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LA PEROUSE

PERFORMED »Y ORDER OF

. THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY,

DURING THE

yp:ars 1791, 1792, 1793, AND 1794,

AND DRAWN U?

BY M. LABILLARDIERE,

rORRESPONDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES hi

PARIS, MEMBER. OF THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL

His TORY, AND ONE OF THE NATURALIST:.

ATTACHED TO THE, EXPEDITION.

TRANS L AT ED FR OM THE FR EPlCH.

ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY-SIX PLATLci.

IN T\VO VOLUMES,

VOL. If.

Sm»li>-}z'»<S=M»

PRINTED FOi. JOHN. STOCKDALE, PIOCADILL'ir;
1800-

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAP. X.

Stay m RocJ:y Bay — Various Excurfions into the Coun-
try— Goodnefs of the Soil — SmguJar Orgamzatiort of
the Bark.offeveral Trees peculiar to New Holland- —
Difficulty of penetrafwg into the Woods — The Trees
wiihiji land are not hollowed by Fire like thofe near the
Sea — Pit Coal to the North IV eft of South Cape — In-
' Terviem with' the Savages — Their CondiiB towards
ns very peaceahle-^One of them came to take a View
of us at Night while we voere af.eep — Several of them
accompany us through the Woods — Various other In-
terviews with the Inhabitants — -They broil Shell FiJJi,
to eat them — Polygamy efiablijlied amon^ thefe People
Their Manner of f filing — The Women fearch for Shell
Fifh, fometimes by diving to a great Depth — One of
the Savages vifiis us 071 lioard — Their Knowledge of
Botany ■ - ' - p3ge 9

CHAP. XI.

Departure from Rocky Bay to pafs. through Dentre-
cajleuux Strait — The Ships run aground in this -Strait

. —-^y arious

0 COXTENtS.

- — Vitrious Excnrfio-nshito the ne'ighhouring Country-^
Interview iv'iih the ISIathes — They had Jefi their
fVeapons in the Woods, a7id reftimed them on their
Reiurn-^We anvhor in Adventure Bay page ^B

CHAP. XII.

departure from Adventure Bay — TS^e pafs clofe by the
North End of New Zeala?id — Interview with the
Itdjuhitants—Dlfcovery of fever ai Ifuinds hitherto un-
hmwri-^Anchor at Tojigatahoo^ one of the Friendly
Iflandi — iLagernefs of the Natives to come on hoard
and furnijh us with frejh Provi/wn — We: fait a great
Number of Hogs — The IJlanders greatly addicted to
Theft — One of our Sentinels knocked down in the Night
by a Native, who flole his Mujket — The AJfaJfin de-
livered to General Dentrecajieaux by King Toobou,
who refiores the Mujket that had beenjiolen — Queen
Tine comes on board — Toobou gives a Feaji to the
Getieral — Queen Tine alfo does the fame — The Smith
of the Reclierche is knocked dowri with Clubs by the
Natives, who afterwards Jirlp him, in open Day, ifi
Sight of our Fejfels — Some y dung Bread-Fruit Trees
are taken on board to enrich our Colonies with this va*
habk Frodu5tlo7i - - page 85

CHAP. xni.

Departure from Tongataboo — IVe get Sight of the
Southern Part of the^ Archipelago of the Tierra del
Ffpiritu Santo, (Neiv Hebrides) — Dlfcovery of the
IJland of Beaupri — We A^ichor at New Caledonia

— Intervkws

CONTENTS. 7

..^Tfiterviews with tli& Natives — Defcription of their
JJnis-r—Thefe Savages are Canriihah-^Their hipu-
dence toward us — They eat great Piec$s of Steatite^
to appeafe their Hunger — Their Attempts to/eize upon
our Boats — Different Excurfions into the interior
Part of the JJlarJ — De.ifh of Captain Huon — Neiv
Species of Spider, on which the Savages of New
Caledonia feed - - page iS6

CHAP. XIV.

JOeparture from New Caledonia — Interview with the
Inhahitants of the IJIand'of St. Croix — Their Trea^
chery — One of thefe Savages Jlightly pierces with an
Arrow the Forehead of one of our Seamen, who died

fome Time after in Confequence of the Wound — Singu-
lar ConjiruBion of their Canoes- — View of the Southern
Fart of the Archipelago of Solomon — Interview
with its Inhahitants — Their Perfidy — The Northern
Coafl of Louifiade reconnoitred — Interviezv with its

Inhahitants — Dangers of that Navigation Sail

through Dampiers Straits in order to reconnoitre the
North Coaji of New Britain — Death of General

■ Dentrecajleaux — The Scurvy mahes great Ravages in
hoth Ships — Death of the Baker of the Recherche —
Cafl anchor at Waygiou - - P^ge 258

C H A P. XV.

Abode at Waygiou — Scorhutic Patients are fpeedily re-
lieved— Interviews with the Nalives — Anclior at
Bourou — Paffage through the Straits ef Bouton-^

Ravages

8 CONTENTl^.

■■ Rava^eyproduccciT>y the Dyfenfery—Anclicr at Sou^

^'- rahii^o^^Ahodc at Samaran^—My DefenUonat Fort

''j4ny,\'nYiir Batavia-^'Ahod^'at JJli de^ FruTK'e-^

Return to France -^ . ' " pisige 298

"••^E**"

APPEN-DIX.

Vocabulary of the Malay Language - \
Language of the Savages of Die^

mens Lam} - - - 43
' — . . ■■ iMuguage of the Natlvei -of Kezv

Caledonhf r. - <r " \5S

' — '■ "'^'>''v ' Langrtageof the Naiii^^s of JVuy-

S'i'^^' - - - ~ "^V,'..^.68

*TAiij.E& x>f the Rout of the Ff^erance - ' 73

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VOYAGE

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LA PEROUSE.

CHAP. X.

^tay hi Rocky Bay — Various Excnrjtons into the
Country — Goodnefs of theSo'il — Singular Orga-
mzation of tJie Bark of federal Trees peculiar to
New Holland — Difficulty of p^}ietrati7tg into the
Woods — "The Trees within Land are not hollowed
by Fire, like tho/e near the Sea — Pit Ccal to the
North-lFefl of South Cape — Interview with the
Savages — Their ConduSl towards us very peace-
able— One of them came to take a View of us at
Night J while we were qfleep — Several of them ac- .
company us through the Woods — Various other
- hiterviews with the hihabitants — They broil
Shell Fijh, to eat them — Folygamy eflahliflied
among thefe People — Their Manner of fjhing-^
The Women fearchfor Shell Fifli, fomctimes by
diving to a great Depthy^One of the Savages
viftts us on Board — Their Knowledge of Botany.

24th January, 17Q3.

A T five o'clock in the morning I landed near

the entrance of our anchoring-place. Along

the fhore I obferved blocks of fand-llone, the de-

VoL.II. B compofition

10 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [ijQS,

compofition of which had furnifhed the very fine
quartzofe fand, on which I walked for fome time.
The Elperance had ahcady found a waterins:-
placc, in a Httle cove to the north- weft, where
there was very good water, eafily procured. The
brook that furnifhed it fell into the fea from a
height of more than three feet, fo that it would
readily run into the long-boat through wooden
troughs.

We foon reached the head of the bay, where
we found a hut, which the favages had conftru6l-
ed with much art. The ingenuity with which
they had dilpofed the bark that covered ' its roof,
excited our admiration ; the heavieft rain could
not penetrate it. It had an opening in the fide
towards the fea, and curiofity induced us to enter.
Some of the people on board the Efperance^had
told us, that the evening before they had feen
three natives, fitting round a fmall fire, clofe to
the hut, who, being frightened by the found of
a gun difcharged at a bird, had fled with precipi-
tation. We had ibon another proof of their pre-
fetice at this extremity of the bay ; and it appeared
to us, that they came regularly to fieep in this
hut. In a very fliort time we repented our en-
tering into it ; for the vermin that ftuck to our
clothes, bit us in a very difagrecable manner.
The tide of flood had raifed the fea to a height

that

Jan.] of la perouse. 11

that enabled it to flow within the land, where
we faw on it many ducks ; but they would not
let us approach within a confiderable diftance of
them. From their being thus afraid of man, I
infer^ that they are not fafe from the attacks of
the natives.

In the woods we found few infects ; but for
this we were amply compenfated when we re-
turned to the fea-fide. As the weather was very
fine, the infers had flown thither from all parts ;
and among the great number of thofe that had
attempted to crofs the bay, many termites, and
various coleoptera, of very ilrange fhapes. The
w^ind had driven them upon the fand, where we
could colle6l them w'ith great eafe.

Next morning, at day-break, we landed near
the head of the bay, whence we entered a large
valley, which ftretchcs to the fouth-weft, between
fome very high hills. From the top of one of the
higheft we could fee all the country, as far as the
foot of the great mountain, that bore north-well
from our fliips. .The fnow^ ftill remaining on its
fummit, rendered the view very pi<5lurefque, and
by its contraft heightened the beautiful verdure
of the large trees, which appeared to grow on it
with great vigour.

Many fpecies of emhotJirium werfc obferved on
the declivity of the hills w^here we were. Lower

B 2 down

12 VOYAGE IN SEARCIt [l/O^.

down we perceived fprings of clear water, creep-
ing out at feyeral places, and running into a lakc>
■where I fa,w fbme pelicans ;. but \mfortunateIy I j
was able to fire at thon only from a great dif-
%ap.ce. This lake is in the midil of a large plain,
the foil of which, in the lowefl parts, eonfiils of
clay thoroughly drenched vsith water, and covered
with roots of different plants, which form a bad
kind of turf on a fnakins; bottom. Throu2:h this
are openings in fcveral places a few feet broad^
difplaying a very thin mud, covered with water.
Near thefe bogs, I had the. pleafure of colle(5ling
a great number of plants,''among wdiieh I remark-
ed feveral n€w fpecies of caheolqiia and drofera,
(fun- dew.) -

Continuing our walk, we foon had a vegetable
mould under our i^tt^ which I found the fame
at more than half a yard deep throughout the
whole breadth, of the valley. The temperature
of the ciima,ts would be extremply favourable ta
the, cultivation of moft of the ve<retables of Eu-
rope ; and a few trenches, dug in proper places,
would give a fufHcicnt difcharge to the water,
to drain almoft all the marflies found there, and
convert them into fertile foil.

As night approached, we had, reached the fpot
where we landed, and faw there feveral heaps ol
0} fi:cr-f]iells-, brought by the nati^■es, -which had

induced

Jan.] of la perouse. 13

induced ourfifhersto fearch for. them in the bay-
At low water they difcovercd, very near this
place, an oyftcr-bank, from v, hich they took a
large quantity ; and the flood brought in with
it fevcral fpccics of ray, foine of which they
caught aifo.

The whole of the 2l)th I fpcnt in defcribing
and preparing every thing I had CGlle(5led fince
our arrival in Rocky Bay. I was aftoniflied at
the great variety of produ<5iions ftill afforded me
by this part of New Holland, where I had been
very diligent in my refearches for more than a
month the preceding year ; though, it is true, fe-
veral leagues from the places we had now^ vifited,
and in a more advanced feafon, w^hen a great
number of plants, that I now found, muft have
difappearcd.

On the following morning, as foon as it began
to dawn, wefctoff, with the dehgn of rerhaining
on fhore a couple of days, refohing to purfje our
refearches to a confiderablc diflance fiom our
place of anchorage. We landed in the fouth-
weft, and iollowed a path, traced nearly in that
dire(5:iion by the natives, where we obicrved to-
lerably recent marks of naked feet, among which
were fome of very young children. No doubt
ibrrie families, alarmed by our ilay in Kocky Bay,

B 3 . ^ had

14 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

had gone in queft of another retreat, where they
deemed themfelves in more fafety.

After an hour's walk, we refted in a low place,
where the waters from the neighbouring hills
were colle<51:ed. To feveral fpecies of Jeptofper-
mmn this moifture was {o well fuited, that they
had grow^n up to very large trees ; though all
that I had hitherto found in other places were but
little flirubs. Some here were more than thirty
yards high, though the trunk was not eight inches
in diameter. One fpecies was remarkable for its
bark, which was about an inch thick, and com-
pofcd of a great number of flakes, lying one over
another, very eafily feparable, and as thin as the
fineft Chinefe paper. This fingular organization
of the bark occurs only in New Holland : it
is nearly the fame in the eucalypius refin'ijera ;
and I had obferved it alfo on the fouth-wefl
coaft of this country, on two large trees, one be-
longing to the family o^ protca, the other to the
myrtles.

We foon found a current of air oppofite to the
ftrons!; breezes from the fouth-weft. Near we
ja^."/ tQe marks of a fire, which appeared to have
been iatciy burning. The natives had left there
part of a italk oi funis palmatus (the palmated or
fwxet fucus,) which the natives eat, after they

have

Jan.] of la perouse. 15

have broiled it, as we had afterwards an opportu-
nity of feeing,*

The Ibuth-weft wind, which had been pre-
ceded by a great defcent of the quickfilver in the
barometer, blew in the afternoon in violent gufls,
which brought on rain juft as we reached the fea-
Ihore near South Cape. Fortunately a Ihrub of
the rutaceous family afforded us an excellent
flicker by its bufliy thicknefs. This flirub grows
vigoroufly on theie heights, notwithftanding its
being expofed to all the impetuofity of the vio-
lent winds that prevail on thefe coafls.

To this new genus I have given the name of
mazeutoxeron.

The calyx is bell-fhaped, and four-toothed.

The petals are attached to the bottom of the
calyx.

The ftamens, eight in number, are fixed to the
receptacle.

The germen is oval. The flyle is not quite
fo long as the flamcns. The ftigma has four di-
visions,

* This fpecies of fea- wrack, we are informed, is eaten
both in Scotland and Ireland, fometimes frefli, as a fallad ;
but more frequently it is dried, rolled together, and chewed
as tobacco. Jn the lile of Sky it is ufed as a medicine. —
Tranjlator.

B 4 The

1^ VOTAGR IN SEARCH [t703.

The capfule has four cells, each of which is
formed of two valves ; and is covered with hairs.

Each cell contains twTo or three feeds, nearly
fpherical.

The leaves are oppofite, rounded, covered
with thick down, and of a fallow colour under-
neath.

The flowers are foiitary% and placed at the in-
fertions of the leaves.

To this fhrub I give the name of mazeuioxcron
rufum.

Explanation of the Figures, Plate XVIL

Fig. 1 . A branch.

¥'ig. 2. The flower.

Yig. 3. The petal.

Fig. 4. The petals removed to fiiow the ila-
mens.

F'lg. 5. The flamens magnified.

Fig. 6. The capfule.

We walked fome way to the north acrofs hil-
locks of farid, before we got down to the beach,
the windings of which we follov/cd with great
eafe for a confiderable diftance ; but at length
we were flopped by a mountain, which termi-
nated in a cliff"; where it advanced into the fea.
We attempted to go round it on the land fide,

but

Ct<x

Jan.] of la perouse. 17

but found it impoffible to penetrate through the
thickets, by which it was environed.

Night coming on, we returned in fearch of a
convenient place to pafs the night near a rivulet, •
which we had crolTed. A thick bufh was the
befl Ihclter we could find ; and this we increafcd
by the addition of branches from others, fo that
wx expelled to have been perfectly fecure againft
any inconvenience from the wind. But the gale
from^ the fouth-weft blew fo ftrong during the
night, that the rain penetrated our covering on
all iides ; and to heighten our diftrefs, the cold
was very piercing, which drove moft of us near
the fire, though there we were ftiil more expofed
to the wet, than in our fort of hut.

28th. As foon as day broke, we quitted our un-
comfortable lodging, and crciTed the downs, that
furrounded us. In fome places, where the fand
appeared lately to have fallen down, I obferved,
that thefe fand hills appeared to reft partly on a
very hard fteatite, of a dark grey colour, partly
on fandftone. Prefently after I obferved from
the borders of the fhore a very large rock, ftand-
ing in the fea, and not far from the land, which
exhibited on all fides the fame fpecies of fteatitc.
This rock, which is very high, is pierced at one
of its extremities.

The waves had feparated from the bottom of

the

IS VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l/QS.

the fea much fponge of the fpecies called fpongia
cancellatay^zzX. quantities of which we faw thrown
upon the fhore.

In the midft of thefe downs grew a new fpe-
cies of plantain, which I call plantago Irkufpidata,
from the form of its leaves. This muft be reckon-
ed among the moft ufcful plants, which this coun-
try affords for the food of man. The hope of
finding fome vegetables fit to eat as fallad had
induced the moft provident among us, to bring
the necefifary fauce, and the fallad furnifhed by
the leaves of this plant, which were very tender,
was highly relifhed by all the company.

Several kinds of grafs, among which I noticed
many new fpecies of fefcue (fejiucaj, ferved to
bind the fand together. A new geranium, with
an herbaceous ftalk, very fmall, and with leaves
deeply cut, was among the number of plants 1
colleded. It w^as the firfi: plant of the genus,
that I found in this country.

I had obferved feveral burrows made in the
ground, where the land had fufficient folidity,
but I knew not by what animal they were form-
ed ; when a kangarou of a middle fize ftarted up
at our approach, and ran into one of them. We
fired in feveral times, hoping the fmoke would
drive him out, but he would not quit his hole.

Several tracks of kangarous through a little

wood

Jan.] of la perouse. 19

wood roufed the ardour of two of our fhootcrs,
who were with us ; and they foon got iight of fe-
veral of thefc animals in the midft of a meadow
watered by a delightful rivulet, but all of them
nvere too iliy to be approached.

At length we got on board, greatly fatigued
for want of fleep, as we had not clofed our cyts
for more than forty hours.

2yth. The four fubfequent days I employed in
-yifiting the environs of the place where w^e lay at
anchor. Toward the fouth-fouth-eafl I found a
fine tree, which appeared to me to belong to the
family of conifera, judging by the difpofition of
its ftamens, and the refmous fmell of every part :
but I was never able to procure any of its fruit,
though I afterwards faw feveral trees of the
fame kind. No doubt the feafon was not yet far
enough advanced ; and the ftamens, which I ob-
ierved, appeared to have remained ever iince the
preceding year. I mention this tree, not only on
account of the fmgularity of its leaves for a tree
of this family, for they are broad, and deeply in-
dented on their edges, but for their utility in
, making beer. They afforded a bitter and aroma-
tic extrad, which I imagined might be ufed as
that of fpruce ; and on making a trial of it with
malt, 1 found that I was not miftaken.

This fine tree is often a yard in thicknefs, and

^twenty

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twenty-five or thirty yards high. Its wood is
very hard, of a reddifh colour, and fufccptible of
a fine polifli.

The thick woods we had to the north-north-
w^eft of our fhips furnifhed a great number of
trees of a moderate height, which grew extremely
well; notwithftanding the fliade of the vaft eu-
calyptus ghhulus.

I fnall give fome account of a new genus of
the family of the hypericums, which conftituted
the ornament of thefe folitary places, and which
I call carpodontos.

The calyx has four fcarious leaves, united at
the upper part : they fall off as the corolla unfolds
itfelf.

The corolla is formed of four petals, attached
beneath the germen.

The ftamens are numerous, (thirty or forty.)

The germen is elongated, and furmounted with
fix or feven ftyles, each of which has an acute
jftigma.

The capfule opens into fix or feven valves,
woody, cleft internally throughout their \a hole
length, and bidentatcd at their fuperior extre-
inity.

The feeds are few, and flattened.

This tree, which does not reach a height of
more than eight or ten yards, is but flender.

Its

nwrrt, Joujtj.

"?^ti

Tui ^fyJ.Slvdtdale, JPUtadOfy. U '*jfy>rU./Me .

FjELBi] OF LA PEROUSE. 21

. Its leaves are oval, oppofite, coriaceous, fliin-
ing, and covered with a thin film of refm, which
tranfudes frOm the upper part : the under part
is whitifli, and the lateral ribs are fcareely per-
ceptible on it.

I have given it the name of carpodontos luc'tda.

Explanation of the figures, Plate XVIII.

Fig. 1. Branch of the carpodontos lucida.

Fig. 2. Flower with the calyx already feparated
at its bafe.

Fig. 3. Flower viewed in front.

Fig. 4. Pofterior part of the flower, where the
calyx may be obferved, v/hich fometimes remains
attached to it by one of its fcales, after the co-
rolla is unfolded.

Fig. 5. The petal.

FiZ'3' The ilaraens mao-ni£ed.

Fig. 7 . The germen.

Fig. 8. The capfule.

Febrcjary 2.d. We had planned a vifit to the
higliell of the mountains in this part of New
Holland, the various fites of which gave us hopes
of a great number of new productions* Each of
us took provifion for five days, which we pre-
fumed would afford us fufficient time for our pur-
pofe. Accordingly we fet off very early in the
morning, with a tolerable ffockof bifcuit, cheefe,

bacon.

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bacon, and brandy, our ufual ftore on diftant ex-
curfions.

When we had proceeded about halfway on
the road we had before taken, in our journey to
South Cape, we found an extenfive opening
through the woods, which faclUtated our progrefs
weilerly, as far as the foot of the hills, that we
were obliged to crofs ; and then we plunged into
the midft of the woods, with no other guide but
the compafs.

We directed our way to the north, advancing
flowly from the obftacles prefented us at every
ftep by vaft trees lying one upon another. Moft
of thefe, blown down by the violence of the
winds, had torn up in their fall part of the foil
that bore them ; others, that had fallen in confe-.
quence of their age, were every where rotten, and
the lower part of their trunks was frequently {ecu
Handing amidft the wreck of their upper parts,
that lay in huge heaps around.

After a very laborious walk, we at length reach-
ed the fummit of a mountain, whence we per-
ceived to the fouth the middle of the roadftead
of South Cape, and to the north-weft the large
mountain, toward which we dire(5led our fteps.

Night foon obliging us to halt, we kindled a
large fire, round which we repofed ; and a com-
fortable flecp difTipated the fatigues of the day.

We

Feb.}' of la perouse. 2S

We ilept in the open air, for we f(^ouId have
found it difficult, to conftrud a Ihelter in a fhort
time among the large trees, as their branches were
moftly near the fummit, and this part of the
foreft was deftitute of Ihrubs. We looked in vain
for fome large trunks hollowed by fire ; thefe arc
to be found only in places frequented by the
natives. We had feen a great number on ths
borders of the fea, where we had obferved many
paths, which the natives had cleared ; but no-
thing .gave us any intimation that they had ever
come into the midft of thefe thick forefts.

The air was extremely calm ; and about mid-
night I awaked, when, folitary in the midft of
thefe filent woods, the majefty of which was half
difclofed to me by the feeble gleam of the ftars,
I felt myfelf penetrated with a fentiment of ad-
mration of the grandeur of nature, which it is be-
yond my power to exprefs.

3d. At day-break we refumed our journey in
the fame direction as before. Our difficulties in-
creafed more and more. The trunks of trees lying
one upon another often prefented an almoft impe-
netrable barrier, obliging us - to climb to the up-
permoft, and then to walk from tree to tree, at
the hazard of a fall from a confidcrable height ;
lor feveral were covered with a fpongy bark, fo
wet with the damp continually prevailing in theie

thick

24 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [1/93.

thick woods, that our path was extremely flip-
pery, as weJl as difficult.

The day was confiderably advanced, when wc
arrived at the fummit of ^ mountain, from which
we perceived the whole extent of a long valley,
which we had ftill to crofs, before we could reach
the foot of the mountains, which we had fet out
to viiit. The intermediate fpace appeared to be
about eighteen miles ; and this fpace was occupied
by forefts, as thick as thofe through which we
had juft penetrated. It was to be apprehended,
that it would take us upwards of two days, to
reach the end of our intended journey ; even if
wx were not retarded by extcniive marflies, or
other obftacles, which we could not poffibly fore-
fee. It would require nearly as long a time to
return ; and from this calculation, our provifion
would be expended three days before the termi-
nation of our journey. Thefe forefts in the mean
time afforded nothing that could contribute to
our fubfiflence; and confequently we were obliged
to relinquifh our defign. .

The great chain of mountains appeared to
ftretch from the north-eafl to the fouth-wefi:,
through a vaft extent of countr^^

In the forefts we had juft traverfcd, wc found
the fame kind of ftones which we had already
met with towards South Cape. Seeing this Cape

fouth

Feb.] ' OF LA PEROUSE. ^5

fouth by eaft, we took this diredlion, and went
to fpend the night on the llcirts of the foreft,
near a rivulet, which runs to the foot of the
mountains.

4th. The difficulty of penetrating through the
woods, made us refolve in future to follow the
Ihore as far as we could, and avail ourfelves of
the openings that terminated on it, to proceed
into the interior part of the country. In this
nlanner we could traverfe a considerable extent of
ground in little time ; but it was neceffary for us
firft to pafs the cliff that projed:ed into the fea,
and had ftopped us a^few days before. By frelh
attempts at length we fucceeded, and, after fiir-
mounting the greateft difficulties, we penetrated
through the thick woods that oppofed our paf-
fage. On quitting thefe we were able to con-
tinue our journey along the fea-fide, the way be-
ing fufficiently ealy, as the mountain terminated
at the fhore by a gentle ilopc : but we were foon
obliged to climb over fteep rocks, at the foot of
which the fca broke in a tremendous manner.
This road, notwithflanding its difficulty, was fre-
quented by the natives, for we found in it one cf
their fpears. This weapon was no more than a
very ftraight long ftick, which they had not taken
the pains to fmooth, but which was pointed at
each end.

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26 VOYAGE IN SEAUCH 1^79^'

The fide of the mountains being expofcd for a
confiderablc extent, we obferved a horizontal vein
of coal, the greateft thicknefs'of which did not
exceed four inches. Wc noticed it for the fpacc
of more than three hundred yards. The flratum
beneath it was fand ftone ; that above, a dark
brown fchift. From thefe indications I prcfumc,
that excellent coal may be found in abundance
at a greater, depth. It is well known, that the
richeft mines of this fuel are commonly found,
beneath fandftone.

The ruft, with which I perceived the water^
that trickled from the rocks, highly coloured, was
the firil indication thefe mountains afforded me
of their containing iron ; but it was not long be-
fore I found fine fragments of hematites of a
bronze red colour, and farther on an ochry earth
of a tolerably bright red. Small feparate frag-
i!nents of tripoli alfo were fcattered about in the
way we took ; probably feparated from the higher
ftrata, which we could not diftinguifh, as they
were covered by the earth that tumbled down in
laro;e maiTcs.

Several new fpecies of lohfl/ff grew out from
the clefts of the rocks, which became more and
more ftecp. Some of them were perpendicular
eliffs, more than two hundred yards in height
above the level of the fea. Very recent marks of

the

Feb.] of la perouse. , 27

the earth having tumbled down made us refolve
to take our way through the woods, and not to
approach the cUffs again without the greateft
caution.

For fometime we proceeded amid ilirubs,
nioft of which were of the heath family fericaj,
or that of diofpyros.

Our attention was foon called to a fearful found,
the repetitions of which feemed to obey the mo-
tions of the waves, and with the greateft aftonifh-
ment we beheld the terrible fpe(5lacle of the de-
ftrud.ive effects of the fea, continually undermin-
ing thefe cliffs. The bafe of an enormous rock
was already buried in the waves, while its fum-
mit was hollowed into a vaft arch, fufpended at
the height of more than two hundred yards,
which, by reverberating the found, increafed the
noife of the reiterated dafhings of the impetuous
waves that broke againft its fides.

Having paffed the firft two capes to the weft
of South Cape, we returned tow ards the latter,
where we fpent a very bad night, for \infortu-
nately we w^ere at no great diftance from fome
ftagnant waters, and the extreme calmnefs of the
air expofed us to all the fury of the mofchettoes.

5th. Morning being the time of low water,
we hoped to be enabled, by its means, to procure
fome Ihell-flih, of which the bad quality of our

C 2 provision

2^ tot AGE IN SEARDii [1^7^34

provifion friade us feel a preffing want : but the;
breeze fetting in from the fea difappointed us, by
raifing the water nearly as high as it would have
been at flood tide. Thus we were obliged to con-
tent ourfelves with our fait provifion.

