who were afTembled near 
 our market along with fome of us, were now 
 getting up to go away ; but they complied with 
 the requcil that was made them, not to quit 
 this fpot. 
 
 We foon faw arrive from the Efperance, a 
 launch, manned and armed, commanded by 
 Trobriant, firfl lieutenant of that fhip. Know- 
 ing little of the fubject of the alarm, and 
 imagining that all the natives were difpofed to 
 fall upon us, he ordered his detachment to feizc 
 a double canoe, at the moment fhe was landing on 
 the coaft, being ignorant of the events that had 
 juft taken place. Mod of the natives who 
 v.cre in her, immediately jumped overboard; 
 but the chief, to whom (he belonged, remaining 
 on deck, Trobriant fent one of his boat's crew 
 to fecure him. This man having attempted 
 to ftrike the native with a club, the latter 
 difarmed him, and got hold of it ; they then 
 grappled with each other, and Trobriant thought 
 it ncceffary to fire upon the iflander, whom he 
 killed by a mufket-fliot. We were all very 
 much concerned at this unfortmiate accident. 
 
 y\nother iflander, who Mas witnefs to this 
 
 deed, threw himfclf into the fea from the top 
 
 of the canoe's maft, not daring to come down on 
 
 2 deck.
 
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 deck. Immediately a negro, whom we had 
 taken on board at Amboyna, purfued him with 
 a pike which he held in his hand, but fortu- 
 nately did not get at him. 
 
 The fury of thefe barbarians was not yet 
 fatiated. A foldier, by birth a German, whom 
 we had alfo taken on board at Amboyna, per- 
 ceiving the daughter of the unfortunate chief, 
 who had hid herfelf in the bottom of the canoe, 
 had already lifted his fabretocutherdown; when 
 Citizen Avignon, a gunner belonging to the 
 Recherche, held the arm of this madman. He 
 threw himfelf between the foldier and the 
 poor girl, whofe mother was net long in reach- 
 ing the beach, all in tears for the lofs of her 
 hufband. The young girl wept loudly for her 
 father, and Vve fav/ her ilrike herfelf violently 
 on the cheek and the bread with her fiif. 
 
 We retained, as hofbages, the fon of the 
 King, and Titifa, chief of the Ifiand of Pangai- 
 matoo ; but we remarked, with great concern, 
 the dejec^lion into which this detention threw 
 the King's fon, whom v/e had often feen com- 
 mand, with fo much haughtinefs, his father's 
 fubjefts : he repeated frequently that he was 
 our friend, nnd was defirous of foUovving us to 
 France, Tilifa^ on the contrary, did not betray 
 the fmallefl: fear. 
 
 Thefe two chiefs palTcd the night in the great 
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 164 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 cabin of the Recherche. They had each brought 
 with them a wooden pillow, of the form of 
 that reprefented in Plate XXXIII. Fig. 35; on 
 which, v/hen they had Iain down, they reded the 
 back of their head, according to the cuftom of 
 thefe people ; and this is undoubtedly the caufe 
 of the very evident flatnefs that is there obferv- 
 able. 
 
 During the night, we perceived, on the 
 north coafl of Tongataboo, a greater number of 
 fires than we had before feen. 
 
 Next morning, the 5th, at day-break, we 
 were waked by the piercing fhrieks of two 
 women, who were weeping as they condudled 
 their canoe round our fliip. They fhriekcd al- 
 ternately, one after the other, no doubt that 
 their voices mifiht be diftino-uifhed : and in- 
 deed l^itifa inftantly recognifed them : they 
 were his wife and daughter, who, in all the 
 agony of grief, were ftriking their cheeks and 
 breaft with their fills. He immediately ran 
 upon deck : he did not, however, fucceed in 
 quieting them till after he had given them an 
 account of the good treatment which he had 
 experienced on board ; but they were tranf- 
 ported with joy when he informed them that he 
 fliould foon return on friore. Very fliorcly after, 
 he o;ot into our launch with the fon of Kins; 
 Toohuy and we carried them both to the lOand 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSE. 165 
 
 of Pangai'matoo. The wife and (faughter of 
 Titifa followed us in their canoe^ when, going 
 quite clofe to the Efpcrance, a mufketoon wen; 
 off of its own accord, and the ball pafTed through 
 the bottom of their fkiff : they were then ob- 
 liged to quit her, becaufe (he was finking. Wc 
 received them into our boat, and teflified to 
 them how much we were concerned at this ac- 
 cident; but they foon forgot the danger they 
 had run. They were near Titifa, and thought 
 only of the pleafure of feeing him at liberty. 
 We made them a prefent of fome articles of 
 hardware, among which a hatchet occafioned 
 them infinite fatisfadion. Titifa told us that 
 it would enable him to condruci another canoe, 
 and that he would very foon repair the lofs he 
 had juft fuflained. 
 
 When we landed on the coaft, the greater 
 part of the natives left it, in order to retire into 
 the interior of the iiland ; but Titifa perfuaded 
 them to come back, and commanded them to 
 range themfelves in a circle, which they imme- 
 diately did. The traiBc then recommenced in 
 the beft poffible order. That chief would no: 
 quit us during all this time; but Toobou's fon 
 difappeared as ioon as he had fct his foot on 
 fiiore. 
 
 It feemed to us that the chief who had been 
 
 killed the day before by Trobri^nt^ was very 
 
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 l66 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 much liked by thefe iflanders; for feveral of 
 them manifefled a great deal of concern, in be- 
 wailing his lofs. 
 
 Under the apprehenlion that they would re- 
 taliate upon us, the Admiral ordered every per- 
 fon belonging to the expedition to remain with- 
 in the inclofure where the traffic was carried on. 
 
 Our fliips were now fufficiently fupplied with 
 all the provifions that thefe iOanders could fur- 
 nifli us. As there was no longer any thing to 
 be fe:ired from the confequences of competi- 
 tion, hardware was diftributed to the fhips' 
 companies, in order that they might procure 
 ihemfelves a few articles; but the natives then 
 raifed their commodities to a very high price, 
 often tenfold that at which they fold them 
 before. 
 
 We faw in their poireflion a large iron fhark- 
 hook, which they had had the fkill to fafhion 
 like thofe which they make with bones, and 
 pieces of tortoife-fhell, mother of pearl, and 
 other animal fubftanccs, the form of which may 
 be fcen, in P/at^ XXXII, Fig. 27 and 28. The 
 line, at the end. of which they had faftcned it, 
 was doubtlefs intended for fifiiing in deep 
 water; for they had fixed to it a pretty large 
 piece of alabafler, cut in the fliapc of a cone. 
 (See Plate XXXI L Pig. 25 and 26J. 
 
 Titifa^ and feveral other chiefs, were not free 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSE. 167 
 
 from inquietude refpecfling the hoflile inten- 
 tions of fome of the iflanders towards us. They 
 communicated to us their fears, and per- 
 fuaded us to return on board before the clofe of 
 the day, undoubtedly becaufe they had not fuf- 
 ficientauthority toreflraintheir vindictive fpirit. 
 
 Wc difcovered, on the approach of night, 
 tliat our rudder chains had been ftolen. 
 
 On the 6th of April, we remarked on fhore 
 a great many young girls, who had had their 
 hair cut of the length of a third of a decime- 
 ter, except a circle round the head ; they had 
 afterwards powdered it with lime, in the inten- 
 tion, as they told us, of making it turn light. 
 We faw feveral others, whofe hair was already 
 of that colour. 
 
 Moil of them were incefTantly alking us for 
 rings and glafs-beads, with which they deco- 
 rated themfelves as foon as they had received 
 th.cm. Tiiey always accompanied their requeft 
 with a gracious fmile ; and they at the fame 
 time inclined their heads, placing one of their 
 hands on their breaft, as may be i^een in Puite 
 
 XXX. Ficr. I. 
 
 o 
 
 Titifci brour{ht us fome nutmep-s, the nuts of 
 which were tolerably round, and twice as big as 
 thofe of tlic cultivated nutmeg-tree, but they 
 were not fo aromatic; their green llicll v,as 
 covered with a pretty thick down. The na- 
 M 4 rives,
 
 l68 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 tives, obferving that we had received thefe with 
 pleafure, foon brought us more. 
 
 Thefe people have invented a fort of Pan's 
 flute, which differs not from the E ropean one, 
 except in the proportion of its founds ; all the 
 tubes give full and not very extenfive notes, 
 and the higheil forms a fourth with the loweft. 
 We purchafed fever;. 1 of thefe fiiites. 
 
 I obtained from the commander of the ex- 
 pedition a place on the larboard quarter-gallery, 
 and a large box, for putting there a few young 
 bread-fruit plants, in order to enrich our anio- 
 nics v/ith fo ufeful a vesretable. Some of the na- 
 tives procured me a great number of fuckers, 
 which I planted in very good mould that they 
 brought mCj calling it keleekelee. lalfo tookfome 
 roots and flumps of this valuable tree, which I 
 buried in potter's earth, in their language, 
 owmmea, placing them horizontally. Thefe 
 ilumps were fo many flips which I purpofed 
 planting out on our arrival at the Ifle of France, 
 
 On the yth of April, Queen lineh came on 
 board at the very time when Feencu was in the 
 Admiral's cabin^ to whom he had brought as a 
 prefent a crown made of the beautiful feathers 
 of the red-fliafted tropic bird, with other very 
 fmall ones of a bright red. When he came 
 out, in order to return on fliore, he endeavour- 
 ed to cDnce?d himfelf from the fight of the 
 
 Queen j
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, I69 
 
 
 
 Queen ; but as foon as fhe perceived him, (he 
 made him approach, and prefented him her 
 right foot; he immediately took it, and put it 
 on the back of his head, making a low bow, 
 by way of Ihewing her Majefly a mark of the 
 refpecl which he owed her. He did not dare 
 to rcfufe her thefe honours; yet he appeared to 
 us to be exceedingly hurt on the occafion. The 
 Admiral had juft made him a prefent of feveral 
 iron inflruments; and we faw, with pleafure, 
 that he feemed to know the value of this metal, 
 by giving ic a very decided preference to the 
 volcanic Rones, and the bones of which the 
 greater part of the hatchets of thefe iflanders 
 are made. 
 
 We afterwards had a vifit from different 
 chiefs, v/ho repeated what feveral others had 
 already explained to us refpedling the reigning 
 family. For this purpofc they made ufe of 
 playing cards, which we procured them : firft 
 they placed them on a table, they then alFigned 
 to each the name of one of the perfons of this 
 family; and it appeared to us, as it had done to 
 Captaiii Cook, that it had a particular name, 
 that of Fnttafuihe, v"hich the fon of Poulabo at 
 prefent bears, for Poulaho's father was called 
 Faibciihntou ; the latter married a woman named 
 Fooi-ru Noiiy b}' Vvhom he had four children; 
 naniely, two boys, the one called Foa/aho, w ao 
 
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 lyO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fucceedcdhis father, and the other Tuttafaihe; 
 and two daughters, the one named Tineh^ and the 
 other Nanatchee. When Poulaho died, he left a 
 fon very young, named Futlafaihe-. the King's 
 brother then took the reins of government, but 
 he died fliortly after, and the fovereignty palT- 
 cd toTineh, his eldcfh filler ; Ihe enjoyed its ho- 
 nours, without, however, exercifing its power, 
 with which it appears that women cannot be in- 
 verted : the fupreme authority paffed into the 
 hands of a chief named Toobou, brother to Ti~ 
 rielf^ mother. This Queen had married Ovea, 
 one of the chiefs of Toufou, who had repudi- 
 ated her, after having had two fons by her, 
 namely, Vcaicou and Veatchee, 
 
 It, therefore, appears, that the fucceflion to 
 the throne palTes to the brothers and fifters be- 
 fore it devolves to the children of the princes 
 v/ho have reigned; and whenever women arc 
 inverted with the fovereignty, the excrcife of 
 authority is entrurted to one of the nearert 
 male relations of their mother, but only during 
 the life of the Queen. The family of Toohu 
 will preferve the fupreme power during the 
 reign of 7'ineh ; and Futtafaihe, fon of Poulaho^ 
 will not afcend the throne till after the death 
 of his two aunts. Ihe royal family, at this 
 time rtripped of power, did not, on that ac- 
 count, the lefs enjoy all the honours attached to 
 
 it.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I7I 
 
 It, and receive the homage of thofe even who 
 exerrifed the fovcreign authority, as we had 
 remarked on levcral occafions. 
 
 Vcuacecee, one of tie chiefs of Fldgi, had ar- 
 rived at Tongataboo a fhort time after we had 
 call anchor. He very frequently paid us a 
 vifit, and he confirmed what he had told us 
 repeatedly, that, with fouth-eaft winds it took 
 him three days to go in his double canoe, to 
 Fidgi, the fituation of which he defcribed to 
 us to be to the north-weft,- we therefore pre- 
 fumed that this ifland, which is very high land, 
 and the fertility of which he extolled tous^ was 
 about feventy-two myriameters diftant from 
 Tongataboo. This is an immenfe run for people 
 who, having no inftruments for taking obferva- 
 tions, lleer folely by the ftars as foon as they have 
 loft light of the land ; but it is ftill maich more 
 difficult to conceive how they can arrive from 
 fo great a diftancc at Tongataboo, when they 
 have to ftruggle againft the fouth-eaft winds ; 
 and they muft be very certain of their marks in 
 the heavens not to mils making the land, for 
 they are'fometimes obliged to ply to windv/ard 
 for upwards of a month. 
 
 The inliabitants of Tongataboo told us that 
 all the n:'.tivcs of Fidgi v.cre cannibals; bat 
 Vci'.Aiccee ftrove to exculpate hinifjlf from this 
 rhargCj by alfuring us that it was only people 
 
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 1^2 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 of the lovvefl clafs (the touas)^ who ate human 
 fieih; neverthelefs it appeared to us^ from what 
 we picked up from other quarters, that it was 
 likewife eaten by the chiefs: in fad, as thefe 
 people devour none but their enemies, and 
 commit this atrocity only to fatiate their fury, 
 we may believe that the natives of Tongataboo 
 did not impofe on us in afierting that at Fidgi 
 ihe'liiijjfs even were anthropophagi. 
 
 It will be io-tw no doubt with aftonifnment 
 that, notwithfranding this characler of ferocity, 
 the arts are much more advanced at Fidgi than 
 at the Friendly Iflands, where the inhabitants 
 never failed to announce to us, that the hand- 
 fom.eft articles wiiich they fold us came from 
 Fidgi; and they took care to let us know that 
 thefe articles had a very decided fuperiority to 
 thofe which they mianufadtured themfelves. 
 
 Vc.uacecee manifelied a much greater defire of 
 improving himfelf than any inhabitant of the 
 Friendly Iflands, mof. of whom v, ere induced 
 to vifit us only from views of intcrcll. He 
 examined every part of our fliip with thegreat- 
 c[l attention. This ifiandcr v.as of a very tall 
 ilature. and had a mofl decided cafi of counte- 
 i'ance. (Sec Viale XXI }(. Fig. i.) His hair, 
 in the fore part of the head, Mas poudcrcd red. 
 
 The natives of h'idgi arc frequently at v,ar 
 with thofc of Tongataboo J but as fcon as hof- 
 
 tilitics
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, 
 
 '73 
 
 tilities are at an end, there is carried on between 
 them a very confiderable trade. 
 
 The Admiral received as a prefent from Fut^ 
 tafaihe, a fmall canoe with an outrigger^ newly 
 built, which was immediately flowed near the 
 main chains. It was three meters Ions:, three 
 decimeters broad, and could carry only two 
 perfons. The canoes of this fort are decked 
 nearly a fifth of their length at each end, which is 
 fulTicient to enable to pafs in fafety among the 
 reefs ; but their double canoes, being intended 
 for navigating in the open fea, are decked fore 
 and aft, except towards the middle, where a fmall 
 aperture is rcferved for going down to bale 
 them out when any water has colle(5led below. 
 
 I faw with admiration that thefe people had 
 confultcd nature in the condruccion of tiicir 
 faft-failing canoes. The boctom pretty much 
 refenibled the lower part of one cf the cetaceous 
 ftflies, A\hJch fwims w ith the greatefl fwiftnefs, 
 darting forward by leaps to the furface of the 
 waters, the dclphinus del phis. 
 
 Kin^j; Tjoh::, havinc; learnt that we were fnortl v 
 to quit his iiland, came on the 8th to perfuade 
 us to defer our departure; and he appeared \q^j 
 much concerned at our determination to fail. 
 
 The natives thought, no doubt, th.it \\t 
 Vv-illied to lay in a great flock of bread-fruit, 
 io: they brought to our market much more than 
 
 ordinary;
 
 174 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 ordinary; but thefe fruits would have kept 
 only a very few days without rotting, unlefs wc 
 had cut them in flices and dried them, or made 
 them ferment, according to the manner of the 
 natives, much the fame as is pradifed in Europe 
 with various forts of vegetables. From the time 
 we had been at this anchorage, we had had a 
 fufficient quantity to fupply amply our daily 
 wants. We ate them withpleafurc, and relin- 
 quiflied without regret our bifcuit, and even 
 the frnall allowance of foft bread which it was 
 cuftomary to ferve out to us, although it was 
 of a good quality. We found thefe fruits far 
 preferable to yams ; however, the natives who 
 came and dined with us ate both the one and the 
 other indifcriminately. Our cook generally 
 fcnt them to table plain boiled, although they 
 would have been much better if he had taken 
 the trouble to bake them in the oven. 
 
 Thefe fruits are of a nearly oval form, three 
 decimeters in length by two in thicknefs. The 
 whole of them is eatable, except the extremely 
 thin pellicle with which they are covered, and a 
 very fmall part which lies in the centre where the 
 cells terminate ; they contain no feeds, but in 
 return they are filled v.irh a very nourifning 
 pulp, eafy of digeftion, of a moll agreeable fla- 
 vour, and Vr'hich v.e aUvays ate with a new 
 degree of fatisfaction. 
 
 During
 
 OF LA PKROUSE. 
 
 175 
 
 During eight months in the year the bread- 
 fruit tree produces fruits, which, ripening in 
 fucceflion, thus daily furnifh the iflanders with 
 a food equally wholefome and abundant. I 
 fliall not here defcribe it, becaufe a defcription 
 of it has already been publifhed by able botanifts. 
 The abortion of the feeds doubtlefs arifes 
 from the cuftom which the natives have of pro- 
 pagating it by fuckers ; and in this refped: it 
 differs particularly from the wild fpecies, the 
 fruits of which are much fmaller, fewer in num- 
 ber, and filled with large kernels, which are ra- 
 ther difficult to digeft. 
 
 The natives brought us a few pieces of fanda! 
 wood, and, to render its fmell ftronger, they 
 took care to rub it hard with a file made of 
 fhark's fkin, which may be feen in Plate XXXIL 
 Fig, 24. They told us that they got it from 
 Fidgi J accordingly they call it Hai-Fidgr. They 
 informed us that they had tried repeatedly, but 
 always in vain, to convey fome plants of it lo 
 their ifland. 
 
 The canoes which furrounded our fhips re- 
 turned on the approach of night to the neareft 
 coafl, as was generally the cafe; and our failors 
 always diverted themfelves exceedingly, v.hen 
 the young girls who had contrived to fleal into 
 the betwecn-decks, gave them notice of their 
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 176 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 longui bongui^ rniizi miizi. I niulr be excilfed 
 from giving a literal tranflation of thef; words ; 
 but it will be feen by the vocabulary of the 
 languae of the Friendly lOands, which is to be 
 found towads the end of this volume, that 
 thofe young girls were not afraid of divulging 
 what had palTed between them and our people, 
 and of promifing that they would again do 
 the fame thing the next day. 
 
 0\\ the 9th, feveral chiefs came to fee us very 
 early in the morning, and announced to the in- 
 habitants, who were already alTembled in their 
 canoes round the fliip, that we were on the point 
 of quitting their ifland; when we were very 
 much fiirprifed to fee immediately a great num- 
 ber of young girls melt into tears, at the fame 
 time uttering piercing cries. Their grief was 
 doubtlefs very poignant, but it was of no long 
 duration; for fliortly after we faw them making 
 merry with their female companions. 
 
 Futtafaihe begged us to fharpen for him two 
 hatchets which had been given to him by Cap- 
 tain Cook, and which he had got newly forged 
 on board of the Efperance. This chief was ac- 
 companied by his wife, who for a long time 
 amufed herfelf in playing with a fort of cup and 
 ball of the invention of thefe iflanders; it con- 
 fiiied in making pafs through a very fmail femi- 
 circle of lliell, a wooden ball which Ihe threw 
 
 \\\
 
 in the air, and whidi \V^as faftendd to the infliru- 
 ment by means of a Ibflg rtring." We were ad- 
 miring her dexterity' when Fut'tafaihe, mad with 
 jealoufy at feeing in her pbfleflion-fome prefents 
 which flie had received frorn an ofilicei- of our 
 ihip. treated her very harflily ; and although his 
 fufpicions were ill founded, fhe had coniidcrable 
 difficulty in undeceiving him. This chief was 
 with his fiithfr-in-law. We rriade them a few 
 prefents, and at that monient th6 fon of King 
 7oo^ arrived : they inftantly concealed them 
 in their girdle; but Toobou perceived them, and 
 prefentiy we had a frefh proof that if the royal 
 family enjoy ^ the honorary rights of fovereignty, 
 ToohoH^s family have all the profit. Tmhou, thruft 
 his hand into the girdle of thefe two chiefs, 
 and laid hold of every thing that they had juH 
 received. Futtafa'ihe had no other means of re- 
 venge than to prevent him from eating in his 
 prefence, to hinder him from fitting down be- 
 lide him, and to put his foot on his headj ac- 
 cordingly he held it out to him fhortly after, 
 ;^d Toohoii paid him all the honours due to per- 
 fons of fuperior rank. 
 
 We had feveral times feen the chiefs openly 
 take polTefTion of the property belonging to the 
 people; and we always remarl:ed, with altonifh- 
 ment, that this kind of oppreflion did not in 
 the fmalleft degree leffen the unalterable gaiety 
 
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 ryS VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 of their difpofition; when they were again af- 
 fembled, we heard them every moment break- 
 ing out into loud burfts of laughter. Their 
 government feemed to us, as it did to Captain 
 Cook, to have a great affinity to the feudal 
 fyftem. 
 
 Several natives requefted to embark with us 
 in order to go with us to France. Captain 
 Huon agreed to give a paflage on board the 
 Efperance, to Kovee, one of the Queen's fons. 
 This chief intending to prove to us that he was 
 adluated only by the pleafure of accompanying 
 us, would not receive any of the prefents which 
 we offered him. The Admiral whom he came 
 to fee reprefented to him the principal incon- 
 veniences attending long voyages ; but he Hill 
 perfifted in his refolution, and went on board 
 of the Efperance: however, juft as he was fitting 
 down to dinner, feveral of the inhabitants came 
 and perfuaded him to go on fliore, at leaff once 
 more, to fee his family before he undertook fo 
 long a voyage. He yielded to their folicitations 
 and returned no more on board. Sonie of the 
 natives informed us that he had not been able 
 to refill the tears and entreaties of nine wives 
 and a great number of children whom he was 
 going to abandon, never perhaps to fee them 
 again. He had now promifcd not to quit them. 
 Konci; had a fine countenance, but he had not the 
 2 gaiety
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. I79 
 
 gaiety of the other iflanders. Perhaps fomc 
 domeftic troubles had been one of the principal 
 caufes of the wifli which he had exprefTed of 
 leaving his country. Had he put his delign in 
 execution, he would, when like us reduced toput 
 up with wormr eaten bifcuitjhave often regretted 
 the want of tUe delicious fruits of his ifland. 
 
 In the early part of the night we let off a 
 dozen fky-rockets, and immediately we heard the 
 Ihouts of a great number of inhabitants, which 
 were repeated from different quarters along the 
 fea-fhore. 
 
 Our ftay at the Friendly Iflands greatly con- 
 tributed to the re-eftabliiliment of the health of 
 the fhips' companies. We had there found 
 abundance of vegetables, and we laid in a large 
 llock. The pork was excellent, which may be 
 partly attributed to the good quality of the roots 
 and fruits with which the inhabitants feed their 
 hogs : we took on board as many as our flye 
 xvould contain, and we were in the fequel con- 
 vinced that they could bear a long voyage, al- 
 though Captain Cook alTerts that he has ex- 
 perienced the contrary with refpecl to thofe 
 which he had procured at the Friendly Iflands^ 
 at the different tinies that he had put in rh .e. 
 During our ftay we had purchafed upwards of 
 four hundred, the greater part of which we had 
 iaited down. We had followed the method re- 
 N 2 commended
 
 iSO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 commended by Captain Coqk in his third voy-^ 
 age; this confifts in employing.a ftrong pickle, 
 in, which is put the quantity of vinegar necelTary 
 for diflblving the fait; a .procefs the more 
 eafy to us, as a great part of our wine was 
 turned four. 
 
 Our butcher falted a fmall quantity of port 
 employing nothing but common fait, and al- 
 though under the torrid zone, it \va& preferved^ 
 from corruption as well as that which had been 
 prepared in the manner indicated by Cook, and 
 we liked the flavour of it much better. The 
 pork cured in brine and vinegar was difgufting 
 on account of its extreme flabbinefs, and it had: 
 a very.flrong tafle of vinegar, which pleafed no. 
 one. Our coops were filled with poultry. 
 
 During the whole time that we lay at anchor, 
 the mercury in the barometer had not rifen 
 above 26 inches 2 lines, and its variation had- 
 been about I lime. 
 
 The thermometer obferved on {hore, in the 
 fliade near the fea-fide, had not flood at more 
 than 25 T*d, although we had there experienced; 
 exce(ri\e heat. 
 
 The winds had. blown from the fouth-eaft to 
 the north eaft, and had been rather faint. 
 
 Our obfcrvatjory was fituated in latitude 
 71 6' 19" fouL.h, and longitude 182 29' 38" 
 call. 
 
 The
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. l8r 
 
 The variation of the cbmpafs was ro eafl-. 
 
 The perpendicular rife of the fea at fpring 
 tides is a meter and a half; and it is high wa- 
 ter on the full and change days about half paft 
 fix o'clock. 
 
 From the information given us by fome of 
 the mofl intelligent of the inhabitants refpecfting 
 the fliips that anchored in this Archipelago, we 
 were fatisfied that La Peroufe had not put in to 
 any of tiiefe iflands. Bclidcs, they afTured us 
 that no f^ital accident had happened to the vef- 
 fels that had ftopped here, except to Bligh's 
 launch, the event of which they had related to 
 us without dillimulation, as I have before men- 
 tioned. The Jang-froid with which they told 
 us this ftory, demonftrated to us that if thefe 
 people are not naturally ferocious, at lead they 
 are ftrangers to the fentiments of humanity. 
 The blows from logs of wood or clubs, with 
 which the chiefs generally accompanied their 
 orders, alfo furniilied a'frcfh proof of this fadt. 
 They recollected very well the different epochs 
 at which they had feen Captain Cook, and in 
 order to let us know the intervals between them, 
 they reckoned by yam harvefls, indicating 
 two of thcfc for every year. Several natives, 
 and particularly thofe who were allied to the 
 royal family, pronounced with enthuiiafm the 
 name of Cook; but the great feverity of that 
 
 N x celebrated
 
 l83 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 celebrated navigator, had prevented others from 
 prefcrving fo agreeable a recollection of him ; 
 thefe never fpoke to us about him but to com- 
 plain of the harflinefs of the treatment which 
 he had made them experience. In fadl, al- 
 though mention is made of only one man being 
 wounded in the thigh by a mufket fhot j we 
 faw another whofe flioulder had been pierced 
 by a ball, and he alTured us that he had received 
 this wound during Cook's laft flay at Tonga- 
 taboo. 
 
 The inhabitants of the Friendly Iflands are 
 in general tall and well made, for which they 
 are no doubt principally indebted to the abun- 
 dance and the good quality of their food. The 
 fine make of thefe iflanders is not injured by 
 hard labour. Their mufcles being flrongly 
 marked, we prefumed that they were very ftout; 
 but the idle life which they lead renders them 
 incapable of making great efforts; and indeed 
 when they made a trial of their flrength with 
 our failors, they almoft always had the difad- 
 vantage. 
 
 The men, as well as the women, have a cuftom 
 of cutting off one or two of the joints of the 
 little finger, and fometimes of the third finger, 
 with a view of curing themfelves of ferious 
 difordcrs. 
 
 Moft of them are tatooed in every part of the 
 
 bodvc
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. it^ 
 
 body. We faw a great number whofe fkin was 
 covered with white tetters : this malady pro- 
 ceeds perhaps from their not being accuftomed 
 to wipe themfclves, nor to wafli with frefh wa- 
 ter, after having bathed in the fea. 
 
 We remarked no fy mptom of venereal difeafe 
 among thefe iflanders ; neverthelefs, one of our 
 failors caught a gonorrhoea there, but from a 
 woman that had had a connexion with a man 
 belonging to the Efperance, who had been long 
 infed:ed with this diforder. Are thefe people 
 then fo fortunate, that this contagion, after 
 having rapidly run through its different ftages, 
 has naturally become extindl among them ? f'or 
 from the teftimony of Captain Cook, there can 
 be no doubt that it formerly made great ravages 
 in this country. 
 
 The natives of the Friendly Iflands have a 
 fwarthy fkin, becaufe they very frequently ex- 
 pofe themfelves to the heat of the fun ; but the 
 women, who keep pretty conflantly in their 
 habitations, or under the fliade of the trees, have 
 a very fair complexion. The latter have, in 
 general, a very agreeable and very animated 
 countenance. The good health which they en- 
 joy is particularly owing to their extreme clean- 
 linefs, and the excellent quality of the food on 
 which they fubfift. 
 
 N 4 CHAPTER
 
 J 84 VOYAGE .I;N SpARCH 
 
 CHAPTER XIII, 
 
 Departure from Tongatahoc. JVe make the 
 south part of the Archipelago Del Espiritu 
 Santo, or New Hebrides'. Discovery of VIsIq 
 de Beaupre, orBeaupres Island. TVe anchor 
 at New Caledonia. Interviews with the na-- 
 tives. Description of their huts. T/iese sa- 
 vages aj^e cannibals. Thtir impudence towards 
 us. They eat large pieces of steatites in order 
 to appease their hunger. Their attempts ta 
 get possessio?! of our boats. Various e.vcur- 
 sions into thp interior of the island. Death 
 of Captain Iluon. Nexv species of spider eaten 
 by the savages of New Caledonia, 
 
 vJN the loth of April \vc got under fail about 
 feven o'clock in the morning, and being car- 
 ried along by a pretty frefli breeze from the eaft 
 fouth-eall:, wc for an hour fleered from north- 
 \veft by north to north, and then north -eaft by 
 north, failing cut by a channel which, had been 
 difcovered to tiie nnrthv\ard of our anchor- 
 ing-place by Citizen Lcgrand. 
 
 In this paTige we had regular foundings from 
 five and a half to nine fathoms. 
 
 Some
 
 . OF I-A PEROUSE. 185 
 
 Some natives followed in their canoes, tefti- 
 fying to us extreme regret at feeing us quit their 
 ifland ; they called out to us on all fides, Offa^ 
 offa, Fa/an^ois ! at the fame timie giving us marks 
 of their cordial good wiflies. 
 
 We prefendy outflripped the canoes, which 
 were condud:ed only by means of paddles; 
 but thofe under fail were obliged to deaden 
 their way in order to keep at a fiiort diftance 
 from us, and we had occalion to remark that 
 their velocity was much greater than that of 
 our fhips, when they wiflied to avail themfelves 
 of the whole (Ircngth of the wind ; neverthelefs 
 they would very quickly have loft this advan- 
 tage, had the wind been ftronger and the water 
 a little rough. They ceafed to follow us as foon 
 as we had gained the open fea. We were then 
 upwards of a myriameter from the anchorage 
 which we had juft left, and the weftern ex- 
 tremity of Altataa bore fouth 48 weft, at the 
 fame moment we founded in twenty-two flithoms 
 and a half water, over a gravelly bottom. 
 
 The next day, the i ith, about five o'clock in 
 the afternoon, we faw Turtle Iftand to the 
 norih-weft by north. 
 
 On the 1 6th, at fevcn o'clock in the morn- 
 ing, the Efperance made the ngnal for land 
 bearing weft 18 north, at the diftance of about 
 four myriameters. It was Erroiiany the moft 
 3 eafterly
 
 lS6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 eafterly of the illands of the Archipelago Bel 
 Efpiritu Santo, difcovered by Quiros in 1606*. 
 A little before noon we got fight of Annatom 
 bearing fouth-wefl by fouth, diftant five my- 
 riameters. 
 
 At five o'clock in the afternoon we made the 
 jfland of Tannay whicli bore weft 16'^ north. 
 Columns of fmoke were ilTuing from its volcano, 
 and fpreading themfelves afar in the air, form- 
 ing clouds which at iirft rofe to a prodigious 
 
 height J 
 
 * To this duller of iHands Captain Cook has given the 
 r;amc of the Nenxj Hehrldes. The Tranflator thinks he cannot 
 do better than fubjoin the following extrad refpedling them, from 
 ihe fecond voyage of that great navigator. Vol, II, pagr 96. 
 *' The northern iflands of this Archipelago were firft dif- 
 " covered by Quiros in 1606, and, not without reafon, were 
 ** confidercd as part of the fouthern continent, which at that time, 
 *'* and until very lately, was fuppofed to cxift. They were next 
 " vifited by M.de Bougainville in 1768, who, bcfides land- 
 '* ing on the Iflc of Lepers, did no more than difcover that the 
 ** land was not connefled, but compofcd of ifiands, which he 
 *' called the Great Cycladcs. But as befides afcerraining the 
 " extent and fituationof thefe iflands, we added to them feveral 
 '* new ones which were not known before, and explored the 
 ** whole, 1 think we have obtained a right to name them, and 
 ' fhall in future diflinguifn them by the name ot the Av^u; He. 
 *' brides. They are fituated between the latitude of 14 29' 
 ** and 20 4' fouth, and between 166 41' and 171 2reaft 
 *' longitude (from the meridian at Greenwich), and extend an 
 " hundred and twenty-iive leagues in the dirertion of N. N. W, 
 " y W. and S. S. E. { E."
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 187 
 
 height; and which, after having travcrfed an 
 immenfe fpace, funk lower in proportion as 
 they grew colder. During the night we enjoyed 
 the brilliant fpedlacle of thefe clouds, which 
 were irradiated by the bright light of the burn- 
 ing: fubftances vomited forth at intervals from 
 the bottom of the abylTes of the volcano. 
 
 We were flanding to the weftward with a 
 very frefh *eafterly wind, when about half paft 
 three o'clock in the morning of the i8th, the 
 officer of the watch (Dumerite) heard the cries 
 of a flight of fea-birds which pafTed very clofe 
 to our fhip. Fearing that we were in the vici- 
 nity of the rocks which commonly ferve them 
 as a retreat, he refolved to lie to and wait for 
 day-light in order to continue our courfe; but 
 at the dawn of day we difcovered, at a little 
 diftance to leeward, a great extent of reefs, on 
 which our fhip would have gone to pieces, had 
 not this fortuitous event induced us to flop her 
 way. In fad:, it would have been impoflible, 
 in a night which was extremely dark, to have 
 perceived the breakers time enough to avoid 
 them ; belides, it blew very freili, and the 
 waves were fo high on all fides that we could 
 not have diftinguiflied in time thofe which were 
 breaking on thefe reefs. Beyond this Ihoal wc 
 difcerned, bearing at firft fouth 28'' well, an 
 ifland which was no more than a myriameter 
 
 diflant
 
 l88 VQYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 diftant from it, and to which I have given the 
 name of Citi.zen Beaupre, the geographical en- 
 gineer of our expedition. It lies in the latitude 
 of 20 14' fouth, and longitude 163 47' eaft. 
 It is very low, and is about three kilometers in 
 length. We then difco vered Ibme rocks to the 
 fouth fouth-eaft, and foon after we diftinguifhed 
 others towards the fouth. 
 
 It is remarkable that the currents carried us 
 to the northward at the rate of about twenty- 
 four miles a day when we were near the Tierra 
 del Efpiriiu SantOy and made the run Vvhich fepa- 
 ratcs this Archipelago from New Caledonia. 
 This doubtlefs depends on the fituation of thefe 
 lands, which, changing the diredion of the 
 currents determined by the general winds, in- 
 creafes their force. 
 
 About one o'clock in the afternoon we dif- 
 co vercd to the fouth- weft tlie high mountains 
 of New Caledonia, and at half paft four we 
 were two kilometers from the reefs ^vhich ll^irt 
 that ifiand. Here the foot of \i& mountains is 
 wafhed by the fca, aiid they are Hill llccper 
 than on their wcfi: \\C\q which we coalled a year 
 before. 
 
 We faw a fine cafcadc, the waters of which, 
 after having difippearcd fcveral times in deep 
 gullies, came and difcharged themfelves into 
 the fea; and we admired the piclurcfque effects 
 
 of
 
 or LA PEROUSK. 185 
 
 of the torrents which we perceived towards, the 
 fouth-weft; their foaming waters produced an 
 agreeable contraft with the. dull gfcen of thefc 
 elevated lands. 
 
 We fpent the night in nraking fhort tacks 
 trying to hold our own againft the currents, in 
 order to he enabled to come to an anchor the 
 next morning. 
 
 As foon as the day broke on the iqthi we ap- 
 proached within a kilometer and a half of the 
 reefs, ranging. along them.to difcover the chan- 
 nel by which it was neccffiry for us to enter, in 
 order to arrive at the anchorage; but it blew 
 very frefh from the fouth fouth-eafl, and we 
 had already fallen to leew^ard w^hen we diftin- 
 guifhed the break in the reefs: although we 
 were pretty near the coad^ we did not perceive 
 Obfervatory liland, which left us for. fome 
 time uncertain whether we were oppolite to the 
 place where Captain Cook had caft anchor in 
 1774; we therefore tacked to get to the north-? 
 eaft. But about the middle of the day our ob- 
 fervations left us no longer in doubt that wc 
 were very near Obfervatory I fland, and it was 
 not long before we difcerned it, though it is ex- 
 tremely low; we then flood on to reach the 
 anchorage. Our depth of water in the cue 
 formed between the reefs was from ten f.ithoma 
 to twelve and a half, and as foon as we were be- 
 tween
 
 190 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 tween the reefs and the fhore we had no more 
 than from fix and a half to eight fathoms. 
 
 A double canoe immediately got under fail 
 to come off to us : fhe was manned by eleven 
 natives, who condudled her in fuch a manner 
 as to give us no high idea of their knowledge in 
 the art of navigation. They addreffed their 
 difcourfe to us, and held up fome pieces of 
 white cloth, which they waved about, ftill keep- 
 ing at the diftance of upwards of two hundred 
 meters from our (hip. In a fhort time they re- 
 turned towards the coafl. 
 
 The Efpcrance being a little to windward of 
 us, ran aground onalhoal; we inftantly ma- 
 noeuvred fo as to avoid the fame danger, and 
 we anchored fhortly after in order to give her 
 afliftance. Admiral D'Entrecafteaux imme- 
 diately fent our launch to her; and, as early as 
 eight o'clock in the evening, we had the agree- 
 able news that fhe was brought afloat again, and 
 had received no damage. 
 
 The next day, the 20th, at fun-rife, four ca- 
 noes were under fail, and coming towards our 
 fhips : the people in them betrayed fome fears 
 when they got very near us. However one 
 of the favages who conduced them having 
 yielded to our invitations by coming on board, 
 he was followed by almoft all the others. We 
 were furprifed that they fct more value on our 
 
 cloths
 
 Of LA PiROUSE. 191 
 
 cloths than on nails, and even hatchets, which 
 they called toguee^ much the fame as the inhabi- 
 tants of the Friendly Iflands; although, how- 
 ever, they did not fpeak the fame tongue, as the 
 reader may fatisfy himfelf by the vocabulary 
 of the language of thefe people, which is to 
 be found towards the end of this volume. Yet 
 we could not doubt that they were acquainted 
 with iron, which they defignated by the name 
 of pitiou ; but the very hard flones which 
 they employ, render the ufe of it much lefs 
 necelTary to them than to many other iflanders 
 oi the South Sea. 
 
 We fhewed them fome cocoa-nuts and yams, 
 defiring them to bring us fome ; but fo far 
 from going to fetch us any, they wiflied to pur- 
 chafe ours, and offered us in exchange their 
 darts and clubs, letting us know that they were 
 very hungry, at the fame time putting their 
 hand on their belly, which was extremely lank. 
 They expreffed fome fear on feeing the hogs 
 that v/e had on board ; which made us prefume 
 that they did not polTefs this quadruped, al- 
 though Captain Cook left, with one of their 
 chiefs, a male and a female; but as focn as 
 they faw our poultry, they imitated the crow- 
 ing of the cock fufficiently well to leave us no 
 doubt of their having fome in their iftand. 
 
 None of the women who were in thefe ca- 
 noes
 
 192 VOYAGE tN SEARCH 
 
 noes would confent to come into our fhip; and 
 when we wiflied to make them a prefent, th^ 
 men undertook to carry the articles to them. 
 
 Thefe favages had come off in double canoes^ 
 of the form of that which is reprefented irl 
 Plate XLIV. Their maft was fixed at an equal 
 diftance from the two canoes, and towards the 
 foremoft extremity of the platform, by meah-i 
 of which they are faftened to each other. They 
 are not built in fo workman-like a manner as 
 thofe of the Friendly Iflands, and they are very 
 far from going fo faft through the water. There' 
 was one which received fo much damage in her 
 fide by ftriking violently againft our fhip, that 
 file filled in a very little time. The favages 
 who were in her immediately jumped into the 
 other, and fuffered themfelves to be drifted by 
 the current, which carried them towards the 
 land. The other canoes quitted us foon after, 
 and foliovrcd the damaged canoe to give her 
 afliflancc. Very early in the morning of the 
 2ifl:, we weighed, in order to warp towards Ob- 
 fervatory lOand, by means of fcveral hawfers 
 made fall to each other; but they broke re- 
 peatedly, and obliged us to let go the anchor 
 again. 
 
 We vrerc immediately furrounded by canoes, 
 conducted by the natives, who came on board 
 and fold us a variety of their articles, which 
 
 may
 
 Of la ^erouse. 193 
 
 may be ken in Plaies XXXVII and XXXVIIL 
 Some of them had brought a fmall number of 
 cocoa-nuts and fugar-canes, which they perlift- 
 ed in not parting with, although we offered a 
 great price for them. 
 
 Thefe favages were quite naked; but they 
 had the penis wrapped up, fome in pieces of 
 coarfe cloth made of bark, aiid others in large 
 leaves of trees. They have woolly hair. The 
 black colour of their fkin is aimed as dark as 
 that of the natives of Cape Dicmen, whofe caft 
 of countenance has a great refemblanceto theirs. 
 {See Plate XXXV,) Several had their head fur- 
 rounded by a fmall net with wide mcflies. We 
 faw with furprife a great immbcr who, wifning 
 no doubt to appear with very long hair, had 
 faflencd to it tv.o or three braids made of grafs, 
 and covered with the hair of the bat, called vef- 
 pcrtilin vampyrus, and wliich reached down to 
 the middle of their back. 
 
 The grcarer j^art of thcfe ifianders Vv'ere arm- 
 ed with darts and clubs, and curried in their .o;;r. 
 die a fmall bac^- Idled with ftones cut in an oval 
 iliapc, vvliich they throvy- Yv'irli tiieir flings. (S.e 
 Plate XXXV and Pi jteXXXVtlLFii. 16, i-,and 
 iS.) The inferior lobe of tl^eir cars, in which a 
 very large ho!e v/as bored, hiirig dov.n to their 
 fhoulders : ilQw.Q had iniroduccJ in it leaves of 
 trees, and oihcrs a bit of v.ccd, to enlarge ic 
 
 N OL. i\. o Hill
 
 ?94 VOYAGE IN SEARCM 
 
 Hill more. Several had the fame lobe cut into 
 ilircds ; it had probably been thus torn in battle, 
 or in their excurfions through the foreds. 
 
 We remarked behind the ears of one of 
 thcfe fiivages fome tubercles in the Ihape of a 
 fvveetbread, and half as big as the fid. He 
 appeared exceedingly flattered to fee us examine 
 this ornament. He had made it grow by means 
 of a cai'.llic, which no doubt had for fome 
 time occafioned a confidcrable degree of irri- 
 tation. 
 
 The women had no other garment than a 
 fringe m.ade of filaments of bark, which ferved 
 them as a girdle pafling fcveral times round 
 their body. {See Plate XXXFI.) 
 
 The canoes kept quite clofe to our fliip, by 
 jPieans of different ropes which we had thrown 
 10 them. However they each had, by way of 
 u\ anchor, a very heavy done faflened to a long 
 rope, but none of them rode by it. 
 
 The following day, the 22d, we weighed at fix: 
 o'clock in the morning, and made feveral tacks 
 i\ tirdcr to get nearer to Obfervatory Ifland, 
 ':o wliich tlxC inhabitants give the name of 
 Piidyo-ui. When we anchored about half paft 
 ten o'clock, it bore eaf!' 3"" 15' fouth, and our 
 diilance from it -.viis no more than a kilometer. 
 I/'rcm call 19 30' fouth to well: 12' north, we 
 fa-,v the land of New Caledonia, the neareft 
 
 CO ad
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, I^^ 
 
 coaft of which was eleven hedlometers and a 
 half diftant from our lliip. The inhabitants 
 had now no longer any occalion for their canoes 
 to come and fee us, moli of them leaping into 
 the water, loaded with the articles which they 
 wilhed to fell us. 
 
 I think it my duty here to mention an a6t of 
 malevolence, which had like to have killed the 
 young bread-fruit trees that I had procured 
 at the Friendly IHands. 1 had watered them the 
 preceding day; but feeing early in the morning 
 fome drops of water falling from the box in. 
 which they were planted, I had no doubt that 
 fome one had watered them long after me. I 
 was convinced of this when I tafled the water 
 which was filtering through the mould ; it was 
 fait water. The endeavours I made to difcover 
 the offender were unavailing. 
 
 We went on Oiore about one o'clock in the 
 afternoon, and were prefently furroundcd by 
 a great number of inhabitants who had jull: 
 come out of the middle of the woods, through 
 which we penetrated at diU'crent times without 
 going far from the fea-iliore. It was not long 
 before we came to a few infalated huts, three 
 or four hundred yards diilant from each others 
 and Ihaded by a fniali number of cocoa-nut 
 trees. Some time after we found four which 
 formed a little hamlet in one of the gloomy 
 o 2 parts
 
 196 VOTAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 parts of the foreft ; they were all nearly in the 
 form of a bee-hive, and were three meters high 
 by as many wide. (See Plate XXXVllI. Fig 
 28j 29. and 30 J 
 
 Figure 28, reprefents one of thefe huts fur- 
 rounded by a palifade a meter and a half high, 
 made with the leaf-fialks of cocoa-nut trees, 
 laid very clofe to each other, and fixed into 
 the ground at the diflance of eleven decimeters 
 from the fides of the hut. Thefe alfo ferved 
 to form a little pafTage before the door. 
 
 We afterwards remarked a great many huts 
 which were not furrounded by palifades. (See 
 Fig, 29.) The door, which was a meter high by 
 a demi-meter wide, was fometimes Ihut by 
 means of the point of a cocoa-nut leaf, the 
 leaflets of which were interwoven. Several of 
 thefe doors had two upright pofls made of 
 planks, at the upper end of which was carved, 
 rather rudely, the head CiUa man. The lower 
 part of the habitations, which was raifed per- 
 pendicularly to the height of a meter, v/as fur- 
 mounted by a pretty regular cone, terminated 
 by the extremity of a flake riling in the 
 centre of r>ie floor. 
 
 Figure 30. reprefents the infide of it. The 
 frame was made of poles faflened to the upper 
 extremity of a flake driven into the centerof the 
 floor, and the bafe of which was two thirds of a 
 
 decimeter
 
 or LA PEROUSE. l^f 
 
 decimeter in diameter. Some pieces of wood, 
 curved like an arch, render thefe little dwell- 
 ings tolerably folid. Their roof is thatched 
 with ftraw to the thicknefs of about two 
 thirds of a decimeter. Mats cover the ground, 
 on which the natives are perfedlly defended from 
 the inclemency of the weather ; but the fand- 
 flies are here fo troublefome, that they are ob- 
 liged to kindle a fire, in order to difpel them, 
 when they wifh to go to deep j and as the 
 fmoke has no vent but by the door, which is 
 very low, they muft thence be extremely in- 
 commoded. 
 
 In the infide there was generally fctn a plank 
 placed horizontally, and fattened with cords, 
 at the height of nearly a meter from the ground 
 on one of the fides of the hut. On this only 
 light articles could be fet_, as the faflenings were 
 very weak. 
 
 We obferved near fome of thefc dw llings 
 fmall heaps of earth, raifed three or four de- 
 cimeters, and covered towards the middle with 
 a very open lattice-work two or three meters 
 high. The favages call them nbouety and gave 
 us to underftand that this was a burial-place. 
 They inclined their head on one fide, fupport- 
 ing it with the hand ; they then fhut their eyes, 
 to cxprefs the repofe enjoyed by the remains of 
 the perfons here depofited. 
 
 03 Oa
 
 I95 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 On our return to the landing-place, we found 
 upv.aids of feven hundred natives, who had 
 flocked thither from all quarters. They afked 
 us for cloth and iron in exchange for their 
 goods, and fome of them very foon proved 
 that they were moft audacious thieves. Among 
 their different tricks, I fliall mention one which 
 was played me by two of thefe (harpers. The 
 one offered to fell me a fmall bag filled with 
 oval dones which he carried at his girdle. He 
 immediately untied the bag, and pretended to 
 give it to me with one hand, while with the 
 other he received the value we had agreed on; 
 but at the fame infSant another favage, who was 
 placed behind me, fet up a loud cry, in order to 
 make me turn my head towards him and imme- 
 diately the knave ran away with his bag, and my 
 property, endeavouring to hide himfelf in the 
 crowd. We did not willi to punifh him, although 
 we were for the moft part armed with rnufl^ets. 
 Yet it was to be feared, that this act of lenity 
 would be conlidcred by thcfe people only as 
 a mark of weuknefs, and render them ftiU more 
 infolent. What happened llionly afterv/ards 
 feems to confirm this idea. Several of them 
 were fo audacious as to throw Rones at an of- 
 ficer, who was not above two hundred yards dif- 
 tance from us. Still we did not willi to break 
 with them 5 for Forller's narrative had prc- 
 
 ppflefTcd
 
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 199 
 
 pofleiTed us fo flrongly in their favour, that wc 
 yet required farther evidence to deftroy the 
 good opinion which we entertained of the mild- 
 nefs of their difpofition ; but we had foon in- 
 conteftable proofs of their ferocioufnefs. One of 
 them having in his hand a bone newly broiled, 
 and devouring the remains of the fleili which 
 was ftill upon it, advanced towards Citizen 
 Piron, and invited him to partake of his meal. 
 The latter, fuppofing that the favage was offer- 
 ing him a piece of fome quadruped, accepted 
 the bone, which was then covered only with 
 tendinous parts ; and having fliewn it to me, I 
 perceived that it belonged to the ojja innominata 
 of a youth of fourteen or fifteen years of age. 
 The natives, who furrounded us, pointed out on 
 a child the lituation of thefe bones ; they made 
 no fcruple to avow^ that the flefh which had 
 covered them, had ferved as a meal to fome 
 iflander ; and they gave us to underffand 
 that they coniidered it as a very choice 
 dim. 
 
 This difcovery threw us into the greateft 
 uneafinefs refpecling the fate of our people, 
 who were ilill in the woods ; however, wc had 
 fome time after the pleafure to fee ourfclvcs all 
 aflembled in the fame place, and we had no 
 longer the fmalleft fear that any of us lliould 
 fall a victim to the barbarity of thefe favages, 
 
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 We were furprifed, when we got on board, to 
 fee there none of the natives ; but we learnt that 
 they had come thither in great numbers, but 
 had been driven av/ay becaufe they had ftolen 
 a variety of articles. The greater part of them 
 had gone off in their canoes, and the reft had 
 jumped into the fea to fwim on fhore. Two 
 however had returned to the fhip, not having 
 been able to fwim faft enough to join the 
 others, either owing to fome infirmity, or 
 that they had leaped into the water too long 
 after the departure of their canoes to be able to 
 overtake them. As the fun had gone down, and 
 they were extremely cold, they went and warm- 
 ed them.felves at our galley fire. 
 
 Few of the perfons belonging to the expe- 
 dition, who had remained on board, would be- 
 lieve the account which we gave them of the 
 barbarous propenfity of thefe iflanders ; for 
 they could not be perfuaded that thefe people, 
 of whom Captain Cook and Forfter had drawn 
 fo flattering a pidlure, were degraded by fuch 
 a horrible vice ; but it was not difficult to con- 
 vince the moft incredulous. I had brought 
 with me the bone, now picked clean, which our 
 furgeon recognifcd to be that of a girl ; 1 
 prefenced it to the two natives whom we had 
 onboard, and immediately one of thefe anthro-. 
 ^ophagi feized it with avidity, and tore with 
 
 his
 
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 his teeth the ligaments and cartilages which 
 yet remained : I tiien gave it to his country- 
 man, wiio flill found fomething to gnaw. 
 
 The different ligns which were awkwardly 
 made to them to obtain a confefTion that they 
 pite their fellow-creatures^ were the caufe of a 
 great mifunderftanding. Immediately ah ex- 
 treme confternation was dcpie'ted in all their 
 features; they no doubt conceived that we alfo 
 were anthropophagi, and, fuppofing that their laft 
 hour was come, they fell a crying. We were not 
 able to remove their apprehenlions completely, 
 jiotwithflanding we did every thing in our 
 power to difpel this injurious idea. One of 
 them fuddenly got out at a port, and clung to 
 the fore chains, ready to drop into the water; 
 the other jumped overboard, and fwam to one 
 of the boats that was lying the fartheft aftern : 
 however, they foon recovered from their fright, 
 and came again into the fliip. 
 
 The rivulet, from v>'hich Captain Cook had 
 procured his v.atcr at this place, was dry at tlie 
 feafon of the year when we were there : we 
 found however, to the fouth-eaft of our fhip, a 
 watering-place at the dillance of about three 
 hundred yards from the fea-lhore. Its water 
 Vv'as very pure, but it was not eafy to be 
 got ; and the refervoir from which it was taken 
 furniihed only as much as to fill once a day the 
 
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 cafks which the launch of each fhip could carry. 
 It was necelTary to wait till next day before 
 enough was colle6led to fill them anew. 
 
 Near the watering-place was found an iron 
 candlefHck eaten withruft, which had probably 
 been there lince the year 1774, the period when 
 Captain Cook anchored in this roadrtead. 
 
 On the following day, the 23a, we landed 
 early in the morning on the neareft part of the 
 coaft, where we found fome favages, who were 
 already taking their meal. They invited us to 
 partake with them fome meat newly broiled, 
 which we perceived to be human fiefh. The 
 flvin that was on it ftill preferved its form 
 entire, and in feveral parts even its colour. 
 They fgnified to us that they had cut oif this 
 joint from the middle of the arm, and gave us 
 to undeifland, by very expreffive figns, that, 
 ai'ter hiaving pierced with their darts, the indi- 
 vidual \v]i(-/fe remains we fiiw in their hands, 
 they had diipatchcd him v.iih their clubr>. They 
 no doubt widied to make us comprehend that 
 they ate only thtir enemies; in i'adl, how could 
 it be.pofnble that v,e Hiculd have found fo 
 manyinhabitants in this country, if hunger was 
 thicir folc inducement: to eievour each other ? 
 
 Vv'e proceeded towards the fouth fouth-eafl, 
 and for a litclc way jialTcd over a rather low 
 tract of country^, in wr-ich we fciw feveral plan- 
 tations
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, 2O3 
 
 tations of yams and fwcet potatoes : we then 
 reached the foot of the mountains, where we 
 found ten of the inhabitants, who accompanied 
 us. Prefently we Huv fome of them climb trees 
 of the fpecies known under the nameof /j'yZv/t-^i 
 iiliaceuby the young flioots of which they imme- 
 diately chewed in order to exprefs the mucilage 
 contained in their bark. Others gathered the 
 fruit of the cordia febcjlana^ which they ate 
 to the very ftone. We little expected to fee 
 cannibals contented with fo frugal a rc- 
 pad. 
 
 The heat was exccfTivc, and we had not yc'c 
 found any water. We followed a gully, where 
 we remarked the traces of a torrent which here 
 falls in the rainy feafon : the verdure of the 
 flirubs which we obferved for fome diftance 
 from its banks, gave us hopes to find there a 
 fpring at which we might quench our thirit; 
 and in fiCl, as foon as we reached it, we Hiw a 
 very limpid ftreamlet ifPue from the bottom of 
 an enormous rock of fand-ftone, v. hence it 
 flowed, and filied a great caviry made in a 
 block of [he lam.e fort of lione. We (lopped 
 at this pl.icc, and the natives came and fat down 
 by us. V. e gave them fomic bifcuit, which they 
 readily ate, though it was a good deal worm.- 
 caten ; but they would not talie our cheefe : we 
 had^ however, nothing eUc to olicr them. They 
 
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 204 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 preferred to brandy and "vvine the water of this 
 natural refervoir, of vvhich they drank in a 
 fomewhat whimfical manner. Stooping their 
 head to within feven or eight decimeters of the 
 furface of the water, with their hand they threw 
 fome feven or eight times fiicceilively towards 
 their face, at each time opening their mouth 
 wide to receive what reached it ; thus they foon 
 quenched their thirft. It may be eafily conceived 
 that the moH: dexterous of thefe drinkers could 
 not fail to wet a great part of their body. As they 
 difturbed our water, we begged them to drink a 
 little lower down, whicli they immediately did. 
 
 Some of them came up to the moft robuft 
 of us, and felt the mufcular parts of our arms 
 and thighs, exclaiming Kapareck ! with an 
 air of admiration, and even fomething more, 
 which was not very pleafant to our feelings; 
 they however gave us no caufe of complaint. 
 
 In thcfe places I remarked a variety of 
 plants belonging to the fame genera as thofe of 
 a great number of others which I had before 
 colledlcd in New Holland, although the dif- 
 tance that fcparates the two countries is very 
 considerable. 
 
 At a third of the way up the mountain, we faw 
 with furprife little walls raifed one above ano- 
 ther by the natives, to prevent the foil from 
 falling down in the lands which tliey cultivate. 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSI. 
 
 205 
 
 I have found this cuflom very general among 
 the inhabitants of the mountains of Afia Minor. 
 
 It is not a common pracflice with the inha- 
 bitants of New Caledonia to make an incifion in 
 their prepuce ; but out of lix of thofe who were 
 willing to fatisfy our curiofity, we obferved one 
 who had his flit longitudinally in all the upper 
 part. 
 
 When we had got halfway up the mountain, 
 the natives who followed us begged us not to 
 proceed farther, informing us that the in- 
 habitants on the other iide of that chain would 
 eat us. We continued however to afcend as far 
 as the fummir; for, being well armed, we had 
 nothing to fear from thefe cannibals. Doubt- 
 lefs thofe who accompanied us were at war 
 with the others, for they would follow us no 
 farther. 
 
 The mountains over which we clambered 
 rife in the form of an amphitheatre, and are 
 a continuation of the great chain which runs 
 the whole length of the ifland. Their perpen- 
 dicular height is about eight hundred meters 
 above the level of the fea. We faw them rife 
 gradually towards the eaft fouth-eall, and ex- 
 tend as far as a very high mountain about fix 
 mvriameters diftant from our anchorafre. 
 
 We found the principal component parts of 
 thefe mafics to be quartz, mica, a fteatite more 
 
 lefs
 
 2o6 Voyage in search 
 
 lefs hard, green fchorl, granite, fpecular iron 
 ore, &c. 
 
 On our return, we flopped at the foot of 
 thefe mountains, in the midft of fome families 
 of favages aflembled near their huts, and fig- 
 nified to feveral of them a great defire to 
 quench our third with cocoa-nut juice ; but 
 as that fruit is by no means plentiful in this 
 part of the ifland, they conferred together a Ic/ig 
 time before they would refolveto fell us any. At 
 laft one of them went and pulled fome from the 
 top of one of the lofrieft cocoa-nut trees, in 
 order to bring them to us. We were extremely 
 furprifed at the rapidity with whi-ch he afcend- 
 cd. Holding the trunk of the tree with his 
 hands, he ran up all its length with almoft as 
 much cafe and quicknefs as if he had been on 
 a horizontal plane. I had never had an oppor- 
 tunity of remarking fuch agility among the 
 other iflanders whom we before vifited. 
 
 The waters of the fea frequently wallied the 
 foot of the cocoa-palm, the fruit of which we 
 had juil procured ; the.nce they were filled with 
 a rather tart liquor, which however we drank, 
 being very thirfly. 
 
 The children of thefe favages watched the 
 
 ir.omcnt when we had emptied the cocoa-nuts 
 
 (;f their juice, to afl^ them of us, finding ftill 
 
 ir.eans to make fomcthing of them. They tore 
 
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 OF LA PEROLTSE. 2O7 
 
 with their teeth the fibrous huflc of thcfc young 
 fruits, the nut of which was not yet formed ; 
 and they then ate the tender part which it en- 
 clofed, and which was much too four for us to 
 be able to rclifli. 
 
 On our arrival on board, we learnt that two 
 iflanders had in the morning ftolen from Bon- 
 vouloir, an officer of our fliip, a watch-cap 
 and a fabre, at the time when he was on the 
 beach engaged in making aftronomical cbfer- 
 vations. However, the people who were on 
 fliore with him had traced on the fand round 
 the place of obfervation, a very large circle, 
 which they had forbidden thefe favages to pafs. 
 But two thieves having concerted their plan, 
 advanced fuddenly behind the officer, who had 
 juft fat down and put his fabre under him ; 
 immediately one of them feized his cap, and 
 at the moment when he got up to purfiie him, 
 the other made off with his fabre. This bold 
 trick was undoubtedly not their firfl: trial of 
 (kill. 
 
 Night was coming on, and all our boats were 
 already alongfjde ; yet two of the officers, De- 
 welle and Willaumcz, w ere frill on fhore with two 
 of the fliip's company; but they foon arrived 
 on the beach, followed by a great man}' of iac 
 inhabitants. The Admiral's barge was imme- 
 diately fent for them, and brought them on 
 
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 50S VOYAGE IN iEAR^It 
 
 board. They informed us, that the favages, who 
 had alTembled round them to the number of up-* 
 wards of three hundred, had, on feeing that all 
 the boats had left the fhore, behaved towards them 
 with the greateft effrontery. One of them hav- 
 ing fnatched from Devvelle his fabre, the latter 
 attempted to purfue him ; but the other natives 
 inftantly lifted up their clubs to defend the 
 thief. Indeed all our fhipmates were robbed in 
 the moft impudent manner. However, when 
 our barge arrived to their affiflance, two chiefs, 
 who had probably prevented the other favages 
 from proceeding to ftill greater excefles, rc- 
 queded to take a paffage in her. They brought 
 twofmall bundles of fugar-canes and fome cocoa- 
 nuts to the Admiral, who made them a prefent 
 of a hatchet and feveral pieces of cloth. Thefe 
 chiefs, who are called Theabouma in their lan- 
 guac^e, had on their head a cap of a cylindri- 
 cal form, ornamented with feathers, fliells, &c* 
 {See Fhite XXXVIL Fig. 2 and 3.^ Being open 
 at the top, it could not be worn to protecfl them 
 from the rain. 
 
 A double canoe which put off from the coaft 
 foon came to carry thefe chiefs on Ihore. It 
 was quire dark when they left us ; the favages 
 had lighted, on a heap of fand towards the mid- 
 dle of the platform of the canoe, a fmall fire 
 in order to warm themfelves. 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSE. 2O9 
 
 On the 24th, we went on fhore with, a party 
 of onr people who were fent to cut wood. 
 They procured it at the diftance of a demi- 
 kilometer from the place where we took in our 
 water. 
 
