A General History and Collection of Voyages and Tr
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A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:
FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE, BY SEA AND LAND, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.
* * * * * BY
ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.
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ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.
VOL. XII.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: AND T. CADELL, LONDON.
MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOL. XII.
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PART III.
_General Voyages and Travels of Discovery, &c._
BOOK I. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by order of his Majesty, George III, for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere; and successively performed, by Commodore Byron, Captains Wallis and Carteret, and Lieutenant Cook.
General Introduction.
CHAP I. An Account of Commodore Byron's Voyage, in 1764, 5, and 6 in His Majesty's ship the Dolphin.
SECT. I. The Passage from the Downs to Rio de Janeiro.
II. Passage from Rio de Janeiro to Port Desire; with some Description of that Place.
III. Course from Port Desire, in search of Pepy's Island, and afterwards to the Coast of Patagonia, with a Description of the Inhabitants.
IV. Passage up the Streight of Magellan, to Port Famine; with some Account of that Harbour, and the adjacent Coast.
V. The Course back from Port Famine to Falkland's Islands, with some Account of the Country.
VI. The Passage through the Strait of Magellan as far as Cape Monday, with a Description of several Bays and Harbours, formed by the Coast on each Side.
VII. The Passage from Cape Monday, in the Strait of Magellan, into the South Seas; with some general Remarks on the Navigation of that Strait.
SECT. VIII. The Run from the Western Entrance of the Strait of Magellan to the Islands of Disappointment.
IX. The Discovery of King George's Islands, with a Description of them, and an Account of several Incidents that happened there.
X. The Run from King George's Islands to the Islands of Saypan, Tinian, and Aguigan; with an Account of several Islands that were discovered in that Track.
XI. The Arrival of the Dolphin and Tamar at Tinian, a Description of the present Condition of that Island, and an Account of the Transactions there.
XII. The Run from Tinian to Pulo Timoan, with some Account of that Island, its Inhabitants and Productions, and thence to Batavia.
XIII. Transactions at Batavia, and Departure from that Place.
XIV. The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope, and from thence to England.
CHAP. II. An Account of Captain Wallis's Voyage in 1766, 7, and 8, in his Majesty's ship the Dolphin.
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Tr
- 2: The Passage from Masafuero to Queen Charlotte's Islands
- 3: With a particular Account of the Strait of Macassar
- 4: And successively performed by commodore byron
- 5: Mr Dalrymple remaining equally tenacious of his own opinion
- 6: After the astronomical observation should be made
- 7: Without the officious instrumentality of an editor
- 8: In his majesty's ship the dolphin
- 9: That the flesh stunk in a few hours after they were killed
- 10: Some Portuguese caulkers were engaged
- 11: We were now in latitude 35 deg
- 12: But as she was to leeward of us
- 13: Cape Blanco at this time bore W
- 14: And near Penguin Island several smaller islands
- 15: We therefore got a hawser out of the Tamar
- 16: Or perhaps by Sir John Narborough
- 17: And carried off several hundreds of their eggs
- 18: Which is said to lie in latitude 47 deg
- 19: That it lies in latitude 47 deg
- 20: And we had here but thirteen fathom water
- 21: This is the place where the crew of the Wager
- 22: While the ribband was thus extended
- 23: Than as an individual accidentally anomalous
- 24: The tide of ebb beginning to make
- 25: Wallis agrees as to the former remark E
- 26: The water of Sedger river is excellent
- 27: A large fire was immediately kindled
- 28: And six fathom a very little way astern
- 29: We now brought to for the Tamar
- 30: But the Tamar being some leagues astern
- 31: Being from ten to seven fathom
- 32: And limpets The seals and penguins are innumerable
- 33: We found it a very commodious place for ships to water at
- 34: The same illusion which made Hawkins
- 35: From Cape Tamar to Cape Dolphin
- 36: Both the Tamar and the store ship made signals of distress