The cafcade at South Cape, from which a-
great deal of water fell into the fea, when Captain
Furneaux landed there, was nearly dry at this
time. From the marks of its bed, however, it
was eafy to perceive that its run muft be confi-.
derable in the rainy feafon.
■ We found a dead feal on the fliore, of the fpe-
cies called j^/zf?6'^ 7n&nacus. Two fevere contufions
on its head gave us reafon to fuppofe, that it had
been driven againfl fome rocks by the violence ot
the waves, which it had not ftrength to fur^
mount.

Bending our courfe toward our anchoring-place^
we found two large pools to the eaft-north-eaft
of South Cape ; and as we went round them, w^e
faw on their borders fcveral burrows of kangarous.
A new fpecics of utrkulana difpla}'ed its beauti-
ful flowers on the furface of their tranquil waters.
I was aftoniflied that thefe ftagnant pools did not
exhale a fetid fmcU, as is ufually the cafe ; but it
is probable^ that the w^ater is fpeedily reneVv^ed by
filtering through the ground.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon when. we.

arrived

Feb.] ^ OF LA PERousE. 29

.arrived on board. One of the afunners of the Ef-
perance, named Boucher, we learned had died,
durhig our abfence, of a confumption.

Gth and 7th. After having defcribedand pre-
pared the fubjexfls of natural hiftory, which I had
collected the preceding days, 1 employed the re-
mainder of my time in vifitins; the low lands to
the fouth-eaft. The woods here w^ere eafily pe-
netrated, as the trees ftood at fome diftance from
each other, Almofl every where I found the foil
an excellent mould. I cut fpecimens of feveral
forts of wood, to find out the different ufes for
which each might be employed. That fine tree,
which I imagine to be of the coniferous family,
and which I have already mentioned, gave con-
fiderable rcfillance to the faw : no doubt it will
furniih the moft compa^ timber of any of that
family.

It had long been my waih, that the greater
part of the feeds we had brought from Europe,
capable of fucceeding in this climate, might be
fown on this part of the coaft in a goo4 mould
fuf&ciently watered : but on my return I faw with
regret that a very dry and very fandy fpot, pretty
near the head of the bay, had been dug up and
fown.

Early in the morning of the 8th, the gardener

and I, with two of the crew, let off for port

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30 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l TQS.

Dentrecafteaux, intending to fpend two days in
examining its environs. We landed at the mouth
of the harbour, on its weftern fide ; and fortu-
nately found ourfelves on a bank of oyfters, of
which we collected an abundant ftore.

It was with pleafure wx faw once more a place,
which we had vifited feveral times the preceding
year. Moft of the little rivulets we had then met
with, and even that where we procured our wha-
ler, were now dry.

We foon reached the head of the harbour, and
found, as we proceeded up the river, very clofe
and marfhy thickets, which often retarded our
progrefs.

Snakes are not common at Diemen's Cape, yet
I faw two, ileeping in the fun, on large trunks of
trees ; on our approach they withdrew into the
hollow trunks, that ferved them for a retreat.
They were of the fpccics I had found the year be-
fore, which is by no means dangerous.

Thousfh the courfe of the river was obfi:rud;ed
by large trees at almoft every ftep, we were
obliged to go up it near a mile and half, before
we could find one, by means of which we could
crofs to the oppofite bank without too great dif-
iiculty.

From this place we proceeded north-eaft, tra-

verliDg

Feb.] of la perouse. 31

verfmg very commodioufly a fpacious plain, part
o{ the vegetables growing on which had lately
been burned by the natives. In a fhort time we
reached the head of the great hike, along the bor-
ders of which we walked as far as the fea, and
having travelled o\er a confiderable extent of
ground, we returned to its extremity, to fpend
the night near a riv ulet, which we had already
crolTcd. As the weather wa.s very fine, we lay
down to flecp in the open air, flickered folely by
large trunks of trees, that lay on the ground ; but
the piercing cold we felt foon obliged us to kindle
a large fire.

It is remarkable, that the temperature of the
air, at this extremity of New Holland, is fome-
times 1 7° lower in the night than it was in the
day. (From 23" to 6° of the mercurial thermo-
meter graduated according to Reaumur, which
is always to be undcrflood). In fa6l this narrow
land, lying in a pretty high latitude, is not very
capable of long retaining the heat, which has been
imparted to it by the rays of the fun. This great
difference of temperature was very inconvenient
to us, as it obliged us to enciimber ourfelves with
clothes, which we found very troublefome in the
day. I mull obferve, however, that the variation
ot the thermometer on board at the fame time
did not exceed 5^ or 0°.

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32 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l/O^*

gth. As foon as day-light appeared, while the
two men that accompanied us were flill alleep,
the gardener and I proceeded towards the part of
the lake oppofite that which we had vifited the
evening before.

I had the pleafure of colledling feveral fpecies
of m'tmoja with fimple leaves, all the parts of
fru6lification of which were unfolded. I had al-
ready fome fpecimens, but they were very im-
perfect.

After w^aiking at leaft a couple of miles, we
fancied w-e heard human voices before us. Re-
doubling our attention, we advanced a few fleps,
when a ludden cry, arifmg from feveral voices
-unitedj iflued frorn one fpot, and we perceived
through the trees a number of the natives, moft
of whom appeared to be iifhing on the borders of
the lake. As we were unarmed, and ignorant of
their intentions, we did not hefitate to return to
our companions, each of whom had a mufket ;
and imm.ediately croiled through the wood, that
the favages might not lee us, left they lliould be
t;impteG to purfae us, on perceiving our flight.

When we had told our men the occafion of
our return, I exprelTed my fcrong defire to have
an interview with thefe people. It was neceilary
firft, however, to prepare our means of defence,
fo that we might be able to avail ourfeives of

theni

Feb.] of la perouse. 33

them in cafe of an aflault. Accordingly we got
ready a few cartridges, as faft as we could, and
fet out towards the place, where we had feen the
natives. It was now only nine o'clock. We had
gone only a few fteps before we met them.
The men and youths were ranged in front, nearly
in a femi-circle : the women, children, and girls,
were a few paces dillant behind. As their man-
ner did not appear to indicate any hoftile defign,
I hefitated not to go up to the oldeft, who ac-
cepted, with a very good grace, a piece of bifcuit
I offered him, of which he had feen me eat. I
then held out my hand to him as a fign of friend-
iliip, and had the pleafure to perceive, that he
comprehended my meaning very well : he gave
me his, inclining himfelf a little, and raifmg at
the fame time the left foot, which he carried
backward in proportion as he bent his body for-
ward. Thefe motions were accompanied by a
pleafing fmile.

My companions alfo advanced up to the others,
and immediately the beft underftanding prevailed
among us. They received with great joy the neck-
cloths which we offered them : the young people
approached nearer to us ; and one of them had
the generofity to give me a few fmall ihclls of tho
whelk kind, pierced near the middle, and flrung
like a necklace. This ornament, which he called

canJar'ide,

34 VOYAGE IN SEARCH. [l793.

canlaride, was the only one he polTeffed, and he
wore it round his head. A handkerchief fupphed
the place of this prefent, gratifying the utmoll
wiflies of my favage, who advanced toward me,
that I might tie it round his head for him, and
who expreffed the greatell joy, as he lifted his
hand up to feel it again and again. We wore
abundance of clothes, as I have already obfcrved,
on account of the coldnefs of the nights ; and we
beftowed the greater part on thefe iflanders.

The women were very defirous of coming
nearer to us; and though the men made figns
to them, to keep at a diftance, their curiofity wns
ready every moment to break through all other
confi derations. The gradual increafe of confi-
dence, however, that took place, obtained them
permiffion to approach. It appeared to us very
aflonifliing, that in fo high a latitude, where, at
a period of the year fo little advanced as the
prefent, wx already experienced the cold at night
to be pretty fevere, thefe people did not feel the
neceiTity of clothing themfelves. Even the wo-
men were for the moft part entirely naked, as
well as the men. Some of them only had the
fliouldcrs and -part of the back covered with a
kangarou's fkin, worn with the hair next the
body : and among thefe we obferved two, each
of whom had an infant at the breail. The fole

garment

p£B.] OF LA PEROUSE. 35

garment of one was a ftrip of kangarou's fkin,
about two inches broad, w^hich w^as wrapped fix
or feven times round the waift ; another had a
collar of fkin round the neck ; and fome had a
flender cord bound feveral times round the head.
I afterwards learned, that moft of thefe cords
were fabricated from the bark of a fhrub of the
fpurge family, very common in this country.

A pole-axe, which we ufed for cutting oiF
fome branches from the trees, excited the admi-
ration of thefe people. As they perceived us wil-
ling to give them any thing in our poffeffion, they
did not fcruple to beg it ; and when we granted
their requeft, they were overcome with joy. They
were fully fenfible of the value of our knives,
likewife ; and received a few tin veffels with
pleafure. When T fliewed them my watch, it
attra(5led their defire ; and one of tliem, in par-
ticular, exprelTed his vvilh to poffefs it : but he
quickly defifted from his requeft, when he found,
that I w^as not willing to part with it.

The readinefs with which we gave them our
things, no doubt, led them to prefume, that thej
might take any thing belonging to us, without
alking for it : this obliged us to fet bounds to
their defires ; but we found, to our great fatif-
fadion, that they returned to usj without the

leaft

$0 ^ VOYAGE IN SEIrCH [l 7Q3.

leafl refiftancej fuch things as we could not diA
penfe with for our own ufe.

I had given them feveral articles, without re-
quiring RX^y thing in return : but I wifhed to get
a kangarou's fkin, when, among the favages about
us, there happened to be only a young girl, who
had one. When I propofcd to her, to give it me
in exchange for a pair of pantaloons, Ihe ran
away, to hide herfelf in the woods. The other
natives appeared truly hurt at her refufal, and
called to her feveral times. At length fhe yielded
to their intreaties, and came to bring me the fkin.
Perhaps it was from timidity only, that fhe could
not prevail on herfelf to part with this kind of
garment ; in return for which fhe received a pair
of pantaloons, lefs ufeful to her, according to the
cuftoms of the ladies in this country, than the
fkin, which ferved to cover the fhoulders. We
fhewed her the manner of wearing them ; but,
notwithfcanding, it was neceilliry for us, to put
them on for her ourfelves-. To this flie yielded
with the bell grace in the world, refting both
her hands on our fhoulders, to fupport herfelf,
while fhe lifted up firft one leg, then the other, to
put them into this new garment. Defirous of
avoiding every caufc of offence, we behaved with
all -the gravity we could on the occafion.

The

Feb.] of la perouse. 3f

This party of favages confifted of two and
forty, fcvcn of whom were men, eight women :
the refi appeared to be their children ; and among
thefe we obferved feveral marriageable girls, ftill
lefs clothed than moft of the mothers. We in-
■vdted them all to come and fit near our fire ;
and when they arrived there, one of the favages
informed us by unequivocal figns, that he had
come to reconnoitre us during the night. That
we might underftand he had feen us afleep, he
inclined his head on one fide, laying it on the
palm of his right hand, and clofing his eyes ; and
with the other he pointed out the fpot, where
we had palled the night. He then acquainted
us, by figns equally expreffivc, that he was at the
time on the other fide of the brook, whence he
obferved us. In fa(5l, one of us had been awaken-
ed about the middle of the night by a ruftling
among the branches, and had even fancied, that
he heard fome broken off: but, being greatly fa-
tigued, he had foon fallen afleep again, perfuaded
it was a kangarou, that had come to vifit us. Our
fire had been a guide to this native, whom the
party had fent to reconnoitre us : while wc had
llept with the utmoft tranquillity, notwithftand-
ing we had been at the mcrpy of tbcfe favages
the whole night. One of the men that accom-
panied us, then laid, that in tlic evening, at fun-

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38 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

fet, he pcrcciVed fome fmoke on the other fide of
the lake, whence he prefumed, that fome of the
natives were aflembled there ; but he forgot to
mention it to us, when we joined them.

We weredefirous of fliowing thefe favages the
efFeds of our fire-arms, after having given them
to underftand, that they had nothing to fear.
The)* appeared, however, to be a little frightened
at their report.

Thefe people have w^oolly hair, and let their
beards grow^ Plates VI, \^II, and VIII, will give
more accurate ideas of their perfons, and exhibit
the charafteriftics that diflinguifli them morp
{Irikingl)^ than a long and minute dcfcription.
It may be obferved (Plate VII), that in the chil-
dren the upper jaw advanced confiderably bejond
the lower ; but fmking as they grow up, botli
jaws are nearly even in the adult. Their fkin is
not of a ver)^ deep black ; but no doubt they con-
fider extreme blacknefs as a beauty, for, in order
to heighten this colour beyond its natural ftate,
they rub themfelves over, particularly on the
upper parts of the body, with powdered charcoal.

On their {kin, particularly on the breaft and
ftioulders, may be obferved tubercles lymmetri-
cally arranged, exhibiting fometimes lines four
inches in length, at other times points placed at
different diltances. The application, by which

thefe

Feb.] of la perouse. 39

thefe rifings were produced, had not deilroyed the
cellular membrane, however, for they were of
the fame colour as the reft of the ll^hi.

The cuftom of extracting two of the front
teeth of the upper jaw, which, from the accounts
of fome voyagers, had been fuppofed general
among the inhabitants of this country, certainly
has not been introduced into this tribe ; for we
did not fee one among them, in whom a fmgle
tooth of the upper jaw was wanting ; and indeed
they had all very good teeth.

One of the failors, that accompanied us,
thought he could not regale them better than
with a glafs of brandy : but, accuftomed to drink
nothing but water, they quickly fpit it out, and
it feemed to have given them a very difagreeable
fenfation.

Thefe favages, going completely naked, are
liable to wound themfelves, particularly in the
lower extremities, when they pafs through the
woods. We obferved one, who walked with dif-
culty, and one of whofe feet was wrapped up in
a piece of Ikin.

I had not perceived the young girls for fome
time, and imagined that they had all retired into
the woods ; but happening to look behind me, I
faw, with furprife, feven who had perched them-
fclves on a ftout limb of a tree, more than three

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40 t'OTAGE IN SEARCH [^7Q3*

yards from the ground, whence they attentively
watched our ifhghteft movements. As they all
fquatted on the bough, they formed a plcafmg
group.

We were at a coniiderable diftance from the
fiiore, where a boat w as to wait for us, to take
us on board. It was time for us to be on our way
towafd it. We were quitting this peaceable party
with re2:ret, when we faw the men and four of
the youths feparating from the reft, iii order to
accompany us. One of the moft robuft prefently
went into the wood, whence he returned almoft
inftantly, holding in his hand tw^o long fpears.
As he came near, he made figns to us, that wc
heed be under no apprehenfions : on the con-
trary, it appeared as if he were defirous of proted:-
ing us with his arms. No doubt they had left
their weapons in the wood, when they came to
meet us in the morning, that they might give us
no alarm.

The other natives, whom we had juft quitted,
approached our party. Immediately on our re-
quefting him, who carried the fpears, to give us
a fpecimen of his dexterity, he grafped one of
them with the right hand near the middle, then
railing it as high 'as his head, and holding it hori-
zontally, he drew it back toward himfelf three
times following with a jerk, which gave it a very

perceptible

Feb.] bF LA PERotrsE. 41

perceptible tremtilous movement at each extre-
mity, when he darted it forward near a hundred
paces. The weapon, fupported throughout its
whole length by the column of air beneath it,
flew in a tolerably horizontal dired:ion more than
three fourths of the diftance. The tremulous
motion imprefled on it contributed, unqueftion-
ably, to accelerate its progrefs, and to fupport it
longer in the air.

The favage was very ready to gratify our wifhes,
by launching his fpear feveral times following.
He then aimed at an objeft, which we pointed
out to him, and every time was near enough to
it, to give us a high idea of his ll^ill. Prefently
after another Ihowed us two holes in a kangarou's
fkin, which had been made apparently with the
point of a fpear, giving us thus to underftand, that
they employed this weapon to kill thefe animals.
In reality, they launched jt with fufficient force
to pierce the animal through and through.

At length we parted with our new guides,
whofe pace was fufficiently flow for us to follow
them with eafe. It feemed as if they were not
accuftomed to take a long walk without inter-
ruption : for we had fcarcely been half an hour
on our way, before they invited ^s to fit down,
faying medi ; and we immediately ftoppedi- This
halt lafted but a few ihinutes, when they rofe.

Vol. IL D faying

4.2 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [iTOo.

faying to us tangara, whjch fignifics " let us let
off." On this we refumed our journey : and they
made us halt again, in the fame manner, four
times, at nearly equal diftances.

The attentions lavifhed on us by thefe favages
aftonifhed us. If our path were interrupted by
heaps of dry branches, fome of them walked be-
fore, and removed them to either fide : they even
broke off fuch as ftretched acrofs our way. from
the trees that had fallen down.

We could not walk on the dry grafs without
flipping every moment, particularly where the
ground was floping ; but thefe good favages, to
prevent our' falling, took hold of us by the arm,
and thus fupported us. We found it difficult to
perfuade them that none of us w^ould fall, even
if imaffifted ; and they continued, neverthelefs,
to beftow on us thefe marks of affectionate kind-
ncfs : nay, they frequently ftationed themfelves,
one on each fide, to fiipport us the better. As
they obftinatcly perfifted in paying us this oblig-
ing attention, we no longer declined it.

They no doubt conceived it to be our intention
to return to Port Dentrccafteaux, for we were
twice miftaken in the road, and they both times
pointed out to As that w^hich led dircdly to it.

A trifling incident gave us reafon to prefume,
that they fometimcs catch birds with their hands.

' . A paroquet.

Feb.] of la perouse. 43

A paroquet, of the fpecies figured in Plate X.
which I fhall defcribe prefently, flew by us, and
pitched on the ground at a little diftance. Im-
mediately two of the young favages fet ofF to
catch it, and were on the point of putting theif
hands upon it, when the bird took wing.

It may be prefumed, that there are no fnakes
at Diemen's Cape, the bite of which is to be
dreaded : at leaft, if there be any fuch, the na-
tives well know how to difliinguiih them. They
pointed out one to us, gliding through the grafs
very near them, yet they did not appear to be un-
der the leaft appreheniion from it.

At length they brought us near the place,
■wher€ we had anchored the year before. The
oldeft of them was very thirfty ; and immediately
made one of the youths fetch him an oyfter-lhell,
to ferve as a cup, which he emptied feveral times
before his thirft was quenched.

As we were very near the garden, which had
been formed the preceding year by Citizen La-
haye, gardener to the expedition, -we refolved to
vifit it, and took the opportunity, when the fa-
vages had featcd themfelves. We wiilied to leave
them with our two failors, left they fliouid go and
do any injury to fuch vegetables as might have
fucceeded ; but one of them was refolved to ac-
company us. He examined attentively the plants

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in the garden, and pointed them out with his
£nger, appearing to diftinguifh them pertedly
from their indigenous vegetables. We faw, with
regret, that there remained only a fmall number
ot cabbages, a few potatoes, fome radilhes, crefles,
wild fuccory, and forrel, all in a bad condition :
no doubt they would have fucceeded better, had
they been fown nearer a rivulet, which we ob-
ferved to the weft. I expected to ha\ e found fomc
creffes at Icaft fown on its banks ; that I did not
muft furely have been owing to forgetfulnefs on
the part of the gardener.

Our boat was not yet arrived. We were very
defirous that thefe favages fhould have a near view
of it ; and we hoped, likewife, to be able to pre-
vail on fome of them to go on board with us ;
but they were already leaving us to rejoin their
families. At our invitation, however, they de-
ferred their departure, and we walked together
along the beach toward the entrance of the har-
bour. Sorhe trees, that lay on the ground along
the ihore, gave them an opportunity of difplaying
their agility to vis by leaping over them. We were
too much fatigued to give them an exhibition of
what we were capable of doing ; but I believe,
favages as they were, they would have found
themfelves excelled by an European tolerably ex-
pert at this excrcifc.

As

Feb.] of la perouse. 45

As foon as the boat came, we invited fome of
them to go on board her with us. After taking
a long while to refolve on it, three of them con-
fented to get into the boat ; but it appeared that
they had no intention to quit their party, for
they got out again in great hafte, as foon as we
prepared to pufh off from the fllore.

We then faw them walk with tranquillity
along the fea-fide, looking toward us from time
to time, and uttering cries of joy. ^

10th. The next day we returned in a large party
to thefe favages.

We rowed along the fhore, beyond Port Dentre-
cafteaux, for fome time, when a fire we perceived
not far from the fea-fide induced us to land.

Some of the natives foon came to m^et us,
expreffing by their cries the pleafure they Uilt at
feeing us again.

Our mufician had brought on fhore his violin,
Imagining that he fliould excite as much enthu-
fiafm among them by fome noify tunes, as we
had obferved in the iflanders at Bouka ; but his
felf-love w^as truly mortified, at the indifference
ihown to his performance here. Savages, in ge- .
neral, are not very fenfible to the tones of ftringed
inftruments.

As we afcended the heights that fkirt the fea,
we foon found a party of thofe natives, by whom

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we had been fo civilly rccjeivcd the day before. A
lively joy was depided on all their features, when
they faw us drawing near. There were nineteen
of them, round three fmall fires, making their
meal on bernacles, which they roalted on the
coals, and ate as faft as they were ready. Every
now and then fome of the women went to pick
'thefe flicll-fifh from under the neighbouring
rocks, and did not return till they had filled their
bafkets with them. On the fame fires we ob-
ferved them broil that fpecies of fea- wrack, which
is called fiicfis palmat7is, and when it wasfoftened
to a certain point, they tore it to pieces to eat it.
The pains taken by one of the mothers to
quiet her infant, yet at the breaft, who cried at the.
firft fight of us, appeared to us very engaging.
She could not pacify him, till Ihe covered his eyes
with her hand, that he might not fee us.

None of thefe people appeared with arms : but,
probably, they had left them in the wood near ;
for feveral of us having exprefied an intention of
going into it, one of the favages urgently entreat-
ed them not to go that way. Our people did
not pcrfift in it, lefi; they fiiould give them fome
caufe of miftrufi: : part of the boat's crew, how-
ever, in order to deceive the vigilance ot this ccn-
tinel, walked a little way along the fliorc, that
they might enter the wood, without being ob-

ferved

Feb.]' of la perouse. ^47

ierved by him ; but no fooner. did one of the wo-
men perceive their defign, than Die uttered hor-
rible cries, to give notice to tlie other favages, wh^
mtreated them to return toward the fea.
', . We did not know to what to afcribe their re-
pugnance for our viands, but they would tafte
none that we offered them. They would no^
even fuffer their children to eat the fugar we gave
them, being very careful to take it out of their
mouths the moment they were going to tafle it.
Yet their confidence in us was fo great, that one
of the women, who was fuckling a child, was
not afraid to entrull it to feveral of us.

1 imagined that thefe people, palTmg moft of
their nights in the open air, in a climate of which-
the temperature is fo variable, mufl have been
fubje(ft to violent inflammations of the eyes : yet
all of them appeared to have their fight very
good, one only excepted, who had a catarad:.

Some of them fat on kangarou's fkins, and
fome others had a little pillow, which they called
roere, near a quarter of a yard long, and covered
with fkin, on which they refhed one of their el-
bows.

We obferved with furprize the fmgular pof-
ture of the women, when they fit on the ground.
Though for the moil part they are entirely naked,
it appears to be a point of decorum with thefe

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ladies, as they iit with their knees afunder, to
cover with one foot, what modefly bids them con-
ceal in that fituation.

Thefe people fecmed to be Co near!) in a ftatq
of nature, that their moft trifling actions appeared
to me worthy of obfervation. I fhall not pais
over in filence, therefore, the correction a father
gave one of his children, for having thrown a
ftone at the back of another younger than him-
felf : it was merely a light flap on the fhoulder,
which made him fhed tears, and prevented his
doing fo again.

The painter to the expedition expreiTed to thefc
favages a wiili of having his fkin covered like
theirs with the powder of charcoal. His requeft,
as might naturally be fuppofed, was favourably
received ; and immediately one of the natives fe-
led:ed fome of the moft friable coals, which he
ground to powder by rubbing them between his
hands. This powder he applied to all the parts
of the body that were uncovered, employing no-
thing to make it adhere befide the rubbing of the
hand, and our friend Piron was prefently as black
as a New-Hollander. The favage appeared highly
fatisfied with his performance, which he finifhed
by gently blowing off the duft that adhered very
{lightly, taking particular care to remove all that
might have gotten into tlie eyes.

When

Feb.] of tA >EiiOTJSE. -i'O .

When we departed for Port Dentrecafteaux,
more than half thefe peaceable natives rofe to
accompany us. Four young girls alfo were of
^e party, who received with indifference the
garments we gave them, and, that they might
not be encumbered with an ufelefs burden, im-
mediately hung them on the bufhes near the path,
intending, no doubt, to take them with them on
their return. As a proof that they fet little va-
lue on fuch prefents, we did not fee on any of
them one of the garments that we h^d given
them the day before. Three of thefe young wo-
men were marriageable, and all of them were of
very cheerful difpofitions. In one of them it was
obferved that the right brcaft had acquired its full
fize, while the left was ftill perfedliy flat. This
temporary deformity had no effe<5l on the liveli-
nefs of her manner. They feveral times ran races
on the fhore, which was very fmooth, and fome of
us endeavoured to catch them ; when we had the
pleafure to fee, that Europeans could frequently
run better than thefe favages.

The men followed with a grave pace, each
carrying his hands refting one againfl: the other
upon his loins ; or fometimes the left hand paffing
behind the back, and grafping the right arm about
the middle.

No doubt we loft much by not underftanding

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^fO V,(>;^;AG:E,>K ^EiARCH [1795;.

the language of thcfc natives, for one of the girls
faid a great deal to us ; file talked a long w hilc
with extraordinary volubility;' though llie muft
have perceived that we could not comprehend
her meaning ; no matter, flie muft talk.

The others attempted more than once to charm
us by fongs, with the modulation of which I was
Angularly ftruck, from the great analogy of the
tunes to thole of the Arabs in Afia Minor. Seve-
ral times two of them fung the fame tune at
once, but always one, a third, above the other,
forming a concord with the grcatefl juftnefs.

Aiiiid thcfe fands grew a fpecics of ficoides, in
almoil: every point refembling the juefcmhry anther-
nmm cdule, or eatable fig-marigold of the Hotten-
tots. It differed completely in the colour of the
flowers, indeed, which were red, while thofe of
the fi^r-mariffold of the Hottentots are vellow ;
but it bore fruit like it, much refembling in fla-
A'our a very ripe apple. This fruit is a delicacy
among the New-Hollanders, who feek for it with
care, and eat it as foon as they find it.

During this long walk, fomc of our compa-
. nions took us by the arm from time to time to-
aflill us.

One of the young girls having perceived at a
diflance a head, which the gunner of the Efpc-
rance had carved on the Hump of a tree, appear-
ed

Feb.] of la peroijse. 51

ed at firit; extremely furprized, and ftopped fliort
for a moment. She then went up to it with us,
and;, after having confidcred it attentively, named
to us the different parts, pointing them out at
the fame time with the hand.

Soon after we arrived at the entrance of Port
Dentrecafteaux.

Two of the young girls followed the different
windings of the fiiore without miftrilll, at a dis-
tance from the other natives, with three of our
failors, when thefc took the opportunity of one of
the moft retired places, to treat them with a de-
gree of freedom, which was received in a very dif-
ferent manner from what they had hoped. The
young women immediately fled to the rocks
moft advanced into the fea, and appeared ready
to leap into it, and Iwim away, if our men had
followed them. They prefently repaired to the
place, where we v*ere alTembled with the other
favages ; but it feems they did not d'liclofe this
adventure, for the moft perfe(^ harmony conti-
nued to prevail between us.

Wifliing to know whether thefc ijflanders wefe
C!xpert fwimmers, one of our officers jumped into
the water, and dived feveral times ; but it was in
vain that he invited them to follow his example.
They are very good divers, however, as we had
afterwards an opportunity of feeing, for it is by

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52 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l703.

diving they procure a confiderable part of their
food. We invited them to eat v^^ith us fome oyf-
ters and lobfters, which we had jufh roafled on
the coals; but they all refufed, one excepted,
who tafted a lobfter. At firft we imagined that
it was yet too ear)y for their meal-time ; but in
this we were miftaken, for it was not long before
they took their repaft. They themfelves, how-
ever, drefled their food, which was fhell-fifh of
the fame kinds, but much more roafted than what
we had offered them.