 We kept pretty clofe to our wood-cutters, 
 as we were few in number, and the intentions of 
 the natives towards us were very fufpicious. 
 About nine o'clock in the morning, they took 
 pofTeflion of our bifcayan, which, riding at a 
 grapnel quite clofe to the fhore, was left folcly 
 to the care of the boat-keeper, and were in the 
 very act of hauling her in towards the beach, 
 that they might the more ealily carry off the 
 articles contained in her, when another boat 
 fortunately came to her afliftance. The robbers 
 did not relinquifli their attempt till our people 
 were going to fire at them. 
 
 Lalfeny having gone on fhore in order to 
 make aflronomical obfervations, had been ob- 
 liged to return on bodird, almoft immediately, 
 not having been able to difperfe a crowd of 
 favages who appeared to be refolved to feize 
 upon his inftruments, notwithllanding he was 
 armed, and was alfo accompanied by two af- 
 lillants, and fcvcral of the boat's crew. 
 
 The gunner of the Efperance, who went a 
 fliooting in the forefl, perceived about noon, 
 m a large glade, and at a ijiort dilVance from 
 
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 210 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 the place where our people were cutting 
 wood, upwards of two hundred natives prac-^ 
 tifing to throw the dart^ at the fame timtf 
 performing different evolutions^ He retired 
 without having been difcovercd, and ran to- 
 wards us to inform us of what he had juft feen. 
 Imm.ediately an officer belonging to our fhip 
 f^t off with four marines, to obferve the mo- 
 tions of thefe favages ; but the latter advanced 
 upon hirin and his party as foon as they difco- 
 vered them, and obliged them to return pro- 
 cipitately towards our wood-cutters. The 
 favages foon arrived at the fame fpot, and made 
 us fenfible of the plan they had formed of 
 getting poffeiTinn of the hatchets, which had 
 been depofited in the middle of our people, 
 while they were affembled to take their meal. 
 The commanding officer immediately ordered 
 thefe tools to be carried into the launch ; but 
 the failor that had them on his {boulder was 
 attacked by the idanders, who were on the point 
 of taking them away from him, when we fired 
 feveral mufkets at them. One of the moil 
 audacious having been brought to the ground, 
 had yet ffrengrh enough left to crawl into the 
 woods. All the others fled immediately, and 
 with their flings, threw at us a ftiower of oval 
 cut ftones, which they carried in fmall bags 
 fufpcnded to their girdle; but as they kept at 
 4 a great
 
 bt La rsRcusE. 21 r 
 
 5. great diflance, none of us were dangeroufly 
 Wounded : befides, the greater part of the 
 ftones that they threT\', were intercepted by 
 the branches of the trees behind which 
 they had retteated. This is nor always the 
 cafe when they fight with each other, they 
 then being doubtlefs not afraid to come clofer; 
 :ind indeed in their battles they frequently knock 
 but each other's eyes in this manner, as we were 
 informed by feveral of the inhabitants who 
 had loft an eye. When they throw flones with 
 their flings, they make with them only half a 
 turn above their head, which is as quick as if 
 they threw them with their hand. Thefe 
 ftones, being cut out of a pretty hard fteatite, 
 are very flippery; for which reafon they take 
 the precaution of wetting them with their fali- 
 va, in order that they may not Aide olT front 
 within the two little cords of which the bottom 
 of their fling is formed. 
 
 The different movements of the favages hav- 
 ing been noticed from on board the Recherche, 
 the Admiral ordered two guns to be fired at 
 them, which difperfed them immediately into 
 the woods ; but fliortly after, one of their chiefs 
 advanced towards us, alone and unarmed, holc- 
 ing in his hand a piece of white cloth mad.e 
 of the bark of a tree, which the commanding 
 -officer received a-: .- plodsre of the good under- 
 
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 212 VXDYAGi; IN SEARCH 
 
 Handing that was not hcnccforthto be interrupt- 
 ed between thefe favages and us. Immediately 
 four other natives came and fat down in the 
 midfl of us with as much confidence as their 
 chief, behind whom they placed themfelves ; 
 but he appeared very much enraged at feveral 
 who came afterwards to reft under the (hade of 
 the neighbouring trees, calling them robbers 
 (kayas) feveral times. 
 
 We all got into the boat at four o'clock in 
 the afternoon, and were fleering for our fhip, 
 when we faw runi>ing towards us, along the 
 beach, a party of favages loaded with different 
 forts of fruit, of which they wiflied to m.ake 
 us a prcfent ; they repeatedly leaped into the 
 Mater to bring them to us, but we were carried 
 away to the weftward by a very rapid current, 
 and could not Hop to receive thefe marks of 
 reconciliation. 
 
 Next day, the 2Vl\\, I landed clofe by our 
 watering-place, at ihe moment when the Ad- 
 miral came thither. The guard \vas flronger 
 than it had been before, in order to keep thefe 
 illnnders more inav\c. It was to be apprehend- 
 ed, after what had palled between them and us 
 on the preceding day, rliat knowing perhaps the 
 effects of fome poiibn, they m.ight infed; with 
 ir tlic water with which we were going to fill 
 o'jr cafKS ; it was therefore thought proper, 
 
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 by the advice of the furgeon, to make a 
 trial on a goofe, which thence felt no bad 
 confequence ; but fevcral of the failors not 
 chpofing to wait to quench their thirft till this 
 experiment was made, had already drunk even 
 before it was begun. 
 
 Some of the inhabitants having approached 
 our landing-place, two lines were drawn on the 
 fand, beyond which they were forbidden to 
 pafs ; and we had the fatisfadlion to fee that 
 they were very obedient to thefe orders. Wc 
 gave moft of them bits of bifcuit which they 
 afls:edofus, holding out one hand, while with 
 the other they pointed to their belly, naturally 
 very lank, but the mufcles of which they con- 
 traded as much as they could, in order to draw 
 it in ftill more. I faw however one cf them 
 come up who already had his ftomach well 
 filled, but who neverthelefs ate in our prefence 
 a lump of a very foft fteatite of a greenilh colour 
 and as big as his two fifts. We afterwards faw 
 a number of others eat quantities of the fame 
 fort of earth; it ferves to deaden the fenfe of 
 hunger by filling their ftomach, thus fup- 
 porting the vifcera attached to the diaphragm ; 
 and althouQ:h this fubftance does not afford any 
 nutritious juice, it is yet very ufeful to thefc 
 people, who muft be often expofed to be long 
 in want of food, for they apply themfelves little 
 
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 314 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 to the culture of their lands, which arc befide? 
 very fteril. 
 
 It is to be remarked, that undoubtedly the 
 inhabitants of New Caledonia have made choice 
 of the fteatite, of which I have been fpeaking, 
 only becaufe, from its great friability, it does 
 not remain long in their ftoniach and inteltines. 
 I fhould never have imagined that canni- 
 bals would have recourfe to fuch an expedient 
 when prefled by hunger. 
 
 Three women having come and joined the 
 other favages who furrounded us, gave us no 
 very favourable idea of their mulic : they fang 
 a trio, keeping very good time, but the harfh- 
 nefs and difcordance of their voices excited in 
 us very difagrceable fenfations ; however the 
 favages appeared to hear them with a great deal 
 of pleafure. 
 
 Lahaie the gardener and I ventured into the 
 middle of the woods, accompanied only by two 
 of our people. We preferred going to thofe 
 places where we were in hopes of meeting but 
 with few of the natives : the latter took care to 
 crouch among the underwood when they faw 
 us ; at other times they kept behind large trees, 
 round which they turned as we ftepped on : 
 however an old man finding us advance on both 
 fides of the tree behind which he was con- 
 r^aled, and not being able to avoid being dif- 
 
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 F LA PEROUSE. 21 S 
 
 covered, came up to us, feemingly to put him^ 
 felf in our power; but his courage appeared 
 to revive when we gave him ^ few bits of 
 bifcuit. 
 
 The gardener had juft Town in the woods 
 different forts of feeds brought from Europe; 
 he had ftill fome remaining, which he gave to 
 this favage, under a promife that he would fow 
 them. 
 
 We foon met with feveral huts all feparated 
 from each other, and in which we were fur- 
 prifed to find no inhabitants. They were con- 
 flrudled in the fame manner as that of which I 
 have given a defcription in the beginning of 
 this chapter. Farther on we found a heap of 
 aflies; probably one of the dwellings had been 
 recently burnt by the fire which thefe favages 
 kindle in them to drive away the mufkitoes. 
 The ground had been raifed a, double decimeter 
 to preferve it from inundation. Two tombs, 
 which were very near it, had received no damage, 
 I faw there two human bones, each fufpcnded 
 by a ftring to a long ftick fixed in the ground ; 
 the one was a tibia, and the other a thigh-bone. 
 
 I remarked on the hills, which I crofled in 
 order to regain our hmding-place, the tree 
 known by the name of covr.merjonia echinata^ 
 \\'hich grows in great abundance in the Mo- 
 luccas. Among the new fpecies of il:rubs which 
 
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 2l6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 I collecfted was a jafmine, remarkable for its 
 fingle leaves, and its flowers of the colour of 
 a marigold, which are not odoriferous. 
 
 A few fires burning very near the top of the 
 neighbouring mountain, apprized us that it 
 was a place of retreat for fome inhabitants. 
 
 When we reached the landing-place we found 
 i great number of favages, who had afTembled 
 there fince our departure. They informed us 
 that feveral of the inhabitants had been wounded 
 in the affair which they had had with us the 
 day before, and that one of them had already 
 died in confequence of his wounds. For their 
 part they fliewed no hoftile intentions, but a 
 boat belonging to the Efperance, which was ly- 
 ing at fome dillance to the eaftward, had been 
 attacked a few hours before our return by ano- 
 ther party of favages, who had thought that 
 they were fufficiently ftrongto make themfelves 
 maflers of it; fortunately their attempt had not 
 fuccceded. 
 
 On our arrival on board we were told that no 
 canoe had been near our (hips, which we 
 thought was to be attributed to a ftrong wind 
 that blew all the day, rather than to a dread of 
 our refentment for the hcftilities they had com- 
 mitted the day before. 
 
 We had formed a plan with feveral perfons 
 belonging to both Hiips, to go and vifit the 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSE. Uj 
 
 back of the mountains which were fituated to 
 the fouth of our anchorage. On the 26th we 
 aflembled on the beach early in the morning, 
 to the number of twenty-eight. We had agreed 
 all to go armed, in order to be able recipro- 
 cally to aflifl: each other, in cafe the favages 
 lliould venture to attack us. 
 
 We walked for a long time in paths well 
 beaten, and were accompanied by a few of the 
 inhabitants. Several amono; us, following; their 
 example, chewed fome young fhoots of the 
 hihijcus tiliaccuSy and almoft immediately fpit 
 them out; but we were not a little furprifed to fee 
 thefe favages greedily pick them up, and chew 
 them again without repugnance. 
 
 When we had got to about the middle of 
 the mountain, we found fome very conliderable 
 blocks of mica; in thefe we perceived feveral 
 garnets which had lofi: their tranfparency, and 
 the greater part of which were bigger than the 
 thumb. Farther on, in rocks of fand-Hone, we 
 found a few which were very fmall, but which 
 had prefervedall their luftre. 
 
 The fmoke that rofe at intervals from the 
 bottom of a thicket, which we faw at a little 
 diftance towards the fouth fouth-eafl, induced 
 us to direct our fleps that way. I there met 
 with two men and a child employed in roafting 
 on the coals roots of a fpecies of bean known to 
 
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 515 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 botanifls by the name of dolichos tuherojui, and 
 which thefc iflanders call yalai. Thefe roots had 
 not long been pulled out of the ground, for 
 they were ftill adhering to the (lalk which was 
 loaded with flowers and fiuir. They partook 
 of the aridity of the foil in which they had 
 grown; their fibres were almoft ligneous, and 
 they were not more than two decimeters in 
 thicknefs by three or four decimeters in length. 
 
 Quite clofe to this fpot we met with a fmall 
 family that appeared alarmed at our approach. 
 We immediately made them all fome prefents, 
 in hopes of diffipating their fears : this fuc- 
 ceeded with refpeCl to the hufband and the two 
 children ; but one of our party having offered a 
 pair of fciffars to the mother, and endeavoured 
 to fhew her the ufe of them by cutting fome of 
 her hair, the poor woman immediately fell a 
 crying: doubtlefs fhe imagined that it was all 
 over with her; however flie became pacified ai 
 foon as (he was put in polTefiion of the fciffars. 
 
 The inhabitants of thefe mountains appeared 
 to us to live in the greateft mifery ; they were 
 all extremely meagre. They fleep in the open 
 air, without however being tormented by the 
 mufkitoes ; for thofe infects are driven from 
 thefe heights by the eafi: fouth-eafl winds, 
 which blow here conftantly. The fame winds 
 fo materially obftrucl; the growth of vegetables, 
 
 that
 
 PF LA PIROUSE, 219 
 
 that here are to be met with only under the 
 form of flirubs, the trees which, lower down, 
 become very tall. The melaleuca latifoliciy for 
 inftance, fcarcely grows above four decimeters 
 high, while on the hills it attains the height of 
 from nine to ten meters. And ye: among the 
 vegetables peculiar to the fummits of thefe 
 mountains, feveral feem to agree perfe(5lly with 
 the great agitation of the air which they expe- 
 rience. I fhall give a defcription of one of the 
 moft remarkable ; it forms a new genus, which I 
 defignate by the name oi dracophyllum. 
 
 The calyx is compofed of fix fmall leaves, 
 oval and acute. 
 
 The corolla, which is entire, is flightly di- 
 vided on its margins into fix equal parts. It is 
 furrounded by fix fmall fcales inferted at its 
 bafe. 
 
 The ftamina, fix in number, are attached to 
 the corolla by filaments rather fiender, and 
 nearly of the fame length as the anthers. 
 
 The gcrmen is fuperior, rounded, and fur- 
 mounted by a ftylc, the (ligma of which is 
 fimple. 
 
 The capfule has fix cells, each containing 
 feveral feeds, the greater part -of which are 
 abortive. 
 
 I mult obferve that very frequently it is de- 
 ficient in one of the part* of frutftification. 
 
 I h-ave
 
 220 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 I have given to this plant the name oi draco-. 
 fhyllum verticillaium, becaufe its flowers grow 
 in whorls. 
 
 Its leaves are coriaceous, and flightly den^ 
 rated on their margins. They leave their im- 
 preflions on the ftalk in proportion as they de 
 tach themfelves from it, as is the cafe in all the 
 fpecies of drac^na, to which this plant bears a 
 great.affinity, even in the texture of its wood. 
 It therefore belongs to the divifion of the mono- 
 cotyledonous plants, notwithftanding it has a 
 calyx and a corolla, and it muft naturally be 
 claiTed at the end of the family of the afparagi. 
 
 Explanation of the Figures. Plate XL. 
 Fig. I. Plant of the natural fize. 
 Fig. 2. Flower. 
 
 Fig. 3. Corolla magnified, and cleft laterally, 
 in order to fhew the llamina. 
 Fig. 4. Capfule. 
 
 Onfurvevinsjfrom the fummit of thefe moun- 
 tains an immcnfe extent of reefs which bar all 
 approach to this land, we difcovered another 
 channel not far diflant to the weftward of that 
 by which we had reached the anchorage where 
 our fliips then lay. To the fouth our view ex- 
 tended over a fine valley, furrounded by large 
 plantations of cocoa-palms, whence we faw the 
 
 fmokc
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 221 
 
 fmoke rifing in columns from the fires lighted 
 by the favages. Vaft tra(5ls of ground, which 
 appeared cultivated in the loweft fpots, an- 
 nounced a great population. This valley was 
 interrecl:ed by a canal full of water, which we 
 took for a river, and the different branches of 
 which proceeded from the foot of the eaftern 
 mountains J but wedifcovered in the fequel that 
 this canal was filled with flagnant fea-water* 
 We perceived to the fouth-weft the reefs along 
 which we had ranged the preceding year, and 
 we remarked the fame break which the violence 
 of the wind had prevented us from founding. 
 It appeared to us to be likely to afford a fafe 
 paffiige to fliips that wilhed to go and anchor 
 under flielter of thefe fhoals. 
 
 We were now followed by only three natives, 
 who no doubt had feen us a year before fail 
 along the weft coaft of their ifland ; for, before 
 they quitted us they fpokc to us of two fhips 
 which they had obferved on that fide. 
 
 We walked for fome time to the fouth-wefi, 
 on the brow of the mountain ; we then dc- 
 fcendcd into a guHy, where we found two men 
 and a child, v. ho, not being in the leaft alarmed 
 rcfpecling our intentions towards them, did 
 not ftir ho;n the rock on which they were 
 le.itcd. When \\c were quite clofc to them 
 tJiev fliewcd US a bafkct ^Sc'c Piatr XXXl'III. 
 2 ^'^,C'-4-;
 
 822 VOYAGE IM SEARCil 
 
 Fig. 24. j filled with tubercles, which refembJeci 
 thofe of the roots of the fpecies of fun-flower 
 called heUanthus tnibeYoJus. They called theni 
 paouay telling us that they were good to eat, and 
 they readily confented to fell us a fmall quan- 
 tity of them. 
 
 Seeing at thirty yards farther on a thick fmoke 
 ifTue from the middle of fome large rocks piled 
 up together, which afforded a very good fhelter 
 againft the wind, we directed our ft eps thither', 
 and we perceived a young favage employed in 
 roafling fome roots, among which I recog- 
 nifed thofe of the dolichos tuberojus. He ap- 
 peared not at all furprrfed at our vilit, and 
 fmiled at us from the bottom of his cave, which 
 was lilied with a very thick fmoke that fcarcely 
 feemed to incommode him. 
 
 Prefently the fide of the mountain, interfered 
 by the torrents which pour down it in the rainy 
 feafon, exhibited to our view fome congeries 
 ci fine Jpicu]<e of green fchorl in a rather foft 
 fieatite, and lower down fome fmall fragments^ 
 of very tranfparent rock cryftal. 
 
 In returning towards our fhips we pafied 
 through a little hamlet, the inhabitants of which 
 came out unarmed from their huts. They let 
 us examine the infide, and one of them made 
 no difllculty in fellmg us the human bones 
 whirh were fufpended above one of their tomb?^. 
 
 l!
 
 Of la PERoi/sE. 223 
 
 tt was not long before we reached the Tea-* 
 lide, where we found a group of natives, who 
 followed us, allying for fomething to eat; but 
 all our provifions being expended, I regaled 
 them with fome pieces of green and very foft 
 fleatite which I had brought from the fummit 
 of the mountains. Of this fome of them ate as 
 much as a kilogram^ 
 
 When we ftepped into the boat to go on 
 board, one of our people having fired in the air 
 in order to difcharge his piece, fpread terror 
 an-.ong the greater part of the iflanders who 
 were on the beach, and. who fuddenly took to 
 flight and went and hid themfelves in the woods; 
 but fome of them not having miftaken our in- 
 tentions towards them, betrayed not the fmalleU: 
 fear, and recalled the fugitives, who foon came 
 back and ivji.ed them. 
 
 I was obliged to remain on board during the 
 whole of the 26th, in order to defcribe and 
 prepare the fpecimens w^hich I hadcoUeded the 
 preceding day. 
 
 We had received a vifit from fevcral natives 
 who fwam off to the fhip. They took great 
 care to alFure us that they were not of the num- 
 ber of thofe who had committed ads of hoftility 
 againft us, and they told us that they had eaten 
 two of thofe thieves or kayas, one of whom had 
 received a ball through the thigh, and the other 
 
 through
 
 224 VQYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 through the belly, in the affair that had hap- 
 pened between them and us ; but we did not 
 entirely give credit to this ftory, becaufe v,e 
 thought that they had told it in their own favour 
 in order to avoid being fufpecled by us. 
 
 They had brought an inftrument which they 
 call nbouet^ a name they alfo give to their tombs. 
 It was formed of a fme piece of flat ferpent- 
 ftone, Iharp on the edges, cut nearly in an oval 
 fliape, pcrfecflly polifhed, and of the length of a 
 double decimeter. It was perforated with two 
 holes, in each of which palfed two very pliable 
 ilicjts that fixed it into a wooden handle, to 
 which they were confined by cords of bat's 
 hair; this inilrument was borne on a Hand made 
 out of a cocoa-nut fnell, which was alfo faftened 
 bv cords of the fame kind, fome of which were 
 thicker. (See Plate XXXFIIL Fig. 19.; We 
 had not till now been able to learn the ufe of 
 this inflrument ; thefe favages informed us that 
 it fcrved to cut otf the limbs of their enemies, 
 which they fliare after battle. One of them de- 
 nionftrated its ufe on a man belonging to our 
 fhip, who lay down on his back at the other's 
 requeft. He lirlt reprefcnted a battle, in which 
 he fignified to us that the enemy fell under the 
 flroke of his dart, and the blows of his club, 
 which he wielded with violence; he then per- 
 formed a fort of Pyrrhic dance, holding in his 
 
 hand
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 22^ 
 
 hand this inftrument of murder, and he fliewed 
 us that they began by opening the belly of the 
 vanquiflied with the nbouety and that they threw 
 away the intcflincs, having taken them out by 
 means of the inllrument drawn in Tlate 
 XXXFIII. Fig. 20, which is formed of two 
 human iilncx?, tapered, well polilhed, and fixed 
 in a mat of very fubftantial trelTes of bat's hair. 
 He fliewed us that they then cut off the organs 
 of generation, which fall to the lot of the victor ; 
 that the legs and arms were taken off at the 
 joints, and diftributed as well as the other parts 
 to each of the combatants, who carried them to 
 his family. It is difiicult to depidi: the ferocious 
 avidity with which he exprciTcd to us that the 
 flefli of this unfortuhate vi6lim was devoured by 
 them after they had broiled it on the coals. 
 
 This cannibal let us know at the fame time 
 that the ficfli of the arms and legs was cut into 
 fliccs of icven or eight cenrimerers in thicknefs, 
 and that thcfc people confidcred the mou muf- 
 culous parts a very agreeable ciiili. It was then 
 eafy for u?-. to explain why they Ircquently felt 
 our arms and legs, nianifcfhng a violent loiig- 
 ing; they then uttered a faint whiiliing, which 
 they produced by doling their teeth aiiJ apply- 
 ing to them the tip of the tonj-.ue, at rcr wards 
 o{)ening their mouth they ImackcJ their lips 
 feveral times in fuccclhon, 
 
 "^01. II. 0^ Oa
 
 226 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 On the 28th we went alhore, but our party was 
 too fmall for us to venture fiir from our wa- 
 tering-place. We no longer faw in the environs 
 numerous groups of inhabitants, as during the 
 firfl: days that we had anchored here: this made 
 us think that they had retired to their homes, 
 v/hich doubtlcfs were very far from this fpot; 
 in faifl, how would it have been pofiible that fo 
 great a number of men could hnd means of fub- 
 liftence on this extremely barren coaft? 
 
 The next day, the 29th, we fet off early in 
 the morning, to the number of twenty-eight, all 
 well armed, with an intention of crofling over 
 a very lofty mountain fituated to the fouth 
 fouth-eafl:, in order to defcend afterwards, if 
 the weather was favourablcj. into a fine valley 
 which we had already perceived very far behind 
 this mountain. 
 
 We at firft walked to the eaftward along the 
 Ihore, and fcon entered a large wood, where, 
 among the different birds which we killed, there 
 was a beautiful fpecies of magpie, which I have 
 named the Magpie of Nezv Caledonia; it is en- 
 tirely black, except the upper part of the belly 
 and back, and the neck, which are white ; the 
 bill is flightly dentated at the extremity of each 
 mandible; it is of a pale black for two thirds 
 of its length beginniiig at its bafe, the remain- 
 der is yellowifh. The tail feathers are dif])ored 
 
 two
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 227 
 
 two by two, and tapered, the upper ones being 
 much longer than the others. See Platr XXXJX. 
 in which this bird is reprcfented nearly of the 
 natural fize. 
 
 We had now proceeded upwards of two kilo- 
 meters, when we arrived at a villagx confifting 
 of a fmall number of huts fufficiently diftant 
 from each other to prevent the communication 
 of fire, if unfortunately any of them happen to 
 becomiC the prey of the flames. Two of thefc 
 had been recently burnt. We here faw fome 
 women preparing their meat; they were drcfling 
 the bark of trees and various roots, am.ong which 
 I diftinguifhed thofe of the hypoxis, of which I 
 have already fpoken. Thefc dilferent articles 
 were placed without water in a large earthen 
 pot fupported over the fire by three big flrones, 
 which ferved as a trivet. Quite cloic to the 
 entrance of one of thefc huts was a pile of hu- 
 man bones, on wliich we obferved very recent 
 marks of fire. 
 
 It was probably an inhabitant of this hamlet 
 who had ftolcn Bonvouloir's fabre, which I have 
 before mentioned, for we found its fcabb.ird 
 and belt fufpend jd as a fort of trophy above one 
 of their grave.-. 
 
 On leaving this village, we follov, ed a path 
 which led to tb-c fouth-eafl, and we foon faw 
 ibmc Indian kale ruyam ej'ailcniuui) planted in 
 
 u^2 ' the
 
 228 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 the vicinity of a rivulet, the waters of which the 
 inhabitants had dired:ed lower down towards a 
 plantation of arii?n ^nacrcrhizon. Farther on we 
 remarked fome young plantain-trees growing 
 at the dillance of five or fix meters from each 
 other, and alfo feveral fugar-canes. 
 
 Prefcntly we were furrounded by at leafl forty 
 natives, who came out of the neighbouring 
 huts, and of fome hovels fcattered over a large 
 plain covered with herbaceous plants, above 
 which rofe a few cocoa-nut trees ; but we were 
 aftonifhed to fee among thefe favages, only a 
 very fmall number of men, and thefe were all 
 old and infirm, and for the moft part maimed ; 
 the remainder of the group confifled of women 
 and children, who teftified a great deal of joy 
 in receiving the prefenrs of glafs beads which 
 we made them. Wc prefumcd that the flout 
 men were engaged, at a dillance, in fome expe- 
 dition againft their neighbours. 
 
 We were about tv/o kilometers from the firil 
 village, when we met with another twice as 
 large, fituated on the banks of a fmall river, 
 which we afccndcd, proceeding towards the 
 fouth. Upwards of thirty natives left their 
 huts in order to come and meet us, and they 
 followed us for fome time. Shortly after, we 
 faw coming dov/n from the mountains three 
 ot'^.crs, among whom v.c recollected one that 
 
 had
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 229 
 
 had repeatedly vilited us on board the Re- 
 cherche. Several of them pointed him out to 
 us as a very celebrated chief, whom they diftin- 
 guiflied by the name of Alikee. 
 
 We halted on the banks of this little river in 
 order to take our breakfall ; bur wifhing to be 
 fecure againft any furprife on the part of the 
 favages, we prevailed on them to fit down. Alikec 
 immediately complied with our requefi:, and 
 all the others followed his example. The wa- 
 ter being a few )ards below us, fome of the 
 favages were at the trouble to fill our bottles as 
 fart as we emptied them. 
 
 After breakfaft, we proceeded to the fouth- 
 ward, accompanied by Alikce and three other 
 natives, who had fliewn much inclination to 
 follow us. Plantain-trees and cocoa-palms 
 growing on the lealt rtcep fides of the gully dug 
 by the waters of the little river, announced to 
 us the refidence of fome natives. We there 
 found a hut perfectly limilar to thofe which we 
 had before met Vv ith. Alikce told us that it be- 
 longed to him. It was furrounded by fome 
 new fpecies of fig-trce, the fruits of which thefe 
 people rat, after having expofcd them to the 
 lire tor fonie time in earthen vcliels, in order 
 to rake away their corroiive qiialit}'. 
 
 Abc'ji rcn o'.lock in the n.orning, fome 
 c<ci;u>. brought by :i frclli fouLii-curt wind, co- 
 
 Q. ? vcred
 
 230 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 vered the fummit of the mountains, and gave 
 us for a little time a heavy fhowcr of rain, 
 v.'hich the favages appeared fcarcely to mind, 
 Thcv fought no place to fhelter themfelvesfrom 
 ir_, v/hile v.'e retired under feme very bufuy 
 trees. As foon as it had ceafed., we continued 
 our route, and they followed us, fliewing us 
 manv marks of kindnefs. One of them, wifl^ing 
 to eafc a faiJor wh^ was loaded with a o'reat tin 
 box, already filled with various fpecimens of 
 natural hirtory, confented to carry it for up- 
 wards of four hours. 
 
 Piefently we croiTed the litile river, on the 
 banks of which I remarked the acanthus ilicifo- 
 lilts. We then climbed for fome timie up very 
 ''}.'i&Y^ rocks, and we had every reafon to be 
 pleafcd with thefe favages, who were anxious 
 to fi;pport us by the arm in order to prevent us 
 from falling. 
 
 They each carried a hatchet made of f^rpent- 
 fione, and one of them wifiiing to fhew us hov*^ 
 they ufed it to cut wood, chopped orla branch 
 of iiiclaleuca latifolia^ about a decinictcr in 
 ihicknefs. It was not till after he had given a 
 great number of blov.s, that he fucceeded in 
 making a flight notch in it ; he then broke it off 
 by bending it ftrongly at the extremity ; rhey 
 manifefled the o;realcii furprife at feein;-^ us, in 
 
 a ver^
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 2jr 
 
 a very fliort time, fell with a pole-axe, fome of 
 the thickcft trees in the forefl. 
 
 We had now reaehed one of the moft lofty 
 fummits of thefe mountains, when one of our 
 party expreffcd to the fiwages a wiOi to have 
 ff)me water. Immciidtely two of them offered 
 him to go and fetch fome from a gully, which 
 appeared to us upwards of a thoufand yards off". 
 They fet our, and we foon loft fight of them. 
 As thcv were a long time before they made their 
 appearance, we were afraid that they had carried 
 off the bottles which we had entrufted to them; 
 but they at length returned, and feemed gra- 
 tified at having it in their power to offer us 
 fome very clear water to quench our thirfi. 
 
 We then went down towards the f(Hith-eaft, 
 and crofied a fine valley, where I m.adc a very 
 abundant cclIev:lion of vegetables, aniong which 
 were the a':r'ift!cbii}ii aujlrale^ and feveral new 
 fpecies of iiinndoriim. 
 
 A very heavy fliower obliged us to feek a 
 flielter in the cavities of the rocks^ where we 
 remained for fome time. AVe invited the fa- 
 vages who accompanied us, to partake of our re- 
 paft; feut VvC were very much furprifed to fee 
 that thefe cannibals would not eat the fait pork 
 which we offered them. 
 
 1 "lie bad weather having deterred us from 
 paliirig the night in the nnountains, we returned 
 
 a. 4 towards
 
 232 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 towards our fhips, proceeding to the weft, in 
 order to follow the flope of a great valley pa- 
 rallel to that which we had juft croiTed. I 
 there remarked feveral new fpecies ol pa 1 flora* 
 The amomum zingiber was growing there in to- 
 lerable abundance^ but the natives told us that 
 they made no ufe of it : they quitted us and went 
 to the eallward as foon as we had reached the 
 beach, where we found boats waiting to take us 
 on board. 
 
 I palled the whole of the 30th in defcribing 
 and preparing the numerous colleftion of fpe- 
 cimens of natural hiilory which I had made the 
 preceding day. 
 
 The next morning, the ift of May, we di 
 rcaed our route to the fouth-eaft, and after 
 having penetrated a good way into the woods, 
 v.e arrived at a hut furrounded by palifades, 
 behind which were a woman and two children, 
 who appeared frightened at our approach ; but 
 their apprehenfions vaniflied when we gave 
 them fome bits of cloth and fome glafs beads. 
 
 We then walked towards two large fires, 
 lighted by the favages, in one of the moft 
 gloomy parts of the foreft. ThCy fled as foon 
 as "CviQy perceived us, leaving behind two bafkets 
 filled with the bark of trees. 
 
 We foon reached the banks of the marfhes, 
 w here we killed fome cr.arming birds of the 
 
 w.ujcicapa
 
 OF I.A PEROUSE. 233 
 
 jnu/cicapa genus-, they were attracted to thefc 
 foots by clouds of nuilkitocs, which leivcd 
 them as food. Farther on ue found two young 
 girls who had juft kindled a fire ; they were 
 roafting for iheir meal various forts of roots, 
 among which I obferved fevcral that belonged 
 to the plants I had met with under the (liade of 
 the large trees of the forefr. They for fomc 
 time abandoned their provilions^ and fled as ue 
 approached them. 
 
 On coming out of the vvoods^ we met with 
 ieveral inhabitants, who accompanied us to our 
 anchor! ng-place. They were very much amufcd 
 at feeing Citizen Riche's dog run after fome 
 other favages, whom he very quickly overtook, 
 although they were a good way off and ran as 
 fdi\ as they could. As he did them no harm, 
 thofc who were with us begged us to fet him at 
 fome women that came out of the forefl:, and 
 they were enjoying beforehand their fright; 
 but we would not comply v/ith the v/ilhes of 
 thefe natives. 
 
 On reaching the fea-fide, we ^vere witneffes 
 of a fact which befpeaks a great corruption of 
 morals among this nation of cannibals. It was 
 two 2,1 rls, the cldeil ot them about eighteen, 
 \\ii(3 were flievvnig to fome ot our people wliat 
 they are in the habit of cov<.ring with the 
 giidlc of fringe of which I have before fpokcn, 
 
 and
 
 2J4 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 and uhich is their only garment. They had 
 fixed the price of their condefcenfion at a nail, 
 or fome other article of equal value, and they 
 infifted that every perfon who wifhcd to gratify 
 his curiofity Ihould pay beforehand. 
 
 I found on my arrival on board, a chief who 
 had dined at the gun-room table. He had come 
 in a canoe w ith his wife, whom he would not 
 fliffcr to afcend the fhip's fide, not with ftand- 
 in"" the reiterated entreaties that had been 
 made him for that purpofe. 
 
 On the 2d, we went on a fhooting party in 
 the great woods which lay to the fouth-eaft, 
 and there killed a prodigious number of birds. 
 We flopped at a fmall hamlet, where we faw 
 over two graves fome planks rudely carved ; 
 tiic inhabitants informed us that it was forbidden 
 to approach them ^ but they very readily con- 
 fenrcd to fell us for fome bits of cloth, a human 
 fcull fufpended over another grave, the os coron- 
 aiis oi wliich was fplit on the left fide. They 
 gavcr.sto iinderfiand that this warrior had been 
 killed in a battle by a blow of a club. 
 
 Next day, the ;^dy we fef out to the number 
 of eight, early in the morning, having formed 
 an intention of crofling the mountains, to de- 
 fccnd afterwards inrotiic hrge valley in which 
 we had in one of our rxcurfions difcovcrcd at a 
 ('.irt^ince a crcat many cultivated foots of 
 
 ground.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 235 
 
 ground. It was probable that we (lioiild there 
 meet with a number of inhabitants^ but we 
 were all fufficiently well armed to be able to 
 repulfc them, in cafe they fnould venture to 
 attack us. 
 
 At iirft we followed the beach, advancing 
 towards the weft, and pene:rating orcafionally 
 into the woods ; we faw the inhabitants aban- 
 don their huts at our approach, and leave be- 
 hind them a net which they had fprcad out to 
 dry. It appears that this i:nplement for iifli- 
 ing, which is commonly eight meters long, by 
 four wide, is very fcarce among thefe people. 
 They fhewed us very few during all the time we 
 were in their iOand, and none of them would 
 part with a net for any price whatever. 
 
 V/e found near this place the remains of a 
 large quantity of fhell-fifh which had been ufed 
 as food by the iflandcrs ; feveral of them were 
 of the fpecics known by the name of the coral 
 fcallop, which arc from three to four decimeters 
 in length. We obferved there the marks of the 
 fire tl-.at bad ferved to drcfs the animal w hich 
 they contained. 
 
 It is principally the women that catch the 
 fhell-fini. We favv from ti tip to t:;; e, at tlie 
 place where we were an anchor, feveral of 
 them v.ade into thj fca up to the middle, 
 and gather crreat qiiantitics, which they 
 
 found
 
 236 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 found by rr.eans of a pointed ftick that they 
 thruil: into the fand. 
 
 We had proceeded more than a myria- 
 meter along the coaft without feeing a brook, 
 when three young favages came to meet us, and 
 invited us to follow them towards their cabin, 
 which was not far diftant from the path that we 
 were following. We found there a fpring under 
 which they had dug fome trenches to convey 
 the water towards a few^ trees of aru/}i ^nacrorhizon^ 
 the roots of which they eat. 
 
 We were on the declivity of a hill under 
 the fliade of a few cocoa-nut trees. One 
 of the favages, whom I begged to gather us 
 fome fruits, afcended one of thcfe trees with 
 extreme agility. 
 
 We foon continued our route towards the 
 weft. The air being ftill, we experienced an 
 extreme heat, and were attacked by a cloud of 
 fand-flies, which tormented us exceflively, 
 flinging us all over the body, even to the eyes 
 and ears. Fortunately in a little time there 
 fprang up a breeze that delivered us from them 
 and completely difperfed them. 
 
 In a fliort time we arrived at the bank of a 
 deep channel, which ran inland as far as the 
 foot of the very fteep mountain. It fervcd as 
 a haven to the iilanders, and we fav," three of 
 
 them enter it in a double canoe, which they 
 
 fe cured
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 237 
 
 fecurcd with a rope to the trunk of a tree on 
 the fide where we were ; they then proceeded 
 flowly towards the hills to the fouth-eaft, pre- 
 tending not to have obferved us. Their canoe 
 was the only one in this harbour. We made 
 ufe of it to crofs over to the other fide, where 
 we found a fmall hovel, the plantations in the 
 vicinity of which had been very recently laid 
 wafte; we fiill faw fome veftiges of Indian 
 kale and fugar-canes : the tops of all the cocoa- 
 nut trees had been cut off; probably thefe un- 
 fortunate iflanders had become vicflims to the 
 ferocity of barbarians who had ftripped them 
 in this cruel manner. 
 
 We had not hitherto met with any tombs of 
 thefe favages, except near their huts ; but we 
 now faw one which was far diftant from any 
 habitation, on the fide of the road that we fol- 
 lowed. It difFered from the others in being 
 built of ftonc from its foundation to the mid- 
 dle of its height. 
 
 We made a halt about the middle of the day, 
 under the fliade of feveral cafueriiide equifetifolLei 
 and of different new fpecies of cerhera^ which 
 crew on the banks of a rivulet, where we 
 quenched our thirft, and where we found fome 
 fragments of hafaltes rounded by the attrition 
 of the waters. We had juft caught two fea- 
 adders Uoliiher laticaudatusjy which we broiled 
 
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 23S VOYAGE IN SEARCfl 
 
 on the coals and ate, but we found their flefh 
 very tough, and by no means well-flavoured. 
 
 We had proceeded to the diftance of above two 
 myriameters from our fliips, when frefh traces 
 of devaftation made us again lament the fate of 
 thefe unfortunate inhabitants, whom revenge 
 often hurries to the mod horrible excefles. 
 They had deflroyed all the principal habita- 
 tion, and topped all the cocoa-nut trees fur- 
 rounding it ; only they had fpared two fmall 
 flieds covered with the fungous bark of the 
 melaleuca latifolia. 
 
 Prefently a foreft of cocoa-palms, the tops 
 of which we difcovered a demi-myriameter to 
 the wcftward, and the fmoke which was there 
 afcending in a column from different points 
 announced to us a numerous population. We 
 direcT:ed our courfe for fome time towards this 
 place, but the marfhes which we were obliged 
 to crofs in order to reach it, made us abandon 
 our plan ; belides the day was far fpent. We 
 therefore proceeded towards the fouth, in fearch 
 of a convenient fpot where we might pafs the 
 night, and we fhortly fixed upon an eminence, 
 the difficult accefs to which fecured us from 
 the danger of any furprife on the part of the 
 favages. We lighted a fire; for on thcfe heights 
 it was piercing cold, and of this we were the 
 more fcnfible as we had experienced in the 
 
 plain
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 239 
 
 plain very intcnfe heat during the day. I de- 
 livered to the Tailors who accompanied iis^ all 
 fuch birds as I did not intend to fluff', and 
 among thofe which they immediately broiled 
 for our fupper, there were feveral covji cale- 
 doniciy and three large pigeons of a new fpecies, 
 which I had already met with in the early part 
 of ourftay at this place. 
 
 We fupped^ and then went to fleep, tv.o of us 
 watching alternately, and keeping a good look- 
 out, for it was to be feared that the light of our 
 fire might attract fome of the iOanders towards 
 us. We were foon apprized that near the foot 
 of the mountains was perceived the light of 
 feveral torches, with which fome favages were 
 advancing eaflvvard, and approaching our re- 
 treat. In an inftant every one of us was: on 
 foot to obferve their motions, and we pre- 
 pared to give them a warm reception in cafe 
 they fhould think proper to come and attack 
 US; but after having croffed feveral hills, they 
 went down towards the fea-fide, marching to 
 the eaftward, and going farther away from us. 
 Probably thefe cannibals were joroceeding to 
 undertake fome expeditionagainft their enemies. 
 As we did not feem to be the objedt of their 
 fearch, we immediately went to fleep again, 
 relying on the vigilance of our fcnrries. 
 
 The next morning at da)^-break we afcended 
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 240 \OYAGL IN SEARCH 
 
 towiiids the fouth-cafi-, and foon reached the 
 brow of the mountain, when we difcovered 
 towards the weft fouth-weft, on the fea-fhore, 
 the great opening of the channel which runs 
 through the plain that we propofed to vilit. 
 
 Shortly after we dcfcended into a valley, in 
 the midft of which rofe a charming infulated 
 grove that feemed planted by the hand of manj 
 but the flirubs grew here with fo much vigour 
 only becaufe they were in a pretty good foil, 
 and were befides moiftened by the waters which 
 fell from the neighbouring mountains. I made 
 at this place a great collection of plants, among 
 which was a new fpecies of fern of the 7nyrio- 
 theca genus, the largeft of which rofe to the 
 height of four meters, although their ftem did 
 not exceed a decimeter in circumference. 
 
 Ongoing out of this thicket we faw, at the 
 diftance of three hundred yards below us, two 
 natives coming into the plain, the whole ex- 
 tent of which we now difcovered. They looked 
 at us, fiill however continuing their route, 
 notwithfianding the invitations which we made 
 them to come to us. One of them was carry- 
 ing on his flioulder, at the end of a flick, a 
 bafkct v.hich was filled doubtlefs with roots. 
 
 We had now only a fcv/ hills to crofs in order 
 
 to arrive at the plain, wiien fcvcral of our party 
 
 being afraid that, fliould ve proceed any farther, 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSE. 24I 
 
 ,c might run fliort of provifions, and perhaps 
 meet feme numerous bands of favages, left us 
 in order to return the fame day on board of our 
 fliips. By this defertion our number was re- 
 duced to fifteen, but neverthclcfs we continued 
 our journey. Wc foon found on the fide of a 
 path very much frequented by the favages, fomc 
 cabbage-trees ; we regaled ourfelves \^ ith the 
 tender leaves of the top of thefe trees, and 
 then went down into a 2;ullv where fcveral fine 
 c.leuritcs added to our repaft a gooJ allowance 
 of fruit, the kernels of which wcr? of a very 
 ao'rceable flavour. 
 
 O 
 
 The quartz and mica fp^read v/idely round, 
 formed in this place a very brillinnt laminated 
 rock, difpofcd in ^ cry narrov/ fcrata. 
 
 At length we entered the plain, and prcfently 
 the melancholy fprftacle of a habitation en- 
 tirely dcilroyed, lvA fevo;\tl cocca-palms cut 
 lliortofFa: the ro..,L, cp.:vinced us anew of the 
 barbarity c^f the inhabitants. 
 
 Farther o\\ vc ki^v phintations of yams, fwcct 
 potatoes, &c. \>'c procccv'ed for Ibme tin:e 
 toward^ the iouth, and were af^oi^iHicd tliat ve 
 had not met a finj;!e favat/e, \\ hen I rercciveJ an 
 old man emj):'^)yeJ in tciring iu"> the roots of the 
 do'icbos iiibi:-(iii<, \'-hi.ii he was givir-g to a chiki 
 ro clean. He did net appear at a'i i::tirT^ia:ited 
 on iceing us ad^-nce ;o\va:o:s hio^^ i^ut all the 
 
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 242 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 features of the child betrayed the greateft fear. 
 The old man had loft an eye, \vhich he told us 
 had been knocked out with a ftone. We thought 
 we recognifed in him one of the inhabitants 
 who had come feveral times to viiit us on board 
 our fhips. 
 
 He accompanied us along a path running to 
 the fouth-eaft acrofs the plain, but he had con- 
 liderable difficulty in following us, for he had 
 been wounded in one of his legs, in which we 
 remarked two large fears oppofite to each other 
 as if it had been pierced through by a dart. 
 
 On both fides of the road were to be feen, 
 fcattered at great d iftances from one another, huts 
 furrounded by cocoa-palms ; a few favages only 
 appeared afar off in the midfl: of this vaft plain. 
 On our left rofe a thick foref!: of cocoa-nut 
 trees, which extended to the foot of the moun- 
 tains, and under the (hade of which we obferved 
 a great number of huts. 
 
 We had proceeded with this favagc about two 
 kilometers, when he requeued us to ftop in 
 the neighbourhood ofa dwelling which probably 
 belonged to him, for he invited us to gather for 
 ourfelves fomc fruits of the furrounding cocoa 
 palms, excufing himfelf from that tafk on ac- 
 count of his wounds which prevented him from 
 climbing to the top of thefe trees. I gave him 
 fome bits of cloth of different colours, and a 
 
 few
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 243 
 
 few nails, on which he feemed to fet a great 
 value. 
 
 Prefently another Hivage came up to us, and 
 they both followed us to the bank of a branch 
 of the great inlet which ran through the plain; 
 it is filled with ftagnant water, as fait as that 
 of the fea. 
 
 We faw at a diftance fome women and chil- 
 dren, when our two favages quitted us, after 
 fhewing us a path that led to the mountains. 
 
 At the fame time other natives fet fire to 
 fome dry plants at a great didance from the 
 fide of tlie road on which we were walking, 
 and then went into the woods. 
 
 Having proceeded for half an hour to the 
 north-eaft, I arrived at a very agreeable hillock, 
 on which the inhabitants had conftrudled three 
 Iheds, two meters in height, where they might 
 enjoy the frcfli air ; they were of a hemifpherical 
 form, and open below throughout their whole 
 circumference, to the height of three deci- 
 meters, in order to allow the air a free circu- 
 lation. We found no favages in any of the 
 neighbouring huts, which were all built near 
 a pool furrounded by trees of the hil'ijcus tilia- 
 ccns ; but wc faw in the vicinity a large plot of 
 ground cultivated and covered with fv/ect po- 
 r:;tocs, yams, ar,d aipecies of /;jp '.-/jj the roors 
 
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 '1^{ VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 of which thefe people eat, and which grows 
 fpontaneoufly in their forefts. 
 
 It had been dark for an hour, when at length 
 we reached the fummit of the mountain, 
 whence, calling our eyes towards the north-eaft, 
 we difcovered the lights of our fhips. From, 
 fix to eight hundred yards below us were 
 blazing feveral fires kindled by the favages. 
 The cold obliged us alfo to light a very large 
 fire, round which we took our repafl:, and we 
 then went to fleep, wdiile two of us guarded 
 the two palTes by which the iflanders could have 
 come to furprife us : none of them however 
 attempted to difturb our reft ; only at break 
 of day the fentry fcationed to the north-eaft an- 
 nounced three of them who were advancing 
 pretty Oowly towards us, but they turned fud- 
 dcnly back on tiie fliout which he uttered in 
 order to apprize us of their approach. 
 
 All our provifions being now expended, we 
 f:It wrongly the neccfilty of rcturniiig on board, 
 i could uol however reihl :i wiOi to devote a few 
 h(;urs cf the ah, to vilk a ch:;rminfr strove 
 jituatcd on t'ie back cf il.e rnountcnn, at a Ihort 
 diiianrc from the \\y.-x v here ve had palled the 
 jii''':,:. i here; c;l:iiVr\c_! a grcdt number of 
 J. 'su: which I haJ nr: \ei; ibu:",d in any of the 
 v:. .!!. 'on.;- i had luadc in i;ii> d'anv]. They 
 
 bcionG:ed
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 245 
 
 belonged for the moft part to the family of the 
 protde and to that of the bigmni^e. 
 
 I fliall here give a defcription of one of the 
 moft beautiful flirubs which grow on thcfc 
 heierhts. It forms a new <T;enus which I call 
 aiilboloma, and which is to be clafTcd in the 
 famdly of the loti. 
 
 The calyx, which- is compofcd of from two to 
 four oval leaves, frequently detaches itfeif v/hen 
 the flower blows. 
 
 The corolhi is entire, cup-fhapcd and crcnated 
 unequally on its margins. 
 
 The ftamina, which are very numerous, 
 (about a hundred,) are attached to a flefliy re- 
 ceptacle. The anthers arc terminated at the 
 top by a point under v.hich they open at the 
 extremity of their cells. 
 
 The germen, which is of a quadrangular py- 
 ramidical form, li;;htl}- inferted in the recep- 
 tacle, is crowned by a ll vie terminatino; in an 
 acute ftigma. 
 
 The fruit is quadrilocular; the cells are filled 
 with a great number of feeds ; it v/as not yet 
 ripe, but I think that i: bc-^omej a capfule. 
 
 I defignate tiiis ;l:rub bv the name of .:/;.'''(//: ''/.z 
 :::^>:liinj. I la^A' Icvcral of tncm ^'hich wcrcfivc 
 meters hifT-h. Ilo !ca\Ts ai'c allcrnalc, \\:v : co- 
 riaceoiis, aiid grow on:\' at ti:ie extrcnuiy of rhc 
 brandies, as do alf:) the Howers,
 
 24^ VOYAGE IN gEARCH 
 
 E.vplanation of the Figures. Plate XLL 
 
 Fig. I. ^r^nch of the antholoma montana* 
 
 Fig. 2. Flower. 
 
 Fig. 3, Receptacle, (lamina, and germen. 
 
 Fig. 4. Receptacle and germen. 
 
 Fig- 5. Corolla. 
 
 Fig. 6. Stamina magnified. 
 
 One of the geographers of our party, having 
 during this time gone to the diftance of a ki-, 
 lometer, in order to determine the fituation of 
 the reefs which he could difcover from the top 
 of a very high peak, received g, vilit from a 
 native who came up to him with a threatening 
 air. The favage was armed with a dart and a 
 club, and we were afraid that he intended to 
 attack our companion ; but he contented him- 
 felf with examining the inftruments he was 
 ufmg, without giving him the fmalleft fubjedt 
 of complaint, 
 
 We reached the fhip about the middle of the 
 day. Alonglide I obferved a double canoe 
 carrying two fails. She was conftrucled in the 
 fame manner as thofe of the inhabitants of 
 New Caledonia, but the natives who were in her 
 fpoke the language of the inhabitants of the 
 Friendly Iflands. They were eight in number, 
 fcven men and a woman, all very mufcular, 
 (See Plate XXXIF.) They told us that the 
 
 ifland
 
 OF LA PEP.OUSE. 247 
 
 ifland from which they came was fituated to the 
 eaflward, a day's fail from our anchorage, and 
 was called Aoiivea. It was undoubtedly the 
 Ifland of Beaupre that they meant. 
 
 Thefe iflanders, who were entirely naked, had 
 the extremity of the prepuce confined againfl: 
 the abdomen by a cord of cocoa-nut bafs, 
 which went twice round him. They were ac- 
 quainted with the ufe of iron, and appeared to 
 us much more intelligent than the favages of 
 New Caledonia. 
 
 I was not a little furprifed to fee one of the 
 planks of their canoe paid with a coat of var- 
 nifh. It appeared to have belonged to fome 
 European Ihip, and of this I had no doubt 
 when I difcovered that white lead had formed 
 a principal ingredient in the compolition of 
 the varnifli. This plank undoubtedly came 
 from a fhip belonging to fome civilized nation, 
 which had been loft on their coafts. I re- 
 queued thefe favages to relate to us what they 
 knew on this fubjecl ; they immediately fet 
 fail to the weflward, promiiing to return next 
 day and to bring us back the information re- 
 quired ; but they did PiOt keep their word, and 
 we had not afterwards an opportunity of feeing 
 them. 
 
 We v.ere informed, on our return^ that on 
 
 the day we left the fliip to make the excurfion 
 
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 24S VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 which we had juft finilhed, fome favages had 
 attempted to carry off the hatchets of our wood- 
 cutters, and had attacked them with Hones, 
 but that two muflvet fliots had been fufficient 
 to difpcrfe them. 
 
 1 employed all the day of the 6th, in de- 
 fcribing and preparing the numerous colledion 
 of fpecimcns of natural hiftory which I had 
 brought from the mountains. 
 
 The next day, the yth, the death of Captain 
 Huon, which we learnt very early in the morn- 
 ing, occaficned deep regret to all the perfons 
 belonging to the expedition. 
 
 Abviut one o'clock in the morning, thisflvil- 
 ful feaman had funk under a heilic fever which 
 had ])reyed upon him for feveral months. He 
 had fupported the approach of death with the 
 greatefl- coolnefs. He was buried, according 
 to the direc^lions in his will, in the centre of 
 the Ifland of Pudyoiia, during the middle of 
 the ni<.-ht. He had recommended that no mo- 
 nument fhould be raifcd to his memory, for 
 fear the inhabitants of New Caledonia might 
 difcover trie place of lus interment. 
 
 Scon after fun rife we landed on the coaft to 
 the number of eip^lu, and penetrated into the 
 woods to ihe v.eil foiiih-wcn:. In a Ihort time 
 we rcaciicd a hut, whence came out a native 
 holding in his h:;nd a nrafK, v, hich he agreed to 
 
 fell
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 249 
 
 fell me for two joiner's chifcls. This mafl^ was 
 cut out of a piece of cocoa-nut tree, (See PI die 
 XXXP'II. F/g. I.) but much better carved than 
 the diffei-cnt [igr.rcs which wc had i^cQn in other 
 phices, on i:he planks at the entrance of their 
 dwellings. lie repeatedly covered his face 
 with it, and looked through the holes which 
 he had perforated in the upper part. It had no 
 aperture at the eyes, but only at the mouth. 
 Doubtlefs thefe people are in the habits of 
 making ufe of maiks of this fort, that they may 
 not be recognifed by their enemies, Vvhen they 
 undertake any hoftiiities again Pc them. 
 
 We then proceeded towards two fires kindled 
 near fome huts, where wc found a man and a 
 woman employed in drcfling figs of a new fpc- 
 cies, which they had put on the fire in a large 
 earthen pot, without Vv'ater, in order to deprive 
 them of their corrofive quality. They called 
 tliefe figs cnyoii. 
 
 I obfervcd by another fire two children who 
 were regaling themfjlves v\ ith fpidcrs of a new 
 fpecies, M'hich I had very frequently remaiked 
 in the woods, where they fpin threads fo llrong 
 that we Vv ere ofren exceedingly incommoded 
 by them in our oxurfions. The chihtrcn liril 
 killed them bv iluuting tliem up in a large 
 Ciirthcn vefiel whicii they were heating over a 
 good fire; then ihcy broiled r;;cm oii the eni- 
 
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 250 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 bers and ate them. They fwallowed, at leafl, 
 a hundred of them in our prefence. We found 
 in the fequel, on the fame ifland, feveral other 
 inhabitants who were fearching eagerly for 
 this fort of diih. So extraordinary, and at the 
 fame time fo generally diifufed a tafte among 
 thefe large tribes, furprifed us very much, al- 
 though it is known that fome Europeans eat 
 fpiders, particularly thofe of cellars, which are 
 found to have the tafte of a hazel-nut. 
 
 The inhabitants of New Caledonia call this 
 fpecies of fpider nouguee^ and I defignate it by 
 the name of arenea edulis. It is reprefented of 
 the natural fize, in Plate XII. Fig. 4. The dif- 
 polition of its eyes (See Fig. 5 and 6.), eight in 
 number, two of which are near the middle of 
 the corfelet and very far from the others, induce 
 me to clafs it in a new feftion. They are of a 
 black colour; the corfelet, which is grayifh 
 above, is covered with filvery hairs; between 
 the eyes are fcen four brown fpots ; it is black 
 underneath ; the belly, which, upwards, is of 
 the fame colour as the upper part of the corfelet, 
 is marked with eight or ten indentations of a 
 brown colour ; on its fides are {twcn or eight 
 oblique grayifh ftripes, and, underneath, feveral 
 fawn-colour fpots ; the feet, which are alfo 
 fawn-coloiir, and covered with filvery gray 
 hairs, are blackifh at their extremity. 
 
 A marine
 
 OF LA TEROUSE. 2^1 
 
 A marine who accompanied us had loft one 
 of his piftols ; we informed the inhabitants of 
 thefe huts of the circumrtance, and promifed 
 them a reward if they would bring it to us. 
 Half an hour after we had quitted them, we 
 faw with pleafure a favage running towards us 
 to deliver us this piftol, v.hich he told us he 
 had found on the fands. Indeed the foldier 
 recollecfted that he had forgot it in the place 
 where we had dined. A bit of cloth and a 
 waiftcoat were a very fatisfactory recompenfe 
 to this iflander. He followed us for fome time 
 with another New Caledonian, then took his 
 leave of us, pronouncing the word ala&uai, after 
 leaving nightly bowed his head, and went away 
 feemingly very well contented. 
 
 When we had reached the beach, one of our 
 party having fired off a mulket to call the at- 
 tention of the people on hoard our fliip, and as 
 a lignal for them to fend us a boat, the noife 
 of the explolion collccicd round us upwards of 
 ciglity of the natives ; v/e prevailed on them to 
 fit down as they arrived, in order that they 
 might not come too near us, and notwithfland- 
 ing the difproportion of our number, for we 
 were only eight, they all complied w ith our re- 
 queft. One of thefe lavages had a fcA' fweetifh 
 oranges, which he readily fold mc for a pair of 
 KifTars, 
 
 On
 
 2^2 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 On our arrival on board wc learnt that feveral 
 perfons belonging ro the Efperance, being in a 
 boat, had been pelted with a fliower of ftones 
 by fome favages, on whom they had found it 
 neceffhry to fire feveral mufliets in order to 
 force them to retire into the woods. It mud 
 be acknowledged that this fkirmifh had been 
 brought on by the imprudence of one of our 
 people, who, williing to make the New Cale- 
 donians keep back, had levelled at him his 
 mulket, which he had through aw^kwardnefs 
 fired ori. 
 
 On the Sth of May, Admiral Entrecafleaux 
 appointed Dauribeau to the command of the 
 Efpe ranee. 
 
 I was very much occupied on board during a 
 great part of the day with a procefs indifpen- 
 iable for the prefervation of my fpecimens; I 
 went afiicrc in the afternoon, and immediately 
 after I perceived fome of the inhabitants falling 
 upon our fifilcrmcn, in oruer^to take from theni 
 their net with the filli vvhich they had juil: 
 cauo-ht. We were oblio;ed to fire at them at 
 lead twenty muflvcts before wc could fuceecd 
 in difpcrfing tliem entirely. They fiooct firm 
 on tlie beach during all tliis time, rcpel- 
 liiig tlic attack with their flings, arid .vcverely 
 wovnulcd the gunner cf the Efpcrancc in the 
 aiiii with a ftone ; they then took to their 
 
 heels,
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, 253 
 
 heels, and in a few moments they again returned 
 to the charge ; but, however, when they faw 
 two of their party brought to the grou/.d by 
 mufket fliots, and wounded fo as not to be able 
 to crawl into the woods but with much diffi- 
 culty, the panic became general ; they dcd, and 
 not one of them any longer harboured the fmal- 
 left idea of attacking us. 
 
 At the time when this aftairwas taking place 
 the commander of the expedition was fetting 
 QiT to go. from his fhip on board of the Efpc- 
 rance ; he immediately rowed towards the fuore, 
 but the favages were entirely difperfed when he 
 arrived. 
 
 Our fifnermcn, before they had been difturbcd 
 by the islanders, had taken feveral fpecies of 
 fccri)ccn2s amoni^; which that known by the name 
 oi fcorpcena digiiaia^ ib f^vercly pricked one of 
 our boat's crew in the hand, that he lejt for 
 fbme hours a very violent pain all the \v?y lap 
 his arm. 
 
 The next morning, the 9th, at day-break, v. e 
 landed on the ihore the neareft to our fhip; v, r 
 then penetrated into the \roods, to the nunfbcr 
 cf iivj all well armed, and walked fo.; a K'^ ;'*.'. 
 Lime to the ibuth Ibuth-well. 1 found ia ihis 
 excuriion a greai many vegetable p/cd'i-tioni 
 which I had not belbre gathered. 
 
 .1 fbon remarked a large br(^av;-hi"'n tree 
 
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 ^254 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 growing near the middle of the mountain, the 
 fecond that I had met with in this ifland. I 
 took from it three fuckers which I depofited in 
 a box where I cultivated the bread-fruit plants 
 that I had procured at the Friendly Iflands. 
 The leaves were divided lefs deeply than thofe 
 of the latter. Perhaps they do not produce 
 fuch excellent fruit; but from the care the in- 
 habitants took of that which I had obferved in 
 a village to the fouth-eaft of our fliips, I have 
 no doubt that they fet a great value on this ve- 
 getable ; it was planted in an excellent foil, and 
 furrounded by very firong palifades. Neither of 
 thefe trees then bore fruit; they were adorned 
 only with a great many male flowers. 
 
 We had already got to a confiderable height 
 in the niountains, when fom.e of our people 
 thought proper to fire off their mufl^ets in the air 
 in order to difcharge them before they returned 
 on board. The noife of thefe fmall arms made 
 us refol\e immediately to dircc't our fteps to- 
 wards tiycm, under the apprchcnfion that they 
 "Were involved in fome quarrel with the fa- 
 vafjes. 
 
 Night was coming on ; we got into the boat 
 to ."o on board our Ihio, but the wind blew fo 
 ffronfr at eafi fouth-call, and the current was 
 fo rapid, that we were carried forc'l^ly ro the 
 weftward. We had even much difficulty to 
 
 reach
 
 OF La PEROUSE. 2^^ 
 
 reach the Efperance, whence we fet off half an 
 hour after, when the weather was become more 
 favourable, in order to go on board of the Re- 
 cherche. 
 
 The inhabitants of New Caledonia are, in 
 general, of a middling flature ; however, we 
 fiiw one who w^as near two meters high, but he 
 was very ill made. Their hair is woolly. The 
 cuftom of plucking out the hair is pretty much 
 diffufed among thefe people; yet we remarked 
 fome who fuffered their beard to grow. The 
 colour of their fkin is as black as that of the 
 favages of Cape Diemen : they do not, like 
 them, cover themfelves with charcoal duft ; 
 we only remarked fome who had blackened part 
 of their bread: by tracing on it broad frripes dif- 
 pofed obliquely, and called poun in their lan- 
 guage. Several were adorned with necklaces 
 of the form of that which is reprefented in 
 Plate XXXVII. Fig. ^. : thofe necklaces are made 
 of plaited hair ; they commonly wear, fufpended 
 to them by a firing, a fmall piece of bone ra- 
 ther rudely carved, which appeared to be a hu- 
 man bone. Their arms were fometimes orna- 
 mented with bracelets cut out of fhells, or 
 of quartz, and other hard (tones. See Plats 
 XXXVII. Fig. 5 and 6. 
 
 Thefe warlike people pay the greateft atten- 
 tion to the manufacture of their weapons, which 
 
 they
 
 21^6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 they polifn remarkably well. Their clubs are 
 of many various forms ; fome of thefe may be 
 feen in Plate XXXFII, 
 
 .1 was not a little furprifed that they were un- 
 acquainted with the ufe of the bow. 
 