- 37: And brought the ship to an anchor
- 38: And with the Tamar sailed from Port Famine
- 39: And had no ground with forty fathom
- 40: Footnote 29 They have also javelins
- 41: Which is the westermost land in sight on the south shore
- 42: And were soon after joined by the Tamar
- 43: About five miles to the eastward of Cape Monday
- 44: About a league to the eastward of Cape Upright
- 45: At the western entrance of the streight
- 46: The Tamar parted a new best bower cable
- 47: And found two anchoring places
- 48: We were abreast of Cape Pillar
- 49: As we entered the streight on Sunday the 17th of February
- 50: Like his namesake at Juan Fernandez
- 51: I appointed captain of the Tamar
- 52: When we were in latitude 14 deg
- 53: Which we saw lying upon the beach
- 54: Full of cocoa nut and other trees
- 55: But they could find no anchorage
- 56: And immediately sent the boats to sound the inlet again
- 57: Thatched with cocoa nut branches
- 58: And a great quantity of scurvy grass
- 59: And swam through the surf to shore
- 60: And the westermost end of it in longitude 151 deg
- 61: We therefore bore away after the Tamar
- 62: And swam back again to his proa
- 63: Which proved to be the islands Saypan
- 64: And the place was so overgrown with underwood
- 65: As I was myself very ill with the scurvy
- 66: Where cattle were in great plenty
- 67: Besides the cattle and the poultry
- 68: That formerly the three islands of Tinian
- 69: The whole of the pillars and semi globe is solid
- 70: Which is much larger than Tinian
- 71: The Run from Tinian to Pulo Timoan
- 72: And demanded rupees As we had no rupees
- 73: Pulo Taya bears from it nearly S
- 74: And arrack was to be procured in great plenty
- 75: Being the most magnificent building in Batavia
- 76: Sailed from Batavia for the Cape
- 77: The Tamar steered very well with it
- 78: Which was dated the 19th of June 1766
- 79: The middle of Bonavista is in lat
- 80: He informed me that the crew were sickly
- 81: We sounded again with 180 fathom
- 82: And the northermost extremity of the land W
- 83: I shewed them some hatchets and bill hooks
- 84: Particularly the paunch of an ostrich
- 85: When the first volley was fired
- 86: The Passage through the Streight of Magellan
- 87: The streight here is only three miles wide
- 88: Erected tents upon the banks of Sedger river
- 89: And we found the streight to be about six miles wide
- 90: Whoever navigates this part of the streight
- 91: They gave us also several pieces of mundic
- 92: In this situation Cape Quod bore W
- 93: Considering the narrowness of the streight
- 94: To take a view of the streight
- 95: And at five anchored in Goodluck Bay
- 96: And sailed from Swallow Harbour
- 97: We now moored the ship in seventy eight fathom
- 98: And behaved peaceably the rest of the time they staid
- 99: Having entered the streight on the 17th of December 1766
- 100: The variation is two points easterly
- 101: We found abundance of wild celery and cranberries
- 102: Except a few mussels and rock fish
- 103: In the Streight of Magellan by Compass
- 104: 12 53 6 71 17 Porpus Point to Fresh water Bay S
- 105: The variation by the azimuth was 5 deg
- 106: Wort was also made for them of malt
- 107: Having been discovered on Whitsun eve
- 108: And abounding with scurvy grass
- 109: Who were enfeebled by the scurvy
- 110: In honour of the Earl of Egmont
- 111: I sent Lieutenant Furneaux to the shore
- 112: I then distributed trinkets and nails among them
- 113: Threw on board a branch of the plantain tree
- 114: They made the signal for twenty fathom
- 115: And shewing the Indian's the barecas on board
- 116: We began to warp the ship up the harbour
- 117: At the same time several canoes
- 118: And Mr Furneaux stuck up a staff
- 119: Took possession of the water casks
- 120: And brought with them several hogs
- 121: To fill some more casks with water
- 122: And as a propitiation to the gunner
- 123: Small nails for hogs of a middling size
- 124: And then a few of the halfpence
- 125: Particularly the first lieutenant and purser
- 126: The gunner being onshore to trade
- 127: And abounding as well with hogs and fowls
- 128: And some pease in several places
- 129: And the hatchet men two small kegs
- 130: And brought with them a large hog ready roasted
- 131: But on the summit were rocky and covered with fern
- 132: With a present of hogs and fowls
- 133: A more particular Account of the Inhabitants of Otaheite
- 134: And those who had combs from us