We obferved fome of the favages employed in
cutting little bits of wood in the form of a fpatula,
and fmoothing them with a fhell, for the purpofe
of feparating from the rocks limpets and fea-ears,
on which they feaft as they get ready.

The time for our returning on board arrived,
but none of the natives would accompany us,
they all leaving us, and retiring into the woods.

1 1th. The engineer- geographer of the Re-
cherche went in the barge on the 1 1th in the
morning, to examine the extent of the vaft bay
that h at the entrance of Dentrecafteaux ftrait.
For this ftrait we were foon to fet fail.

In the courfe of the day we quitted all the
places we had occupied on fliore during our ftay
in Rocky Bay. The repairs of both veflels were
finiihed. The trial made the year before of tlie

wood

Feb.] of la perouse. 5Z

wood of the eucalyptus globulus, induced our car-
penters to employ it in preference to the other
fpecies of the fame genus.

For my part I entered into the thick woods to
the north -weft of us. Several fpecies of fhrubs,
of the piftada family, grow under the fhade of
the large trees ; and the^^^^r^ evod'ta diftinguilh-
ed itfelf by its beautiful foliage. In thefe gloomy
places the eye refted with pleafure on the car-
podontos lucida, the branches of which were quite
covered with fine white flowers.
• As I advanced toward the fouth-weft, I croiTed
fome open fpots, where I killed a beautiful fpecies
of paroquet, which I diftinguifh by the name of
the black-fpotted paroquet of Diemen's Cape
(See Plate X.). I had already met with it in fe-
veral other places, but always fuch as were low,
and deftitute of covert. Very different from the
known fpecies of the fame genus, it does not
perch, for 1 uniformly obferved it rife from among
the grafs, on which it almoft immediately fettled
again. The fhape of the feet, which are furnifhed
with very long claws but little curved, fufHciently
indicate the manners of the bird. Its plumage is
green, fpotted with black ; fome of the fpots be-
ing furrounded with little yellowifh bands. The
under part of the wings is afhen-grey, with a
broad band of pale yellow. Under the belly the

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54 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l79^.

black and yellow predominate. The under fea-
thers of the tail are remarkable for tranfverfc
bands, alternately black and pale yellow. A few
imall reddiih feathers are obfervable at the bafc
of the beak at the upper part of the fuperior
mandible.

1 2th. The next day a great number of us, from
both fhips, landed near Port Dcntrecaftcaux, to
endeavour to fee the favages again. It was not
long before fome of them came to meet us,
giving us tokens of the greateft confidence. They
firft examined with great attention the infides of
our boats, and then they took us by the arm, and
invited us to follow them along the ihore.

We had fcarcely gone a mile before we found
ourfelves in the midft of eight-and-forty of the
natives ; ten men, fourteen women, and twenty-
four children, among whom we obferved as many
girls as boys. Seven fires were burning, and round
each was aflembled a little family.

The leafl of the children, frightened at the
iight of fuch a number of Europeans, immedi-
ately took refuge in the arms of their mothers,
•who laviflied on them marks of the greateft ai-
fedion. The fears of the children were foon
removed ; and they fliowed lis, that they were
not exempt from little paffions, whence arofe
differences, to which the mothers almoft imme-

diatelv

Feb.] of la perousk. S5

dlately put an end by flight correction ; but they
foon found it necelTary to ftop their tears by ca-
refles.

Wc knew already that thefe favages had little
tafte for the viohn ; but we flattered ourfelvcs
that they would not be altogether infenfible to
its tones, if lively tunes, and very diftin6t in their
meafure, were played. At firft they left us in
doubt for fome time; on which our muiician
redoubled his exertions, in hopes of obtaining
their applaufe ; but the bow dropped from his
hand, when he beheld the whole alTcmbly flop-
ping their cars with their fingers, that they might
hear no more.

Thefe people are covered with vermin. We
admired the patience of a mother, who was a
long while eiriployed in freeing one of her chil-
dren from them ; but we obferved with difguft
that, like moft of the blacks, fhe cruflied theie
filthy infed:s between her teeth, and then fwal- ^
lowed them. It is to be remarked, that apes have
the fame cuftom.

The little children were very defirous of every
thing fliining, and were not afraid to come up to
us, to endeavour to pull off our buttons. Their
mothers, lefs curious with refpcCl to their own
drefs than that of their- children, held them to

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■50 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q3,

US, that wc might decorate them with the orna-
ments which we had intended for themfelves.

I ought not to omit a waggilh trick, which a
young favage played one of our people. The
failor had laid down a bag full of fhell-fifh at the
foot of a rock : the youth flily removed it to an-
other place, and let him learch for it a long time
in vain ; at length he replaced it where the failor
had left it, and was highly diverted with the trick
he had played him.

This numerous party was tranfported with ad-
miration, when they faw the eiFe^ls of gunpow-
der thrown on the burning coals. They all in-
treated us to let them have the pleafure of feeing
it feveral times.

Not being able to perfuade themfelves that
we had none but men among us, they long be-
lieved, notwithftanding all we could fay, that the
youngeft of us were women. Their curiofity on
this head carried them further than we fhould
have expedled, for they were not to be convinced,
till they had aflured themfelves of the fad:.

The women have adopted a mode which I
imagine our belles will never imitate, though it
occafions the difappearance of a coniidcrable part
of the wrinkles that pregnancy occafions. They
have the ikin of the abdomen marked with three

large

Feb.] of la perouse. , 57

large femicircuiar rifings, one above the other :
whether from coquetry, or not, would be difficult
to determine.

One of the favages had feveral marks of very-
recent burns on the head* Perhaps they employ
the actual cautery in many difeafes, which is an
eftablifhed pradlice among various other people,
and particularly among moft of the Indians.

About noon we faw them prepare their repaft*
Hitherto we had but a faint idea of the pains the
women take to procure the food requifite for the
fubfiftcnce of their families. They took each a
bafket, and were followed by their daughters,
who did the fame. Getting on the rocks, that
prbjetfled into the fea, they plunged from them
to the bottom in fearch of fhell-fifh. When they
had been down fome time, we became very un-
eafy on their account ; for where they had dived
were fea- weeds of great length, among which
We obferved the fucus pyrlferus, and we feared
that they might have been entangled in thefe, {o
as to be unable to regain the furface. At length,
however, they appeared, and convinced us that
they were capable of remaining under water twice
as long as our ableft divers. An inftant was fuffi-
cient for them to take breath, and then they
dived again. This they did repeatedly, till their
bafkets were nearly fuU. Moft of them were
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as VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q3^.

provided with a little bit of wood, cut into the
fhape of a fpatula, of which 1 fpoke above ; and
with thefe they feparated from beneath the rocks,
at great depths, very large fea-ears. Perhaps they
choofe the biggefl, for all they brought were of a
great fize.

On feeing the large lobfters, which they had
in their bafkets, we were afraid that they mufh
have wounded thefe poor women terribly with
their large claws ; but we foon found, that they
had taken the precaution to kill them as foon as
they caught them. They quitted the water only-
to bring their hufbands the fruits of their labour ;
and frequently returned almoft immediately to
their diving, till they had procured a fufficient
meal for their families. At other times they ftaid
a little while to warm themfelves, with their
faces toward the fire on which their fiili was
roafling, and other tittle fires burning behind
them, that they might be warmed on all fides at
once.

It feemed as if they were unwilling to lofc a
moment's time, for while they were warming
themfelves, they were employed in roafling fifli ;
fome of which they laid on the coals with the
utmofl caution : though they took little care of
the lobflers, which they threw any where into the
fire, and when they were ready, .they divided the

claws

Feb.] of la perouse. 5#

claws among the men and children, referving
the body for themfelves, which they fometimes
ate before they returned into the water.

It gave us great pain to fee thefe poor women!
condemned to fuch fevere toil ; while, at the fame
time, they ran the hazard of being devoured by
lliarks, or entangled among the weeds that rife
from the bottom of the fea. We often intreated
their hufbands to take a ihare in their labour at
leaft, but always in vain. They remained con-
ftantly near the fire, feafting on the beft bits, and
eating broiled fucus, or fern-roots. Occafionally
they took the trouble to break boughs of trees into
lliort pieces, to feed the fire, taking care to choo/e
the drieft. From their manner of breaking them,
we found that their fkulls muft be very hard ; for,
taking hold .of the fticks at each end with the;
hand, they bent them over their heads, as we do
at the knee, till they broke. Their heads being
conftantly bare, and often expofed to all w eathers,
in this high latitude, acquire a capacity of refift-
ing fuch efforts : befides, their hair forms a cufhion,
which diminifhes the preffure, and renders it
much lefs painful on the fiimmit of the head,
than on any other part of the body. ¥tw of the
women, however, could have done as much ; for
fome had their hair cut pretty fhort, and wore a
firing fevcral times round the head, others had

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60 VOTAGE IN SEARCH [1793.

only a fimple crown of hair. (See Plates IV,
and V.) We made the fame obfcrvation with
rcfpedl to fcveral of the children, but none of the
men. Thefe had the back, brcaft, lliouldcrs, and
arms, covered with downy hair.

Two of the ftouteft of the party were fitting in
the midft of their children, and each had two
women by his fide. They informed us by figns,
that thefe were their wives, and gave us a frcfli
proof that polygamy is eftabliflied among them.
The other women, who had only one hufband,
were equally careful to let us know it. It would
be difficult to fay which are the happieft ; as the
moft laborious of their domeftic occupations de-
volve upon them, the former had the advantage
of a partner in them, which perhaps might fuf-
ficiently compenfate their having only a fliare in
their hufband's affections.

Their meal had continued a, long time, and
we were much furprized that not one of thcni
had yet drank : but this they deferred, till they
were fully fat^sfied with eating. The women
and girls then went to fetch water with the vcf-
fels of fea-weed, of which I have already fpoken,
getting it at the firft. place they came to, and fct-
ting it down by the men, who drank it without
ceremony, though it was very muddy and llag-
nant. Then they finiilicd their rcpalL

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When we returned toward Port Dentre-
cafteaux, moft of the favagcs accompanied us ;
and before they left us, they gave us to under'-
ftand, that, in two days, by proceeding along the
Ihore, they lliould be very near our fhips. To
inform us that they Ihould make this journey in
two days, they pointed out with their hands the
diurnal motion of the fun, and exprefled the num-
ber two by as many of their fingers.

When we re -embarked to go on board, thefe
good people followed us with their eyes for fome
time, before they left the lliore, and then they
difappeared in the woods. Their way brought
them at times to the ihore again, of which we
were immediately informed by the cries of joy,
with which they made the air refound. Thefc
teftimonies 'of pleafure did not ceafe till we loft
fight of them from the diftancc.

Durmg the whole time we fpent with them,
nothing appeared to indicate that they had any
chiefs. Each family, on the contrary, feemed
to us, to live in perf<!(^ independence : though
we obferved in the children the greateft fubor-
dination to their parents, and in the women the
fame to their hufbands. It appeared, that the
women were careful to avoid giving their huf-
bands any occafion for jealoufy : though, when
we returned on board, one of the crew boafted of

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03 VOYAGE I^' SEAUCH [l 793.

the favours he had received from one of the beau-
ties of .Gape Dicmen ; but it is difficult to fay,
how f^r his ftory was founded on truth.
' " iSth. -On the 24th I made an excurfion to the
fouth-ealjt, where I found an opportunity of add-
ing to the obfervations 1 had already made re-
fped:ing the different produ(5lions of the country.
14th. The next day every thing was ready for
our departure, and we waited only for a fair wind
to fet fail : but being delayed by a calm, we faw
with pleafure, that the favages, who, at our iaft
interview, had promifed to come near our an-
choring-place within two days, had kept their
w^ords. In fad:, a little before noon we perceived
a fire not far from our watering-place ; and there
could be no doubt that it was kindled by them,
as all our crew were on board. A great num-
ber of us immediately repaired in feveral boats to
the place of rendezvous. It was the firft time
that General Dentrecafleaux had the pleafure of
feeing any of the natives. They foon quitted
their fire, and proceeded fbr fome time through
the paths made in the wood along the fhore, in
order to come flill nearer to us. We went to
meet them ; and when we were near them they
ftopped, appearing well pleafed at feeing us come
afhore. There were five of them. One of them
carried a piece of decayed wood in his hand,

lighted

Feb.] of la perouse. -65

lighted at one end, and burning flowly. He ufed
this kind of match in order to keep fire, and
amufed himfelf now and then with fetting it to
a tuft, where there were fome very dry herbs.
The others being invited by fome of our crew to
dance in a ring with them, imitated all thek
movements tolerably well. We made them pre-
fents of a great number of things, which they let
us hang round their necks with firings, and foon
they were almofl. covered with them, apparently
to their great fatisfadion : but they gave us no-
thing, for they had brought nothing with them,
probably that they might walk with the more
facility.

A native, to whom we had juft given a hatchet,
difplayed great dexterity at flriking feveral times
following in the fame place, thus attempting to
imitate one of our failors, who had cut down a
tree. We fhowxd him that he mufl flrike in
different places, fo as to cut out a notch, which
he did immediately, and was tranfported with
joy when the tree was- felled by his flrokes. They
were aflonifhed at the quicknefs with which we
fawed the trunk in two ; and we made them a
prefent of fome hand-faws, which they ufed with
ffreat readinefs, as foon as we had fhown them
the way.

From the manlier in which we had feen them
E 4 procure

dt VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793'

procure fifh, we had reafon to prefumc that they
had no fifh-hooks : accordingly we gave them
fome of ours, and taught them how to ufc them,
congratulating ourfelves at having fupplicd them
with the means of diminifliing one of the moft
fatiguing employments of the women.

Thefe favages were much furprifcd at feeing
us kindle the fpongy bark of the eucalyptus rejini-'
fera in the focus of a burning glafs. He who
appeared the moll intelligent among them, defir-
ous of trying the effedls of the lens himfclf,
threw the converging rays of the fun upon his
thigh by its means ; but the pain he felt, took
from him all inclination of repeating the experi-
ment.

We let one of the natives fee our fliips through
a good perfpcd;ive-glafs, and he foon yielded to
our folicitations, to go on board the Kecherche
in one of our boats. He \vent up the fide with
an air of confidence, and examined the infide of
the Ihip with much attention. His looks were
then directed chiefly to fuch objeds as might
fervc for food. Led by the fimilitude in lliape,
between the black fvvans of Cape Piemen and
the gcefe of Guinea, which he faw on board, he
aflied for one, giving us to underftand that it was
to eat. When he came oppofite to our hen-;
coops, he appeared ilruck with the beauty of a

very

Peb.] of la perouse. 6^5

very large cock, which was prefented to him ;
and on receiving it he let iis know, that he would
lofe no time in broiling and eating it. After
having remained on board more than half an
hour, and been loaded with prefents, he defired
to return, and was immediately carried afliore.
We had taken an ape on fhorc with us, which
afforded much amufement to the favagcs ; and
one of the crew took a goat with him, which
formed a fubjecfl of converfation for them a long
time, and to which they occafionally ipoke, fay-
ing, fnedi (fit down).

They have given particular names to every
vegetable. We affured ourfelves, that their bo-
tanical knowledge was unequivocal, by afking
feveral of them, at different times, the names of
the fame plants.

In this interview we had an opportunity of
adding confiderably to the vocabulary of their
language, which we had before begun to colle(5l,
and which will be found at the end of this work.
On comparing it with the vocabulary, which
feveral voyagers have given us, of the language of
the people on the eaftern coaft of New Holland,
it will be feen, that it has no affinity with them ;
which proves, that all thefe people have not one
common origin.

The ravage ;^ who had been on board our vefTel,

was

66 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793r,

was not long before he quitted iis, exprefTing
much gratitude, and pointing to the cock, which
he took upon one of his fhouldcrs.

The reft, before they went away, gave us to
underftand, that the next day their famihes would
be at the place where we were ; but they ap-
peared to apprehend our meaning, when we ac-
quainted them that we fliould fail the fame day,
and feemed to be much grieved at it.

Our obfervatory, erected to the fouth fouth-
eail of the place where we lay at anchor, and a
little more than half a mile diftant from it, was in
latitude 43° 34' 37'' fouth, and longitude 144° 37'
eaft.

A great number of obfervations made on board
gave us for the variation of the needle 7° 34' eaft,
while at the obfervatory wc found only 2^ 55'
eaft variation. A difference fo great muft un-
queftionably have arifen from fomc magnetic
point ; befides, we had already found indications
of ferruginous fubftances at a very little diftance
from the place. It is remarkable that, at the
obfervatory of the Efperance, which was about
fix hundred yards only from that of the Re-
cherche, the variation of the needle was 8° eaft,
W6^ fatisfied ourfelves that this difference was
not owing to the compaffes ufed, for we found
it the fame when we made an exchange be-
tween

Feb.] of la perouse. 67-

tween them, by removing them from one obfer-
vatory to the other.

The dip of the needle was 72° at the obfer-
vatory of the Recherche, and 71" at that of the
Efperance.

During our {lay in Rocky Bay, the winds va-
ried from north- weft to fouth-weft, and fre-
quently in heavy fqualls. The fky was fcldom
cldar, but we had little rain.

The tides were perceptible only once in twxnty-
four hours. As the wind influenced them much,
we could not determine with precifion the time
of high-water at the full and change of the moon.
■ Their greateft perpendicular rife w^as only five feet,
or a little more.

During this ftay, our failors loft much of their
ardour for fifhing ; for this laborious occupation,
in which they were employed chiefly by night,
did not exempt them from the duties of the lliip
in the day ; fo that, after having fitten up to fifli,
they were obliged to work all day, as well as
thofe who had enjoyed their regular fleep in the
night. Care fliould have been taken, however,
not to damp the zeal of our hftiers, for it was
an obje<5l of general importance to all, to procure
an ample fupply of frefli provifion ; befides, it
was unjuft not to allow at leaft a few hours reft
in the day to men, who had been fpending the

night

C8 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [1/^3,

Tiij^ht in procuring agreeable and falubrlous food
for all the reft of the crew.

We fet afliorc here a ihe-goat and a young he-
goat, in hopes of naturalizing thefe animals in
New Holland, as they could not fail to thrive on
the mountains at this extremity of the country,
and prove at fome future period a great refource
to navigators : it is only to be feared, that the
favages may deftroy them, before they have had
time to propagate their breed.

»9^c.»«

CHAP. XI.

Departure from Rocky Bay to pafs tlirougli Dentre-
cafteaux Strait — The Ships run aground m this

' Strait — Various Kxcurjjons into the neighhour-
ing Country — Interview with the Natives — They
had left their lFeap07is in the Woods y and rcfumed
them 071 their Return — W^e anchor iji Adventure
Bay.

]5th FEBRUARY.

AT day-break we fet fail from Rocky Bay
with a fouth-weft wind, and fteered eaft-
north-eaft till wx reached its mouth, intending
to caft anchor in Dentrccafteaux Strait.

Some of the natives gave us notice of their

prefence

Feb.] of la perouse. 60

prefence by feveral fires, which they had lighted
on the ea{le^^ coaft.

We had already crolTed the great road, which
is at the beginning of the Strait, and were run-
ning along \xry clofe to the larboard Ibore, when
about half after one, P. M. we ftruck on a fmaii
Ihoal, confifting of fand mixed with mud. The
ebb had juft begun to fet the current againft us ;
and the tide falling lower and lower, we were
obliged to wait till half after fix for high water, to
iet us afloat again. The Efperance had gotten
ftill deeper in the fand than we, for ihe was not
able to get off till near dight o'clock.

Our boat, which had been fcnt off five' days
before, returned, after having difcovered feterai
very deep creeks, that formed excellent anchor-
ing places, but without finding any river. It is
remarkable, that all we had feen at Cape Die-
men were fmall, which indicates a very broken
country.

The boat was laden with black fwans, lliot by
our people, w^hom they futFered to come very near
them. It was .not ealy to get thofe that had
been merely wounded ; for, as they could ftili
fwim with great fpeed, it was necefiary to row
hard, to catch them even then.

iOth. During the whole night we faw feveral

fires.

70 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l 7Q3.

£res, which the natives had kindled on the bor-
ders of the fea toward the fouth-fouth-caft, near
two miles from the place where we had anchored.

We hoped that a fair w4nd would have allowed
ws to fet fail again in the morning ; but the wind
proving contrary, the General determined that
he would remain at anchor till the next day.
Accordingly we went afhore toward the fouth-
eaft, on fome low ground, whence it w^as eafy
to reach Adventure Bay in a Ihort time.

Among the different fhrubs that conftitute the
ornaments of thefe places, I fhall mention one,
which I refer to the genus, that I have already'
defcribed under the name of ma%eiitoxero7i. It
agrees with this genus in all its chara(5ters ; only
the petals, which are diftind: at the bafe, adhere
together at the middle of their edges, but they
may be Separated without breaking thcm^ The
ftyle is Umplcand acute.

To this new fpccies I give the name of nia-
"zeutoxeron reflexum, on account of its leaves,
which are- inclined toward the ground. They
are hairy and whitifli beneath.

The flowers are grecnifh, folitary, and iifue
out between two fmall oval leaves : toward the
middle of the peduncle they have two filiform
appendices a little larger than the calyx.

Explanation

t.'i%i'2:^<'<<^w^>w? A ejr/eac/<?n

J'eb.] of la pe^quse./ 71

Explanation of the Figures, Plate XIX,

Fig. 1. A branch.
Fig. 2. The flower.
Fig. 3. The corolla.

Fig. 4. The corolla difplayed, to fhow how the
petals adhere together laterally.

Fig. 5. The calyx, with the ftamens and ger-
men, the corolla having been removed.

Fig. 0. The capfule, beneath which the calyx
is feen.

Fig. 7. One of the valves of the capfule.
Citizen Beaupre, engineer geographer, fet ofF
in the evening, in the General's barge, for the
great creek, which we had perceived the preceding
year to the north, in failing outofDentrecafteaux
Strait. The principal object was, to afcertaiii
whether it had any opening that communicated
with the main fea, and whether the ifland of
Maria was really feparated from the land of New
Holland ; for this had not been fufficiently re-
folved by Marion, or even by Captain Cook.

The wind continuing to the north all the 1 7th,
prevented our weighing anchor, and we went
afliore, while our fijQiers proceeded tow^ard the
mouth of the ftrait. The flood brought in with
it a confiderable quantity of fifli, and they caught
feveral fpecies of ray of a lai:^e fize.- Some were

found

72 VOYAGfi IN SfiAtlCH [l79'^»

found to weigh upwards of two hundred and ilxty
pounds.

We got under way the ne^t morning ; but the
"wind was too faint, to enable us to ftem the cur-
rent, which fet againll us, fo that we quickly let
go our anchor again.

Toward noon fome of the natives appeared on
the eaftern fhore, about half a mile from our fliip.
Some others foon joined them ; and we could
count as many as ten, when they kindled a fire,
and feated themfclvcs round it. From time to
time they anfwered with fliouts of joy the fhouts
of our failors. We haftened on fliore in a larire
party, to have a nearer view of them ; and when
we were but a little way from the beach, they
advanced toward us without arms, their fmiling
countenances leaving us no room to doubt that
our vifit gave them pleafure. They were as defti-
tute of clothes as thofe whom we had feen in the
neighbourhood of Port Dentrecafleaux ; but we
were much furprifed to fee moft of them holding
the extremity of the prepuce with the left hand ;
no doubt from a bad habit, for we did not ob-
ferve any thing of the kind among fom.e others,
who foon after joined them. Their joy was ex-
prelfed by loud burfts of laughter ; at the fame
time they carried their hands to their heads, and
made a quick tapping with their feet on the

ground.

Feb.] of la perouse. 73

ground, while their countenances iliowed, that
they were well pleafed to fee us.

We invited them to fit down, fpcaking in the
language of the other natives, whom we had al-
ready met with at this extremity of New Hol-
land ; and they underftood us very well, immedi-
ately acceding to our invitation. They under-
ftood likewife the other words of the language of
thefe people, which we had coUe^ed from them,
and we had no doubt, that they fpoke the fame
tongue : yet Anderfon has given to the public
fome words of the language of the people of
Adventure Bay, which have no fimilitude to
thofe, that we had an opportunity of acquiring
and verifying.

Thefe favages expreiled much thankfulnefs,
when wc gave them a few fmall pieces of ftulfs
of different colours, glafs beads, a hatchet, and
fome other articles of hardware.

Several other favages came out of the wood,
and approached us. There was no woman
among them, but there were fome young men.
Among thefe was one of the middle fize, whofe
figure, which we all admired, was very finely pro-
portioned, even in the judgment of our painter.
From his drefs we prefumed this favage to be a
New Holland beau : he was tatooed with great

Vol. II , F fymmetry.

74 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [j 7Q3.

iymmctry, and his hair, plaftered with grcafe,
was well powdered with" ochre.

One of the natives gave us to underftand, that
he had feen veflels in Adventure Bay before :
probably he fpoke of Bligh, who had anchored
there in the beginning of 17Q2, as we learned
fome days after from feveral infcriptions, which
we found carved on the trunks of trees.

An officer belonging to our fhip imagined, that
he ftiould itot frighten them, by letting them fee
the efFe6ts of our fire-arms : but as moft of them
were not previouily informed of his defign, they
were alarmed at the report of the gun, immedi-
ately rofc, and w^ould not fit down again. Sup-
pofmg their w^ves and children were retired to a
little diftance in the wood, we expreffed to them
our wilhes to fee them join us ; and the favagcs
informed us that we fhould find them, after
Vv'alking fome time acrofs the wood in a path,
which led toward the fouth-fouth-weft, and
which they immediately took, inviting us to fol-
low them. This we did : but it was not long
before they expreifed their defire to fee us return
toward our fhips, and parted from us, frequently
looking back to watch our motions.

On my pronouncing tlie word q-iiafigha, how-
ever, which fignifies, in their language, will you

comcj

Feb.] of la perouse, 75

come, they flopped, and I went up to them with
one of the officers of the Recherche. They con-
tinued to lead us along the fame path, which
appeared much frequented, and we walked flowly,
that our people might have time to join uS. In
this way we walked on for a quarter of an hour,
holding them by the arm, v»hen on a fudden they
quickened their pace, fo that it was not eafy foi:
us to follow them farther. It appeared to us,
that they wifhed we fhould leave them, for fo-me
of them would not allow us to hold them by
the arm any longer, and walked by themfelves,
at ibme diftancc from us. One of our crew, de-
firous of rejoining one of the fugitives, ran after
him, bawling out with all his might ; and this
alarmed all the reft, who immediately haftened
away, and kept at a confiderable diftance from
us. No doubt they were defirous to reach the
place where they had depodted their weapons un-
accompanied ; for, after having again quickened
their pace, they ftruck out of the path a little,
and prefently we faw them with three or four
fpears each, which they carried away, moft of
them proceeding toward Adventure Bay, whil©
others took their courfe to the weft. They then
invited us to follow them ; but we were not
willing to go any farther, tor we had no defire
• F 2 to

76 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l/QS.

to imitate them in their courfe, and befidcs it
was time for us to return on board.

Thefe natives appeared to us to have the
greateft refemblance to thofe whom we had feen
a few days before ; only we obferved fome, in
whom one of the middle teeth of the upper jaw-
was wanting, and others in whom both were
gone. We could not learn the objed. of this
cuftom ; but it is not general, for the greater part
of the people had all their teeth.

They appeared to be equally ignorant with the
others of the ufe of the bow.

Almoft all of them were tatooed with raifed
points, fometimes placed in two lines, one over
the other, much in the fhape of a horfe-fhoe ;
though frequently thefe points were in three
flraight and parallel lines on each fide of the
breaft: fome were obferved, too, toward the
bottom of the Ihoulder blades, and in other
places.

In many the navel appeared puffed up, and
very prominent, but we affured ourfelves, that
this deformity was not occafioned by a hernia.
Perhaps it is owing to the too great diftance from
the abdomen, at which the umbilical cord is fe-
parated.