 Their darts, which are commonly five meters 
 long, are not above fix centimeters in circum- 
 ference near the middle. I admired the inge- 
 nious method which they have invented for ac- 
 celerating the velocity of thefe javelins when 
 they throw them. For this purpofe they em- 
 ploy a very elaftic piece of cord made of 
 cocoa-nut bafs and the hair of the vefpertilio 
 iernataniis ; they fix one of its extremities to 
 the end of the fore-finger, while the other, which 
 is terminated by a fort of round button, em- 
 braces the dart on which it is difpofed in fuch a 
 manner that it flies off the weapon as foon as 
 it is thrown. See Plate XXXV, 
 
 I did not remark among thefe inhabitants any 
 very characleriftic fymptom of venereal difeafe ; 
 fevcral, however, had a pretty confiderable 
 fwelling in the organs of generation, and others 
 had the inguinal glands diftended. 
 
 The voraciry of which the Caledonians had 
 afforded us proof, preveiited the Admiral from 
 giving them the he and Ihe goat which he had 
 inte.'idcd for them. Doubtlefs they devoured 
 the two hogs and the two dogs of which Cap- 
 3 t^i^^
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 1 ij 
 
 tain Cook made a prefent to one of their chiefs, 
 before they fuffered them to multiply. Scarcely 
 did they pay the fmalleft attention to their 
 fowls ; I favv only three hens and a cock during 
 our Hay in the iOand. 
 
 V/edid not obferve in their pofTefHon any of 
 the articles which had been given to them by 
 Captain Cook. Perhaps thefe riches have oc- 
 cafioned the unhappinefs of the inhabitants of 
 this coaft, by exciting their neighbours to come 
 and'plunder them. 
 
 I remarked with aftonifhment, that the au- 
 thority of the chiefs had always fcemed almoft 
 nugatory, in the different fkirmifhes which we 
 had had with thefe favages; but I was not lefs 
 furprifed to fee them exercife a confiderablc 
 fhare of power when their own perfonal inrerefirs 
 were at flake ; for they generally feized upon 
 the articles which their fubjeds had received 
 from us. 
 
 During our flay at New^ Caledonia we enjoyed 
 tolerably fine weather. 
 
 The winds varied from north-caft to fouth, 
 and thofe which were the ftrongeft blew from 
 the eafl and fouth-eail. 
 
 The latitude of our anchoring-placc was in 
 20 17' 29" fouth, and its longitude was 162' 
 16' 28" eafl. 
 
 The variation of thecompafs was 9" 30' er.fi. 
 
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 258 VOYAGE IN SEARCiI 
 
 The mercury in the barometer did not rife 
 higher than 28 inches 2t_ lines, and it did not 
 tall lower than 28 inches It^t lines. 
 
 Notvvithllanding the exceflive heat that we 
 experienced on the coaft, the thermometer, 
 v.hich was carried thither, did not (land at more 
 than 2:;"', and on board it never rofe higher 
 than 2i'\ 
 
 The tides were perceptible at our anchoring- 
 itation only once a day. It was high water at 
 the full and change of the moon, at half pad 
 ]i:: o'clock in the afta'noon, and the perpen- 
 dicular rife of the fea was fixtcen decimeters. 
 
 During our fray at New Caledonia we were 
 unable to obtain any information refpecling the 
 fate of the unfortunate navigators who were the 
 particular object of our refearches. It is not, 
 however, without the fphere of probability to 
 imagine that this dangerous and almofi: inac- 
 ceiiible fnore has been fatal to them. It is 
 well known that La Peroufe was to explore its 
 V, clicrn coafi, and it cannot but excite horror 
 in the fcciing mind to reflect on the deftiny re- 
 icrvcd for thofe haplefs voyagers that may be 
 compelled by fiiij>wreck to take refuge among 
 the cannibals by whom it is inhabited. 
 
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 OF LA PEROUSE. 259 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 Departure from Ncxo Caledonia. Interxiexv^ 
 with the Inhahitants of Santa Cncz, or Egmoiit 
 Island. Their d/shonestj/. A savage with 
 ail arro'dO slightly ivounds in the forehead one 
 of our sailors, zvho dies i)i consequenee of this 
 wound. Singular construction of their canoes. 
 J Te get sight of the south part oj' Solomon s 
 Archipelago. Interviezcs with the inhabi- 
 tants. Their t reach e?^!- ff c explore the 
 north coast of La Louisiade. Interviexcs with 
 its inhabitants. Dangrr of this navigation. 
 JVe pass through Dampiers Strait, in order 
 to e.vamine the nortJi coa.<t of Nova Britannia, 
 or Xew Britain. Deaiii oj'.ldmiral D^Entre- 
 casteau.v. The scurvi/ makes great ravages 
 on board our two shipx. -Death of the baker 
 (f the Rcchcrchc.*~jre anchor at Waj/giou. 
 
 On the loth of May v,c fet fail from New 
 Caledonia very early in the morning ; but when 
 we had gained the open fea we were becalmed 
 near a large chain of reefs which we perceived 
 to the weitward, and againft which the fea was 
 breaking in a frightful manner; however, wc 
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 OO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fucceeded in drawing off from them by means 
 of a light breeze from the fouth-caft, which 
 fprang up during the night ; we ran along them 
 on the following days, and on the 13th we dif- 
 covered, beyond this chain, towards the weft", 
 Moulin's Ifland, at the diftance of upwards of 
 three myriameters, and foon after we made 
 Huon's Illands. 
 
 The next day, the 14th, our fhip was on the 
 point of ftriking on the fhoals with which thefe 
 iflands are furrounded, w^hen daylight fhewed 
 us all the danger of our fituation ; we imme- 
 diately tacked, and ftood away from them. 
 A few hours before the clofe of the day we dif- 
 covered that thefe reefs join to thofe along 
 which we had ranged the year before. 
 
 Shortly after we diredled our courfe towards 
 the ifland of Santa Cruz *, which we defcried 
 to the north-weft, at about four myriameters 
 diftance, very early in the morning of the 20th. 
 
 The next day, the 21 ft, being about four 
 
 o'clock 
 
 * This illand, wliich appears to have been firfl difcovered 
 by Mtndana in his fccond voyage, in the year 1596. received 
 the name of Egtnont IJJand from Captain Carteret, who vifitcd 
 t: in AugiiH: 1767. See Hawkefworth's ColleQ'ion of Voyages^ 
 Vol. I. page 356, 4to edition. See alfo Dalrymple's H'tJio~ 
 r'lcal ColleSl'ion, Herrera's Gcograph'ta hidia?ia H'tjioria de 
 fijs hrdias^ of Lopcs Vas Na'v'tgatlons aux Tcrres Aujirales^oy 
 Oe BrolTcs. T. i
 
 OF LA PLROUSE. 261 
 
 o'clock in the afternoon, a demi-myriamctcr 
 from the fliore, we faw coming towards us two 
 natives in a canoe with an outrigger. They 
 at firft flopped at a gi-eat diftancc, till five 
 other canoes had joined them; they then ad- 
 vanced nearer to our fliip. Only one of thefe 
 canoes was conducSted by three favages, the 
 the others carried but two. They addrefTed 
 their difcourfe to us, and invited us by figns to 
 land on their ifland ; but none of them would 
 confent to come on board, notwithflanding the 
 repeated invitations which we gave them. The 
 moft confident approached only to within about 
 the difiance of fifty meters. Their arms con- 
 fided of bows and arrows, and their finery of 
 necklaces and bracelets ornamented with fliclls. 
 
 As night was drawing near, we made fail in 
 order to ftand oif and on ; they then left us, 
 and returned towards the coait ; but a few 
 hours after, we had, notwithftanding the dark- 
 nefs of the night, a vifit from another canoe, 
 the fiivages belonging to which no doubt ima- 
 gined that we perfectly underftood their lan- 
 guage, for they fpoke to us a long time in a very 
 loud tone of voice ; but receiving no anfwer, 
 rliey at length returned towards their ifiand. 
 
 On the 2 2d, as foon as the day began to 
 dawn, we ftood in for the land, and v. e pre- 
 fently pcTccivcd twelve canoes Ileering towards 
 
 s 7 us.
 
 l62 
 
 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 US. They foon came alongfide our jfliip. 
 of them were loaded with various forts oi' ^ ^^ 
 among which I remarked fome brcad-fru 
 
 near fo large nor fo good as that we had 
 at the Friendly I Hands ; it was not, howeve: ' 
 the wild fpecies, for it contained but a vt^ 
 fmall number of feeds. 
 
 We were not a little furprifed that thefe 
 iOanders fet no great value on the iron which 
 we offered them ; yet we could not doubt that 
 they knew the ufc of it, for one of them liad 
 in his polTeflion the end of a joiner's chifel 
 mounted in a wooden handle in the fame 
 manner as their Rone hatchets ; but when we 
 had fhewn them fome bits of red cloth, the 
 cries of admiration that they uttered, pronoun- 
 cing To/ilce! Ton'ee ! gave us hopes that we fliould 
 turn thofe articles to better account with them 
 than our hardware. In facl, they confented to 
 fcl! us part of rheir weapons; but, doubtleisfear- 
 inp; that we fliould turn themagainfl themfelves, 
 they tor;k tlie precaution not to part with their 
 bov.s, and even to take the barbs oft al! the 
 arrows that they difpcyfcd of to us. 
 
 Several of them loon gave us proofs of their 
 dirnonefly. In order to have for nothing our 
 articles of traffic, they at firfl olfercd a pretty 
 good price for them, and required that they 
 liiould be delivered bciorchand ; they then kept 
 
 them.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 26j 
 
 fliii and would not afterwards pay the value 
 
 lo ^. ight o'clock in the morning, the Admiral 
 ^^:/ luo boats to fdund a bight which we 
 1, eived at two kilometers diilance to the 
 fi' rth-weft. All on a fudden we loft fight of 
 nem, and we were not without unealincfs re- 
 fpecling their fate, when they reappeared to- 
 wards noon at the opening of the channel that 
 they had juft cxaniined ; fevcral mulkets which 
 had been fired from thefe boats had apprized 
 us that they had been attacked by the fa v ages. 
 On hearing the reports of the niulkcts, the 
 canoes which furroundcd us liad fled wiih pre- 
 cipitation. Our boats foon returned, :ind we 
 learnt that the biglit which v. e had r:iken for a 
 bay, v,-as one of the extremities of a chauncl that 
 leparatcs Egmont I Hand fron: thai" of Ne\v Jer- 
 iey. I'his channel runs to the north-eafi: by eaft, 
 thouc'hout its whole len;'2;th, v. hich is not r.iore 
 than a demi-nicter, and it is anout two kilo- 
 meters in its greateft widih. I: was founded 
 with much ex.iclners, and in i-o j^art of it would 
 a line of thirt\--thrcc fatiioms leac'^ the bortoj.-ij 
 not e\-en \\i:h;;i a hun^ired meters oi the (liore. 
 A great nuuiber of canoes had followed )ur 
 boats, wliilc laroe oTour^s of fava^ies iiandincf 
 on th.e beach e;ideavoured to attract th.em to- 
 ^^;'.i'ds tlie fliore. bv ihewin"- them cocoa-nuts, 
 f- ,4. plantains,
 
 264 vdYAOi In search 
 
 plantains, and other different fruits ; at lad 
 fome of the favages had determined to com toff 
 to them, and bring them the produd:ions 61 
 their ifland, leaping into the water and fwim- 
 ming off to receive the fmall bits of cloth of 
 various colours that they were to receive in 
 exchange. 
 
 Our boats, having returned to the entrance of 
 the channel at a fnort diltance from a fmall 
 village built on the coaft of New Jerfey, were 
 on the point of quitting thefe favages, when 
 one of them was obferved ftanding up in iht 
 middle of his canoe, and preparing to let fly 
 an arrow at a man in the Efperance's boar. 
 All our people is.ept on their o;uard ; neverthe- 
 lefs this iflandcr recommen:ed his hoftile de- 
 monftrations : one of our men the4i levelled his 
 piece at him ; but the favage, without being 
 alarmed at this threat, deliberately bent his bow, 
 and fhot off an arrow which ftruck one of our 
 boat's crew in rhe forehead, although he was at 
 the diftance of tipwards of eighty meters. This 
 was inftantly returned by the difcharge of a 
 mulkct and a mufl^etoon. The latter piece co- 
 vered V, ith a fliovvcr of bullets the < anoe from 
 "which the arrow had been fliot, and mimediately 
 the three iflandcrs who were in her jumped over- 
 board ; prefently after they returned to their 
 cancc, and paddled quickly towards the coaft, 
 
 but
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 265 
 
 but the aggreflbr was at length ftruck by a ball ; 
 they then all three jumped overboard a fecond 
 time and fwnm away, abandoning their canoe 
 with fome bows and arrows, of which our 
 boats' crews took poffeffion. 
 
 All thefe canoes have an outrigger, as is re- 
 prefented in Plate XLIF. Fig. 2. It is on the 
 platform, which is fituated between the canoe 
 and the outrigger, and which is formed of to- 
 lerably clofe lattice-work, that they place 
 their arrows. The hull of the canoe is com- 
 monly five meters long, by five centimeters 
 broad. It is of a fingle piece, cut out of the 
 trunk of a tree, extremely light, and almoft as 
 foft as the wood of the hovibax. It has 
 throughout its whole length an excavation, a 
 decimeter and a half wide. Here the paddlers 
 place themfelves with their legs one before the 
 other, funk up to the calf. They are feated on 
 the upper part which is flat. At the two ex- 
 tremities, which are formed in the fhape of a 
 heart, arc feen two T's, one upon the other, 
 pretty deeply carved and fometim.es in relief. 
 The bottom of the canoe is tolerably well 
 fafliioned for going fall through the water. 
 The outrigger is always on the left-hand fide 
 of the padv^ilers. 
 
 Thefe iflanders are in the habits of chewingr 
 betel ; they had leaves of it with calhevv'-nuts 
 
 in
 
 z(-)6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 in bags made of matting, or of cocoa-nut 
 bafs- The lime which they mix \vith it was 
 contained in pieces of bamboo, or in cala- 
 bafhes. 
 
 Thefc people are, in general, of a rather deep 
 olive colour, and the caft of their countenance 
 announces much affinity between them and the 
 greater part of the inhabitants of the Moluccas : 
 only we remarked fomc who had a very black 
 Ikin, thick lips, and a broad flat nofe, and who 
 appeared to be of a very different race; but all 
 of them had curly hair, and a very wide fore- 
 head. They are, generally, of a pretty tall 
 ftature ; their thighs and legs are by no means 
 mufcular, which is probably owing in a great 
 meafure to the indolent life they lead, and the 
 long Hay they make in their canoes. 
 
 Mod of them had their nofe and ears pierced 
 with holes, in which they wore tortciic-ihell 
 rings. 
 
 Almofr all of them were tattooed, and par- 
 ticuLirlv on the back. 
 
 I remarked with furprife, that, among thefc 
 favages, there was very much difuifed a fondneks 
 for white hair, w iiich form.ed a ftriking contrafl: 
 to the colour of their fkin. No doubt tliefe 
 /rr.i.'X employ lime to ^jroduce this eilecl, as 
 1 have fccn praclifcd in the FVicndly ] (lands. 
 I'hev arc in the habit of pli;ck:;;g out the 
 
 hair
 
 OF LA PEROUSK. 267 
 
 hair on their bo(]y. The notions they have of 
 fhame, have not yet taiij^^ht them the cuftcm cf 
 clothing thcnifclve.s. They commonly have 
 the belly li'^hrened by a cord, which pafTestwo 
 or three times round it. Their bracelets arc 
 formed of a web of matting, and ornamented 
 with Old fliells; thefe they wear in different 
 parts of the arm., even over the elbow\ 
 
 The failor who had been flruck by the arrow 
 felt but little pain. His wound might liave 
 been imniediately dreffed by the furgeon of the 
 Recherche, but he chofe to wait till he re- 
 turned on board of the Efperance. V/e were 
 then very far from f ippofing that fo flight a 
 wouiul would one day be fatal to him. 
 
 As foon as the boats were hoiiled in, we flood 
 on fouth-weft by well, coafting at the diilance 
 of a kilometer and a half Egmont lOand, on 
 M-hich we faw a great i imber of favages calling 
 to us, and inviting us to hind. Several hiunched 
 their canoes in order to come to us; but we 
 were roi no- too fiil through the water for them 
 to be able to overtake us. 
 
 We diicovered fom^e niountains, the lofricfc 
 of which were at leail three hundred n:erers 
 in perpendicular height. I'hey wcvc entirely 
 covered \\i:h iarge trees, between which I ob- 
 fervcd here an.i there a very w;u:e earth, which 
 appeared difpofed in llrata. 
 
 Thence.
 
 a68 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Thence, after having run along the coaft for 
 the diftance of a myriameter and a half, we ar- 
 rived oppoiite to a large bay, where doubtlefs 
 Avould be found a good bottom, but it is open to 
 the fuuth-eafi winds which were then blowing. 
 
 Prefently we perceived towards the fouth, 
 in the offing, fome canoes which were making 
 for Egmont Illand ; others were {cen at a 
 greater diftance, and appeared to us employed 
 in fifhing on a fiioal : at the fame moment we 
 difcovered to the fouthward, another flioal 
 pretty near us, which extended very far to the 
 weflward. 
 
 We had juft got fight of Volcano Ifland, when 
 a great number of canoes came out of Gracious 
 Bay and fleered towards us. As we had not 
 then a breath of wind, they had every oppor- 
 tunity of approaching us. We already reckoned 
 feventy-four that had flopped at the diftance 
 of from ciglit to nine hundred meters from the 
 fliip, when feme clouds gathering on the moun- 
 tains, made thefavages who were in thefeticklifh 
 vedels, apprehend the danger of being ovcrfet 
 if they kept longer at fea. They immediately 
 paddled towards the coaft, and they had not 
 reached it, when there arofe a violent wind, 
 accompanied by a heavy fall of rain, which 
 could not fail to retard them very much in 
 I heir rro^rcfs. 
 
 As
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 269 
 
 As the Admiral purpofed anchoring the next 
 day in Gracious Bay, the night was fpent (land- 
 ing oiFand on. 
 
 Several fires v.ere blazing on the fliore, to 
 which \;e were (o ne:ir as to difiinguifh the 
 voice of the inhabitants, \vhofceri.ed to addrefs 
 their difcourfc to us. We let oft foine l]\y- 
 rockets, with a view of occafioning them an 
 agreeable furprife, and prefently fhouts of ad- 
 miration ilTucd from different points of the 
 coafl ; but the mofl profound filence fucceeded 
 thefe demonftrations of joy, notwithftanding 
 we let off feveral more rockets. 
 
 During the night of the 23d, we perceived 
 on Volcano Ifland, no indication to lead us to 
 imagine that it ftill contained fubterraneous 
 fire. This little ifland could not contain in its 
 bowels a quantity of combuftible matter fuf- 
 ficient to feed inceffantly the volcanic flames 
 which Captain Carteret had obferved in it 
 twenty-fix years before*. 
 
 The fouth-eaft wind continued during the 
 night, and even the next day, to bar againft us 
 the entrance of the bay, at a lasall diftance 
 from which flood a great number of huts built 
 under the fliade of cocoa-palms planted along 
 a fandy beach. 
 
 Prefently 
 
 * See Hawkefworth's Ci//;/?;ev c/ Fnj.-r^fi. vol. I, page 
 562. 4to edition. T,
 
 270 VOVAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Prefently the natives made their appearance 
 en the iliore ; the Admiral then fent towards 
 them two boats, to which our Ihips approached 
 near enough to be able to proteft them in cafe 
 of an attack on the part of the inhabitants. 
 The fwell was too heavy for them to venture to 
 land ; however, feveral natives jumped into the 
 water, and fwimming off, brought us cocoa- 
 nuts for fome bits of red cloth, which they 
 preferred to every other article that we offered 
 them. Some came in their canoes, and they 
 all fhewed a tolerable fliare of honefty in the 
 exchanges which they made with us. Perhaps 
 they adted in this manner, only becaufe they 
 had heard of the affair that had happened be- 
 tv/een us and fome inhabitants of the eaft part 
 of their ifland ; neverthelefs, they prefented us 
 with nothing but the worft of what they had. 
 The greater part of the cocoa-nuts which they 
 brought us, were growing; it was fome time 
 before they would fell us any of their bows and 
 arrov.s; bur, for fear that we Ihould turn thefe 
 weapons againft them, they took the precaution 
 to carry the bows to one of tl:e boats, and the 
 arrows to the other. The latter were not 
 blunted. They had, by means of a reddifli 
 n^iaflic, fixed to their extremity a fmall piece 
 of well fiiarpened bone, or tcrtoife-fiiell, a cen- 
 rimcrer long. Other arrows had points of the 
 
 fame
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 27I 
 
 fame fubflance, from two to three decimeters 
 long. Several too were armed with the bone 
 which is found at the origin of the tail in the 
 fpecies of ray called raia pajlinaca. 
 
 We obferved on the coaft feveral hogs, which 
 they would not bring us, whatever price wc 
 offered for them ; but they promifed to fell 
 them to us if we would come on Ihore. 
 
 I remarked in their polTellion a necklace of 
 glafs beads ; fome red, and others green, which 
 appeared to me of Englifh manufacture. The7 
 confented to part with it in exchange. 
 
 We purchafed from thefe iflanders a piece of 
 cloth, which gave us no favourable opinion of 
 their induftry. It was made of the very coarfe 
 bark of trees, moft awkwardly glued one upon 
 the other. 
 
 One of them wore at his breafi: a fmall piece 
 of flat alabafter, cut in a circular form, which 
 he difpofed of to gratify us. 
 
 This interview had now lafted near two hours, 
 when all the favaees retired at a llf^nal given 
 them by one of rhcir chiefs ; but when they 
 faw our boats preparing to quit their coafl, the 
 women advanced to the very beach, in order 
 to try to induce us to land: however we con- 
 tinued our courfe; in a little time ue arrived 
 on board our fiiips, and foon after v/e madefiiil 
 towards the Terrs des A'-facides,
 
 272 VOYAGL IN SEARCH 
 
 On the iSthy at ten o'clock in the morning, 
 we difcovered to the weftvvard, the Deliverance 
 
 Illands. 
 
 About noon, the fouthernmoft bore from fouth 
 13 weft to weft 19 fouth, diftant two myri- 
 ametcrs, and the other weft 27* fouth. We 
 had juft found our fnip to be in latitude 
 10* 48' fouth, and longitude 160* 18' caft. 
 Thefe two fmall iflands are very fteep almoft 
 throughout their whole circumference, al- 
 though they are of no great elevation. We 
 perceived on them fome inhabitants, and large 
 plantations of cocoa-nut trees. 
 
 We foon made all the fail we could, in order 
 to run in with the Terre des Arfacides, the 
 lofty mountains of which we faw to the weft 
 fouth-weft. 
 
 The next day, the 27th, we ranged along its 
 coaft; at ten o'clock in the morning we had 
 juft weathered a flioal, which extended to up- 
 wards of three kilometers into the offing, when, 
 by the negligence of the people on the look- 
 out, we palled over another ftioal, where for- 
 tunately there was fufficient water to prevent 
 the fliip from receiving any damage. 
 
 At noon we were in latitude lo*^ 54' fouth, 
 and longitude 159 41' eaft, when we fet the 
 '^'erre des Arfacidesj bearing from eaft 21 north 
 to weft 29'* north ; we were then a demi-myri- 
 
 amctcr
 
 or lA perouSe. 
 
 ^73 
 
 amcter to the fouthward of the nearcfl: fhore. 
 Thefe coafts being interfeCled by hills ftretch- 
 ing out into the fea, form fmall bights which 
 afford fhelter againft eafteily winds. Mofl of 
 thefe little capes are terminated by a pretty 
 high pyramidical rock, which is crowned by a 
 clump of very verdant fhrubs. At a greater 
 diftance inland we faw the fame hills backed 
 by mountains of moderate height, which pre- 
 fented a very pi<flurefque afpedl. 
 
 It is principally at the head of thefe little 
 coves that the inhabitants have fixed their 
 abode. Several of them came down to the fea- 
 fide to enjoy the fight of our fliips. Their huts 
 were built under the fiiade of numerous plan- 
 tations of cocoa-palms. 
 
 We had not yet fecn any canoes along this 
 Coafl, but about four o'clock in the afcernoon 
 there came one towards our fiiip. We were 
 very much afioniflied that the iQanders who 
 were in her, had dared to venture out on an ex- 
 ceedingly rough fea with fo ticklifii a fkiff, the 
 extreme breadth of which did not exceed two 
 thirds of a meter; and indeed they were feated 
 in the deepefi part, in order to keep the canoe 
 in exacl trim. (St<^ Pljte XLIIL Fig. 2.) 
 
 Having approaclicd to within the diflance of 
 about two hundred and fifty meters of our fhip, 
 they addrefled a few words ro us in a very loud 
 
 VOL, II. X tone.
 
 274 VOYAGE Ix^T' SEARCH 
 
 tone, pointing to their ifland, on which they 
 invited us to land; they then came a little 
 nearer, but a very hard fquall forced them to 
 regain the fhore. 
 
 Thefe iflanders were as naked as the inhabi- 
 tants of Egmont Ifland, to whom they bear 
 much refemblance. 
 
 The next morning, at day-break, it was per- 
 ceived that the currents had carried us, during 
 the night, eighteen miles to the eaftward. Our 
 furprife was the greater, as the eailerly winds 
 which then prevailed ought to have occalioned 
 contrary currents. Are the tides the caufe of 
 this fmgular diredion of the waters of the fea 
 in this quarter? 
 
 At ten o'clock four canoes left the coafl, 
 and advanced to within about four hundred 
 meters of our fliip; but we could not wait for 
 them to approach any nearer, for we were 
 obliged to continue our courfe, in order to 
 weather a cape, which, in the polition we were 
 in, would have interrupted the nautical obferva- 
 tions intended to be made. 
 
 At noon we were in latitude io 23^ fouth, and 
 longitude 158^ 57' eaft, and we faw at a little 
 diflance the fea breaking with great violence 
 againft Cape Phillip, which is very bluff. We 
 doubled it about four o'clock in the afternoon, 
 and immediately after we difcovercd a large 
 
 bay.
 
 Of LA FERDUS2. 2"?^ 
 
 bay, thfc ftiores of which appeared Very much 
 peopled; we remarked there feveral Iheds, 
 under which the inhabitants had hauled up 
 their canoes, to ilielter them from the incle- 
 mency of the weather; and on all fides were 
 fccn huts, even near the top of the moft lofty 
 mountains. 
 
 In a little time the favages put five canoes 
 into the water, and approached us. They all 
 kept juft within hail except one, who, fitting in 
 a catamaran, advanced much nearer the flern 
 of our fhip, in order to receive fome bits of 
 red cloth, which we threw overboard. His 
 mahncr befpoke the greatefl miflruft ; he kept 
 his eyes fixed on us ; not one of our motions 
 efcaped him, and yet he had theaddrefs not to 
 mifs any of the articles we threw W him. Pre- 
 fently, at his call, the other canoes approached. 
 The fight which this native afforded us, felted 
 on fome planks toffed about by the fea, amufed 
 us for a few moments. Our fiddler wilhed to 
 treat thefe iflanders with fome tunes on the 
 violin, but at the moment when he was putting 
 his inftrument in tunc, they went away tovvards 
 the Efperance. 
 
 Shortly after, five other canoes came along- 
 fide, fhewing us the greatefl confidence. The 
 natives who were in them were doubtlefs ac- 
 quainted with the vife of iron, for rhey mani- 
 T 7 fefled
 
 ijb VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fefted a great deal of joy on receiving the nails 
 which we offered them. We could not learn 
 whether thefe people arc in the habit of 
 making exchanges ; but it is very certain that 
 it was impoffible for us to obtain any thing 
 from them in this way, although they had 
 darts, bludgeons, bows and arrows : yet they 
 were very eager to receive every thing that wc 
 gave them ; they made us very obliging offer?, 
 if we would land on their fhores, and, indulging 
 in their natural gaiety, they repeated feveral 
 times the Malay term/Gi^/oo (the bofom), accom- 
 panying their difcourfe with very expreHive gef- 
 tures, which diverted our failors prodigio.ufly. 
 
 At fun-fet thefe favages returned to the coad, 
 and lighted three large fires. 
 
 During the night the currents carried us into 
 a large channel along this eaflern ifland of the 
 Arfacides^ formerly called the Ifland of St, 
 Chriflopher, and which makes part of Solo- 
 mon's Archipelago, difcovered by Mendana. 
 It now bore north of us, and foon after we faw 
 the ijle dcs ContrarieteSy which about the 
 middle of the day wc fet, bearing from eaft 14* 
 north to eafl 30'= north, diflant a myriamiCter ; 
 we had jufl obferved in latitude 9 53' fouth, 
 our longitude being 159" 8' cad. l>xis fmall 
 ifland is fomewhat mountainous, and very 
 woody. 
 
 Wc
 
 OF LA PER0U9E. 
 
 ^/T 
 
 Wc ran very clofe along the iflots named 
 the Three Sifters; we then plied to windward, 
 in order to get to the fouthward, and fail out 
 of the ftrait which feparates the ifland called 
 by Mendana, Guadal dmalt from that of St. 
 Chriftopher's. * 
 
 The Efperance came within hail of us about 
 eight o'clock in the evening, to communicate 
 to us an adt of treachery of fome of the iflanders. 
 She had been furrounded during the preceding 
 night by a great number of canoes, from which 
 only two natives had come on board. Thefe 
 had boafted greatly of the different fruits of 
 their ifland, and had promifcd to procure a 
 great quantity if her people would come on 
 fhore. At length thefe two men had gone away 
 about the middle of the night ; but among many 
 canoes that had remained near the Efperance, 
 there had been remarked one much larger than 
 the others, which, on the approach of day, 
 paddled feveral times round the fhip : this canoe 
 ftopped a moment, and immediately there came? 
 from it at lead a dozen arrow^s, by which De- 
 fcrt,one of the fhip's company, was wounded in 
 the arm ; fortunately, moft of the other arrows 
 had ftuck into the Ihip's fide. Thefe traitors, 
 after this difcharge, fled with precipitation, 
 and they were already very far olf when a muf- 
 kct ^vas fired at them ; tlie b.ill did not llrike 
 T 3 them ;
 
 27S VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 them ; but a fky-rocket, which was aimed with 
 much precilion, and which burft quite clofe to 
 their canoe, threw them into great confler- 
 nation. 
 
 The other canoes had alfo taken tp ftight, bup 
 they had foon returned. 
 
 This cowardly adl of treachery, and the con- 
 duct which thefe flivages had obfcrved towards 
 Captain Surville, convinced us that they had 
 been governed only by perfidious intentions 
 when they had employed all forts of means to 
 try to induce us to land on their fhores. 
 
 On the 30th the little wind that blew by in- 
 tervals from north-weft to weft north-weft, 
 fcarcely gave the fhip fteerage-way, and the 
 currents carried us very perceptibly towards 
 the Ifie des Contrariitts. The weather was very 
 fine when we faw it, and the engraving which 
 Surville has publifhed of it reprefents it with 
 much exacflnefs. We were three kilometers; 
 from it, when a canoe put off from the coaft to. 
 come alongfide of our fliip. In her were four 
 natives, who were grateful for the prefents of 
 cloth and hardware that we made them, for im- 
 mediately after they gave us in return feveral 
 cocoa-nuts, which they called niooy like moft; of 
 the other inhabitants of the South Sea. 
 
 They expreifed the moft lively joy at the fight 
 of the nails which wc olTcred them ; they incef- 
 
 fantly
 
 OP LA PEROUSE. 279 
 
 fantly afked us for others, repeating very fre- 
 quently matai (dead), and fhaking thofe which 
 they had jufl: received, as if they wiihed to 
 give us to underftand that they would make ufe 
 of them againft their enemies. In a little time 
 after, five other canoes joined this, and ap- 
 proached our fhip without manifefting the 
 fmalleft fear. We admired the elegant form 
 of thefe canoes, which perfe<flly refembled thofe 
 we had feen the preceding days along the eaft 
 coaft of the Arfacides (See Plate XLIIL Fig. 2), 
 They were feven meters long, by two-thirds of 
 a meter wide, and five decimeters in depth. 
 Their bottom was of a fingle piece, cut out of 
 the trunk of a tree; and in order to raife their 
 fides, there was fixed on timbers, placed at 
 fpme diftance from each other, on each fide of 
 the canoe, a plank which occupied its whole 
 length, and at the tv,-o extremities were faftened 
 other planks above this. We remarked, 
 t]\e outfide of the latter, fome figures of 
 birds, fillies, &c. rudely carved. Moft of the 
 canoes were terminated in the fore part by the 
 Iiead of a bird, underneath which was xcen a 
 large tuft of fringe dyed red, and which ap- 
 peared to be made of the leaves of the pajidanusi 
 on the flem alfo were other tufts, which v.ere 
 likewife of a red colour; and towards the ex- 
 tremity we obferved, in the in fide of feveral 
 T A canoes.^
 
 28o VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 canoes, a dcg carved, and feparatc from the 
 canoes, which led me to imagine that thefe fa- 
 vages poffefs this animal ; but I remarked with 
 furprife that they had given it nearly the fliape 
 of a blood-hound : however, it is probable that 
 they have not this variety, and that the fculp- 
 ture which we faw was only a coarfely executed 
 reprefentation of tliefpecies of dog that is met 
 with in mofl of the iflands of the South Sea. 
 
 Thcfe favages were obliged to remain con- 
 ftantly at the bottom of their canoes, to prevent 
 their being overfet by the waves ; and they ex- 
 perienced the difagrceableiiefs of being feated 
 in the water which the canoe fhipped, but they 
 took care to bale it out from time to time. 
 
 Among the articles which we were able to 
 obtain from them, was a large line, fixed to the 
 extremity of a long flick. This appeared to me 
 fomewhat remarkable, as mofl of the favages 
 that we had feen are in the habit of holding in 
 the hand the line with which they fifh. Their 
 hooks were of torroife-fhell. 
 
 The ornaments of thefe people confifted of 
 bracelets made of different (hells ; among thefe 
 was the fea-ear, which I had no difficulty in 
 recognizing; others, made of cocoa-nut bafs, 
 were adorned with a great quantity of feeds 
 of coix lachryma Johi, faftened round ail their 
 circumference. 
 
 I;
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. sSl 
 
 It did not appear to me that thefe people 
 chewed betel; at leaft I never perceived any 
 iign of this practice. 
 
 Thefe canoes had now pafTed feveral hours 
 round our fliips, when one of the chiefs made a 
 lignal for departure, and immediately they pad- 
 dled very fwifrly towards the coafl: ; however, a 
 canoe ftill remained a few minutes, to receive 
 fbme bits of red cloth, which we were offering 
 to the people in it, at the moment when the 
 others quitted us; but prefently thefe iOanders, 
 feeing their countrymen already far off, pad- 
 dled with all their might, in order to try to 
 overtake them : we then faw with furprife, 
 their canoe cut the waves fo rapidly, that 
 it went at the rate of at leaft a myriameter 
 and a half an hour. 
 
 Very early in the morning of the ift of June, 
 we began to range along the eaft coafl: of Guadal 
 Canal, which falls with a pretty gentle declivity, 
 and we difcovered in the interior of the iiland a 
 large chain of mountains which followed the 
 fame diredion. Prefently we dift'nguiilied 
 Shortland's Mount Lammas. The (hore was 
 lined with cocoa-palms, under the fhade of 
 which we perceived a great number of huts. 
 Shoals for a great diftance barred the accefs to 
 this coaft, along which we wc.e in a lingular 
 manner thwarted by currents that fet us to 
 4 the
 
 S82 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 the eaftward. This unexpe6led courfe of the 
 "waters aflonifhed us the more, as it appeared 
 that the winds which prevailed fince we were 
 in thefe feas fhouk! have directed them towards 
 the weft. 
 
 On the 4th in the mornmg we doubled Cape 
 Hunter, mentioned by Shortir.nd*. 
 
 About ten o'clock we pafTcd quite clofe to 
 an iflot connected to the coaft by fome reefs, 
 and on which we faw feveral groups of favages 
 fquatted under the fhade of fine plantations 
 of cocoa-palms and plantain-trees, which gave 
 to this little ifland an extremely pidlurefque 
 afped:. A great number of canoes were on 
 the beach, and we expecl:ed to fee fome of them 
 launched to come off to us ; but we were not a 
 little aflonifhed at the indifference of thefe 
 illanders ; they did not ftir from their place, 
 nor even take the trouble of getting up to enjo,y 
 bcrrcr the light of our fhips. 
 
 This little ifland is in latitude 9" 31' fouth, 
 and longitude 157 19' eaft. 
 
 We prefently diftinguifhed the weft point of 
 Guadal Canal. 
 
 On the 7th, about noon, we faw the largcft 
 of Hammond's lOands, bearing from north 4 
 
 well 
 
 * For Shortland's Journal, fee ThUl'if i Voyage, to Bctany 
 Bay-y Chnp. XVIII. T.
 
 OF LA PERO.USE. ^83 
 
 \yefl to eaft 6^ north, at the diftance of a my-r 
 riameter, when we were in latitude S" 49' fouth, 
 and longitude 155" 9' eaft. We then quitted 
 this Archipelago, and made fail towards th^ 
 northern coalt of X<2 Louiftade. 
 
 The furvey which we had juft made of the 
 lands of the ArJacideSy left us no doubt of their 
 being Solomon's Archipelago, difcovered by 
 Mendana, as Citizen Fleurieu had fo juftly 
 prefumed in his excellent work on the dif- 
 coveries of the French. 
 
 pn the 9th, the Captain of the Efperance 
 informed us of the death of Mahot, the unfortu- 
 nate man belonging to her crew, who feventeen 
 days before had been wounded in the forehead 
 with an arrow by a favage of Egmont Ifland. 
 The wound, however, had healed well, and 
 fourteen days had elapfed before he experienced 
 the fmallefl bad fymptom ; but all at once he 
 was attacked with a very violent tetanus ^ of 
 which he died at the end of three days. 
 
 Several perfons prefumed that the arrow 
 from which he received the wound, had been, 
 poifoned; but this conjedtu re appeared to mc 
 the lefs probable, as the wound had pcrfedly 
 healed, and the man had been very well for 
 a fortnight ; befides, it was afcertaincd that 
 the arrows which had been found in t^-e caiioe, 
 abandoned by the troAcherous favage, and of 
 
 which
 
 284 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 which our people had taken poffcflion, were not 
 infedled by poifon, for we pricked with them 
 feveral fowls, which thence experienced no bad 
 confequences ; but it is not uncommon in 
 fcorching climates, to fee the flighted fcratch 
 followed by a general fpafm, which is ainioft 
 always a fy mptom of death. 
 
 On the i2th, about ten o'clock in the morn- 
 ing, we made the coafc of La Louiftadc* ; and, 
 at firfl, we took the eailernmoft land for Cape 
 Deliverance; but we foon difcovered that this 
 cape was upwards of twenty-five miles to the 
 northward. 
 
 We were afloniflied at the rapidity of the 
 currents, which had drifted us forLy-four miles 
 to the northward in the fpace of four and 
 twenty hours. The obfervations made on 
 board the Efperance alfo gave the fame rcfult. 
 
 Thence 
 
 * This land was difcovered by BougainvilL-j in lyGS. It 
 appears to have been unknown b;.'forc this jx:riou. 1 here wa&. 
 only an imperfcA and confufed account of a difcovery, in i^c^, 
 of its northern coaft by the Dutch yacht the Gcchjinck. Ste 
 Voyage autour du monde, par M, dc Bongainvtilfy page 24^ 
 and following; and for the journal of the Geelvinck, the 
 Ifijio'tre g^nerale des Nanj'igations aux Terres Aujirijhi de iVf, 
 le Frejident de Brojfes, Vol. II. page 444. It is now proved 
 that the pofition firft given to Geclvinck's Land, is not the 
 true one. See pige 15 of the preface of the Decs'veries da 
 Fran^a'n en 1768 ^ 1/^9} '^"^'^ Ic Jud-ejl de la Nouvclle GUI'* 
 ste, rrirtfd at Fari^, in 1750. T.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 285 
 
 Thence we diredled our courfe to the wefl- 
 ward. Handing along fome pretty high land 
 that we could not coa(t but at a diftancc, on 
 account of the prodigious number of fhoals, 
 which, being fcattered far out in the offing, 
 rendered our navigation extremely dangerous. 
 
 As foon as the day broke,, on the 14th, we 
 found ourfelves furrounded by low lands and 
 fnoals, in the middle of which the rapid cur- 
 rents from the weft north-weft had carried us 
 during the night. In vain we made fcveral 
 boards, with a pretty frefh breeze at fouth-eaft, 
 in order to try to extricate ourfelves from this 
 dangerous ficuation; but the currents conftantiy 
 prevented us from fetching an iflot lying to 
 the north-eaft, at the difiance of a demi-myri- 
 ameter, and near which there appeared to be a 
 palTage leading into the open Tea. We were 
 then in latitude 10 58' fouth, and longitude 
 151 18' eaft. The place in which we could 
 ply, being more confined, increafed the danger 
 in proportion as we were carried to the weft- 
 ward ; befides, we could find no bottom any 
 where: we v/ere at length under the neceiTity 
 of refolving to venture between fom.e low lands, 
 which lay to the north-weft, in hopes of find- 
 ing there an outlet for our ftiips ; but this plan 
 was not refolved on till towards the clofe of 
 the day. It was already dark, when having 
 
 got
 
 286 VOYAGE tN SEARfcH 
 
 got into a very narrow channel, it fell calnl,' 
 and we were then at the mercy of a rapid cur- 
 rent, which might at every moment occafioh 
 our deftrudlion, by fetting us upon fhoals ; 
 however, when the day appeared, we had the 
 fatisfacHon of finding ourfelves in the open fea, 
 and clear of thefj dangers. Our lituation, no 
 doubt, had been extremely perilous; but lince 
 we were traverling feas flrewn with fhoals, we- 
 were fo accuftomed to danger, that I and 
 feveral others went to bed at our ufual hour, 
 and flept as foundly as if we had been in the 
 greatelt fafety. 
 
 The coafts along which we had hithertb 
 ranged, to the northward of thefe lands, werfc 
 interfected by a vafl: number of channels. Thfe 
 numerous iflands in this Archipelago had ex- 
 hibited to us a great many habitations, with-* 
 out, however, procurirtg us the fight of a finglfc 
 iflander; but on the 17th, having reached the 
 latitude of 10 8' fouth, and longitude of 149* 
 37' eaft, while we were doubling very clofe a 
 clufler of iflots that bore fouth, we perceived 
 fifteen natives coming out of their huts. 
 Three of them immediately got into a cano^ 
 with an outrigger, and direcfled their courfe 
 towards us; but we were going much too fall 
 through the water for them to be able to com^. 
 up with us. 
 
 Prefently
 
 OP La perousr. 2S7 
 
 Prefently anothc canoe appeared near the 
 vveflernmoO: ifland ; (lie was much larger than 
 the former ; ihe carried a fail nearly fquare, 
 which was immediately fprcad, and Hie foon 
 overtook our fhip ; but it was in vain that we 
 folicited the people in her to come alongfide. 
 Shortly afit.T, they went away towards the 
 Efperance, and as foon as they were at a little 
 diftance from that iliip, they threw the canoe 
 up in the wind, not choofmg to come any 
 nearer. Our two fliips were now lying to. 
 Citizen Legrand, wilhing to have a near view 
 of thefe iflanders, jumped overboard, and pre- 
 fently fwam to their canoe. We were informed 
 in the evening that this ofiicer had not perceived 
 any arms in their poiTeflion, and that notwith- 
 {landing they were twelve in number, they 
 had manifefted fome fear when they faw him 
 approaching tliem. 
 
 It appears that they are unacquainted with 
 the ufe of iron, for they fet little value on that 
 which he offered them. 
 
 Thefe iflanders were all naked, and not of a 
 very deep black colour. Their v/oolly hair 
 was ornamented with tufts of feathers ; they 
 had their belly tightened by a cord, which 
 went feveral times round it, in order no doubt 
 to ftrengthen the mufcles of the abdomen. 
 
 Several
 
 28S VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Several wore bracelets made of plaits of 
 cocoa-nut bafs. 
 
 We admired their fkill in (leering on a wind 
 when they returned towards the coafl. 
 
 On the 1 8th, in the morning, two canoes 
 with outriggers and under fail, each manned 
 by twelve favages, rapidly rar^ round our 
 ihip, obferving our motions with much atten- 
 tion, but at a great diftance ; they then kept 
 for a long^ time to windward of us. We were 
 now in latitude 9 53' fouth^ and longitude 
 I49<^ 10' eaft. Every thing announced to us a 
 numerous population on the fouthern coaft, 
 and particularly towards the head of a great 
 bay, which extended to the fouth fouth-wefl* 
 Prefently we faw coming towards us fome ca- 
 noes, each containing ten or eleven favages^ 
 who kept at about a hundred meters from us ; 
 but the bits of cloth which we threw overboard 
 for them, induced them to come nearer. They 
 appeared greatly furprifed at feeing in our fhip 
 a young negro that we had taken on board at 
 Amboyna ; it was to no purpofe that this black 
 fpoke Malay to them, they did not underftand 
 that language. Tticfe iOanders had all woolly 
 hair, and an olive colour fl<:in ; however, I 
 remarked one of them as black as the Mofam- 
 bique negroes, to whom I thought he bore 
 
 much
 
 OF LA FEROUSE. 
 
 289 
 
 XYiuch refemblance. Like them, his upper lip 
 proje6lcd confiderably beyond the under one. 
 They all made ufe of betel. None of them 
 wore any clothing ; but they were ornamented 
 with bracelets, to which they had faftened dif- 
 ferent fliells. Some wore a fmall bone in a 
 hole bored through the feptum of the nofe. 
 Others wore, flioulder-belt fafliion, rows of 
 fnells faflened to firings. 
 
 Thefe natives gave us yams, which they Iiad 
 roafted in the afhes, and peeled very carefully. 
 
 We faw in their poirciTion no other weapons 
 but darts, which were rather fliort, and were 
 fharpened only at one end. 
 
 We diftinguiflied their huts, which, likethofe 
 of the Papuas, were erected with ftakes, from 
 tv.-Q to three meters above the ground. 
 
 Thefe favages invited us to land on their 
 iflandj but feeing that we were drawing off 
 from it very perceptibly, for the rapid currenra 
 drifted us to the weflward, they quitted us and 
 regained their coaft. 
 
 Two canoes were ftill quite clofe to the 
 Efperance at half pafl three o'clock, when we 
 faw three mufl-iet fl)ots fired from that fliip, 
 and the favages inft.intly running av* ay, paddling 
 with all their mic^ht. We foon learnt thut one 
 ot the canoes had pelted her people with Hones, 
 
 "^'oj.. IT. V wiLhour
 
 390 
 
 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 without the fmallefl: provocation having been 
 
 given for this atrack. 
 
 Fortunately thefe treacherous iflanders had not 
 hurt any one, and the Efperance's officers had 
 fired at them only to frighten them. 
 
 A little time after, we fent two boats to 
 found along the coaft feverai bights, v. here we 
 hoped to find good anchorages. We were 
 miflaken ; it v/as necelTary to approach to wichin 
 the diflance of a hundred meters of the coaft, 
 to get bottom at thirty-five fiithoms ; and at a 
 hundred meters farther off in the offing, it 
 could not be reached with a lineofnxty fathoms. 
 
 Notwithftanding the terror which the mufket 
 fhots fired on their countrymen ought natu- 
 rally to have fpread among the inhabitants, 
 there neverthelefs came alonglide fome who 
 had fet off from the very place where the others 
 had taken refuge. They behaved to us with a 
 great deal of difhonefty, agreeiii.; at any price for 
 us to let them have our articles of traffic, and as 
 ibon as they got hold of them, they ;vould not 
 give us any thing; however, one of them con- 
 fented to part with a flute and a necklace, 
 v.hich are reprcfented in FlcJie XXXVlll. ri^. 
 26 and 27. 
 
 I remiarked one of thefe favages, who, like 
 the iniidbitants of New Zealaad, wore fufpendcd
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 201 
 
 human bone cm f??S t^[^ ^'"g.' = P'^*^^ "^ 
 cubitus. May not this be a fort of tropny lmJI 
 announces the defeat of an enemy, and may not 
 thefe natives be alfo of the number of the an~ 
 
 thropophagif' 
 
 Several of them had bedaubed their face with 
 charcoal-duft. 
 
 They are in the habit of covering their geni- 
 tals with the long leaves of the pandanns, which 
 they pafs between their thighs, and tie to the 
 waift before and behind by means of a cord 
 drawn very tight. 
 
 We faw in their canoes fome pretty large 
 fifliing nets, to the lower edge of which they 
 had faftened various fpecies of fhells. They 
 alfo had fome fliells in little cylindrical bafl<ets, 
 lined intheinfide with filaments, which feemcd 
 intended to prevent them from being broken. 
 
 They had about them combs with three di- 
 vergent teeth, fome of bamboo, and others of 
 tortoife-fliell. 
 
 Thefe lavages left us on the approach of the 
 night, which we fpent in plying to windv/ard. 
 
 Since the preceding day, we had fcarct ly 
 made two myriamcters towards the north-Vv'eli:, 
 when, on the T9th, we found ourfelves fur- 
 rounded by low lands, connected by breakers, 
 between which we were forced to ply, even 
 
 u 2 during;
 
 202 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 . ,,- .-vcral times 
 
 durins: the following nif*^^ ,.^. -n , , .u 
 ^ .-,.0, v\'Tiichwe diltinguilned bythe 
 
 /ight of a very new moon ; and, by our foundings, 
 
 \; e were frequently in lefs than five fathoms water. 
 
 It fell calm towards midnight, and we were 
 thus left at the mercy of the currents that drifted 
 us towards the coafl, on which were blazing 
 feveral fires kindled by the favagcs. 
 
 As foon as the day dawned on the 20th, v.c 
 perceived at a diftance the Efperance, ftill 
 much nearer the land than we were, and with her 
 boats ahcnd towing. 
 
 Prcfently the favages came in great numbers 
 alonglide of our fhip ; neverthelefs we could not 
 perfuade one of them to comx on board : an old 
 man had already quitted his canoe to comply 
 with our invitation, when he v/as diverted from 
 his intention by the others, who eagerly pulled 
 him towards them, as if they imagined that he 
 was expofmg himfelf to very great danger. 
 
 We thought that we recognifed among thcfc 
 iflanders fome of thofe whom wc liad fccn two 
 days before. They were very inquifitivc to 
 know the name of the articles which we gave 
 them ; but what furprifed us much was, that 
 they rcquefted us to tell it in thcfc terms, poai 
 nmnciy an exprelnon which dillcrs little from 
 the Malay, apa niima^ (what's the name of 
 tliis?) Yet they did not undcrftand the people 
 
 en
 
 OF LA rEROUSC. 293 
 
 on board, who addrcfTcd them in the Malay 
 Jangiinge. 
 
 Thefc ravages had bronfht a fort of pudding, 
 in which vvc difco- : <' ..mj and the flefli of 
 lobflers well mi >.(.'. They offered us feme, 
 and all thof^- oi us w ho eat any, found it very 
 well taf '. 
 
 A h< .nan cubitus, fl;iapcd like a fcoop at one 
 end, ferved mofb of thefe iflanders to take up, 
 from the bottom of a calabafl], the lime which 
 they mixed with their betel. 
 
 I'hcy fold us a hatchet of the forin of that 
 M'hich is reprefented in Plaie XI L Fig. 9. It 
 was made of a bit of ferpcnt-flone, pretty well 
 polifhed, and fixed in a helve of a fin^Tlc piece 
 of wood ; it is remarkable that the edge of the 
 ftone was in the longitudinal dircd'tion cf il;e 
 handle, like our hatchets. 
 
 Thefe people are very fond c-f perfumes, 
 Moft of the articles which we gave them, were 
 fccr.ted. They had different fores of bark 
 of trees, which were very aromatic ; one of 
 thefe a|)pcared to me to belong to the fpecis.5 
 of laurel, known by the name of laurus culii::- 
 baUy which is very widely diffufed through the 
 Moluccas. In tlie mean time it flill cor.riijucd 
 calm, and at one o'clock in the afternoon th;:: 
 Admiral fent the barge to help to tow the 
 Kfperance, w hofe people muft have beei; very 
 
 M 3 much
 
 294 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 much fatigued. At length, about half paft 
 four o'clock, there fprang up from the fouth- 
 eaft, a light breeze, which enabled that fhip 
 to draw off from the fhoals. Shortly after, 
 our boat returned on board, and we learnt that 
 the Efperance had been for a long time fur- 
 rounded by a great number of iflanders; that 
 about noon moft of them had pointed out to 
 her people two canoes, which were putting off 
 from two fmall iflands, and were going to meet 
 one another ; that they had given them to un- 
 derftand, that the favages who were in thefe 
 canoes would foon give battle to each other, 
 and that the fruit of the viclory would be a feaft 
 on the flefli of the vanquifhed. During this re- 
 cital, a ferocious joy had been obferved to be 
 depicted in their countenance, as if they were 
 to partake of the horrible repaft. On hearing 
 this, almoft all thofe belonging to our fhip, 
 who had in the morning eaten the pudding 
 prepared by the favages, and which I have juft 
 mentioned, were feizcd with naufea, from the 
 apprehenlioii rhar feme human fiefh might have 
 entered in:o the con.prfirion of thisdifli which 
 had feemed to be in high reoaeft among thefe 
 iflanders. 
 
 Prefently the two canoes had come fufficiently 
 near to each cthir to bt;<rin the battle, and the 
 warriors vvcre {t'^n to afccnJ a wooden platform, 
 
 fupported
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, 295 
 
 fupportcd by the outrigger and thf^ canoe, and 
 then to throw ftones with their flings, whle each, 
 wearing a fliield on his left arm, cnd-^avoured 
 to ward oft' the blows of his advcriliry ; how- 
 ever, they had feparated in ten ininufes, with- 
 out any one appearing to be dangeroufly hurt, 
 and had regained their refpeAive i (lands. 
 
 The commander of the Efperance fcnt Ad- 
 miral D'Entrecafteaux a bludgeon and a 
 fhield, which he had procured from thefe 
 favages. 
 
 The bludgeon was pretty broad, and flat at 
 one of its extremities. 
 
 The fliield was the firft defenfive weapon 
 which we had remarked among the favage 
 naiions that we had hitherto vifited. It was of 
 very hard wood, and of the form that may be 
 feen in P/^/ ' XU. F/g. 7 and 8. It was near a 
 meter high, five decimeters and a half broad, 
 and a cenumctcr and a half in thicknefs. The 
 o. cfide was llightly convex- iowards the 
 mulaie of Fig. 8 which reprefents its infidc, 
 are feen three fmall jjieccs oT rvtan, b" means of" 
 which the na'.ives iix tiiis wzipon oa :he left 
 arm. 
 
 Ttiefe iflandcrs, j.Lhpugh very numerous 
 alongfide the E-i'Cran:c, h .d e-ciciied no adt 
 of hwltilir. ; oiiV, v/.ic of " iCiii iiad fcjcined to 
 Willi to throw a uart m a niiin belonging to the 
 
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 296 VOYAGE IK SEARCH 
 
 fhip who was flanding on the wale, but feeing 
 a mufket levelled at him, he had immediately 
 defifted from thefe demonilrations, and the 
 canoe in which he was had retired with pre-. 
 cipitation. 
 
 The fol lowing days we coafled fome very 
 low iflands, beyond which we at firft faw to-, 
 w^ards the fouth very high land. The pro- 
 digious number of flioals, which we met with 
 every moment, prevented us from running 
 clofe along them. 
 
 On the 25th, having reached the latitude of 
 8 7' fouth, and longitude of 146*' 39' caii, 
 we difcerned fome of the very high lands of 
 New Guinea, bearing from fouth- v.efl: to north- 
 weft ; after having followed them in their di- 
 reclion tovvards the north-v> eft, we arrived, on 
 the 27th, in a gulf about eight myriameters 
 deep, and fluit in between fom.e very large 
 mountains, the mofl lofty of which were to 
 the northAvard, v/herc they join that which 
 forms King WiUiarn's Cape. We were be- 
 calmed hce till the 29th ; vre then m.ade 
 fail, directing our courfe tov.ards Dampier's 
 Strait. 
 
 At day-break the next morning, the jorh, we 
 difcovcred to the north-wefl; by weft a very 
 hiffh niou'.tain, furrowed near its fummit 
 v.'ith lvjng!tudinai excavations of a great depth. 
 
 This
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 297 
 
 This was King William's Cape. We then faw 
 riling the weft coafl of New Britain, towards 
 which we ftccred with all fail fct, in order to 
 get to tiie northward of Dampier's Strait be- 
 fore nig!u. The fun fliining direcflly in our 
 face, the men on the look-out could not perceive 
 in time a flioai, over which we pafTed about 
 eight o'clock in the morning, experiencing on 
 it fome very heavy feas. Having cleared it, wc 
 imagined ourfelves out of all danger, when 
 three quarters of an hour after we found our- 
 felves between two flioals very clofe together, 
 forming ahead of us a bight, whence it was 
 impoflible to get out with the fouth fouth-eafi: 
 wind which entantrled us amonp- them more 
 and more. The Admiral immediately gave or- 
 ders for tacking; but there was not time fuf- 
 ficicnt to trim the fails in fuch a manner as to 
 make the fliip flay ; flie then was drifting to- 
 wards the flioals which lay to the northward, 
 and on which we expe-fted to fee her prefently 
 ftrike, when Citizen Gicquel called out from 
 the main rigging, that he had juft difcovered 
 between thefe rocks a break very narrovv" in- 
 deed, but through which, however, our fiiip 
 might pafs. We immediately fleered for this 
 channel, and wc at length got clear of the dan- 
 ger, which was one cf the moil alarnung that 
 wc had incurred m this voyage. However, we 
 
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 298 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 were not yet in perfecft fafety ; we were for 
 feme time furrounded by other flioals, which 
 forced us repeatedly to alter our courfc ; but 
 we had the good fortune to find a pafTage 
 through fome fmail intervals by which they are 
 feparated. 
 
 Towards noon we were already very far on in 
 the Strait, when we obferved in latitude ^'^ 38' 
 fouth, our longitude being 146 24' eaft. 
 
 The coafl of New Britain then bore from eaft 
 37 fouth to eaft 6 1 north, and we were a demi- 
 myriameter from the ftiore. 
 
 The ifland on which Dampier had perceived 
 2. volcano bore weft 38" north, at the diftance of 
 a myriameter and a half. This volcano Ai^'as 
 now extinguiftied ; but we faw to the weft 
 north-weft half north, a fmall ifland in the 
 fhape of a cone, which had afforded Dampier 
 no indication of fubterraneous fire. A thick 
 fmoke rofe from its fummit at intervals, and 
 about half paft three o'clock there iftued from 
 the botton of the gulfs of the volcano a great 
 quantity cf burning matter, which falling on 
 the eaft coaft fide of the mountain, ran down to 
 its very bafe ; it there met with tlie fea, vhofe 
 waters, which it caufcd to bubble up, immedi- 
 ately rofe under the form of thick clouds of a 
 dazzling whitencfs. At the n^oment of the 
 exploiion, a thick fmoke, tinged M'ith various 
 
 colours.
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 299 
 
 colours, among which a copper colour pre- 
 dominated, had fhot up beyond the highefl 
 clouds. 
 
 Along the coall: of New Britain we faw a 
 great many inhabitants, and a confiderable 
 number of hut? erected upon flakes like thofc 
 of the Papuas. 
 
 Wc'fTot out of the Strait before nio-ht. 
 
 We then ftood along the northern coafl of 
 New Britain, to the northward of which we 
 difcovercd feveral fmall and very mountainous 
 iflands, till then unknown. T'le currents, in 
 this run, were fcarcely perceptible, except un- 
 der the meridian of Port Montague, where jhey 
 carried us rapidly towards the north, which 
 made us prefume that we were oppolice a 
 channel chat divides the iflands of New Britain. 
 On the 9th we quitted them, after having been 
 thwarted in the examination that we had juft 
 made of them, by the fouth-cait winds, and very 
 frequent calms. 
 
 We had long been reduced to Itve on worm- 
 eaten bifcuic and fait meat, which was very 
 much tainted ; accordingly the fcurvy had 
 already made great ravages on board. We 
 were moft of us forced to renounce the ufc of 
 coffee, as it occalioned us fpafms, which were 
 extremely troublefomc. 
 
 On
 
 300 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 On the nth we ranged pretty clofe along the 
 Portland Iflands. 
 
 In the afternoon of the 12th we made the 
 eafternmoil of the Admiralty Iflands. 
 
 On the 1 8th, towards fun-fet, we difcovered 
 the Anchorites to the fouth-weft by weft. 
 
 On the 2ift, about feven o'clock in the even- 
 ing, we loll Admiral D'Entrecafteaux. He 
 funk under the violence of a dreadful cho- 
 lic which he had experienced for two days. 
 For a little time paft he had had fome flight 
 fymptoms of fcurvy, but we were very far from 
 thinking ourfeives threatened with fo great 
 a lofs. 
 
 On the 2d of Augufl: we perceived Traitors* 
 Iflands, and about noon we faw them bearing 
 from fouth 35'' weft to fouth 42*^ weft, at the 
 diflance of four myriameters ; we were then in 
 the latitude of 6' fouth, and longitude of 134'^ 3' 
 eaft. 
 
 On the Sth our baker died of the fcurvy, his 
 whole body being alfecled by an emphyfemay 
 which the heats of the equator had incrcafed 
 with an aftonifning rapidity. 
 
 On the nth we doubled the Cape of Good 
 Hope of New Guinea^, and on th.e i6th we an- 
 chored at Waygiou. 
 
 CHAPTER
 
 OF LA PF.ROUSE. 3OI 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 Siaif at JVaijgiou. Onr scorbutic people expe- 
 rience speedy relief. Interviews witli the na- 
 tires. JVe anchor at Bouro. JFe pass the 
 Strait of Bouton. lUrcages of the dijsenteri/. 
 JVe anchor at Sourahaya. Staij at Sama- 
 rang. ATy detention at Fort /Inkai, near 
 Batavia. Stay in the Isle of France. Aly 
 return to France. 
 
 -L'URING our fray at WLiyo-iou we were fre- 
 quently viiited by the natives, who brought us 
 turtles, feveral of which weighed from ten to 
 twelve myriagrams, and mofl: of which they had 
 taken on the Aiou Iflands. The foup vv^hich 
 was made of them afforded great relief to our 
 fcorbutic people. The inhabitants perceiv- 
 ing how much we were in want of them, made 
 us pay for them ten times their value. Thefe 
 turtles, after their head had been cut off, liiil 
 continued to walk for feveral hours. The in- 
 habitants alfo fold us fomc turtle's eggs boiled 
 and ftuffed in hogs guts, fome turtle's Rcih 
 drefied after the manner of the Buccaneers, 
 4 fome
 
 302 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fome fowls and fome hogs, great numbers of 
 which they told us were to be found in the woods, 
 fome {haddocks, cocoa-nuts, papaws, pump- 
 kins of different fpecies, rice, quadrifid purs- 
 lain (portulaca qHadrifida)^ fugar-canes, yams, 
 fweet potatoes, plantains, lemons, pimento, 
 cars of maize (till green, which they had 
 broiled, and young Ihoots of the papaw-tree. 
 They affured us, that the young fhoots and the 
 fruits of this tree, before their maturity, were 
 very agreeable to eat when they were dreffed. 
 They alfo brought us fago, which they had made 
 into flattifh cakes, a decimeter in breadth 
 by two in length ; thefe they ate without any 
 other preparation. Seme of them alfo offered 
 us fago under the form of a fourilh pafte, which 
 they had caufed to ferment. 
 