- 135: Mr Furneaux clothed completely in an English dress
- 136: They cover it with the hot embers
- 137: With which he sharpens his adze almost every minute
- 138: Were near eight feet in the girth
- 139: Passage from Otaheite to Tinian
- 140: But Keppel's Isle being to windward
- 141: And Keppel's Isle in latitude 15 deg
- 142: Wallis's Island lies in latitude 13 deg
- 143: And judged the island of Tinian to bear west
- 144: Observed at Tinian 214 7We continued a westerly course
- 145: The latitudes and longitudes of these islands and shoals
- 146: The two islands proved to be Pulo Tote
- 147: With the carpenter of the Falmouth
- 148: Between the coasts of Sumatra and Java
- 149: The sickness on board gained ground
- 150: But the longitude of the Cape being
- 151: Thirteen gallons and two quarts remained in the still
- 152: We saw a ship in chace of a sloop
- 153: I landed at Hastings in Sussex
- 154: Commander of his majesty's sloop the swallow
- 155: If the Dolphin was to go round the world
- 156: And then swim back to the ship
- 157: Or to make the voyage myself with only the Dolphin
- 158: As had been done from England to the Streight
- 159: And so did the Dolphin and the Tamar the last voyage
- 160: Thus we cleared the western entrance of the Streight
- 161: It also broke the mizen gaff close where the sail was reeled
- 162: And stood again for Cumberland Bay
- 163: But immediately got off fifteen casks of water
- 164: And broke the mizen gaff just where the sail was reefed
- 165: During the darkness and tempest
- 166: With hard squalls and much rain
- 167: With violent gusts from the land
- 168: Its situation is west of Juan Fernandes
- 169: In fourteen and fifteen fathom
- 170: When we took our departure from Masafuero
- 171: Son to Major Pitcairn of the marines
- 172: With long rolling billows from the southward
- 173: We were got into latitude 18 deg
- 174: It became necessary to pick them into oakham
- 175: And lay the ship by the stern to examine and stop the leak
- 176: Armed with musquets and pistols
- 177: I also sent the lieutenant in the cutter
- 178: But notwithstanding all these precautions
- 179: And which we called Carlisle Harbour
- 180: About half a mile from Carteret Point
- 181: Which prevented my obtaining refreshments at this island
- 182: The inhabitants of Egmont island
- 183: From the time of our leaving Egmont island
- 184: And a very strong westerly current
- 185: Which is called the cabbage This cabbage is a white
- 186: The carpenter also cut down many spars
- 187: Where the cocoa nuts had been gathered
- 188: Four leagues from English Cove
- 189: On the southermost side of the main
- 190: Forming a strait or passage with New Ireland
- 191: I called Queen Charlotte's Foreland
- 192: From Cape Saint George to Cape Byron
- 193: They poured in a shower of darts and lances
- 194: And its longitude about 143 deg
- 195: And to which I gave the name of Freewill Island
- 196: Notwithstanding the southerly current
- 197: The westermost point of the bay bore W
- 198: After this interchange of cravats
- 199: And sometimes lifting their targets
- 200: The south east being Saint Augustina
- 201: The westermost point of this bay is low
- 202: Called the Streight of Macassar
- 203: The longitude of the northermost I made 117 deg
- 204: What sometimes we took for shoals
- 205: When we got near to the Celebes shore
- 206: Go and anchor close to the town
- 207: Contented themselves with weighing anchor
- 208: Without the utmost violence to language and common sense
- 209: SECTION XI Transactions at Bonthain
- 210: The town of Macassar is in a district called also Macassar
- 211: The assembling an armed force at Macassar
- 212: Le Cerf was returned from Macassar with another officer
- 213: The latitude of Bonthain hill is 5 deg
- 214: And the westermost lies ten miles farther
- 215: The latitude of the eastermost
- 216: Mr Garrison then read me a certificate
- 217: The sheathing every where eaten off by the worms
- 218: For whoever meets them is obliged to stop his coach
- 219: Especially as the west monsoon was setting in
- 220: Run up the passage between New Island and Java
- 221: In order to get farther to windward
- 222: Concerning the western part of the Streight
- 223: And having passed the Streight
- 224: We scudded before it with the foresail only
- 225: 15 45 Ditto depth and bottom
- 226: 22 02 151 09 6 34 19
- 227: 0 05 138 41 3 09 to the island of Mindanao
- 228: 5 04 15 45 9 04 4
- 229: We found the latitude of Cape Finisterre to be 42 deg