They acquainted us that they lived upon fifh,

as

Feb.] of la perouse. 77

as well as the other inhabitants of Cape Diemen :
yet I muil obferve, that we did not fee a fingle
perfon who had the leaft trace of any difeafe of
the fkin ; which by no means agrees with the
opinion of thofe, w^ho maintain, that ichthy-
ophagi are fubjed: to a ipecies of leprofy. Hifto-
rians even aifert, that fuch of the Greeks as would
not adopt in Egypt the regimen prefcribed by
Orpheus, were attacked by the elephantiafis.

Soon alter ilin-fet wc arrived on board ; w^hen,
the wind having become fair, we weighed, and
proceeded two leagues farther, where we dropped
anchor again.

1 Qth. The next morning we got up our anchor
pretty early, but were obliged to let it go again
almoft immediately, as the wind became foul.

I then landed on the eaftern fhore, whence I
penetrated into the woods, taking paths much fre-
quented by the favages. It w^as not long before
I perceived a new fpecies of exocarpos, which I
call exocarpos expanfa, becaufe its branches fpread
much wider from each other than thofe of the
exocarpos cuprejjiformls. Its fruit is larger than
that of the latter fpecies.

Two guns from the Recherche informed us,
that fhe was preparing to get up her anchor, and
immediately we repaired on board. By five o'clock
we were under fail, but the breeze was fo faint,

F 3 that

78 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l703.

that wc had made little way when night came.
From the place where wc came to an anchor we
reckoned now we had not above a couple of
leagues to the extremity of the ftrait : but we
were fo delayed by the winds and currents, that
it was four days longer, before we could clear it.

In this interval the barge, which the General
had difpatched for the purpofe of making geo-
graphical rcfearches, returned after live days ab-
fence. Citizen Beaupre had difcoTcred feveral
bays before unknown : the fartheft to the north
extended to 42'" 42^ of S, lat., and the eaftcrn-
moft reached to the longitude of Cape Pillar. He
had feen the channel, which feparatts the Ifland
of Maria from the main land.

It was with aftonilhment w^e faw the prodi-
gious number of iheltered fituations, which, from
Cape South to the meridian of Cape Pillar, offer
a continued chain of excellent anchoring places,
in a fpace including about fixteen leagi^es from
€aft to weft, and about tw^enty from north to
fbuth.

Frefh water appears to be very fcarce in thefe
bays at this feafon : yet near the head of that,
which ftretches fartheft to the north, there is a
river, where, about fifty paces diftant from its
raouth, there is perfed:ly frefh water of the depth
of fix feet, even within an hour after flood-tide ;

for

Feb. J OF LA PEROUSE. f§

for its current is fufficicntly rapid to repel the
water of the fea, and prevent its minghng with
the ftream.

On the 24th, about half after eleven in the
morning, we anchored in Adventure Bay, iri
eleven fathoms water, on a bottom of mud mixed
with a fmall portfon of fand.

The neareft ihore bore from us fouth-eaft,
diftant five furlongs, and Penguin Ifland liorth
dl^'eaft. .' //

Immediately a boat was diipatched, to fee whe-
ther it were eafy to furnifli ourfelves with water
tovk^ard the north-weft, at the place pointed but
by Captain Cook, in the plan which he his given
of this bay. The eaft-fouth-eaft winds, however,
occafioned a very troublefome furf there, which
induced us to prefer a place to the fouth-eaft ; but
we found that the water procured there was a
little brackilh ; which proved, that it was taken
from a place too low, and too near the fea.

This bay being open to the eaft and Ibuth-eaft
winds, they fometimes occaiion a heavy fweli
on the weftern Ihore, which, tending thither
from all fides, render it fomewhat difficult to
land.

During the time we remained at anchor, I
made excurfions into the adjacent country every

F 4 day ;

80 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l/QS.

day ; but I found little to add to the numerous
articles I had colle(5led at Cape Diemen.

Penguin Ifland, which I vifited, is nothing but
a hill, fcarcely feparated from the great ifland,
for at low water I croiTed the channel between
them almoft dry-fhod. It confifls of a dark gray
landftone, the fame as forms great part of the
borders of Adventure Bay. To the fouth it is
overtopped by Fluted Cape, which is formed of
a reddifh fandftone, difpofed in parallel ftrata per-
pendicular to the horizon. The difference of
tint in thefe flrata exhibit at a diftance the ap-
pearance of deep flutings, which has given oc-
cafion to its name. It muft be from an error of
the prefs, that it is faid Anderfon found this cape
to confift of a white fandftone.

On Penguin Ifland I found a new fpecles of
flate, remarkable for its large laminae of a light
lawn colour ; an eucalyptus of a moderate height,
which may readily be diftinguifhed by its op-
pofite, feffile leaves, of a whitifli green colour,
with a flight tint of blue (glauquesj ; an embo-
thriiim, with leaves very deeply indented ; fevera}
fine fpecies oi ph'dadelphnSy the flowers of which
have no fmell, &c.

We found a raft, which the waves had thrown
upon the wcftern Ihore of Adventure Bay. Per-
haps

Feb.] of la perpuse. 81

haps it had ferved to bring fome favages into this
bay from the ifland of Maria. It was made of the
bark of trees ; in fhape nearly rcfemUing that
which is reprefented in Plate XLVI. fig. 2, being
as broad, but not fo long by more than a third.
The pieces of bark, that compofed it, Avcre of
the fame ftru6lure as that of the eucalyptus re-
Jin'ifera, but its leaves were much thinner. Thefe
pieces had been held together by cords, made of
the leaves of grafles, forming a texture of very
larse mefhes, mofh of which had the form of a
pretty regular pentagon.

Juft by we faw fome limefiione rocks, bounding
an extenfive fandy Ihore. On its borders we
found the remains of a place which had been
made by Europeans for fa wing wood, the pegs
they had ufed for eredling a tent, and fome large
logs, on which, it appeared to us, they had placed
inftruments for making aftronomical obferva-
tions.

The fteep hills, which ikirt the fandy fliore a
littk farther to the north, had in them caves,
which appeared pretty much frequented by the
natives, to judge by the black colour they had re-
ceived from fmoke, and the fhells of lobflers and
other fifh which we found there.

Several infcriptions, engraved on the trunks

of

82 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [^7QS.

of trees, acquainted us, that Captain Bligh had
anchored in this bay in the month of February
1792; when he was on his voyage to the So-
ciety Iflands for bread-fruit trees, which he was
to carry to the Englifli colonies in the Weft In-
dies lying between the tropics.

Bligh had with him two botanifts, who fo wed,
at a little diftance from the fhore, creffes, a few
acorns, celery, &c. We faw three young fig
trees, two pomegranate trees, and a quince tree
they had planted, which had thriven very well :
but it appeared to us, that one of the trees they
had planted in this country had already periihed,
for the following infcription, which we found on
the trunk of a large tree near, mentions feven :

Near this Tree Captain WilJtam Bligh planted
feven Fruit Trees, 17Q2. MeJ/rs. S. and W.
Botanifts.

The other infcriptions were couched in nearly
fimilar terms. They all difplayed the fame marks
of deference which the Engliill botanifts paid
the Commander of their fhip, by jnitting only
the initial letters of their own names, and ex-
prefting that the Captain himfelf had fowed and
planted the various vegetable ptodudlions, which
he had carried from Europe. 1 am m\\d\ inclined

to

Feb.] of la perouse. ' 83

to doubt, whether Bligh was very fenfible to the
honour w^hich the botanifts were defirous of pay-
ing him.

Toward the fouth-eaft, at a little diftance from
the beach, we found an apple tree, the item of
which was near fix feet and a half high, and
about two inches thick. It did not appear to iis
that it bad ever been grafted.

Our fifhers w^ere not unfuccefsful at this an-
choring place. The fires they kindled along the
fliorc in the night attra<5led a large quantity of
fifli to their nets. The ftratagem had before
fucceeded fo completely with the fiiliers of the
Efperance in Dentrecafteaux Strait, that they had
laid in a ftock of fiili fufHcient for fome months,
part dried, and part pickled in ftrong brine.

Several times in the courfe of the day I was
prefcnt when they hauled the feine, and always
obferved fome new fpecies of d'todon (porcupine
lifh). I admired the readinefs with which thefc
little fifhes eredled the prickles' that cover them,
by diftending their bodies as foon as they were
touched : but they lowered them, and kept them
clofe to their fkin, throughout their w^hoie length,
as foon as they imagined themfelves out of dan-
ger. This obfervation fliows, that the altitude
given to filh of this genus, by diilending them as
much as poffible, in which manner they are ex-
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hibited in colledions of natural hiflory, is not that
which is mofl: ufual to them.

Near the north fliore of this 'bay we landed a
young he- goat, and a fhe-goat big with kid, put-
ting up our prayers that the favages might allow
them to'propagate their breed in this ifland. Per-
haps they may multiply in it to fuch a degree, as
to occafion a total change in the manner of life
of the inhabitants, who may then become a paf-
toral people, quit without regret the borders of
the fea, and tafte the pleafurc of not being obliged
to dive in learch of their food, at the rifk of
being devoured by Iharks. The women, who
are condemned to this toilfome occupation, will
be much more fenfible of the value of fuch a
prefent than the men : but it is to be feared that
thefe animals will be killed before they have time
to breed, as appears to have happened to the fow
and boar left by Captain Cook ; at leafV no one
of us ever perceived the ilighteft trace of thefe
animals.

The latitude of cur obfervatory, which was
near a mile and a quarter fouth from our anchor-
ing place, was 43'' 21^ 18" fouth, and its longi-
tude 145^ 12^ 17" eaft.

The variation of the needle, obferved at the
fame place, was 7° 30^ eaft.

CHAP.

March.] of la perouse. 85

CHAP. XII.

Departure from Adventure Bay — We pafs clofe by
the North End of New Zcala?id — Intervieiv
with the hiJiahitants — Di/covery of fevera^
Iflands hitherto imhioztm — Anchor at Tongata-
boo, one of the Friendly IJlarids — Kagernefs of
the Natives to come on hoard andfurnifli us with
freJJi Provifion — We fait a great Nwiher of Hogs
— The Iflanders gredtly addi£ied to Theft — One
of our Sentinels hiocked down in the Night by a
Native, whoflole his Mujket — The Affajfn deli-
vered to General Dentrecajleaux by Ki?ig Toohou,
who re/lores the Mujket that had been Jiolen —
Queen Tine comes on hoard — Toohou gives a Feaft
to the General — Queen Tine alfo does the fame —
The Smith of the Recherche is blocked dow?i with
Clubs by the Natives, who afterwards firip him,
in open Day, in Sight of our Veffels — Some young
Bread-Fruit Trees are taken on board to enrich
our Colonies with this valuable Produ^ion.

ift MARCH. . -

'TX7"E fet fail from Adventure Bay about eight

' "^ in the morning, with hard fqualls from

the fouth-weft, which foon carried us beyond

Cape Pillar, behind which wc faw feveral fires

kindled

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kindled by the favages. We then fleered to-
-ward the north, where we were in f^ght of the
coaft about fixteen leagues diftant, leaving Oyfter
Bay to the weft, and then we dire(5led 6ur courfe
for the Friendly Iflands.

At day-break, on the 1 3 th, we made the iflands
called the Three Kings.

About eight o'clock, being in longitude 169^
56^eaft, we fet the middle ifland of the group
north, diftant one league, and afcertained its la-
titude to be 34*' 20^ fouth.

We faw three principal crocks, of a moderate
height, nearly in the fame parallel, at no great
diftance from each other, and furrounded by
other rocks that were much fmaller. Notwith-
ftanding the fog that had juft come on, we dif-
tinguilhed fome more toward the north, making
a part of the fame clufter. They were very bare,
and we did not fuppofe them to be inhabited: but
a large column of fmoke, arifmg from the eaft-
ernmoft iflet, informed us that there were fa-
vages on it. No doubt they chofe this place of
refidence, becaufe it afforded them an opportu-
nity of procuring filh with eafe among the fhoals.

About three Quarters after ten we made the
land of New-Zealand, which we approached by
fleering eafterly, under favour of a light breeze
from the wefl-north-wefl.

The

Makch.] of la perouse. 87

The natives had kindled a large fire on the lof-
tiefl of the hills that ikirt the fea, and which
extend to Cape North. At half after five wc
were a very little way from the Cape, when two
canoes came off from the fhore, and paddled to-
ward us. They foon came up with us, but re-
mained fome time aftern of the fhip before they
ventured alongfide. Judging rightly of our dif-
pofition toward them, however, they approached
with confidence ; aware, no doubt, that the Eu-
ropeans, who had vifited them, had never beea
the aggreiTors when any difpute arofe. They im-
mediately fliowed us bundles of the New-Zea^
land fiax (pJiormmm tenaxj, fhaking them, in
order that we might obferve all their beauty, and
offering to barter with us. The ftufFs of dif-
* ferent colours we gave them were received with
marks of great fatisfatflion, and they always de-
livered to us, with the mofl fcrupulous exadneis,
the price on which we had agreed.

Iron they decidedly preferred to every thing
elfe that we offered them. This metal is {o va-
luable in the eyes of thefe warlike people, that
expreflions of the mofl lively joy burfl from
them when they found we had fome. Though
at firfl we Ihowed it them only at a diftance,
they knew it perfed:ly well, from the found two
pieces gave when flruck againft each other.

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In exchange for our articles, thcfe people gave
us almoft every thing they had in their canoes ;
and, which we confidered as a mark of the
greatefl confidence, they made not the leaft dif-
ficulty at difpofmg of all their weapons to us.

The largeft of the fpears they gave us were
not above five yards long, and an inch and half
thick : the fmallefl were only half that length.
They were all made of a fingle piece of very hard
wood, which they had rendered perfedly fmooth.

They gave us fifhing lines, and hooks of dif-
ferent fliapes ; to the end of fome of which fea-
thers were fattened, which they ufe as a bait for
voracious filhes. Several of thefe lines were of
great length, and had at the end a piece of hard
ferpentine, to make them fink very deep in the
water. We admired the fine polifh they had given
this ftone, which was of a fpherical form, fur-
mounted with a fmall protuberance, in which
they had made a hole, to pafs a firing through.
It muft be very difficult to thefe favages to bore a
ftone of fuch hardnefs, and no doubt requires a
great deal of time ; but they have much leifure
for fuch employments, for their wants are few,
and the fea fupplies them with food in abundance.
They fold us a great deal of fifli, which they had
jufl caught ; and there is fuch a quantity along
the coafl, that, during the fliort time we lay to,

we

MaIICh] of la PEROITSE. 8^

wc. faw fevcral numerous flioals, which, rifing to
the fiirface of the fca, agitated it for a confider-
able fpace at different times, producing nearly
the fame appearance as a current paffmg over a
ihallow in calm weather.

Thefe favages even ftripped themfelves of their
clothes in order to barter with us.

Some of the young men had drops at their
ears, made' w4th a ferpentine of great hardnefs.
They were cut of an oval figure, and for the moft
part hear four inches long.

The men of riper years wore, as a kind of tro-'
phy^ a little piece of the large bone of the fore-
arm of a man, which hung at the breaft by a
little ftring that paffed round the neck. (See
Plate XXV.) They fet a great value on this
ornament.

It is well known that thefe people are greedy
devourers of human flefh ; and every thing that
recals to their minds the idea of fuch food, feems
to give them the greateft pleafure. A failor on
board offered one of them a knife ; and, to fliew
him the ufe of it, imitated the a<9:ion of cutting
off one of his fingers, which he immediately car-
ried to his mouth, and pretended to eat. The
cannibal, who watched all his motions, expreffed
great joy, laughing heartily for fome time, and

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rubbing his hands. They were all very tall, and
of a mufcular make. Soon alter fun-fct they
left us.

At the fame moment a third canoe arrived
from the neareft fhore, with twelve of the ifland-
ers in it, who immediately demanded hatchets
in exchange for their goods. One of them had
already obtained a hatchet, when another ad-
drefl'ed himfelf to us in a rough voice, bawling
out with all his ftrength etohi (a hatchet), and
was not filent till he h-ad obtained one.

It was now night, and the Efperance was {o
far diilant as to be out of fight ; accordingly wc
let off a few fmall quantities of powder, to induce
her to make known to us her fituation : but wc
obferved witli furprife, that the natives, far from
difplaying any dread of the effects of gunpowder,
continued their barter neverthelefs. It had been,
dark for more than an hour, when they paddled
away to the Ihore.

As we lay to, we hove the lead feveral tim.cs,
and always found a bottom of fine fand, and ffoni
thirty-fix to fifty fathoms water.

24th. The faint breeze that fet off from the
land during the night, was fucceeded toward day-
break by a north-weft wind. Wc were ftill very
near the coaft, and we might cafily have come to

an

MARCH.] OP LA PEROUSE. ^iT

an anchor in Lauriflon Bay, but the fatal difaflers
that befell Captain Marion, and afterwards Fur-
neaux, made the General rpfolve to pafs on.

I thought it my duty, however, to reprefent to
him, how important an objed: it waS;» to procure
from New Zealand the liliaceous plant known
by the name oi pliorm'mm tenax, or New Zealand
flax, in order to convey it to Europe, w^here it
would thrive in perfe6lion. The fibres obtained
from the leaves of this plant are much fuperior in
ftrength to any other vegetable production em-
ployed for making ropes, and cables made of it
would bear the greateftftrain. No one could be
more fenfible of all the benefits our navy might
derive from this plant, than the Commander in
Chief of our expedition ; yet we held on our
courfe for the Friendly Illands, continuing to
fleer north-eaft.

There would have been this advantage, like-
wife, in flopping at the northern extremity of
New Zealand, that it would have afforded us an
opportunity of verifying our obfervations, which
led us to place Cape North 30^ more to the eaft-
ward than it is laid down by Wales. It will
be granted, howxver, that we have fufficient
, reafon to give our obfervations the preference,
when it is confidered, that the Englifli aftro-
nomer determined the fituatioii of this point only

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from the longitude obferved in Ship Cove, and
the diftance run along the coafi: by Captain Cook :
and it mufl be remembered, that thlsf:e}cbratcd
navigator had no timc-kccper on board during
his firft voyage, an inftrument indifpenfably ne-
ceflary to afccrtain with precifion the diftancc
run upon a coaft, where the currents arc Aery
rapid and irregular.

. 17th. About four in the afternoon, the man at
the mail-head called out, that he had fight of a
large rock to the north-north-caft ; and we were
foon furrounded by a great number of fea-fowl,
among which we noticed many boobies and
gulls. It was night when we pafled about fix
hundred yards to leeward of this Iboal, from
which w'e heard the fcrcams of feveral of thefe
birds ; and by the favour of a fine moon-light
night, we diftinguiflied on the moll prominent
points a whitenefs, which we afcribed to their
excrement.

This rock, which is in latitude 31° 33' 20"
fouth;, longitude 1/9° caft, is not much above
half a mile in circumference, and feventy or
eighty yards high. Toward its weft end fome
reefs were obferved.

As wc paiTed to leeward of this Ihoal, we were
in completely fmooth water, fo that if there had
been any fLmkcn rock in our courfe, wx flaould

not

March.] "of la perouse. 93

not have been informed of our danger till the
veflel ftruck upon it. If we had doubled the rock
to windward, or even to leeward at a proper
difiiance, we fhould not have run this rifk.

18th. Next morning at day-break w^e made
Curtis's Illands. Thcfe are two very fmall ifles,
near four laigues diftant from each other. The
fouthernmoft is about a mile long only from north
to fouth, fteep, very bare, and interfperfed with
a great number of rocks, the fummits of the
higheft of which reach about a hundred yards
above the level of the fea. Their whitilh colour
led me to prefume, that they were of a calcareous
nature, like mofl; of the iflands found in thele
feas.

The other ifland is tolerably rounded, covered
with verdure, and as high as the former. Its fides
are fleep ai mofl: every where, yet you may land
i^on it toward the weft. It is in the latitude of
30'' ] 8'' 26" fouth, longitude !;(/ 38'' eaft.

About fixf^in the evening w^e perceived at a
s^reat diftance to the north-north-weft, a new
ifland, which induced us to lay to all night.

IQth. The next morning, when day broke,'
we had fight of the fame ifland toward the north,
and ftill upwards df ten leagues diftance ; but
about five in the afternoon w^e were clofe in with
it, "and had already fcen the whole of its circum-

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ference, the extent of which might be about three
leagues.

To this ifland, the latitude of which is 29'' 20^
18" fouth, longitude 179° 55' eafl, we gave the
name of Recherche. Its figure is nearly trian-
gular. Toward the middle the land rifes to the
height of about five hundred yards above the
level of the fea. On the eaft the earth had
crumbled down in a few places of no great ex-
tent, where a boat might land.

In all the perpendicular cliffs we could clearly
diflinguifh the arrangement of the thin, parallel,
and horizontal ilrata of a whitifli, and no doubt
calcareous flone, of which the ifland is formed.
In the interior part of the ifland we faw con-
fiderable precipices, and there were trees to the
very fummit of the highefl places.

There is a fhoal almoft clofc to the fliore on
.the north-wefl, which extends at leaft fix hundred
yards in that dire6lion.

Eight rocks, a few hundred yards diftant from
each other, ftretch out into the fea for the fpace
of a league to the eafl-fouth-eafl.

Between the weft and north -wcfl points, wc
obferved a fmall bight, where probably very good
ground would be found, and which affords com-
plete fhelter from the eafl erly winds.

Between the, riorth-wcfl and fouth-eafl: poii:^t^s

we

March.] of -la perouse. q5

we faw a little rivulet, which runs into the fea ;
and at a little diftance from it, in a perpendi-
cular cliff, we obferved a large patch of earth, of
a tolerably deep red colour, perhaps a fort of clay,
which appeared incrufted by the calcareous flone.

On the 23d, about nine in the evening, we-
entered the Torrid Zone, in the longitude o,i
184° eaft. This was the fourth time of our paf-
fmg the Tropic of Capricorn.

24th. The next day, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, we made Eooa, one of the Friendly
Iflands, bearing from us north-weft, diftant about
fourteen leagues ; and it was not long before we
had a pretty near view of it. The beautiful ver-
dure with which it was every where covered,
proclaimed the fertility of the foil. The land is
of a moderate height.

It was half after fix when we brought to, to
wait for the Efperance, and we fpent the night ,
; in plying to windward. /

On the 25th, at feven o'clock in the morn^/
ti ing, we were about fix' leagues only from Ton-*
gataboo, and yet we could not cafily diftinguifll
it, becaufe the land is fo low. We foon got
pretty near in with the eaftern coaft, {landing
towa,rd the north and north-weft, that we might
not mifs the opening that leads to the harbour,
which is to be entered only by palling between

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ibmc reefs, which arc lo clofc together that the
break between them is not to be diflinguiflicd at
a httle diilancc.

As foon as we were about the middle of this
channel, feveral ca^iocs with out-riggers came
to meet us, laden with fruit, hogs, and poul-
try, which they offered us. Each had two or
three natives on board, fcldoni four. One of
them coming toward us with too much fpecd,
her dut-rigger gave way, and we had the forrow
to lee the three rowers fall into the water. They
feemed lefs difconcerted, however, than we fliould
have imagined, and fwam to the neareft fliore,
dragging with them their canoe, which was foon
fet afioat again. Thcfe canoes are fo flight that
they muft frequently be expofed to fuch acci-
dents ; and, indeed, their countrymen, who pafled
clofe by, feemed fcarcely to notice it.

All thefe canoes had eatables en board, one
excepted, in which we obferved none, and which,
therefore, we imagined, had nothing to offer us.
But wc were miftaken : it was navigated by two
men, whofe countenances expreiTed much gaiety,
while they pointed out to us two women, who
were paddling with them ; and the figns they
made left us no room to doubt, that they were
making us very gallant propofals.

At a diftance we faw fome large failing canoes.

About

Mabch.] of la perouse. 97

About half after eleven, being in the narrowed
part of the channel, where it did not appear to
us to be above four hundred ■ yards over, we
had bottom near the middle at fix fathoms.

Juft as we were on the point of entering into
it, a large canoe came to meet us, and the people
in her invited us to follow them in a inuch wider
channel, which was on the larboard of it ; but
when they faw us take another courfe, they re-
turned, and continued fome time a-head of us»
willing to inftrutl us how to fteer.

At length we reached the road of Tongataboo,
and after making feveral tacks to fetch the an-
chorage, brought up a mile to the fouth-weft of
Pangaimotoo, in eleven fathoms and a half of
water, on a bottom of veiy fine grey fand.

One of the weflern points of Tongataboo bore
weft 3° north ; the weftern extremity of Panga'i-
matoo, north 24'' eafl: ; and the extremity of the
reefs on that fide, north 20° weft.

We were immediately furrounded by the na-
tives, who came on board in fuch numbers, that
the deck was foon covered w ith them. Several
came in double canoes, of the ihape reprefented
in Plate XXVIII.

One of thefe people, followed by feveral others,
who appeared to pay him great refped:, announced
himfeif as one of the chiefs of the ifland. He

de fired

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dcfircd to fee the Commander of the vcflel, and
immediately ordered a hog to be brought, of
which he made him a prefent. This perfon cx-
preiTed much gratitude on receiving a hatchet
from the General's own hands.

In lefs than an hour we procured, by way of
barter, a doz,en hogs, the fmalleft of vn hich was
at Icaft a hundred weight. For each a hatchet,
of a middling fize, was given.
. The General had given orders to one of his
officers to treat with the iflanders for what pro-
vifion they could fumifli ; and to prevent all
competition, which might have been injurious to
the fupply of our fliips, he had forbidden every
other perfon to make any exchange. But it was
impoffible to' fee thcfe orders executed to the let-
ter ; and it was difficult to refift the eagernefs of
the natives to difpofc of their wares, which each
endeavoured to difplay to the befl; advantage.
We were much amufcd to fee them holding their
little pigs under their arms, and every now and
then pulling them by the ears to make them
iqueal, that we might know they had them to
fell.

A chief of the warriors, named Feenou, came
on board about five in the afternoon. He was
a man about forty-h\e years of age, of a mid-
dling ftature, and very fat. Like the reft of the

natives

'21
J

V

March.] of la perouse. pg

natives, he had altogether the features of an Eu-
ropean. His body was covered with fears in va-
rious places, and he pointed out to us^two on the
breaft, which, he faid, were from wounds received
by fpcars in different battles againfl the people
of Feejee.

The portrait of this warrior, Plate VIII. Fig.
.2, is a very faithful refemblance. His hair, pow-
dered with lime, was drcffed in fuch a way,
that he might be fuppofed to have worn a wig.

He fcated himfelf on the bench on the quarter-
deck, with four of the natives, and ordered all
the reft to fquat down : fome of them, however,
he permitted to fit on the arm-cheft. I know
not whether thefe were great perfonages ; but we
remarked among them a man advanced in years,
accompanied by a young girl, who employed all
his eloquence to tempt fuch of us as came near
her.

Feenou made a prefent to the General of the
largeft hog that we had yet feen fmce we had
been at anchor. He gave him likevvife two very
■ fine clubs, made of cafuarhia wood, inlaid with
plates of bone, fome cut round, others in fears,
and others in the fliape of birds, of which, how-
ever, they were but poor referablances. This
chief appeared well fatisfied when the General
•gave him a hatchet, a large piece of red fluff, and
^ few nails. To tcflify his gratitude, he took
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each of thefc articles in his left hand, and touched
the left iidc of his forehead with it.

Towards fun-fet we requcfled him to fend out
of the fhip all the natives, the crowd of whom
Was become immenfe. We were defirous that
not one fliould remain, as we did not wifh to
have the trouble of watching them during the
night : but perhaps his authority did not extend
to them all ; for^ after he had driven aw^ay the
greatell: part only, he left us, and returned to-
wards the weftern fliore of Tongataboo.

The ilep he took to rid our fliip of thefe ifland-
ers, by w:'hom we were incommoded to an cx-
ccffive degree, could not eafily be gueil'ed. He
drove them out with his club, w hich he handled
fo vigoroufly, that they had no way to efcape the
rude blows of this weapon, but by leaping into
the fca.

Almoft all their clubs are made with the wood
of the caftiarhia, which is extremely hard ; yet we
faw a few of bone, fomewhat more than a yard
long. As thefe iflanders have no quadruped ca-
pable of furnifliing a bone of fuch length, there
can be no doubt but it muft belong to fome large
animal of the whale genus.

