Eagerness to possess Iron and other Me-

tals,

SECT. III. Manner of Building the Houses in Nootka

Sound. Inside of them described. Furni-

ture and Utensils. Wooden Images. Em-

ployments of the Men. Of the Women.

Food, Animal and Vegetable. Manner of

preparing it. Weapons. Manufactures

and Mechanic Arts. Carving and Painting.

Canoes. Implements for Fishing and

Hunting. Iron Tools. Manner of procu-

ring that Metal. Remarks on their Lan-

guage, and a Specimen of it. Astronomi-

cal and Nautical Observations made in

Nootka Sound,

IV. A Storm, after sailing from Nootka Sound.

Resolution springs a Leak. Pretended

Strait of Admiral de Fonte passed unex-

amined. Progress along the Coast of Ame-

rica. Behring's Bay. Kaye's Island. Ac-

count of it. The Ships come to an An-

chor. Visited by the Natives. Their Be-

haviour. Fondness for Beads and Iron.

Attempt to plunder the Discovery. Re-

solution's Leak stopped. Progress up
the

Sound. Messrs Gore and Roberts sent to

examine its Extent. Reasons against a

Passage to the North through it. The

Ships proceed down it to the open Sea

V. The Inlet called Prince William's Sound.

Its Extent. Persons of the Inhabitants de-

scribed. Their Dress. Incision of the Un-

der-lip. Various other Ornaments. Their

Boats. Weapons. Fishing and hunting

Instruments. Utensils. Tools. Uses Iron

is applied to. Food. Language, and a

Specimen of it. Animals. Birds. Fish.

Iron and Beads, whence received,

VI. Progress along the Coast. Cape Elizabeth.

Cape St Hermogenes. Accounts of Beer-

ing's Voyage very defective. Point Banks.

Cape Douglas. Cape Bede. Mount St

Augustin. Hopes of finding a Passage up

an Inlet. The Ships proceed up it. Indu-

bitable Marks of its being a River. Named

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Cook's River. The Ships return down it.

Various Visits from the Natives. Lieute-

nant King lands, and takes Possession of

the Country. His Report. The Resolu-

tion runs aground on a Shoal. Reflections

on the Discovery of Cook's River. The

considerable Tides in it accounted for,

SECT. VII. Discoveries after leaving Cook's River.

Island of St Hermogenes. Cape Whitsun-

day. Cape Greville. Cape Barnabas. Two-

headed Point. Trinity Island. Beering's

Foggy Island. A beautiful Bird described.

Kodiak and the Schumagin Islands. A

Russian Letter brought on Board by a

Native. Conjectures about it. Rock Point.

Halibut Island. A Volcano Mountain.

Providential Escape. Arrival of the Ships

at Oonalaschka. Intercourse with the Na-

tives there. Another Russian Letter. Sam-

ganoodha Harbour described,

VIII. Progress Northward, after leaving Oona-

lashka. The Islands Oonella and Acootan.

Ooneemak. Shallowness of the Water

along the Coast. Bristol Bay. Round

Island. Calm Point. Cape Newenham.

Lieutenant Williamson lands, and his Re-

port. Bristol Bay, and its Extent. The

Ships obliged to return on account of

Shoals. Natives come off to the Ships.

Death of Mr Anderson; his Character;

and Island named after him. Point

Rodney. Sledge Island, and Remarks

on landing there. King's Island. Cape

Prince of Wales, the Western Extreme of

America. Course Westward. Anchor in

a Bay on the Coast of Asia,

IX. Behaviour of the Natives, the Tschutski, on

seeing the Ships. Interview with some of

them. Their Weapons. Persons. Orna-

ments. Clothing. Winter and Summer

Habitations. The Ships cross the Strait, to

the Coast of America. Progress North-

ward. Cape Mulgrave. Appearance of

Fields of Ice. Situation of Icy Cape. The

Sea blocked up with Ice. Sea-horses kill-

ed, and used as Provisions. These Ani-

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mals described. Dimensions of one of

them. Cape Lisburne. Fruitless Attempt

to get through the Ice at a Distance from

the Coast. Observations on the Forma-

tion of this Ice. Arrival on the Coast of

Asia. Cape North. The Prosecution of

the Voyage deferred to the ensuing Year, 338

SECT. X. Return from Cape North, along the Coast of

Asia. Views of the Country. Burney's

Island. Cape Serdze Kamen, the North-

ern Limit of Beering's Voyage. Pass the

East Cape of Asia. Description and Si-

tuation of it. Observations on Muller.

The Tschutski. Bay of Saint Laurence.

Two other Bays, and Habitations of the

Natives. Beering's Cape Tschukotskoi.

Beering's Position of this Coast accurate.

Island of Saint Laurence. Pass to the

American Coast. Cape Derby. Bald

Head. Cape Denbigh, on a Peninsula.