 Mofl: of the ifianders have the body entirely 
 naked, with the exception of the genitals, 
 which they cover with a coarfe cloth that ap- 
 peared to be made of the bark of a fig-tree. 
 The heat of the climate does not allow them to 
 feel the want of clothing. Their chiefs alone 
 are dreffed in a very wide pair of pantaloons 
 and a banyan of cloth, which they purchafe of 
 the Chinefe, who come from time to time, as 
 they told us, and anchor in the place where we 
 were. Some were ornamented with fiiver 
 bracelets, which they had alfo procured front 
 
 the
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 3O3 
 
 the Chinefe. Almoft all the chiefs of thcfe 
 favages had been to the Moluccas, and fpoke 
 the Malay language. Some wore a hat made 
 of leaves of the pandannsy of a conical fliape, 
 fomewhat fimilar to thofe of the Chinefe ; 
 others had their head wrapped up in a fort of 
 turban. They all have very thick and pretty 
 long curly hair. The colour of their fl<in is 
 not very black. Some let their whifkers grow; 
 they have their ears piercedj as well as the {t^~ 
 turn of their nofe. Several of them fnewed a 
 great deal of dexterity in fnooting with a bow, 
 aiming feveral times fucccfilvely at a mark, at 
 the dillance of upv/ards of forty yards, to 
 which their arrows always came extremely 
 near. Others were armed with very long fpears, 
 ripped witli iron or bone. Tiiefe illanders un- 
 drubtedly know how to manufaclure iron, for 
 they fet a great value on the bars of that metal 
 which we gave them ; they alfo inquired for fome 
 tin, b-'.: they gave a very decided preference to 
 our cloths, efpccially thofe of a red colour. 
 
 The ifland of Waygiou, which the inhabi- 
 tants call (Jziaridoy is covered with very large 
 trees, and nppears thro j_v hout a mouiitainous 
 country ; the land is pretty high, even at a 
 f' all d rtance from wc fliore. The bamboo 
 I.uis of the natives are raifed on flakes to about 
 3 three
 
 304 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 three meters above the ground, and covered with 
 leaves of the fan-palm. 
 
 A very remarkable fa(fl is, that at the mo- 
 ment when we landed, fuch of our feamen as 
 were in the leaft affed:cd '.vith the fcurvy, and 
 even thofe who had no appearance of it, expe- 
 rienced a confiderable fvvelling in every part of 
 the body ; but this fymptom, at which fome of 
 us had been alarmed, entirely difappeared after 
 three or four hours walking. 
 
 During our ftay in this ifland, I was con- 
 flantly viliting its forefts ; I there gathered a 
 rich collection of new plants, and I killed a 
 great many fcarce birds, among others the 
 fpecies of promerops, which Buffon calls the 
 promerops of New Guinea, a large black cock- 
 atoo (pfittaciis aterrimus), and a new fpecie-s of 
 hornbill, to which I have given the name of 
 Calno of the Ifiand of IVaygiou: its bill, which is 
 arched, and of a dirty white, is two decimeters 
 long. Each mandible is unequally indented ; 
 the upper m.andible is furmounted by a fort of 
 yellovvifh creft, which is flattened and grooved : 
 the wings and body are black ; the tail is white, 
 and the neck of a pretty bright rufous. (See 
 Plate XL) This beautiful bird is eight de- 
 cimeters in length from the end of the bill to 
 the extremity of the feet. 
 
 I faw
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 305 
 
 I faw in the middle of the woods a great 
 many wild cocks. The female which the na- 
 tives brought us was not much bigger than a 
 partridge, and yet flie laid eggs twice as large as 
 thofe of our hens. This fpecies of wild hen is 
 black, while that which I killed in the forefls 
 of Java was of a grey colour. 
 
 The great crowned pigeon {columha coronata) 
 is very common in thefe thick forefts, where we 
 met here and there fome wild orange-trees, the 
 fruits of which furniflied our fcorbutic people 
 with very wholefome lemonade. 
 
 The natives who came on board informed us, 
 that the road in which we had caft anchor was 
 infefled by alligators; yet this did not prevent 
 feveral of our people from bathing: h?vVJnp; 
 penetrated into fome forefls of mangroves, v,(i 
 remarked their tracks imprinted on the mud. 
 It is principally during the night that the alli- 
 gators are moft to be dreaded. 
 
 While we lay here we received a vifit from 
 feveral chiefs. The chief of Rawak had fupped 
 and fiept on board the Efperance the eve of our 
 departure; but as foon as he faw that we were 
 preparing to weigh anchor, he jumped over- 
 board, icaring that w^e wiflied to carry him 
 away. This fright would have aftoniflied us, 
 had wc not learned that, five months before, the 
 
 ^or, [!, V Dutch,
 
 306 VOYAGE IX SEARCH 
 
 Dutch had carried off his brother in the middle 
 of an entertainment which they had given him 
 on board their lliip. This chief's whole cloth- 
 ing confiftcd of a pair of pantaloons and a very 
 wide banyan, with a fatin waiftcoat, and the ear- 
 rings which he wore were of gold. 
 
 The people of this ifland had declared v.ar 
 againfl: the Dutch ; and the greater part of the 
 men, headed by the mod powerful of their 
 chiefs, to whom they give the title of Sultan, 
 had gone and joined the inhabitants of Ce 
 ram in order to attack the governor of Am- 
 boyna, who was to call there in making his 
 tour through the Moluccas. The inhabitants 
 of the huts, built on the fliorcs of the road in 
 which our Ihips were anchored, had, previous to 
 their departure, provided for the fafety of their 
 women and children, by taking them in^o the 
 interior of the ifland. This roadftead, which is 
 called Bonee-Sainai by the natives, and is diftant 
 about a myriameter to the eaft of Rawak, is 
 formed by the coafl of Waygiou, and a very 
 fmall ifland that the inhabitants call Bontfy 
 which lay to the eaft of us : there we were abnoft 
 under the equator, our latitude having been 
 38"fouth. Our longitude had been 128 53' eaft. 
 
 We procured our v, ater near the head ct this 
 rond in a pretty large river, which our boats 
 
 could
 
 CF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 :!,'^7 
 
 could afcend for upwards of a kilometer from 
 its mouth at low water, and twice as far at the 
 top of the flood. 
 
 The thermometer obfervcd on board did not 
 rife higher than 24", no doubt on account of 
 the heavy rains. 
 
 The barometer varied only from 28 inches 
 I line to 28 inches i-i lines. 
 
 The variation of the niagnetic needle was 
 1 14' ead. 
 
 The winds were pretty faint, and varied only 
 from fouth fouth-eaft to fouth-weil. 
 
 On the 2Sth of Auguft we failed from Way- 
 giou, tl'ie north coaft of which we follou-cd, 
 flanding to the wellward in order to double its 
 weftern point. There we met v.irh a fnca!, 
 which is not laid down in the charrs ; on rhis 
 flioal our foundincjs varied from 'ic/c^r to c'^rlit 
 fathom:i in a fpacc of about fix hundi-ed ir.ercrs, 
 which we were under the nccefiity of croHing. 
 Vv e remarked here and there fomc poiius of 
 rocks which rofe almoft to the furface of the 
 water ; but \vc had the good fortune to avoid 
 fhem. The greatefl extent of this flioal is 
 about two kilometers from north to foutb. 
 
 On the 4th of September we anchored in the 
 re. id of iJouro, at the dillance of two kilometers 
 to iho north north-eaft half eaftof the Dutch 
 '::b;ni ;">':; in twenty fathoms water over a bot- 
 
 X 2 torn
 
 30S VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 torn of muddy fand. The commandant of 
 this pofl immediately difpatched to us a cor- 
 poral to offer us all the refrefliments of which 
 we might ftand in need. At the expiration of 
 a few minutes we faw fome mufl^et fhots fired 
 into the middle of a herd of buffaloes which 
 were grazing on the fhorc ; and the corporal 
 informed us, that the refident had ordered the 
 two fatteft to be killed for our (hips. Knowing 
 the wants of navigators, he fent us a great 
 quantity of fruit, a few bottles of a very plea- 
 fant liqueur^ extradled from the fago-palm 
 (Jagiierus, Rumph. vol, i. fig. 13.), and fome 
 young leaves of a fpecies of fern of the afple- 
 Jiium genus, which grows in the fhade in the 
 moifi: fpots ; they are eaten as a falad ; they 
 are very tender, and of an agreeable flavour. 
 
 This refident, named Henry Commans, was a 
 good honeft man, and remarkable for the fim- 
 plicity of his manners; he was very much liked 
 by the inhabitants ; he was the perfon of whofe 
 happinefs the Dutch at Amboyna had fpoken i^o 
 highly, telling us, that he could fleep as much 
 as he chofe. At his houfe we met with feveral 
 natives who had feen Admiral Bougainville 
 curing his flay at Bouro, and \\ho felt no fmali 
 pleafure in converfing about that celebrated 
 navigator. 
 
 This and fome of the followinc: davs were 
 
 2 employed
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 3O9 
 
 employed in vifiting the different diflri(fl3 of 
 the ifland, which prefents every where a diver- 
 fified and very pidurefque afpedl. The fago- 
 palm is here very common ; it forms the prin- 
 cipal food of the inhabitants, and is even an ar- 
 ticle of exportation. There were large planta- 
 tions of it quite clofe to the Dutch fettlement, 
 in fome marlhes which render this abode very 
 infahibriouSj particularly on the approach of 
 fpring. 
 
 I had no where feen teak-wood fo lofty. Be- 
 hind the town are planted two long avenues of 
 it, the trees of which are near forty meters in 
 heic-ht. In the Moluccas the Dutch build 
 fhips with this wood, which is the moft durable 
 that is known. The cayon pontee of the Malays 
 (melaleuca latifoHa) grows abundantly on the 
 hills. The refident fhewed us a large ftill, 
 which ferved him for diftilling the leaves of 
 this tree, from vv'hich he annually extracfled a 
 great deal of cajepnt oil. 
 
 The Ifland of Bouro contains feveral kinds 
 of wood fit for cabinet work, which are in great 
 requefl: among the Chinefe, and a few others 
 proper for dyeing. Two Chinefe junks were 
 then aground on the mud to the north-weft of 
 the Dutch fort. The village near which this 
 fort is built is called Cayelee in the Malay lan- 
 guage. Such of the natives as follow the Ma- 
 
 X 3 hometan
 
 3rO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 hometan religion have there a mofque, the 
 roofs of which diminifhing by ftories in pro- 
 portion as they rife, afford a very agreeable 
 objcdl to the eye, as may be feen in Plaie XLIIy 
 which reprefents part of this village. 
 
 The coafl: to the eaft ward of the village is 
 watered only by very fmail rivers; but at a 
 demi-myriameter to the north- well: we afcended 
 a very large one, which the inhabitants call Acr- 
 Beffary and which alfo difcharges itfclf into the 
 roadftead; this river, which is very deep, was up- 
 wards of eighty meters in width throughout the 
 extent of from three to four kilometers which 
 we examined of its courfe. The lOand of 
 Bouro is undoubtedly indebted to the great 
 elevation of the mountains for fo confiderable 
 a river. Its banks feveral times ofiered to my 
 view the beautiful fhrub known under the 
 name of portlandia grandiflora. 
 
 The round pebbles of the fummit of thefe 
 mountains, w hich I found on the flu)res of the 
 different rivers, were fragnients of rock of the 
 li'-iturc of quartz mixed with mica, and not un- 
 frequcntly of a fand-fionc, the component 
 parts of which are alfo quartz. 
 
 Birds, efpccialiy parrakects, are multiplied to 
 fuch a degree in thio ifland, that it is very pro- 
 bable that from them it derives its name, 
 vvhi'.-.h in Mrday fignifics bird. 
 
 Stags,
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 3II 
 
 Stags, goats, and wild boars, are fo plentiful 
 in the woods, that the natives fupply the refi- 
 dent with as many of thein as he choofes, for 
 two mufket cartridges for each animal. The 
 fpecies of wild boar, named hahee-roujja {fiis 
 babyruIJa) is alfo found here. 
 
 The natives appeared to us particularly to 
 dread fcveral fpecies of fnakes, which they told 
 us were very numerous in their ifland ; but I 
 met with none of thefe reptiles during the time 
 of our flay, which I, however, employed in 
 vifiring the forefts pretty conflantly. 
 
 The rainy feafon was not yet arrived; never- 
 thelefs the high mountains collecfled almoll 
 every evening ftorms which burft with a great 
 noife during the night. 
 
 The bay having been founded, there was dif- 
 covered at its entrance, a little on this fide of 
 the eafl point, called Point Ruba, a ledge of 
 rocks, on which was found only from half a 
 fiithom to a fathom water for an extent of about 
 two kilometers towards the weft north-well ; 
 but the reft of the great opening is very deep, 
 even at a little diftance from the weft point, or 
 Point LelTatclIo, which the inhabitants call 
 Tanguioo-Corhciu (Buffalo's Point). 
 
 The aftronomical obfervations which were 
 made in the village of Cayelee gave 3" 21' 54" 
 
 X 4 fou'ii
 
 312 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 fouth for its latitude, and 125^^ 1' 6" eaft . ' 
 longitude. 
 
 The dip of the needle was 20 30'. 
 
 The variation of the compafs obfervee 
 board the fliip waso" 54' eaft. 
 
 The higheft point at which the thermometi 
 flood on board was 23", and on fhore 25** vij. 
 
 The mercury in the barometer varied only 
 from 28 inches i line to 28 inches 2 lines. 
 
 At the full and change of the moon it is high 
 water about three quarters paft eleven o'clock; 
 the tides then rife two meters perpendicular. 
 
 On the 1 6th of September we fct fail from 
 Bouro, directing our courfe towards the Strait 
 of Bouton, into which we entered on the after- 
 noon of the 2id. 
 
 The next day, about fun-fet, we anchored a 
 kilometer from the coaft, oppolite to the open- 
 ing of the channel which feparates Pangefani 
 from Celebes. Dauribcau being ill, Roflell 
 was entruRcd with the conduct of the expedi- 
 tion, and formed the plan of failing out by 
 this channel. Very early in the morning of 
 ihe 24th he difpatched a boat, which examined 
 it for an extent of upwards of three myriame- 
 iLMs, over which were fcattered a great number 
 of iOots, particularly towards the coaft of Ce- 
 lebes ; the two Ihores had been found lined 
 
 almofl
 
 OF LA PtROUSE. 31^ 
 
 . ,,^very where with marfhes, and covered 
 
 langroves. According to this report 
 
 of our officers were of opinion that it 
 
 . [i be feared that there was not, through- 
 
 the whole length of this channel, fuf- 
 
 :*ent water to pafs with our fliips ; ncver- 
 
 lelefs we entered it the next morning, the 
 
 25th, and, after having flood on about two my- 
 
 riameters, we dropped anchor on the approach 
 
 of night. 
 
 The following day another boat was fent to 
 finifh founding this paflage. She returned on 
 the 29th in the afternoon, and we learnt that it 
 was ftrewn with a great number of fand banks 
 that were very difficult to be perceived on ac- 
 count of their blackifli colour, which rendered 
 this outlet extremely danp;erous : accordingly 
 it was refolved to enter again into the btrut of 
 Bouton ; and after we had been forced to come 
 to there, frequently feveral times in the coui fe 
 of a day, we, on the 7th of October, at Ici^^th 
 reached its fouthern extremity, where v\e '^"- 
 chored near the village of Bouton, two kilo.ne- 
 ters to the northward of the nearelt coa.i. 
 
 We had employed a great deal ot t;:. e in 
 getting through this Strait, becaufc we h.-.d 
 been under the neceility of remaining ar anchr.r 
 every night, and before we could rrakc fa 1 m 
 the day \ve were almoil always obL^ed to vva,t 
 
 till
 
 314 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 till the tides had occafioncd currents favour- 
 able to the courfe which we wifhed to fteer. 
 
 The natives had come on board, and brought 
 us different fpecies of the fruits common in the 
 Moluccas, amonp^ which I remarked pumpkins 
 of very diverfified forms. They had alfo loaded 
 their canoes with wild bread-fruit, the kernels 
 of which all thofe who ate any had much dif- 
 ficulty to digell, although it had been roafted. 
 They alfo procured us a great number of fowls, 
 forne goats, a conliderable quantity of fifh pre- 
 pared after the manner of the Buccaneers, and 
 from time to time fome frefh fiQi. Tiiegreatcit 
 part of thcfe natives did not think of making 
 any exchanges with us till after they had afked 
 pcrmijlion to do fo from the commanding officer 
 of our fliip, to wliom they made a prefent. 
 They informed us, that within the lad: year 
 they had fecn four European fliips pafs through 
 this vScrait, namely, two coming from Ternate, 
 and the others from Banda and Amboyna. 
 ThcfC people trade with the Dutch ; they pre- 
 ferred money to almoif every other article that 
 v.c offered them : h.owcver, one of them ear- 
 ncftly ails-^d us for fome powder and lead ; but 
 not obtaining any, one olf tliem offered us two 
 iiavcs as the price of a fmal! quantity of am- 
 nuiiiition ; and he appeared greatly afoniflied 
 
 when
 
 OF LA PEROUSE, ^I^ 
 
 when he found that we would not accede to his 
 offer. 
 
 Thefe natives brou.q;ht us a ocreat number of 
 parrots, of the fpecies called pjiitacus alexandri^ 
 and the white crcfled cockatoo, (pfiitaciis 
 crijlalus.) 
 
 We were not a little furprifed to fee in their 
 polTefnon, cottons and linens made of the a^ave 
 'vivipara, which they told us they had them- 
 felves manufac5lured. 
 
 1 availed myfelf of our anchoring frequently 
 in this ftrait, to go on fliore. I there found a 
 great quantity of plants, which I had not before 
 met with elfewhere, and among which I muft 
 mention the grape-form nutmeg-tree, already 
 defcribed by Citizen Lamarck; its fruit is not 
 at all aromatic. I alfo gathered the cynovu'tra 
 ramifioray the gyrinocarpus of Goertner, and va- 
 rious fpecies o^ vTxlt^in^ (calamus), which after 
 running up to the top of the tallefl: trees, came 
 down to the ground, and again afcended others 
 equally lofty, frequently affording ftems feveral 
 hundred meters in length. 
 
 The fruits of the bovibax ceila, and feveral 
 new fpecies of the fame genus, which were 
 very widely difiufed in the foreft, aifcirded an 
 abundance of food to numerous troops of pigmy 
 monkics (fimia fylvaniis) ; we killed feme of 
 them in order to preferve their fl-;in. 
 
 We
 
 3l6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 We remarked, almoft every where on the 
 moifl ground, tracks of flags, wild boars and 
 buffaloes. We often met with numerous herds 
 of thefe laftj lyiiig down in many places, but 
 they always took to flight as foon as they per- 
 ceived us, and it was impoffible to purfue them 
 through the mud. 
 
 In the Ifland of Pangefani, I feveral times 
 traverfed thick forefts of the palm, known by 
 the name of corypha iimhracidifcray where I favv 
 fquirrels of the fpecies cdWtdifciuriis palmarmny 
 which fled on all lides at our approach. 
 
 The inhabitants had erected near the fea- 
 ihore fome fhcds, under which they had placed 
 hurdles of bamboo, where they laid the fifh 
 when they wiihed to dry it by fire in order to 
 prefer ve it. 
 
 The natives, aware of the danger of living 
 near marfhes, which render the northern coaft 
 of Pangefani very unwholefome, have not built 
 any village there. It was in the midft of thefe 
 very marfhes' that we picked up the germ of an 
 extremely contagious dyfentery, which made 
 on board our fliips ravages fo much the greater 
 as we were already prodigioufly enfeebled by 
 the long ufe of aliments of a bad quality, which 
 were grown flill worfe during the voyage. I 
 alfo was attacked by this diforder, which car- 
 ried off a great many of our people. 
 
 The
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. ^ij 
 
 The next day, the 8th, at fun-rife, four 
 chiefs, having the title of orafi-ka'/a, came on 
 board to tell us that we were not at liberty to 
 go on fhore, without having prcvioufly apprized 
 the Sultan, who relided in the village of Bou- 
 ton, and who was an ally of the Dutch EaU 
 India Company. We expielfed to them our 
 defire of vifiting that extremity of the ifland^ 
 and one of them immediately fet off to com- 
 municate it to this petty fovereign. 
 
 Prefently we received a viiit from two Dutch 
 foldiers, who propoied to procure us an inter- 
 view with the Sultan, affuring us that the n:i- 
 lives durfi: not, unlefs he had given them per- 
 miflion, fell us the refreiliments of which wr 
 were in want. At firfl they conducted us zct 
 their own dwelling, where they told us that the. 
 Sultan was not to be fecn till verv late in th:*: 
 afternoon. Afccr this we advanced, in a prerrv 
 large party, into the interior of the iHand, di- 
 recting our Heps towards the eaft. The native^ 
 whom we met, appeared not at all furpri fed ai 
 feeing us, and manifefted no wifii to follov- 1:5. 
 
 After having, for upwards of two hojrs, 
 walked along a little river covered v, iili a great 
 number of boats, fome of which came from the 
 ftrait loaded with fifli, we forded it in order to 
 get to the northward. V/c followed fome ftcep 
 paths, on the edge of v/hicb I gathered a great 
 
 rnanv
 
 3l8 VOYAGE IN SEARCPI 
 
 many plants, among others the harleria prionl-' 
 tisy and feveral new fpecies of croton. 
 
 Moft of the habitations were built on the 
 fummit of the charming hills uith which this 
 part of the ifland is interfected. We were re- 
 ceived with cordiality by the natives, who of- 
 fered us different fpecies of fruits. One of 
 them, in particular, having gone to gather us 
 fome cocoa-nuts, quickly reached the top of 
 one of the tailed trees, making ufe of a method 
 which feemed to me remarkable. He firfl", with 
 a piece of cloth, tied his legs together towards 
 the lower extremity, thus forming a purchafe 
 which helped him to clafp, with his feet, the 
 trunk of the tree tight enough to bear the 
 whole weight of his body ; and as the trunk of 
 this palm was rather flender, by alternately 
 working himfelf up with his arms and feet 
 along the tree, he very foon reached the top. 
 
 On the brow of the fteepefl places of fome of 
 the hil!s, we remarked forts, where the inhabi- 
 tants take refuge when the enemy approaches 
 their dwcllincrs. Thefe forts of baftions conlift 
 of pretty thick flone walls, from three to four 
 meters high, furrounding a fquare piece of 
 ground of twenty or thirty meters in extent. 
 
 The natives, who a few days before had fold 
 us fome cloth, had not deceived us in faying 
 that it had been manufactured in the Ifland of 
 
 Bouton.
 
 Of LA PEROUSE. J}^ 
 
 Bouton. We this day faw, in fomc of the 
 houfes, fcveral looms, w iih which the inhibi- 
 tants were making liinilar cloths, much in the 
 fame manner as our weavers manufacture linen. 
 Thefe iOanders employ cotton thread dved of 
 various colours; red and blue appeared to mc 
 to be their favourite colours:. 
 
 About four o'clock in the afternoon v/e re- 
 paired to the villaj^e of Bouton to fee the Su5- 
 tan; we did not know that it was ncjelTary to 
 bring him fome prefeiUs, in order to h:ive ac- 
 cefs to him. As we had nothing to oif^r him, 
 he was not vifible. However, his fon and LlZ 
 nephew received us near the fort v^heie he 
 rclides. I'hey difpliiyed not a little aite-ltatioii 
 in repeating to us^ that the whole iHand v;:;^ 
 under his dominio'i; that he was t'lC alir of 
 the Dutch Eall-Lidia Compan}- ; and that ii's 
 enemies were his. li.ey related to us, thii rbe 
 inhabitants of Cei-arn, haviny; not lono- iince 
 made an incuriion on their coads, f.jur of thcui 
 had been talien and delivered up to tlic Kinr/j 
 who inflmtly caufed them to be beheaded. 
 Immediately after this recital, tlicy prevailed 
 on us to advance a few yards, and fiiewed us 
 v.ith an air of fatisfadtioi'i, the heads of thcfe 
 unfortunate beings, expofed on the walls of 
 the for:, at the end of very long pikes. 
 
 The Village of Bouton li lituated on an emi-
 
 320 VOYAGE JN SEARCH 
 
 nence that is very deep towards the north-eaH:, 
 and furrounded by thick walls, which protect 
 the inhabitants againft the incurfions of their 
 enemies. The houfes are built of bannboo, 
 and covered with palm-leaves, likethofe of the 
 other inhabitants of the Moluccas. The ftreets 
 are very narrow, for the objedl has been to 
 make the moft of this rather confined fpot. 
 The market was fupplied with a great variety 
 of fruit and filh. 
 
 The Sultan refides in a fort conftruAed of 
 ftone. It appeared to us, that this chief lived 
 in a pretty evident ftatc of miflruft with the 
 agents of the Dutch Eaft-India Company, al- 
 though he was their ally ^ for the three Dutch 
 foldiers, who were the only inhabitants of the 
 Company's fadlory, had not permiflion to live 
 in the village where he takes up his relidence. 
 They were fent away to a wretched and folitary 
 habitation, upwards of two kilometers from 
 this fpot. They were fhortly to quit it, and 
 to go to Macaffar ; but they were detained for 
 fome time, by the fear of meeting with the 
 vefieis belonging to the inhabitants of Ceram, 
 their enemies, which were cruifing in thefe 
 feas. 
 
 It was already dark when we got down to the 
 fea-fhore in order to return on board. It was 
 t\\Q time of low v.ater. Moft of us had been 
 
 attacked
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 32I 
 
 attacked by thcdyfentcry for feveral dr.ys; and 
 neverchelefs, we were obliged to wade in:o the 
 water up to the waifl, to reach the boat, which 
 greatly aggravated our diforder. 
 
 In the courfe of this day, the natives had 
 procured us rice, maize, fugar-canes, yams, 
 fowls, eggs, ducks and goats. Hardware had 
 been offered them in exchange for thefe rcfrcfli- 
 ments, but they had preferred the money w^hich 
 is current in the Moluccas, and particularly 
 the fniall coin waflied with filver, which they 
 call koiipan peray and which the Dutch bring 
 from Europe. 
 
 At the full and change days, it is high water 
 about one o'clock in the afternoon ; in the bay 
 where we lay, the perpendicular rife of the tide 
 was two meters. 
 
 The place where we anchored, Vvas in lati- 
 tude 5 27' 18" fouth, and longitude 120=' 27' 
 caft. 
 
 On the afternoon of the 9th of Oclober vvc 
 weighed and made fail, in order to get out of 
 the Strait of Bouton, and we were not long be- 
 fore we reached the open fea. 
 
 On the nth, in the morning, we croffcd the 
 Strait of Salaver. A freat number of natives 
 were icattered about the fhore, where their ca- 
 noes were lying; others were making fail to- 
 wards Celebes. 
 
 VOL. ir. Y We
 
 322 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 We brought up feveral times along the coafl: 
 of Madura, and in the afternoon of the 19th 
 we caft anchor in five fathoms water, over a 
 bottom of reddilh mud, at a fmall diftance from 
 the north-eafl: point of that ifland ; and at the 
 entrance of the channel leading to Sourabaya, 
 one of the principal fettlements occupied by 
 the Dutch in the IHand of Java. We in- 
 tended to anchor there, and at nine o'clock in 
 the morning a boat had been difpatched from 
 the Efperance, to the village of Griflay, to pro- 
 cure a pilot to take our fhips up the channel 
 that leads thicher. 
 
 Two days elapfed without our receiving any 
 tidings of our boat. We were afraid that Ihe 
 had fallen in with pirates ; and on the 23d 
 another was fent, under the perfuafion that the 
 former had not arrived at the place of her def- 
 tination; for we could not imagine that fhe had 
 been detained by the Dutch, who knew the 
 objed of our mifhon, when on the 25th we 
 received a letter from the officer commanding 
 that boat, informing us that he was detained a 
 prifonerby the Dutch, who were then at war with 
 France: liowevcr, a little time after, the coun- 
 cil of Sourabaya fent v.ord, that, agreeably to the 
 inflruclions which they had jufi: received from 
 Batavia, they would afford us every afliltance in 
 their power, and on the 26th they fent us two 
 
 pilots.
 
 OF LA Pr.ROUSE. 323 
 
 pilots. Wc were compelled to bring up again 
 feveral times before we reached the road of 
 SoLirabaya, where we anchored on the 28th, 
 two kilometers to the northward of the mouth 
 of the river that runs through the town ; the 
 flag-flai-} of the fort bearing fouth 2 eaft, and 
 the village of Griffay weft 30'' north. 
 
 The dyfentery had already carried off fix of 
 our people, lince our departure from Bouro. 
 
 We foon obtained liberty to reiide in the 
 town of Sourabaya, where, on the .jiftj I took 
 up my quarters at the houfe of Meffrs. Bawer 
 and Hogh, who received me with the greateli: 
 cordiality. 
 
 Ten days after, the council of Sourabaya 
 revoked the permifHon which they had given 
 us, and immediately we were all obliged to 
 return on board, with the exception of the nek, 
 in the number of whom I fiill was, for the 
 dyfentery had left me in a flate of extreme 
 debility ; being feparared from our people 
 who were afflifled by this c()nra<^'ous diforder, 
 purgatives, the ufe of iago, and Vv hey, alibrded 
 m.e great relief, and it was not lono; before I 
 was perfecllv^ cured. 
 
 It was time that this captivity (hould ceafe, 
 
 for the number of the (ick was increaiing on 
 
 board our ihips with ahirm.ing rapidity ; near 
 
 one half of the fliips' companies were already 
 
 Y 2 attacked
 
 324 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 attacked by the dyfentery and malignant fe- 
 vers, and the number of the fick diminifhed 
 only by the death of fome of them. But at length 
 the council reflored the permillion which they 
 had revoked a few days before, and we had the 
 fatisfaction of feeing ourfelves again all affem- 
 bled in the town. 
 
 During the firft days that we fpent at Soura- 
 baya the heat was excefli\e. I there faw with 
 aftonifhment Reaumur's thermometer rife to 
 27: but this heat was of Ihort duration; for 
 the change of rhe monfoon, Vvhich took place 
 early in November, cccafioned for a long time, 
 efpecially in the afternoon, abundant rains, 
 u hich cooled the atrnofpherc in fuch a mianncr 
 that tlie therm.ometer liood at no more than 
 from 2 '2" to 23"" in the hotteft part of the 
 
 When I was fomewhat recovered, 1 very fre'- 
 quently made excurlions to the environs of the 
 town, and as far as my flrength would permit 
 me. I liad the pleafure of feeing my coi- 
 icdlions in natural hiftory increafe by a great 
 number of articles which I had not before 
 found. 
 
 Moft of the ro.id.^, to a good dlilance from 
 Sourabava, were ihaded by bamboo hedges. 
 In otiicr places were large avenues of w//;//^/o/).f 
 cicfrn, <^!{ilia'idi/:a moringa, naiiclea orientaJis, hi- 
 
 1 bifcv.s
 
 OF LA PEHOUSE. 325 
 
 h if CHS tiliaccus^ Szc. which yielded a very grate- 
 ful Hiade in this burnino; climutc. I was not 
 a little furprifcd to fee fonie branches cover to 
 the very ground the whole length of the trunk of 
 thefc hill trees, very different from the port of all 
 thofe of the fame fpecies which I had met with 
 elfevv here; but it was not long before I faw fome 
 Javanefc making, with a great chopper, feveral 
 notches in the bark pretty clofe to each other; 
 and I was informed that this pracflice was in ufe 
 among them from time immemorial, in order to 
 occafion the expaniion of young flioots in the 
 places cut in this manner. They take care to 
 choofe the rainy feafon for the operation, that 
 it may fucceed with greater certainty. Vege- 
 tation is then {o rapid in this climate, that, in a 
 little time after this incifion was made, I faw 
 buds fpringing forth in great numbers from 
 the middle of the bark cut as I have juft de- 
 fcribed. Thefe people, however, are in general 
 by no means converfant in agriculture. 
 
 On the :;th of December the governor cf 
 Sourabaya granted the naturalifts liberty to 
 vifit the movintains of Prau, which are diflant 
 about fix myrianieters to the vvefi: fouth- wcO: of 
 the town. 
 
 We let olf ihc next day in order to go to 
 tlie village of Poron, which is built near the 
 foot of thefe mountains. Some javanefc car- 
 Y 3 ricd
 
 326 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 ried our baggage, fufpending it to long bam- 
 boos, the ends of which they relied on their 
 Ihoulders. 
 
 After having proceeded near fourmyriame- 
 ters, we arrived at Souda-Kari, where we dined, 
 in the manner of the Javanefc, at the houfe of 
 the chief of the village, who had prepared for 
 us a grand dinner: it confiftcd of different 
 difhes of fifli, drefTed Buccaneer falhion, and of 
 horfe and buffalo fielh, preferved, as they 
 told us, for upvv'ards of lix months, after hav- 
 ing been cut in very thin ftrips, and dried in 
 the fun. All thefediflies were very highly fea- 
 foned with pepper, pimento, and ginger. Rice 
 fupplied the place of bread. This entertain- 
 ment was concluded with a profulion of de- 
 licious fruits. 
 
 Prer.^ntJy we refumed our journey, and in a 
 littl-' tim.e after there came on a heavy fall of 
 rain, which incommoded us excccdinj;iy. We 
 Vvcre accompanied by a ferjcant of the Dutch 
 troops. He foon gave us proofs of his autho- 
 rity over the Javaiicfc, who were going to the 
 village that ue had juR left ; he ordered the 
 umbrellas which they v, ere carrying to be 
 fnatchcd out of their hands, and none of them 
 ventured to make any rcfil'hincc. V'e were at a 
 lofs to know what he nreaiit to do with thefc, 
 when he came up and oilcrcd them to us, fay- 
 in p.,
 
 OF LA PF.ROUSE. 327 
 
 ing, that he thought it flrange that thofe people 
 fliould think of protecting themfelves in this 
 manner from tlie rain, while they faw us cx- 
 pofed to the inclemency of the weather ; but 
 what fiirprifcd him greatly wa.^, that not one of 
 us would make ufe of the um.br lias, which 
 we prevailed on him to reftore to thofe to whom 
 they belonged. 
 
 7\t length we reached the village of Poron, 
 where we were 'eceived by the chiefs who has 
 the title of Dcman. He is principally-charged 
 with fixing the tafk-work of the natives. 
 
 The fpace which we had juft traverfed from 
 Sourabaya is a vaft plain, where rice is the 
 principal culture. Already were the fields 
 covered with from two to three decimeters of 
 water, confined by the earth dikes with which 
 they were furrounded. 
 
 Befoie we arrived at the village of Souda- 
 Kari we had remarked feme large plantations of 
 indigo. In the lOandof Java it is commonly 
 the Chinefe who prepare this com.modity, 
 their knowledge in the arts being much more 
 cxtenfive than that of the natives. 
 
 We had alfo fcen cultivated in fevcral fields 
 the viciuus cnvimiuiis ; from its {^kl^Xs, the Java- 
 ncle extract an oil for burning. 
 
 There were Hkewife p'rowin^r in this fine 
 Y 4 plain.
 
 32S VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 plain, but in a fmall quantity, fome maize, 
 fugar-cancs, and yellow millet (hQlchus forg- 
 hum). 
 
 Wc paflcii the night in a bamboo habitation, 
 where the greatefl cleanlinefs prevailed. It was 
 built quite clofe to that of the Deman. 
 
 The next day, the 13th, wc took up our quar- 
 ters at the weltern extremity of this village, in 
 the diftricl under the dependency of the Tomo- 
 gon of Banguil, who refided upwards of a my- 
 riameter and half from the place where we 
 were, and who neverthelefs arrived in the morn- 
 \\M\ to c;ivc the inhabitants orders to watch over 
 our perfonal fafety, and to furnilli us with 
 fuch provifions as we mjght Mant. 
 
 This Tomogon was a man of fenfe; he fpoke 
 Dutch fluently, and was very well acquainted 
 with the news of Europe. Being a Chinefe by 
 birth, he had been obliged to embrace the Ma- 
 hometan relio;ion in order to obtain the title 
 of Toinogon. 
 
 We were terribly fatigued with the journey 
 we liad made the day before, on very fmall 
 horfcs, like all thofe of this ifland. Their trot, 
 Avhich is extremely rough, had incommoded us 
 the more, as the faddlcs that wc had been 
 obliged to make ufe of were not nuiled ; they 
 were made of very hard v.ood, covered only with 
 
 a thin
 
 OF LA PKROUSE. 329 
 
 a thin fkin which had been glued on them : bc- 
 fides, the ftirrups ufed by the Javanefe were too 
 fliort for uSj :\nd it had not been pofTible to let 
 them down, which had put us in a very trou- 
 bleibme polhirc : accordingly that day, the 
 14th, we did not go far from our habitation, 
 but the following day we crolled a fpacc of a 
 demi-myriameter in a plain already in a great 
 meafure inundated ; we then reached the 
 mountains of Prau. The Tomogon of Banguil 
 went thither on horfeback, followed by up- 
 wards of a hundred horfemcn pretty well 
 mounted. We found him in the forcil, where 
 he was waiting for us ; but being little ac- 
 quainted, no doubt, with the iimph: nMiiiicr in 
 which naturalids travel, he had caufed ciuiirs 
 to be brouo;ht for us to lit down it the fuj-.mit 
 of a mountain, whence we difcovered tinough 
 the trees a great extent of country, whicli he 
 told us was in his dependency : this chief leing 
 deiirous of aliording us a Hill better viev, of u, 
 immediately ordered tlie tops of a great many 
 teak-wood trees to be cut off, and we faw 
 with pain that this momentary gratiiicaiicn 
 colt him upwards of a hundred of thclc iinc 
 trees. 
 
 Peacocks were very common in this fored, 
 V. hicli we traverfed m evcr\ dire^'rion ; we li\ot 
 icvcral of them, Amoiig the colicCiion of 
 
 plants
 
 220 VOYAGE IxV SEARCH 
 
 plants which I gathered, there were feveral fine 
 
 fpeclcs of uvaria^ hcliclcreSy and haubinia. 
 
 The inhabitants were employed in c\cd,v\r\^^ 
 near the foot of the mountains, an excellent 
 fpot of ground covered with trees, the fmallell 
 of which they cnt down with the hatchet, and 
 they contented themfelves with peeling o'^^ the 
 bark from the lar;_;eft near the root in order to 
 kill them. 
 
 In the afternoon the thunder roarinp- at a 
 diftance announced to us a lliower of rain, which 
 foon came down with violence, as is gejierally 
 the cafe at this fe-ifon of the year; accordingly 
 we were forced ro reg.iin our dwelling. The 
 Tornogon, before he returned to Banguil, re- 
 peated ro the inhabitants orders to provide 
 for our wants, as well as oar perfonal fafety. 
 
 Tiie following days we vihicd the mountains 
 of Panangounan, advancing to the territories of 
 the Emperor of Solo, into fome large forefls of 
 teak- wood, under the fliade of which the pancra- 
 li:,-ii ainhciiic^if^: v.as grovving in abundance. Our 
 guides often cx];rcircd io us their fear of meet- 
 ing with rir;cr.s teil!r;(r us that they were very 
 common in ihc tiuckeis bordering upon the 
 rivulets^ where tr-cy kr[:t themfelves concealed 
 in order to fiirpriic the quadrupeds wlien they 
 cane t o cj .i e ' c li ; li c i r ; h i ri 1 . 1 1 o u c \' e r , w e fa w 
 none of thefc w.ild beafl;s. 
 
 The
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 33I 
 
 The Javanefe who accompanied us were almoft 
 always on horfeback, and did not alight even in 
 places where it was difficult to penetrate; but 
 as foon as they perceived the plant called in 
 their language kadiar ankrcc^ they immediately 
 got off and drove to outrun each other in order 
 to gather it. Their difplaying fo much eagcrnefs 
 roufed our curiolity, and we foon learnt that the 
 tubercles of the roots, dried and reduced to a 
 powder, are a powerful aphrodiiiac. Tne ar- 
 dour which they exprelTed to procure it proved 
 to us that they fct a great value on thefe forts of 
 auxiliary medicines, whicii are generally in 
 pretty high rcqucft among people wfio live in 
 hot climates. This paralitica! pdant was to be 
 met with only on the trunks of large trees. It 
 was not yet in fruc^ifi' ation, but it appeared to 
 me to be a new fpecies of po/hos. 
 
 In thefe diflerent excurlions I killed fe\ eral 
 wild cocks, whofe variegated plumage of very 
 brilb'ant colours excited mv admiration. Their 
 crowing, wiiicii we had frequenrh heard in the 
 middle of tlie woods, had at firil: made us ima- 
 gme lliat v;e were in the vicinity of fornc Ivibi- 
 tation ; b'lt in a little time we knew how to 
 diflinguiih it pericotly from that of the do- 
 meflic cork'. The comb o( tiie v.dld cocks is 
 ;; Jt of a red colour, but whinfli, and mixed 
 
 with
 
 332 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 with a flight tint of violet, which alTumes a 
 fomewhat darker hue near its edge. 
 
 Mofl: of the marlhes in the neighbourhood of 
 our abode were covered with very large leaves 
 of the nymphea nclumlw, on which v>'e very fre- 
 quently fiiw a new fpecics of Jacana, differ- 
 ing little from that called parra fuic>ijis\ and 
 we admired the agility with which this bird, 
 whofc feet are very long, walked from leaf 
 to leaf, tlius kccDin:r itlelf at the furface of 
 the waters. 
 
 At a fmall diRancc to the wcflward of the 
 village of Poron flood tv.o colollal ftatues, 
 v.hirh tlic Javaivefe call ;r/f/V'', and v.hich they 
 held in great veneration. They told us that 
 t\^v invoked them in their rrreatefr neceirities. 
 They were eacii cut out in a block of {^ionc. 
 twenty-two deciu'crcrs high. The}- wererepre- 
 lentcd in very ample ganucnrs, and the t'.\o 
 heads had the fame call of countenance as the 
 loors. It appears to me ver\ probable that 
 thcfe llatucs Lave been erected in honour of 
 ibmc of th(;rc conquerors of ih.Q Moluccas, al- 
 rhouo'h the inrabitaiits were unable to ijivc us 
 any infDrmaiicn on ti^e bibiccl. 
 
 The Dutch Icrjcuit wiio accompanied us was 
 pialiionatcly fond of the uuilic of the Javanefe. 
 hrom the lirft of (vur arrival at Poron he had 
 lent ijr a iiiigiiig-gir!;, whole llinll voice was 
 
 accom-
 
 or LA PEP.OL'SE. 
 
 .)J.> 
 
 accompanied by two miiftcians ; the one played 
 every evening on a fort of dulcimer, and tiie 
 other on a fpccies of r.iandoline. While we 
 were at work on the preparation and defcrip- 
 tion of our collections, we were under the nc- 
 cefritv of hearing for feveral hours thi.s dif- 
 cordant miific, which, however, never failed to 
 attracil a great concourfe of the natives. 
 
 All the fongs were fung in Javanefe. They 
 commonly turned on amorous fubjedls, as they 
 were explained to us by the ferjeant, v/ho per- 
 feclly undcrllood the language of this people. 
 He told us, that thefe very fongs had been madr 
 extcmp'-.re, according to the cuftom of the 
 linging-girls of Java. This one accompanied 
 her voice by various geftures analogous to the 
 fubjeLl, and particularly by motions of th? 
 fingers very difficidt to execute, and Vvhich 
 drew on her the applaufe of tiie ifianders. if 
 fame may be credited, thefe fongflreiTcs do 
 not pique themfelves on the ftrictncfs of their 
 morals. 
 
 Oil the 19th wc returned to Sourabaya. 
 
 Citizen RicliC and I had formed the project 
 of going to fpeiid fomc time in th.e mountains 
 of Pdfervan, to v/idch wc had approached 
 qui' : ci.'fe in our lall excuifion. Tliey arc Ycry 
 Idi .:d \\Q had of.cn hQ\vA their fertility ex- 
 
 to,. '- Vhca' is cultivaiud on them with 
 
 much
 
 334 VOYAGE TN SEARCH 
 
 much fuccefs. Several fpecies of fruit-trees 
 brought from Europe thrive perfedly on thefc 
 heights, the temperature of the air there be- 
 ing very m;id. It was necefTary that we fhould 
 have a frcfh permifiion from the governor to 
 make this journey ; but Dauribeau, who under- 
 took to afk it for us, told us, that the governor 
 had jufl received from the council of Batavia 
 frefn inilrudions, according to which he could 
 no longer permit us to go very far from the 
 town, f-sut only to the diftance of three or four 
 hours walk. I went feveral times to fee a 
 fpring, which is no UDore than a myriameter 
 and a half towards the v/eft. Its waters are 
 covered with oil of petroleum^ which is care- 
 fully fkimmed off in order to be mixed with tar. 
 In its nei'j-hbourhood is found a great quantity 
 of pumice hone. 
 
 Citizen Riche and I lived in the fame houfe. 
 \Vc ufrally went out together to profecuteour 
 rerc!rc'ic..,and we returned every evening toSou- 
 rabaya loaded w ith a variety of fpecimens which 
 we had not before fouiid. It v. as always with 
 concern that we faw night arrive, and fufpcnd 
 our labours. But on the 19th of February 1794, 
 at four o'clock in tlie morning, the command- 
 ant of the fort (Chatcauvieux), followed by 
 about thirty Dutcli foldicrs armed, came and 
 announced to us on the part of Dauribeau and 
 
 the
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 335 
 
 the principal officers of our expedition, that we 
 were under arrell. Shortly after we found that 
 feveral of our fliipm 'tes fharcd the fame fate, 
 without being ible to divine what could have 
 jgiven occafion to fo arbitrary an ad: of autiio- 
 rity : prefently we learnt that fome news which 
 had I'.rrived frjm Europe had dete rmined Dau- 
 ribeau to hoifl the -Ahite flag, and put himfclf 
 under the proteclion of the Dutch, who were 
 then at war with France. He had, no doubt, 
 at this time, formed the projecfl which he 
 executed in the fequel, of felling tlie fiiips be- 
 longing to the expedition. In order to fuccced 
 with more certainty, it was nccefH^ry that he 
 fhould get rid of the perfons who he knev/ 
 would be likely to difapprove highly of fuch 
 conduch. Accordingly ftvcp^ of us, namel}'', 
 Lcgrand, Laigncl, WiUaumez, Riche, Vente- 
 nal, Piron, and myfeif, were delivered up to 
 the Dutch as prifoners of ^^a^, and we were 
 conducted to Samarang, being obliged to travel 
 near forty myriameters along i'viii^htivA roads in 
 the rainy fcafon. We were under the ncccfuty 
 of eroding in boats feveral large pi :ins inun- 
 dated by thiC torrents that came dvown from the 
 high mountaiiis which lay tov;\a;ds t'ic fouth, 
 and which make part of the hir;'C c;:a;n r. .x 
 traverfes the ifland of Java from cact to Vv>.ft 
 throughout its whole length. 
 
 3 Michel
 
 2'^6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 Michel Sirot and Pierre Creno, both fcrvants 
 on board of the Ef])crancc, followed us in our 
 profcription. 
 
 Dauribcau had flripped me of all my collec- 
 tions. On quitiing Sourabaya I entrufled to 
 the gardener, Lahaic, eleven bread-fruit tree?,, 
 and an equal quantity of roots and flumps of 
 that valuable plant, which had kept perfedly 
 well in potter's earth, and which might pro- 
 duce as uuiny young trees. He prornifed to 
 take the grea^tcil care of them, and gave me a 
 receipt for them. 
 
 Moil: of the ihip's company were thrown into 
 the prifons of the Tomogon of Sourabaya, from 
 which tliey can^.e out a little time after, fome 
 to be transferred to thofe of Batavia, and the 
 others to remain with Dauribcau. 
 
 As for us, we quitted Sourabaya on the 24th 
 of February . 
 
 This town is in the latitude of y*^ 14' 28"" 
 fouth, ard longiti-de of 110^35' 43" ^^^* 
 
 The variation of tlie compafs there wa^ 
 2^' 31' 14" weil, and tlic dip 25^ 
 
 At lenfrth, aucr having underironc confidcr- 
 able fatigue, v, c arrived at- Samarang in the 
 morning of the 1 1 th of March. 
 
 Tiic commanding oilicer of ii'ic fort iinmedi- 
 alcly carried us to tlie houfj 'of the Governor 
 Overftraatcn. The latter told us, that the head 
 
 fur-
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. ^31 
 
 furgeon of the hofpital, M. Albegg, had pre- 
 pared a lodging for us, and he deli red us to go 
 and occupy it ; but what was our furprife 
 when, having arrived at this furgeon's, he led us 
 into one of the wards of his hofpital, where he 
 Ihewed us feven beds, which he faid had been, 
 put up purpofely for us ! In this place there 
 was neither table nor chairs. In vain wc re- 
 prefented to him that v/e were not fick, and that 
 we did not wifli to become fo in an hci^^ital : 
 his anfwer was, that, according to the go- 
 vernor's orders, he could not give us any ot'ner 
 lodgings. 
 
 We were therefore under the neceflity of 
 having recourfe to the governor, in order, if 
 poffible, to make him feniible of all the harfn- 
 nefs of fuch proceedings tovvards men v/ho, on 
 their return from a long and fatiguing voyage, 
 undertaken for the advancement of the arts and 
 fciences, thought themfelves entitled to a dif- 
 ferent reception among a civilized people. It 
 was not, however, till after feveral hours parley, 
 that he changed the order for our :"carceration 
 in an hofpital. We were allowed to live near the 
 centre of the town, and this was our prifon. 
 
 A little time after we were permitted 'to go a 
 dem.i-myriameter from Samarang, but with the 
 reftridlion not to direifl our ficps towards the 
 fea-fide. 
 
 VOL. II. z In
 
 2J^ \0\AGL IN Si-.ARCH 
 
 In tiTi'vclling froMi Sourabaya to Samarang I 
 had fecn with iurj3rire, in the markets of fcvcral 
 vilhiges, fnops illled with little fquare, flat 
 leaver of a reddilh potter's earth, which the 
 inhabitants call Lzna aj;;po. I had at firit ima- 
 gined that they might probably errploy thefe 
 for fcourmg their cletli:; ; but prcfcntly I faw 
 the natives chcvv' them in fniall quantities, and 
 they allured me that they made no other ufe of 
 thcm, 
 
 lii crofiing the large rice plantations which 
 we had met wiLh at the foot of the mountains, 
 the nativcc; repeatedly pointed out to us fields 
 of rice on declivities that were too fudden 
 for the waters to lodge on them : here they cul- 
 tivated a fpccics of rice which, to thrive well, 
 does not require to be in an inundated foil ; but 
 they take care to cultivate it only in the feafon 
 v.-hej^. It is watered every day by copious rains.' 
 
 I ;iad a hx'ady remarked in the Ifland of Java, 
 on djiiercnt heights, a great number of cocoa- 
 nut rrcc^;. which, being flripped of their leaves, 
 were dead a^ they flood. It had appeared to 
 Tne rather allojiilliing to fee fo great a number of 
 them in fucli a limited fpace, and I had not been 
 able to divine the caufe of this , but at laft I 
 was informed by feveral inhabitants of the 
 hills ficuaiedata little diftance to the north- 
 weft of Samarang, where 1 faw a great many of 
 
 thofe
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 339 
 
 thofe Cocoa-nut treeSj that they had been Oruck 
 by lightning ; tlieie people haci been witncires 
 of the fa(5l, and they told me that the fame thing 
 happened on a great many otlier heights in the 
 ifland. In fadt, thofe tall trees, thus inful.ited, 
 arc particularly expofed to the terrible eflects of 
 lightning; befides, the abundant fap with 
 which they are filled contributes not a little to 
 attract the eleClric matter. 
 
 On the 15th of April we learnt, that in a 
 fliort time a packet was to fail from Batavia for 
 Europe. The Governor of Samarang v/as 
 pleafcd to allow- two of us to wait upon the- 
 regency of Batavia, in order to aik for a pafTage 
 on board of this velTel. We all equally burned 
 with impatience to revifit our country ; biit it 
 was neccffary that chance lliould decide the 
 matter. The lot fell to Citizens Riche and 
 Legrand, and on the 6th of May they fet olf 
 for Batavia. 
 
 On the i8thj twelve days after, the Governor 
 of Samarang direcled us to repair to the fume 
 place, where, in order to return to France, v. e 
 were to wait till there v/as another opportunity 
 than that of the packet which I iiavc juH: men- 
 tioned; for it was even very doubtful whethcr 
 Riche and Legrand would find room on board 
 of her. 
 
 Several Dutchmen who took an mtcrefl about 
 z 2 u$.
 
 340 VOYAGE IN SILARCH 
 
 US, informed us, that the fleet in which we in- 
 dulged the hope of going to Europe was not to 
 fail for fix or feven months ; and they afTured 
 us, that it was not probable that there would be 
 before that period any other opportunity for us 
 to return to our country. The dyfentery which 
 I had caught in the marfhes of the Strait of 
 Bouton made me fear that I Ihould experience a 
 return of it in the midft of the marflies of Ba- 
 tavia, the exhalations from which are ftill 
 more infalubrious: bcfides, Batavia is fo per- 
 nicious an abode to moft Europeans, efpe^ially 
 during the firfl: twelve months that they in- 
 habit it, that out of a hundred foldicrs who 
 arrive from Europe, there commonly die ninety 
 within the year ; the reft, who have become a 
 little inured to the. climate, drag on a lariguifh- 
 inej exiftence. The other Europeans who there 
 enjoy all the comforts of opulence, do not 
 perilh in fo frightful a proportion ; but with 
 the fcanty allowance that was granted to us 
 as prifoners of war, we could not hope to pro- 
 cure ourfc! ves there any other articles than thofe 
 of the firil neceftity. 
 
 Citizen Piron and rnyfelf did not obtain per- 
 miflion to go to Batavia till the moment of the 
 departure of the Dutch fleet. Our companions 
 in misfortune, Laignel, Vcnrcnat, and Wil- 
 Jaumez. fet off to proceed thither ; and thp 
 
 2 moment
 
 OF I. A PEROUSE. 34 J 
 
 moment they arrived, they were fcnt to Fort 
 Tangaran, upwards of two myriameters from 
 the town. Riche and Legrand, inftead of 
 procuring a palFage in the packet that was 
 Ihortly to fail, had been confined in Fort 
 Ankee. However, about two months after, 
 they had the good fortune to fail for the Ifle of 
 France, in a vefTel that was carrying thither 
 fome prifoners taken on board of our pri- 
 vateers. 
 
 Dauribeau was not yet fatisfied with having 
 Gripped me of my colledions, but he requeftcd 
 the Governor of Samarang to take from me the 
 manufcript containing the obfervations which 
 I had made during the voyage in fearch of La 
 Pcroufe. In vain I remonftrated againft this 
 violation of the mod facred of all property : 
 neverthclefs, on the 28th of July, Governor 
 Ovcrllraaten gave orders for examining my 
 baggage, which he had caufed to be fcaled up 
 a month before ; but fortunately my journal 
 efcaped thefe refearches. 
 
 Dauribeau, who had lately arrived at Sama- 
 rang in order to treat with the governor re- 
 fpectingthe fale of the fliips belonging to our 
 expedition, died there on the 2 2d of Augull. 
 
 The moment of the departure of the Dutch 
 fleet was drawing near. Citizen Piron and I 
 id out for Batavia on the 31ft of Auguri:. We 
 
 z 3 had
 
 34 2 
 
 VOYAGE IS SEARCH 
 
 had on board the vciTel that carried us thither 
 feveral J.rvanefo, one of wItoiti was in irons. His 
 poor wife was featcd bcfide him ; fne had in- 
 fiftcd on foliowing h:ni in his exile. Wc w'cre 
 
 c '"cr'.vhcirncd \\iih grief on learning from the 
 rKuth of this unliappy man the caufc of his 
 ruin ; he told us, that his naniC was Piromon- 
 |2;oio, and that he belonged to the village of 
 Calibongou, which is under trie dependency 
 c.f the govcri-iment of Samarar.g; he had paid 
 th.rce !;i:ndrcd and fifty rix-do!lars to be one of 
 the ma:i/}rts of that village, but anoihicr inhabi- 
 tant had fupplantcd him by giving a larger 
 
 fum J aiid thofe who had received his money 
 
 > 
 
 inficad of redoring it to him^ got rid of him by 
 banifiiii'g liim to Ceylon, y t:cre he was to be 
 r;ii:t up like a great many ori-er inhabitants of 
 tiiC Mohiccas, yl\om the iJutch fiicrifice to 
 tli-ir revenge, or to tiieir pretended polirioal 
 i:i:::rcrts. Among the wrongs that had iicen 
 heaped on his head, the}- accufed hing lie tiAd 
 us, c;f being a iorrcrcr : this poor man ac- 
 knowledged to us with nurd] ingeiiuous fim- 
 plicity tluit lie l.:^cw noLhing of the matter 
 iiinsfclf; but i]\:v, at all c-.e-.ts, he could af- 
 iirrn, tii-it t'^ofc w!;o had r^d^hed him oi" his 
 tin-ec bundled and fil'r y rix -doiiai s were bir 
 more dangerou-^ lov-cicrs than he vas. 
 
 The Du'.d\ Eall- India Company- lias fixed at 
 
 a mo -
 
 or LA PEROUSE. 34^ 
 
 a moderate fum the allowance that they grant 
 to the different governors in the Ifland of Java; 
 but they tolerate the abufe^ refulting from the 
 very ample coriipenfation which moll: of thcin 
 find means to procure, by levying on the na- 
 tives contributions much heavier than tlicfe 
 which fliould be thrown into the Company's 
 llores, and converting the furplus to their own 
 emolument. 
 
 The Chinefc are, in a manner, the only per- 
 fons emploved in the manufacfture cf fugar. 
 They niake fcarccly any fugar-candy ; ai^d they 
 have not permii'^v-n ir fell it, except to t]:e 
 governor, who purchaf. it on account of the 
 Dutch E a ft - 1 n d ia Com pa n y ; 1 j u t b. e f re q u c n : ! y 
 forces thcfe unfortunate Chincfe to lei iiini 
 have it at half the price which he charges the 
 Company; nevcrtheiefs t.^ey obtain :"r at a very 
 ciieap rate, about twciity cenLiu'ic. for each 
 cemi -kilogram. 
 
 The contributions, which the governors re- 
 ceive in money, yield them a pretty large 
 profit, when, keeping tiiis fpccie, they re'm- 
 burfe the Corrpany in bills of exchange. Tlicy 
 could, in th:s iViamicr^ g'-if^ twentv per cent, at 
 the period of my iTay in th.e Kland or J:' '.a. 
 
 The appointiiK'nt of the -ativc^s to cbii^rent 
 p1a, 'T'S !3 alfo anor.her iburce of forti'.n^ v hu.'h 
 
 7. 4 in any
 
 344 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 
 
 many of the governors and reiidents contrive to 
 turn to a very good account. 
 
 On the 2d of September we caft anchor in 
 the road of Batavia. 
 
 After vvc had remained on board two days, 
 the commanding officer in this road carried us 
 on lliore, and VvC Vvere immediately fent to Fort 
 Ankte, which is fituated only a demi-myri- 
 ameter to the vveftwardof the town. We were 
 allotted the apartment that had been occupied 
 by our companions in misfortune, Riche and 
 Legrand. 
 
 On ail Udes vv^e were furroundedby moraffes, 
 which render this abode very unhealthy ; it is, 
 however, much lefs fo than the town, where, at 
 low water, the tides leave uncovered, in a great 
 numiher of canals, a blackifli mud, from which 
 the heat of the fun draws emanations that are 
 extremely pernicious. The moralles of Ankee, 
 o!i the contrary, were covered with dilierent 
 plants, fo clofe to each other that they refem- 
 bkd beautiful m.eadov/s in full vegetation. 
 From tiie bottom of the ftagnant waters were 
 fcen rifmg a great number of grafics, rufhes, 
 p.Itated water-lilies, &c. ; and the intervals 
 which thefe diiiercnt plants left between them 
 were filled wilh great quantities of -piifia 
 J}ru!iolrs, which, keeping on the furface of 
 t!"je V atcr by means of the air-veficles with 
 
 which
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 34^ 
 
 \vhich its leaves are provided at their bafe, ab- 
 forbed in a great iTiCafure the deleterious miaf- 
 inata as they rofc from the mire, to change them, 
 as is well known, into refpirable air, with the 
 help of the rays of the fun ; and this tranfmu- 
 tation is principally owing to the piijia ; for 
 experience has fnewn, that it fo powerfully 
 counteracts the decompoiition of ftagnant 
 waters, that fiflies kept in a fmall quantity of 
 water, where they would perifli at the expira- 
 tion of a few days. Jive therein a long time, if 
 its furf^ice be covered with tins lingular plant, 
 each of wiiich occupies a fpace of nearly a de- 
 cimeter fquare, 
 
 Thefc marfnes fcrve as a haunt to enorm.ous 
 ferpenrs cf the fpecies called hoa conflriLior. 
 There came one pretty regularly every four or 
 five days, and carried oft' fome poultry from the 
 fovvl-houfe of a pulilicaa in the nc'ghbour- 
 hood of Fort Ankce, at whofc houfe we had 
 bec;i allowed to make our meals. This -pub- 
 lican was an extremely rough-tempered man. 
 When he mlflcd a fovcl, he immedi'itely taxed 
 v-ith dillionefly an old Have, to whom the care 
 of his towl-houfe was entrufted ; and without 
 feeliiig any pit:\- for this unfortunate creature, 
 he ordered \\\a\ fiftv Irrokes with a rattan every 
 time that a h,en difappcared : but one day the 
 thief was difcovered ; it was a boa conjlridoy 
 
 fnake
 
 34^ VOYAGE IS SEARCH 
 
 fnake that had Avallovved a remarkably large 
 hen, and became fo fwelied that he was unable 
 to get out through the opening by which he 
 Jiad introduced himfelf into the fowl-houfe: 
 the flave then took his revenge for the blows 
 which he had received, and cut him into feveral 
 pieces. The hen that was taken out of his 
 ftomach had entered it head foremod: (he 
 had undergone no alteration. The fnake was 
 of a middling iize, for it was only four meters 
 in length ; but a few days after, fome Javanefe 
 killed at a little d (lance another, which was 
 ten meters long. It appears that this one did 
 not arnufe hirr.felf much in eating poultry. 
 There v>as found in his floinach a kid that 
 weii^lied a iiiyriigram and a half. 
 
 Tiie river which runs at the foot of Fort 
 Ankce is frequented by alligators. One day I 
 f.iw one of the largell lize advance into the 
 mid'.ile of a group of c'lildren who werefwim- 
 ii'iiig in this river. lie immediately feized 
 o;u: of them, and difappeared ; neverthc!efs,a 
 f:v>- d.iys aUcr, ibine otlicr children came and 
 bathed in. tlic fan;e place. 
 
 During tl;e lail' tvvo months of our flay at 
 Ankec, four oiTiccrs belonging to the L'rench 
 privateer the AA:^ /;.-', cam.e to rcfide in the 
 fortrels vdicre we vcre detained. Their pre- 
 fencc, in fomc degree, foftencd our captivity : 
 
 rhcv
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. ^j^y 
 
 they had been made prifoners of war on board 
 of a Dutch fhip, a few days after they had been 
 in pofTcflion of her. 
 
 The Fort Major, who came tons very often, 
 informed us of the death of the Purfcr of the 
 Recherche, named Girardin. It was difcovered 
 that this perfon was a woman, as had been 
 fufpccled from the beginning of our voyage, 
 although file had every appearance of a man. 
 It appears that the delire of gratifying her cu- 
 riofity had in a great meafure determined her 
 to undertake this voyage. She left in France a 
 very young child. 
 
 The Nalbalie corvette, with Citizen Riche 
 on boar J, had been difpatched from the Ifle of 
 France to Batavia, in order to claim our 
 fliips from the regency ; but on her arrival in 
 the road, this corvette w\as detained for five 
 months under the guns of two Dutch fliips of 
 \var, and i^ac could obtain no other fansfiction 
 than that of carrying away the pcrfons bc- 
 IfHii^ing to our cxneditic^n v;ho were in c^.n- 
 fincnicHL, ap.d a few oiher Frenchmen, priforicrs 
 of war. 
 