Befide many fowls, they fold us pigeons of
the fpecies called columba aenea (nutmeg pigeon),
bread-fruit, cocoa-nuts, yams, and feveral va-
rieties of plaintain, of a delicious flavour.

We

March.] of la perotjse. I6r

We dcfired all the natives to jro afhore before
night, tor feveral had not come for the purpofe
of fatisfying their curiofity merely, or ielUng us
their goods ; as we foon difcovered that they had
ftolen feveral articles from us. All the canoes,
however, were gone, and there were ilill iix of
the iflanders left on board ; w ho, having no
means of getting on fhore but by fwimming,
rcqueftcd us to let them pals the night upon
deck, one excepted, who chofe rather to fwim.
ailiore, though we were a mile from the nearcft
land. We admired the facility with which he
executed all his movements. He fwam con-
ftantly on the belly, his neck being entirely out
of water, and making very fliort ftrokes with his
left hand, which he kept conllantly before him,
while he gave a great fpread to his right hand,
w^hich he carried to the thigh on the fame fide at
every ftrokc. The body was at the fame time a
little inclined to the left, which increaied the
rapidity, with which it cut the water. I never
faw an European fwim with fuch confidence, or
with fuch fpeed*.

* A fomewhat fimilar mode of fwimming, I believe, is
not unfrequent among expert fvvimmers ia England ; at
leaft I have often feen il pra(^i(ed by others, and have had
recourfe to it myfelf; v.hen engaged in a contelt of fpeed —
Tranjlator,

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26th. Feenou returned the next morning, and
fpcnt a few hours on board. He was fingularly
amufed by an ape belonging to one of our gun-
ners, to the flighteft actions of which he was at-
tentive.

The tents of the obfervatory were pitched on
the fouth-weft Jhore of Pangaimatoo, and to the
fame place were conveyed ftuffs of different c©-
lours, with a great many articles of hardware, to
exchange for frefh provifion. As the inhabitants
brought us a great many hogs, the General re-
folved to make an addition to our fait flores ; and
Citizen Renard, one of our furg€ons, offered to
fuperintend the falting in of the pork.

An enclofure was marked out by a rope, faf-
tencd to the ends of fome ftakes, which were
ffuck into the ground at four or five yards dif-
tance from each other. This barrier was intended
to keep out the natives, ,^ay and night, above two
thoufand of whom, moft of them from Tonga-
taboo, w^ere already gathered round us.

Futtafaihc, one of the fons of the late King
Poulaho, repaired early to the fame place. He
took upon himfelf to preferve order among the
natives ; and accordingly our trade was carried on
with the grcatcft peaceablencfs : but we faw with
regret that, to make himifelf obeyed, he em-
ployed means as barbarous with refpcdl to them,

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as laborious to himfelf; or if any one of them
dared to pafs the enclofure that was traced out,
by a few hand's-breadths only, he immediately
threw at him the firft thing that came to hand,
as a warning for him to retire, without paying
any regard to the injury that might be done by
it. A young man, who advanced a little too far,
had nearly loft his life by his inattention to the
orders of Futtafaihc, whp immediately threw at
him with violence a large log of wood, but he was
fortunate enough to avoid the biow\

Wc were obliged to crofs this numerous circle
to penetrate into the interior part of the ifland ;
and it w^as not eafy to avoid treading on the feet
or legs of the natives, w^ho fat on the ground very
clofe together, all with their legs acrofs ; yet, far
from being angry, they held out their hands to
affift us when, for fear of hurting them, we knew
not w^here to fct our feet. A few of them fol-
lowed us.

We found many of the people employed in
conftrufting huts, in order to remain on the ifland
of Pangaimotoo ; whither they were attracted by
our making choice of this little ifland as a market
place for the provifion, with which they could
fupply us. Several of thefe huts were already
finilhed. The iflanders, whom we met with in

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them, received us with various teftimonies of
great affed:ion.

The ground occupied by each of "thcfe habita-
tions was not, in general, above fixtcen feet long,
and ten feet wide. The roof, about fix feet and
a half high in the middle, flppcd down to the
ground. In one of its fides an opening was made,
ibmetimes the whole length of the hut, but fo
low, that there was no entering, without ftoop-
ing fo much, as to be obliged to creep on ali
fours. On the oppofite fide we obfer\T.d another
opening, ilill lower and narrower, which feemed
intended to promote the circulation of air. In
others a greater number of openings were feen,
but fmaller, and made even in the ends of the
huts. We admired the fmc texture of the mats,
which were fpread upon the ground. The roofs
were covered with the leaves of the cocoa-tree,
or of the mountain palm (corypha nmhrandiferajy
fometimes too with grafs or rulhes. L' nder fuch
a roof there is no ftanding, except in the middle ;
but thefe people commonly fquat on the ground,
fo that they can fit tolerably near to tlie fides.

In the neighbourhood of thefe tranquil dwell-
ings we frequently met with very obliging though
frout men, who took care to inform flrangers of
the favourable reception they might meet with

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from the fair-fcx in thefe fortunate lllands. Their
offers, no doubt, were in fome meafure owing to
their wilh to oblige ; but it appeared that they
had an eye to their own intereft at the fame
time, as they never forgot to afk fome recom-
penfe in return for their information.

We w^alked fome time along the borders of the
ihore, on which we faw a great number of bread-
fruit trees in full vigour, though their roots were
bathed with brackifli water. But foon the water
rifing with the flood-tide, obliged us to go farther
within the land, where we traverfed thick woods,
in the ihadc of which grew the tacca pinnattfida,
Jaccharum Jpofitanenm, nnijfcendd frondofa, abrus
precatorius (Jamaica wild liquorice), the fpecies
of pepper tree which they life for making kavai
&c. We then walked over grounds employed
partly in" the culture of the fweet potatoe, partly
in that of the fpecies of yam called diofcorea alata ;
we faw% too, young plants of vacoua, or pandamis
fidoraujjima (fweet fccntcd fcrew-pine), the leaves
of which are uled for making mats. Farther
on w^e found plantations of the paper mulberry
tree, cultivated for the fake of its bark, of which
they fabricate Huff for garments. The hiblfcus
ttUaceus grew^ Ipontaneoufly on the borders of thefe
cultivated fpots, and clofe by the fea. Its bark
likewife furnlllies them with materials for making

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a kind of fluff, but much inferior in beauty to
that of the paper mulberry tree.

Some of the natives, who followed us very
clofe, affec^led the appearance of having no other
defign, but that of being ufeful to us : yet we
caught fome of them now and then putting their
hands into our pockets, to fteal what they could
jfind ; and when we difcovered them, we always
obliged them to return what they had taken.
One of them, however, having feized a knife,
that belonged to one of the crew, took to his
heels with all fpeed, and difappeared amid the
wood.

It w^as not long before wc fell in with a com-
pany of the illanders, who were preparing to drink
lava. They invited us to fit down by them, and
we remained all the time they were preparing
their beverage. They give the fame name to the
fpecies of pepper tree, which conftitutes its chief
ingredient, and the long, flefhy, and very tender
roots of which are often more than four inches
thick. Thefe they firft cleaned with the greatefl
care. They then chewed them, fo as to reduce
them to a kind of pafte, of which they formed
balls, nearly four inches in circumference. As faft
as thefe balls were" made, they were put into a
large wooden veffcl ; and when the bottom was
coA'Cred with them, Handing about four inches

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March.] of la perouse'. 107

diftant from each other, they filled up the veiTel
with water. The liquor was then Ihaken, and
ferved out in cups to all the guefts. Some drank
out of cocoa-nut ihells, others made themfelves
cups on the occafion from the leaves of the ^plan-
tain tree.

The large roots, with which the kava was
made, had, in the direction of their length, very
flcndcr woody fibres, which fubfided to the bot-
tom of the liquor. Thefe fibres, the perfon who
ferved it out, coUecfted in one of his hands, and
ufed as a fponge, to fill the cups.

We were invited to take a fhare of this be-
verage ; but our feeing it prepared was fufficient
to make us decline the civil offer. The chaplain
of our fliip, however, had the courage to fwallow
a bumper of it. For my part, as I was defirous
alfo of tafling the flavour of the root, I preferred
chewing a bit of it myfelf, and found it acrid and
flimulant. Each of the company afterwards ate
fome yams, frefh roafled under the embers, and
plaintains; no doubt to take off the heat, which
the ftomach mufl feel from this intoxicating li-
quor.

Thefe people fet much flore by the pepper
tree, from which they procure it. Its ftalk, fre-
quently bigger than the thumb, is tolerably
ftraight, and requires no fupport. They cut off

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feveral pieces in the fpaccs between the knots,
and made us a prcfcnt of them, informing us,
that they fct them thus in the ground, in order to
•propagate the plant.

We were not far from the tents of the obfer-
vatory, when fome others of the natives invited
us to eat fruit, among which we had the pleaiurc
of feeing that of tho, fpondias cytherea (pommes de
cy the re J. Every one fat down : Citizen Riche
juft laid down a pole-axe, when a native crept
flily behind him, took it up, and ran off as fall:~
as he could. We immediately purfucd him, but
he had too far the ftart for us to come up wdth
him. A chief, who was then near us, would
make the thief reftore the pole-axe, and ran after
him likewife ; but he foon returned, and appeared
very forry, that he could not overtake the fugi-
tive.

We foon arrived within the enclofure where
the traffic was carried on. Futtafaihe was fhill
there. We wxre informed that he had caufcd a
fabre, and feveral other things belonging to dif-
ferent perfons of the crew, which had been
flolen by the natives, to be returned. Riche ac-
cordingly applied to him, in order to procure his
pole-axe again ; but the inquiries of Futtafaihe
were to no purpofe.

27th. A great many canoes furrounded our

Ihips,

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/hips, though the General had given orders to
. oblige them to keep off; but they difpofed of their
merchandize to better advantage here, than at
the market on ihore : for there little was fold but
eatables, the price of w^hich w^as fixed ; while on
board they frequently received a high price for
objed:s of fancy. Befidcs, thefe canoes carried on
another fort of trade, ftill more rigoroufly prohi-
bited by the orders of General Dentrecafteaux :
but the fentries not being very flricfl in this point,
many young girls eafily evaded their notice, and
were creeping in at the port-holes every moment.

We went afhore very early at the neareft place,
where we had the pleafure to fee that thele
iflanders were in poiTeffion of the fugar-cane.
They offered us fome very large ones, which we
accepted. They fold us feveral birds, and among
others a beautiful fpecies of lory, which they in-
formed us had been brought to them from Feejee ;
a fine fpecies of dove, remarkable tor a red fpot
on the head, and known by the name oi cohmtha
piirpurata ; the Philippine rail, rallus phiVippenJis ;
the pigeon called coluviha paclfica, &c. Several
had the lizard known by the appellation of lacerta
amho'metiJiSf which they offered us as very good to
eat.

The natives, who followed us, were very trou-
.blefome to us by their number, and even by their

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cagernefs to oblige us. Seeing us colle6l plants,
feveral pulled up indifcriminately all they found,
made them up into large bundles, brought them
to us, and then wanted to load us with them.
Others, obferving us colled: infects, were incef-
fantly afking whether they were not to feed the
birds we had juft purchafed. But moft put on
a femblance of having the greateft afFediion for
us, while they were purloining our things. Se-
veral times we endeavoured in vain to get rid of
them, the methods we took being unquellionably
too mild, for people accuftomed to be treated fo
roughly by their chiefs.

Futtafaihe, accompanied by another chief, had
been to dine with the General, who prefented
one with a fcarlet fuit of clothes, the other with
a blue. Adorned with this new drefs, which they
had put on over their own clothes, they were in
one of the tents of ther obfervatory, when Feenou
made his appearance at the entrance of it, and
difplayed great jealoul)' at feeing them thus equip-
ped. He retired with an air of great difcontent,
faying, that every body pafTed themfelves off for
chiefs fegu'tj, and went to drink kava with fome
others. We did not know what to think of
Feenou's precipitate retreat ; but we prefumed;
that he was lefs powerful than Futtafaihe, and
declined appearing before him, that he might not

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be under the neceffity of paying him the honours
due to his rank.

The officer cntrufted with the purchafe of pro-
vifion had a very laborious taili to fulfil : for,
though he had fixed a regular value on every
article, the natives, ftill in hopes of felling them
dearer, never parted with their goods till they had
dilputed a long time about their price.

Preffed by hunger, we retired into the tent,
where the pro vifion purchafed in the courfe of
the day was depofited ; and were followed by two
natives, whom wx took for chiefs. One of them
fliewed the greateft eagernefs tp fele6l for me
the choicefl fruit: I had laid my hat on the
ground, thinking it a place of fecurity ; but thefe
two thieves were not inattentive to their trade;
he that was behind me was adroit enough, to
hide my hat under his clothes, and went away,
without my perceiving it ; and the other quickly
followed him. I was the lefs apprehenfive of fuch
^a trick, as I did not fuppofe that they would have
ventured upon an article of fuch bulk, at the rifk
of being caught within the cnclofure, into which
we had permitted them to enter : bcfides, a hat
could be of very little ufe to people who com-
monly go bare-headed. The addrefs they dif-
played in robbing me, convinced us that it was
not their firft attempt ; and led us to prefiime,

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that they frequently rob one another. The chiefs,
too, might have fome intereft in theHihefts com'
mitted on us ; for we frequently faw them fcize
what they found in the hands of their fubje(5ls,
whom they plundered very openly.

We were extremely unwilling to proceed to
extremities with thefe knaves ; but it was high
time to check their boldnefs, which impunity
ferved only to encourage. With this view, we
propofed to let them fee the effed; of our fire-arms
on a cock, which we tied to the end of a long
pole. But the perfon, who fired at it, was fo in-
cautious, as to take a double-barrelled gun, which
had been expofed to the dampnefs of the air all
the preceding night ; in confequence of which,
the firft time it flafhed in the pan, the next it
hung fire ; fo that he was obliged to take another
piece to bring down the cock. Accordingly the
natives appeared to retain a much higher idea of
their weapons than of ours, when one of them,
with a long arrow, furnifhed with three diverging
points, Ihot another cock^ fixed at the end of the
fame pole. In order to take aim at the bird,
having placed himfclf juft under it, he raifed
hinifelf as high as he could ori tiptoe, fo that the
point of his arrow was not above four yards from
the cock. All the reft had their eyes fixed upon
him, and kept the moft profound filence ; but the

moment

March.] of la perouse. 113

moment he hit the objecfl, their fhouts of admi-
ration gave us to underftand that they did not in
general lucceed fo well,' even at fo fliort a dif-
tance.

The arrow, ufed upon this occafion was near
three yards long ; but they have others of inferior
dimenfions, which they likewife carry in quivers
of bamboo.

28th. Twofentries kept guard day and night at
the poft we had eftablillied on the Mand of Pan-
gaimotoo, who were fufficient to keep off fuch of
the natives as might endeavour to fteal into it
fecretly, to carry off the articles we had depofited
there. Undoubtedly no apprehenfions had been
entertained, that they would break into it by
force, for no precautions had been taken to guard
againft an affault. A native, however, took ad-
vantage of a heavy fall of rain, which came on
juft as day was breaking, to get behind one of our
Jbntries, and gave him fuch a violent ffroke on
the head with his club, that he knocked him
down, though his helmet-cap warded off much
of the violence of the blow. The alTaffin imme-
diately made off with his mufliet ; and the other
fentry inlliantly gave notice of it to thofe of us,
who were lleepiiig in the tents. The alarm was
great, and feveral moved nearer to the fliore, that
they might be able to reach the loiig-boat, if the

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i/landers fhould fall upon us in great number.
The cry of alarm was heard on board the Efpe-
rance, that fhip having come within hail of the
ihore the preceding evening, and immediately a
few mufkets were lired from her, to give notice
of it to the Recherche : but our fear of a general
attack from the natives did not continue long, for
w^e quickly aflured ourfelves, that moft of them
were ftill faft afleep round our poft, and thofe,
W'ho had been awakened, had fled. An officer,
too, who arrived from the interior of the ifland,
almoft at the inftant of the affaffination, reported,
that he had feen a great many of the natives, all
of whom appeared to him to be in a profound
fleep.

The Commander of our expedition went on
fliore about fix o'clock, with a detachment well
armed, and gave orders to flrike the tents im-
mediately, and carry them aboard, with every
thing that; had been left at the poft for the pur-
pofe of barter.

Our removal much grieved feveral of the chiefs,
who came to the General to exprefs the fbrrow
they felt at this difagreeable affair. - They loudly
exprefled their difapprobation of this cowardly
piece of treachery, faying, that the culprit de-
ferved death, and Ihould not long efcape the due
reward of his crime. At the fame time they did

every

March.] of la perouse. 115

every thing in their power to prevail on us to
continue our barter as before.

Our detachment having advanced a Httle way
into the ifland, to examine the difpofition of the
natives, found near a thoufand, who had ilept in
the neighbourhood of our poft; and requefted
them to remove to a greater diftance ; which
they all did, except a fmall party of armed men,
who, lifting up their clubs and fpears, refufed
to retire a fmgle Hep. Perhaps it would have
been proper to have puniflied their audacity,
which led us to confider them as accompUces of
the aflaffin : but a chief, named Toohoii, one of
the king's relations, fell upon them with fury,
and quickly difperfed them by heavy blows with
his club.

The General, before he got into the boat to
return on board, made a few prefents to the dif-
ferent chiefs, who were coUedied around him.
He alfo required them to deliver up the affaffin,
and return the mufket he had ftolcn, with the
fabre that had been taken from our gunner the
day before ; informing them, that he would allow
the barter to be renewed on thefe conditions
alone.

All the natives retired when our long boat put
off from the fliore ; but as foon as it arrived along-
side the veffel, feveral of them went to the fpot

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we had quitted, and examined it very carefully,
to fee whether we had not left fomething or
other behind us. We obferved one, who had the
dexterity to pull out the nail by which one of our
clocks had been hung up to a poft'.

Feenou came on board in the afternoon, and
made the General a prcfent of fome bread-fruit,
yams, plantains, and a pig. In return he re-
ceived a faw, a hatchet, and feveral chifcls : but
we perceived, that he gave the hatchet a decided
preference to the other tools. After having paid
the greateft attention to the account wx gave
him of the attack made on our fentry by one of
the natives, he promifed to return the mufket
the next day ; and told us, that he would bring
the aiTaflm to us, and dojuftice on him in our
prefence. He defired to fee the gunner, who
had received a large wound in the head, but hap-
pily not dangerous, as the helmet-cap he wore
had deadened the blow. Feenou difplayed much
fenfibility on feeing the wound, and prefented
the gunner with a piece of the ftuff fabricated of
the bark of the paper mulberry tree, to ufe in
dreffmg the wound. In fa<^ the properties of
this ftuff render it well adapted to fuch a pur-
pofe.

Feenou having ordered feveral of the natives,
who attended him, to make kava, thefe immedi-
ately

March.] of la perouse. I17

ately began to chew fbme large roots of the fpe-
cies of pepper tree, to which they give that name,
and the liquor was foon prepared. He drank of
it firft, and the reft was iliared among the other
natives, who, as well as Fcenou, ate plantains
after it. Out of refpeA to him, they all fquattcd
on the deck, while he fat on the watch bench.

We ihowed this chief fcveral ensrravins-s in the
voyages of Captain Cook. It was with the ^
greateft refped: that he feveral times pronounced
the name of that celebrated navigator, "which he
called Toote. It is remarkable, that though we
could pronounce words of their language with
great facility, they could not do fo with ours : for
inilance, when they wiflied to pronounce the
word Fra?ifois, they faid Palmtfois ; inftead of
BeauprS, they faid Beaupele, &:c. Feenou talked
to us of Otaheite, and faid, that he had iecn Omai
at Anamooka. Perhaps this is the fame Feenou
who was particularly intimate with Cook in his
laft voyage, though that navigator fays he was a
tall man.

His attendants faid a great deal to us "about
King Toobou, of whofe power tiiey made great
boaft ; and to point out to us his fuperiority, they
raifed the right arm very high^ pronouncing his
name at the fame time, and then touched it near
the elbow with the left hand^ to mark the inferi-
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orlty of Feenou. He himfelf afTented to this pre-
eminence of Toobou, who, he faid, was to be on
board us the next day.

29th. I had intended to fpend this day on the
ifland of Tongataboo, w ith fome of my fhipmates ;
but the General dcfired us to poftpone this ex-
curfion, till the chiefs had given u& a proof, that
they were really determined to put an end to the
depredations committed by their fubje6ts.

Several canoes furrounded our vefTcls, but no
one was permitted to come alongside. Many of
their people, weary of their fituation, as they
couid not carry on any kind of traffic, amufed
themfeh es with fifliing. Their nets were nearly
nine' yards long, about a yard and a half deep, and
the mcfiies were about an inch fquare. From
the fliape of thefc nets, feveral of which we had
already purchafed, we imagined that they'ufed
them as v/e do feines, hauling them up on the
beach ; but we were much aftoniflied to fee them
throw them out in the open road, much in the
fame manner as w^e do a cafting-net. On the
lowxr fide were faftened pieces of coral, which
funk the net rapidly to the bottom ; and the
fifhermen immediately dived, to bring the tw^o
ends together by means of fmall lines faftened
to them ; thus enclofmg the lilh, which they put
into their canoes. It is obvious that filh muft be

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March.] of la perouse. ug

very plenty, for them to be caught in this man-
ner in the open fea. No doubt the fifliermen
would not have taken all this trouble, had not
their hunger been extremely craving ; for, as
they had no means of dreffing their fifli in their
canoes, they did not hefitate to devour it raw.

About nine in the morning three chiefs came
on board, to acquaint us that Toobou, the fu-
preme chief fcgui Idi) of Tongataboo, Vavao,
Anamooka, &c. was coming to pay us a vifit,
and that he would deliver into our hands the
aflaffin we demanded, and reftore the mufket
that had been ftolen. In fa6t, it was fcarcely
eleven o'clock when Toobou arrived, with feveral
chiefs. The aiTaffin wTtS at his feet, lying on his
belly with his hands bound behind his back. He
ordered him on board immediately, and then di-
rected the mufket, w^ith its bayonet fixed, which
had been taken from one of our fentries, to be
brought. Two pieces of ftufF, made of the bark
of the paper mulberry, fo large, that each, if
fpread out, w^ould have completely covered our
veiTel, two hogs, and feveral very large mats,
compofed the prefent w^hich he brought to the
Commander of our expedition. The v/arrior
Feenou, not difdaining to perform the office of
executioner, lifted up his club, to beat out the
brains of the culprit, and it was fomewhat diffi-
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cult to prevent him from doing juflice on tlid .
prifoner before our eyes. At length, however, he
delivered him into the hands of the General,
imagining, no doubt, that he w^as defirous of
keeping him, to infiiA on him himfelf the pu-
nifhment due to his crime. The prifoner too,
flippofing that his laft hour was come, already
ftretched out his neck, when our {entry, w^hom
.he had knocked down, begged the life of the of-
fender. On this he was difmiffed, with a few
ftripes on the back with a rope's end : but Fee-
nou, thinking this punitliment far too little, again
raifed his club, to put an end to his exiftence.-
The General bawled out as loud as he could, ka'i
mate, (that he ihould grant him his lifej ; but
Feenou declared, neverthelefs, that he Ihould not
efcape the punifhment he deferved. As wts were
examining fcveral marks on his head, from blow^s
this man had received with a club, before he had
been brought to us, we w^ere informed, that thefe
had been given to him when he was taken. The '
General ordered our furgeoh to drefs hisAvounds,
and then removed him to the Efperance, in-
tending to fet him aihore in the night, to endea-
vour to fave his life.

King Toubou received as a pflrefent from the
General's hands a fuit of fcarlct, in which he
dreiled himfelf immediately, and a large hatchet.

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March.] of la perouse. 1121

Feenou, too, received a fcarlet fuit, with a hatchet
of much fmaller dlmenfions ; and a few fmall
hatchets were diftributed among the other chiefs.
They were all on the deck, forming a circle
round Toobou, who fat on the watch bench, with
Feenou on his right hand, and another chief,
named Omalai, on his left.

Toobou appeared to us to be at leaft fixty years
old. He was of a middling height, and ftill
much more corpulent than Feenou. His gar-
ments were made in the fame fhape as thofe of
the other natives, differing only in the finenefs
of their texture. He wore a very beautiful mat,
faftencd round him by means of a girdle, fabri-
cated o{ the bark of the paper mulberry tree.

When Toobou gave orders for making kava,
we requefted fome of the chiefs to take upon
themfelves its preparation, and chew the roots of
the kava pepper tree, which we offered them ;
but they uniformly refufed, with an air of dif-
daining an occupation beneath them. It was
entrufted to men of an inferior clafs (mouasj,
who were featcd near the middle of the circle
formed by the chiefs.

The rain, which had come on in the mean
time, increafmg rapidly, we imagined that every
one of them would have fought fhelter ; but they
all braved the weather, without quitting their

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places, except the king, who withdrew into the
General's cabin, with Feenou, and Toobou-Foa,
one of the royal family. Kava was carried to
them in cups, which had juft been made of
plantain leaves, and then plantains were offered
to them. The General invitpd them all three to
dinner ; but the king did not permit either of the
chiefs to fit at the fame table with him. He tail-
ed all the difhes, refufed moft of them, and ate
very little of thofe that he did not appear to dif-
like, fugar excepted. The General had made him
a prefent of a bird-organ, with which he was
wonderfully amufed, and on which he played al-
moft all dinner time.

Thefe iflanders iliave with the edge of afliell,
and the operation takes up a great deal of time.
They were ftruck with aftonifliment, when they
faw how quickly our barber took off the beards
of feveral of our crew, and every one was de-
firous of experiencing his flcill. Among the reft,
h< had the honour of lliaving his majefty himfelf.
About half after three, the king giving us no-
tice of his intention to depart, an offer was made '
to put him afhore in the barge, which he ac-
cepted. He was attended by a great number of
canoes, and foon arrived at the ifland of Pangaf-
motoo, with mofl of the chiefs who had accom-
panied him on board. As foon as he landed, he

ordered

March.] of la perouse. 123

ordered fome yams, a bread-fruit, feme pork and
plantains, to be brought ; and we were much
furprifed to fee him eat with a very hearty ap-
petite ; for wc imagined that he was not hungry,
as he had done fo little honour to our General's
table. We had no reafon to fuppofe, that our
difhes had not been to his tafte, fince the other
natives w^re perfe(5lly fatisfied with them. Per-
haps it is a point of etiquette, for his majefly not
to indulges his appetite when he accepts an in-
vitation, particularly from Irrangers. He after-
wards made a fpeech, in which, no doubt, he ex-
prefled our friendly difpofition toward them, and
our intention to punilh all who ihould be guilty
of robbing us ; and then he repaired to the ifland
of Tongataboo.

Juft before night Feenou brought the fabre
which had been taken from one of our gunners.
He returned it to the General, and made him a
prefent of a very large fifh, of the perch genus^
the perca guttata (the ///W of Catefby). Before
he left us, he informed the canoes around, that
we fhould begin to trade with them again the
, next day.

30th. Very early the next morning our boat
was fenton fliore to the ifland of Panga'imotoo,
with a quantity of ftufFs and hardware. The ca-
noes round our ihip were feveral times defired

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in vain to repair to the market, which had juft
been re-cflabliflicd on that little ifland. We
fancied, however, that we had difcovered efTec-
tual means of driving them away from our ihips,
when we faw them take flight with precipitancy,
on fome w^ater being fpouted on them from an
engine ; but the fuccefs of this mode was of fhort
duration ; for foon finding that they ran no rifk
but of a wetting, we miglit play the engine on
them as long^as we pleafed, and they would not
flir. Dauribeau, the captain of the Recherche,
then gave orders, to upfet them when any of
our boats went afliore ; and prefently the launch
was fent off for the neareft part of the ifland,
with various inftruments for making aflironomical
obfervations. Accordingly our people pulled
away, fleering directly for a canoe which had
three men and two girls on board ; and, as they
carried away the out-rigger, we fliould foon have
had the vexation of feeing the/e two pretty lafl!es
tumbled into the water ; but to prevent this ac-
cident,- the men jumped overboard, and two of
them fteadied the canoe, while the third fet the
out- rigger to rights, and then they paddled away
for Tongataboo without delay. The other ca-
noes, warned of their danger, had the addrefs to
avoid fuch of bur boats as afterwards endeavoured
to upfet them.