Besborough Island. Wood and Water

procured. Visits from the Natives. Their

Persons and Habitations. Produce of the

Country. Marks that the Peninsula had

formerly been surrounded by the Sea.

Lieutenant King's Report. Norton Sound.

Lunar Observations there. Stæhlin's Map

proved to be erroneous. Plan of future

Operations,

XI. Discoveries after leaving Norton Sound.

Stuart's Island. Cape Stephens. Point

Shallow-Water. Shoals on the American

Coast. Clerke's Island. Gore's Island.

Pinnacle Island. Arrival at Oonalashka.

Intercourse with the Natives and Russian

Traders. Charts of the Russian Disco-

veries, communicated by Mr Ismyloff.

Their Errors pointed out. Situation of the

Islands visited by the Russians. Account

of their Settlement at Oonalashka. Of the

Natives of the Island. Their Persons.

Dress. Ornaments. Food. Houses and

domestic Utensils. Manufactures. Man-

ner of producing Fire. Canoes. Fishing

and Hunting Implements. Fishes, and

Sea Animals. Sea and Water Fowls, and

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Land Birds. Land Animals and Vegeta-

bles. Manner of burying the Dead. Re-

semblance of the Natives on this Side of

America to the Greenlanders and Esqui-

maux. Tides. Observations for determi.

ning the Longitude of Oonalashka

SECT. XII. Departure from Oonalashka, and future

Views. The Island Amoghta. Situation

of a remarkable Rock. Strait between

Oonalashka and Oonella repassed. Pro-

gress to the South. Melancholy Accident

on board the Discovery. Mowee, one of the

Sandwich Islands, discovered. Intercourse

with the Natives. Visit from Terreeoboo.

Another Island, called Owbyhee, disco-

vered. The Ships ply to Windward to get

round it. An Eclipse of the Moon ob-

served. The Crew refuse to drink Sugar-

cane Beer. Cordage deficient in Strength.

Commendation of the Natives of Owhy-

hee. The Resolution gets to Windward of

the Island. Her Progress down the South-

East Coast. Views of the Country, and

Visits from the Natives. The Discovery

joins. Slow Progress Westward. Kara-

kakooa Bay examined by Mr Bligh. Vast

Concourse of the Natives. The Ships an-

chor in the Bay,

CHAP. V. Captain King's Journal of the Transactions on

Returning to the Sandwich Islands,

SECT. I. Description of Karakakosa Bay. Vast Con-

course of the Natives. Power of the

Chiefs over the Inferior People. Visit

from Koah, a Priest and Warrior. The

Morai at Kakooa described. Ceremonies

at the Landing of Captain Cook. Obser-

vatories erected. Powerful Operation of

the Taboo. Method of Salting Pork in

Tropical Climates. Society of Priests dis-

covered. Their Hospitality and Munifi

cence. Reception of Captain Cook. Ar-

tifice of Koah. Arrival of Terreeoboo,

King of the Island. Returned by Captain

Cook,

II. Farther Account of Transactions with the

Natives. Their Hospitality. Propensity

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to Theft. Description of a Boxing Match.

Death of one of our Seamen. Behaviour

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of the Priests at his Funeral. The Wood

Work and Images on the Morai purchased.

The Natives inquisitive about our Depar-

ture. Their Opinion about the Design of

our Voyage. Magnificent Presents of

Terreeoboo to Captain Cook. The Ships

leave the Island. The Resolution da-

maged in a Gale, and obliged to return, 434

SECT. III. Suspicious Behaviour of the Natives, on our

Return to Karakakooa Bay. Theft on

Board the Discovery, and its Consequen

ces. The Pinnace attacked, and the Crew

obliged to quit her. Captain Cook's Ob-

servations on the Occasion. Attempt at

the Observatory. The Cutter of the Dis-

covery stolen. Measures taken by Cap-

tain Cook for its Recovery. Goes on

Shore to invite the King on Board. The

King being stopped by his Wife and the

Chiefs, a Contest arises. News arrives of

one of the Chiefs being killed by one of

our People. Ferment on this Occasion.

One of the Chiefs threatens Captain Cook,

and is shot by him. General Attack by

the Natives. Death of Captain Cook.

Account of the Captain's Services, and a

Sketch of his Character,

IV. Transactions at Owhyhee subsequent to the

Death of Captain Cook. Gallant Behavi-

our of the Lieutenant of Marines.

gerous Situation of the Party at the Mo-

rai. Bravery of one of the Natives. Con-

sultation respecting future Measures. De-

mand of the Body of Captain Cook. Eva-

sive and insidious Conduct of Koah and

the Chiefs. Insolent Behaviour of the

Natives. Promotion of Officers. Arrival

of two Priests with Part of the Body. Ex-

traordinary Behaviour of two Boys. Burn-

ing of the Village of Kakooa. Unfortu

nate Destruction of the Dwellings of the

Priests. Recovery of the Bones of Cap-

tain Cook. Departure from Karakakooa

Bay,

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