 At lengtli, on tlie 29!:!"! of ?viarch, 1795, we 
 let fiil tor the Ific -f France. 
 
 It was h^gh time rh?:: I fliould quit the nio- 
 
 rafi>s, in t]-!c niiddie of which Fort Ankec is 
 
 Irjilt; for i had,fcri!p\\ ards ofa month, been at- 
 
 I tacked
 
 34^ VOY^iGE IN SEARCH 
 
 tacked by a dyfenteryj which was making very 
 rapid progrefs. But as foon as I breathed a pure 
 air, w.y complaint diminifhed from day to day*. 
 
 On the yth of May, I arrived at the Ifle of 
 France. I very frequently vifited its high 
 mountains, and obfcrved their produdions, 
 v/hich arc extremely diverlilied. 
 
 There had not yet been any opportunity of 
 which I could avail myfelf to return to my 
 country, when General Malartic fent to France 
 the Minerve, the command of which he en- 
 trufied to Citizen Laignel^oneof my companions 
 in misfortune. I embarked on board this vefTel, 
 which fet fail from the Ifle of France, on the 
 20th of November. 
 
 It is to be remarked, that in fcanding to the 
 north north-weft, from the latitude of 25'^ 
 north, and longitude of 31'' eaft, we faw, for a 
 fpace of upvv'ards of a hundred and forty 
 myriametcrs, the fea covered with a prodigious 
 cuaniiiy of fca-wccds, of the fpecies called 
 fii.us nauun ; thcfe indicate fome very coniidcr- 
 able fnoals where they grow. This refearch well 
 defcrvcs to fix the attention of navigators. 
 
 On 
 
 * '\\\< llcridcr who ir;a}- he cicfirous ct" feeing a p;irticular 
 d '' vip'.i'.n of tliis unh.calthy couiiiiy, will he amply gratified 
 !.- ;:. r.'!i;ig tic eleven:!; -.mA twelfth Chapters of Cook's Firft 
 '\ o- r,c,;', ei nt.v'ni'd ii:' Il-i'vyfJ ivjrtK' i C.'ol [:<',' n-'!, from p?igc
 
 OF LA PEROUSE. 
 
 349 
 
 On the 1 2th of March, 1796, we anchored 
 off the Ifle de Bas, and lliortly after I repaired 
 to Paris. 
 
 I fooa learnt that my colledlions in Natural 
 Hiftory had been conveyed to England. The 
 French Government immediately claimed rhcm. 
 Sir Jofeph Banks, the Prefident of the Royal 
 Society of London, feconded this claim- with 
 all the energy that was to be expected from his 
 v/ell-knovvn love of the fciences ; and in a littlc 
 time afcer I had the happinefs, in receiving 
 them, to find myfelf enabled to make known 
 the natural produciiions, which I obfcrved in the 
 different countries that I viiited durinjj th:!r 
 courfe of this voyage. 
 
 The bread-fruit trees, which 1 had entruiled' 
 to the gardener Lahaie, have been con\cyed to 
 the Ifle of France, v/ith fome others which that 
 gardener cultivated ; fome have been lent to 
 Cayenne, and others to Paris, where tliey have 
 been depofited in the hot-houfes of the Jar din 
 dei Planter. 
 
 VOCABU-
 
 [ 35^ ] 
 
 VOCABULARY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MALAY LxVNGUAGE. 
 
 Able (to be) Eoiai 
 
 About, round Bounder 
 
 Accompany (to) Tourout lama 
 
 According to which Saya 
 
 Accuftom (to) Biaffa 
 
 Adieu Tabai , 
 
 Adulterer Gendach 
 
 JEfchjn'jrr.cne grandiflora . . . . Malafouec 
 
 After, />r:j) Commedian, dlblacan 
 
 Auer, fl</ Commedcn 
 
 Ao;ain La2;uee 
 
 Already Souda, abis 
 
 A?c Hcvinour S. S. 
 
 A'cjrccabk Soocanapnia 
 
 A.ir, '.vir.d Anging 
 
 Alas Lcflon 
 
 Alligator Eoayo 
 
 Ahnoit Ampcr 
 
 Aloes Sceda, boaya 
 
 Alone Candieree 
 
 Alum Tancuafs 
 
 Alfo . , . , , Ecto laguec, Lgv.ee 
 
 Althcaeti
 
 352 MALAY 
 
 Although Mtficec 
 
 Always Sela mangiicea 
 
 Amals (to) Pungot 
 
 Among Sama fama 
 
 Anana Ananas, nanes 
 
 Anchor Sao, baffa 
 
 Anchor (to) Kredgia baffa 
 
 Anciently Dolo 
 
 Angry (to be) Mara, gueguer 
 
 Anona mancaia Anona 
 
 Another Lain 
 
 Anfwer (to) Megnuot 
 
 Ant Smouth 
 
 Appetite Lapcr 
 
 Apply (to) Tare 
 
 Approach (to) Deeat 
 
 Areha Pinaiig 
 
 Army BarilTan 
 
 Arnotto Cafombo cling 
 
 Aromatic Vangnee, bahai 
 
 Arrack Zopee 
 
 Arr;inge (to) Ator 
 
 Arrear (in) Dee blacon 
 
 Arrive (tc) Daran, poiiian 
 
 Aflies Aboo 
 
 Ailifim Boonoo craw 
 
 AiTcmble (to) Sama roona 
 
 AffiR- (to) Tara tvaga S. ^, 
 
 .^ffiireciiy . Sacalee 
 
 As Toon as Kalo 
 
 As this B.;giiiton 
 
 At length L.Lma, lanu 
 
 Artac!) (to) Eecat 
 
 Atte-npt (;o) Tchooba tchai^ba 
 
 Attcnaon (to give) Dgiaga 
 
 Avow
 
 VOCAbULARy. 35J 
 
 Avow (to) Menauo 
 
 Awake (to) Bangon 
 
 Awake (to be) Sooda bangon 
 
 Azedtruc (meVia) Foola moorgate* 
 
 Back Blackagnia 
 
 Backfide (the) Diblacao 
 
 Bad (wicked) BoofTooe 
 
 Bag Caroon 
 
 Baling out the water in a canoe 
 
 (inftrument for) Tamba 
 
 Bamboo Pring> bamboo 
 
 Bomboo ( the }'oung fhoots of) 
 
 good to make fweetmeats . . Ribbon 
 
 Bark, a vcffel Prau 
 
 Bark, for tanning Cayoo bounce 
 
 Bark (to) Gongouh 
 
 Barter (to) Toukar fama 
 
 Bafalla rubra Gandola 
 
 Bafket Tampat 
 
 Bat Bouroo ticooffc 
 
 Bathe (to) Mandee, clear dec aer 
 
 Be (to) Ada 
 
 Beard Couder 
 
 Beat (to) Pocol 
 
 Bed Tambat teenor 
 
 Bedeck (to) Pakar bagone 
 
 Bee Taoon madoo 
 
 Bee-hive Roma laoon 
 
 Beef Sampee 
 
 Before Dee mooea 
 
 Before (in time) Dolo 
 
 Beggar Oran miatt 
 
 Begin (to) Molac 
 
 Belch (to) Atj 
 
 VOL. u. A a Bclierc
 
 354 MALAY 
 
 Believe (to) Cokecra, perkiaia 
 
 Bell (a little) Loodgln kitklll 
 
 Bellows Tampar 
 
 Belly (the) Prot 
 
 Beloved Sooda tchinta 
 
 Below Dee baooa 
 
 Bet (to) wager Betaro 
 
 Betel Seerec 
 
 Betray (to) Canblenghen 
 
 Better Labai Labac 
 
 Bewitch (to) Taver 
 
 Big KalTar 
 
 Btlimbj A-verrhoa Blimbing 
 
 Bill of a bird Saran bouroo 
 
 Bird Bouroo 
 
 Bit, piece Saporo 
 
 Bite (to) Guecgucc 
 
 Bitter Pail 
 
 Black Eetan 
 
 Blackguard Orac adjar 
 
 Bladder Tampat kinkin 
 
 Bleed (to) Sagara 
 
 Blend (to) Bouta 
 
 Blnod Dara 
 
 Blow (;i) Tanpalea 
 
 Blow (to) Tihope 
 
 Blow the nofe (to) Kouting lelcn 
 
 Blue Biroo 
 
 Body (th?) Eodar 
 
 Boil (to) Bordec 
 
 Bone Toulan 
 
 Book Boucon quitape 
 
 Herajfui jlclelhforu'ii Lcutor 
 
 Born (to be) Delan deca dona 
 
 Uorrow (to)_ Pcgnicn 
 
 Bow
 
 VOCABULARY 355 
 
 Bow (a) Pyna 
 
 Bofom (the) , Soufoo, tetai 
 
 Bofom (extremity of the) . . . . Pintel 
 
 Boy Boudgian 
 
 Box (a), trunk Patce 
 
 Box (to) cuff Cambeleng 
 
 Brains (the) Outac 
 
 Brave Branee oran branee 
 
 Breech Pentat 
 
 Bread Rotee 
 
 Bread-fruit , Boa focan 
 
 Bread-fruit (wild) Boa timbol 
 
 Break (to) Pata 
 
 Break open (to) Tindifa 
 
 Breakfaft (to) Makan^ pagule 
 
 Breaft Dada 
 
 Breafts (the) SouiToo 
 
 Brick Battoo kcddoo 
 
 Bridge Djanbatan 
 
 Bridle Kandalee 
 
 Bring (to) Eaoua, kiery 
 
 Briftled B;ignia ramboo 
 
 Brittle Lacas pitchia 
 
 Broil (to) Pangan haker 
 
 Broom Sappoo 
 
 Broth Caldaee 
 
 Brothel Pcpoiket 
 
 Brother Souder.i 
 
 Brufh (a) Seecat, feeca 
 
 Buckle (garter) Kanabau 
 
 Buckles Kandging 
 
 Bi.g Coutoo la.Tipat Icdor 
 
 i3Mftalo Corboo 
 
 Bull Lomboo 
 
 Eandlc BonkoLlIaa 
 
 A a 'i Bun J
 
 356 MALAY 
 
 Burn one's felf (to) Bauan 
 
 Bury (to) Tanam 
 
 Bufy one's felf (to) Fountonlec 
 
 But Tapai 
 
 Butterfly Koupoo, kopo kopo 
 
 Buttons Kanling kain 
 
 Cable Talee fao 
 
 Cabriolet Crela fias 
 
 Calabafh Leboo pandang 
 
 Calamus aromat'tcus Dringo 
 
 Call (to) Panguil 
 
 Call him Souroo panquil 
 
 Candle Linen 
 
 Cannon Mariam 
 
 Canoe Prau 
 
 Cardamun (fmall) Cardamoungo 
 
 Cards (game at) Cartoo 
 
 Carefs (to) GoiTo 
 
 Carry (to) Peecol 
 
 Caftiew Pinang 
 
 Caffava CafTava 
 
 Caftrate (to) Kabiree 
 
 Cajuar'ina Cayo famara 
 
 Cat Koutchien, touffa 
 
 Cattapa, or Ttrminalia Mo. 
 
 luccenfis Catapan 
 
 Century (a) Seratus taecn 
 
 Certainly Paftee, foungo 
 
 Chagrin Saket atee 
 
 Chaffing.difh Kren 
 
 Chair CroHee 
 
 Charcoal Arena 
 
 Chahhas Camunung Kamouncc 
 
 Chalk Kappar blanda 
 
 Cheap
 
 VOCABULARY 357 
 
 Cheap Moura 
 
 Cheek (the) Pipee 
 
 Cheefe Kedioo 
 
 Child, male or female Anak 
 
 Child (woman with) Bonting 
 
 Chin Diangoc 
 
 China rad'in Gadon 
 
 Church Grifgia 
 
 Chincfe Oran kina 
 
 Choofe (to) Pilee 
 
 Cinerec'-js gray Aboo 
 
 Cinnamon Cayoo manu 
 
 Circle Bouder 
 
 Claw , Tangan 
 
 Clay Lambac 
 
 Cleft (a) Polon 
 
 Climb (to) Naik 
 
 Clock Londgin 
 
 Cloth Caguce 
 
 Cloud Mega 
 
 Clove tree Kenkai 
 
 Coach Creta toutop 
 
 Cocoa nut Kalap, Klapa 
 
 Cocoa nut (to extract the 
 
 juice of) Gayoo 
 
 Coffee Coffee 
 
 Coition (the aft of) Tioukee 
 
 Cold Denguinj diguln 
 
 Cold (a) Patoof 
 
 Cold (to catch) Pitie 
 
 Colka (to) Ambel 
 
 Colour Roupa 
 
 Comb (a) Ciflar 
 
 Comb (to) Ciffar rambout 
 
 Combullion , Beflar apee 
 
 Come
 
 35^ MALAY 
 
 Come (to) Datan, maree, poulen 
 
 Complain (to) Kredgia bai 
 
 Conduft (to) Baua 
 
 Contrary (on the) Lain 
 
 Cook (ro), to drefs meat .... Maflae 
 
 Copper Tombaga 
 
 Corn Bras blanda^ gandouHj 
 
 Corypha nmhracultfera .... Saribon 
 
 Cotton Benan 
 
 Cough (a) Bitoo 
 
 Cough (to) Batoo 
 
 Count (to), to reckon Ecton 
 
 Cover Clombar 
 
 Cow Sampce paranpouan 
 
 Cowardice Leffoo 
 
 Crav.l (to) Dgialan caia oular 
 
 Cricket (a fpcciesof) Yanrek 
 
 Crooked Benko 
 
 Crow Krangnian 
 
 Crufh (to) Toremboo 
 
 Cry (to), to fiiout Bntrcia 
 
 Cucumber Timon 
 
 Cunning Pinter 
 
 Cup for drinking Tchanger 
 
 Cudiion Bantal 
 
 Cut (to) Potan, todgiam 
 
 Cuttle fiih Eecan pougnia batoo 
 
 Cjnc^metra cauUjiora Nam nam 
 
 Dagger Crifs 
 
 Dance (to) Tandac 
 
 Dare (to) Branee 
 
 Dark Kouran tran 
 
 Darkncfs Glap glap ^ 
 
 Day , . Arce, pagn/u'.::ce 
 
 * ' Bar
 
 VOCABULARY. 359 
 
 Day (it is already) Souda fiam 
 
 Day before yefterday Kalamaren daloo 
 
 Day after to-morrow Loufla 
 
 Deaf Oran toulec 
 
 Dear (high priced) Mehal 
 
 Death Matce 
 
 Dcflo^vor (to) Ambel praoen lollcr 
 
 Deceive (to) Kamblau 
 
 Deep Dalam 
 
 Defend (to) Laron 
 
 Demand (to) Minta tagnia 
 
 Deny (to) Trada menauo 
 
 Depart (to) Piguec 
 
 Defcend (to) Touron 
 
 Defirc (to) Kepegnai 
 
 Dew Oumboung 
 
 Dexterous Biffa 
 
 Diamond Inten 
 
 Diarrhcca Saket bouan aer 
 
 Die (to) Matai 
 
 Die (to), to tinge Taheil 
 
 Difficult Touan ala, loueram allai 
 
 Diffolution, death Souda matai 
 
 Diflioneft Lcng tracaffi ormcl 
 
 Diligent Naguin 
 
 Dine (to) Comp, makan ftenga avec 
 
 Dip (to) Siouroop 
 
 Dirt I.umpor, cotor 
 
 Difcover (to) Bouka 
 
 Ditch Benliri 
 
 Do (to) Krcdgia 
 
 Do this Krcdgia itoo 
 
 Dog Andgin 
 
 Doluhci tuherGjus Bongonan 
 
 Dollar (Rix) Real con'.p:inee 
 
 Doubt! cfs
 
 36o MALAT 
 
 Doubtlefs Paftee 
 
 Draw a cork (to) Tchioboo 
 
 Dream Menimbee 
 
 Dream (to) Mnirapce 
 
 Drefs Packian 
 
 Drefs (to) Packian, pakai 
 
 Drop Tetais 
 
 Drink (to) Meenum 
 
 Drunk Maboo 
 
 Dry Souda cring 
 
 Dry (to) Cring 
 
 Duck Bebai 
 
 Dull, heavy Brat 
 
 Dumb Tra bifla cats 
 
 Dwell (to) Tengal 
 
 Ear Kopeng, kopine 
 
 Ear (foftly in the) Bifee bifec 
 
 Ear-picker Gorep kopcng 
 
 Ear-piercer Ouber kopeng 
 
 Ear-rings Craboo 
 
 Earth (fome) Tana 
 
 Earth-nut . . w . Katian djapan 
 
 Eafily Gampan 
 
 Eafy Trada fouffa 
 
 Eaft Vetan 
 
 Eat (to) Maken 
 
 Ebony Cayoo aram 
 
 Egg Talor 
 
 Egg-plant Teron 
 
 Elegant Bagoos 
 
 Elephant Gadia 
 
 Ell (afortof), about tv/o feet. . Eflo 
 
 Elfewhere Lain, dee lain lampat 
 
 Emetic Obal moutce 
 
 4 Emperor
 
 VOCABULARY. 361 
 
 Emperor Suflanam 
 
 End, conclufion Abdis 
 
 End, extremity Alos 
 
 Enemy MouiTo 
 
 Enlighten (to) Tran 
 
 Enough Souda 
 
 Enter (to) Maffoc dee dahm * 
 
 Entertainment Aree baffiir 
 
 Entire Baftee 
 
 Envelop (to) Boukor 
 
 Equal Sama faraa 
 
 Ep'idendrum Angree 
 
 Erection (to have an) Natchiam 
 
 Eftcem (to) Bagnia tchinta 
 
 Eternity Por flamagnia 
 
 Evening Sorec 
 
 Every day Sarce aree 
 
 Every where Dee fanee fanee, koulee ler.g 
 
 Evil Ifnot 
 
 Examine (to) Tagnee 
 
 Excufe (an) Caflb ampoo 
 
 Execute (to), to punifh .... Oucoum 
 
 Excrement Tai 
 
 Eye Mata 
 
 Eye-lid Ourat 
 
 Eye-brow ... Haliffe 
 
 Face, countenance Mouka 
 
 Fade /to) Krain, koing 
 
 Faint (to) Yaloufla 
 
 Faith Atee 
 
 Fall (to) Guiatoo 
 
 Fiille (it Is) Djoufta 
 
 Faliity Djouila 
 
 Far , . , , , . , , Djiacee 
 
 VOL. II. Bb Fart
 
 362 MALAY 
 
 Fart (to) Kcntout 
 
 Farthing Keppoo 
 
 Fafhion Patoot 
 
 Fat, fubfl: Gommock 
 
 Fathom Sato deppa 
 
 Fatigue (to) Leffoo 
 
 Father Papa 
 
 Fault Sela 
 
 Fear Coquet, takot 
 
 Fear (to) Takot 
 
 Feather Penan, bouloo, bouloiigoufa 
 
 Female (a), a woman Parampouan 
 
 Fetch (to) Kredgia bai 
 
 Ft:vcr Deman 
 
 Few Sidequil 
 
 Figure Monka 
 
 Find (ro) Dapa! 
 
 Fine. riVd\ti Denda 
 
 K 'ght (to) Baealaycr 
 
 Filled Penoo 
 
 Fine, very fine Bagous 
 
 ringer Gedgee, yaroc 
 
 Fire Apee 
 
 Firft Labccdaulo 
 
 Fifn J*^^'i 
 
 Fiili (to) Ambcl eccan 
 
 Fiili-hvjdk PD!)tchicii 
 
 Fifhing-nct Djiolon 
 
 Fiat Samaiata 
 
 Flavour Iv.iac 
 
 Flra . Co'jton anagin 
 
 Flweil-zria iridic a Rotun outan 
 
 Flame Mniala 
 
 Flelh Daguin 
 
 Flag ('.' Pocol 
 
 Flower
 
 VOCABULARY. ^^^ 
 
 Flower Combaii bouriga 
 
 Flower (to) Coinban 
 
 Fly (a) Lalar fc 
 
 Fly (to), ran away Laree celan 
 
 FIving (i\u\vx^\,/'ju'irus faj'utn, V^cllo 
 
 Fold a napkin (to) Leepa fcrbetta 
 
 Follow (to) Thinda tourout 
 
 Fool Rodo, oran quila, guendan 
 
 Foot Kakee 
 
 Forget (to) Loupa 
 
 Fountain Summur 
 
 Free Merdica 
 
 Friend Sobat, peronpouan 
 
 Frelh Denquin 
 
 Friday Aree diemat 
 
 Fried Goring 
 
 Frighten (to) , Cacquet 
 
 Frog Codac 
 
 Front Alis 
 
 Fruit BouiTa bona 
 
 Fulfil (to) Kredgia penon 
 
 Full Penon 
 
 Gain (to) Onto 
 
 Gallant Halus 
 
 Gallop (to) . Dialan toll 
 
 Gall nuts Madia kanai 
 
 Garden , . . . Goben 
 
 Garlic Ba-ouonan penti 
 
 Gate Pinton 
 
 Gav Enac atec 
 
 G T.crou-, Paffaran 
 
 Gtiture Tinkagnia 
 
 Give (to) Caflee 
 
 Give way (to) Lepafs 
 
 Bb 2 Glafs
 
 364 MALAY 
 
 Glafs (window) Kermins 
 
 Glutton Bagnia makan 
 
 Go (to) Dialan piguee 
 
 Go along Souiby 
 
 Goat Cambing 
 
 God Toucan ala, touaron allai 
 
 Gold Mafs 
 
 Gold lace Pafmin 
 
 Good Bahaij taiico enac 
 
 Gourd Dierro balTar 
 
 Grafsliopper Balang 
 
 Grater Proudan 
 
 Grate (to) Parot 
 
 Grates Trabolai trima, per kiouma 
 
 Green Idgioo, ougan 
 
 Greafe Gemmuck 
 
 Greafy heels Toulan eekan 
 
 Great Bafftir, tinguce 
 
 Grieve (to) Saguet atec 
 
 Grimace Tinka 
 
 Grind (to) Tumboe, tournbo 
 
 Groin of a woman Eetet 
 
 Guard (to keep) r)jaga 
 
 Guard (to) Simpan 
 
 Guide Trnio dialan 
 
 Gums (the) Eekan guiguee 
 
 Gunpowder 01)at paflan 
 
 Gypfum Toufan 
 
 Hack (to) Kinkian 
 
 Half Sajiaroo, llinga 
 
 Hair Ramliout 
 
 Hair of the private parts .... Kemiiout 
 
 Hammer Pocol Reffcc 
 
 Hand Tangnnn g'j' ir d 
 
 2 Ha.ndkf]
 
 VOCABULARY. 365 
 
 Handkerchief Sapoo tangan, linfo 
 
 Handle (to) Pegan 
 
 Hang (to) Ganton 
 
 Happy Stamat, Beronton 
 
 Harbour Moora 
 
 Hard Cras 
 
 Hardware Toocan clinton 
 
 Harem Seller 
 
 Hat . . Toppee 
 
 Hatchet Camba 
 
 Hate (to) Benkee, marat 
 
 Have (I) Ako ado 
 
 Head (the) Capala 
 
 Health Slamet 
 
 Health (to be in good] Adee bai 
 
 Hear ( to) Dingher 
 
 Heart (the) Yanton 
 
 Heat Panas 
 
 Heavy Brat 
 
 Uehairc. if era Boa radja 
 
 Hall . , Nooraca 
 
 Hen Ayam 
 
 Herb . . Roompot 
 
 Here Dee feenec 
 
 Jhrnniidm cr-jurera Cayou radja 
 
 }r,bifcui t'Jeaceiis Ooaroo 
 
 High Tinguee 
 
 Him Dcea 
 
 Hire (to) Tero 
 
 Hire a carriage (to) Scwan crete 
 
 Hi:, hrr, their Poognia, depoognia 
 
 iiii- own Poognia 
 
 tiillorv Kireeta 
 
 Piog Babic 
 
 Hold (to) P;ga--i ao" ' Tg-i 
 
 Hoi:
 
 366 MALAY 
 
 Kolc Looka, loban 
 
 Hole (to make a) Kredgla loban 
 
 Honcft Caffee ormat 
 
 Honey Madoo 
 
 Honour Ormat 
 
 Hook (wooden) for carrying 
 
 burthens Teeantolan 
 
 Hope , Keera 
 
 Horn Tandoo 
 
 Horfe Kouda 
 
 Hot Pamas 
 
 Hour Pocol 
 
 Hour's walk Sato djauni 
 
 Houfe Rouma 
 
 Houfe of (at the) Sama 
 
 How Saya 
 
 How much Baropa 
 
 However Mouftee 
 
 Howl (to) Boubontc 
 
 Humid BafTa 
 
 Hump-backed Pounko 
 
 Hungry (to be) Lappar 
 
 Hunting (to go a) Peeguee pafiai) 
 
 Hufband Pananteen lakee 
 
 Hufly Sendel 
 
 I Ako, baita, goa 
 
 Jaw bone Dcguin gueeguee 
 
 jealous Gembououan 
 
 Idea Pakeeran 
 
 Jew Chcmaos 
 
 ![, when, Knlo 
 
 Ignorant Bodoc 
 
 Irrv.tatr (to) 'j ourotan 
 
 Immcdiatelv . , , . S(Hiir;!n 
 
 innnovc-
 
 VOCABULARY. 367 
 
 Immoveabl* Trada golan 
 
 Impatient Trataoa 
 
 Impertinent Brauec 
 
 ImpoiTible Traboulai 
 
 Impotent, of a man, Traboulai kr<*dgi?i apapa 
 
 In, within Didalam 
 
 In fpite of Mofquee 
 
 In the mean time Secaran 
 
 Inch Dgcnpol 
 
 Iiiconvenicnt Souflb 
 
 Indigo Neela 
 
 Inebriate (to) Maboo 
 
 Infamous Trada Atraaloogua 
 
 Infcaed Bouflb bag;-ia 
 
 inhabit (to) Tinged 
 
 Inherit (to) , Tapat. pasTac;; 
 
 Ink Tinta 
 
 Injury Makoe 
 
 Innocent 1 rada lab 
 
 Infects Taaoum 
 
 Infipid Tra enack 
 
 inftrua (to) Adiar 
 
 IntelligenL Oran pinda.- 
 
 Invent (tu) Dapat 
 
 Inundate (to) Banguir 
 
 Inundatio!! Banquer 
 
 Join ('o) Kredgia fama fama 
 
 Joined together Diadee 
 
 Iron BaiTce 
 
 Iron linen (to) Strcka 
 
 Irritate (:o) Kredgia nuls 
 
 Ifinglafs Andioor 
 
 Illand Pouloa 
 
 Itch (the) Garo 
 
 Itch (to) Kretchia, main main 
 
 Ivorv
 
 368 MALAY 
 
 Ivory . , , Toolan gadia 
 
 juft Batol 
 
 Keep (to) Simpan 
 
 Key ' Kounkee 
 
 Kicking of a horfe Soppa 
 
 Kill (to) Touflbo 
 
 King Sultan, radja 
 
 Kingdom Ramee 
 
 Kifs (to) CafTeeteeourn, teeouin 
 
 Kifs my breech Guuelapantat 
 
 Kitchen Dapor 
 
 Knave Oran merkiourec 
 
 Knees (the) Loutoo 
 
 Knife PifToo 
 
 Knit (to) Mendgeait cauf&- 
 
 Knock (to) Tendifs 
 
 Know (to) Kanaiile 
 
 Labour (to) Petchiol 
 
 Lake : Aer baffar 
 
 Lame Pintchau 
 
 Lance Tomba 
 
 Language . .' Leeda 
 
 Laugh (to) . I'ataoua 
 
 Lay eggs (to) Batalor 
 
 Lazy Malafs 
 
 Lead Tcema-eetaii 
 
 Leaf Dawn, Blaye 
 
 Lean on the elbow (to) Soungouia 
 
 Leap (to) Bloorigiat, blumpa 
 
 Leafc , . . . Bca 
 
 Leech Linta 
 
 Left (the) Kecree 
 
 Leg ,.,,,... Caeto 
 
 Lemon
 
 VOCABULARY. 369 
 
 Lemon Dicrro afiam 
 
 Lend (ro) Pccundjoun, Plgnian 
 
 Lafh (CO) to gird Eecal eras take pot 
 
 Lefs Kouran 
 
 Letcher Sondel 
 
 Letter, difpatch Sourat 
 
 Libertiac Branee fania paranpouan 
 
 Lick (to) Qneelet 
 
 Lie (to), tell a lie, Djoufta 
 
 Lie down (to) Tidoran 
 
 Lie in ("lo) Branan, clcuar, anac 
 
 Life Idop 
 
 hight, /uhj? Tran, fceam 
 
 Light, adj Trada brat 
 
 Lightning Biglap 
 
 Lime , Kappor 
 
 Limcftone Bat-.-.j kappor 
 
 Limpet Lcpas 
 
 Limonia tr'ifoUata. . , . . , Mekanthil, 00 dicro kitkel 
 
 Linen Earan 
 
 Lion Singo 
 
 Lip Beeber '^\ 
 
 Liquor Zopec manis 
 
 Liquorice , Cayoo in '.): Manda 
 
 Little, fmiill Ki'kil, ^ ^i'aeck 
 
 Live (to) Ec '' jj 
 
 Lizard K;.- ia 
 
 I^ock Ma cucndgcc 
 
 Lockf^nith , Toukan coandgce 
 
 Loins (the) Blacan 
 
 Lon:^ Pa^ieean 
 
 Looking gk-ifs Katchia kcarniinc 
 
 Lron:n (to) , , . ..^Lapal^ 
 
 LgiI; (ro) Eelau 
 
 Lorj a: p!^^- (ro) K::!.i 
 
 V o L . 1 1 . C c Love
 
 37 MALAY 
 
 Love (to) Tchinta, fouka 
 
 Love Tchinta 
 
 Loufe Coutoo 
 
 Lungs Paroo 
 
 Maee Comban palu 
 
 Maidenhead , . Praoen 
 
 Man Oran, ooran, lakec lakee 
 
 Manage (to) Simpan 
 
 Mangoilan Mangouftan 
 
 Mark, fign , . Tanda 
 
 Marriage Kaven 
 
 Marriageable Sooda birace 
 
 Marrow, pith Gommock, pougnia toolan 
 
 Marry (to) Kaven 
 
 Mafter Touan 
 
 Mat Ticker 
 
 Mat of rattan Ticker lambet 
 
 Match, wick, Soumboo 
 
 Mattrefs Combefs 
 
 Me Goa, ako, beta 
 
 Meagre Kouroos 
 
 Meal, flour, Dabon 
 
 Mean, low, Moluyo tabala 
 
 Meafurc (to) Oukor 
 
 Meat, food, Daguecn 
 
 Medicine Obat 
 
 Member Badan 
 
 Menfcs of women Dapat boolen, tcheemoor kein 
 
 Merchant Oran dgional markedee 
 
 Mercury, quickfilver, Aer pera 
 
 Mcffenger Kirriman 
 
 Metal Tamboga 
 
 Michelta champaca Canangan 
 
 Middle Diiingan 
 
 3 Midwife
 
 VOCABULARY. J^rj 
 
 Midwife Parani^ouan brana 
 
 Milk Aer fouffoo 
 
 Milk (to) ... Deppo 
 
 Mine Pougnia 
 
 Mir i-ie Erau 
 
 Mifery KifTieu 
 
 Misfortune Kielaka 
 
 Mistake (:o) Souda fala, trada bctol 
 
 Miftrcfs Gnien, guorguia 
 
 Mix (,:) Chii'mper 
 
 Mock ( o) Kredgia malo 
 
 Moment Sabantar 
 
 Monday Aree fineu 
 
 Money Ouan 
 
 Money (a piece of) of the va- 
 lue of two French fous .... Kouper pera, ouan rcroo 
 Money (p'oce of) value twelve 
 
 French fous Soucoo 
 
 Money (piece of) value fix 
 
 French yoK^ Satali 
 
 Monkey Mougniel 
 
 Monocolns poljphemus Mimee 
 
 Month Boulan 
 
 Moon Boulan 
 
 More Labee 
 
 Monnda cttrifoha Bancoudoo 
 
 Mortar, (wooden, for rice) . . Louinpan 
 
 Mother Ma'i, ma, muina 
 
 Moiild, hoarinefs, Bonffoc 
 
 Mount (to) Naik 
 
 Mountain Gounan 
 
 Mouf- ......* Toncouife pa tee 
 
 Mouth ,.,.., Moulot, mouloo 
 
 Much Segala, bagnia tatala 
 
 M'^ilatto , Groubiak 
 
 C c 2 Mulatto
 
 372 MALAY 
 
 Mulatto (Indian) .,,,,..... Leplap 
 
 Mus palmaru?n TicoufTc 
 
 Mufcle Ourat 
 
 Mufliroom Deeamoor 
 
 Maiic Mainan 
 
 Mufket Pedal, fuapan 
 
 Muikito Yamoc 
 
 Muft (it) Miftee 
 
 Muftard j Savee 
 
 Matter (to) Kambian blanda 
 
 M7 Pougnia 
 
 Nail (a) Pacoo 
 
 Nail, claw Kookoo 
 
 Naked Tangluian 
 
 Name (to) Panguil, pouranair.a 
 
 Naftincfs Cotor 
 
 Nafty Theoaka 
 
 I\'a:tcle^t oi-ie/.talis Bcneal 
 
 Navigare (-c) Blayer 
 
 Near this Dccat feenee 
 
 NeceiTary (it i, ) Miftee krcdgia 
 
 NcceiT.ry (it is net) TraoulTa 
 
 Neck ^h'; Lcher 
 
 ?''it!t.-cile Dgierx'm 
 
 Negkf; (to) Loupas 
 
 Ncgiig-iit Mslas 
 
 Ne.u,- ")Our Decat 
 
 Nt."rer Po'jgnia homoor 
 
 Nc-.vs K^TCfta 
 
 N:v.,c 'J\hioo tchioo 
 
 Ni^lit Mi;la:n 
 
 Ni::'^-pi.-s ( ' ! lay ai) An.i kcg'ie 
 
 .N'> E(MCai!, ti\;da, tida 
 
 Nob.^' (.;) Touaa bciTar 
 
 Noboviy
 
 VOCABULARY. 373 
 
 Nobody Tnida oran 
 
 Noifo Glouadagan 
 
 Noon Doiia bles pocal, (lingee arec 
 
 North Nalor 
 
 Nofe Ecdon 
 
 Nofcgay Comban 
 
 Not Trada 
 
 Nothing Trada 
 
 Nourilh (:o) Cafli maken 
 
 Nut Bcequce 
 
 Nutmeg (common) Pala fabram 
 
 Nutmeg (long) Pala, lakee lakee 
 
 Obey (to) Dinquer 
 
 Obliged to yea (much) Trema caflee 
 
 Obtain (to) Dapet 
 
 Odd, uneven, Benkc 
 
 Of Dee, decree 
 
 OfFer (to) Mao caffee 
 
 Ofliccr Alferus 
 
 Often Bagnia kalec 
 
 Oil Mincac 
 
 Old Toua 
 
 Old man Oran toua 
 
 Old \s Oman Mem.c tone 
 
 On high Tinguec K/aces 
 
 Once Sakalcc 
 
 One-eyed Bouta fato 
 
 Onion Br.ouar, baouan mara 
 
 Op^n (to) Bouca 
 
 Opium Amphioa 
 
 Oppc'aic, ovji" ag.iir.;':, Diniouka docat 
 
 Or Ke 
 
 Orange Djero ma';is 
 
 Order (to) . , Souro 
 
 OiJinary
 
 374 MALAY 
 
 Ordinary .,./....', Slamagua 
 
 Ornament , Bcda 
 
 Owe fto) ...,..,., Ootaii 
 
 Oxalis Galingalling laiia 
 
 Oyfter Tceram 
 
 Pace Petcha 
 
 Puddle I'agayo 
 
 Paint Borrei 
 
 Paint Chct 
 
 Tair Paffan 
 
 Pair of fhoes Sato paffan fapadoo 
 
 Pandar.us Pandang 
 
 Pale Poulchiak 
 
 Pantaloons Caffan 
 
 Papaw tree Papaye 
 
 Pardon Ampoo 
 
 Parrot I.oree 
 
 Part (fome), lliare Dee mana, mana 
 
 Partake (to) Baguee ba^^uec 
 
 Pafs (to) Guiabrau, piko 
 
 Pafte, fize , Kantgin 
 
 Path Dialam kitkce 
 
 Paffion (to be in a) Mara 
 
 Pavement of brick Batoo bin 
 
 Pay (tc) Ba'ar 
 
 Peace Ab^s pram 
 
 Peacock Bcar^o incrac 
 
 Pearl Ivloi.iec ara 
 
 Peafant Oian doe gounon 
 
 Peel (.'o) Cl(ii::;r koulet 
 
 Permlflion A:nat 
 
 Penis ; Bo':!-)o 
 
 People B'.-^,v.:i cran 
 
 Pepper !vien;iia, laJa 
 
 Perhap;.
 
 VOCABULARY. 375 
 
 Perhaps Brancalce 
 
 Perfuade (to) Befankal 
 
 Pcftle Ana, ana troufibock 
 
 Peftle for rice Ana lorempan 
 
 Petrolium Minicc tana 
 
 Pewter Teema 
 
 fhalem Koupo malain 
 
 Phyficiaa Toucan obat, miftris bafar 
 
 Piallcr . Real batore 
 
 Pick-axe Brodjol 
 
 Pirture Gainbar 
 
 Pierce Kredgia loban 
 
 Pigeon Eouroo aara 
 
 Pimento Tchouabai 
 
 Pimento and onions ( mixture of) Sambal 
 
 Pimples Binfol 
 
 Pin , Fenittee 
 
 Pinch (to) Tchoubat 
 
 Pipe for fmokiiig Keoupa 
 
 Pipe or tunnel Becacas 
 
 Place , Tampat 
 
 Plain (a) , Lappan 
 
 Plantain PilTang 
 
 Plank Pripan 
 
 Plant Tanaraan 
 
 Play Meinoo 
 
 Play (to) Mim, niair. 
 
 Play at cards (to) Main cartoo 
 
 Pleafe (to) Souea 
 
 Pleafure Souca atal 
 
 Plot of ground Oudrior. ta-;- 
 
 Poifuiana pul:h<rrima Eo-Jgnia mcrjc 
 
 Poifon (to) R:idiu:;i 
 
 PoliQied, made fmooth, Lite') ;n 
 
 Poltroon Traii br:.:..:: 
 
 Fomcc''a.
 
 376 MALAY 
 
 Pomegranate Delema 
 
 Poor Mefquin 
 
 Porcupine Landap 
 
 Pork (f^lt) Gomnock babee 
 
 Porringer Manco 
 
 Porter (a) Bator 
 
 Poflefs (to) Bugnia 
 
 PoiTible Bancalce 
 
 Pot Goalee 
 
 Potatoe Kandam 
 
 Potatoe (iVeet) Kandaan 
 
 Potter's clay which the Java- 
 
 nefe eat Tano ampo 
 
 Pour (to) Tare 
 
 Powerful Bai deeam 
 
 Prattler Bagna, tchereeti 
 
 Prawn Oudar dee loor 
 
 Pray (to) Minta 
 
 Preach (to) Mantcho 
 
 Precious Bangnia rega 
 
 Predict (to) Soulop 
 
 Prefix- (to) Candatce 
 
 Prefcntly Chabinter, bloum 
 
 Prick (to) ToLifib, paco paco 
 
 Prickle Dourcc 
 
 Pride PHirat 
 
 Prin e Pucroa 
 
 Private parts of a woman .... Poukce 
 Pr'v.itc p;:rts of a mirriai^cablc 
 
 ^;i;-: Pcpai 
 
 Pri\ arc parts of an unmarriagc- 
 
 aiik ^vl Nono 
 
 Pioi-iilc ,to) y^]''^S"^' 
 
 Pro.i'-r Pjrvi'c 
 
 Proud Bcdaran 
 
 Prudent
 
 VOCABULARY. 37*7 
 
 Prudent Oram diam j 
 
 Pfid'ia Goyave 
 
 Pull back (to) Mundor 
 
 Pullet Ayam mouda 
 
 Pulfe Ourat 
 
 Pun Kredgia tetaoo 
 
 Punilh (to) Tchalaka 
 
 Purchafe(to) Blee 
 
 Pure Nana 
 
 Purge Obat clouar, obat kardgia perfc 
 
 prot 
 
 Purflain Guclang 
 
 Puih (to) Tola 
 
 Put (to) Tare terro 
 
 Quadruped Binatan 
 
 Quarrel Storee 
 
 Quarter Prapat 
 
 Queen Ratee 
 
 Quickly Lacafs 
 
 Quit (to) Tta tingal 
 
 Radifh .... Loba 
 
 Rain Oudgian 
 
 Rain (to) Oudgian 
 
 Raifc (to) Ancat 
 
 Rare Eearang 
 
 Rafh , Branee 
 
 Rat , Ticouflee 
 
 Rat (She) Limpa 
 
 Rat (Mulic) Slouriat 
 
 Rather Labee lacas 
 
 Rattan (pieces of) for chairs, . 
 
 windovvsj &c Ram 
 
 Rattan (the fruit of the) Boa falee 
 
 VOL. II, D d Ray?
 
 37^ MALAY 
 
 Ray, a fifli, , Eecan paras 
 
 Read (to) Boo 
 
 Receive (to) Dapat 
 
 Recite (to) 1 aoo darilouer 
 
 Reconcile (to) Kredgia betol 
 
 Red Mara 
 
 Red (blood) Trava toua 
 
 Redden (to) Kredgia mara 
 
 Refufe (to) Tra muaaona 
 
 Regard (to) Leeat, tengo 
 
 Regret (to) Saiam 
 
 Reign (to) Printa 
 
 Rejoice (to) Guecran 
 
 Relate (to) Acar 
 
 Relation, kindred, Sanna 
 
 Releafe (to; Kredgia beflar 
 
 Religion Aflal 
 
 Remain (to) Tigal nanteo 
 
 Remedy Obal 
 
 Remember (to) .... , Kegnet 
 
 Render (to) .............. CalTee comb;ilee 
 
 Repair (to) , . Kredgia beta! 
 
 Repaft . , Meka 
 
 Repent (to) Gctoii 
 
 Repofe (to) Tidoran 
 
 Reproach (to) ..... Cerai 
 
 Refembling ,,.... Sama roap^ 
 
 Kefift (to) ..,....,....,. , Lavan 
 
 Rcfpea (to; Ormat 
 
 Refpire (to) Napas 
 
 Reft, remainder ........... Lebigr.ar. 
 
 Refound (to) . . Boubouiicc 
 
 Retain (to) . Pagan 
 
 Retard (to) - - . Nantce 
 
 lU-tiri- .,,..,.,...... . . iSourb.-ii 
 
 2 tlcturi.
 
 VOCABULARY. -jy^ 
 
 Return (fo) Rolai 
 
 Reverence Sh.mat 
 
 Rhinoceros Bodoc 
 
 Rhul)arb . Calomba 
 
 Rice, drelTed, NafTer 
 
 Rice in the huflc Padce 
 
 Rice in grain Brafs 
 
 Rice-ground Sava 
 
 Ribbon Feeta 
 
 Rich . : Kaia 
 
 Ridicule Enee bolai tetaous 
 
 Right (the) Kanan 
 
 Ring Tchintchin, tchcnkien 
 
 Ripe Matan 
 
 Rife (to) Bangon 
 
 River , Aer kalee 
 
 Rivulet Kalee kilkil 
 
 Road, way, Dialan 
 
 Roaft (to) Goring, backar 
 
 Rock (a) ,...,. Batoc beflat 
 
 Rod Sceca 
 
 Rogue Bankfat 
 
 Roll (to) , , Goulon 
 
 Rope ...,,,. Talee 
 
 Root Acar 
 
 Rofe Combang maouei 
 
 Rofe bufli Pohon maeuer 
 
 Rofni Damar 
 
 Rotten BoulToue 
 
 Rouiid Boudcr 
 
 Row (to) . Daioo 
 
 Rub (to) GolTo 
 
 Rubv Meera 
 
 Run (to) Laree 
 
 Rupee, thirty Dutch y'-^w;, pence Roupia 
 
 D d 2 Ruft
 
 3^0 MALAY 
 
 Ruft Cotor beflec 
 
 Rufty Cras 
 
 Sabre Spadel, pcdang 
 
 Sad Oran fouffa 
 
 Saddle Ababa 
 
 Saddle (to) Ababa, kouda 
 
 Saffron (Indian) Saffran 
 
 Sailor Golo golo 
 
 Sale Djoual 
 
 Saliva Louda 
 
 Salt Garatn 
 
 Salt (to) Garam 
 
 Saltpetre Garam blanda 
 
 Salute (to) Tabai 
 
 Same (the) Etoo Djouga 
 
 Sand Paflir 
 
 Sandal wood Tchindana 
 
 Sattia Kain Tallin 
 
 Saturday Aree feptoo 
 
 Sauce , Koa 
 
 Save (to) Laree 
 
 Savoury Enac 
 
 Saw (a) Gradgiai, gregadgcc 
 
 Saw (a wooden) Nradgiac kayoo 
 
 Say (to) Bilan, kata dekata 
 
 Scab Coring 
 
 Scald (to) Koupas 
 
 Scale Tcrain 
 
 Scar Louca 
 
 Scent Vangiiec, bao 
 
 SciiTcrs - Gour.ting 
 
 Scold (to) Marat 
 
 Scorpion Claban 
 
 Scratch (to) Garc
 
 VOCABULARY . 38 I 
 
 Screw (cork) Poutar, oulcr 
 
 Sculptor Towcaii tclieit 
 
 Sea Laot 
 
 Sea-diore Pingucr laot 
 
 Seal, animal Andgin laot 
 
 Scbnftenci cor dm Daun caudal 
 
 Second Ai-''^na 
 
 Secret Dioin 
 
 See any thing (to) Leeac apapa 
 
 Seed Biguec, bitchce 
 
 Seek (to) Kiaree 
 
 Scll(ro) Djoaal 
 
 Send (to) Teeram keeren 
 
 Scnfible Bagoia rouguec 
 
 Serious Alena 
 
 Sermon Santree 
 
 Servant Oupas, boudac 
 
 Set (to), to lay Pcha 
 
 Several Baguian 
 
 Sew (to) Myi-^diaa 
 
 Shade Eaism fombar 
 
 Shame Maloo 
 
 Shamelefs Trada maloo 
 
 Shark Eckian kico kioo 
 
 Sharp, c.rii;:y^ Tc^lalo ladgium 
 
 Sharp, !>,ir Podcs 
 
 Shave (re) Tcluouiuoi'.r atchia 
 
 She Coe 
 
 Shear (to) Konting rambout 
 
 Sheep Deinba 
 
 Shell Kran, beea 
 
 i;i-,ul:n^, lix French y-/;. : .... S;i!aia 
 
 St'.ine (.0) Trail 
 
 Ship Kcpal 
 
 Mninvre.-k rit'-hia k-pd 
 
 Shirt
 
 382 NfALAY 
 
 Shirt , Kmedia 
 
 Shoe Spadoo, guiapoo 
 
 Shoe (an old) Qaenella 
 
 Shoemaker . Toucan 
 
 Short Pendee 
 
 Shorten (to) Ktedria pendee 
 
 Shovel Patio! 
 
 Shoulder Ponda 
 
 Shudder Kaguel 
 
 Shudder (to) Pegan bakei bakei 
 
 Shut (to) Taree nepas 
 
 Shut up Toutop 
 
 Sigh (to) Toulis namana 
 
 Sign (to) Tandagna 
 
 Silence Decam fadja 
 
 Silent (to be' Pandiam 
 
 Silk . Soutra 
 
 SJIk (cloth of) Kainfoutra 
 
 Silver Pera 
 
 Since Seela magna 
 
 Since ycilerday Darcc kalamaren 
 
 Sincere Tradjonfta 
 
 Sing (to) Migniaguce 
 
 Sirop Telefs 
 
 SilLr Souderania fouce 
 
 Sit down (co) Doudoo 
 
 Skeleton of a man Pougnia toulan oran niatai 
 
 Ski:i\il Kiilac 
 
 Skin Coulet 
 
 ."^kroen agaiuft the wind Tchenela 
 
 Sky ; the) Laoughit 
 
 SIa\ e Laicar 
 
 Sli-Cj) Enae tecd;;r 
 
 Sleep (to) l\'fdrr 
 
 Slide ;ici) L'-itcli;'.. 
 
 Slit
 
 VOCABULAR\. 3S3 
 
 Slit Poton 
 
 Small Bougnia 
 
 Smoke Accp 
 
 Snake Oular 
 
 Snake, boa conj}raci\r Oiilar iuouan 
 
 Sneeze (to) Ouain 
 
 Snore (to) Mongoro 
 
 Snotty Ignub 
 
 Soap Sabon 
 
 Soap tree (the fiuit of the) . . . Larac 
 
 Sober Oran pendium 
 
 Social Souce fobat 
 
 Soft Lembec 
 
 Softly Phm plan 
 
 Solder . . ; Patree 
 
 Soldier Soregnee 
 
 Solely , . Riounis 
 
 Solid Cra^ 
 
 Some Apapa 
 
 Some one Oran 
 
 Sometimes Beionkalee 
 
 Song Migniagiiee 
 
 Soot Affap 
 
 Sorcerer Bankfat pagnoi'.ls. 
 
 Sorrel Sourrce 
 
 Sort Roupa 
 
 Soul ( the ) Dgi '. a 
 
 Sound, noife. Babouee 
 
 Sour AlTam 
 
 South Kecdoi 
 
 Sow (to) Tana.Ti 
 
 Sow (a) Babec paranpcuri.-: 
 
 Span Queelan 
 
 Speak (to) Cata, bela;: 
 
 Spark M:^.ia]a 
 
 Species,
 
 38^ Malay 
 
 Species, fort, Roupa 
 
 Sphinx Koupoa force 
 
 Spider Laoua laoua 
 
 Spit (to) Bouan louda, louda 
 
 Spitting box Tampat louda 
 
 Split (to) Poton 
 
 Spoon Sendee 
 
 S}X)ufe, hufband or wife, .... Penaulen 
 
 Spring (a), fountain, Pandiourau 
 
 Stag Roufla 
 
 Stake (to) Pana 
 
 Stammer (to) Kago 
 
 Star Bindan, bintan 
 
 Statue Deos 
 
 Steril Trada patana 
 
 Stick Rotan, louca 
 
 Stiff Bagous eras 
 
 Stink (to) Bouffouc, baifni 
 
 Stir (to) Gfian 
 
 Stirrop Sango \'eddee 
 
 Stone Batco gounan 
 
 Storm Omba 
 
 Stool (to go to) Berac 
 
 Stove Ouadian 
 
 Strait Sefak 
 
 Strangle Gauton 
 
 Street Guiabau 
 
 Straight Batol 
 
 Stroke (to) as to ftroke a cat . . Poutre koutchicn 
 
 Strong Koat, eras 
 
 Study (to) Adiar 
 
 Stupid Oran bodo 
 
 Subfift(to) Taken 
 
 Subtle Alor 
 
 Succeed (to) Bolai kredgia 
 
 Succu-
 
 VOCABULARY. 385 
 
 S'jrculent Enac 
 
 Suck (to) Tioup 
 
 Suckle (to) Mimim telai, miffop 
 
 Suddenly Secaram 
 
 Sugar (white) Goula paffer 
 
 Sugar (black or palm) Gould eetan 
 
 Sugar-candy Goula batoo 
 
 Sugar-cane Touboo 
 
 Sulphur Ecleran 
 
 Sultan Suldaa 
 
 Sun Mantaral 
 
 Sunday Arimingo 
 
 Sup (to) Makan force 
 
 Superb Bagma bagous 
 
 Supplicate (to) Mindambon 
 
 Suppurate (to) Lucat tatalo colar 
 
 Sure, certain, Souda paftee 
 
 Surely Songoo 
 
 Surprizing Talalo eeran 
 
 Sufpieious Trada fobat, bleera canalam 
 
 Swallow, a bird, Bouru fapapec 
 
 Swallow (to) Talan 
 
 Swear (to) Soumpan 
 
 Sweat Cringotc 
 
 Sweat (to) Cringat 
 
 Sweet Manis 
 
 Sweep (to) , Sappou 
 
 Sweetmeats Manifang 
 
 Swim (to) Brenan, touroa 
 
 Sword Pedan 
 
 Table Mcguia, media 
 
 Taciturn ; Tecda tchcreeti* 
 
 Tail Bountol, ekor 
 
 Tailor Touran mir.dgc.-uf 
 
 VOL. II, E e Tkint
 
 386 MALAY 
 
 Taint (to) = Boffouc 
 
 Tallow Gommoclc cambing 
 
 Take (to) Ambel, pegan 
 
 Take away (to) Picoulblaoua 
 
 Tamarind Afiam, boa alTam 
 
 Tanner Taacan coulat 
 
 Tardy Tetalo lama 
 
 Tafte RalTa 
 
 Tafte (to have a) Rafiagnia 
 
 Tea Daun thai 
 
 Tear (a) Nanguic 
 
 Tempeft Ombar beiTar 
 
 Temples (the) Pilingam 
 
 Tepid Sangat 
 
 Tender, kind, Laumaefs 
 
 ^e'--nes fatale Soumouth poatref 
 
 Te/rninate (to) Abio 
 
 Terror Tacot 
 
 Tefticlcs Contot, baplcr 
 
 Thank (to) Trema cafiee 
 
 Then Commeden 
 
 There is Ada 
 
 Therefore Daree too 
 
 Thigh Palia 
 
 Thin Litchin 
 
 Thine Koe pougnia 
 
 Thine, any thi:i^, Apapa 
 
 Ti^nk (lo) Peeker 
 
 Thirfry (to be) Ahofs 
 
 This, that, Eetoo 
 
 Thou OfTai, koai, loo, decjs 
 
 Thoughrlcfs Sarfar queela 
 
 Throw (to) Lempar 
 
 Thunder Gounder 
 
 Thunder (to) Bckilop 
 
 * Thurfday
 
 VOCABULARY. 387 
 
 ThurWay Aree comifi 
 
 'nckk-(to) G'.cc 
 
 Tie (to) Kfcat 
 
 Tiger Sangal 
 
 Tile Ciiml-v, p;itoo giicndcu 
 
 Time S:unpa 
 
 Tiiuc {\ou\'J Lainii 
 
 Tinvid Trada trance 
 
 Tipple (fo) Slamat mciium 
 
 'J'o-d.iv Arreinee 
 
 To-morrow Bafs 
 
 Toad Codoc 
 
 Tobacco Taee.baco 
 
 Together Sania {"ima 
 
 "Tomb Coubouran 
 
 'f'oo little Talalo lediguet 
 
 Too m-jch Talalo bogtica 
 
 Tooth Gueeguee 
 
 Top, roof, P.oma tinguce 
 
 Torrent Erofs 
 
 Torment Sexa 
 
 Toud Sanicungnia, ccron 
 
 Tone:! (^0) Tela 
 
 To'.'.m Cotee, nigree 
 
 Tr;r,iip:4-ent K.itehia 
 
 Trafti-- (ro) - . DagC! ghen, Djouat 
 
 Tranquil Dia:-. lenen 
 
 Tranilribe (to) Toul:-. combaly 
 
 Tranfpire (ro) Aer cringat ciouar 
 
 Tfanfporr (to) Kiaree 
 
 Treafure Tanaii mafs 
 
 Tree Pohoo 
 
 Tremble (to) Geemenler 
 
 Tribute Pea 
 
 Triile (to) ... Oudjioo 
 
 E e J Triu.-nph
 
 388 MALAY 
 
 Triumph (to) Slamat dapat cuton 
 
 Troop, herd Bagnia binatan fama fama 
 
 Trot (to) Djiatoo 
 
 Trouble (to) Koguet 
 
 True Betal 
 
 Trunk, box Petac 
 
 Truil (to), rely Pretchaia 
 
 Tub Balaec 
 
 Tuefday Aree flafla 
 
 Tumult Gucguer 
 
 Turf Roumpot 
 
 Turn (to) Cleyling boundar 
 
 Turn back (to) Balee 
 
 Turned up Goulan, ancot 
 
 Turtle Pignoo, koura koura 
 
 Turtle (frefh water) Voulous 
 
 Turtle dove Parcoutout 
 
 Twth'c /ous piece Soucoo 
 
 Twice Doua kalcc 
 
 Twins Anae comber 
 
 Vacuum Caffoo 
 
 Varniih (to) Yaloufia 
 
 Vary (to) Bagnia, tatalo 
 
 Vegetables Sayor 
 
 Venereal difeafe Saquet paran pouan 
 
 Vermicelli Laxa 
 
 Veffel, vafe, Tampat 
 
 Ugly Yatel 
 
 Village Negree 
 
 Vine Polian angor 
 
 Vinegar - Thiouka 
 
 Violet Mera mouda 
 
 Violin Viola 
 
 Vifit a pcrfon (to) Lceat oran 
 
 Under,
 
 VOCABULARY. 389 
 
 Undf r, beneath, Da baoua, baoua 
 
 Undcrftand (ro) Dinghcr 
 
 Undergo (to) Krain 
 
 Unfortunate Kielakakcn 
 
 Unii'orm Sama rupa 
 
 Unj'.iil: Trada palout 
 
 Unpoli!lu-d Kallar 
 
 Untied Lopafs 
 
 Until Sainp3 
 
 Voice Souara 
 
 ^"olca^ic ftcne Bi'too tiiTibnul 
 
 Vomit (;o) Mnuta 
 
 Urine Kinkin 
 
 Ufclefs Tra houfla 
 
 W.ig (a) Oran adjar 
 
 Waiflcoat Utat Prot 
 
 Wait (to) Nanteo 
 
 Walk (to) Dialan, kouUlan 
 
 Walk (to take a) Piguee clelin 
 
 Wake (to) Krcdgia bangoo 
 
 Want (to) Sala 
 
 War Pram 
 
 W;iih (to) Toiikee 
 
 Wafp Taoun 
 
 Watch (to) Bangon 
 
 Watch, timekeeper Longtehin 
 
 Water Aer 
 
 Water (to), to fprinkle Seram 
 
 Water (to make) Kontchiang; 
 
 Water melon Paftcka 
 
 Wax Eerouan 
 
 We Keeta 
 
 Weak, filly Trabanee, trabilTa 
 
 Weak, feeble Trada koat 
 
 Wcdnefdav
 
 390 NfALAV 
 
 Wednefday Aree ribboo 
 
 Vv^eek Sato denango 
 
 Weep Manar.guis 
 
 V.'^igh (to) Krsdgia brat 
 
 "\\ti', auvcro . . iiii'U.i, bay 
 
 VI'i'X ]:ouIo!i 
 
 ' . (:o) Krcdglabaflk 
 
 V.'hat is the name of I'lis ? . . Ap: nama 
 
 When Kr.pan kolo 
 
 Where B,;e nian:-, mar.a 
 
 Which Apa fapa 
 
 Whilft, fo long as Kalo 
 
 Wlilp (a) Degraetey 
 
 Whlilicrs Comis 
 
 Whiltk (tc) Ploit 
 
 White Poutee 
 
 Wlio Sapa 
 
 V. ho is there ? Sapada 
 
 Whore Sondel 
 
 Why Manapa 
 
 Wicked Bankfet, zoyahat 
 
 Wide Lebar 
 
 Wig-maker Toucan ciilcr 
 
 Wife Penaulen 
 
 Wild, favage Outan 
 
 Wild boar Tcheleng 
 
 Willing (to be) Mao 
 
 Wind Anguin 
 
 Window Dzcndala 
 
 Wine Angor 
 
 V/ine (palm) Sacouer 
 
 Wjpji Krain 
 
 With Sama 
 
 W-'thrut Dilowar 
 
 '. itncfs , . . , Oran faxce 
 
 Wood
 
 VOCABULARY. 39! 
 
 Vv'oo'l Cayoo 
 
 Wood (black veined) highly- 
 prized by the Javanefe .... Cayoo palet 
 
 \\'ool Kappas blanda 
 
 Word Pcralacafa 
 
 World Donia, cnterrcdonia 
 
 Work, (to) Kredgia apapa, ai.cat kredglj 
 
 V. orlcmaii. Toucan 
 
 Wound (to) ToufFe 
 
 Wrinkle KilTot 
 
 Write (to) Toulis 
 
 Writing delk Taiiipat toulis 
 
 Yam Oubee 
 
 Yird (a man's) Eoutoo 
 
 Yav, n (to) Melas, anghop 
 
 Year Tran 
 
 Yellow Cova^iing 
 
 Yes Bai 
 
 Yefterdav K;deneareu 
 
 You I\.oe ee 00 
 
 Young Mouda 
 
 Your Pougnia 
 
 Vour fcrvant Tabea, tabae 
 
 MMEKJCJl
 
 39- 
 
 MA1,AY VOCABULARY. 
 
 NUMERICAL TERMS. 
 
 One Sato 
 
 Two Doja 
 
 Three Tiga 
 
 Four , Ampat 
 
 Five Lima 
 
 Six Anam 
 
 Seven Toudiou 
 
 Eight Delapan 
 
 Nine Sambilan 
 
 Ten Sapouloo 
 
 Eleven Sapouloo fata, or fablas 
 
 Twelve Sapouloo doaa, or douablas 
 
 Thirteen Sapouloo tiga, or tigablas 
 
 Foiircecn Sapouloo anipat, or ampatblas 
 
 Fifteen Sajx)uloo lima, or limablas 
 
 Sixteen Sapouloo anam, or anamblas 
 
 Seventeen Sapouloo toudiou, or loudioublas 
 
 Eighteen Sapouloo delapan, or dclapaublas 
 
 Nineteen , . Sopouloo fambllan, or fambilau- 
 
 blas 
 
 Twenty Doua fapouloo, or dona pouloo 
 
 Twenty-one Doua fapouloo fato, or doua 
 
 pouloo fato, &c. 
 
 Thirty Tiga pouloo, or tiga fapouloo 
 
 Thirty-one Tiga pouloo fato, &c. 
 
 A hundred Saratous 
 
 Two hundred Doua ratous 
 
 A thoufard Ccriboo 
 
 Ten thoufand Cequcty 
 
 A hundred thoufar.d Cclaxa 
 
 VOCA-
 
 C 393 1 
 
 VOCABULARY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LANGUAGE OF THE SAVAGES 
 
 CAPE DIEMEN. 
 
 A 
 
 RMS (the) Gounalla 
 
 Bag (the) of feed- weed that con- 
 tains their water Regaa 
 
 Bark of a tree Tolinal 
 
 Balket Tinee . . 
 
 Beard Conguinai 
 
 Belongs (this) to me Patourana 
 
 Bird Mouta mouta 
 
 Bofom of a man Ladinai 
 
 Bofom of a womam Lerai 
 
 Branch of eucalyptus^ with its 
 
 leaves Poroquee 
 
 Break wind (to) Tanina 
 
 Buttocks (the) Nuna 
 
 Charcoal reduced to powder, 
 
 with which they cover their 
 
 body . Loira 
 
 Chin (the) Opaba 
 
 Come (will you) ? Quangloa 
 
 Crown (a) made of lliells ...... Canlaride 
 
 VOL. II, F Deud,
 
 394 VOCABULARY OF CAPE DIEMEN. 
 
 Dead, to die Mata 
 
 Death (chat occafions) Mata enigo 
 
 Drink (to) Laina 
 
 Dive (to) Bugurae 
 
 Eat (to) Rogueree, toidee 
 
 Eat it (1 will) Mada guna 
 
 Ears (the) Cucgnee lia 
 
 Eyes (the) Nubra nuberai 
 
 Family (my) Tagari lia 
 
 Fern (arboreous) Tenu 
 
 Fingers (the) Lori, low 
 
 Fire Unai 
 
 Fifhes (fpccies of fmall) of the 
 
 gadus genus Pounerala 
 
 Fly (a) Oellai 
 
 Give me Nokee 
 
 Go and eat Mai gucra 
 
 Go (I will; Ronda 
 
 Go (let us) away Tangara 
 
 Greafe the hair (to) Lana poerari 
 
 Grafs Poenai 
 
 Hair (the) Peliloguenec 
 
 Hands (the) Riz lia 
 
 Infcd of the clrcendela genus . . Paroai 
 
 Kangaroo's Ikin Boira 
 
 Knees (the) Ragna lea 
 
 Lips (the) Mogudai lea 
 
 Lobiler Nuclai 
 
 Mc Ivlana 
 
 Me (for) Paonacc 
 
 3 Mufcic
 
 VOCABULARY OF CAPE DIEMEN. 395 
 
 Mufcle (a fliell-fiih) Mirai 
 
 Nails of the fingers Perui lea 
 
 Nails of the toes Ponee lea 
 
 Name of a man Mara 
 
 Name (another) of a man . . . . Mera 
 
 Navel (the) Luai 
 
 No Nuedee 
 
 Nofe (the) Mugui/. 
 