Feenou

"March.] ' of la perouse. > 125

Feenou came on board very early in the morn-
ing, with Toobou, the kind's brother. Thcfe
two chiefs invited the General to a feaft, which
the King intended to give him the next day but
one, in the illand of Tongataboo. Having re-
quefted us to let them fee the eife(5ls of our
fwivels and carronades, we gratified them with a
fpecimen, at which they ihowed equal marks of
affright and admiration.

When we arrived on fhore, vv'e obferved with
furprife, that the market was very well fupplied,
though there were not a fourth as many of the
natives prefent, as on the preceding days. Every
thing there was going on with the greateft order.

The fame officer (LagrandiereJ had ftill the
management of the traffic with them for victual-
ling the fhips. He was fmgularly delighted with
the thought of having procured fome ends of
iron hoops, to be cut into the fliape of carpen-
ter's chifTels, and of having turned them to good
account in dealing with the natives. Yet we
had on board a great number of very good tools,
which had been brought from Europe, to give
them ; and we could not conceive how it was
poffible, that the fatisfa(i:l:ion he mufl have felt
at procuring them durable inflruments, fhould
not have been of more weight with him, than
any other confi deration.

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Traverfing the interior of the iiland, we faw a
barber employed in iliaving one of the chiefs^
after 'their falhion. The -chief fat with his back
leaning againft his hut. The barber's razor con-
fifted of the two fliells of th.tfol£7t radlatus (vio-
let-coloured, or radiated razor-flieath), one of
which he held firmly againfl the fkin with the
left hand, while with the right he applied the
edge of the other to the hair, as near the root as
he could, and by repeated fcraping, brought it
away, fcarcely more than a hair at a time. We
were afbonifhed at fo much patience, and left
him, as might be fuppofed, long before he had
finifhed his operation.

The art of the potter has made no great pro-
grefs among thefe people. We fav/ in their pof-
feliion fome very porous earthen vefTels, which
they had baked indeed, but very flightly. In
thefe they kept frefh water, which would have
quickly filtered through them, if they had not
taken the precaution to give them a coating of
refin. VeiTels thus made, could be of no ufe to
them in dreffing victuals. The natives fhowed
xis fome of a tolerably elegant form, which they
faid had been brought from Feejee. (See Plate
XXXI. Fig. 8.) We faw them drinking in com-
panies out of cups of this fort, round w^hich they
put a net of a pretty large meih, to be able to

carry

March.] of la perouse. 127

carry them about eafily. When they had emp-
tied a few of them, they went to fill them again
out of little holes, which they had dug in the
ground, that the water might flow into them.
Though thefe holes were about a hundred and
fifty toifes only from the fhore, the water was
fcarccly to be called brackifii. As we found it
neceffary to replace what we had expended lincc
leaving Adventure Bay, we dug a hole in the
ground, more than a yard deep, and at a good
diflance from the fliore, and it was prefently flip-
plied with very drinkable water. With this we
filled fmall caiks, which the natives of the toua
clafs were very ready to carry on their fhoulders
to the boat : but the part on which the iron
hoops of the caili refted being bare, was foon
galled, and they gave up their work. We had
on board, however, a little cart, which we had
brought from Europe, and on this they readily
confented to draw the barrels down to the fhore.
The touaSy twelve in number, fung to mark the
time of uniting their efforts in pulling. Thefe
twelve foon increafed to twenty, and at firfl re-
quired no addition to the pay we had agreed upon
for each turn, which w^as twelve glafs beads : a
few days after, however, they demanded a higher
price for their labour. They afTured us that we
iliould not find water at Tongatabuo, except in

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ponds, oir by digging holes in the ground as at
Pangairaatoo ; but that very good fpring- water
was to be procured at Kao, a fmall iHand near
Tofoa.

I had not yet feen a dog fmce we had been
at anchor. In the afternoon a native brought
one to fell us, affuring us that its llefh was" very
good eating. They give the name of kouli to this
animal, which in thefe illands is commonly of a
fallow colour, fmall, and pretty nearly refembling
the Pomeranian dog.

Citizen Riche informed us, that the aflaflin,
who was mentioned above, having been conveyed
to the weflern coaft of Pangaimotoo the preced-
ing night, by one of the Efperance's boats, had
hefitated fome time about going on fhore, and
had inquired of the boat's crew, with an air of
great uneafmefs, which way Feenou had gone,
when he went on fhore in the evening. At laft
he ventured to land, but crawled along the beach
on his hands and knees for more than three
hundred paces, before he durft; proceed into the
interior part of the ifland.

Clofe by the market, to which the natives
brought their different kinds of provifion, we ob-
ferved a woman of extraordinary corpulence, at
leafl fifty years of age, round whom the natives
formed a very numerous circle. Some o£ them

paid

March.] of la perouse, 129

paid her their re£pe6ls in our prcfence, by taking
her right foot and placing it on their head, making
a very low bow : others came and touched the
fole of her right foot with their ,right hands.
Several chiefs, whom we knew% paid her other
marks of their reverence. We were informed
that this lady was Queen Tine. Her hair, cut
to the length of about two inches and half, was
covered, as well as part of her forehead, with a
reddifh powder.

After having expreffed her inclination to go on
board the Recherche, to fee the Commander of
our expedition, Ihe invited us to accompany her,
and immediately fet off with part of her court.
She prefented General Dentrecafleaux with fe-
veral very fine mats, a hog, and fome yams ;
and he gave her in return various pieces of ftuff^
on which ihe appeared to fet a great value.

Defirous of knowing what effc(fl our vocal
mufic, accompanied by a violin and cittern, would
have on thefe people, we entertained them with
a fpecimen, and had the pleafure of perceiving
that it was pleafmg to them ; but a (cw tunes
on a bird-organ obtained more ilriking marks of
their applaufe.

Queen Tine, unwilling to remain in our debt,
ordered fome young girls of her fuite to fmg.

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One of the prettieft immediately rofe, and we
did not fail to applaud her performance. She
iung, indeed, nothing but which flie continued

apou lellcy; apou LUcy i apuu lelley ; apou lelky j

repeating for half an hour at leafi: ; but fbe dif-
played fo much grace in the a(5lion with which
ilie accompanied this air, that we were forry fhe
finiihed fo foon. She moved her arms forward,
one after the other, following the meafure, and
at the fame time raifed her feet alternately,
though without quitting her place : the time
flie marked with her fore-finger, which, after
having been bent by the thum.b, was let go,
againft the • middle finger ; and fometimes by
moving the thumb againll: the fore and middle
fingers. The beauty of thefe movements de-
pended greatly on the fine fliape of the hand and
arm, which is fo common among thefe people,
and was flriking in this young woman. Soon
after two other young girls repeated the fame air,
which they fung in parts, one fmging uniformly
a fifth to the other ; and feveral men rofc to
dance to the mufic of their melodious voices.
Thefe marked the time by movements analogous

to

March.] of la perouse. 3 31

to thofe of the young women, at firft with their
feet, and frequently carrying one of their hands
to the oppofite arm.

We took the words of this air (apou Iclley,
charming evening) as a comphment from the
iflanders, congratulating themfelves on Ipending
the afternoon with us.

The queen tailed the different diflies we of-
fered her, but fhe gave a particular preference to
preferved bananas. Our maitre-d'hotel Hood be-
hind her in readinefs to remove her plate, but
Ihe faved him the trouble, by keeping both it and
-the table-cloth for herfelf.

Tine w^as extremely tenacious of the honours,
which the chiefs could not refufe to pay when
they met her ; and hence fome of them avoided
her prefence. Fecnou, and the brother of King
Toobou were on board, and had juft promifed
to ftay and dine with us when flie arrived.
They immediately intreated, with great earneft-
Iiefs, that ihe might not be permitted to come,
upon deck ; but fhc came on board at once
w^ithout ceremony, and the two chiefs haftened
into their canoes, becaufe otherwife they would
have been obliged, as many of the natives aiiiired
us, to come and take her right foot, and carry it
very refpedfully to their heads, as a token of their
inferiority. The queen informed us with an air

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of fatisfaftion, that King Toobou himfelf was
bound to pay her thefe marks of rcfpecfl, becaufe
it was from her he derived his dignity.

After having informed us that fhe purpofed
to take up her abode in the ifland of Pangaimotoo,
as long as we ftaid in the road, fhe invited the
General to come and reilde on fhore, and ileep in
her houfe. I do not imagine that the old lady had
any other intention, than to procure him a more
pleafant and healthy refidcnce than he had on
board : but the General had no opportunity of
afcertaining with precifion her motive for this
obliging offer, for he did not accept her invita-
tion.

One of our failors had in his hand a bit of
bacon, which he was going to eat, when Feogo,
one of Tine's maids of honour, appeared defirous
of tailing it. He oiFered it to her, and fhe re-
ceived it with thankfulnefs : but as fhe could not
think of eating it in the royal prefence, the Queen
had the complaifance to go and fit about twelve
paces off, that her attendant might be at a dif-
tance from her ; yet before fhe quitted her place,
fhe had received from the young la-dy the fame
marks of refped:, as others of the natives had al-
ready paid her in our prefence.

Two hours before fun-fet, Tine exprcfTcd a
wifh to return to the ifland of Pangaimotoo, and

Ibon

March.] of la perouse. 133

foon after went in our barge with part of her at-
tendants.

We had feen in Blights narrative, that, juft as
be was preparing to quit the ifland of Tofoa, the
failor, whom he had fent on fhore to'caft off the
mooring of the launch, was killed by one of the
natives. The people of Tongataboo informed us
that the murder was committed by a chief named
Moudoulalo ; but we could not learn the motive
which had induced him to this exceffive barbarity.
All of us were aftonifhed at the coolnefs with
which the natives told the tale.

We had already feen feveral knives of Engli{h
manufacture in the hand of the natives ; and this
morning early Feenou brought us a bayonet that
he had received from Captain Cook, the point of
which he requefted us to Iharpen, as it was
blunted.

In the afternoon we vifited fome iflets, lying
at a very little diftance from each other between
Tongataboo and Panga'imotoo. Thsy are all
connected together by a fhoal, which is almoft
wholly dry at low water.

• We firft arrived at a bank of fand, lately emerg-
ed from the water, on which, hov/ever, a com-
mencement of vegetation already appeared. From
this, called by the natives Inmi, we proceeded to
the little iile oi Mamma ; to reach which we were

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obliged to crofs a tolerably rapid current, not
above fix feet deep foon after the tide had begun
to make in, and the water of which was warmed
by paffing over a beach ftrongly heated by the
rays of the fun. Here we found one of the
dueen's maids of honour, to whom we prefented
a few beads ; and immediately flie fent to catch
a counle of fowls to offer us. Thefe we took the
trouble of carrying, left fhe fliould have been
chagrined at our refufal of them. She was very
careful to let us know^ that flie did not give them
by way of barter ; affecfling to repeat with an air
of dignity ikdi fokatazi, and to inform us by the
word adoupe, that fhe made us a prefent of them.
Indeed the chiefs never offered to barter their ar-
ticles for ours ; they made us prefents, and re-
ceived whatever we thought proper to give.

It is remarkable that the natives brought to
our market feveral cocks, but very feldorh any
hens. Thefe they kept to hatch chickens, and
of cotirfe they fold us but few eggs likewifc.

The two fowls now given us were hens, and
had been caught in our fight with the fame kind
of net, as we had feen employed to take fifh in
the open road.

The foil of the illand of Manima is little culti-
vated; we fawin it, however, a few fields of yams,
cocoa trees, and plantains.

After

March.] of la perouse. 135

After croffing a channel as fhallow as the'
preceding, we arrived at Oneata. Having the
curiofity to examine the infide of a habitation,
conftrucfted with much art, we were greatly fur-
prizcd to fee a chief, who, fitting very gravely
near the middle of the hut, permitted a fore-
mail-man of our fhip to take the greateft free-
doms with one of the prettied girls in the ifland.
He inforrhed us, on offering fome cocoa nuts,
that he could not allow us to drink their liquor
within his dwelling., We could not have fup-
pofed that the witnefs of the party, we had jull
happened to interrupt under his roof, would have
been fo rigid to perfons who came thither merely
to quench their thirft ; but we made a point of
. not difputing the matter with him.

Two natives arrived in the mean time, bring-
ing in their hands fome very ripe cocoa nuts
opened, and with thefe we faw them prepare a
difh, of which they appeared to be very fond.
With fhells, fixed in a piece of wood by way of
handle, they fcraped out the nuts, which they
bruifcd vvith a very hot flone, fo as to make a
pulp of it ; this they reduced to the confiftence
of a pudding, after mixing it with fome frefh
roafted bread-fruit ; which done, they formed
it into balls ; and thefe they ate immediately.
■ Under a large fhed we faw a double canoe,

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forty feet long, placed there by the natives to
prefcrve it againft the injuries of the weather.

We were not far from the little ifland called
Nougou NougoUf when fome of the natives pointed
out to us an iflet, by the name of Mackaha, very
near Pangairaotoo. We proceeded toward the
lafh ifland, and, as the tide was rifmg, we were
obliged to wade up to our middles, to reach it.
We foon reached the place, where the queen
kept a regular court. It was under the fhade of
a very bufliy bread-fruit tree, at a fmall diftance
from our market. There fhe was giving a con-
cert of vocal mufic, in v/hich Futtafaihe fung,
he regulating the time, which all the muficians
followed with the greateft accuracy. Some per-
formed their parts by accompanying the fimple
melody of the reft with various modvdations. In
thefe w^e occafionally noticed difcords, which
feemed to be highly agreeable to the ears of the
natives.

During tliis concert we faw a great number
of people arrive, each carrying a long pole on
his lliouldcr, at the ends of which hung fifh and
yams ; and with thefe they immediately formed
the bafc of a quadrangular pyramid, which they
built up nearly to the height of two yards.
This was a prcfent for General Dentrecalleaux,
to whom Tine was giving an entertainment.

She

April.] of la perouse. 1^7

She warned us againft the danger of walking
alone about the illand in the evening, telling
us, that thieves might take advantage of the
darknefs, to knock us down with their clubs, and
then rob us.

On the ]fh of A.pril, at fix in the morning, the
General fct off, agreeably to the invitation of
King Toobou, who meant to give him an en-
tertainment in the ifland of Tongataboo. We
accompanied him, with almoft all the officers of
the expedition, and a detachment well armed.

Some of the natives, who followed us in their
canoes, made us coaft along fhore toward the
weft for fome time, in order to condudl us to a
place, where, they informed us, we fhould find
a great number of the natives affemblcd with
feveral of their chiefs. As foon as we landed,
Feenou came to meet the General, and accom-
pany him into the midft of a large aficmbly of
the natives, with Omaldi at their head. This
chief invited him to fit down on his left hand,
after having ordered the natives, to arrange them-
felves in a circle round him. We refted our-
felves a moment on fome m.ats fpread on the
ground, under the iliade of feveral trees, fome
of w^hich were the cerhera manghas (Indian mango
tree), others the hernand'ia ovtgcra (ovigerous
jack-in-the-box tree), the fruit of which is ufed.

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by thefe people as an ornament. Soon after tve
went to fee a very lofty llicd, which ferved as a.
fhelter to a war canoe, eighty-feet long, the in-
fide of which was ftrengthened by very ftouf
knees, placed about a yard diftant from each
other. Feenou, after having made us admire the
eonftru(5lion of this double canoe, informed uS;..
that he had taken, it in an engagement, which he
had fought with the people of the Feejee Wands.

As we proceeded toward the weit, we croiTed
a fpaeious enclofure, formed of palifades, the
pads of which, placed in an oblique direction,
were tolerably near to each other,, within this
grew bread-fruit trees, plantain trees, the corypha
timhracnllfera' (great fan palm), &c. Farther on,
in an enclofkire of much lefs extent, we found a
fmall hut, of a conical figure, in whlcfh, we were
informed, were depofited the remains of a chief
lately dead ; nnd a caution w"as given u&, that
entering into it was' prohibited.

After this we walked' on near a quarter of an^
hour in a narrow path, bounded on each fide by
palifades, till we reached an extenfive efplanade,.
where King Toobouwas foon to arrive (See Plate
XXVL). ^ ■

We were invited by Omalai, to take the cool
air under a flied, the fliape of which was nearly
half an oval, twelve yards in length, by five in

breadth.

April.] of la perouse. 130

breadth. The roof, covered with the leaves of
the vacoua, which rendered it impenetrable to
the heavieft Ihower, had an elevation of about
five yards and a half, and defeended within three
quarters of a yard of the ground, on which fome
fine mats were fpread. The floor was raifed fix
or eight inches higher than the furrounding eartfe,
which fecured it from all danger of being over-
flowed ; and the roof was fiipported by ten pillars.

At length Toobou arrived with two of his
daughters, who had poured on their hair an abun-
dance of cocoa-nut oil, and wore each a neck-
lace, made with the pretty feeds of the ahrus pre-
caior'ins.

The natives formed a great concourfe on all
fides. According to our eftimation, at leafl four
thoufand of them were prefent.

The place of honour, no doubt, was on the
king's left hand, for it was there he invited the
General to fit, who immediately ordered the pre-
fents, which he intended for Toobou, to be
brought forward. The king exprefTed much
thankfulnefs for them ; but, of all that was offered
him, nothing fo much excited the admiration of
this numerous affembly, as a piece of crimfbn
damafk, the lively colour of which produced from
all fides an exclamation of eho ! eho ! which-they
continued repeating a long time, w4th an appear-

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ance of the greateft furprifc. They uttered the
fame exclamation, when we unrolled a few pieces
of ribbon, in which red was the predominant co-
lour. The General then prefcntcd a fhe-goat
with kid, a he-goat, and a couple of rabbits, one
a buck, the other a doe, of which the king pro-
mifed to take the greateft care, and to let them
breed and- multiply in the ifland.

Omalai, who, Toobou told us, was his fon, alfo
received fome prefents from the General, as did
ieveral other chiefs.

On our right, toward the north-eaft, were
thirteen muficians, featcd under the fliade of a
bread-fruit tree, which was loaded with a prodi-
■glous quantity of fruit. They fung together in
different parts. Four of them held in their hands
a bamboo of a yard, or a yard and a half long,
with which they beat time on the ground ; the
iongeft . of thefe bamboos fometimes ferving to
mark the meafure. The founds thefe inftru-
ments gave approached tolerably near thofe of the
tambourin, and the following were their propor-
tions to each other. Two bamboos of the middle
^ length were in unifon, the longefl was a note and
a half below them, and the fllortcft was two
notes and a half above. > The mulician, that fung
the counter-tenor, made- his voice be hear-d much
above the reft, though it was a little hoarfe-; and

at

April.] of la perouse. 141

at the fame time he accompanied it by beating
with two Httle fticks of cafluarina on a bamboa
fix yards long, cleft throughout its whole length.
Three muficians placed before the others expreffed
the. fubjecl of their fong by adion alfo, which no
doubt they had thoroughly ftudied, for their gef-!
tures were performed all together, and in the.
fame manner. Every now and then they turn<?,d
toward the king, making not ungraceful motions
with their arms : fometimes they bowed their
heads quickly, till the chin touched the breaft,
and fhook them feveral times, &c.

In the mean time Toobou prefented the G<:-
neral with fome pieces of ftuff fabricated with
the bark of the paper mulberry tree, caufmg them
to be fpread abroad with a great deal of oftenta-
tion, that we might be fenfible of all the value of
the gift.

One of his minifters, who fat on his right hand,
ordered kava to be prepared, and prefently a
wooden bowl, of an oval fhape, and a yard long
(See Plate XXXI, Fig. 9), was brought in full of
this liquor.

The muficians, no doubt, had referved their
choiceft pieces for this inftant ; as now, at every
paufe they made, the cry of mdii, mdli, refounded
from every quarter, and the reiterated applaufes

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of the natives informed us, that this muiic made
tL very ftrong and pleafmg imprefTion upon them.

The kava was then diftributed to the different
chiefs, by him who had given orders for its pre-
J)aration. He fent it to them in cups, which
were made on the ipot with the leaves of the
plantain, and every time he offered a cup, he
pronounced, in a pretty loud voice, the name of
him for whorh it was intended. Feenou he ferved
firft, faying maye maa Feenou ; and he did the fame
to the other chiefs, all whofe names we could
eaiily pronounce. Some of thefe, perhaps, the
reader will not be difpleafed to hear : they were
Ntifatoa, Fefe, Mqfi, Famouna, Fatoumona, Szc.

We may prefume, it was neceffary, that fomc
of the chiefs fhould judge of the goodnefs of the
liquor, before the king drank, for it was not of*
fered to him till it came to the fourth pup. None
Was fent to his daughters ; and indeed it always
appeared to us, that this Hquor was rcferved cn-^
tirely for the men,

Notwithflanding the prefence of the General,
the king very foon fell afleep, mid fnored aloud,
with his legs croffed, and his head bowed down
almoft to his knees. When he awoke, we fhow-
td him a drawing of a cow, and afked if that
given to King Poulaho by Captain Cook had bred.

Hq

April.] of la perouse. 143

He knew the animal perfecftly well, which he
called boMa toote, and told us, there were none
now at Tongataboo, but there were at Hapaee.
Several of the natives, however, ailured us, imi-
tating at the fame time tolerably well their low-
ing, that there were fome at Tongataboo, though
others denied it. Thus we were unable to learn
what had become of the bull and cow, which
Captain Cook had left on the ifland ; and it was
the fame with regard to the horfe and mare,
which he had given to Feenou. Perhaps they
were afraid that we Ihould require fome of thefe
•animals from them.

Quitting the aiTembly, we walked toward the
«cafl, .afcending a gentle flopc. At firft we pafTed
.along paths bordered with palifadoes^ but we
ibon reached the end of thefe,. and came to fields
of yams fully cropped. Farther on, the ground,
recently turned up, exhibited every appearance of
fertility^

We -foon reached a delightful fpot on the top
of a little hill, where the natives had formed a
ibrt of rotunda, about four yards wide, with pali-
fades, and fome fhrubs cut with art. * Under this
jrotunda we ftill faw the remains of lava roots,
that had been chewed ; and round it v/ere twenty-
four fmall huts, conftru^led, in a. circle of fifteen
^or fixtcen yards diameter. Thefe huts were all

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covered with cocoa leaves, interlaced together ;
thfeir fhape was nearly that of half an oval, three
yards long by two broad ; and they were divided
at the top, throughout their whole length, by a
very narrow Hit, which was the only opening in
them, though there was no entering without fe-
parating its edges. We were informed by fomc
of the natives, who had followed us, that the
king frequently came to this place, to drink kava,
with feveral of the chiefs of the illand, and that
then each went to take a nap in thefe fort of
huts.

On returning toward the place of entertain-
ment, we went round the largeft circle formed
by the natives ; in the midft of which we faw fe-
veral ' egui s wives. The wife of Futtafaihe at-
tradted.almofh every eye by her beauty ; but fhe
took care, from time to time, to acquaint\is, that
it was her duty to preferve her fidelity to her huf-
band. This fhe exprefled with great fimplicity,
by taboo m'lt^t mitzi, words of which I cannot
give a literal translation, as may be feen by the
vocabulary of the language of the Friendly Iflands,
which will be found at the end of this work.

We obferved in the hands of one lady, who
appeared to be of fome confideration, a fort of
mat, about two feet fquare, and of a white co-
lour, made of the hair of a horfc'stail. Pof-

fibly

April.] of la perouse. 14S

fibly they were obtained from thofe which Cook
left on the ifland ; but Ihe would not fatisfy oitr
curiofity on this head.

The King had ordered his fubjedls to bring the
prefents which he intended for the General ; and
ever fince half after ten we had {etn many arrive
at iritervals, each of them carrying on his Ihoulder
a bamboo two yards long, at the ends of which
hung fmall filhes ofthejcan/s and c/iatodon genera,
moft of them ready drelTed, and wrapped in
cocoa-leaves; others brought bread-fruit, yams,
(&c, ; and prefently, by laying their bamboos '
acrofs e^ch other, they raifed tvy^o portions of
triangular pyramids;, one of them two yards high,
the other one yard only. The raw fifli already
began to ftink very much.

About one o'clock in the afternoon Toobou
went away, without faying a word to any perfon.
We then left the affembly, and were accompanied
to the place where we landed by Feenou and
Omala'i, who ordered a whole hogjuft drcifed,
fome fifli, yams, and bread-fruit, to be brought
us, and invited us to fit down to our repafl ; but
their hog not being half ready, for fiich is their
ufual mpde of cookery, we preferred going on
board to dinner.

They then requefted us to accept thefe dif-
ferent articles of provifion, which they ordered

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to be carried into our long-boat, while others of
the natives, in obedience to the orders of Toobou,
were filling it with the eatables taken from the
pyramids, that had been €re6led for our Com-
mander. In a very little time, every thing was
ready for our departure.

Our boats having been obliged to pufh off from
the fliore, on account of the low water, we could
not reach them but by croffing a coral bank co-
vered with water for more than three hundred
paces : but we found the natives extremely civil ;
for, that we might not be wetted, they carried
us to fome rocks juft above water, to w^hich
others came with their canoes to fetch us, and
conveyed us to our boats.

The men who carried us appeared well fatis-
fied with the articles we gave them for their
trouble ; but in this fhort paiTage others contrived
to gain ftill more, by robbing us at their eafe,
after having crept flily behind us, while their
countrymen had us on their backs. All thefe
pickpockets, however, did not meet with equal
iucccfs, for we gave chace to fome, whom wc
forced to reftore what they had taken.

As foon as we got on board, the commanding
officer informed us that, during our abfence, he
had caufed a native to be feized, at the moment
■when he was going off with fevcral articles of

hardw^are.

April.] of la perouse. 147

hardware, which he had ftolen between decks ;
and that Futtafaihe, reprobating the habit of pil-
fering, of which the natives were every day guilty
towards us, had affeded to fay pubhcly, that the
culprit fhould be puniflied with death. But this,
they foon perceived, was all artifice on the part of
the chief; for, as foon as they began to infiift
the punifhment of the rope's end on the pilferer,
he interceded for, his pardon, which, however,
was not granted ; and Futtafaihe feemed to be
greatly affed:ed at his receiving the five-and-
twenty ftripes, which he had been condemned to
fuffer.

2d. Pretty early the next morning, we re-
ceived a vifit from Tonga, who accompanied his
father Toobou, the King's brother. They both
took a great deal of trouble to explain to us all
the dignities of their family.

Tonga fcveral times gave us proofs of great
intelligence, in particular when we fhowed him
a chart of the Friendly Iflands con{l:rud;ed by
Captain Cook. He firft glanced his eye rapidly
over the archipelago ; and then, flopping at
Tongataboo, he obferved to us, that feveral reefs
of rocks had been laid down which did not exift ;
informing us that, to the north-weft we fhould
find a paiTage, through which we might eafily
<:arry our veflels into the open fea. This infor-

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mation was the more important to us, bccaufe we
had fuppofed, that we muft get out of the road
through the narrow channel by which wc had en-
tered; and in which we Ihould probably have
h^d to work out againft the prevailing winds,
which would be extreniely favourable to our paf-
fmg out throTigh the new channel. Tonga of-
fered to fhovv it us, and would fleep on board
that night, to condud: to it Citizen Beaupre,
our engineer- geographer, who would afcertain

its pofition.

On an excuriion w^e made into the country

neareft the anchoring place, we found among a
group of the natives a young perfon, who had all
the characleriftics of an albino, and who w-as
in other refpe6ls of a very fickly complexion, as
is commonly the cafe, for this deviation from na-
ture is owing to a ftate of difeafe.

3d. In the morning of the third, having lur-
prifed fome of the natives, who were making
off to the coafl of Tongataboo with fome ar-
ticles, which they had juft ftolen from our Ihip,
the commanding officer fcnt fome of our people
in purfuit of them; when one of the party, who
had caufed himfelf to be announced as a chief,
faid, that he would punifh them himfelf, and
would bring us the next day the things that had
been ftolen. But it appeared, that he was con-
nected

April.] of la perouse. ' 149

nedlcd with the thieves, for he took care never
to return on board again.