- 230: And on the next day anchored in Funchiale road
- 231: But are amid the lavas and in the strata of pumice and tufa
- 232: By the observation of Dr Heberden
- 233: But this object is utterly neglected by the Portugueze
- 234: And distant fifty eight leagues from Funchiale in Madeira
- 235: Every one of the mountains which surround the pic
- 236: Nec Laconicas mihi Trahunt honestae purpuras clientae
- 237: By the mean of several azimuths
- 238: Rather than at any port in Brazil or Falkland's Islands
- 239: And then an island just without Cape Frio
- 240: Mr Banks and Dr Solander dressed themselves
- 241: We had no boat on board but a four oared yawl The yawl
- 242: I sent another letter to the viceroy
- 243: These persons we conjectured to be Dr Solander and Mr Banks
- 244: At the discretion of the viceroy
- 245: 74 Footnote 74 Mr Barrow says
- 246: One of them suddenly drew a knife and stabbed the other
- 247: Both which were very mealy and insipid
- 248: This article was assumed as a royal monopoly
- 249: Pinga d'agua qualidade secundo
- 250: During his stay at Rio de Janeiro
- 251: Particularly the grylli aranea
- 252: We entered the Streight of Le Maire
- 253: Accompanied by Mr Banks and Dr Solander
- 254: Whom Bougainville denominates a juggler
- 255: Accompanied by Mr Monkhouse the surgeon
- 256: Mr Banks then endeavoured to wake Dr Solander
- 257: They would be able to bring Richmond
- 258: It was unanimously agreed that they should eat their vulture
- 259: The women both upon their wrists and ancles
- 260: We conjectured that there might be a streight or inlet
- 261: Mr Banks and Dr Solander found a vast variety
- 262: We ranged the coast to the streight
- 263: In the appearance of Staten Land
- 264: Which includes the Streight of Le Maire
- 265: Than through the Streight of Magellan
- 266: When land has been distant one hundred leagues
- 267: Gave the skin in charge to the centinel
- 268: Except cocoa nuts and palm nuts
- 269: Wading and swimming along the reef
- 270: The middle of it lies in latitude 17 deg
- 271: The Arrival of the Endeavour at Otaheite
- 272: 87 Footnote 87 Among all the labours of life
- 273: Shall trade or offer to trade for any sort of provision
- 274: Whose name was afterwards discovered to be Tootahah
- 275: And Mr Monkhouse his snuff box
- 276: Dr Solander and Mr Monkhouse had followed them
- 277: But Owhaw immediately called us together
- 278: That we were deserted even by Owhaw
- 279: Our friend Tubourai Tamaide made Mr Banks a visit
- 280: Footnote 88 Mr Sydney Parkinson
- 281: Which they had received from on board the Dolphin
- 282: At their return they were met by Tubourai Tamaide
- 283: Intimated that the butcher had threatened
- 284: As soon as the bleeding was over
- 285: In the evening Mr Banks paid a visit to Tubourai Tamaide
- 286: Captain Wallis having brought home one of the adzes
- 287: And took the astronomical quadrant
- 288: And Mr Banks made Tubourai Tamaide understand
- 289: Tubourai Tamaide pressing forward
- 290: Of opinion that we had ill deserved the hogs
- 291: Came and sat down among us Tootahah left us several times
- 292: While the wrestlers were engaged
- 293: That they all belonged to Tootahah
- 294: Even the cucumbers and melons failed
- 295: And brought back Tubourai Tamaide and his wife Tomio
- 296: In presence of Oberea and several women of superior rank
- 297: And the pinnace painted with white lead and oil
- 298: He immediately awakened Oberea
- 299: Tootahah himself slept in the next canoe
- 300: And if the best swimmer in Europe had
- 301: I dispatched Mr Gore in the long boat to Imao
- 302: Or beginning of the emersion
- 303: And in the other the chief mourner
- 304: For which the practice adopted by the Colchians
- 305: He laughs at their folly and superstition
- 306: Tubourai Tamaide uttered something
- 307: Consisting principally of the rake
- 308: And struck him Mr Monkhouse laid hold of him
- 309: Whappai having no child but Outon
- 310: The people in Tiarrabou would not kill us
- 311: We were accompanied by Tearee
- 312: And Wiverou calling for his supper at the same time
- 313: That the cloke and Mathiabo had disappeared together
- 314: On the south side of Opoureonu
- 315: Trees that are here called Etoa
- 316: Our way from her house to the Morai lay along the sea side
- 317: But a grove of the wild plantain or vae tree
- 318: Shewed manifest tokens of having been burnt
- 319: Among whom were Tubourai Tamaide
- 320: Who having learnt that Tootahah was confined
- 321: Where we were joined by Oberea