 Ochre Mallaiuii 
 
 Oyfter.flicll , I.ouba 
 
 Parrot Mola 
 
 Parts (private) of a woman .... Megua 
 
 Penis (the) Linai 
 
 Pillow (fmall) on which the men 
 
 reft Roerai 
 
 Polifhing (the aft of ) wood with 
 
 afhell Pvina 
 
 Propagation (the aft of) Loidrouguera 
 
 Sea-car Caenee 
 
 Sea-wccd (dried) which tlicv cut 
 after having foftencd it by fire, Raiiree 
 
 Sea-weed (jointed) Noualenee 
 
 Sea-weed (a fpecies of) fncm 
 
 cihatui R iman inon 
 
 Sec ( I) Quendera 
 
 Seed of the encalypius r,y///,-/>r/7,\]aniiuadia 
 
 Sit down Mk'de>? 
 
 Sleep (to) M.ilougna 
 
 Stone (a) Loinai 
 
 Sun (the) Panumeia 
 
 'r.ittooing , , , . V'al-v.-rai 
 
 'i'ccrh .the) I'egUi.e 
 
 F f- Teftlcle>
 
 396 VOCABULARY or CAPE DIEMEN, 
 
 Tefticles (the) Mada leai 
 
 That Avarai 
 
 There, a great way off Renavai 
 
 This way Loraee 
 
 Throw (to) Pegara 
 
 Tongue (the) Menai 
 
 Tree of the eucalyptus genus , . Tara 
 Trunk of the eucaljptus Perebai 
 
 Way (this) Lomee 
 
 Woman Luanee 
 
 It is to be remarked, that on many occafions Ua^ placed at 
 
 the end of a word, indicates the plural number. 
 
 VOCA.
 
 C 397 ] 
 VOCABULARY 
 
 OF TilE 
 
 LANGUAGE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FRIENDLY ISLANDS, 
 
 Agreeable (this is very Marihae 
 
 Afraid (to be) Feitama, menavaey 
 
 Applaufc (termoO after finging Malee 
 
 Arms (vhe) Nceama 
 
 Armpit (the) Ifaey fecnai 
 
 Arrow PIouloumat4 
 
 Attain one's end (to) Tahoo 
 
 Awake (to) G natoo 
 
 Back (the) Toua 
 
 Bad, in quality Pvcvec 
 
 Bafkct (a) Cato 
 
 Beard (the) Koamoo kava 
 
 Birds Manoo 
 
 Black, blue Ouly 
 
 Bladder (a hog's) inflated Monoo monoo 
 
 Blood Totto 
 
 Blow the Mofc (to) Fangonyoo 
 
 B:"ne Houce 
 
 B;)rom (the) Houhoo 
 
 Bow- (a) Fana 
 
 Boy Tama 
 
 Bread-fruit tree 'I'oya 
 
 Rv:'akcrs .Car:,ho 
 
 Brcaft
 
 398 VOCABULARY OF THE 
 
 Br:aft (the) Fatta 
 
 B.-eathe (to) Malava 
 
 Broken Foa 
 
 Brother ( nv) Foenna, fonao 
 
 Bulla o-^um, a fhell-fiih Kocpouiai 
 
 Burial-place Tano 
 
 Burning in t!ie face Madai 
 
 Butterfly Pepai, bebai 
 
 Call (t-o) a chief, or a man of 
 
 the clafs of Mo 11 a Malioo mai 
 
 Call (to) a man of the lovvcft 
 
 cl-ifs, or Toiia Foguee mai 
 
 Called (this is) Coce 
 
 Canoe Vaka 
 
 Carry (to) Tohaguai 
 
 Carry me th^rhcr Toguai raeait 
 
 Carries fomeihing (to exprefs 
 
 that one t^jzia alone) Foua 
 
 Carry a burthen (to L'Kpr;;rs that 
 
 two tnoiiaij Amo 
 
 Carry en the back (to) Fata 
 
 Caterpillar Noufai 
 
 Cheek- (;hc) koacy 
 
 Chile' ( .}j boy or givl Tahinae 
 
 ^-' ( ) Eg^i 
 
 Cloth made of tlie paper mul- 
 berry-tree bark Gnatoo 
 
 ClolLcs (our) Papa bi'guai 
 
 Club (i) Akao 
 
 Cocoa-nut T'n'X'oo 
 
 Coi;ioii (i'.ct cf) Miizimitzi, mitchinutclii 
 
 Cold Mudgia 
 
 Colnmha fangiurrjlenta Kooloo kooloo 
 
 Come hither , . , .tlaehd .'nai 
 
 Coi
 
 FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 
 
 Cook (to), drefs meat Moho 
 
 Cerbera manghas (necklace of 
 
 the flowers of the) , .KoJgee alai 
 
 Cough (to) Olea 
 
 Cut (a) I.evea 
 
 Cut (to) TafFa 
 
 Cut with fciffars (to) Peepee 
 
 Cry (to), fhout Yhoo- 
 
 Dance (to) Ecva 
 
 Dart (a) Tau 
 
 Day (the) Ao 
 
 Day after to- morrow (the) . . . Anoyu 
 
 Die (^0), or caufe to die Matai 
 
 Dog Koulee 
 
 Drefs one's felf (to) Pooloo poolco 
 
 Drink (to) Eenoo 
 
 Drive away (to) Halo lialo 
 
 Ear (the) Talinga 
 
 Earth (he) Tougoutoo 
 
 EaiL wind jMantanguee maiela: 
 
 Eat (to) Kahce 
 
 Kldeit, eldelt fon Taoguedai 
 
 EiJeft daughter Toufee finai 
 
 Embrace (to)j touching with the 
 
 extremity of the nofe that of 
 
 the perfon embraced ...... Hooma 
 
 Entertainment (an) Meai 
 
 Evening (this) ,...,.. Apoo 
 
 Equal, alike Tata, CHipac 
 
 Exchange (to), barter Ounoo 
 
 E.^xrcment lileokovee 
 
 Eves (the) .,,,.,,., Mata 
 
 399
 
 400 VOCABULARY OF THE 
 
 Fan (a) Toito 
 
 Fan made of a leaf of the Co. 
 
 rypha Beero 
 
 Fan (another fort of) Ayai 
 
 Fan one's felf (to) Hallo hallo 
 
 Fallen (to) Filoo 
 
 Father Tamai 
 
 Feet C-h?) Afouivao, afevacai 
 
 Female (a) Nafa 
 
 Fingers (die) Touail 
 
 Fine, very fine Lelley 
 
 Fire, light Afce 
 
 Filh Eeko 
 
 Filh-hook Eepa 
 
 Flute (a) Fangoo fangoo 
 
 Forbidden Taboo 
 
 Frame of a hut Fata 
 
 Friend OfFa 
 
 Friendfliip (to have) Cahoo 
 
 Fruit of the bread-fruit tree. . .Mee 
 Fruit of the inocarpus edtdis . . . Mahoa 
 Fruit of a eugenia Mafanga 
 
 Game (a) with the fingers . . . .Lcagui 
 
 Gather (to), pluck Faghce 
 
 Give (t< ) Makec 
 
 Give me fomething Mamaco, omee, omea, magoa 
 
 Glaf:^ bc.uls Kahoa 
 
 Go (fo) Hael 
 
 Go awav ( o) I lac! atoo 
 
 Gc '.VuV ( '.), paddling Ft-ae hallo 
 
 Go .'iiong Halai atoo 
 
 Go to Le other fide of the land- 
 ing ph;cc Louai vaca 
 
 Go up (to), afccnd Kaka 
 
 Go
 
 FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 4OI 
 
 Go down (to), defcend Haloueefa 
 
 Great Lai 
 
 Hair (tlic) Oiiloo 
 
 Hair of the private parts (the) . Foiiloo fouloo 
 
 Hand Afencena 
 
 Hats (our) Poulonga 
 
 Hatchet Tokee 
 
 Have none (I) Oiingouikak 
 
 He or fhe Hi.na 
 
 Head (the) Hovi'co 
 
 Heel (the) Moeavaey 
 
 Hen Moa 
 
 Hen (Sultana) Kalaee 
 
 Here, there Heep.:'.i, hccncr 
 
 Hibij'ats rcfn f.ni:;:f:i Kcittai 
 
 Hib;j'c2is (another f;.ecico> o!) . . Yabau 
 
 Hog .Eoakka 
 
 Hot MakmiM 
 
 How much Afc}'a 
 
 Hulband rvlocoai 
 
 Iron (fome) Oukamea 
 
 Illand Cau 
 
 Knife Kailai 
 
 Knock down (ro) Lrivai 
 
 Leap (to) Hobaa 
 
 L'.'gs ("'ic) Fou:'Cvaey, vacr 
 
 Lvj do.v 1 (to) .Togada 
 
 l>ie in (> ). Fjivio 
 
 Linen, ; t h;.nlkcrc!;i!. f, &c. . . Holo holo 
 
 Lip-i (Iv ) Lougoutoo 
 
 Little Tehee 
 
 VOL. II. G g Lizard
 
 402 VOCABULARY OF THE 
 
 Lizard Fokaey 
 
 Look at this Tchiana 
 
 Looking-glafs Tchioota 
 
 Love (n) Marhana 
 
 Loufc (a) Lobee 
 
 Man (a) Moudoo 
 
 Mark on the face produced by 
 
 blo'.vs Toukee 
 
 Mat (a common) Nafee nafee 
 
 Mat (a fine) which fervcs for 
 
 clothes Keeai 
 
 Me Ogoo 
 
 IM^eagre CdUno 
 
 Mifs one's -um (to) Hala 
 
 Moon (the) Mahelna 
 
 Mother Nafa 
 
 Mother of pearl L.'.orJahoo 
 
 ?vIou]d, vegetable earth Kelai kelai 
 
 Mouth (the) Mo.:doo 
 
 Mufic , . , Hanq-uee 
 
 Nail (a) Fau 
 
 Name (to) a perfoii ficngoa 
 
 Name (tell me your) ........ Eyoeia 
 
 Navel (rhe) Pecto^ pccdo 
 
 Neck , Guya 
 
 Kocdle for fewing .......... Ectouee 
 
 Needle fu; making iiiliing-iiets .Hecka 
 
 Night Paollec 
 
 Night (thii) ,...,,,. Apoo 
 
 No ... ! ,... = .,.. Hea 
 
 No.'ih wind, .............. Prlaianguec toguelao 
 
 North-eafr vvi!:d Foiiga fouloifoua 
 
 tsi,rtli-vy(.Il wiiid .,.,....-.. Fagatohioo 
 
 3 Nofe
 
 FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 403 
 
 Nofe (rhc) Eoo 
 
 Ivicvv-, at pn f-^nt Ecik'C, henai 
 
 Nov^-ifc, hy no mc'ins Eekai, kai 
 
 Nu-^.-.T-'g (a large) which is not 
 
 aru.natic Cotonai 
 
 Old Moudoua 
 
 Open, III. per. of the "cerb, . . . . "^i'alauha 
 Or..'n :har coco.-n^. fhell . . . .Oyo 
 Or,^u^L'nt for he head, ot red 
 
 fca''-:',-rs t"'ouloo * 
 
 Oui, without Ahouai 
 
 P-'ile * K.kaba 
 
 Pa, llo ; dancing) Paguce 
 
 FaJA'c (,o) Hallo 
 
 "l-\.rrakc<"t ;a finpll) with a b ..c 
 
 h ad Haingha 
 
 p. ''^ iVui^ to) Fohee 
 
 r , ( he) Oiihi 
 
 Pe. 'nle (naiivesabov" ihe lowefl 
 
 -Iif'- .-'i' the) Moua 
 
 Pva Ae (iiMivts of the lo^vcft 
 
 ;.-^s of tlic) Toua 
 
 Pi^ 'on (fpecies of) Co'u,ml>a 
 
 .Lnea To ! OO 
 
 P'e-rcc (10), make;; hulj I'auij, 
 
 P'i nv _).' .% r,d, 0(1 wh:L;h the 
 
 back o*-" the head rcfts during 
 
 iloep 'alle 
 
 Plantain oudgee, aoba 
 
 Plates (our) (>) i-ncrcz 
 
 FolTefs a ring (to) A" ^o 
 
 Pofib fuppGrti;;g a facd Fanea 
 
 G g 2 Po:ce-%
 
 404 VOCABUtARY OF THE 
 
 Potter's earth, clay Oummea 
 
 Prefen*- r,f this (I make you a) . Adoupai 
 
 P. .i,-.:pi.l chief Elgai lai 
 
 Private parts of a woman (the) .Tolai 
 
 Rafiers of the roof of a fhcd . . . Fanca 
 
 Relations, kindred, Anoua 
 
 Ring {?) iVuima 
 
 Rile (tc: Tahoo 
 
 Roof of . houfe Tofoifoo 
 
 Rub (to) a piece of wood againil 
 
 another in order to procure 
 
 fir? Tone 
 
 Rudder , . Foeoulee 
 
 Sandal wood Haee fidgee 
 
 Sail (;i) Bouloo bouloo 
 
 Sciffais (pa'r of) Peepee 
 
 Sea (die) Tahai, tahec 
 
 See (let me) Maumata, raaimata 
 
 Shave (to) Fafaya kava 
 
 Shaddock "Moly 
 
 Shark Nicouiree 
 
 Shed ( 1 large) Alto 
 
 Shell, (hcll-fiih Fighota 
 
 Shew me .... , Behanguai 
 
 Siioaldcr (the) Ouma. 
 
 Shut (tc) Tabounee 
 
 Side (on the other) Alikce 
 
 Sing (to) a fong Oubai 
 
 Sifter Fac 
 
 Sit dov/n Nofo 
 
 Scrcj;!-' owl (i) I.oaloo 
 
 Skin (th-) C'K|ailee 
 
 Sky Laghee 
 
 Sleep
 
 FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 40 5 
 
 Sleep (to) Moacc 
 
 Sneeze (to) Iflmgoo 
 
 Son (a) Ouloo knlala 
 
 Sou '' vw.A Mrifrnguec longuai 
 
 Sou '1 :.'} M Ird Alag.-iifannoua 
 
 Sci '' nd Cocouloo 
 
 Spoon } leboo 
 
 Sp-,ro ('-'"'^c) l^atiiai 
 
 Spc-^r. , utlc) Tchiai, tchiaiboa 
 
 S;.,r (a) y.im 
 
 St'rk (:i) Taha 
 
 St^^I (ro go :o) Tcheeco 
 
 Sr--,v- colour Kao 
 
 S"-ror.cr >i,adc of thick cloth, 
 
 lor ;'. r.;- .".ig iava Faoo 
 
 S-nkv ( .) ,. ..Taha 
 
 Su_^, r-cane , To 
 
 Sweat (to) Eecacava 
 
 Tacca ptnnat'ifiJa (the frait of 
 
 the plant known under the 
 
 name of) . Maia 
 
 Tail of a bird (vhe) M ouee mouee 
 
 T; t->o!ng Mocvaey 
 
 Tattooing in broad ftripcs 
 
 round the waiil Malai 
 
 TattooM g on the thighs Fouee 
 
 Tattooing in concentric circles 
 
 on tiie ar-".5 a;id ihoulders. . .Eetaee 
 Tattooing in the fonn of large 
 
 warrs Kafa 
 
 Tattooi'ig i.i the form offreakles 
 
 ov. the face and par. or the 
 
 lH)dy Lafo 
 
 Teeth (the) , , , Kecfo 
 
 Term
 
 406 VOCABULARY OF ^THE 
 
 Terra of approbation Go'ia 
 
 Term of i;np;.tience Iffah 
 
 Tefticles (chc) Lao 
 
 Thief Kaya 
 
 Thigh Taingua 
 
 This, that Hai 
 
 This is Anga 
 
 Thunder Pauouloo 
 
 Thou or yoa Kor.ee, koaee 
 
 Tliroa: (-^he) Houa 
 
 Throw (to) Ilafoo, lafoo 
 
 To, prcpo/iticn Hee 
 
 To-day Anaee 
 
 Tonjue (the) liee leo 
 
 Toe (the great) Moudoua vahai 
 
 Tortoife liell Ouna 
 
 VelT^I (earthen) for keeping 
 
 water Coulo 
 
 Ulcer, wound Pala 
 
 Uncover your head Codchcc nolalai 
 
 Walk (fo) Meiniho 
 
 Water (foine) Ovace 
 
 Wc Yti 
 
 We two Yia oiia 
 
 \\ eep (to) T'Miguee 
 
 Weft wind Matangiice loulougha 
 
 What is ycu;' name ? K(r.^- koa, koaee Lcingoa 
 
 What is this called ? Ko?ia 
 
 Whirtle (.u) M:ihoo 
 
 Wince Ec! maha 
 
 Wicked Keeno 
 
 Wife (a) Vifinai 
 
 Wife (to have a) Kouu:-.a 
 
 Wirsd
 
 FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 407 
 
 Wind (the) Matanguee 
 
 Wing of a bird (the) Cabacao 
 
 Wood (fomc) Lahoubaba 
 
 Wound in th: belly with the 
 
 ftroke of a dart Ta, obitouaguee 
 
 Wring (tt>) Tatao 
 
 Wring the ftrainer for exprelT- 
 
 ing the ka^a (to) Tatao kava 
 
 Yam Ofee 
 
 Yawn (to) Momao, momaoya 
 
 Yellow Melo 
 
 Yes Yo, hio 
 
 Yefterday Aneafee 
 
 Young girl (a) M..madgic 
 
 Younger brother of a brother. .Tcina 
 Younger bi other of a filter .... Toughanai 
 
 NUMERICAL TERMS. 
 
 One T iha 
 
 Two Oua 
 
 Three Toloo 
 
 Four Fa 
 
 i' ' -e Nima 
 
 Si^.. Cno 
 
 S^-^-^n. Fidoo 
 
 E^^ht V;uoo 
 
 Nine. Heva 
 
 J -^ Ongofouloo. 
 
 T r-:Uon rs f .r qs 20, /-^-y r'^pert the numerical terms 
 frOiU i 10 y inclufive ; and wU-n they get to 20, they exprefs 
 
 it
 
 408 VOCABULARY OF THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 
 
 it by oua forJoo (two tens) ; to count as far as 30, after having 
 reckoned up to 20, as 1 have juft faid, they begin again from 
 the unit, and proceed to 9, faying, taha, oua, toloo, fa, nima, 
 ono, fidoo, valuo, heva ; and to exprefs 30, they fay, toloo 
 ongofouloo (three tens) : to reckon to 40, they again repeat 
 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ; and to exprefs 40, they fay, faongo- 
 fouloo (four tens) ; and fo on to 30, nima ongofouloo; 60, ono 
 ongofouloo ; 70, fidoo ongofouloo ; 80, valoo ongofouloo j 90, 
 heva ongofouloo ; 100, taihaoo ; 200, oua taihaoo ; 300, toloo 
 taihaoo ; 400, fai taihaoo ; 5 00, nima taih::oo ; GOO, ono tai- 
 haoo ; 700, fidoo taihaoo ; 800, valoo taihaoo ; 9 00, heva 
 taihaoo; 1,000, afey ; 10,000, kiloo afey ; 10u,000, mano; 
 1,000,000, nanoo ; 10,000,000, laoalai ; 100,000,000, laou- 
 noua; 1,000,000,000, liaguee; 10,000,000,000, tolo tafai ; 
 1,000,000,000,000, lingha ; 10,000,000,000,000, nava ; 
 100,000,000,000, kaimaan ; 1,000,000,000,000,000, tolo- 
 magnitangha kaimaau ; an indefinite number, okcc. 
 
 VOCA,
 
 C 409 3 
 
 VOCABULARY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LANGUAGE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NATIVES OF NEW CALEDONIA. 
 
 Ant Hlnkec 
 
 Arm-pit Hanbeigha 
 
 Arms (the) Hinguai 
 
 Afcend (to) Tamihlou 
 
 Afk him , Hla 
 
 Back (the) Donnha 
 
 Bag of ftoncs for tlieir flings . . .Queuoulippc 
 
 Bark of the hihijcu; tiltaceusy 
 from which they exprefs by 
 maftication a nutritious mu- 
 cilage Paouec 
 
 Baflcet (fmall) Tolam 
 
 Beam, a horizontal one placed 
 in their houfes at the height 
 of two meters Pa'itai 
 
 Beard (the) Poupouanguav 
 
 Belongs (this) to me Qiinai 
 
 Belly (the) Kiguit::gual 
 
 VOL. It. H h Blood
 
 4IO VOCABULARY OF 
 
 Blood (the) Houda 
 
 Blow with the mouth (to) . . . . Oiibidou 
 
 Bird Manoa 
 
 Birds Mani mani 
 
 Bread-fruit tree Yea 
 
 Break wind (to) Boubeginghai pip 
 
 Breaft (the) Guinguai 
 
 Breathe (to) Kniana 
 
 Buttocks (the) Pcnkhouenguai 
 
 Called (that is) Anan 
 
 Canoe Wa, oacka 
 
 Cap Tanen ponlon, mouen 
 
 Carry (I will) you on my back. . Motemoneyo 
 
 Chief Theabouraa 
 
 Chieffuperior to the Theahotima.p^')}^^^. 
 
 Cheeks (the) Pcanguai 
 
 Child (a) Noynai 
 
 Chin (the) Pcnangai 
 
 Clotli which covers the penis . . Hawah 
 Cloth (coarfe) which fomewhat 
 
 refciTibles that of the paper- 
 
 iriulberiy.-tree V/angui 
 
 Club (a) . . Eouiaibes.- 
 
 Cocca-n;:f s Nioii 
 
 Cocoa-nut tre :3 Noa 
 
 Cock (a) Ho nemo 
 
 CnoHc' Yahick 
 
 Cold (the} . ._ , Guiaca 
 
 C.):r.b Gau, baligii 
 
 Oss^z here Aniai 
 
 Co;;i:]r.tion (the aft of) Kmiacha^ p'^g^y^^ 
 
 Cord (:i i'Voall) or line which 
 
 \\:::y ;n?kr- uf- of for throw- 
 
 '-r-'y tlieir darti Oun? 
 
 r 
 
 Cough
 
 NEVV CALEDONIA* 4I I 
 
 Cough (to) Poupe 
 
 Dance (to) Pi^ou 
 
 D , c Nta 
 
 j)^.o J Markiai 
 
 Duck (a) Oubanai 
 
 Ear Guening 
 
 Eat (to) Houyouaboii 
 
 Elbow (the) Bouanguelovi 
 
 Embrace (to), by touching with 
 
 the tip of the nofe that of the 
 
 perfon embraced, as is prac- 
 
 tifed at Ton-:itaboo Bangomaiiig 
 
 Enough Hongui 
 
 Exchange (to) or barter Oubain 
 
 Eve-brows (the) Banguinghai 
 
 '(jrr In this word the fyllable guhi is pronounced in the gut- 
 tursl manner of the Arabs. 
 
 Eyes (the) To wangua 
 
 Eye.laliies (ihe) Poutchibanghiai 
 
 Fall (to) Tclouch 
 
 j%;-j Bahoula 
 
 Farewell Alaouai 
 
 FaiMa) ^'-'^ 
 
 Figs which they eat boiled . . .Ouyon 
 
 Fillip Hinbite 
 
 Fingers (he) Bsdonehigha 
 
 Fine (chat's) King king king P>-o,n:^n:f fuic\ 
 
 Fine (that's very) Bouxaie boukaie 
 
 Fire A^. i^^Pj ^i'P? 
 
 ITly (a) Nan, i- :ian, about 
 
 Foot (the) Bakatlng^-u adii^ha 
 
 \l h 2 Forbidden
 
 412 VOCABULARY OF 
 
 Forbidden (a thing) or pro- 
 hibited Taboo 
 
 Forehead (the) Bouandaguan 
 
 Friend Abanga 
 
 Garnets Paguee 
 
 Gape (to) Obalam 
 
 Girdle ot cord that keeps up the 
 
 coarfe cloih with which they 
 
 cover the penis Oiignitchep 
 
 Girdle in the form cf fringe, the 
 
 only clothing of the women . Manda 
 
 Give Padeek, oumi, namai, namai 
 
 Give ITT!: Nanhl, hambaling 
 
 Glafs beads Baoui, pino 
 
 Go iibour your b'jfincfs Boeno 
 
 Going away (liC is) Tatao 
 
 Good (dr r is) Kapareek 
 
 Go' (I have) none AdJgna 
 
 Great Amboida, pagouli 
 
 Ground (:ultivated) Maniep 
 
 Hair ('he) Poubangfiai 
 
 Hair of the private parts Poakangonghai. 
 
 Hand (liic) Adehigha 
 
 Hatchet Toguee 
 
 Hen Hali 
 
 Holes in the ears Ktloagueniiiguai 
 
 Houk Pouaye 
 
 Ho" {v h) Oudoa 
 
 H 'gry (I a >;) Aouab 
 
 PI u-ts (uiat) Q^cdcnee 
 
 Hut iVioee 
 
 Immediately Guiot 
 
 3 Incifioii
 
 NEW CALEDONIA. 4I3 
 
 Inclfion of the prepuce Gichee 
 
 Iron Pihiou 
 
 Ifland (in) Guiatee 
 
 Itching (in) Hiou 
 
 Knees (he) Banguiligh* 
 
 Land ( :hc) Guioutc 
 
 Laui^h (to) Eek 
 
 Leaf ( -r a tree) Cata 
 
 Leg (rl~c) Popigulenguai, boudaguaa' 
 
 Let >ne fe? that Mclckia 
 
 Lie down (to) Guiahoun 
 
 Man Abanguia, tchiau 
 
 Miifl Kniep 
 
 Mat Kam, abono 
 
 M (th',, is for) Aoutou 
 
 Moon (the) Manoe, adan 
 
 More Ma 
 
 Mother Monbreba 
 
 Mountain Bandonai 
 
 Mouth (che) Wangnai 
 
 Mulkitocs or fand-flies ..... .Nambonee 
 
 Nail Doblou 
 
 Nails (rlie) Pihinguai 
 
 Navel (ch.) Koanbougha 
 
 Neck (th'.) Nouheigha 
 
 Necklace of cord, to which is 
 
 fufi)ended a piece of hard 
 
 fcrper.t-llonc wcll-poiifhcd . .Peigha 
 
 No Nda 
 
 Nofe (the) .Wanding 
 
 Openir.g
 
 414 VOCABULARY OF 
 
 Opening or entrance into their 
 
 iiuts Ounenia 
 
 Ornament Ir ;ded with mother- 
 of-pe;;rl, '. !:h whkia thsy en- 
 circle the head Tanden 
 
 Palifade Baubaigh 
 
 Parroc Pidip 
 
 Parts (private) of a v,?oman .... Ktianek, onguiquou 
 
 Penis (the) Kionguai 
 
 Perforate (x) Keiguee 
 
 Plantain. tree Pouaignail 
 
 Poft fituated in the middle of 
 
 their huts Aguyotte 
 
 Potatoe (fweet) Tanee 
 
 Poultry Ho 
 
 Prefent (chis is a) Tanhouatt 
 
 Qi^artz Nettc 
 
 Rain Oda 
 
 Red Miha 
 
 Reef ( ), or ft-oai Malaboo 
 
 Road or path Taca, ouandar.e 
 
 Roor of tlie dA'ichoi tubcro/us . . Yalai 
 
 PvOpe or cnrd Maouep, maho 
 
 Pvun (lo) av.-'.y, or nte Keiaimoee 
 
 Sail (0 Mour.ngha 
 
 Sea ( nc) Dcnai 
 
 Scar ( ), 'he coiifequcnce of a 
 
 WO'...- -. fro-Ti .1 d ..' Do 
 
 Scrat'h (:' ) ( nc's felf A' .ngailtc 
 
 Sheii ; 'jullu o-cu/n) Bc'it 
 
 Shells Faiilai 
 
 Shoulders
 
 NEW CALEDONIA. 
 
 Shoulders (the) Bouhcigha 
 
 Shrub of the hptBfpcrmmn. 
 
 gfn'js Poap 
 
 Sing (to) Hotai 
 
 Sit down (to) T;iiTio 
 
 Sleep (to) Kingo, anouica 
 
 Sling (:i) Ouendat 
 
 Sky (the) Ndaoe 
 
 Small Anneba 
 
 Sneeze (to) Tiboaaie 
 
 Sole (the) of the feet Adaguiegha 
 
 Spider which the Savages of 
 
 New Caledonia eat Honguce 
 
 Spit (to) Kioatma 
 
 Stones (haped fut the Tiing. , , .Oiidip 
 
 Stool (to go to) Knaghai 
 
 Stop (to) Gniouis 
 
 Strike (ro) or beat Tamact 
 
 Stripes of a black colour marked 
 
 on the breall Poun 
 
 Stroke or '.vound from a d^rt . .Undip 
 
 Sugar-can.' Kout, our.guep 
 
 Sun (the) Niang'.?.: 
 
 Swim (to) Kat 
 
 Taiih (falfe) v/hich the)' w^ar . . Eouligha, r.eg-^; 
 
 Take Pen-:, pcnai 
 
 Tattooing Nap 
 
 Teeth (;hc) Paon -van.cru'ai 
 
 Teliicles (ch;) Q^ianbc *;=; ore 
 
 There is no t7:o'? . Aj:::i 
 
 There is none at all H-.d'pa: 
 
 Thief ;;,v.. 
 
 Thigh (the) ,.., .iie-^^uc pjui 
 
 415
 
 4l6 VOCABULARY OP 
 
 This one He, hekinc 
 
 Throw (to) a (lone with a fling, Olai 
 
 Thunder Highoa 
 
 Thumb (the) .Kanohinguc 
 
 Tie (to) Tighing 
 
 To-day Heigna 
 
 Tomb, or grave Nbonait 
 
 To-morrow Padoua 
 
 Tree Gniaounee 
 
 Tongue (the) 4 Coupai, wanguai 
 
 Walking (the time of) Noda 
 
 Walk (to) Tanau 
 
 Water Oai 
 
 Water (to make) Nima- 
 
 Way (this is the) Taga 
 
 Web (a fpider's) Donhate 
 
 Well EIo 
 
 What's that Beta, andai 
 
 W^hiftle (to) Whaon 
 
 Wife (my) Yabaguenne 
 
 Will not (I) Boudoo 
 
 Wind (to) a cord round any 
 
 thing Houadine 
 
 Wind (the) Ondou 
 
 Woman, or girl Tamoma, tani 
 
 Wood .. . Kiantiai 
 
 'ifwa , Outi 
 
 }JUMERICJL
 
 NLW CALEDONIA. 4I7 
 
 NUMERICAL TERMS. 
 
 One Ouanait 
 
 Two Ouadou 
 
 Three Ouatguicn 
 
 Four Onat bait 
 
 Five Ouannaiin 
 
 Six Ouanaim guick 
 
 Seven Ouanaim <ion 
 
 Eight . Ouanairn guein 
 
 Nine Ouanaim bait 
 
 Tea Ouadoun hie 
 
 Eleven Baroup.'.hink 
 
 Twth e Barou karou 
 
 Thirteen Barou kat guein 
 
 Fourteen Barou kat bait 
 
 Fifteen Barou kat naina 
 
 Sixteen Kaneim guick 
 
 Seventeen' Kaneim don 
 
 Eighteen Kaneim gueiii 
 
 Nineteen Kaneim bait 
 
 Twenty Kadoun hie 
 
 Twenty-one Kaningma 
 
 Twenty-two Karou 
 
 Twenty- three Kat guein 
 
 Twenty-four Kat bait 
 
 Twenty-five Kanncim 
 
 Twentv-fix Kanncim guick 
 
 Twcnt\-fevcn Kanneim don 
 
 Twenty-eight Kanneim gnein 
 
 Twcntv-nine Kanncim bait 
 
 Thirty Kadoum lick 
 
 vo!.. II. I i TLivt)
 
 4l8 VOCABULARY OF NEW CALEDONIA. 
 
 Thirty-one EaMii^alinitk 
 
 Thirty. two . . Bara? l::'rou 
 
 Thirty-three iv .. j^uein 
 
 Thirty-four Ka: bait 
 
 Thirty-five . . . . , K... .-rim 
 
 Thirtv.fix Kar-:'='LTS guick 
 
 Thirty-feven Kauiiclm don 
 
 Thirtv-eiirht Kan;.e';n o-ucin 
 
 Th'rty-nine Kanneim bait 
 
 Forty Kadounhick ounguin. 
 
 VOCA.
 
 L" 419 3 
 
 VOCABULARY 
 
 LANGUAGE 
 
 NATIVES OF WAYGIOU. 
 
 Ai 
 
 -RMS (the) Bramine 
 
 Arrow Mariaec 
 
 Bamboo in which water is kept . Rabaiaouenne 
 
 Belly (the) Sueouarau 
 
 Bight (a) towards the fouth- 
 
 eaft So'inai 
 
 Boat Cambafene 
 
 ^'^'^ (a) Copamme coufFai 
 
 Bracelet of tortoifefhell Miffe 
 
 Breads (the) Quioummai 
 
 Canoe (a large one), with or 
 
 without an outrigger CadourcfTe 
 
 Canoe (a fmall one) with a 
 
 double outrigger Houahy 
 
 Chin (the) Bourou bourou 
 
 Cloth of cotton Sanfouwr.c 
 
 Cloth of the baric of trees .... Marun 
 
 f i y CI );;.*
 
 420 VOCABULARY OF 
 
 Cloths (our), which they aflced 
 
 for in exchange for their 
 
 commoditie!) Dacaiile, camec 
 
 Cocoa-nuts Sarail 
 
 Crab Coaffe 
 
 Cuftard-apple Capaya 
 
 Dog Dofane 
 
 Drink (to) Quinemme 
 
 Ear (the) Quainany 
 
 Eat (to) Aennc, yacannc 
 
 Elbow (the) Brapouairai 
 
 Embrace (to) Cofroee 
 
 Eye (the) Mocammoro . 
 
 Father Mama 
 
 Feet (the) Eflbuebaem 
 
 Fifli -. . Icanne, hiennf 
 
 Flag or colours Babarun 
 
 Forehead (the) Andary 
 
 Give mc Bougueman, or bougman 
 
 Go Combran effo 
 
 Go (to) Con^.braenne 
 
 Go away (to) Orofaperre 
 
 Going av.ay (I am) Yaborefle 
 
 Hand (the) Erampinne 
 
 Hair (the) Euombraem 
 
 Harjjoon Arabobairai 
 
 Hat (Jtraw) in thcihapcofa 
 
 cone Saraou 
 
 Hen Mafanguicnne , 
 
 li. ok (tifli) , Sarfcdinnc 
 
 Iron
 
 WAYGIOU. 
 
 421 
 
 Iron Moiicormme 
 
 Idand (the fmall) of the bay . . Bumbai darcc 
 Ifland (the) of the anchorage . . Bong 
 
 Ifland (the) Rawak Rahauna 
 
 IQand (the) Maanoiiaran Manorom 
 
 incs(the) Aiou Aiou 
 
 -Aio'j 
 Bobe 
 
 Illands (the) Aiou are, 
 
 Molllnguouaennc- 
 Mofec 
 Ambdony 
 <^ Canobry 
 Rautoumi 
 Reny 
 Fany 
 Miarny 
 >-Iguee 
 
 Knees (the) Ponierenne 
 
 Knife (aj Moee 
 
 Land , Soupe 
 
 Leg (the) Anemimc 
 
 Lemon Innacrail 
 
 Line for fifliing Farferai 
 
 Lobfter Samofle 
 
 Maft Padarennc 
 
 Mat Yaerenne 
 
 Me Aia 
 
 Mother Naine 
 
 Mouth (the) Saoudonne 
 
 Nails (the) Brampinnc bey 
 
 Keck (the) Sacaicacran 
 
 Ncedl?
 
 422 VOCABULARY OF 
 
 Needle Maree iffou carmom 
 
 New Guinea Maree, or Marai 
 
 Nofe (chc) Nony 
 
 Oar (an) Caboreffe 
 
 Paddle (a) Caborcffe 
 
 Packthread Ribbe 
 
 Parts (private) of a woman . . .Ouafopefimby 
 
 Penis Cicomme 
 
 Plantains ImbiefFe 
 
 Pole (a long) Aye 
 
 Potatoes (fweet) Randzio 
 
 Reef (of rocks) Deeacnne 
 
 Rope, or cord Camotoo 
 
 Sail (a) Caouenne 
 
 Saffron (India) Inaerenne 
 
 Sago Qutoumee 
 
 Sea (the) Mufainne 
 
 Ship Capara 
 
 Skut (a), or fcoop Canarenne 
 
 Sleep (to) CiuerefFe 
 
 Speak (to) Papua Papua doberaa 
 
 Spear of a harpoon Enacandcnne 
 
 Squirrel (the palm), Jch'mrus 
 
 palmnruni Linn, ranbabai, couchoo 
 
 Sugar-cane Camaenne 
 
 Teeth (the) Nacoerennc 
 
 Tcfticles (the) C;!pairai 
 
 Thigh 1 iouefTope 
 
 This is Omee 
 
 Tie (to), or make a knot Cocafcfle 
 
 1 Tin
 
 WAYGIOU. 423 
 
 Tin Saraca, falaca 
 
 Tongue (the) Damaran 
 
 Walk (to) Corcffe 
 
 Water (frcfli) Haouaironne 
 
 What's this ? A/.ariofa 
 
 Yam Apore 
 
 NUMERICAL TERMS. 
 
 One Sai 
 
 Two Doui, foro 
 
 Three Quioro 
 
 Four Fiack 
 
 Five Rima 
 
 Six Onc:n 
 
 Seven Fick 
 
 Eight (\i:u7.ti 
 
 l^inc Sioo 
 
 Ten ^'ampouroo 
 
 One hundred . . v.'ai'n.
 
 TABLES 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE*, 
 
 DURING THE YEARS 
 
 1791, 1792, and 1/03, 
 
 >RO>I THE TIME OF 
 
 HER DEPARTURE FROM EUROPE 
 
 TILL 
 
 IIER ARRIVAL AT S0URAI3AYA. 
 
 I\ thcTe Tables will be found the Ship's place at noon ; the 
 Variation of the Compafs, diftinguifhed by s. r. when it W';is 
 obfervcd at fun-rife ; by s. s. when it was obferved at fun-fot ; 
 and by a'z. when it is the refult of an Azimuth ; the degree of 
 temperature by Reaumur's Thermometer + ; and the height of 
 the mercury in the Barometer at noon ; the dircftion of the 
 Winds, and the ftate of tlie Weather. 
 
 * In the Introdulion to this Work, the Author has acknowledged his 
 obligations to M. Le or a x d, one cf the Officers of the Efpcrance, ^^hc, 
 among other nautical information, furniihed him with the folloxsini; 
 Tables of the Route of that Ship ; but as the Efjicrance never parte! 
 companv, or was Icarcely ever out of fight of the Recherche, thefc may 
 iulHv be coiilidercd as the Tables of the Roatcot both Ihips. The T raiif- 
 lator is induced to make this oblervation, in order to account tor t;;c 
 trifling differences that may occafionally occur between the latitudes a-:d 
 longitudes in the text, and thofe in the Tables. 
 
 t It was a Mercurial Thermometer. The fcale of pioporticn betv:e,'r: 
 Reaumui's Thermometer and that of F.;nicnheit is a* two degrees ai;d a 
 'jfuait-r to oi'.e. Reaumur fix-.-) hi- {' :-i\\i^ p;!-u a'. -> 1
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Time, 
 
 I 179T. 
 
 : 30 
 
 \Ociober 1 
 
 Latitude 
 
 obferved. 
 
 North. 
 
 47 4.1 20 
 -17 7 30 
 
 -15 4(5 36 
 45 36 38 
 
 42 49 58 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 North 
 
 Longitude Longitude 
 
 oblcrved. I by account. 
 
 Welt. I Wen. 
 
 47 43 00 
 
 47 2 00 
 
 46 46 30 
 
 46 35 10 
 
 45 59 20 
 
 45 38 00 
 
 43 3 IS 
 38 27 00 
 
 8 38 23 29 
 10 34 8 53 34 4 14 
 
 12 29 26 18 
 At TencrifFe 
 
 13128 29 55 
 
 29 32 38 
 
 25:25 22 0>25 21 36 
 2;}' 23 33 59123 41 
 
 27I2I 32 45I2I 24 38 
 
 10 23 00 
 
 11 14 24 
 
 13 5 8 00 
 
 17 25 00 
 
 18 53 10 
 IS 3 8 12 
 
 9 36 40 
 
 10 24 18 
 
 10 50 SO 
 
 10 56 18 
 
 10 3 8 00 
 
 11 17 10 
 
 13 47 36 
 
 16 24 12 
 
 17 48 14 
 
 18 36 36 
 
 Variation 
 
 of tin- Compafs. 
 
 Wefi. 
 
 ;2 36 00 
 
 S. 21 39 00 
 
 S. S. 19 59 00 
 
 28 19 5 8 47 
 
 30|l7 -.2 4 8 
 
 Ncjijei.iber 1 ' 14 3i^ 40 
 
 13 6 10 
 
 jK) 24 32 
 
 20 16 36 19 59 36 
 
 20 50 40120 4-!- 10 
 20 3 19121 56 30 21 7 12 
 
 s. s. 18 56 00 
 s. r. 1 8 9 9 
 s. r. 17 3 8 10 
 
 4! 10 23 49 
 5! 9 6 36 
 fi| 9 7 00 
 (! 1 8 
 
 7 40 3 
 
 1 36 
 
 12 1 6 45 29 
 
 IHj 6 9 34 
 
 14 1 6 00 46 
 
 1 5 ; 5 52 5 4 
 
 17 53 00; 22 2i 12 
 14 52 00123 19 54 
 13 5 44 
 
 12 8 18 
 
 10 26 2 
 
 9 6 19 
 
 8 bb 36 
 
 8 59 3 8 
 
 8 22 00 
 
 7 43 14 
 
 7 9 48 
 
 22 35 43 
 21 2 8 00 
 21 6 00 
 
 20 53 45 
 20 3 8 10 
 
 6 47 32119 40 50 
 
 6 53 3 8 
 
 6 19 25 
 
 5 56 2() 
 
 5 44 S\ 
 
 21 29 3 8 
 21 37 40 
 21 25 3 8 
 
 21 12 10 
 20 10 00 
 19 16 19 
 19 24 36 
 19 15 18 
 IS 49 30 
 
 18 23 12 
 
 IS 19 7 
 
 18 6 34 
 
 19 46 12 
 
 19 49 10 
 
 10 47 14 18 8 37 
 
 19 46 21! 13 14 5 
 
 s. r. 16 44 00 
 
 s. s. 15 19 00 
 s. s. 14 32 00 
 
 s, . 12 ::', 0(i 
 s. r. 12 39 20 
 
 s. s. 14 3 8 00 
 s. r. 14 20 20 
 
 18 4 18 S. r. 13 34 00 
 18 6 12 S, S. 13 Qii 32 
 
 s. s. 13 39 18
 
 OF THK ESPl: RANGE. 
 
 r//, 
 
 1791. 
 
 Sept. I'C) 
 Od. 1 
 
 C8 
 
 Far'iaticn 
 of tho Coaipafs. 
 
 \v. a. 
 
 az. 21 10 5; 
 
 az. 21 20 00 
 
 az. 19 2i) 00 
 
 nz. IG ,';S 00 
 
 :iz. lu 4() '}' 
 
 Xo 
 
 1.; 
 I . 
 
 5 
 
 Barom. 
 
 15.0128 L'.O 
 
 l(i.(>:28 3."/ 
 
 U). 1 
 
 It). 2 
 
 14.4 
 16.3 
 lO.O 
 
 17. 1 
 
 2 0.2 
 19 " 
 
 2 8 4.2 
 
 2 8 a.()' 
 
 28 1.0 
 
 28 .3.6 
 
 28 2.() 
 
 28 2.y 
 
 28 3.8 
 
 2 8 2 . 
 
 28 ;).0 
 
 2 S 2 . H 
 
 1 .).;-, 2 8 .3.(1 
 
 ;30 az. 14 -17 
 
 i . C 
 
 .'8 2 , 
 
 -1 
 
 2 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 ' 
 
 2 1 
 
 .^ 
 
 1 . . ... 
 
 
 8 
 
 __ 1 
 
 
 s '..... 
 
 '.'2 
 
 :! 
 
 I(). b 2 8 3 .0 
 
 :8 2.(' 
 
 2 8 2.0 
 
 2 8 2.f; 
 
 2 8 2.(1 
 2 8 2 . 'i 
 
 uK\v. 14 \b 
 
 l(i 
 
 ! 
 11' 
 
 Winds and Wt:athcr. 
 
 -1 -7 
 
 22.0 2.^ V . -r 
 
 2 !.' . 1 1 2 8 1 . U 
 
 K. moderate breezes, and cloudy. 
 
 ,''^. S. E. light wiiid ; cloudv. 
 
 X. variable ; faint breeze cloudv. 
 
 W. S. W. faint ; cloudy. 
 
 \. W. very faint ; cloudv. 
 
 W. N. W. frefli breeze '; cloudy 
 
 with fqua'ls. 
 N. N. E. moderate wind; cloudy. 
 N. E. ftrong breezes and fqually. 
 N. N.E. ftitF breeze; clear, then 
 
 cloudy. 
 N. moderate breeze ; fine v/cathcr. 
 
 X.N.E. moderate ar.d clear ; then 
 
 cIoLidy. 
 X. E. light breeze ; cloudv. 
 X. E. moderate breeze ; fine wea- 
 ther. 
 E. X. E. moderate breeze; very 
 
 fine weather. 
 V,. X. E. moderate and cloudy; 
 
 then clear. 
 X. E. taint breeze; fine. 
 X. K. by X. light bree.x- ; clear. I 
 N. E. bv. N. moderate breeze -J 
 
 cloudy. "\ 
 
 V,. variable ; cloudy and fliowery . ; 
 X .IC.bvX.frcfh breeze and cloudy . I 
 X*. \\. moderate breeze ; cloudy, j 
 L'a'nn, cioudy, and ftormy. j 
 
 Calm ; ftormy. ; 
 
 X. fc. by E. very faint br(-''ze;| 
 
 itormv. j 
 
 K. X. E. light breeze ; '.tinr'.v. 
 !''. ^1. E. trelh breez'; v. iili I'^-ual'.i; 
 
 ch^udv', and rainy. 
 h. X. E. faint wii;d, ,iua.b- ; tlien 
 
 fair. 
 Calm ; a little eluudy. 
 El. S. E. iainit bree/e ar.d \\\\i. wea- 
 
 tber. 
 . K. '.e-y light ..:. , fn^n 
 S, F, n^aallv ; caii);_, rain
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Time. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 obferved. 
 
 North. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 ' North. 
 
 Longitude 
 
 obferved. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 Longitude 
 bv account. 
 ' Weft. 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 1791. 
 
 1 II 
 
 / // 
 
 1 II 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 // 
 
 
 
 
 / II 
 
 No'v ember 1 C 
 
 5 32 56 
 
 5 31 19 
 
 20 6 18 
 
 18 
 
 27 
 
 36 
 
 
 13 
 
 59 4 
 
 17 
 
 \9 
 
 
 5 13 40 
 5 3 46 
 
 
 18 
 19 
 
 18 
 
 59 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 5 3 29 
 4 42 26 
 
 4 42 oS 
 
 20 12 45 
 
 47 
 
 3 
 
 
 4 41 19 
 
 19 26 36 
 
 18 
 
 34 
 
 10 
 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 4 30 3S 
 4 28 39 
 3 49 00 
 
 4 23 2,^ 
 4 17 39 
 3 30 46 
 
 18 38 24 
 18 56 18 
 
 18 
 18 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 43 
 
 37 
 12 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 18 
 
 10 
 
 s. r. 
 
 13 
 
 42 S6 
 
 24 
 
 3 16 55 
 
 2 59 00 
 
 20 49 13 
 
 19 
 
 od 
 
 ou 
 
 S.S. 
 
 14 
 
 '6^ 3 
 
 25 
 
 2 58 00 
 
 2 53 34 
 
 22 6 12 
 
 20 
 
 54 
 
 00 
 
 s. s. 
 
 14 
 
 28 36 
 
 26 
 
 2 5 37 
 
 2 1 55 
 
 23 19 36 
 
 21 
 
 33 
 
 4 
 
 s. s. 
 
 12 
 
 29 00 
 
 27 
 
 1 20 19 
 
 1 17 57 
 
 24 19 20 
 
 22 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 s. s. 
 
 11 
 
 42 00 
 
 28 
 
 30 55 
 
 Latitude 
 South. 
 
 36 35 
 
 Latitude 
 South. 
 
 25 17 13 
 
 22 
 
 38 
 
 49 
 
 s. r. 
 
 11 
 
 18 00 
 
 29 
 
 39 12 
 
 26 12!26 19 36 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 
 30 
 
 s. s. 
 
 10 
 
 44 53 
 
 80 
 
 1 32 49 
 
 1 34 19i27 12 18 
 
 24 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 do. 
 
 8 
 
 46 00 
 
 Decefnber 1 
 
 2 34 49 
 
 2 34 20 
 
 28 12 17 
 
 24 
 
 36 
 
 10 
 
 do. 
 
 8 
 
 19 24 
 
 " 
 
 3 52 25 
 
 3 49 35 
 
 29 4 18 
 
 24 
 
 59 
 
 38 
 
 do. 
 
 8 
 
 58 47 
 
 ,s 
 
 5 10 26 
 
 5 4 26 
 
 30 8 3 
 
 25 
 
 29 
 
 37 
 
 do. 
 
 7 
 
 49 18 
 
 4 
 
 6 28 35 
 
 6 15 54 
 
 30 42 36 
 
 25 
 
 56 
 
 14 
 
 do. 
 
 7 
 
 14 bQ 
 
 
 7 34 3 1 
 
 7 24 34 
 
 30 5 8 14 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 do. 
 
 6 
 
 bQ 18 
 
 (. 
 
 9 2 3 0- 
 
 S 57 in 
 
 3 1 ig 26 
 
 26 
 
 5 
 
 12 
 
 do. 
 
 5 
 
 24 4 8 
 
 / 
 
 10 34 26 
 
 10 24 2.1 
 
 31 43 40 
 
 26 
 
 24 
 
 36 
 
 do. 
 
 5 
 
 26 30 
 
 8 
 
 11 43 12 
 
 11 3 8 bi") 
 
 31 3 8 17 
 
 25 
 
 59 
 
 3 8 
 
 do. 
 
 3 
 
 49 19 
 
 P 
 
 12 46 33 
 
 12 33 18 
 
 31 8 14 
 
 25 
 
 28 
 
 34 
 
 do. 
 
 4 
 
 16 56 
 
 10 
 
 14 14 24 
 
 14 4 25 
 
 30 29 3F~ 
 
 24 
 
 3S 
 
 39 
 
 do. 
 
 3 
 
 58 00 
 
 1 1 
 
 15 42 4fi 
 
 15 41 26 20 43 12 
 
 J 3 
 
 43 
 
 30 
 
 dl. 
 
 4 
 
 8 54 
 
 12 
 
 16 5'j l.i 
 
 16 47 4S 
 
 29 6 3S 
 
 23 
 
 6 
 
 32 
 
 do. 
 
 5 
 
 13 36' 
 
 1; 
 
 ! 8 6 20 
 
 17 56 28 
 
 2 8 3 8 40 
 
 
 39 
 
 42 
 
 do. 
 
 5 
 
 00 CO
 
 OF THE ESPERANCE. 
 
 Time. 
 
 179J- 
 
 No'v. 1 (i 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 21 
 
 I'urhition 
 of the Conipafs. 
 
 Well. 
 
 K 
 
 14 [17 2A- 2\ 
 
 14 49 yC ei .8 
 
 'J'J.O 
 
 '2.0 
 
 23 az. 14 26 SU 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 ;J0 
 
 D.r. 1 
 
 12 16 56' 
 11 3 a 19 
 
 11 23 14 
 
 39 5 
 
 2|S. r. 7 22 54 
 
 4::iz. 
 
 tj a/.. 
 
 7 00 IS 
 
 .];') 4p 
 5 24 .3:> 
 
 2 2.0 
 
 2 1 . t) 
 2 1 . 9 
 21 b 
 21 .7 
 
 21.2 
 
 Bar cm- 
 
 U'hids and U'father. 
 
 2.0 
 1.9 
 
 28 2.0 
 
 2 8 
 
 1 . 8 
 1 . 1 
 
 28 0.8 
 
 1 .2 
 1 . 1 
 
 1 .3 
 1 .8 
 
 1 .8 
 
 28 2.1 
 
 2 8 1.8 
 
 2 1 . 2 ! 2 8 
 
 21., 
 
 2 1 . 
 21.4 
 
 i 
 
 3 
 
 9 J 2. 
 
 0' 
 
 K.) a/.. 
 
 J 
 
 11 s. r. 
 
 4 
 
 l-j,az. 
 
 b 
 
 2 8 2 
 
 28 2.0 
 
 28 2.1 
 
 2 8 2.3 
 -'8 2.; 
 
 S. S. K. light air ; cloudy. 
 Calm ; rainy. 
 
 S. S, W. faint brec/.c ; fine wea- 
 ther ; rlicii rainy. 
 
 S. S. \V. variable ; frefli breeze, 
 very rainy. 
 
 S. S. W. fcjually with rain. 
 
 E. S. E. almoft calm ; cloudy with 
 rain. 
 
 S. S. E. moderate breeze and 
 fqualiy. 
 
 S. 3: E. frefh breezes, and fqually. 
 
 S . S . E . moderate breezes and cloud v 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 S. E. light breeze ; cloudy. 
 
 S. E. by S. moderate breezes and 
 fine weather. 
 
 1 : az. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 S, E. moderate breezes and cloudy. 
 
 S.E. moderate wind 5 cloudy; then 
 
 Icar. 
 S. E. by E. moderate and cloudy ; 
 then clear. 
 
 D::to. 
 
 H. S. E. light breezes, cloudy ; 
 
 fine weather. 
 E. by S. light wind ; cloudy ; fair. 
 E. bv S. freih breczts, an(i cloudy ; I 
 
 , '^^'^' . J 
 
 E. moderate wip.d ; clor.dy ; fine.! 
 
 K. by N. iroJcrare breeze, cloudy ; ! 
 
 fiiic. 
 E. X. E. modev.rc breezes ; fine 
 
 w^'athcr ; fir.ail rain. 
 N.E. bv \i. trcfli breezes ; cloudy, 
 
 but fair. 
 
 18 V^K'tJ.;. '-'8 S .(j'From xV. E. to E. frcfh breeze ; 
 I i j cloiiJ.)'; fair. 
 
 : 40 54:20, ,5 '-3 o 9 E. bv Ts. moderate, cloudy, fine 
 
 ' svcather. 
 
 5 18 1721 .(, 
 
 I 
 
 j 44 12^21 .(.) -.6 2. 8 
 
 5W 3,!20.7l28 Q.5 
 
 i i 
 
 4 8 00:20.0,28 2.8 
 
 5 00:J^.J:28 3.5
 
 6' 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Time. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 oblerved. 
 
 South. 
 
 17)1. 
 
 December 14} If) 9 3(i 
 ib\ 
 
 l6ll'2 IJ 27 
 
 17 23 48 14 
 
 I 
 
 1SJ5.-, 20 .3 2 
 
 !(;|2(j 35 17 
 
 20 27 28 2'~J 
 
 21 ' 
 
 { 
 
 22|28 49 48 
 
 i 
 
 2.! 
 
 i 
 
 24 27 4g .58 
 
 '![) .33 .54 
 M) 44 4'; 
 
 2;i3 1 16 24 
 
 2<>i3 1 3 2 .54 
 
 30!.. 1 -U) :iS 
 
 :vi!;j2 17 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 South. 
 
 19 6 34 
 
 20 52 19 
 
 22 3 59 
 
 23 2 7 13 
 
 Longitude 
 oblervcd. 
 Well. 
 
 28 19 34 
 28 26 12 
 
 28 3 8 44 
 
 29 15 3 6 
 
 25 9 24129 27 18 
 
 26 32 27 1 29 29 4 
 
 27 18 59 28 18 3<S 
 
 1792. 
 
 32 l(j 5 
 
 3i32 42 43 
 
 r I 
 
 132 49 34 
 (2 5 5 4 
 
 ','J. 5 40 
 
 40 
 
 28 6 44 
 2? 92 50 
 
 2 8 33 36 
 
 27 ol 28 
 
 28 19 34 
 
 29 16 3(} 
 
 30 42 54 
 
 30 53 54 
 
 3 1 23 24 
 3 1 .3 8 44 
 5-2 4 32 
 
 3 1 22 34 
 
 32 2 8 38 
 3 2 lib 44 
 
 32 5 1 38 
 32 52 37 
 
 25 43 10 
 
 24 6 3 6 
 22 44 3..; 
 22 9 3(. 
 2 2 2(3 \h 
 22 54 18 
 
 Longitude 
 
 b\' account. 
 
 Wdi. 
 
 22 20 10 
 
 22 2O 18 
 
 22 27 12 
 
 22 54 10 
 
 2319 4 
 
 23 7 14 
 
 22 8 3 
 
 19 43 2 
 
 i 8 9 i 
 l(i 49 
 
 IG 23 
 
 16 44 7 
 
 17 22 1^ 
 
 Variation 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 o / // 
 
 s. s. 5 17 2O 
 
 ds. 4 40 00 
 
 do. 5 18 17 
 
 do. 4 18 4(3 
 
 s. r. 1 50 3(; 
 
 (/s. 2 54 00 
 
 do. 3 3 0" 00 
 
 ?2 38 17 17 16 I. 
 
 21 5G 14 1 16 2G If; 
 19 49 3 8 14 3-; 17 
 
 17 45 17 
 
 15 44 12 
 
 13 34 39 
 
 9 35 17 
 
 9 49 
 
 7 12 17 
 5 59 14 
 
 4 17 12 
 
 32 48 12 1 II 1(; 
 
 12 4G 1-! 
 10 5 8 io 
 
 4 46 34 
 
 s. S. 5 oO 30 
 .s. r. G 14 4;; 
 
 ^, r. 
 
 4 10 
 
 9 4 8].^. r. ;j 49 18 
 
 7 9 l'-' '''^- 7 57 10 
 4 59 12 
 
 .3 14 8 
 2 14 7 
 
 39 18 
 Lovp^itude 
 Kail. 
 
 2 2!'i 10 
 
 ./7. 10 55 24 
 ->. S. 13 3 7 28 
 
 do. 14 44 00 
 
 dc, iG :< '2 9
 
 OF THE ESPE RANGE. 
 
 Tune. 
 
 17Q2- 
 Dec. 14laz 
 
 Varliit'ion 
 
 )f the C'onipafs, 
 
 Wtli. 
 
 v; 
 
 Bar 
 
 \ ()|a/,. 
 i 
 
 17!:.^.. 
 
 t 
 1 S a?,, 
 n.ia/. 
 
 17')-'. 
 
 ' "i o I. 1. 
 
 :;.") ! 1 ''jo^ '-' ~'8 4 .0 
 l^u.M^Js 4.2 
 
 18 ^;Ul'J0.4!'-' '-.'.(J 
 
 I- G 3 4 I Q 
 
 - 
 
 'J V.b 44 
 4 18 5,S 
 
 !'/, 5 .'>'-. ;jo 
 
 1 9 . 
 
 19.4 
 
 Uj 4 
 ly .0 
 
 19., 'j 
 
 18.0 
 
 17.G 
 
 i 8 . b 
 17 
 10.7 
 
 ::.'s'a7.. tJ }()' 4717.-'^ 
 
 "o| I 17.8 
 
 .J ! li/.. tj lb ! jj 17 t> - 
 
 JVinds and Weather. 
 
 E. light breeze, fair. 
 E. by S. fqually. 
 
 E.bv .'^. moderate breeze : r loudv : 
 fair. 
 'a 5 . 2 E. by S. frcfii breezes and cloud}- ; 
 
 fair. 
 2 8 5 .0 Ditto. 
 -'8 4.5 . moderate breezes ; fkvovcrcaft. 
 'J 8 3.5 From E. ro N. moderate breezes ; 
 fair ; cloudv. 
 N. N. W. moderate and fair ; a 
 little cloudv. 
 8 2..y N.W. : W. N. W. light breezes 
 and cloudy with rain. 
 'J 8 3.8 W. : b. S. E. freJl-i breezes and 
 
 cloud\-. 
 C 8 ;'. . .'> S. S. E. :' E.S.E. ftrong breezes and 
 
 cloud'.-. 
 ~'8 4.0,S. E. frefn breeze; cloudy with 
 
 rain. 
 '-'8 4.8;S. E. bvE. mcdcr:;tc breeze: and 
 
 I cloud.-. 
 ^-8 4 - :E. moderate and cloudy; fair wea- 
 
 i thcr. 
 28 3 .9IN. E.: N.u.int-'.\ ind, ilneu'caihcr. 
 '-8 3 .()|N. E. by E. moderate; fair. 
 J 8 3. It, IN. moderate; fair. 
 
 0.o|X. X. E. moder;ue gale^ and line 
 weather. 
 
 b (i 3 5 1 1 7 . 7 
 
 |az. b 5b 0'J| 17.7 
 Mc./, 9 bi) 2.") I 1 8 
 
 ;;;/.. 13 .')4 59 1 18.0 
 
 C'8 3.3 
 
 N. N. E. : N. by E. moderate and 
 I cloudy ; fair. 
 8 3 . ::: ' Ditto. 
 8 3 4 X. bv E.: N. frcTi breeze, cloudy; 
 
 I fai'r. 
 8 4.1 X. by E. ; N- moderare and fair. 
 '\:v/.. 13 4b 18I17.QI2;:. 4 . X. : X.N.E. liant eiij and Joud^ : 
 
 I ill f^ur. 
 
 b uz. 15 IS 9,17.823 3 .3, X. moderate and faie. 
 
 1 : 
 
 M 18 .OleS 1 .7 X. i 
 
 W. [veil brce 
 thtr. 
 
 fdi
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Time. 
 
 Latitude 
 oblcrved. 
 South. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 South. 
 
 L^ongitude 
 
 oblcrved. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 L^ongitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 
 179=. 
 yanua ry 
 
 8 
 
 1 II 
 
 3 2 3 8 17 
 
 
 32 
 
 1 II 
 56 34 
 
 Q 1 II 
 
 1 53 30 
 
 / // 
 5 23 30 
 
 1 II 
 
 
 9 
 
 32 57 S I' 
 
 3 2 
 
 3 24 
 
 4 3 18 
 
 7 2 34 
 
 s. s. 
 
 17 49 GO 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 33 00 24 
 
 32 
 
 58 56 
 
 4 40 l(j 
 
 7 35 39 
 
 s. r. 
 
 20 14 00 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 3 2 47 3(; 
 
 30 
 
 2 1 4 
 
 5 17 34 
 
 8 14 36 
 
 s. s. 
 
 21 54 40 
 
 
 
 v: 
 
 13 
 
 .;2 .'j') 24 
 >J 62 12 
 
 .:.;3 
 3 2 
 
 3 24 
 59 li? 
 