When we went afhore, Omalai accompanied
us, and admired the boat's rudder for a long time.
He was defirous of fleering himfelf, and did fo
with great ilcill. Thefc people ufe nothing but
paddles for fleering their canoes.

The ladies, in drcffing their hair, made ufe
of cocoa-nut oil, previoufly perfumed with a
fmall feed, which they cail la7iga kali, and which
is gathered on the ifland of Tongataboo. On
examining a little of the oil, we obferved, that
fome of the bruifed nut, which in their language
is called mou, was mixed with it, Theyexpofed
the nuts to the fun, after having fprcad them on
mats, in order to dry them, before they prefs out
the oil, with which the women anoint the upper
parts of the body, no doubt to preferve the fup-
plenefs of the ll^in, and to prevent too copious
perfpiration. They prefene the oil in the feed-
pod of the mehdhius fcandenSy after having taken
out the feed. When we bou2;ht fome of thefc
little phials, a reprefentation of which may be
feen in Plate XXXI, Fig. 14, we frequently threw
away the oil, left' it ihould run out in our pockets;
but the women, feeing us with regret wafte an
article which they much value, commonly came
forward to receive it on their heads, arid then,

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With their hands, they ipread it over their fhoul-
ders and arms.

The natives had already fold us a great number
of clubs of various forms, and falliioned with
fkill, as may be feen in Plate XXXIII : and we ^
faw feveral who were employed in cutting out
others with Ihark's teeth fixed at the extremity
of a piece of wood (Plate XXXII, Fig. 23).
We were aftoniflied to fee them cut with a chifel
like this the wood of the caftiar'may notwith-
ftanding its extreme hardnefs. Others already
handled the iron tools they had obtained from us
with coniiderable dexterity. All thefe workmen
had a little bag of malting, containing pumice-
ftoncs, with which they poliihed their work.

I obferved feveral cotton-plants of the fpecies
called gojjipmm rdlghfiim, growing in unculti-
vated places ; and I faw, with furprife, that the
fine cotton, which might be procured from it in
abundance,, was not ufed by the native^ in any of
their works.

About nine in the evening we perceived a canoe
cloie by one of our buoys. Apprehenlive that
the people in her would cut the buoy-rope, we
fent one of our boats in chace of her ; but the
boat had fcarcely put off from the fhip*s fide,
when fomebody was heard to fall into the water.
Oar men immediately haftcned to the perfon's

affiftance ;

Jhif'^trJ^--i'forJka,i(e. Ticmrlitlv.'i^^/r'rrC/iPOO.

April.] of la perouse. 151

affiflance ; when feeing him fwim away, with-
out fpeaking a word, we had no doubt but it was
a thief making off with his booty. He was pur-
fued immediately, frequently efcaped by diving,
and was not taken at laft till he had been
wounded in the thigh with a boat-hook, which
was employed to catch hold of him. As foon
as he was brought on board, he was fecnred upon
deck, where he remained all night. He confeflcd
that, having taken fevcral things out of our
launch, he had conveyed them to the canoe,
which was in waiting for them near our buoy,
and had made off without delay. In half an hour
afterwards, we fancied w^e faw her llowly ap-
proaching our fliip aftern, in fearch of the native
whom we had feized. The men in our yawl im-
mediately pulled away toward her, and when they
came up with her, th'i;y found in her only one
man and two paddles : but they foon difcovered
that ihe had brought us another thief, who hadl^
roamed about the fhip till the arrival of another
canoe, that came to convey him afliore. As foon
as our people got fight of her, they gave her
chace, but the natives in her paddled away with
iuch fpecd, that it was impoffible to overtake
them.

4th. At three o'clock in the morning Citizen
Beaupre returned with Tonga, after having ex-
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amlncd the paiTage toward the north -weft, of
which Tonga had given us information. They
had run along very clofe to Attata, which they
had left on the larboard, as they failed from our
anchorage. Kepa, the chief of this little ifland,
had come to meet them, and, received them with
great civility. In the morning he came to fee
us, and inquired after Captain Cook, v.'ho, he
told us, was his friend. On being informed of
his death, he could not refrain from tears, and
took out of his girdle a Ihark's tooth, with which
he was going to v/ound his cheeks, in order to
exprefs the violence of his grief, if we had not
prevented him.

The art of phyfic is prad:ifed among thofe
people with a parade of myftery. One of our
crew, who had accompanied us along the beach,
having hurt his wrift by an exertion, a native of-
fered to cafe the pain, and fucceeded pretty
quickly by fqueezing and preffing the part in-
jured, (en viajjant la partie hlefsee) ; at the fame
time he blew upon it repeatedly, intending, no
doubt, that we fhould afcribe the cure to his
breath.

, On the fea-fide we fiw feveral natives occupied
in fquaring fome large ftones of the calcareous
kind, which, we we're informed, were intended
to be em.ployed in' burying a chief, who was re-
lated

April.] of la perouse. 153

latcd to Futtafaihc. They firft removed the earth
from them, and then fcparated them by breaking
them with a volcanic pebble, round w^hich, near
the middle, they took the precaution to wrap
pieces of matting, to prevent the fplinters from
flying into their eyes. They w^ere Scarcely below
the furface of the earth, and arranged in ftrata
about four inches thick.

We had before obfervcd among thefe people a
game with the hands, which they call hagut,
and wdilch requires great attention. Tw^o play at
it, and it confifls in one's endeavouring inftantly
to repeat the figns made by the other, while thc
former makes figns in his turn, which the other is
to repeat in like manner. We faw two in a
party at no great diftance from our market, who
>ver<? fo quick at this exercife, that our eyes were
fcarcely able to follow their motions'.

' Citizen Lcgrand, who had been fent the day
before to difcover fome paffagcs to leeward of our
anchorage, returned in the evening, after having
found two towards the north.

5th. Early in the morning I fet off, with all the
other naturalifts of our expedition, for the ifland
of Tongataboo. Some of the natives would carry
us thither in their little canoes, but moft of us,
not being fufficiently careful in preferving our
equilibrium, upfet them as foon as they put off.
Vol. IL L ' We

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We then determined to go in their double ca-
noes, which they managed very ikilfully, and
loon fet us alhorc, making the paflage under fail.
The maft was fet up in that canoe which was to
leeward.

We were o^bliged to get out of the canoes more
than fix hundred ' paces from the Ihore, on ac-
count of the fliallownefs of the water, through
which the natives carried us on their backs.
They then fhowed us the dwclUng of Toobou,
the king's brother, where we flopped; and the
gardener made him a prefent of feveral kinds of
feeds, that were brought from Europe, chiefly of
culinary vegetables, which the chief promifed us
to cultivate with care. We left him, to ftrike
into the woods; the foi^l of which was of a cal-
careous nature ; and we obferved in different
places heaps of madrepores, which proved that
the waters of the feahad long covered the ground.
On the trees we obferved many large bats, of the
fpecies called vefpeM'io vampynis (the vampire
bat), which the inhabitants told us were very
good food.

We were near the middle of the wood, when
a native, who had crept behind one of our party,
fnatched out of his hands a pair of pincers, which
he ufed for catching infe6ls. The thief inftantly
took to his heels ; but he had fcarcely run four-

fcore

April.] of la perouse. 155

fcore paces, when, finding himfelf brifkly and
clofely purfued, he placed himfelf behind a tree,
round which he turned feveral times, to avoid
being caught. Our companion, however, laid
hold of his clothes, and fancied himfelf on the
point of recovering his pincers, as he imagined
he had the thief faft : but what was his furprife,
when the other loofened his girdle, and left his
clothes behind him, to efcape with the article he
had ftolen !

We foon'got into the fields, where v/e faw the
property of each individual divided into fmall en-
clofurcs, furrounded by palifades, and completely
cultivated. The Indian cole, arum efculentum,
grew there vigoroufly among many other vegeta-
bles, which I have already mentioned, and v/hich
equally with it are ufed as food by the natives.
The fugar- canes we faw there, were planted at
a pretty confiderable diftance from each other,
under the Ihade of the hiocarpus eduUs, the fruit
of which thefe people roaft and eat, its flavour
much refembling that of the chefnut. In the
fame enclofure, we faw feveral of the orange-
leaved Indian mulberry trees (morhida citrtfolmj,
loaded uith ripe fruit, which is much efleemed
by the natives. They brought us a great quan-
tity of this fruit for a few days when we firft an-
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•

chored here> but we rcfufed it on account of its
infipidity.

After proceeding foitie way to the caftward,
we flopped, to examine two little huts, erc(5led
in an enclofure of fmall extent, and fhadowed by
fbme fine flTaddock trees, loaded with fruit, and
.feveral cafuarhia trees. Some natives informed
us, that the remains of two chiefs of Toobou's
family had been depofited in them. We lifted
up the mat, which clofed the entrance of the
larger. The furface of -the ground within was
covered with fand, and toward the middle we
obferved an oblong fquarcj formed of fmall peb-
bles of different colours. None of the natives
who were with us, would gather any of the
fliaddocks, no doubt from refpe6l to the dead,
though we defired to buy fome of them. They
faid that they could not fell them to us.

In a fhort time we returned to the houfe ot
Toobou, to whom we made a complaint againft
the flealerof the pincers. He promifed to return
• them to us the next day ; and he kept his word.
This chief prefTed us to fpend the night in his
habitation; but wx would not accept his ofFer^
left our abfencc lliould occaiion any uncalinefs on
board.

Thefe people are accuflomcd to geld their pigs,

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APEIt.] OF LA PEROUSE. 157

with a view to render the flcfh more delicate.
We faw this operation performed on a very
young pig, which one of the natives laid on the
back, after having tied his legs, while another
made an incifion into the fcrotum with the edge
of a piece of bamboo, and removed the tcfticles,
feparating them from the parts to which they ad-
hered, with all the dexterity of an anatomift.

Toobou treated us with fowls broiled on the
coals ; yams, plantains, and bread-fruit, roafccd
under the afhes ; and the liquor of the cocoa-nut
to drink.

Three of the dau2;hters of this chief came to
keep us company. They -talked a great deal ; and
though wc were very hungry, they did not fcruple
to interrupt us frequently, by forcing us to anfwxr
their queilions, which related chieflv to the cuf-
toms o{ the French, particularly thofe of the
women. As they obferved our feamen addrei^
every one indifcriminatcly, they enquired with
earnellncfs, whether the women w ere not lahooed
in France ; that is to fay, whether they enjoyed
the fame libertv as mofl: of thofe in their idand.
The anfwer, by which we endear oiircd to con-
vey to tiicm an idea of our cuftoms, pieafed them
highly. They informed us, that the egiiis (chiefs)
x)f Tongataboo had feveral wives ; and aik.ed how
|i^any wi\"es a French egul ufually had. When
L 3 they

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they underflood that each had but one, they burft
out into a laugh ; and we had great trouble to
perfuade them, that the egut lai (kings) of Eu-
rope, had no more, which gave them no very
high idea of their power.

Of all the articles with which we prefented the
ladies, odoriferous waters were moft efleemed.
They appeared to us as paffionately fond of per-
fumes, as moll of the inhabitants of warm cli-
mates : and yet their bodies were partly be-
fmeared w^ith cocoa-nut oil, w^hich difFufed a dif-
agrecaMe odour.

One of the fineft girls in this party having the
little finger of the left hand wrapped round w^ith
a piece of fluff of the paper mulberry, which ap-
peared bloody, we begged to fee the wound. An-
other immediately took down from the roof,
under which we fat, a piece of a plantain' leaf, out
of which fhe drew the firfl two joints of the little
finger, of the young girl, who had them very
lately cut off, in order to cure her, as flie told us,
of a fevere difeafe. She fhowed us the hatchet,
made of a volcanic flone, which had been ufed
for the operation ; and informed us, that the edge
had firfl been placed at the extremity of the
third phalanx of the finger, and then the operator
flruck a fmart blow on the head of this hatchet
with the handle of another.

This

April.] of la perouse. 15q

This young pcrfbn foon lefrus ; but, before llie
went away, Ihe kilTed Toobou's daughters after
the manner of the inhabitants of the Friendly
Iflands, which is by touching with the tip of the
nofe the nofe of the pcrfon you falute. It is re-
markable, that thefe illanders, who pretty much
refemble Europeans, have, notwithftanding, the
extremity of the nofe a little flattened : this flight
deformity may very probably be owing to the
cuftom, of which I have juft fpoken.

Toobou's daughters changed names with us ;

an eftablifhed cuftom among thefe people, to

teftify their affe6lion. They then played a very

monotonous duet on flutes made of bamboo : but

r
we were rriuch amufeci'at feemg them blow with

the^nofe into a hole at the extremity of the in-
flrument, in order to make it found. We re-
ceived from them as a prefent fome combs of a
very elegant fliape, represented in Plate XXXII.
Fig. 21.

The natives, who formed a circle round us,
having ilolen feveral of our things, we complained
of it to Toobou's daughters, who foon after left us
without faying a word, probably to go in fearch
of their father, and rcqueft him to come and put
an end to thefe pilferings ; but, as we could not
wait till their return, we foon began to walk to-
ward the ifland of Panga'imotoo. The tide being
L 4 very

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very low, we eafily paiTed over the fhoals, which
connect the iflets with the principal ifland. We
flopped about half way at a hut, where we were
witnefics of the manner, in which a woman was
eating her meal, that appeared to us laughable
enough. Sitting near a poft, and motionlefs as
a ftatue, fhe opened her mouth from time to time,
to receive morfels of bread-fruit, which another
woman put into it. We were informed, that it
was not allo\^'able far her to touch any kind of
food with, her own hands, hecaufe a few days be-
Fore flie had waflied the body of a deceafed chief.

When we arrived at Pangai'motoo, Queen Ti-
ne, fitting under a fhed covered vsfith cocoa-leaves,
and ereded under the Ihade of feveral fine bread-
fruit trees, was giving an entertainment to Gene-
ral Dentrecafteaux. She firft ordered fome young
perfons of her attendants to dance, which they
did with infinite gracefulnefs, fniging at the fame
time, while Futtafaihe, who was flanding, di-
rected their movements, and animated them by
his voice and geflures. (See Plate XXV 1 1.)

After this we had a grand concert, which dif-
fered little from that the Iving had given us a few
days before, only on the prefent occafion the ex-
preffion of joy was much more lively.

The Queen was furrounded by women, while
^ great number of rnen kept at a little diflancQ

oppofitc

April.] of la perouse. 30i

oppofite to her, forming a circle round the mufi-
cians.

When the women had ceafed dancing, feveral
men rofe up, each holding in his hand a little
club, nearly of the fliape of a paddle. Thefe they
brandifhed about, keeping time with much pre-
cifion, and making different movements with
their feet. The muficians, after they had fung
fome tunes in very flow time,- fung often very
quick, which gave this fort of pyrrhic dance a very
animated adlion, that we admired for a long while.
The fubjed: of this dance excited our curiofity ;
but we foon found, that its obje6l was to cele-
brate the great deeds of fome of their warriors.
The women occafionally united their voices with
thofe of the men, accompanying their fong with
very graceful movements.

One of the armourers of the Efperance was
much furprized to fee among thefe dancers, and
not far from Futtafaihe, the native who had
flolen his fabre ; this chief having always aflured
us that he could never find out the thief. It ap-
peared to us, however, that it was one of his at-
tendants: but he retired with precipitation as foon
as he perceived that' he was known.

During this time a pyramid of bamboos had
been ereded, to which w^ere fufpended different

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fruits, defigned as a prefent to the General from
Queen Tine.

We cxpreffed a ftrong deflrc to fee fome of the
natives engage in a wreftling match ; but we were
told that a fpe^lacle of this fort was never exhi-
bited before the Queen.

• This entertainment had attracted a great num-
ber of the natives, among whom were feveral
thieA^es, whofe impudence was continually in-
creafmg. They had already taken feveral articles
from fome or other of us by open force, and run
off with them into the woods.

More than thirty of us were aifembled toge-
ther, and we were quenching our thirft with the
delicious liquor of the cocoa-nuts, which Tine
had juft prefented to the General, when a native
had the audacity to fnatch a knife out of one of
our hands. Indignant at fuch effrontery, feveral
of our party immediately ran after the thief, and
purfued him as far as the illand of Tongataboo ;
but, finding themfelves furrounded by a great
number of the natives, they prefently returned to-
ward our anchoring place. The fmith of the Re-
cherche, however, a German by birth, thought it
was proper to fliow more courage than the rell, by
venturing farther and farther among the* natives.
Thefc foon faced about, purfued him in their

turn^

April.] of la perouse. 163

turn, as foon as they found him inchned to malte
off, and even attempted to ftrike him with their
clubs : but he kept them at bay a long time, by
prefenting to the moil forward a bad piftol, which
he feveral times attempted to fire. Being now
about feven hundred yards only from our fliips, he
fancied himfeif fecure from any attempt on their
part, when on^oj^them laid open his IkuU with
a club, and another threw a fpear at his back.
A great number of them fell upon him, and con-
tinued their blows till they thought he was dead.
One of them tried repeatedly to fhoot him with
his own piftol, which they had feized, but fortu-
nately the priming was gone. They were already
dividing his clothes, when they were obferved
from the Efperance, and a cannon v/as immedi-
ately fired, the ball of which pafTed very near the
affaflins, and quickly difperfed them. We ran
from all quarters to the affiftance of the unfor-
tunate fmith. One of the crew, having come
along the beach to his fuccour, was attacked by
a native, who knocked out tw^o of his teeth with
his club ; but the aflault coft him his life, for he
was inftantly fhot dead. Our fmith was foon
raifed from the ground, and, though his head was
laid open at the left frontal fjnus to a confiderable
extent, and he had other very dangerous wounds,

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he had ftill fufficient courage to walk to the boat,
Supported only by the arms.

A few guns loaded with langragc were fired,
to proted: fuch of us as were on fhore. The na-
tives fled on all fides, and colieded in very nume-
rous bodies in different parts of the ifland : and,
to endeavour to difperfe them, and to bring off
thofe of our people, who were ftiK in the interior
of the ifland, a detachment was fent on Ihore well
armed.

Several chiefs, affembled clofe by our market
with fome of us, were rifmg to depart ; but they
yielded to our invitation not to quit the place.

Prefently we faw a launch manned and armed
coming from the Efperance, under the command
of Trobriant, her Firft-Lieutenant. Knowing very
little of the occafion of the alarm, and fuppofmg
that all the natives were preparing to fall upon
ws, he ordered his party to feize upon* a double
canoe, jufl as fhe was coming to the Ihore, totally
igfiorant of all that had paffed . Moff of the natives
in her immediately leaped into the fea ; but the
chief, to whom flie belonged, remaining on the
deck, Trobriant fent one of the crew to feize him.
On his attempting to ffrike the chief with a club
the chief difarmed him ; they laid hold of each
other ; and Trobriant thought proper to fire on

the

April.] of la perouse. ^ l55

the chief^ whom he fliot dcv^d. We were all ex-
tremely grieved at this misfortune.

Another native, witneffing what paffed, leaped
from the canoe's maft-head into the fea, not dar--
ing to come down upon deck : and immediately
a, negro, whom we had taken on board at Am-
boyna, purfued him with a pike, w'hich he had in
his hand, but fortunatclv could not overtake him.

The rage of thcfc barbarians was not yet ap-
peafed. A marine, by birth a German, whom
like wife we fliipped at Amboyna, perceiving the
daughter of the unfortunate chief, who had con-
cealed herfclf in the bottom of the canoe, had al-
ready raifed his fabrc to run her through, when a -
gunner belonging to the Recherche, Citizen Avi-.
gnon, caught hold 'of the madman's' arm. He -
then threw himfclf between him and the poor
girl, whofe mother foon gained the fliore, dif-
trad:cd at thie death of her hufband. The daugh-
ter, too, wept bitterly for the lofs of her father,,
and we faw her beating herfelf violently with the
fift on the cheeks and brealt.

We detained as hoftagcs the fon of the king,
and Titifa, chief of the ifland of Panga'imotoo :
but we -all remarked w^ith forrow, the dejcd:ion
into which this confinement threw the king's
fon, whom we had oftqn feen ilTue his coni-
mands with fuch haughtinefs to the fubjeds of

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his father. He frequently repeated that he was
our friend, and that he could wifli to accompany
us to France. Titifa, on the contrary, exprefled
not the leaft fear.

Thefe two chiefs fpent the night in the great
cabin of the Recherche. Each had brought with
him a wooden pillow, of the fhape of that repre-.
fentedin Plate XXXIII. Fig. 35, on which, after-
lying down, they laid the back part of their head,
according to thecuftom of thefe people, which is
no doubt the caufe of the very perceptible flat-
tening obferved in that part.

During the night we faw a greater number of
fires oa the north coafl: of Tongataboo, than we
had ever perceived before.

The next morning at day-break we were
awakened by the piercing cries of two women,
who were making their lamentations, as they
went round our iliip in their canoe. They cried
alternately one after the other, no^ doubt that
their voices might be diftinguiflied by Titifa, who
knew them immediately. Thefe women were
his wife and daughter, who, in their grief, beat
their cheeks and breall with their iifts. He im-
mediately ran upon deck, but could not quiet
their alarm, till he had given them an account of
the good treatment he had received on board :
and when he told them that he lliould foon re-
turn

April.] of la perouse. 167

turn on fliore, they were tranfported with joy.
A Ihort time after he and King Toobou's fon
were both fent alliore in our barge, to the Ifland
of Pangaimotoo. The wife and daughter ofTi-
tlfa followed us in their canoe, when, as they
were paffing clofe by the Efperance, a blunder"^
bufs went off by accident, and hit their canoc>
which they were obliged to quit, as in confe-
quence the prefently filled. We took them into
our boat, and exprelTed cur great forrow at this
mifchance ; but they icon forgot the danger thcj
had run, for they were with Titifa, and thought
of nothing more but the pleafure- of feeing hitn.
fet at liberty. We made them a prefent of a few.
articles of hardware, among which a hatchet gave
them great fatisfadlion. Titifa told us, he fliould
employ this in conllru6ling another canoe, fo that
he ihould foon repair the lofs he had j lift experi-
enced.

When we landed, moft of the natives retired
from the fhore, and wxre proceeding into the in^-
terior part of the ifland : but Titifa defired them
to return, and ordered them to range themfelves
in a circle, which they immediately did. Out
trade then recommenced with the greateft order
imaginable. This chief would not quit us the
w^hole time ; but Toobou's fon difappeared as foon
as he fet his foot on fhore.

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The chief, who had been killed the day before
By Trobriant, appeared to be greatly loved by the
natives, for feveral difplayed much fenfibility in
lamenting his death.

For fear they fliould endeavour to make re-
prifals on us, the General ordered every perfon
belonging to our fhips, to remain w^ithin the place
where the trade was carried on.

Our Ihips were fufficiently flocked "with all
fuch provifion as thefe people could furnifh. As
we had now nothing more to apprehend from
the confequences of competition, fome articles
of hardware were diftributed among the crew,
that they might procure a few things for them-
felves. On this the natives raifed their demands,
for their goods to a very high price, frequently
ajQiing ten times as much as before they had been
contented to take.

We faw in their polTcffion an iron hook, v^hich
they had had fkill enough to form like thofe
which they fabricate of bone, tortoife-lliell, mo-*
ther-of-pearl,, and other; animal fiibftances, the
figure of which may be feen in Plate XXXII,
Fig. 27 and 28. The line, to which it was fixed,
was intended, undoubtedly, to fifli in very deep
water, for a pretty large piece of alabafter, cut
into a conical Ihape, was failened to it. (Sec Plate
XXXII, Fig. 25 and 20).

Titifa

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April".] of la peroUse, iOq

Tltifa and feveral other chiefs were not with-
out anxiety, on account of the hoftile intentions
of Ibme of the natives toward us. They impart-
ed to us their apprehenfions, and perfuaded i»s to
return on board before the clofe of the day ; their
authority, no doubt, being infufficient to control
them.

At night-fall we perceived, that our rudder
chains had been taken away.
. 7th. We obferved on Ihore feveral young girls,
who had cut their hair to the length of an inch,
except round the head, and afterwards powdered '
it with lime, for the purpofe, we were told) of
making it grow of a light colour. We faw feve-
ral others, whofe hair was of this complexion al-
ready.

Moft of the women did not defift from afking
us for glafs rings' and beads, with which they
adorned themlelves, as foon as they obtained them.
Their requeft was always accompanied with a
pleafmg fmile, and at the fame time they inclined
their head, laying. one of their hands on the breaft,
in the manner reprefentedPlate XXX, Fig. 1.

Tkifa brousfht us fome nutmegs, which were
tolerably round, and as large again as thofe of the
cultivated nutmeg, but they were deftitute of aro-
matic flavour. The mace w^as covered with a
pretty thick down. The natives, obferving we

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170 VOYAGE IN SEARCH ^ [l793,

received thefe with plcafure, quickly brought us
more.

Thefc people have invented a kind of flute,
differing from that called in Europe Pan's reed
only in the proportion of the tones. All the pipes
gave full notes, and of little extent ; and the
high eft is a fourth to the loweft. We purchafed
feveral of thefe flutes.

I obtained of our Commander a large box, to
hold fome young bread-fruit plants, for the pur-
pofe of enriching our colonies with that ufeful
vegetable ; and it was placed upon the larboard
quarter gallery. Some of the natives procured
me a great number of fuckers, and I planted them
in very good mould, which they brought me, and
which they* called kele kele. I alfo took fome
roots and cuttings of this valuable tree, w^hich I
buried in loam, ctimmea in their language, placing
them horizontally. Thefe cuttings were fo many
fhoots, which I intended to plant on our arrival
at the Ifle of France.

8th. Queen Tine came on board, juft as Feenou
was in the cabin w ith the General, to whom he
had brought as a prefent a diadem, made with
the beautiful red feathers of the tropic-bird, with
fome other very fmall feathers of a brilliant red
colour. When he went out of the cabin, to re-
turn afliore, he endeavoured to avoid the fight of

the

April.] of la perouse. 171

the queen ; but the moment flie perceived him,
file made him come to her, and held out to him
her right foot, which he took hold of immedi-
ately, and placed on the hind part of his head,
making a profound bow, in teftimony of the re-
aped: he owed the queen. He dared not refule
her thefe honours, though it appeared to us, that
he was deeply affe6led by it. The General had
juft made him a prefent of feveral iron tools, and
w^e obferved with pleafure, that he appeared to
know the value of this metal, giving it a very de-
cided preference to the bones and volcanic ftones,
cyf which moft of the hatchets of thefe iflanders
are made.

We were afterwards vifited by different chiefs,
who repeated to us, what feveral others had al-
ready informed us, refpefting the reigning family.
They employed for the purpofe playing cards,
with which we furniihed them. Thefe they firft
fpread on the table, and then they affigned to
each the name of one of the perfonsof the fa-
mily ; w hich did not appear to us to bear one
common furname, as Captain Cook imagined
(that of Futtafaihe, at prefent the name of the
ion of Poulaho) ; for Poulaho's father was named
Talhouhutou. Taibouloutou married a wife,
whofe name w^as Toobouhoii, by whom he had
four children ; two fons, Poulaho^ who fucceeded

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172 V.OYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

him, and Futtafailie ; and two daughters, the one
named Tiney the other Nanatchl. When Poul<iho
died, he left a fon very young, named Futtafailie y
whofe uncle then took into his hands the reins of
government: but he did not long furvive his
brother, and then the fovereignty devolved upon
Tine, the elder fifter. She held all the honours
of it, without exercifnig the authority, however ;
with which it appears a female cannot be invefl-
ed : the power, therefore, paffed into the hand of
a chief named Toobou, brother to Tines mother.
This queen had married Ovea, one of the chiefs of
Tofoa ; and he had divorced her, after having
had two fons by her, Vea'icou, and Veatchi.

Thus it apppears, that the fucceffion to the
throne devolves firft on the brothers, then on the
fifters, of the prince who has reigned, before it
comes to his fons ; and when a woman fucceds
to the royal title, the fovereign authority is ex-
ercifed by one of her mother's nearefi: relations,
though only during the life of the queen. The
family of Toobou will retain the power during
the reign of Tine ; and Futtafailie^ the fon of Fou-
lalio, will not afcend the throne, till after the
death of both his aunts. The royal family, at
this time divefled of the fovereign power, never-
theiefs enjoyed the regal honours, and even re-
ceived the homage of thofc, by whom the autho-
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April.] of la peroitse. 173

rity was exercifed, as we obferved on feveral oc-
cafions.