 1 
 7 14 19! 40 14 
 
 
 
 
 8 53 4 8 
 
 11 34 42 
 
 s. r. 
 
 21 46 00 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 33 14 54 
 
 33 
 
 23 20 
 
 10 44 17 
 
 13 12 48 
 
 s. s. 
 
 22 17 22 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 33 30 30 
 
 33 
 
 40 10 
 
 12 lO 14 32 14 
 
 s. r. 
 
 22 34 30 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 34 3 20 
 
 34 
 
 8 18 
 
 13 37 10 
 
 17 3 12 
 
 8. r. 
 
 24 14 16 
 
 
 AtthcCapeof 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Good Hope. 
 tcbruary \~ 
 
 34 8 54 
 
 34 
 
 17 4 
 
 
 16 8 34 
 
 s. s. 
 
 24 19 34 
 
 
 
 18 
 ly 
 
 
 34 
 34 
 
 12 3 
 
 3 8 4 4 
 
 
 
 15 33 10 
 
 lO 24 18 
 
 
 
 
 s. r. 
 
 23 10 49 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 34 4 6 1(] 
 
 35 
 
 5 2 42 
 
 17 24 3 
 
 18 14 30 
 
 s. s. 
 
 25 14 19 
 
 
 
 ] 
 
 34 5g lO 
 34 53 54 
 
 S 5 
 
 9 1 
 
 K) 27 4 8 19 3 8 47 
 20 8 45 20 19 58 
 
 
 
 
 
 00 
 
 34 
 
 54 14 
 
 s. s. 
 
 26 19 3 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 34 3 3 10 
 
 34 
 
 4 3 5 
 
 I 
 2 2 12 4 22 17 54 
 
 s, r. 
 
 23 42 10 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 34 IG 12 
 
 34 
 
 17 32 
 
 24 42 10 23 2 12 
 
 s, s. 
 
 27 ^5 00 
 
 
 
 .5 
 
 34 12 00 
 
 33 
 
 5 5 12 
 
 24 18 13 
 
 25 iG 4 
 
 s. r. 
 
 27 14 00 
 
 
 
 SC) 
 
 
 3' 3 
 
 {.) 14 
 
 20 4 20 
 
 24 4 8 00 
 
 ". s. 
 
 28 10 10 
 
 
 
 ,,_ 
 
 3 3 24 10 
 
 3 5 
 
 5 10 
 
 27 3 32 
 
 27 24 00 
 
 s. r. 
 
 28 12 14 
 
 
 
 1 
 2h. 
 
 3 3 18 40 
 
 3 -> 
 
 22 4 
 
 28 22 34 
 
 2 8 8 15 
 
 .s, s. 
 
 28 14 
 
 
 
 2(,: 
 
 
 
 3 3 
 
 3 5 4. J 
 
 
 29 40 32 
 
 do. 
 
 2 8 12 00 
 
 
 1 " ! 
 
 1 
 
 3 5 \G 30 
 
 35 
 
 22 5-1 
 
 3 2 59 4 
 
 3 2 3 7 3 4 
 
 do. 
 
 2 3 34 3 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 34 45 34 
 
 34 
 
 50 20 
 
 33 43 SO 
 
 30 13 24 
 
 do. 
 
 28 4() 00 
 
 
 
 ' 1 
 
 3 4 52 00 
 
 .;4 
 
 3 2 14 
 
 3 8 14 lo 
 
 i8 10 34 
 
 s. r. 
 
 30 30 32 

 
 OF THE ESl'ERANCF. 
 
 
 
 Villi ati on | ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 Time, i of 
 
 the (^OHipafs. 1 t 
 
 Ba 
 
 rom. 
 
 irmds and /r.r;.'*,T. 
 
 
 1 
 
 Weil. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 179-. : 
 
 1 II 
 
 i. 
 
 1. 
 
 
 Jan. 8 az. 
 
 1() .'Jij (iU 18 i 
 j 
 
 J 8 
 
 2 . .5 ' N. N. W. frcfli breezes and clear ; 
 ! then c;!oi:e.v. 
 
 
 9 ;'^-. 
 
 17 ::;; :)(i| 18. i 
 
 i 
 
 J 8 
 
 4.0 
 
 N. N. W. : N. by E. liaht air : 
 fniall rain ; fair. 
 
 
 ) U a/,. 
 
 i;i i() ;;ii8.4 
 
 2 8 
 
 4. . (J 
 
 N. W. faint wind; thea calm; 
 cloudy, but fair. 
 
 
 ; 1 a 7.. 
 
 20 2u 4G| 10 ,0 
 
 2 8 
 
 4- . 
 
 \V. I\. \V, very Hgbl ?{):', ; fair, 
 then foggy. 
 
 
 \2 . . 
 
 
 18.8 
 17.0 
 
 2 8 
 ,'8 
 
 3 . (- 
 3 . 1 
 
 W. vcrv la'.nt ; fair; cIoikI^. 
 W. S. VV. : W. mwderate, cloudy. 
 
 
 1,; a/,. 
 
 2 1 ,-.;) 44 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 rb.en clear. 
 
 
 11 a/,. 
 
 2-' 14 'J 'J 
 
 ! 8 . 
 
 "8 
 
 2.3 
 
 W, moderate and clo'adv, then clear 
 
 
 l./s.s. 
 
 2 3 i .s 4 8 ! 8 . 3 
 
 .'8 
 
 1.5 
 
 W. X. Vv. ir.oderate breezei; and 
 Ci )e.dy ; fair. 
 
 
 1 n a/.. 
 
 i 
 
 24 18 -,:; l(j 5 
 1 
 
 ,8 
 
 1 . j 
 
 N. N. \V.; N. frefn breezes and 
 cloudy^ v/idi a iiuie rain. 
 
 
 I'fb. 17 a/,. 
 
 j 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 24 :2 .:u' I,-) .0 
 
 2 8 
 
 4.0 
 
 S.S. E. hardf]U-dls; cloudy -:\uv\ 
 raJn. 1? 
 
 
 t 
 
 181.. 
 
 ,-,.,:, 
 
 28 
 
 4 . 2 
 
 S. S. W. [VeOi breezes, c!oud^ . i 
 
 
 l();az. 
 
 23 16 !o!l8 2 
 
 1 
 j 
 
 2 8 
 
 2 . 7 
 
 S. S.W. : W.S.W. i:]cd.-ra.e:!r:d^ 
 cloud v% 1 
 
 
 L'O az. 
 
 i 
 
 24 50 12:17.0 
 
 28 
 
 2.0 
 
 W. : n! N. W. h-cH: breezes and! ' 
 cioudv. ! 
 
 
 21 . . 
 
 !().(} 
 
 2 8 
 
 4.0 
 
 N. W. ilron^ breezes and clondv.j 
 
 
 I'L' a^. 
 
 ; -> 3;) 8 U;.0 
 i 
 
 2 8 
 
 1-y 
 
 W.S.W.:N:N.W,!lgh:br-ze;i;! 
 prefty f dr. ^ jj 
 
 
 23 s. s 
 
 i 
 
 2.1 \'< O'illS.O 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 27 
 
 8.5 
 
 W.?s.^V. : \V. frcfn breezes : to-il 
 Icrab' . bdr. \ 
 
 
 1 
 
 !l7.l 
 
 ?8 
 
 u . 3' 
 
 W, S. W. llrong breezes ; fair : ' 
 fqurdly. 
 
 
 2,") az, 
 
 j 
 
 27 i^5 <^i! 18 3 
 1 
 
 2 8 
 
 2.7 
 
 E, by N, ftrong breezes; thenj 
 liglit wir.ds ; eieir. i 
 
 
 20 . . 
 
 ! ' p fl 
 
 28 
 
 0,0 
 
 E.A',K.-. N.E. '^.rcngb'-eeze: fair. ! 
 
 
 27 az. 
 
 '- - 17 -^ : ' ' 1 n 
 
 2 3 
 
 2 . 
 
 N .\^Miglit bre.'z ?; v."l f urvveathcr ' 
 
 
 2 8 az. 
 
 28 n 30 18.4 
 
 2 8 
 
 2 . 7 
 
 S. F. dgh': air^, tlien calm ; fair. 
 
 
 2() ;;z. 
 
 28 1 -^ .:o^ if). - 
 
 ? " 
 
 10.0 
 
 N.F. :-p,oder-. e breezes; fair, then 
 
 1 
 
 Mar. 1 az. 
 
 j 
 
 1 
 2 8 ,=:8 00 13.8 
 1 
 
 27 
 
 11 .5 
 
 W.: W: N.W. freHi breezes, then 
 
 fnr. _ j 
 N. W.!l:i.!T!,n-eeze; fair,thcncloudv. 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 az. 
 
 1 
 2 8 24 36''. 8 
 
 23 
 
 1 .2 
 
 
 3 az. 
 
 30 4.^ -i:s.3 
 
 :28 
 
 3 .0 
 
 . N. irelh breeze ; fair. 
 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 i b
 
 10 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Ti 
 
 1792. 
 March 
 
 14 
 
 Latitude I Latitude i Lottpitude 
 obferved. I by account. | oblcrvcd. 
 South. Souili. I Eaft. 
 
 o / // o ' // o 
 
 ;U So 07!34 SS 44i . . 
 
 134 40 54|42 2i' I'J 
 
 i 
 
 4 41 J 2, .34 42 34:43 36" 44 
 
 i34 41 30; 44 3 35 
 
 35 23 18 35 29 14J44 54 18 
 
 34 54 14 
 
 35 42 8,35 54 34 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 30 22 bSb 8 1-1 
 
 iC) 44 20 30 44 52 
 
 30 43 34 30 48 34 
 
 I 
 
 37 iG 4(j 37 11 3() 
 
 15|36 13 44 '30 1 
 
 8 4 
 
 47 4 34 
 49 25 32 
 
 Longitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 
 40 
 
 18 
 
 8 
 
 34 
 
 8 
 
 58 
 
 5 8 
 
 // 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 
 / 
 
 // 
 
 4'.^ 
 
 
 43 
 
 
 44 
 44 
 
 s. s. 
 
 27 34 
 
 19 
 
 40 
 
 
 4-0 
 
 
 49 14 13 
 
 5 2 54 38J52 44 30 
 
 b'.J 13 19J52 20 12 
 
 53 33 40 1 53 34 6 
 
 I 
 
 ;'4 5 42154 9 34 
 
 20 
 
 36 53 52,30 49 34:54 3() 2ii54 38 34 
 
 '37 40 14i55 53 52 50 
 
 '7 55 38 4 30 
 
 57 49 
 
 :iS 2 47 38 27! 50 12 34 5 8 4 5 10 
 
 Fariation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 s. s. 20 49 50 
 
 s. r, 20 30 00 
 
 s. s. 20 34 38 
 
 s. r. 2O 24 00 
 
 s. i. 20 13 15 
 
 b. s. 24 49 3y 
 
 S. s. 24 2O 00 
 
 s. s. 24 59 00 
 
 38 12 38 38 9 4I<)0 18 20(00 4 8!S-r. 25 32 I9 
 
 3 8 3u 
 
 Ol 54 3G1OI i'^.i iois. r. 23 19 48 
 
 '38 20 42 3S 28 14 04 lO 12 
 
 .,!< 
 
 i8 9 45 :;8 22 4, 
 
 04 IS Oo's. S. 24 40 38 
 
 60 34 20 
 
 S7 15 44 37 14 ,;0!08 4 18107 59 32 
 
 30 49 S6 'Mj 54 3.S 
 
 37 4 49 37 1 8 49 
 
 ;0 48 30 30 54 It 
 
 ^7 33 37 33 4 8 
 i8 45 34 39 4 12 
 
 s. r. 23 48 1. 
 
 (i^ 43 47!08 38 44 s. r. 23 14 b'^\ 
 
 70 48 IOJ70 5S 10 
 
 72 8 10|7i 59 4 s. r. 20 Ijj 
 
 74 24 18174 8 Kjjs. s. 20 15 12 
 
 . . < 177 5 1 4 s. s. 1,7 43 39
 
 OF THE ESPKRAXCF,. 
 
 11 
 
 Time. 
 
 of 
 
 Variation 
 the Compafs. 
 
 ^ 
 ^ 
 
 Barom. 
 
 ff^iricis and JVdathtir. 
 
 
 1792. 
 Mur. 4 
 
 / // 
 
 
 
 18.0 
 
 i. 
 
 2 8 
 
 1. 
 
 3 .3 
 
 N.E.byK. frcfh breeze ; then light 
 airs : very cloudy. 
 
 
 
 
 
 '' 
 
 
 
 17.1 
 
 'J s 
 
 2.4 
 
 N. K. bv N. moderate and cloudy 
 with rain. 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 az. 
 
 'J 8 5G '2 id 
 
 18. 7 
 
 2 8 
 
 3.0 
 
 N. W. moderate, then calm ; fair ; 
 a little cloudy. 
 
 
 7 
 
 az. 
 
 27 14 34 
 
 17.0 
 
 2 8 
 
 4.0 
 
 E. S. ]{, : S. light breeze ; cloudv. 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 18.0128 
 
 1 
 
 3.9 
 
 E. S. E. : N. N. E. light breeze : 
 
 cloudy. 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 15.o|28 
 
 5 .0 
 
 From N. N. W. to S. S. W. frefh 
 breezes and cloudy. 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 lU.0'28 
 
 (i.O 
 
 E. S. E. : E. N. E. fre(h breeze ; 
 cloudy, with fmall rain. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 az. 
 
 2G 54 \V, 
 
 17.0 28 
 
 3.0 
 
 N.E.byE. : N.N.E. f'relh. breeze ; 
 cloudv. 
 
 
 12 
 1;; 
 
 
 
 17 .Oj28 
 lO.O 28 
 
 i . () 
 5 .0 
 
 N. N. E. ftiff breeze; cloudy. 
 N. N. E. faint winds, then calm ; 
 
 
 az. 
 
 26 4 5 3t^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloudy, then very fine. 
 
 
 l-i'az. 
 
 j i 
 
 2() ;;.j 00 
 
 iG.O 28 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 5 .0 
 
 E.S.E.: E.N.E.vcry light breeze; 
 dull weather. 
 
 
 1 ; 
 
 15 . . 
 
 1 i 
 
 
 15 .o;2g 
 
 i 
 
 6.3 
 
 K. S. E.: S, S. E. moderate breeze-. 
 and dark v/e;ither. 
 
 
 ' l(j 
 
 az. 
 
 24 5 2 11 
 
 14.8 
 
 it p 
 
 7.0 
 
 S.E. : E. moderate wind ; gloomy. 
 
 
 17 
 
 az. 
 
 24 37 40 
 
 15.0 
 
 ' "^ 
 
 5 .() 
 
 E. : N, E. moderate brec/.es and 
 dull weather. 
 
 
 18 
 
 az. 
 
 25 41 00 
 
 iG.o 
 
 2 8 
 
 5 .0 
 
 N. E. : N. X. W. moderate and 
 cloudv. 
 
 
 ly 
 
 az. 
 
 24 20 00 
 
 iti.o 
 
 2 8 
 
 6.0 
 
 X. X. W. : N. W. light bree/,c: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and fair. 
 
 
 20 
 
 az. 
 
 25 Mj 24 
 
 ](j.0 
 
 2 8 
 
 G . 5 
 
 N.X.E. : N.E. verv light breeze ; 
 fair. 
 
 
 L'l nz. 
 
 25 30 00 
 
 15.0 
 
 2 8 
 
 5 .5 
 
 E.X.E. : X.N.E, moderate ; very 
 fine weather. 
 
 
 ! '-' 
 
 
 
 15.0 
 
 2 8 
 
 .'! . 8 
 
 X.X.E. : N.X.W. frdk breeze; 
 tair. 
 
 
 i.'3 
 
 
 
 1 3 . 
 
 2 8 
 
 3,G 
 
 X.W. ; S, freili breeze, lair; then 
 cloudy. 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 12.0 
 
 2*^ 
 
 5 .G 
 
 S. ; S, S. E. frefli breeze ; cloudv. 
 
 
 i: .') 
 
 
 
 13.328 
 
 G.O 
 
 S. : S.S. W. light breeze ; fiir. 
 
 
 CO 
 
 az. 
 
 KJ 3 2 54 
 
 14.0 28 
 
 5.0 
 
 W. : S. moderate breezes and fair. 
 
 
 27 
 'J 8 
 
 
 
 13 .5 28 
 
 5 .8 
 3 .0 
 
 S.W. : S.E. light breezes and tair. 
 
 X.N.W, frefh breezes andclcuily. 
 
 
 s. r 
 
 18 44 5 
 
 15 .0 
 
 2 8 
 
 
 '-'9 
 
 
 
 15 .0 
 
 2 8 
 
 U 2 
 
 X.N.W.veryfrerii breeze, cloudy. 
 
 
 

 
 12 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Time. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 oblerved. 
 
 South. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 South. 
 
 Longitude 
 oblerved. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 i.ongitnde 1 
 by Mccount. 
 Eaft. 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 1702. 
 March SO 
 31 
 
 1 
 G / II 1 II 
 
 3(; 25 34 '30 30 5 8 
 3y ., 4'! 40 7 55 
 
 1 II 1 
 80 4 32 79 48 
 82 23 3G 82 14 
 
 // 
 49 
 
 1 II 
 
 
 April 1 
 
 IC 12 !2rv41 2 
 
 84 59 14 
 
 85 3 
 
 40 
 
 s.s. iG 4 53 
 
 ri 
 
 .:o 5G IS ',41 Q IS 
 
 3 8 14 19 87 48 
 
 10 
 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 40 45 IGI40 34 00 
 
 41 3 3() 41 IQ 26 
 
 90 2G IS 
 02 50 4 
 
 90 22 
 93 5 
 
 14 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 41 34 00:41 4G 11 
 
 OG 5 8 SS 
 
 96 41 
 
 38 
 
 s.r. 18 iG 10 
 
 (i 
 
 42 5 18' 1C ;! 14 
 
 100 25 19 
 
 '00 18 
 
 8 
 
 s.s, 19 8 10 
 
 7 
 
 i-2 17 10 
 
 
 104 7 
 !06 49 
 
 
 39 
 
 
 ! 
 
 4 2 15 iG'42 32 iCi 
 i 
 
 !0G 3 5 3') 
 
 s.s. IS 14 13 
 
 9 
 10 
 
 K2,3G 34 
 
 142 59 32 
 
 
 110 8 
 1 1 4 3 5 
 
 12 
 1.1 
 
 s.ii. 14 18 30 
 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 IC 
 
 4^5 54 53'-J3 14 4.' 
 
 llG 59 18 
 
 11712 
 119 3 G 
 
 I 
 
 
 42 42 46 
 
 
 !-. S. 8 14 19 
 
 13 
 14 
 
 4 1 3 G 1 " 
 
 
 1 '' 5 1 
 
 4 
 
 
 42 2 . ; 4 "^ 3 10 
 
 123 4 8 1^' 
 
 X'''!, 3 2 
 
 H 
 
 
 1 5 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 42 5 19^42 18 K> 
 
 1 
 42 24 25 '42 42 15 
 
 
 127 27 
 129 41 
 
 
 
 IG 
 
 128 4 2 1 1 
 
 40 
 
 
 17 
 
 ift 
 
 44 7 54 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 i3 1 3 2 
 
 18 
 
 3, s. 1 54 00 
 
 EajL 
 
 
 44 32 3Gl 13G 14 4 
 
 1 1 ' 1 
 
 \:ib 18 
 
 IS 
 
 s.s. 294 
 
 l<j 
 
 1 ' i 
 43 32 5344 S3 24|13H 22 3 
 
 139 5 
 
 19 
 
 s.r. 1 59 32 
 
 5:0 
 
 At C.pc 
 
 43 48 58 44 8 32 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 !41 59 32 
 
 141 59 
 
 30 
 
 s. s. 5 56 40 
 
 Div'-n. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ,V7,-/v i4i-!-.S 32 10 
 
 1 -i 4 J, &. 
 
 
 
 
 ! i i 1 
 
 

 
 OF THE ESPE RANGE. 
 
 13 
 
 Time. 
 
 1792- 
 Mar'.iQ 
 
 April 
 
 Var.ation 
 
 of the Conipafs. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 O I II 
 
 a 7.. \:l 21 10 
 
 zz. 17 44 4 8 
 
 az. 17 59 1() 
 
 K 
 
 Barom. 
 
 I. I. 
 1:3 .0 '-.'7 10 
 2711 9 
 
 r. 14 5S :. 
 
 a J4 44 
 
 10 
 
 10.0 
 
 10.0 
 
 8., 5 
 
 12. 1 
 
 12.5 
 13 
 
 1 1 .0 
 
 10.8 
 
 1 .8 
 1 .5 
 
 iC.7 
 
 2^s 7,0 
 27 9.0 
 2 8 2.5 
 
 28 .T.O 
 
 2 8 3 . 2 
 
 28 1.7 
 
 28 -3.0 
 
 2 8 2.0 
 
 -7 11-'* 
 
 2 8 1.0 
 
 28 0.5 
 
 H' . 'is and Weather. 
 
 W. : X. fqua!l\-, with rain. 
 
 N. W. : S. W, ftrong breezes ; 
 
 cloiKi)', kjuaiis. 
 W . S . \'v' . : N . N . WMlro: ig broc z cs 5 
 
 cl 'idy, fqi:;'.!!.s. 
 iS. K.VV. : S..S.V, . -rone breeze ; 
 
 heavy rijuall.s, 
 S. S. VV. ItitF breeze ; cloudy, with 
 
 !i ir'."' i'quai.'s, 
 S.\\ . ; N.W.frelh breeze; cloudy; 
 
 fair. 
 W.\.\V.frcilibree/.e;cIoudv;fair. 
 W. N. W. : K. W. frelh breeze; 
 
 cloudy ; lair. 
 N. W. ii.fh breeze. W.S.W. mo- 
 
 der.ue ; cloudv with raa,. 
 W. S. V/. : W. modera'e t)'^e.r/,c 
 
 c'ojdy. 
 N. W. llifF breeze; cloudy; V\\: 
 -\. W. itroiig breczis; cloudy; 
 
 frnall r<;in. 
 N. Vv. : W". inoderate i:rev:/,e: 
 
 C'u;l;.lr. 
 
 S. vv. : S. moderate ; cloudy an ^ 
 f:iuai:y. 
 
 y.O|28 3.0 S. K.:S..ii. hardlluialls; e'oudv. 
 fi.2J27 7.5':^. K.: W. S. W. 'ireln brecz. , 
 fair; ll^uads. 
 S. Vv'. il.-or.g breezes a;id fqualie ; 
 
 cloudv. 
 W. S. W. ftitr breeze ; a litt e 
 
 tio-;dr. 
 ^A'.S.W . Ifroncjgalci ; cloudy vvltli 
 iqualLi. 
 
 8 . 5 e 7 i o . ( i 
 10 28 3 . 1 
 12. CI' 28 3.1.1 
 
 May 14 
 
 -7,'?. 
 
 a./. 2 34 '^j 12 
 
 I 7 1 '-V. : S. S. W. iliirbrcezc ; clo; 
 j l^i-ali ndr. 
 12. 28 -i . 5 j V,'. n-- '1 preezes ; cIoli-.I)- ; fni.,. 
 rin'n it irv!\r. 
 1 3'' I 1 . : 28 1.7 ^^'.li(:'.h biee.-.e; cloud\-; heavy rail 
 
 7 33 42 
 
 . . . S. W. fqualLs ; raii;.
 
 u 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Time. 
 
 Latitude 
 obfcrved. 
 
 South. 
 
 1792. 
 May lft|43 SO 53 
 18 
 
 l\Ti43 10 55 
 25 
 
 JiiKe 
 
 28 
 
 4.3 3 8 28 
 
 20 
 
 SI 39 12 34 
 1 37 16 4: 
 
 3 5 34 38 
 34 43 57 
 34 35 47 
 
 r,;34 5 2 IS 
 i 
 
 ()io4 45 52 
 
 i 
 I 
 
 7132 32 3(; 
 
 8 1 29 5 54 
 
 f)j28 2 1 4(j 
 
 in, 
 
 11127 10 4n 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 South. 
 
 43 S3 36 
 43 21 13 
 
 12:25 5 1 2fi 
 
 ]3j24 42 12 
 
 14:24 18 00 
 
 I5I23 57 43 
 I 
 
 16 2 ^ 6 14 
 
 17,22 4.0 V^>< 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 1? 23 4 48 
 
 i 
 19 
 
 1' ' ,' i 4 2 ] 8 
 
 43 5 2 
 
 43 3 a 
 
 40 55 4 
 
 39 18 2 
 
 37 U Mi 
 
 35 28 14 
 34 52 3 8 
 34 26 4 
 
 34 3 8 48 
 
 3 4 34 12 
 
 32 42 48 
 29 39 5 4 
 28 18 42 
 27 38 3 
 ^'7 9 19 
 
 Longitude 
 obfcrved. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 146 54 19 
 
 J 5 4 8 44 
 
 24 42 23 
 
 24 12 44 
 
 23 57 33 
 
 23 8 24 
 
 22 oG 2 
 
 22 59 4 
 
 23 4 40 
 ?2 :J() 0(< 
 
 153 4 8 13 
 
 155 3 8 14 
 
 15G !2 18 
 
 158 4 8 
 
 Longitude 
 by account. 
 EalL 
 
 144 48 2 
 
 145 14 4 
 145 18 2 
 
 145 22 1 
 
 145 24 2 
 
 146 37 19 
 150 3 8 
 152 4 1 
 
 154 20 19 
 
 155 5 2 5 
 
 156 28 4 
 
 157 4Ci 2 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafii. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 59 12 3 
 159 42 54 i5C) \0 2 
 
 -s. s, 10 50 4 
 
 6. s. 10 8 00 
 
 s. S. 11 22 40 
 
 S.r. 11 oG 30 
 
 iGl 18 24 
 ](i2 52 14 
 163 13 4 
 
 164 23, 10 
 
 165 13 14 
 165 28 46 
 
 i(3l 18 54} 
 
 1 62 29 (ijs. r, 12 38 50 
 16:5 13 .'-JO'ly. S. 1 1 54 5 2 
 
 163 3 2 34!s. s, 11 23 3 ! 
 
 164 14 8 
 
 s.r. 11 18 
 
 165 8 10:?. S. 1 1 42 O'l 
 i65 13 41)8, s. 1 1 5?^ 14 
 165 24 6: 
 
 165 18 OOilO'5 24 00 3. S. 11 19 3 2 
 
 165 13 00 1 1 0' 4 5 OOs.S. 10 40 30 
 
 l';4 44 noj IO5 3 00 s. s. 10 34 54 
 
 Ui4 r.s ^7:164 24 [)~ do. 10 I7 4n 
 
 I 
 
 64 7 44 10'4 16 4 1 d3. 10 38 12 
 
 i 
 
 lfi4 
 
 n 
 
 163 24 00 1
 
 OF THE ESPERAXCE. 
 
 H 
 
 Th, 
 
 1792. 
 
 May 16 
 IH 
 
 L'ti 
 '-' / 
 
 28 
 
 JO 
 31 
 June 1 
 
 Vuriatwn 
 
 of the Cumpals. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 ?; 
 
 Barom. 
 
 IVindi anfl Weather. 
 
 I II 
 
 8 2(j :J7 
 
 az. 7 48 00 
 
 az. () ou o(j 
 
 4 1.-1/.. 11 3 8 ;> 
 
 8 . ,> 
 
 8 A) 
 10.0 
 10.'.' 
 
 y.o 
 9,0 
 
 9 '-^ 
 12.0 
 
 27 O.O'N. gentle gale and fair. 
 J 7 . 4 ' N. moderate breezes and cloudy. 
 ,'8 'J.9IVV. light airs and fair weather. 
 'Js o.OiCahn; cloudy, withfmall rain. 
 J8 2 . 7 Almoil calm ; fair. j 
 
 _'7 11. OjCalm. N. frefli breeze ; clear : then i 
 cloudy. ! 
 
 27 10 . jIN.W.: S.W. frcPAbi-eeze ; cloudy;, 
 
 I finall raiii. i 
 
 27 7 . :> ,S. W. : S. S. W. ftrong bieezes : ; 
 
 I cloudy, fcjualls. 
 
 27 ll.o'S. S. E. ftrono- p-ales ; very bad' 
 j weather. | 
 
 2S . 5 S. : S. S, E. moderate and cloudy ; ! 
 
 I then clear. | 
 
 2R ;j . S. gentle gale and fair weather, j 
 
 28 4 . o'S.W. : N. \V. light breeze:, &: fair. ' 
 2o o . 5 N. N.W. f;n!.L wind ; then mode- : 
 
 I rate brcc/e and cloudy ; fair, ij 
 28 0.3 N.N.W.:N.X.E.{quany;clcu.I;.,: 
 j j with rain at night. j| 
 
 1 4 . i > 7 11 , 1 N. : VV . very variable; f.dr.t br-ezc ; \ \ 
 I j cloudy, rain. |i 
 
 i 5 . ! 27 10. o'S.W. -.S. moderate & cloudy .fqualL |i 
 
 13.0 
 
 14 .8 
 14 .8 
 
 1 5 . 
 
 8!az. 11 4 8 0ullj.0!..'8 
 
 I I 
 
 (j az. 1 ) :..'! '.;;; 1 i 5 . :> 1 -8 2 
 
 \io"=.r. 1,> 1 K 
 11; 
 
 V/. frcfli breeze; cloud v. 
 
 1 2 az. 1 1 8 4:-. 
 
 3 5 S. W. very light airs and fair 
 
 .' . 5 S. W. moderate ar.d cloudy. 
 ; ol 28 ., . 0' S.W. lioht aiT-, : then ca'-n: cloudy. 
 l0.4J2d 2.3 W. N.W. iH.X.W.ligh: breeze; 
 
 I fair. 
 1 7 . '23 2 . u N.W. : W. frcfhi breeze ; fair. 
 1 ,'! laz. 11 :: 8 2 ^ j I b (J j 28 3 . U W. : V,'. S. V,'. light breeze; cloudv 
 
 14 I ., |)S.U|.8 3.4;W. S.W. :W. N.W. light breeze, 
 
 I i i ; *^*-'-^ calm ; cloud v, 
 
 l.o'az. 10 43 i'l'iio.O 2(3 3 5 S. ^-^ 
 
 I ill wiarhcr. 
 
 l;!'./.. H) 'iij 8 17 u .,8 3 .G V,'. S. W. lichr bretze and clear, 
 17!3. r. il 'j'.j 2| :8.0,2s 2.C,S. W. very light air^, aiid dark 
 I I weatli'.-r. 
 
 18 28 2,0 S. W. ligl.i breeze, and very fme 
 
 J w>ailier. 
 17 0128 ] .(yS. S.W. : W. F.W. light breeze; 
 I f;ir ; tiv n cloud}'. 
 -^8 1 .9 S. : S. >.. W. light breeze ; cloudy 
 i a;;d fair. 
 
 18 i^- r. 11 4 37 
 
 19 ;. r. 10 5 2 30 
 20 
 
 : 6 . f..
 
 16 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTS 
 
 Time. 
 
 Ju.e 
 
 J--b 
 
 Latitude I Latitude 
 ohCervcd. iby account. 
 
 Soutli 
 
 South . 
 
 (i 4 2 L'J o-l 
 
 2 1 o 8 1 8 
 
 'Ji 4') 2/ 
 
 21 3 8 IC) 
 
 2 1 4 2 5H 
 
 21 2 44 
 
 2s 1 20 28 on 
 
 e,,l-U i) 4 
 
 SOJ ,n 2(i 41; 
 
 18 47 54 
 : ; () 1 () t i H 
 I 7 2 i 1 s 
 1() iU o4 
 
 21 44 'M) 
 21 3(j 34 
 
 21 30 4S 
 
 2 1 08 4 4 
 
 2 1 24 4(i 
 
 20 2p 44 
 
 20 (J 1. 
 
 10 27 54 
 
 18 57 (Hi 
 
 4 5 4 b 
 
 14 27 'S[, 
 ! 2 4 8 1 tj 
 
 10 
 
 loi 7 2O 
 11 <i 
 
 Longitude 
 obferved. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 163 30 52 
 
 i()2 49 38 
 
 162 4G 2t) 
 
 102 39 28 
 
 :tJ2 3(i 39 
 
 1(J2 22 29 
 
 U)l 27 3(j 
 
 1(J1 4f' 
 
 160 34 (i 
 
 :59 bi5 44 
 
 45 4^1 !oy 32 30 
 i 
 I 
 I 
 
 r, >' :i? 
 
 1 O I 
 
 i8 
 
 :55 50 8 
 
 12 
 
 ];;; (i 13 24 
 
 I4i 5 43 14 
 
 1,-), r. ;> 53 
 
 iO: 4 .--0 8 
 
 7; 4 40 
 
 At Ne;v : 
 IrchiiiJ. j 
 
 2 1 i 
 
 14 17 5;. 
 
 12 4 8 : ; 
 
 10 5G I(i 
 
 8 47 17 154 34 
 
 7 31 4 152 54 f 
 
 i-.y^ 4 4 
 
 G ';7 20 
 
 6 24 5 2 
 
 5 4 4 ,") 
 
 3 .;;;(> 
 
 4 4 8 00 
 
 4 4 1 >:: 
 
 L'jti git tide 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eafl. 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs 
 
 Ealt. 
 
 163 29 Sis. s. 10 33 20 
 
 ! 
 
 1C3 00 00 do. 10 26 24 
 i6'2 49 32:s. r. 10 34 8 
 
 1G2 3 8 54 s. s. 10 54 7 
 
 1G2 29 2S do. 10 00 00 
 
 102 14 'Jddo. 10 6 48 
 
 iGl 48 39y&. 9 46 38 
 
 iGl 22 38' 
 
 iol 19 4G s. r, 9 6 34 
 
 I 
 IGO 46 51; 
 
 iCO 48 451 
 
 J 00 33 2; 
 
 ibO 22 5G s. z. 9 38 00 
 
 1^9 34 40 .^c. 9 4 8 
 
 158 54 ^ do. 9 14 19 
 
 !57 49 \i.)'do. 8 17 48 
 
 150 18 4 1-^/4. 8 9 38 
 
 155 17 14' 
 
 54 34 2'a'j. 8 34 00 
 
 53 817; 
 
 5 2 4 l^Vc. 8 14 00 
 
 50 17 I
 
 OF THE ESPERANCE. 
 
 17 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 
 o I i. 1. 
 
 s.r. 10 8 00 17.0 i-'S y 
 
 
 Baro 
 
 fr.'nds and H^eathcr. 
 
 s. r. 10 8 00 
 
 17.7 
 
 18.0 
 
 18.0 
 
 25'az. 10 4 39 18.0 
 
 eO's.r. y 5 8 ys 18.0 
 '27\ 17.9 
 
 .8 
 
 so' 
 
 July I 
 
 28 
 
 23 
 
 28 
 28 
 28 
 28 
 2 8 
 
 4|S. r. 9 6 00 
 
 5 S.r. 9 4 00 
 
 9 az. 8 2.J 15 
 10' 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 l.'):a7. 4 48 47 
 16' 
 
 17 
 
 24 
 
 17-0 
 18.0 
 
 18.3 
 
 19.0 
 
 20. 0128 2 
 21 .0I28 
 22.0 '28 
 
 20.4i28 I 
 
 23 4.0 
 
 28 2.9 
 
 S. S. W. : S. S. E. moderate and 
 cloudy ; fair. 
 3 . S. E. ligiht breeze and cloudy. 
 1.0 E. N. E.: N. light breeze ; cloudy 
 
 and fair. 
 2 . From N. W, to S. W. frofii breeze ; 
 tolerablv fair. 
 S. W.: S. S.W. frefh breeze ; fair. 
 S. W, frclh breezes and cloudv. 
 S. S. W. freOi breeze ; cloudy. 
 S. S. E. ftifF breeze and fqually. 
 S. E.: E. S. E. ftrong breeze and 
 cloudy. 
 E. S. E. moderate wind; then 
 
 fqually wich rain. 
 E.S.E.;. E.freflibreezc;cloudyjrain 
 E. iHfF brcez',-; cloudy, 
 o E. N. E.: N. light breeze; cloudy. 
 E. N. E. : N. E. light breeze ; 
 cloudy ; ihcn clear. 
 N.E.: S.S.E,: S. E. light breeze ; 
 cloudy ; then clear. 
 f).0,28 1 . 1 jS.E.: S.S.E. moderate and cloudy. 
 20.0:28 l.O,S. E, ; S.S.E. gentle gale and 
 I cloud v with rain. 
 28 1 . 8'S. S. E. moderate breeze ; rainy ; 
 then fair. 
 4:8. S. E. moderate and cloudy. 
 S. S. E, frdh breeze and cloudy. 
 5;S. E. frefh breeze, cloudy, rain at 
 
 i intervals. 
 0|S. E, : E. S. E, frtih breeze, and 
 
 ] cloudy with rain. 
 4 S.E.: E.S,E. moderate and cloudy. 
 S, E. : E. S. E. moderate breezes ; 
 
 I a little cloudy. 
 E.S.E. : S. S. E. moderate and fliir, 
 S. E. : S. moderate and rainy ; 
 I ; then tair. 1 
 
 ,0 28 1 .3 S. S. E. moderate nd cloudy. 
 
 20.5 
 
 21 
 
 .0 
 
 2 8 
 
 I 
 
 2 1 
 
 . 
 
 28 
 
 1 
 
 21 
 
 .6 
 
 28 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 28 
 
 1 
 
 21 
 
 
 
 28 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 '.m 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 2S 
 
 1 
 
 r>n 
 
 
 
 2 8 
 
 1 
 
 21.0 $ 1.4 S. S. E. moderate breezes with 
 ' ' heavy rain.
 
 18 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Latitude \ Latitude Longitud'^ Louguude 
 
 Time. \ obferved. by .rcctmt 
 
 South. 
 
 1792. 
 July 25 
 
 26 
 
 2 51 39 
 
 Souih 
 
 o / " 
 
 4 4 31 
 
 3 42 00 
 
 obferved 
 E-dft. 
 
 43 45 2 53 15 
 
 by .iccount. 
 Eaft. 
 
 rs' 2 21 48 
 
 Cv:| 2 19 59 
 
 80j 1 45 00 
 
 31 1 1 oQ> 00 
 
 2 29 3G 
 2 18 39 
 2 G 24 
 
 2 9 12 
 
 148 18 43 
 147 9 7 
 
 145 44 52 
 145 44 46 
 145 28 45 
 
 144 59 46 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 EalL 
 
 Augitji U 2 5 24 2 10 35 1143 42 06 
 
 1 32 00 1 35 38 142 34 10 
 I 31 171 1 49 47 142 1 4 
 
 149 36 4 
 
 148 48 40 
 147 5 
 
 146 36 22 
 
 145 49 46 
 
 146 18 46 
 
 144 52 46 
 144 13 36 
 
 142 23 18 
 141 49 4 
 
 s. r. 6 19 38 
 
 s. s. 6 44 38 
 
 do, 6 6 2g 
 
 do, 6 4 00 
 
 do, 5 59 00 
 
 1 36 53 
 1 IS 00 
 
 45 39 
 
 17 24 
 
 3 10 
 
 North. 
 9; 9 00 
 
 10; 17 -'" 
 
 I 
 11,0 26 39 
 
 do. 
 
 5 12 14 
 
 1 49 58 140 58 44 141 22 12s.r. 4 8 36 
 
 10 37 
 
 South. 
 5 3 
 
 12 
 13 
 14| C 34 
 
 North. 
 
 15i (J 72.. 
 
 1 13 46 1 139 25 56 
 53 391137 46 30 
 26 34! 130 06 12 
 7 47:135 59 43 
 
 1 OOji.jj 16 54 
 
 North. I 
 
 10 52 j 134 33 12 
 I 
 
 1 8 4 s ';..,. . 
 t 
 
 ! 
 
 Som}i. j 
 1 S2ii;i:j ,.2 00 
 
 i 
 17 38 1133 32 26 
 
 17 34 j 133 12 4ii 
 6 2o' ! 1 3 2 19 12 
 
 139 24 56 
 137 59 26 
 136 36 8 
 
 135 55 46 
 
 [ 
 
 5 19 44 
 
 s. s. 3 17 46 
 
 do. 4 19 SO 
 
 do. 4 6 18 
 
 do. 4 5 4 
 
 134 36 8 
 134 9 38 
 
 133 36 38 
 133 22 54 
 132 39 56 
 
 do, 2 54 16 
 do. 2 18 26 
 
 da. 3 4 36 
 do. 2 G 16 
 
 132 18 13Ui. 
 
 2 24 17
 
 OF THE ESPERANCE. 
 
 19 
 
 , Firiation 
 Tiine- 1 of the Conipafs. 
 Eaa. 
 
 1702. I 
 
 26 
 
 28 az. b 24 4f, 
 2i)^a/. (J '13 48 
 
 ao' 
 
 1 is. r. 6 24 yo 
 
 Au?. 1 : 
 
 2 az. 4 36 A(j 
 
 '6\ 
 
 4'^z. 3 49 8 
 
 5 s. r. 4 8 44 
 
 6 s. r. 3 22 52 
 I 
 
 t 
 
 7 s. r. 3 9 58 
 
 s's. r. 3 . 8 45 
 
 9 s. r. 2 36 6 
 
 10 s. r. 2 58 36 
 
 1 1 
 
 121 
 
 o 
 2 1.0 
 
 2 1 . < 
 
 2 1 2 
 
 ' 2.G 
 
 Jl 
 
 23.; 
 
 23 . 8 
 
 B^~om- 
 
 1. 
 
 1 o 
 
 09 
 0.6 
 
 0.4 
 
 6 
 0.8 
 
 1 .3 
 1 .2 
 
 1 .3 
 1 .3 
 
 1 .4 
 
 1 .2 
 
 28 1.4 
 
 28 I 
 
 13 a/,, 2 14 4 
 
 i 
 
 14 az. 2 36 54 
 
 15 az. 2 06 19' 
 
 23. 21; 8 l.() 
 
 I 
 24.1 '28 1.1 
 
 ~o o 
 
 ;8 1.7 
 
 Winds zn^ Weather. 
 
 S. S. E. moderate and cloudy with 
 
 fqualls. 
 S.S.E.: S. E. frcfh breeze; cloudy ; 
 
 tolerably fair. 
 S. E. moderate breeze ; ftormy ; 
 
 then fair weather. 
 S. E. geiicle gale and fair %veather. 
 S.E.modc-rate breeze & fair weather 
 S.S.E. : S. E. moderate and cloudy ; 
 
 with rain at intervals. 
 S. E. moderate and cloudy. 
 S. E. : S. S. E. light breezes and 
 
 cloudy. 
 
 S. E. : S. S. E. moderate & cloudy. 
 Ditto. 
 W.S.W.: S.E. fqually, with rain ; 
 
 then very fine weather. 
 E. S. E. moderate breezes and 
 
 cloudy, then fair. 
 E. S. E. : E. N. E. moderate and 
 
 cloudy ; fine weatker. 
 S. S. E.: S.E. very light breeze; 
 
 fine weather. 
 S. S.E. : S.E. light breezes and 
 
 very fine weather. 
 
 S. E. : E. very light breezes, and 
 fine weather. 
 
 E. S. E.: E. N. E, gentle breczos 
 
 and very fine wearher. 
 S. S. E. moderate breeze; then 
 
 calm ; fine we.ithcr. 
 
 N. E.: N.W.: W.: fqu.dly , fair. 
 
 W.N.VV. : \V. : V. . S.W.; fqually; 
 
 thrnfi-'r. 
 '^. \V.: S.S.W.: S. S. E, fquslly ; 
 Ikv ovcrcalt. 
 
 S. S. E. variable; faint breeze j 
 cloud >,
 
 20 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Tin 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 obfcrved. 
 
 North. 
 
 II 
 
 14 12 
 
 .094 
 
 South. 
 17 .30 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by nccount. 
 
 North. 
 
 Longitude 
 
 oblerved. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 13 46 
 
 2 1 1 12 8 7 
 
 22! 28 46 
 
 i 
 23 i 46 54 
 
 53 49 
 
 1 19 30 
 1 43 16 
 
 26 
 
 28 
 
 -9 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 1 59 5G 
 
 2 2 8 3^ 
 2 39 Af 
 
 2 40 51 
 
 24637 
 
 2 52 34 
 
 2 14 
 
 South. 
 8 38 
 
 18 14 
 
 19 29 
 
 19 14 
 15 37 
 33 59 
 55 19 
 
 56 10 
 
 1 29 35 
 
 1 39 46 
 
 2 4 16 
 
 2 39 19 
 
 2 42 Si 
 
 2 46 11 
 2 5 2 47 
 2 45 S9. 
 
 131 57 36 
 
 131 45 19 
 
 130 54 
 
 130 24 46 
 
 130 6 19 
 
 129 35 34 
 
 128 56 33 
 
 128 24 19 
 
 127 45 18 
 127 26 34 
 
 127 12 6 
 
 127 13 5 2 
 127 4 32 
 
 126 :'9 4(i 
 
 Longitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eafl. 
 
 132 2 22 
 
 131 48 38 
 131 18 17 
 
 130 5 5 2 
 130 24 4 
 130 12 19 
 
 129 39 36 
 .29 2 34 
 128 28 19 
 127 41 12 
 
 127 2 8 19 
 
 127 13 38 
 
 127 6 3 
 
 127 I 40 
 126 56 54 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 O t II 
 
 s. s. 2 20 46 
 
 da, 2 C 44 
 Jq. 1 43 3Q 
 
 do, 1 36 24 
 do. 1 14 6 
 
 120 42 4{) 
 2 2 8 54 126 24 5 2 
 26 4 48 j 126 S 44 
 
 do. 
 
 49 
 
 4 
 
 do. 
 
 48 
 
 54 
 
 s. s. 
 
 49 
 
 53 
 
 da. 
 
 28 
 
 Weil. 
 
 32 
 
 do. 
 
 26 
 Eaft. 
 
 8 
 
 do. 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 do. 
 
 54 
 
 58 
 
 do. 
 
 1 9 
 
 36 
 
 do. 
 
 1 48 
 
 38 
 
 3 3 14 6j 3 10 34 125 35 8J126 48 32 
 4' 3 35 '^1 3 2rt 6! 125 49 3; 125 40 24 
 5 1 3 48 3() 3 55 361125 52 15 125 2 25 
 
 do. 
 
 1 34 19 
 
 do. 
 
 1 8 54 
 
 do. 
 
 1 19 8 
 
 do. 47 29
 
 OP THE ESPERANCE. 
 
 21 
 
 Time, 
 
 1792. 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 20 
 5^1 
 
 Van at Ion 
 
 of the Conipafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 S. r. 2 iC 4 8 
 
 az. 2 iG ,T8 
 
 az, 1 18 34 
 
 s.r. 1 58 2 
 
 s. r. 1 19 11 
 
 23 az. 48 54 
 
 ^ 
 
 23.6 
 
 23 . 1 
 
 20 
 
 s. r. 1 2y 8 
 
 Weft. 
 
 27 l.r. 40 24 
 
 Eaft. 
 2H s, r. 22 54 
 
 2()'?.r. 1 2S 34 
 
 21 .0 
 21 . 1 
 21.7 
 
 Barom. 
 
 i. 1. 
 
 WhuhznAJFca-.ha: 
 
 2S 1.4 
 
 8 1.7 
 
 2S 
 
 28 
 
 1 .4 
 1 .8 
 2.0 
 1.7 
 
 22 .0 
 
 iO s 
 
 50 28 22.2 
 
 OC/^. lis. r. 1 2 J 54 
 
 S.r. 1 8 S6 
 
 28 
 28 
 
 1 .2 
 
 22. () 28 1.8 
 
 I 
 
 22.0|28 1.5 
 
 22.0^28 1.7 
 
 22.0 28 2. 1 
 
 S S.E.: E. very light airs; cloudy, 
 
 thunder. 
 
 S. E.: N, N. E. moderate and fair^ 
 
 then rainy. 
 S.E.: N.E. variable; light breeze; 
 
 t^loudy with rain. 
 
 E. N, E. : W. S.W. light breeze; 
 
 calm; cloudy, then ciear. j 
 
 S. : E. >s. E. very faint breeze; 
 
 clear. j 
 
 S. E. : N. E . faint breeze ; fhow- j 
 
 erv; thentair; wiud vervvariable.| 
 
 N. E. : S. W.: b. E. light breeze ; j 
 
 fair, ] 
 
 S. : S. S. E. moderate and falrj 
 
 vvcather. | 
 
 S. S. E. moderate breeze ; calm ;! 
 
 moderate breeze and fair. j 
 
 S. S. E.: S. moderate breeze; ligiit 
 
 airs, fair. 
 E. : S. E. : S. light breeze; fair ; 
 
 little fqually, 
 
 S. W. variable ; light breeze and 
 fair weather. 
 
 E. : N. : S.W. variable; light 
 
 breeze and fair. 
 E.:N'. variable; very light airs; fair 
 E. N. E. : S. E. : S. S. W. faint 
 
 breeze ; fair. 
 E. N. E. : S. S. E. light breeze; 
 
 then calm ; dull ucither. 
 S. E.: N. E.: N. frcfn bri^cze and 
 
 fair wcatlu*r. 
 S. ^. E. ; W. N. W. light breeze 
 
 and fair. 
 S. S.W, : E. light breeze ; fair. 
 S.S.W. : ,>.E.; E.faint breeze; fair. 
 S. S. K.: E.S. E. moderate breezes 
 
 and cloudy.
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Latitude 
 obferved. 
 South. 
 
 ^ept, 6 
 
 At A n- 
 
 boyna. 
 
 Oa. 14 
 
 16 
 
 lO 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 
 22 
 23 
 24 
 
 'zt 
 '21 
 
 AW, 
 
 3 40 SC) 
 
 3 48 50 
 
 4 29 00 
 
 5 24 54 
 
 12 13 
 7 2 24 
 
 7 25 3G 
 
 8 13 27 
 
 8 44 38 
 
 9 3 12 
 9 17 4^ 
 
 9 18 48 
 ,f) 44 48 
 
 io 6 00 
 
 10 ?3 54 
 281 10 -12 Oj 
 2i' 10 50 48 
 
 30 
 31 
 
 11 3 3 8 
 
 11 24 1 6 
 
 11 45 3 8 
 
 12 14 54 
 
 12 35 2 8 
 ! 2 'M\ 33 
 
 13 2^ 44 
 
 Latitude 
 
 LoTifj tilde 
 
 Longitude 
 
 
 ^^inat'ion \ 
 
 by account. 
 
 obi 
 
 eived. 
 
 bv account. 
 
 of tiie Compafs. 1 
 
 South. 
 
 E 
 
 all. 
 
 
 E 
 
 a;l. 
 
 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 / n 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 i( 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 // 
 
 
 / // 
 
 
 126 
 
 9 
 
 57 
 
 54 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 3 48 3 
 
 125 
 
 4 
 
 125 
 
 5 6 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 Weft. 
 
 3 33 4>. 
 
 : 2 5 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 125 
 
 3 J 
 
 -' 
 
 s. s. 
 
 37 8 
 Eaft. 
 
 5 26 ir 
 
 124 
 
 36 
 
 8 
 
 124 
 
 38 
 
 49 
 
 do. 
 
 16 00 
 
 G 26 23 
 
 123 
 
 52 
 
 6 
 
 124 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 do. 
 
 4 19 
 
 Weft. 
 
 7 4 44 
 
 123 
 
 9 
 
 34 
 
 123 
 
 35 
 
 & 
 
 do. 
 
 C 34 2,ii 
 Eaft. 
 
 7 18 24 
 
 123 
 
 23 
 
 46 
 
 123 
 
 
 
 46 
 
 do. 
 
 29 34 
 Weft. 
 
 S 9 29 
 
 12s 
 
 ^'9 
 
 10 
 
 123 
 
 23 
 
 10 
 
 do. 
 
 58 5-i 
 
 8 29 36 
 
 122 
 
 56 
 
 6 
 
 123 
 
 28 
 
 36 
 
 do. 
 
 26 3 
 
 8 56 44 
 
 122 
 
 34 
 
 8 
 
 122 
 
 44 
 
 7 
 
 de. 
 
 28 56 
 
 9 8 29 
 
 122 
 
 17 
 
 12 
 
 122 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 do. 
 
 1 33 12 
 
 9 16 19 
 
 121 
 
 39 
 
 34 
 
 122 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 s. r 
 
 1 48 54 
 
 y} 28 42 
 
 120 
 
 58 
 
 46 
 
 12 1 
 
 3G 
 
 47 
 
 s. s 
 
 1 14 11 
 
 9 05 37 
 
 120 
 
 23 
 
 12 
 
 120 
 
 46 
 
 12 
 
 do. 
 
 1 17 26 
 
 10 14 00 
 
 '.19 
 
 5 2 
 
 14 
 
 120 
 
 15 
 
 IS 
 
 do. 
 
 56 34 
 
 iO 42 47 
 
 1 18 
 
 '!) 
 
 1.^ 
 
 1'9 
 
 19 
 
 34 
 
 do. 
 
 54 36 
 
 10 5S 3 
 
 i IS 
 
 7 
 
 2o 
 
 1,18 
 
 34 
 
 23 
 
 s. r 
 
 1 14 48 
 
 1 I 3 00 
 
 1 ;7 
 
 19 
 
 5 4 
 
 117 
 
 48 
 
 28 
 
 s. s 
 
 1 26 8 
 
 1128 2 
 
 117 
 
 6 
 
 3 8 
 
 1 17 
 
 19 
 
 6 
 
 do. 
 
 1 48 36 
 
 1136 6 
 
 116 
 
 19 
 
 32 
 
 1 16 
 
 42 
 
 54 
 
 dr.. 
 
 1 34 19 
 
 12 19 .;., 
 
 1 15 
 
 ' ' K 
 
 4 
 
 i ) , 
 
 ^\) 
 
 34 
 
 do. 
 
 1 45 36 
 
 12 46 54 
 
 :i4 
 
 3(i 
 
 1 2 1 - 
 
 52 
 
 14 
 
 do. 
 
 1 36 18 
 
 !2 55 4 3 
 
 113 
 
 4S 
 
 4H 
 
 ,,.: 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 do. 
 
 1 39 49 
 
 13 28 42 
 
 113 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 ,:3 
 
 26 
 
 56 
 
 do. 
 
 I 44 36
 
 OF THE ESPE RANGE. 
 
 23 
 
 Time. 
 
 1792. 
 Sept. (J 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Wen. 
 
 Barom. 
 
 az. 1 14 2(j 
 
 Oa. 14 
 15 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 IS 
 
 19 
 
 L'O 
 
 2C.0 2H 
 
 "2.4 
 
 Eaft. 
 s. r. 18 44 
 
 Weft. 
 s. r. 3 8 3(i 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 az. 24 50 
 
 Weft, 
 az. 02 i'G 
 
 28 1.0 
 
 Winds and Weather. 
 
 1 
 
 E. N. E. : S. S. E. light breeze; 
 cloudy. 
 
 E. : S. F. light breeze and fair. 
 E.S.E.: S.S.E. light brcezc;cIoudy 
 
 I 
 23.1128 2.1 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 2-4 
 
 20 
 
 E. S. E.: S. S. E. moderate breezes 
 and cloudy. 
 
 E. S. E.; S. E. moderate & cloudy. 
 
 E.S.E. : S. S.W. moderate breezes; 
 light airs ; cloudy. 
 
 Cahn. E.N.E. lightbrecze; cloudy 
 
 1 20 12 I 22.0 I 28 1.6 
 
 1 9 n!...l 
 
 i\-; az 
 31 
 
 :V.-'^. 1 
 
 E. S. E. : E. : E. N. E. light 
 breeze ; cloudv. 
 CG 54 22.3 28 1 . () S. E. : N. W, liglit breeze; very 
 
 fine weather. 
 33 5(3 22 .128 1 . 1 S. S. E. : N. N.W. liffht breeze ; 
 foggy. ? 
 
 s. r. 24 22 22.2 28 1.6 S. S. E.: N. N. W. very faint 
 
 breeze ; foggy. 
 Ditto. 
 
 From S. W. to N. W". very faint 
 breeze ; foggy. 
 
 s. r. 29 :.o : . . . . I W. S. W. : S. S. W. very light 
 
 airs; foggy. 
 8 2.7jS. S. E. faint breeze ; foggy. 
 
 52 3( I 2 4. 2 2 8 2.0iS. E. verv lip'ht brLX'/.f ; fogey. 
 
 J22.4|'J8 2.'l |S. R.: S.;' S.W. light brcczc:V:-ar. 
 
 s. r, 1 5G 44! . . -I Is.S.E.: S.3.W. light breeze; clear. 
 
 1 23 31M Is. S. W.-. ;5. S. K.' frelh bucze ; a 
 
 littl:.* ci'vjdv. 
 
 r. 1 28 4G iS. S. K.; S, lig'u breezes & cloudy. 
 
 r. 1 G 8 . .. .... I S. S. E.; .-). E. right breeze; cloudy. 
 
 21 2 2S 2.2,S. E.: .S. light br-^eze ; cloudy. 
 
 E.S. E. ver) light air?; cloudy. 
 
 E.; E.S.E. e-entlc Ijr'-i'ze ; a little
 
 Qi, 
 
 TABiES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Til 
 
 I 1792- 
 \No--v. 6 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 10 
 11 
 
 '/). 
 
 Latitude 
 
 obfcrveci. 
 
 South. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 South 
 
 O / // O I II 
 
 14 58 001 14 45 33 
 
 15 59 00 
 l(j 45 34 
 17 15 38 
 
 17 46 12 
 
 18 5 C 
 
 12! IS 7 54 
 isi 18 38 12 
 I4I19 42 34 
 
 15 52 38 
 It) 39 14 
 17 23 46 
 
 17 52 34 
 
 18 15 26 
 
 IS 15 54 
 18 3 8 52 
 ly 41 34 
 
 Longitude 
 
 obferved. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 15 120 42 44 20 42 11 
 
 lG'21 26 34 21 46 42 
 
 I7I22 28 38 22 30 46 
 
 is! 23 34 26' 23 BS 26 
 
 19|24 42 00:24 49 00 
 
 20I25 47 38:25 46 54 
 
 I 
 
 21 '2O 24 Oo|26 IS 19 
 
 27 18 4 
 
 112 5 2 
 
 111 29 36 
 
 110 34 43 
 
 109 15 48 
 
 107 49 27 
 
 106 59 34 
 
 106 26 3 8 
 105 oH 12 
 105 15 24 
 
 Longitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 24;30 4 GO 
 
 28 23 
 
 29 32 7 
 
 30 44 40 
 
 25 13 1 4 47 
 26,30 48 24:30 49 36 
 7 30 4S 23'30 52 53 
 28J30 59 37 31 2 8 
 
 20 '3 1 4 \'.> 
 
 30|3 1 24 46 
 1{32 29 54 
 
 ^ "6 30 
 iS|32 56 16!33 8 16 
 
 104 
 
 26 
 
 32 
 
 102 
 
 44 
 
 11 
 
 101 
 
 45 
 
 34 
 
 101 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 100 
 
 15 
 
 8 
 
 99 
 
 26 
 
 34 
 
 09 
 
 36 
 
 8 
 
 98 
 
 29 
 
 34 
 
 9G 
 
 5(5 
 
 7 
 
 31 9 17 
 
 3] 34 
 32 
 
 CI 
 
 98 8 46 
 09 12 54 
 
 99 46 23 
 
 100 26 54 
 
 101 28 36 
 103 14 54 
 
 105 00 16 
 
 112 26 34 
 111 39 36 
 110 54 46 
 109 24 48 
 
 108 4 27 
 
 107 5 32 
 
 106 34 38 
 106 5 44 
 105 22 44 
 
 104 25 52 
 
 103 16 16 
 
 101 54 36 
 
 100 5 8 46 
 
 100 29 13 
 
 99 ''6 14 
 
 99 28 SQ 
 
 98 39 24 
 
 97 44 3 
 97 3G 8 
 97 8 2 
 97 35 48 
 
 99 14 54 
 99 49 54 
 
 100 9 54 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafsi 
 
 Weft. 
 
 s. r. 1 58 30 
 
 d: 2 52 00 
 
 s. s, 3 34 26 
 
 do. 3 18 54 
 
 do. 3 39 g 
 
 3 54 16 
 2 26 24 
 439 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 do. 3 12 14 
 
 do. 4 22 36 
 
 do. 4 38 24 
 
 do. 4 42 3Q 
 
 do. 4 29 17 
 
 101 24 32 
 103 14 64 
 
 104 
 
 18 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 8 32 2 
 
 9 30 54 
 
 10 4 9 
 
 9 22 
 9 38 54 
 
 1 ]>-> z-j 
 
 54: 
 
 >o z 
 
 8 1C)JI05 53 14: 105 23 34 
 
 do. 9 3 3 53 
 do. 9 S6 44
 
 OF THE ESPERAXCE. 
 
 iJO 
 
 Time. 
 
 Variation 
 
 of tlif Compafs. 
 
 Weft, 
 
 1792. 
 
 7 
 8 
 
 az. 
 
 I'J' 
 14' 
 
 l!) 
 
 ')9 41) 
 
 az. 1 10 :j()' 
 9 s. r. 2 5y 6(j' 
 
 10' 
 
 11 
 
 i:- az. 3 18 14 
 
 1 h' 
 
 17 s. r. 3 3() .")2 
 
 23 5 ! 
 
 Z)<r. 
 
 C! az. 7 4G ;M 
 
 j 
 
 ;') az. 8 S r, 
 
 V7 az. 8 q 
 
 2>" az. 9 -iS in 
 
 L'O az. 9 4 7 
 
 3 az. 8 4S ,VJ 
 
 laz. 10 'J(i 10 
 
 2 az. 9 3S ?,V 
 
 3 az. 5? 5! 
 
 Fi 
 
 !) 1 
 
 Darom. 
 
 '8 2.G 
 
 2 8 3.1 
 
 8 .4 
 
 1<).2 
 
 /f7^i and /rc-.7.','u-'r. 
 
 E.: E.S.E. moderate gale ; cloud',-. 
 p].;S.E. moderate breezes ^-cloudy' 
 K. S. E.: S. moderate and clear. I 
 S. S. E.: S. by E. frclTi breeze a.-.d 
 
 very fine weatlier. I 
 
 S. by E. : S. E. by S. frefr. breezes ! 
 
 and cloudy. 
 S. by E. : S. Fl. by E. moderate! 
 
 breeze ; cloudy. j 
 
 S.S.W.: S.E. light breeze; cloudv.j 
 S.S.E.:E.S.E. lightbreeze; cloudy j 
 S.E. by E.; S. E. moderate breezes! 
 
 and cloud}'. 
 S. F.: S. S. E. moderate Sc cloudy, 1 
 S.S.E.: E,S.E. moderate & cloudy. 
 S. E. ftrong breeze; cloudy. 
 Ditto. 
 
 S.E.: E.S.E. hardf(}uallc &cloudy. 
 S. E. by E. : S. E. by 8. moderate 
 
 \yind and tolerably fine. 
 S. : S. E. by S. freOi breeze: cloudy. 
 E.S, E. :'S. E. by S. fiiff breeze 
 
 ;Hid cloudy. 
 S. E. . E. S, E. frefh breezes and 
 
 cloudy. 
 S, ]'',. by S. : E. by N. moderate 
 
 breezes and cloudy. 
 E. X. E, : S. S. E. 'light airs and 
 
 yariable ; cloudy with rain. 
 S. S. E. : S. W. faint breeze ; a 
 
 little cloudy. 
 S. S. W.: S, by E. light breeze; 
 
 very fine weather. 
 S.S.W.: S. S. E.: N, faintbrceze; 
 
 fine weather. 
 
 :N, N.W.: W. light air. and verv 
 
 I fire wo.rlu r. 
 
 \\Y.: X. N.\\'. moderate :'v fair. 
 
 ps. \V. : S. W. modeiate and lair : 
 
 j ihen a little v.iin. 
 . . . . . 1'-^. W. light breeze; ^ery fir.e 
 
 j v.-eatlicr. 
 -8 c.3\.W.; S.W. li-htbicez:; dltio 
 * Nvaiher. 
 / 
 
 2 8
 
 26 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 j Latitude 
 Time. obferved. 
 
 South. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 South. 
 
 Longitude 
 
 obierved. 
 
 Eafl. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 1792. 
 
 4 34 16 14134 32 4 
 
 108 58 '3S 
 
 5:34 10 34.34 C6 81112 2 3 
 6,34 45 3djS4 34 S6|113 38 5() 
 
 7 35 16 46135 2 36 115 10 14 
 
 8.34 48 34'34 52 45 II6 51 28 
 Oj34 9 36i34 14 I9! 118 21 48 
 
 10 34 1 12 34 9 42! 119 26 34 
 
 Lon git tide 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eail. 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 11 
 
 ! At Le- 
 o-rand's 
 
 16 
 
 3 1 12 54 
 
 34 16 18 
 
 34 26 IfJ 
 
 21 :S5 12 00 
 
 33 54 52| 119 32 10 
 
 34 12 54 
 34 IS 49 
 34 32 16 
 ,ib 9 2S 
 3 4 5 14 
 
 119 21 10 
 119 30 14 
 119 S3 6 
 
 119 54 3( 
 
 I I 
 
 34 24 53j34 28 5i| 120 22 Si' 
 
 4 13 4 2|--;. 14 421121 1 3 
 
 'S 40 4^|;:3 48 -ib 122 4 8 
 
 3 5; 
 
 ~ 7 ' 
 
 )3 19 
 2 . I 3 2 17 5 2 
 3 1 59 00 j 
 
 32 3u 34 
 3 2 24 5 8 
 :>2 4 36 
 
 J 22 3 5 7 
 
 123 23 40 
 
 124 5 2 lO 
 126 4 7 
 
 108 19 18 
 
 111 36 38 
 
 113 4 5G 
 
 1 14 48 46 
 
 1 16 59 24 
 
 117 46 20 
 
 118 54 8 
 118 06 34 
 
 118 49 36 
 
 1 19 8 45 
 
 119 4 4 
 11935 2 
 
 I 19 2S 36 
 
 120 3 38 
 120 55 2 
 122 8 4 
 
 122 3 5 3'' 
 
 123 16 44 
 
 s. r. 9 36 12 
 do. 38 14 
 
 32 l5 40' J2 9 181 I2C 39 46 
 
 .2 9 S 
 
 5 4:127 
 
 s. S. 7 52 36 
 
 s. r. 5 47 6 
 
 s. s. 7 8 00 
 
 do. 6 16 IS 
 
 Jo. 5 30 52 
 do. 6 4 16 
 
 5 19 14 
 
 dy. 5 8 2 
 Jo. 4 58 00 
 do. 4 18 3 
 
 12i 4 5 ]6'do. 4 8 58 
 
 i25 5 8 1-i.ido. 3 58 If) 
 
 126 43 46 
 
 .27 4 14 do, 2 53 S
 
 OF THE ESPERANCE. 
 
 27 
 
 
 
 Variation 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 Time. 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 v: 
 
 Barom. 
 
 irhids and U^eaiher. 
 
 
 
 Weft. 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 179'-;. 
 Dec. 4 ar. 
 
 o / 
 10 14 
 
 // 
 
 o 
 
 i. 1. 
 
 W. N.W.: W.S.W. ftrong breeze 
 and cloudy. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 13.0 
 
 28 
 
 1 ,2 
 
 W. : S,\V. ftrong breeze ; cloudy. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14.0 
 
 2 8 
 
 2.5 
 
 W. S. W. : W. N. W. ftiff breeze 
 and oloudv. 
 
 7 
 
 az. 
 
 9 8 
 
 44 
 
 14.0 
 
 28 
 
 2.5 
 
 W. N.W. : W. S. W. ftrong breeze 
 with rain; then fair. 
 
 8 az. 
 
 B IS 
 
 29 
 
 14.2 
 
 28 
 
 1 .8 
 
 W. N.W. moderate gale, cloudy. 
 
 9 az. 
 
 8 19 
 
 IG 
 
 I.':! 5 
 
 28 
 
 2.7 
 
 W.: S.W. ftiff breeze; then mo- 
 derate and clear. 
 
 10. az. 
 
 6 49 
 
 18 
 
 14 .0 
 
 28 
 
 0.5 
 
 W. : W. S. W. trcHi breezes and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cloudv. 
 
 11 
 
 az. 
 
 5 46 
 
 5C 
 
 14.2 
 
 28 
 
 2.4 
 
 W. S. W. : S. W\ very hard gales 
 and cloudy weather. 
 
 IS 
 
 
 
 
 1 5 . 
 
 2 8 
 
 3.0 
 
 E.: E. N. E. moderate breezes and 
 fair. 
 
 1() az. 
 
 5 5 8 
 
 34 
 
 15.5 
 
 28 
 
 S.O 
 
 E. : S. moderate breeze, and fine 
 weather. 
 
 20 az. 
 
 G 34 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 . . . 
 
 S. E. : S. S. E. : light breeze and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 fair ; then cloudy. 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 15.2 
 
 28 
 
 1.5 
 
 S. S. E. : E. : E. N. E. moderate 
 breeze and cloudy. 
 
 
 
 
 -2 
 
 
 
 
 iG.O 
 
 28 
 
 1 .5 
 
 E. : S. frefn breeze ; then ver;,- 
 faint; cloudy. 
 
 
 
 
 C, s.s. 
 
 5 3L) 
 
 7 
 
 1 5 . 6 
 
 28 
 
 0.5 
 
 S. E. : E. moderate and cloudy ; 
 
 e-i- az, 
 j 
 
 5 18 
 
 4 
 
 !5 .0 
 
 2 7 
 
 11.9 
 
 then foggv. 
 E.S.E.: N. E.: N.W.: S.V/. frclu 
 breeze and cloudy; then clear. 
 
 Co az 
 
 4 5 
 
 20 
 
 1 4 . 5 
 
 28 
 
 2.3 
 
 S.W. : W. S.W. very ftrong gale; 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 fair. 
 
 C^'/az. 
 
 4 34 
 
 
 
 15.1 
 
 28 
 
 1 .0 
 
 E.: E. S. E. moderate wind cc fair. 
 
 C7's.s. 
 j 
 
 3 30" 
 
 8 
 
 1 5 . 
 
 2 8 
 
 0.3 
 
 E.S.E.: S.S..E.: S.S.W. moderate 
 and cloudy. 
 
 28 az. 
 
 C 4 2 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 S.: S.W. ftrong breeze; then fair.t; 
 cloudv. 1 
 
 CO az. 
 
 2 5S 
 
 54 
 
 iG.o 
 
 28 
 
 3.0 
 
 S.:E.: X.: W,: S.W. light breeze 
 aiid very *inc v.-eather. 1 
 
 30 az. 
 
 2 30 
 
 IC 
 
 1() . 
 
 28 
 
 2 '^ 
 
 V,. : E. N E. itilv" brv.-ezc and iu e; 
 
 Slia--, 
 
 I } 
 
 5'- 
 
 i . :N 
 
 2 8 
 
 . 
 
 V..: v.. >. . E. nr.^icra*-? and tu'-./; 1 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 fr.-ii' br-:-:e w^ t-^r, '
 
 i:s 
 
 TABLLS OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Time. 
 
 1793- 
 j Jan. 
 
 Latitude 
 oblcrvcd. 
 South. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 l)y account. 
 South. 
 
 L^ongitude 
 
 obfervcd. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 o / '/ 
 
 Jl 53 S .;i i>g 17 127 -0 54 127 2y 5,' 
 
 31 47 4 ,n 48 19 127 58 4G 127 58 54 
 
 jl 42 OOi.Jl 44 521123 54 S2:i28 53 36 
 
 Jl 52 Oo'ai 55 44 I29 o 43|l29 14 42 
 
 Lor. g! fade 
 
 by account, 
 
 E.;ft. 
 
 4G','-,2 59 \i 
 
 34 28 54:34 24 
 
 123 S 4 128 18 GO 
 
 127 44 52 123 54 
 
 7j35 31 48 J5 32 4()il27 18 54 127 38 8 
 
 8[3() 13 32!3U I6 12il2D 22 2il2G 46 58 
 
 (i!37 00 8130 48 341 I 127 12 l(i 
 
 lu:37 10 j.0i37 lO 481128 34 44jl28 -H 10 
 
 Vacation 
 
 of the Compafs 
 
 Weft. 
 
 o / // 
 
 r. 2 47 38 
 
 do. 1 33 41 
 
 do. 1 39 28 
 
 s. s. 1 49 2 
 
 do. 2 26 19 
 do. 1 38 6 
 
 37 12 34J37 14 36:120 6 541120 54 
 37 30 15 37 38 34il29 38 30;129 ;.8 34 
 
 do. 
 
 14 6 
 
 13 3 8 
 
 14 
 
 3. r. 3 28 7 
 do. 2 4 8 30 
 s. s. 2 Gil 
 
 38 44 10,131 32 541131 34 52i./3. 1 2Q 54 
 
 m9 is 24^J9 28 46il31 56 8; 132 4 36 
 
 l"-:40 18 38.40 Q 00'132 22 2;-;i32 33 5' 
 
 l6i40 5S 34 41 12 4 .13 5 4 18 
 
 I ! I 
 
 17'4I 30 3; il 48 19; 137 44 37 
 
 i I ' i 
 
 18|42 38 52142 52 36; 141 6 46 
 
 19'42 51 19|42 56 ,'.8jl42 49 18 
 
 20:43 22 34,43 28 24' 1 13 29 (i 
 
 i I 
 
 21 ,43 4:\ 48 i3 48 3(') 144 I6 52 
 
 !2.43 33 1 
 
 135 18 34 
 
 137 'o>^ 17 
 
 141 8 5'6 
 
 !42 32 46 
 
 ! !3 14 4 
 
 14 2 fi 
 
 144 46 
 
 r. 3 54 37 
 
 s. s. 6 
 
 7 24 56
 
 OF THE ESPERAXCr. 
 
 ^9 
 
 Tum. 
 
 1-03. 
 
 Var':nV(in 
 
 :iftin C^ ip.uafs. 
 
 Welt. 
 
 l^ 
 
 Bafom. 
 
 2 5:3 ! 
 
 o I 1. I. 
 
 i ( ) j 1' S I 
 
 JS 
 
 'J 8 1 
 
 1-8 4 
 
 1 24 lO 
 
 S4 54 
 
 14 
 
 7 a/.. yd 4i 
 
 28 ;J2 
 
 a/. 
 
 ft ;i/. 3 37 3 8 
 
 i 
 
 l|a/. 2 47 02 
 
 1 .''8 24 
 
 1 4 8 27 
 
 r. i(j U) 
 
 s. s. 34 58 
 .tz. 1 52 14 
 
 J 8 3 
 
 28 2 
 
 11.4 
 
 . 8 9 17 
 
 7 5 2 5G 
 's. r. g 13 K; 
 
 2 8 4 
 
 3 28 1 
 
 5!28 3 
 
 5 28 3 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 7i23 2 
 
 JllnJs zi\i\ U'cJthsr. ' 
 
 E.: N.: W.S. W. light bra-zc; 
 
 1] 1 ( n\ c r '.' ; t h l' r. fog '^ v . 
 V\ .: N.: 'E. light -aixI'l lliowcry : 
 
 thjn tbggv. 
 S. E. : E. : N. E. moclcrate and 
 
 ihowcry ; then ioggy. 
 S.E.: S. moJoratc breeze ;fiiOV,'crv: 
 
 theii ioggy. 
 S. S. Y.. : E. S. E. mcxieratc anvi 
 
 E.S.E.:,: E.N.E. ditto weather 
 E. by N.: E.: S. E. moderate and 
 
 cloudy. 
 S. E.: E. light breezes and cloudv. 
 E. : N. : W. ; S. W. faint wind : 
 
 Iky cnercnu. 
 W. : S. : W.: S.: S. S. E. light 
 
 bree/:e : rani; tlien lair. 
 S. S. E. taint wind: then calm; 
 
 fair. 
 S. : E.: E. N. E. very light airs: 
 
 gentle breeze andfidr. 
 N. E. : N. : N. W. frelh breeze; 
 
 li'^ht a:rs ar.d fair. 
 X. V/. : S. W. : S. E. moderate 
 
 breeze and cloudy. 
 
 E.S.E.: X.: W. light breeze, then 
 
 calm : frelli breeze and clcud}', 
 
 with fqualls. 
 W. S. Vv . : W. : W.X.W. mcd,:rate 
 
 breezes and clou.lv. 
 \V. : W. N. V\'. moderate and 
 
 cloudyj V. ith. a litth- rain, 
 \. W. :' \V. S. W. Irdu brcLzt-; 
 
 cloudy ^^it!. feu;dk. 
 S. ^V. . 'S, S. \V.': b. Ireu. bicezes 
 
 and CiOud\', v iih fvja.-lli. 
 S.V;. modjr!;te Ir ; ze then calm; 
 
 V\'. S. \V, ci.'e.'}' u'id fair. 
 X. Vv". ii ^'^h urce/e ; :l".en calm : W. 
 
 licht air :.:.i 'hir, 
 .. N. l':d.t .ti:^. '\; - une w--:..thei 1
 
 TABLES or THE ROUTE 
 
 Time. 
 
 J.a'.'itnJe 
 
 ohIl'r\xc!. 
 South. 
 
 1703. 
 At C;'pc 
 Di; men. 
 
 ut'iD. L'8 
 Mar. 1 
 
 13 22 2(j 
 
 12 bO 5'J 
 
 rj 32 34 
 
 g 42 21 38 
 
 4i4 2 10 54 
 
 Cl'iO 23 8 
 
 7 39 27 If; 
 i 
 
 '37 o3 43 
 
 i 
 
 9J3G 24 oG 
 
 1013 5 36" 12 
 
 11 34 2C 18 
 
 12 34 23 30 
 
 ^4 7 40 
 l-f'33 15 54 
 
 ];; 
 i-f 
 
 15^32 33 44 
 
 I 
 l6!3 1 5 5 In 
 
 Latitu-le 
 
 l)y arcotint. 
 
 South. 
 
 Longiiuih 
 
 obfcrvcci. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 4 2 50 4 
 
 42 25 8 
 4 2 12 49 
 
 42 J 
 41 4; 
 
 147 57 6 
 
 1 /j 1 1 s 
 
 153 14 iO 
 
 15 1 3 
 
 Longitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 40 21 54 
 
 39 26 2B iGl 7 53 
 
 I 
 
 37 44 46jic3 33 5G 
 
 36 28 5GilG5 43 I'j 
 
 35 43 3'lCG 52 5w 
 
 I 
 
 34 22 2;jiiCR 35 5G 
 
 J4 12 2g!i70 18 3 J 
 
 34 12 3G|171 54 26 
 
 '174 13 5 2 
 
 32 28 
 1 4 1 
 
 17 3 ly 17 .:0 18 27 
 i8 29 34. 30 29 22 30 
 
 j;/2S 13 A'J 
 
 2 1 
 
 ,'8 18 
 9 4 
 
 i7G 2G H 
 
 178 34 53 
 
 179 >!) 27 
 
 ! 7;) 54 2O 
 
 '79 9 1!^ 
 
 145 40 00 
 
 147 55 8 
 
 15113 8 
 
 153 21 38 
 
 155 42 36 
 157 3 5 8 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs, 
 
 Ealh 
 
 .r. G 4 32 
 
 do. 9 iG 8 
 
 s. 5. 10 44 46 
 
 do. 1 I 38 00 
 
 159 2u 4 
 
 iGO 33 2 s, r. 13 8 00 
 
 I';i5 35 19 
 
 iGG 43 I9JS. s. 13 19 00 
 r. 12 43 54 
 
 iG8 17 5G 
 170 2 34 
 
 171 2 34 
 
 174 8 33 
 
 \~iO \2 \n do. 11 23 '2i 
 
 178 29 34 
 
 179 42 24 s. s. 1 1 4C 4 
 
 \Vo:T. 
 179 -9 :.'8's.r. 1 1 49 34 
 
 '79 18 3G s. s. 10 5G 5 i 
 
 17^' 3 8 41 .h. 11 17 3G 
 
 i 
 178 32 4G' . . , ,
 
 OF THE ESPE RANGE. 
 
 SI 
 
 Time. 
 
 1793- 
 
 Va nation 
 
 of ihc Compals. 
 
 Eaii. 
 
 7 ^S '^b 
 
 Ftb. OS 
 Mar. 1 
 
 2 az. 9 17 00 
 
 3 . r. 12 44 00 
 4!az. 12 yS OU 
 
 !Z. 13 IQ (ju 
 
 gaz. 13 44 00 
 
 10 az. 12 4G l;; 
 I 1 ;r,z. 12 .'jg Ou 
 
 12| 
 
 i;;!. 
 
 14|a. 
 l/;la: 
 
 I 1 4.5 
 10 4ij 
 
 If; 
 
 7-. 10 30 2v 
 
 18 az. 10 4 4 Sv 
 
 l>j;s.r 10 IS 'u 
 
 2C ;.r. 10 33 4? 
 
 Winds and ircathc; 
 
 I. 1. 
 
 J 4. 0:28 0.4 
 
 S. S. W. moderate breeze ; clGuJy_, 
 
 bur fair. 
 N. N. W. moderate and rainy ; 
 
 frefn brcciv.'s and fine wearhor. 
 X. W.: W. : vS. W. ftitfbrecze; 
 
 cloud v J rolerably fine. 
 W.S.W.: N. N.W. lioht breeze 
 
 ^ai^if^dr. 
 N. N.\V. frcfh breezes and cloud".'. 
 14.4 28 1 .6 N. N. W. : N. W. frcib breeze ; 
 
 cloudv ; fog. 
 W. S.W . : S. S. W. : S. S. E. frefn 
 
 breezes and foo-pv. 
 S. S. E.: S.W.: w": moderate and 
 
 cloudy. 
 28 2 . N.W.: \V.: S.W. freOi breeze and 
 
 cloudy. 
 S.S.E.: S.S.W. moderate breeze^, 
 
 and fnr. 
 S. : Vv". 1\ . W. light breeze and very 
 
 fine weather. 
 W.: W. N.V/. m.oderate and fair. 
 D . l; 28 . 2 I \V. : \V. N. W, inodcra'.e bree c. 
 
 andfogev. 
 W. N.W . light freeze and f^g^'/. . 
 N.'XV. irxii-ra'-e oreez'-- ardl ^g. 
 JX.W.: N. N.W. lighcbr.cz. a;.c. 
 1 i(^i-:;'^y weather. 
 N.\\7by N.: S.A^'. flrorg breeze ; 
 
 then rnoderaie, v. i;h I ^ '! ;.,':i. 
 W. S.W.: S. W.: S. S.W. ni.c- 
 
 rate breezes and <. ioua\". 
 
 2.S i?.5 S. S. F,.: ^.. S.S.Vv'. :' 
 
 2S C 
 
 , ^. V . 
 
 I O V - 
 
 '-'.( 
 
 :'.:.: li. ^.^:.: > 
 
 , til- : 
 'V, . J.
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 i T''w,- 
 
 1793- 
 
 I.at'uitdt! I Latitude Longitude 
 
 u'.'i'tivi'cl. jhy ^^"couiU. ob!ervcd. 
 
 SoLiih. I ' Soadi. Weft. 
 
 o / // o 
 
 iVlui-. ;.CiJ4 lo 2()C'4 o4 
 
 i 1 
 
 : ^ QCj '2 2 9 48 
 
 At Ton 
 1 ; 
 
 20 55 (iS 20 52 C; 
 20 12 33 '20 IS 5' 
 
 1'. 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 20 
 
 K) 
 
 , () 
 
 1,- 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 8 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 
 176 18 4 
 i/C) 2f5 7 
 
 177 2-6 40 
 17D -i-l 4 
 
 L^^ngitude 
 
 by arcount. 
 
 Weft. 
 
 176 5 3 
 
 176 22 8 
 
 177 16 
 
 Variation 
 of the Compafb. 
 
 EaiL 
 
 177 25 56 
 
 Eali. 
 
 179 42 24 
 
 'Eiiil. 
 177 45 46 
 175 .'37 1(' 
 
 8 ;J7 50'2-0 9 4 172 4 2:172 48 39 
 ;t 52 IG 20 9 StllGg 43 lOilGg 4S 16 
 
 Ki 10 53 8|20 15 21107 54 SO:i6'7 44 IS 
 
 i I I ! 
 
 ];i 8 52120 28 541 IO5 45 !t);i05 58 1 
 
 ]s -0 22 35k'0 n() 2!l|ln2 55 4 1 ^3 9 
 1(||2() J) 3fi,:.0 Iti 5fj Kil 58 53'U>2 4 
 2!'i2;; 10 4-i! 
 
 f- A ,- V,-. ^. 1 
 i v.\. j'.-doiu.-l. j 
 \''l'y 10j2i) iO 43 20 12 3 IG2 15 l^'l02 
 
 1 1 
 
 ^ 5 24 
 
 1 2 I I li 
 
 i:il If^ ;n 13 
 
 19 5 4 Il- 
 ly 13 () 
 
 IS r;:^ 5! 
 
 i ! I i 7 33 5()l 1 7 :.() 2; 
 
 1 ,, lie: 2^! ool iG ;!s .Ki 
 
 47 5i' 
 5 2 1 
 
 13114 -2 5n 
 
 s -1 \ 
 
 4 
 
 1(12 2 52'in2 3Ci 13 
 
 iOl 25 I2.ICI 42 54 
 
 I 
 
 1 Hi n 2t> lO'l 3 3 R 
 
 lOl 6 5/) l!il 34 6 
 ir:2 14 30 
 
 103 4 15 n,i3 18 34 
 103 24 3(1 
 
 s. s. 9 48 If) 
 ^0, 9 44 17 
 
 do. g 14 00 
 
 di. 9 47 14 
 Jo. 11 2G 14 
 do. 11 16 10 
 
 ;.r. II 19 4 
 
 !o, 8 34 10 
 
 9 44 5 
 8 3 8 5 
 
 d^. 
 
 1O2 20 ]:, 1O3 11 4/, 
 
 ,/;. 10 4 3 2 
 do. 9 :i2 24 
 
 s, r. 5>5 36 
 
 d'. 9 54 33
 
 OF THE ESPE RANGE. 
 
 33 
 
 T'imr. 
 
 
 23 
 24 
 
 1 1 
 
 ]? 
 
 Fariot.'on 
 
 of the Compa{k 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 Barom. 
 
 XI. 8 4G ,-.4 
 az. 9 4G iii) 
 
 az. 9 1(3 o4 
 
 az. 9 'J 4 ,ii 
 az. () 4o IC 
 
 A/-,:; io 
 
 r- 
 
 :0.0 
 
 i. 1. 
 
 i^nnds anil li'^^aihf 
 
 28 3.1: 
 
 S. S. V/.: S.: frefh breeze; cloudy, 
 
 prettv fair. 
 S. S. E.: 3. C.:K.S.E.frc(h breeze; 
 
 a Ht:Ie clond-, iau-. 
 N. IC: S. i%. moderate and cloudy; 
 line wcailicr. 
 
 I E. : E. S, E. raod-ratc; cloudy, 
 
 bu'. f'lir. 
 J ; . {) '-'8 2.7! E. iVv :1; bivezc ; cloudy ; fjir. 
 
 'JO . 8 
 
 .'0.7 
 
 . ; -(J.4 
 
 '.>; i('|20.i 
 
 11 S. r. 9 14 ^^\:\ . . . . 
 
 I 
 
 . r. 10 : .' 54 'jO -1 
 
 1 . s. r. a 2," 21,- . . . . 
 14 az. 9 44 :.4-:ru. 7 
 
 \c 
 
 \2\ .2 
 
 J.:E.S.E.iVellibrrcz?;cloiidy;n];r 
 
 ::^ 2 . s : E. S.E. frefh bi'fcz.e, cit^.Klv, hnal. 
 j rain. 
 
 E.: E.S. E. fVcf: brcczj; cloudv. 
 
 i!i^. c;--;:r. 
 E.: E. by S. iVicdc-atc and cloud}-, 
 
 lair. 
 J', by S.: S, K. hy ]L. moderate &: 
 
 cloudv, line v.\:j:r.er. 
 S.E. ge:!:ie gale; Ch-ntVeHi breeze, 
 
 vet :';ir. 
 OJE.S.E.: E. fV.ili breeze: i; cloac-. 
 
 E. S. E. : S. S, E. E^b; bi :eze ; 
 
 tair \vea>..r. 
 K. E.: S. E, variable! verv fei-r j 
 fair, 
 b S. S. E. Hc-h^ab- .benvc:v:be 
 
 b'-.eie; 
 
 ia J ' 
 
 
 
 
 
 S. E. ver^ 
 
 i'o^^ 
 
 e-rj 
 
 . c . 
 
 z ::: 
 
 .;bcr. 
 
 S. E. lab- 
 
 v:::d; 
 
 :be: 
 
 
 .;.;c L; 
 
 eeze: 
 
 iair. 
 E. Li. 1^. tVeIbb;-e-e:-ben.lei:dv. 
 e8 C..,|E. S. E. frcfc I reeec, c:oeav. 
 
 S.E.: E.: N.E. uiaettlcd wcatiicr; 
 
 eloedv ; rabu 
 E. N.E. : E.: E. S.E. ni-dcratc 
 
 and ciouwiy ; ibeu c.e..r.
 
 34 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 Th 
 
 1793- 
 
 Maji 
 
 June 
 
 19 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 25 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 29 
 SO 
 31 
 
 1 
 
 f> 
 
 3 
 4 
 
 
 Latitude 
 oblcrvcd. 
 South. 
 
 11 ,'38 17 
 11 15 4S 
 
 10 bQ 54 
 
 10 3f) 38 
 
 10 38 25 
 
 Latitude 
 
 bv account, 
 
 South. 
 
 Longitude 
 oblerved. 
 
 10 48 \[) 
 
 10 53 42 
 
 10 33 ID 
 
 9 63 34 
 
 9 58 56 
 
 10 7 16 
 10 3 6 
 
 9 27 43 
 !) ^ 3() 
 8 5(i 54 
 
 7 8 49 5G 
 
 81 9 18 45 
 
 9 10 8 IQ 
 
 I 
 
 10 11 I'O 54 
 
 i 
 
 1111 G 4t) 
 
 ! 
 
 121 1 00 00 
 
 I;.-^, 1 I 14 34 
 
 I 
 
 14 I') :r3 3': 
 
 / // 
 1 1 39 54 
 11 12 39 
 
 10 56 49 
 
 10 47 17 
 
 10 3Q 34 
 10 32 54 
 
 10 58 3G 
 
 11 8 47 
 10 5 8 34 
 10 18 47 
 
 9 58 bA 
 
 10 12 5 2 
 
 10 32 50 
 
 10 12 18 
 
 9 52 14 
 
 9 :9 4 
 
 9 32 14 
 9 23 37 
 9 ~ 3-i 
 
 8 48 10 
 
 9 14 4() 
 
 10 4 12 
 
 u 9 3,; 
 
 1 ) 24 52 
 
 i 
 
 ! 1 43 3()'l 
 
 11 1 0' 3 8 j 
 
 163 13 52 
 
 1G3 32 25 
 
 1O3 39 31 
 
 iGS 32 35 
 
 IG3 21 10 
 
 iGo 17 3 
 159 40 30 
 
 158 57 5 
 
 159 7 40 
 
 Longitude 
 bv account. 
 ' Eaft. 
 
 158 45 50 
 
 158 9 26 
 158 7 32 
 
 1,57 15 10 
 15G 3b 45 
 
 155 9 2 
 
 155 12 30 
 
 154 49 5 
 
 154 37 42 
 
 IG3 38 54 
 163 39 37 
 
 163 52 14 
 
 1G3 45 54 
 
 iG3 48 34 
 1G3 34 46 
 
 IG2 14 6 
 
 iGO 52 34 
 
 159 43 17 
 
 158 52 8 
 
 158 54 5G 
 
 159 4 50 
 
 158 3 SG 
 
 157 52 2G 
 157 b3 36 
 
 157 36 8 
 
 15G 44 7 
 156 54 13 
 155 56 34 
 
 155 33 3 8 
 155 12 16 
 
 154 49 49 
 
 154 38 54 
 
 153 33 15 153 44 36 
 
 5 2 14 5 
 5 1 54 25 
 
 152 28 34 
 152 5 34 
 
 Variation 
 
 f the Compafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 O I II 
 
 s. r. 9 43 40 
 s.s. 9 18 46 
 
 do. 10 12 16 
 
 r. 9 14 54 
 
 do. 9 45 36 
 do. 8 54 12 
 
 s.s. 8 00 00 
 s. r. 8 12 47 
 s.s. 8 14 18 
 
 do. 8 38 54 
 
 11 18 14 15 1 18 32 15 1 29 3 7 s* r. 7 '^8 26
 
 OF THE ESPERANCE. 
 
 35 
 
 
 Time. 
 
 FariaCOfi 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Ealt. 
 
 
 Ba 
 
 rom. 
 
 IVitids^ 3nd !f ''cat her. 
 
 
 
 1793. 
 Maj 19 
 'JO 
 
 
 ' 
 
 II 
 
 
 
 i. 1. 
 
 K.: E.S.E.; gentle breeze; cloudy. 
 
 
 
 az. 
 
 () 24 
 
 14 
 
 22 . 
 
 28 
 
 1 .0 
 
 E.S.K.: N. E. N.W. faint wind ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 fliowcrv ; rain ; then clear. 
 
 
 
 2] 
 
 s. r 
 
 9 36 
 
 10 
 
 23 . 
 
 2 8 
 
 1 .0 
 
 E.: N.: S.E. li^hrairs, fair; fmall 
 rain, fip.e. 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 2 2.5 
 
 28 
 
 1 .0 
 
 E. S. E. : N. E.: N. faint wind; 
 cloudy. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2M 
 
 az. 
 
 () 36 
 
 16 
 
 23 . 
 
 28 
 
 0.0 
 
 E.: S. E. ligbt airs and cloudv. 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 
 22 ,0 
 
 28 
 
 0.8 
 
 E. S. E. liglit brcczj; cloudy with 
 rain. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 
 22.0 
 
 28 
 
 1 . 1 
 
 E. frcfh nreez;' ; cloudy & rainy. 
 
 
 
 2(J 
 
 
 
 
 22 . 5 
 
 28 
 
 0.5 
 
 E. S. E. frcfh breezes and cloudy. 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 
 
 
 22. fc 
 22.0 
 
 28 
 
 0.2 
 . 2 
 
 E. frcfh e;ilcs; cloudv. 
 
 E.: E. S. E. freih breeze; cloudy, 
 
 
 
 az. 
 
 9 42 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 with foualls and rain. 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 az. 
 
 8 4.0 
 
 3G 
 
 22.5 
 
 2S 
 
 0.5 
 
 E. moderate breeze; then calm ; 
 W. light air. 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 az. 
 
 7 54 
 
 36 
 
 2 2 2 
 
 28 
 
 0.8 
 
 W, unfrtrled weather ; cloudy ; 
 fjualis and fog. 
 
 
 ! 
 
 31 
 
 
 
 
 22 . 
 
 28 
 
 1 .0 
 
 X.: N. S.: E. N. E. light breeze 
 and cloudv. 
 
 
 
 Jr^ne 1 
 
 az. 
 
 8 52 
 
 18 
 
 2 2 . 5 
 
 28 
 
 0.6 
 
 E. N. E. moderate and cioudv. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21 .OI28 
 
 1 .0 
 
 From S. to E. variable ; light 
 breezes ; c'oti.lv. 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 1 . 5 
 
 28 
 
 1 .8 
 
 Fro'n c. ;,o E. unfettlcd weather;' 
 iliowerv. 1 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 1.5 
 
 J 8 
 2 8 
 
 1 . , 
 J . 5 
 
 E.S. E. moderate breezes & cloudy . 
 S. K. frclli breeze and cloudv. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 2 . U 
 
 ">^ 
 
 0.0 
 
 S. E. frj'.h breezes, and cioudv ; 
 rain and f(iaall5. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 az. 
 
 7 54 
 
 00 
 
 2 2,0 
 
 28 
 
 1 . 2 
 
 Di//a. 
 
 
 t 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
 
 
 
 S. E. : N. E. : X. Vv'.: S. W. : S. 
 
 liuht b:ce/.e ; ra'.i, t'r.cii t.iir. i 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 a/. 
 
 7 48 
 
 5 4 2 1 .|; 
 
 :s 
 
 1 .0 
 
 S. E.: F. S. v.. nui.T.iie cV cloud}', 
 v\ ith r;'!:;. . 
 
 
 ] 
 
 I 10 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 az. 
 
 7 SO 
 
 4 2 2 ,0 
 
 28 
 
 2.0 
 
 E.: !]. X. K. I'^lit br.'cze ; pre*t's| 
 
 
 1 
 
 az. 
 
 7 40' 
 
 34! ... . 
 
 
 
 ~^. r.: S. N"^'. I'eht breeze; tolenu 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 b V fiM-: iqu.dlv. i 
 
 
 
 1? 
 
 az. 
 
 8 30 
 
 5 P 2 1. 
 
 2 8 
 
 1 .(. 
 
 S.K.ii^h b:'.ze;l:dr;:!;ghtfju-d!J 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 az. 
 
 7 26 
 
 ii 20.5 
 
 2 8 
 
 2 L 
 
 ^. '". h.;:it i:i\v/j ; toIe.-.^bi>- iair;; 
 
 t . ' - -, 1- n I . < ' ' 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 
 2v^ 
 
 2 . 2 
 
 . S. F.: b. 'i. F. light breeze, iir,| 
 then rainv. ' 
 
 
 
 

 
 $6 
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 : 
 
 Ti: 
 
 17.93- 
 'June 
 
 Latitude 
 
 obfcrv;d. 
 
 South. 
 
 7"^ 
 
 13; 10 36 32 
 i(i: 10 2-1- 2y 
 
 10 12 .5 
 
 9 ^'i j9 
 
 9 42 44 
 
 9 4() 6 
 
 8 53 CO 
 
 '1 8 14 4S 
 .3 8 lu 
 
 24 S l6 3S 
 8 Si/ 
 
 7 3fi 38 
 
 6 .j4 42 
 
 7 8 4S 
 7 8 43 
 
 3 01 5 39 3 6 
 1 ! .5 15 1 6 
 
 Latittide 
 
 by acconTit. 
 South. 
 
 10 38 6 
 
 :0 39 47 
 
 10 12 bb 
 
 10 4 5;} 
 
 Cv 55 24 
 
 9 53 3fi 
 
 9 6 34 
 
 8 S6 54 
 
 8 CO 40 
 
 8 iS 41 
 
 7 41 37 
 
 7 32 IS 
 
 7 6 !. 
 
 Longitude 
 
 oblcived. 
 
 Eaft.' 
 
 150-18 35 
 
 152 20 10 
 
 149 4 2 3! J 
 
 149 l-i' 22 
 
 149 7 55 
 
 149 -^ ;'<' 
 14y 18 24 
 
 148 59 40 
 1.8 17 1j 
 
 147 22 M. 
 146 37 25 
 
 146 13 44 
 145 31 35 
 
 Longitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 151 4 12 
 150 19 4( 
 149 56 44 
 149 13 2( 
 
 149 8 34 
 
 149 12 48 
 149 8 54 
 
 149 8 3(1 
 148 4 4'-: 
 
 147 33 5-i 
 
 146 'i-7 30 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Conipafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 s. r. 7 19 36 
 
 do. 7 14 ',ii) 
 do. 7 26 44 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 7 34 52 
 7 8 ig 
 
 7 36 44 
 6 54 48 
 
 do. 7 38 44 
 
 14' 3'; 
 
 145 47 I(*:i45 45 1', 
 
 I . 
 
 7 13 4 ;]145 51 4 5 145 b) 34 
 
 6 25 14 146 26 20 
 
 5 IS 30)14 7 31 55 14 6 54 
 
 49 56 j 5 12 5HJ1 17 15 30 
 47 2 : I 4 47 OOJ ; J 7 5:) 3(i 
 
 4! 5 4 :^x| 4 .)1 34 
 
 5 4 .: ' 1 il 4 54 H 
 
 6 1 4 :^s .;;;! 4 42 ^ 
 
 7! 4 42 l^i 4 3 3 3i 
 
 ;-'7 -'7 4 
 
 14H 3 6 15 
 
 lis 55 50 
 
 149 9 2.5 
 
 2 J- -I ! 1 5 150 19 3 4 
 6 3u! .', -1-; u| 49 18 35 
 
 3 3OJ 3 ;6 .m|i4 4:,! 10 
 2 .:)4 1 2 52 .;o i47 2 4() 
 
 147 12 1:- 
 
 147 48 bi' 
 14 3 9 52 
 
 148 2 8 \v 
 
 148 43 ,sO 
 
 148 54 !<; 
 
 149 6 U:. 
 
 149 8 3O 
 
 i4') 43 i: 
 
 147 50 
 
 3 8 14 147 4 20 ; 1-17 a 4.- 
 
 12 4714.) 3 5 5, ;4 6 24 5- 
 
 -, r. 6 34 00 
 
 ^. s. 6 42 40'i 
 I 
 t 
 
 do. 6 
 
 S6 4--. 
 14 5 5 
 
 6 42 S: i 
 
 6 37 30 1 
 
 ,1 
 (; 8 3l)| 
 
 (? 22 5 i ' 
 
 j 
 6 4 2 34 j 
 U 3^ M 
 6 38 ! .! 
 
 r. G 17 5-i
 
 OF THE ESPERANCI. 
 
 ^1 
 
 Time. 
 
 June 1 5 
 16" 
 17 
 IP 
 
 1.9 
 
 2(1 
 
 Var'iat'ton j ^ I 
 of the Co npafs, b Barom. 
 
 Eart. g ' 
 
 
 r/in.ls and V/eathey. 
 
 20 
 SO 
 
 7v> 1 
 
 az. 
 
 i i . . . 
 
 (m 
 
 "-' 1. J. I 
 :J 1 . (' v8 ;j . ulo.E. light hr'^L'zr'o anri flar w:-,;'her 
 
 7 ->'j Oi'} -.0.0 --; 1 ..S 
 
 I . 
 I'l .o\.r^ 1 .(; 
 
 j ! 
 
 s. r. 7 oo Oi;i~'l . Gi-'B I . ;; 
 Ll .o\'2S -2 .(j 
 
 b. r. 7 18 Cuj'J] 28 1.0 
 
 d a-r 00 Ji .0 28 1 .a 
 
 2 J a/., 
 
 24 'az, G 46 00 
 
 22.0':- 2.7 
 23 2 J 
 
 21 
 
 ..^01.7 
 . . 12i 
 
 28 az. u 9 00'20 
 
 az. 0' 12 00 21 
 
 G 14 00 
 s. r. t) 30' 00 
 
 2S 2.3 
 
 28 2.0 
 
 2 8 2.0 
 
 23 1.5 
 
 2i .0'28 10 
 
 E. S. K.: S. J:;. lioht brecc'^; lair. 
 ^. E.: S. S. E. D'rto -.vearhcr. 
 >. F..: 2. N. E. :;cr''-ie brcez -s, and 
 
 E.^-. - . \-:::y li-hi .;.;.,; tk:n calc:; 
 \' / line. 
 
 S. E. nv)>iciare brcez."; verv line 
 
 \re:!.".hjr. 
 -^.E.: :^>,E.: niod'^-j* <&: ver' Tine. 
 $. S. i:',.: S. E.: unretilcd ^-.c^uIk'; ;' 
 
 Iq ' tily wi'h r.T:n. 
 ^.. .licden ;e br'^c./.es and Joudv 
 S. E. :i.od:.'rate h/ ozis ; thenlio-hii 
 
 airs and c'o'ady . 
 X E. light breeze; cloudy. 
 . ::i. E. : S. E. iiglu broc/e; then 
 
 troth c,a;os, fqaaiis, ar.d rain. 
 W. N. vV.. N. W. light breeze; 
 
 cloudv ; nin ; tl-f^n t;<ir. 
 
 ."'.: S. S. E. ij^:^iu breezo ; cioaJy;' 
 
 rahi : then rair. j 
 
 S.: :'^. !i. E. inodcr^.e breeze; th:;n! 
 
 i\\ .A \v.:ia ; t'u'K'dv-. 
 
 22.CJ2S 0-5JS. ^.JL niwdc-. c -A-ind; v^-riable;' 
 
 then cairn aivi .air. I 
 
 !22.2j28 1 .0 S. E.: E. S. E. iCKicr.^.o ani' "'ir. j 
 
 (j 04 o;;;22 0;2s 1 . ; S: S.]-;. li-hra'rsandt;.'^ .-i:nrr.. 
 
 ;2-.2i;:t l.OjCbii.S. bgh: breeze ; i:;:r. i 
 
 |22 .4;e8 . ^Wi/fs. j 
 
 !22.i:28 1 ois.Lb ibo^erv ; 1- 'ht'Trvze ; 0;'r.' 
 
 4 1 <;>)!22..:. 2S o./jN. W . i:g-nr I IX .-.:; ttien ...Ur.; 
 t I rain ; tr.en {:.;.. 
 
 (i ,^,i (. 
 
 s 7J/^.'.'-;. 
 
 2 1 .'.; 
 
 . :> 
 
 ;., b' e i ' 'reezc; iinfbttledwoa- 
 ilr'r; vb'.:'.!av \. b :vbn; thcni.iir. 
 . : S. S. E. i'r,ll :'.i'. d ucathci ; 
 r .biy ; ihcii (air. 
 \i. a: l'_:b''d., iij;iit breeze, rain; 
 tneii lir.e wcaiher. I
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 rhne. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 obferved. 
 
 South. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 South. 
 
 Longitude 
 
 obit rvcd. 
 
 l'.aft. 
 
 Longltu 
 by accoui 
 Eall. 
 
 de 
 It. 
 
 of th 
 
 iriaticrt 
 i Compafs. 
 Ealh 
 
 m 
 
 i7-''3- 
 
 o / // 
 
 A ,/ 
 
 / 
 
 // 
 
 o 
 
 / 
 
 
 o r II 
 
 ////v 1 -T 
 15 
 
 16 
 17 
 
 1 5 .'36 
 
 5.3 80 
 52 18 
 
 36 54 
 
 1 12 18 
 
 52 48 
 4y IS 
 
 33 14 
 
 145 42 
 
 144 5 
 144 35 
 
 144 5 
 
 30 
 
 6 
 
 40 
 15 
 
 145 
 
 145 
 144 
 
 143 
 
 54 
 
 3 
 26 
 
 54 
 
 48 
 
 43 
 38 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 s, r. 
 
 5 24 18 
 
 
 IS 
 20 
 
 sg 10 
 
 38 54 
 
 26 8 
 3 1 1 )j 
 
 22 26 
 
 143 23 
 
 5 2 
 
 143 
 
 142 
 
 142 
 
 46 
 
 3 8 
 
 48 
 46 
 
 
 
 
 s.s. 
 s. r. 
 
 4 54 37 
 4 18 lij 
 
 
 143 9 
 
 26 
 
 
 21 
 
 42 18 
 
 27 44 
 
 143 2 
 
 12 
 
 142 
 
 39 
 
 36 
 
 s. s. 
 
 3 3 8 19 
 
 
 no 
 
 43 34 
 
 26 30 
 
 142 53 
 
 36 
 
 142 
 
 26 
 
 1 6 
 
 s. r. 
 
 4 18 17 
 
 
 23 
 
 14 18 
 
 North, 
 
 13 25 
 
 North. 
 
 142 25 
 
 35 
 
 142 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 s. s. 
 
 4 32 54 
 
 
 24 
 
 2 34 
 Soutii, 
 
 1 43 
 
 141 22 
 
 45 
 
 141 
 
 13 
 
 46 
 
 s. r. 
 
 4 54 J.H 
 
 
 25 
 
 8 Q[) 
 
 1 38 
 South. 
 
 140 3d 
 
 20 
 
 140 
 
 28 
 
 38 
 
 s. s. 
 
 4 18 47 
 
 
 2fi 
 
 12 6 
 
 North. 
 
 7 4.- 
 North. 
 
 13y 12 
 
 5 
 
 139 
 
 54 
 
 32 
 
 s, r. 
 
 4 18 00 
 
 
 -7 
 
 8 54 
 
 3 i< 
 
 130 3 2 
 
 3 
 
 138 
 
 ''P 
 
 8 
 
 s.r. 
 
 4 17 18 
 
 
 28 
 
 22 14 
 
 l6 3''i 
 
 1 ^[) 14 
 
 51 
 
 \.is 
 
 34- 
 
 36 
 
 
 
 
 
 South. 
 
 South, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 c ... 
 
 5 541138 (} 
 
 4 
 
 i ,':' .3 
 
 3 S 
 
 7 s.r. 
 
 3 4 3f; 
 
 
 
 ': f- 1 -1 
 
 \i 4',- 
 
 138 43 
 
 J- 
 
 138 
 
 8 
 
 3 -i- 
 
 s. s. 
 
 3 2 2 57 
 
 
 
 
 23 6 
 
 
 
 137 
 
 19 
 
 14 
 
 3 8 
 
 1 7 
 
 r/-^ 
 
 3 3 3 IC' 
 
 
 y/.-.-/ 1 
 
 8 '!' 
 U 5 ;. ! 
 
 o 'j/ 4? 
 ,-: 1.. 
 
 i.-.5 .-.G 
 
 l.;4 5! 
 
 .) <' 
 
 135 
 
 134 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 d.. 
 
 2 2S 00 
 
 
 ., 
 
 5 4 2 
 
 J 5 4 1 
 
 i M 3 
 
 00 
 
 134 
 
 9 
 
 46 do. 
 
 2 48 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 l.> .Si'i 
 
 
 
 l.j;> 
 
 5(i 
 
 34 
 
 s. r. 
 
 2 44 30 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 U 1 ^ 
 
 
 
 133 
 
 44 
 
 5 2 
 
 s. s. 
 
 2 3 8 16 
 
 
 
 
 1,, 23 
 North. 
 
 6 3-: 
 
 
 
 1 3 3 
 
 n n 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 i:-; .'M 
 
 1 3 8 
 
 132 3 
 
 20 
 
 1 3 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 OF THE ESPERANCE. 
 
 39 
 
 Time. 
 
 >793- 
 
 If.) 
 
 17 
 
 IS 
 
 19 
 
 fariation 
 
 of the Conipafs. 
 
 EA\. 
 
 ^ 
 
 5 4 2 00p23.? 
 
 az. 4 5 7 UO 
 
 'JO 
 
 2 1 az. 4 38 00 
 
 2'J|az. 
 2. s. r. 
 
 24 
 
 2() 
 
 oO 
 
 .'i.v^. 1 
 
 3 5,0 00 
 
 4 14 00 
 
 23 . 4 
 
 Barom. 
 
 2 8 . () 
 2 8 0.() 
 
 28 1.0 
 28 0.7 
 
 3 . (i 
 
 28 0.9 
 
 Winds and lFc:!:kcr. 
 
 S. E. unfcttlcd ; light breezes and 
 
 cloudy. 
 
 E. very gentle breeze ; cloudy. 
 N. : N, W. : S.S.E. light breeze ; 
 
 cloudy, with rain. 
 Ditto. 
 
 E.: N.: unfetrled weather ; rainv. 
 S. E. : E. : N.: N.W.; unlettlid ; 
 
 rain ; cloudy. 
 W. : S. : S. E. very faint wind ; 
 
 clondy. 
 S.: S.E. very light air; very fine 
 
 v/ cat her. 
 Diito. 
 \l. S. E. light breezes and very 
 
 fine weather. 
 
 s. r. 4 S' 00 
 
 3 S3 00 
 
 2 18 4 8 
 2 24 58 
 
 24 . 1 
 
 23.8 
 
 ?4.0 
 
 \.\\Diito, 
 
 . . . E.: E.N.E. light breeze ; clouJv 
 . . . E.: S.K. faint brce.'.e ; ftormy. 
 
 2 8 1 
 
 1 .4 
 
 2 8 1 . 2 
 
 E.: S, unfettk'd weather; rtor'iiy. 
 S.: W.X.W. unfeakd: fqually; 
 rain, 
 
 W.: S.W. light breeze; cloudy. 
 S.: E. faint wind; moJe;-a'.e and 
 
 clcudv. 
 S.: E.: N. moderCLe breer.i.-s and 
 
 cloiidv. 
 S.: S.E:'E. n^-.l-r.ire andcloLdv. 
 E.: X. lig'n b'.je/.e ; tlien calm : ^ 
 
 cloudy r ' 
 
 N.: \V.: S.: W.:X. light ^ t'.r.\ 
 \V.;\V.SAV.iit;;M breeze, cloudy,; 
 
 23.7123 0.8 
 
 23 
 
 2 8 1 . : 
 
 W.^.W'.: W.X.W. moderate and 
 \V.: S.V/.: ^^ ii..;.: breeze: rain. 
 S.iS.W.freih Ire .:e; cloudy; :.:in.
 
 40 
 
 TABLES Ot THE fepUTl 
 
 i 
 
 i T'im^. 
 
 1 
 
 Latitu 
 
 Xcrt: 
 
 
 Laviude 
 b) dccounts 
 
 Longitude 
 ob!('rved. 
 
 Eaih 
 
 l^ongitude 
 bv iiccount. 
 ' Eaft. 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Conipafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 
 1 I?'"- 
 
 o ' 
 
 // 
 
 o / // 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 II 
 
 / 
 
 II 
 
 
 / 
 
 // 
 
 
 'Auguj. ^ 
 
 18 
 
 53 
 
 15 -il 
 South. 
 
 132 
 
 36 
 
 bb 
 
 132 4 
 
 30 
 
 s. 5, 
 
 1 36 
 
 44 
 
 
 ( 
 
 9 
 
 26 
 
 3 5 
 
 131 
 
 55 
 
 SO 
 
 ISl 38 
 
 34 
 
 do. 
 
 2 S3 
 
 14 
 
 
 ]0 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 . y 
 
 1 
 ],5 
 
 S 
 .S2 
 52 
 
 5 10 
 
 8 29 
 
 5 IS 
 North. 
 
 131 
 
 25 
 
 5 
 
 131 4 
 130 3 8 
 130 12 
 
 36 
 24 
 14 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 129 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 s, r. 
 
 1 44 
 
 IS 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 Q Q A 
 
 
 
 
 i2^ 32 
 
 iCis. s. 
 
 1 1 s 
 
 ^ (1 
 
 
 li 
 
 12 39 
 SoLirh. 
 
 00 49- 
 
 129 
 
 48 
 
 25 
 
 129 26 
 
 lO do. 
 
 1 18 
 
 ; J 
 36 
 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 30 
 
 00 .J 6 
 
 129 
 
 34 
 
 S 
 
 129 8 
 
 lQ\do. 
 1 
 
 1 38 
 
 44 
 
 
 
 NortI 
 
 ,. 
 
 South. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 IG 
 
 1 
 
 2 7 
 
 00 ,39 
 
 
 
 
 129 2 
 
 4 
 
 ^5. 
 
 44 
 
 48 
 
 
 At Way- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28 
 
 .3 
 
 44 
 
 2 48 
 
 129 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 129 14 
 
 54 
 
 do. 
 
 1 8 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 So'jtl 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 (J 
 
 y(i 
 
 14 l(i:i28 
 
 33 
 
 8 
 
 128 3 7 
 
 4 4 
 
 do. 
 
 44 
 
 12 
 
 
 SO 
 
 m 
 
 .'i 
 
 38 19ii25 
 
 24 
 
 16 
 
 127 52 
 
 10 
 
 . . . 
 
 
 
 
 .Si 
 
 .5 
 
 lu 
 
 bH ! 4 , 1 2 7 
 
 l-l- 
 
 6 
 
 127 16 
 
 19's. r. 
 
 34 
 
 18 
 
 
 <2 
 
 1 .S8 
 
 2 M 
 
 20 
 4 2 
 
 1 20 37 
 
 2 3 42 
 
 127 
 120 
 
 2 
 2 8 
 
 3() 127 8 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 12(j 52 
 
 b. s. 
 
 46 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Weft. 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 2 48 
 
 'x.i 
 
 2 3 8 00 
 
 125 
 
 'r 8 
 
 C 
 
 12(3 14 
 
 8 s.r. 
 
 8 
 
 48 
 
 
 4 
 
 .'i ] S 
 
 24 
 
 3 8 3 2 
 
 125 
 
 OQ 
 
 4 
 
 125 48 
 
 4 s.r. 
 
 8 
 
 4 4 
 
 
 At Bouro, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1(5 
 
 2 48 
 
 h,''' 
 
 3 4 
 
 1 24 
 
 52 
 
 16 
 
 124 54 
 
 16 .s. s. 
 
 1 S6 
 
 18 
 
 
 17 
 
 2 .51 
 
 5 2 
 
 2 '1 8 3 2 
 
 124 
 
 8 
 
 36 
 
 124 42 
 
 3 6 do. 
 
 17 
 Eaft. 
 
 42 
 
 
 IS 
 
 3 2H 
 
 On 
 
 3 25 0!- 
 
 122 
 
 5 4 
 
 > < 
 
 12.S 19 
 
 7U. 
 
 13 
 
 19 
 
 
 1.0 
 
 .'3 24 
 
 4u 
 
 "" 
 
 1 23 
 
 '.'/ 
 
 4 3 
 
 123 23 
 
 4L' 
 
 ,/ 
 
 Weft, 
 
 58 
 
 
 20 
 
 4 14 
 
 .'37 
 
 4 8 .','G 
 
 ! 2 ,; 
 
 
 i-^' 
 
 122 -IS 
 
 * 
 
 G. r. 
 
 4 
 
 .SS 
 
 
 21 
 
 4 18 
 
 )4 
 
 4 28 3-> 
 
 122 
 
 .3 
 
 1 . ' 
 
 122 8 
 
 20 
 
 b, s. 
 
 43 
 
 43 
 
 
 22 
 
 4 IS 
 
 50' 
 
 4 3 2' 4 
 
 121 
 
 .'!S 
 
 1 
 
 I '..' 1 3 2 
 
 4 6i</j. 
 
 4i 
 
 39 
 
 
 ::4 
 "l 
 
 4 2 2 
 
 -' 
 
 4 28 IG 
 
 12 1 
 
 8 
 
 16 
 
 121 18 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^5. 
 
 .;4 
 
 4- * 
 
 
 4 .!? 2 
 
 i'^ 
 
 
 ::;:::::.! 
 
 :::;:::::i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 J 
 
 
 

 
 OF THE ESPERAXCE- 
 
 4i 
 
 Time. 
 
 1793- 
 Aug. 8 
 
 g 
 
 10 
 11 
 
 le 
 
 13 
 
 Variation 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Eaft. 
 
 // 
 
 az. 
 
 az. 1 19 4C 
 
 14, az. 24 IS 
 15 
 
 IG 
 
 :;.^6 
 
 .V^/; 
 
 29 . . . 
 30 'az. 
 '6 1 -az. 
 
 . li... 
 
 4 8 14 
 
 14 '{A 
 
 .iz. O 44 
 
 Baro/ftr 
 
 i. 1. 
 
 JFimis zvA JVcathcr. 
 
 24.L'l28 O.CjS.W.: S.: S.E. very frefh ; fair. 
 E.: S. light breeze, cloudy 
 
 21.9 
 
 22 .4 
 22.3 
 
 23 9 |S. : e. W . : W. S. W light breeze ; 
 then frcfh, and rain. 
 \V. S. W. ; S.: S.E. light breeze, 
 
 rain. 
 S. : S. V:. ; 5. S. E. light breeze, 
 cloiidv, ir.ir. 
 28 1.2 S.W.; S.E. faint breeze; rain. 
 8 O.t) S.W.: S.E. light airs and cloudy. 
 
 N.W.: W, variable ; faint breeze, 
 rain. 
 
 S.V/.: unfcttledv.'cather ; fair. 
 
 28 1.0 
 
 22.0128 1 
 
 2'J.6'28 1.4 
 
 22.4123 1 
 
 iUi 
 
 '-2.5 28 1 .G 
 
 17!a/. IS 44 j . . 
 
 l^'az. \9. 47 22. : j28 1 A 
 
 j 
 luls.r. ( '.2 loJ2; 
 
 ' I V/oil. 
 
 20 n/. 1 >i 'M'<\ . 
 
 S.W.: lij-ht breeze : cloudv. 
 
 S.: S.S.E. frefii breeze, cloudy. 
 S.: S.S.E. moderate and cloudv. 
 S.: S.S.E. light breeze, doudV. 
 S.: S.S.E.niodera'-cbrceze; cl'udv 
 S. E. : W. lirht breeze Sc cloudv^ 
 
 E. : P. H-ht breeze; tl:cn caln^ : 
 
 t!oiuiv. 
 S.E. r,:ntleg-de; clordy. 
 
 p]. S. E. mndcrat'- breeze ; ther 
 
 cabn ; tair. 
 E.S. E. verv f..:'.:t v.-ind ; fair. 
 
 S.S.E. nu'dcratc breezes and fair. 
 
 !8 1 .7 /Jz/.'s. 
 
 S.S.E.: S. E. n'nd,'r.::c and nilr. 
 
 21 s.r. 12 lGJ22.()l2S 1 . olS.S.K. light breeze : t"a:r. 
 
 i't'l !l','.4|28 2.0'S.S.E.: ]'.. S.E. very light ai;'^; fair. 
 
 2:ia7, 1*; .':G 22 .0,2^ i . 7 'S.: S.S.^''. Mglr :dr~ ; Ldv. 
 
 -4 I ;2e.-'2-5 I .b\^ror^ X. to E. ueiVttl^d; lair. 
 
 9.'^ . . '": G 28 7 EroniE. S.E. to V.'.S.V','. modulate jl 
 
 I .11 breeze and fiir. 
 
 f
 
 TABLES OF THE ROUTE 
 
 
 Time. 
 
 L 
 
 or 
 S 
 
 feivi 
 outh 
 
 d. 
 
 Latitude 
 
 by account. 
 
 South. 
 
 Longitude 
 oblervcd. 
 
 E-dft. 
 
 Longitude 
 by account. 
 
 Varintion 
 
 of the Compafs. 
 
 Well. 
 
 
 
 ijq'u 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 // 
 
 / // 
 
 / /' 
 
 f /I 
 
 
 Q 1 II 
 
 
 
 In the 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 j Strair of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 Ecurcn. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 'Seft. 21'' 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 .ss 
 36 
 
 34 
 
 3S 
 36 
 
 
 
 
 =. r 
 
 4 6 3 5 
 
 2G 18 
 4 6 54 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 s. s. 
 
 
 
 
 120 4fi 2 
 
 
 s. r 
 
 
 
 I I 
 
 6 
 
 1 / 
 i ^ 
 
 ! 
 
 i *" 
 
 i 10 
 1 
 
 4 
 4 
 
 43 
 
 47 
 
 14 
 
 2 ^' 
 
 
 
 120 59 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 s. s. 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 34 10 
 38 7 
 
 IS 37 
 
 29 44 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 28 
 47 
 
 06 
 
 5 54 5u 
 
 120 44 8 
 1 ly 3 8 34 
 
 
 
 
 119 4 2 :3S 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 G 
 
 4 5 
 5 
 
 43 
 34 
 
 5 5 2 44 
 
 6 12 8 
 
 1 18 43 56 
 117 25 14 
 
 118 46 38 
 117 32 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 do. 
 
 37 46 
 
 
 
 1 1 3 
 
 ' G 
 
 :G 
 
 3 55 
 
 6 12 3 8 
 
 116 2 36 
 
 116 4 35 
 
 do. 
 
 18 36 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 ^ 
 
 5 > 
 
 3'.! 
 
 5 56 4 8 
 
 114 54 IG 
 
 1 14 53 3 8 
 
 d,. 
 
 1 3 6 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 '> 
 
 44 
 
 5 2 
 
 
 113 42 34 
 
 1 13 44 56 
 
 do. 
 
 36 24 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 c 
 
 IS 
 
 34 
 
 6 26 3-; 
 
 112 45 3; 
 
 112 5 8 3 7 
 
 do. 
 
 5 2 6 
 
 
 
 i '^ 
 
 u 
 
 5 2 
 
 3 i) 
 
 6 53 4iJ 
 
 111 56 52 
 
 112 2 4 5 
 
 s. r. 
 
 1 18 46 
 
 
 
 ! 1^ 
 
 ic 
 
 
 5 2 
 
 Hi 
 
 4 
 
 6 5 2 2 8 
 6 56 4 
 
 1 11 28 12 
 1 10 5() 54 
 
 HI "8 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 10 59 18 
 
 th. 
 
 1 34 18 
 
 
 
 2C 
 
 () 
 
 5fi 
 
 4i 
 
 6 .} 8 32 
 
 ; 10 48 46 
 
 1 1 5 2 7 
 
 do 
 
 1 20' 4>: 
 
 
 
 2 1 
 
 :Atroc-n.- 
 
 (i 
 
 5 8 
 
 00 
 
 
 1 10 54 38 
 
 
 do. 
 
 1 22 00 
 
 
 
 i 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 OF THE ESP E RANGE. 
 
 Time. 
 
 fa 17 at Jon 
 
 of ill;: Compufs. 
 
 WcR. 
 
 1793- 
 
 Sip!/J 
 
 TA. 6 2g 
 
 jaz. 4 3 o-i 
 
 :az. 34 5 'J 
 
 0c7. 
 
 s. r. I 9 34 
 
 L';s. r. 1 58 52 
 
 3 s.r. 1 r^T) 38 
 
 4 s. r. .yj 44 
 
 5 s. r. 2:i 47 
 ' s. r. 148 4() 
 
 lii 
 
 22 . 1 
 
 Barom. 
 
 28 1.5 
 
 C8 l.G 
 28 1.7 
 28 l.S 
 
 ,4 28 
 ,0 28 
 
 '2.8 28 
 
 ,5 28 
 , 28 
 
 1 .8 
 
 l.(i 
 
 1 .4 
 1 .8 
 
 1 .7 
 1 .5 
 
 1.6 
 
 i .5 
 I .4 
 1 .2 
 1 .3 
 
 28 1.5 
 
 muds and /r^-^'/Zv-r. 
 
 S. E. moderate and fair. 
 
 E. S. E: E. N. E. gentle breeze 
 
 and fair. 
 E. lifjht airs and fair. 
 
 S.S.E. : E.S.E. moderate breezes, 
 
 fair. 
 S.S.E. : E.S.E. unfettlcd, fair. 
 From S. to W. S. W. moderate 
 
 breeze ; fair. 
 S, E. moderate and fair. 
 From E. to S. E. moderate breezes; 
 
 very fine weather. 
 E.S.E.: S. E. moderate and fair. 
 E.S. E. moderalJ and fair. 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 N. E. moderate and fair. 
 
 N. W. Ditto weather. 
 
 N.N.W.; N. moderate breezes and 
 
 fair. 
 N. E.. S. W. fair.
 
 NAMES AND VALUE 
 
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 Zitiear Measures. 
 
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 Myriamctcr i....5ioO 4 5 4 
 
 Kilometer 5 13 5 4 
 
 Heftometer 51 1 10 1,6 
 
 Decameter 5 9 4,g6 
 
 Meter 3 11,296 
 
 Decimeter , 3 8,330 
 
 Centimeter 4,433 
 
 Pleasures of Capacity. 
 
 cub. feet. cub. inches. 
 
 Myrialitep 'J91,73y0 
 
 Kilolitcr cg, 1 739 
 
 HecTioliter 2,9174 
 
 Decaliter 0,29 1 7 
 
 Liter 50,4125 
 
 Deciliter 5,0412 
 
 Centiliter 0,5 041 
 
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 Bftr 204 4 4 5 4 
 
 Myriagram 20 6 CJ 
 
 Kilogram 2 5 5 
 
 Hectogram 3 2 10,72 
 
 Decagram 2 44,27 
 
 Gram 18,827 
 
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