Vouacece, one of the chiefs of Feejee, had ar-
rived at Tongataboo, foon after we anchored
there. We were frequently vifited by him, and
he affirmed to us, what he had fald feveral tifnes,
that it would take him three days failing, in his
double canoe, with a fouth-eaft wind, to reach
Feejee, the fituation of which he pointed out to
the north- weft. Hence we reckoned, that this
ifland, which is very lofty, and of the fertility of
which he boafted. much, was about a hundred
and fifty leagues from Tongataboo. This is an
immenfe voyage for people, who, having no in-
ftruments, fteer only by obferving the fun and .
ftars with the naked eye, as foon as they are out
of fight of land : but it is ftill more difficult to
conceive, how they can reach Tongataboo from
fuch a diftance, when they have to work up againft
the fouth-eaft winds ; and they muft be very
fure of their marks in the heavens, not to mifs
the land, after being obliged to ply to windward,
as they are fometimes, for more than a month.

The people of Tongataboo informed us^ that
the natives of the Feejee Iflands were cannibals ;
but Vouacece endeavoured to exculpate himfeif
from this accufation, by afturing us, that the
lower clafs of people only, the tottaSf ate human

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fleih. It appeared to us, however, from what wc
learned on other occafions, thai; the chiefs ate
it likewife : indeed, as thefe people eat their ene-
mies only, and commit this favage a6l folely to
glut their rage, it may be prefumed the people
of Tongataboo did not impofe upon us when they
aflured us that th^ Feejec chiefs themfelves were
cannibals.

Unqueftionably the reader will be aftonifhed
to hear, that, notwdthftanding this mark of fero-
cioufnefs, the arts are much farther advanced at
Feejee than at the Friendly Iflands ; the inha-
bitants of which never failed to inform us that
the finefl articles they fold us came from Feejee,
being careful to give us to underfland that they
were very decidedly fuperior to thofe which they
fabricated themfelves.

Vouacece difplayed much greater defire of ac-
quiring knowledge than any native of the Friendly
Iflands, moft of whom vifited us folely from mo~
tives of intereft, and examined all parts of our fhip
w^ith the greateft attention. He was very w^ell
made, and his phyfiognomy w^as ilrikingly exprcf-
five of charaaer (fee Plate XXIX. Fig. 2). His
hair, ori the fore-part of the head, was ornamentr
cA w'th red po>\'der.

The natives of Feejee arc frequently at war
"with thofe of Tongataboo ; but, as fooii as hofti-

Vitics

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April.,] of la perouse. 175

lities are at an end, a great trade is carried on'
between them.

The General received as a prcfcnt from Futta-
faihe a little canoe with an out-rigger, which was
immediately flowed near the main-chains. It
was near ten feet long, a foot wide, and capable
of carrying only two perfons. Thefe canoes are
decked for about a fifth part of their length at
each end, which is fufficient for them to navigate
with fecurity within the reefs ; but their double
canoes, being intended for the open fea, are
decked throughout their whole length, except
toward the middle, where a little opening is left
for a man to go down and bale out the w^ater
when it is neceffary.

I faw with admiration that thefe people had
confulted nature in conflrudling their canoes for
fpeed. The bottom nearly refemblcs the under
part of a £fli of the cetaceous kind, which
fwlms with the greateft fwiftnefs, darting along
by bounds on the furface of the water, the del-
plitnus delphis, the dolphin.

gth. King Toobou having heard that we were
foon to quit the ifland, came to Intreat us to
poflpone our departure, and appeared extremely
forry when he found us determined to go.

The natives imagined, no doubt, that we wiflied
to lay in a great flock of bread-fruit, for they

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176 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l 793,

brought much more than ufual to our market 2
but this fruit would not keep k:)ng without rot-
ting, unlefs we had cut it into flices and dried
it, or fermented it, as the natives do, much in
the fame manner as is done in Europe with fe-
veral fpecies of cuHnary vegetables. Ever fmce
we had been at anchor we had fufficient for our
daily confamption : and we ate it with pleafure,
relinquilhing for it without regret our bifcuit,
and even the fmall allowance o£ frcih bread,
which was ufually ferved out to us every day,
though this was of a very good quality. We
preferred the bread-fruit to yams ; but the na- s
tives, w^ho came to dine with us, feemed to eat
them almoil: indifcriminately. Our cook com.-
monly boiled it for us ; yet it would have tailed
much better had he taken the trouble to bake it
in the oven.

This fruit is nearly of an oval fhape, about a
foot long, and eight inches thick. The W'hole
is eatable, except a very thin rind, with which it
is covered, and a fmall portion at the centre,
where the cells terminate. Thefe contain no
feeds, but are full of a very nutritious pulp, eaiy
of digellion, fufficiently agreeable to the tafte, and
which w^e always ate with frefh pleafure.

During eight months of the year this tree pro-
duces its fruits, which, ripening one after another,

thus

April.] of la pERotrss. \yy

thus afford the natives an abundance of whole-
fome food. 1 fhall not defcribe it here, as this
has been done already by ikilful botanifts. The
want of feeds, no doubt, arifes from propagating
the tree by fuckers ; and in this refpedl it differs
remarkably from the wild ipecies, the fruit of
which is much fmaller, not very numerous, and
full of large kernels, which are difficult of di-
geftion.

The natives brought us a few bits of yellow
fanders, and to render its fmell more powerful,
they took care to rub it ftrongly with a rafp made
of the fkin of the ray, fuch as is reprefented in
Plate XXXIL Fig. 24. They told us, that they
procured it from the Feejee Mands, whence they
■ call it ha'i-fccjee : and they faid that they had fre-
quently endeavoured to tranfplant fom^e of the
trees to their own illand, but they could not fuc-
ceed.

The canoes round our fliip left us when night
was coming on, returning to the neareft part of
the ihore, as was cuftomary ; and our men were
ftill very merry, wheii the young women, who
had found means to get between decks, gave
them notice of their departure, faying to them
aloud, bo7igut hongiii, m'ltzt ni'itzL Thefc words
I fhall not attempt to tranflate ; but from the
vocabulary of the language of thefe people, given

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178 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [1/93.

toward the end of the prcfcnt work, it may be
feen, that the girls were not afhamed to pubUfli
what had paffed between them and the crew, at
the fame time that they promifed them to come
again the next day.

Early the next morning feveral chiefs came to
fee us, and announced to the natives, who were
already alTembled round our vefTel in their ca-
noes, that we were on the point of quitting their
ifland : when we were much furprifed to fee a
number of young women immediately falling
into tears, and uttering piercing cries. No doubt
their forrow was very acute, but it was of ihort
duration ; for foon after we faw them merry
enough with their companions.

Futtafaihe requefted us to fharpen for him a
couple of hatchets, which had been given him
by Captain Cook, and w^hich he had had reforged
on board the Efpcrance. This chief was accom-
panied by his wife, who amufcd herfelf a long
while by playing with a fort of cup and ball, in-
vented by thefe iflanders. This toy confifted of
a ball of wood, which flie threw up into the air,
and then endeavoured to let fall through a very
fmall femicircle of fliell, to which the ball was
faftened by means of a long ftring. We were
admiring her addrefs, when Futtafaihe, feized
with a fit of jealoufy at feeing in her hands fome

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April.] of la perouse. 179

pjefents which fhe had jufl received from one of
our officers, began to abufe her ; and though
his fufpicions were without foundation, fhe had
a great deal of difficulty to perfuade him of his
miftake. This chief was with his father-in-law.
We made them fome prefents juft as the fon of
liing Toobou arrived, and they immediately hid
them in their girdles : but Toobou perceived it,
and we had foon a frefli proof that if the royal
family enjoyed the honours of fovcreignty, the
family of Toobou reaped all its 'profits. Too-
bou fearched the girdles of the two chiefs, and
feized every thing they had juft received. Fut-
tafaihe had no other means of revenge but by
preventing his eating in his prefcnce, not fuffer-
ing him to fit by his fide, and placing his foot on
his head : accordingly he prcfented his foot to
him foon after, and Toobou paid him the ho-
mage due to a perfon of fiiperior rank.

We had many times feen the chiefs openly-
taking to themfclvcs things that belonged to
people of the lower clafs ; and we always re-
marked with furprife that this fpecies of oppref-
fion by no mcdns diminiflicd the unalterable
gaiety of their dilpofitions. When they were
affembled together, you would hear them every
moment burfi: out into great peals of laughter.
Their government appeared to us, as it did to

Captain

ISO VOYAGE IN SEARCH [^7Q3i

Captaia Cook, to have a confiderable affinity to
the feudal fyftem.

Several natives requefted to embark with us,
in order to accompany us to France ; and Cap-
tain Huon allotted a birth on board the Efperance
to Kove, a ic)n of the queen. This chief, to
convince us that he was prompted only by the
wifh to accompany us, would not accept any of
the articles we offered him. The General, whom
he came to fee, fet before him the principal in-
conveniencies attendant on long voyages ; yet he
perfifted in his refolution, and returned on board
the Efperance; Juft as- he was fitting down to
dinner, however, feveral natives came to in treat
him to go on fhore to fee his family at leaft once
more, before he undertook a voyage of fuch a
length. He complied with their intreatics, and
never returned on board again. Some of the
natives informed us, that he was unable to refill:
the prayers and tears of nine wives and feveral
children, whom he was going to leave, perhaps
never to fee more ; and that he had promifed
not to quit them. Kove had a £ne counte-
nance, but not the gaiety of the other natives.
Perhaps fome domcftic uneafmefs had been one
of the chief caiifes of his defire to leave his coun-*
try. Had he carried his dcfign into execution,
he would many times have regretted the delicious

fruits

April.] of la perouse. 181

fruits of his native ifle, when reduced, like us,
to feed on worm-eaten bifcuit.

At the beginning of the night we fired off ttn
or a dozen mufkets, and immediately we heard
the fliouts of a great number of the natives,
which were repeated froiii different places along
the Ihore.

Our ftaj at the Friendly Iflands contributed
greatly to reftore the health of our crew. We
found there plenty of vegetables, and laid in a
great flock. The pork was excellent, which muff
be attributed in part to the good quality of the
roots and fruits with which the natives feed
their hogs. We took on board as many as our
ffye would contain ; and we were convinced, in
the fequel, that they could bear a long voyage,
though Captain Cook informs us that he experi-
enced the contrary with reipecfl to thofe v>^hich
he procured at the Friendly Iflands in the different
vifits he paid them. We purchafed upwards of
four hundred while we lay at anchor, the greater
part of w^hich we faked. We adopted the pro-
cefs recommended by Cook in his third voyage,
which confifls in ufing a ftrong brine, with a
fufficient quantity of vinegar to diffolve the fait.
This -we could do the more eafily, as a great part
of our wine was turned four.

A fmali quantity of pork was falted by oiar

butcher

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butcher with fait alone ; and though under the
Toiu-id Zone, it kept as well as what we prepared
after Cook's manner, and tafted even better.
The fat preferved in the brine made with vine-
gar was difgufting on account of its extreme foft-
neis, and it had a very ilrong taftc of the vinegar,
which no one liked.

Our coops were filled with fowls.

During the whole time of our lying at anchor,
the quickfiiver in the barometer did not rife above
28 inches tv.'o lines, French meafure, and its va-
riation was about one line.

The thermometer in the Ihade on fhore had
not rifen hisfherthan 25'^ -1-loths, though we felt
exceffive heat.

The winds had varied from the fouth-eaft to
the north-eaft, blowing but faintly.

Our obfervatory was in 2P 8^ IQ" S. lat., and
180° 2Q' 38'/ E. long.

The variation of the needle was 10° E.

The fpring- tides rofe five feet ; and it was high
water about half after fix on the days of new and
full moon.

From the accounts given us of the fhips that
had anchored in this archipelago, by very intel-
ligent natives, we were convinced that La Pe-
roufe had never put in to any of thefe iflands.
Befidcs, they ailurcd us, that no accident had

happened

April.] of la perouse. 183

happened to any veflel that had flopped at them,
except to Bhgh's launch ; the affair of which
they related without difguife, as I have mention-
ed above. The indifference with which they
told us this ftory, convinced us, that if thefe
people be not naturally ferocious, they are at leafl
flrangers to fentiments of humanity. The blows
with clubs, or logs of wood, with which the
chiefs ufiially accompany their orders, are an ad-
ditional proof of this. They well remembered
the different periods at which they had feen Cap-
tain Cook ; and, to acquaint us with the intervals,
they reckoned them by harvefls of yams, giving
two of thefe to each year. Several of the natives,
particularly thofe of the royal family, onounced
the name of Cook with enthufiafm : but the great
feverity of that celebrated navigator had prevented
many others from bearing him in memory with
equal plcafure ; they fpoke of him only with com-
plaints of the rigorous treatment they had experi-
enced at his hands. In fad;, though in his lafl
voyage he fpeaks only of one man wounded by
a ball in the thigh, we faw another who had been
fhot' through the Ihoulder;* and he allured us

that

'* In the account uf Cook's laft voyage, now before me,
k is exprcfsly faid, that the man was Ihot through the
flioulder, the ball having entered a little above the inner

parr

J84 YOYLGE IN SEARCH [l793.

that he had received this wound during Cook's
lafl vifit to Tongataboo.

The natives of the Friendly Illands are in ge-
neral tall and well made ; for which they are
principally indebted, no doubt, to the abundance
and good quality of their food. The fine ihape
of thefe people is not degraded by cxccfQve toil.
Their mufcles being ftrongly marked, we prc-
famed they muft have great fiirength ; but the
idle life they lead renders them very little capable
of great exertion : ' accordingly, w^hen they tried
their llrength againft our failors, they were al-
mofh always worfted.

The men, as well as the women, are accuftom-
ed to cut off one or tv/o joints of the little linger,
and fometimes of the finger next to it, in the
hope of obtaining a cure from fevere difeafes.

Moft of them are tatooed on all parts of the
body. We faw a great number, whofe fkin was
covered with a fcurfy eruption ; which perhaps
is owing to their not being accuftomed to wipe
themfelves> or wafli themfelves Vv'ith frefh water,
after having been into the fea.

We obferved no fymptoms of the venereal dif-
eafe among the natives ; one of our feamen,

part of the collar bone, and pafied out obliquely backward.
How Labillardiere was led into this miflake, I cannot fay.
— Tranf.ator.

however,

April.] of la perouse. 185

however, caught a gonorrhoea there, but from a
woman, who had kept company with a man be-
longing to the Efperance, that had long laboured
under the complaint. Have thefe people been
fortunate enough, for the difeafe to have become
naturally extindl among them, after having run
through its feveral ftages with ^-apidity ? fmce,
from the teftimony of Captain Cook, there can
be no doubt but it has formerly made great ra-
vages in thefe ifland^.

The fkin of the people of the Friendly Illands
is tawny, becaufe they frequently expofe them-
felves to the heat of the fun ; but the women,
who remain pretty conftantly within doors, or in
the ihade of their trees, have very fair com-
plexions. The countenances of the w^omen are
in general very pleafmg, and highly animated ;
and the good ftate of health they enjoy is parti-
cularly owing to their extreme cleanlinefs, and
the good quality of their diet.

Vol. II. N CHAP.

185 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

CHAP. XIII.

Departure from Totigatahoo—TVe get S.\ght of the
Southern Part of the Archlpehgo of the Tierra.,
del Efpirttu Santo, fNezv Hebrides J — Difcoverj^ ,
of the IJland of Beaupre-^-We Anchor at New .
Caledonia — Interviews with the Natives — De-

fcrtptlon of their Huts — Thefe Savages are Cafi-
iilbals — Their Impudeiice toward lis- — Thejy eat

great Pieces, of Steatite, to appeafe their Hunger
— Phelr Attempts tofel%e upo?i our Boats— Df-

ferent 'Excurfions Into the Interior Part of the
IJland — -Death of Captain Pluon — New Species
of Spider, on which the Savages of New CaledG-
nlafeed.

loth APRIL.

ABOUT feYcn in the morning we got under
way, with a pretty frefli breeze from the
eail-fouth-eaft, and fteered for an hour from
north-weft by fouth to north, and afterward
north by eaft, paffing out through a channel to-
ward the north of our anchoring place, which
had been examined by Citizen Legrand.

In this channel we found by the lead from five
fathoms and a half to nine fathoms water.
Some of the natives followed us in their ca-
noes,

April.] of la perousIe. Ig;

iioes, exprefling great regret at our quitting their
ifland. They cried out from all parts, offa, offa
Palangois, at the fame time giving us marks of
their regard.

' We foon 8;ot ahead of the canoes that w^re
paddled along ; but thofe with fails were obliged
to flacken their rate of going, to keep at a fliort
diftance from us ; and we had an opportunity
of bbferving, that they would have taken the
lead of our vefTcls confiderably, if they had avail-
ed themfelves of the whole force of the breeze :
this advantage, however, they would fbon have
loft, if the wind had been ftronger, and the water
lefs fmooth. As foon as we got into the open fea,
they defifted from keeping us company any far-
ther. We were then more than two leagues
from the anchoring place we hadjuft quitted,
and we fet the weft end of Attata, bearing fbuth
48° weft.

At this time we had a gra^xlly bottom, with
twenty -two fathoms and a half of water.

nth. The next day, about five in the after-
noon, we made Tortoife Ifland, bearing from ms
north-weft by north.

On the lOth, about feven o'clcfck in the even-
ing, the Efpcrance made a fignal for feeing land
weft 18'' north, about eight leagues diftance.
This was Erronan, the eaftcrnmoft of the iilands

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188 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

of the archipelago of Efpiritu Santo, difcovered
by Quiros in ]6o6. A little before noon the
ifland of Annaton was in fight, diftant ten leagues^
fouth weft by foiith.

It was five in the afternoon when we made the
ifland of Tanna, bearing wxft lO^ north. Pillars
of fmoke ilTued from its volcano, and fpread
abroad in the air, forming clouds, which rofe at
firft to a prodigious height, and which, after hav-
ing traverfed an immenfe fpace, funk lower as
they grew cooler. During the night we enjoyed
the brilliant fpcdiacle of thefe clouds, illumined
by the vivid light of the burning matter, which
was thrown out from the bowels of the volcano
at intervals.

18th. We were fteerlng wefterly, the wind
blowing very frefh from the eaft, when, about
half after three in the morning, Dumerite, the
officer on the watch, heard the fcreams of a flock
of fea-fowl pafling very clbfe by our fhip: appre-
henfive that we were near fome of the rocks,
which commonly ferve them as a retreat, he
thought it advifable to bring to, and wait for
day- light to continue our courfe : and as foon
as day broke, we faw a very little way to leeward
o{ us fome reefs of rocks ftretching a great way,
on which our fhip muft inevitably have ftruck, if
this fortuitous occurrence had not given us no-
tice

April.] of la perouse. I89

tice to ftop our courl'e in time. In fa(^, as the
night was extremely dark, it would have been
impoffible to have feen the breakers foon enough
to avoid them: befides, the. wind blowing very
frefh, the fea ran fo high all round us, that v/e
could not foon enough have diftinguilhed the
waves that broke on the reefs from the reft.
Beyond thefe reefs, and near two leagues dif-
tant from them, we faw an ifland, which bore,
when we made it, fouth 28° well, and to vvhich I
gave the name of Citizen Beaupre, engineer-geo-
grapher to our expedition. This ifland lies in the
latitude of 20° 14' fouth, longitude iQs"" 47' eaft.
It is very low, and about 1500 toifes long. We
afterwards difcovered fome rocks bearing fouth
-21° eaft ; and a little while after fome others to-
wards the fouth.

It is to be remarked, that the currents fet us
to the north about twenty- four minutes a day,
W'hen we were near Tierra del Efpiritu Santo, and
pafling between that archipelago and new Cale-
donia. Undoubtedly this is owing to the pofition
of the land, which, while it changes the direction
of the currents determined by the general winds,
increafes their ftrength.

About one o'clock in the afternoon we got

iight of the high mountains of New Caledonia to

the fouth- weft; and at half-after four we wxre

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within a thoufand toifes of the reefs bordering
that illand. The foot of the mountains on this
iide are waihed by the fea, and they are Hkewife
more ftecp here than on the weftern ihore, which
we coafted along the year before.

We faw a fine cafe ad e, the water of which,
after having difappeared fevcral times in deep
gullies, came tumbling into the feaV and we
admired the picturefque efff6t of the torrents,
which we perceived toward the fouth-wefl", their
waters white with foam producing an agreeable
contrail to the dufky verdure of th^fe high lands.
During the night we continued plying to
windward, endeavouring to maintain our ftation
againft the currents, that we might be i;i a fitua-:
tion to come to an anchor the next day.

IQth. As foon as day-light appeared we ap-
proached vyitliin 800 toifes of the reefs, along
which we ran, in order to find the opening
through which we were to reach the anchoring
place ; but it blew very hard from the fouth-
fouth-eafl, and we had already fallen to leeward,
when we diftinguilhed the opening in the reefs.
Though we were pretty near the ihore, we did
not perceive Qbfervatory Ifland, which left us for
fomc time doubtful whether we were oppofite
the place where Captain Gook anchored in 177^;
and accordingly we put about, to get more to the

the

APllIt.] OF LA PERGUSE. IQI

the nofth-eaft. At noon we found by our obfef-
vations, that we mull be near Obfervatory Ifland,
and it was not long before we got fight of it,
thoup'h it is extremely low ; when we immedi-
ately bore away for the anchoring place. In the
opening between the reefs we had from eleven fa-
thotn water to thirteen and a half, but when wc
got within them we had only from feven fa-
thoms to eight and a half.

A double canoe immediately came failing out
to us. She had on board eleven natives, whofe
manoeuvres gave us no very high idea of their
ikill in navigation. They fpoke to us, and fliowed
us fome pieces of white fluff, which they waved
in the air, flill keeping more than a hundred toifes
from the fhip. A fliort time after they returned
on fliore. * v

The Efperancc, being a little to windward of
us, grounded on a flioal, w hich we in confequence
took care to avoid, and prefently after let go our
anchor, in order to lend her affiilance. General
Dentrecafteaux immediately fent our long-boat
to her, and at eight o'clock in the evening wc
had the agreeable news that flie was again alioat,
and had received no damage.

20th. At fun-rife the next morning we law
four canoes under fail, coming towards our fhipsj
When they got very near us, they feemed to be

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192 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793,

under fome fears : but one of the favages, hav-
ing yielded to our invitations, and come on board,
was followed by alnaoft all the reft. We were
furprifed, to find them fet more value on our
fluffs than on our nails, or even hatchets, which
they called togni ; a name much refembling that
given them at the Friendly Iflands, though they
do not fpeak the fame tongue, as may be feen by
the vocabularies of the languages of thefe people,
at the end of the prefent work. We could not
doubt, however, but they were acquainted with
iron, which they defignated to us by the deno-
mination of pii'iou ; but the very hard ftones
which they ufe, renders it of lefs importance to
them, than to many other inhabitants of the
South Sea Iflands.

We Ihowed them fome cocoas and yams, and
requefted them to bring us fome : but, far from
.going to fetch any for us, they wanted to buy
ours, offering us in exchange their fpears and
clubs, and giving us to underftand that they were
very hungry, putting their hands to their bellies,
whicih were extremely flat. They expreffed fome
fear on feeing the pigs which we had on board,
which led us to fuppofe that they had no fuch
animal ; though Captain Cook had left tw^o, a
boar and fow, with one of their chiefs. As foon
as they faw our poultry, however, they imitated

the

April.] of la perouse. iqs

the crowing of the cock tolerably well, fo as to
leave us no doubt that they had fowls on their
ifland.

None of the women in the canoes confented
to come on board our velTel ; and when we were
defirous of making them a prefent of any thing,
the men took it to carry to them.

Thefe favages came in double canoes of the
ihape reprefented in Plate XLV. Fig. 1. Their
maft was fixed at an equal diilance from the two
canoes, and toward the fore part of the platform,
by which they were joined together. They are
not fo fkilfully conftruded as thofe of the
Friendly Iflands, to which they are much in-
ferior in point of failing. One of them^ running
againil: our fhip with too much force, received fo
much damage, that the canoe on one fide foon
filled. The favages in her immediately got upon
the other, and let themfelves go with the current,
which drifted them toward the fhore. The other
canoes left us prefently after, and failed after her,
in order to give her aiTiilance.

21 ft. Early in the morning we manned the
capftan, in order to warp our fhip nearer to Ob-
fervatory Ifland ; for which purpofe wc had car-
ried out feveral hawfcrs tied end to end ; but they
gave way feveral times, and obliged us to let go
the anchor again.

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154 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [17Q3.

We were furrounded by canoes, the natives in
•which came on board our fhip, and fold us fe-^
veral articles, fuch as are delineated in Plates
XXXYII and XXXVIII. Some of them had
a few cocoa-nuts and lugar-canes, which they
would not part with by any means, though we
offered a great price for them.

Thefe favages were all naked, except that they
wrapped their privities in pieces of coarfe fluff,
iBsdc of bark, or in large leaves of trees. Their
hair is woolly ; and their fkin is nearly of as deep
a black as that of the -inhabitants of Diemen*s
Cape, whom they very much refemble in the gc-
Qcral caft of their countenance. Several of them
had their heads bound round with a little net, the
meflies of which were large. We obferved with
furprife, a great many, who, defirous, no c^oubt,
^of having the appearance of long hair, had faftened
to their own locks two or three treffes, . made
with the leaves of fome plants of the grafs kind,
and covered with the hair of the vampire bat,
which hung down to the middle of their backs.

Moft of thefe iflanders, armed with fpears and
^lubs, carried at their waifk a little bag full of
ftones, cut into an oval fliape, which they throw
with flings. (See Plates XXXV and XXXVIIL
Fig. iG, 17, -and 18.) The low^er lobe of their
cars, perforated with a very large hole, hung down

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Jiti^ bjI.StocJtdaU.RiraMliy, AS *.J/!Ti!./,fpO .

cW^cfy <y^^^^ ^'^ f^Az't/tZ^^^ c^'.yve/z'^ Ca/e^t

^c/cci^ c^iAe ^/(za'^^.M oi^t^Ae^t' C<x/^<^<m,^Wj2

-Rtii' irJ.Ai>einicUt^'em^iay /j!*A/^nl./4VO.

f^('/ii(t/i <>/'( !<■(/' C a/r(XO?u<x .

n-AJ A., /^ IV i~J^I. R~.x.,A//i. /<»■ Jn

April.]- of la perouse. 195

to their fhoulders.^ Into thefe holes fome had
introduced leaves of trees, others a piece of wood,
to ftretch them bigger. Several had this lobe
jagged ; perhaps from having been torn, either
in battle, or in running through the woods.

Behind the ears of one of thefe favages we ob-
ferved tubercles of the fhape of a veal fweetbread,
and half as big as a man's fift. He appeared well
pleafed at feeing us examine this ornament, the
growth of which he had effected by means of a
cauftic, by which the parts, no doubt, muft have
been greatly irritated for a conilderable time.

The women had no other garment than a kind
of fringe, made of the filaments of the bark of
trees, which fervcd them as a girdle, paffing fe-
yeral times round the waift (See Plate XXXVI).

The canoes kept thcmielves clofc by our Ihip,
by means of different ropes, which we had thrown
out to them. Each of them, however, had a
Jarge ilone, to ferve as an anchor, faftened to a
long rope, but they did not make ufe of thefe on
the prefcnt occafion.

22d. The next day we got up our anchor at iix
p' clock in the morning, and made feveral ftretches
to get nearer to Obfervatory Ifland, which the
natives call by the name of Ptidyoua. At half af-
ter ten, when we brought up, this ifland was not
above 500-toifes diilaat ta the caft 3^ 15^ ibuth.

We

ig6 ' VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q3.

We faw the land of New Caledonia from eaft 1 9°
30^ fouth, to weft 12^ north, from the neareft
ihorc of which we were only 590 toifes. The
inhabitants now had no occafion for their canoes
to come to us ; moft of them fwam to the Ihip,
with the articles which they wifhcd to fell.

I ought not here to omit a malicious trick,
which had nearly caufed the lofs of the young
bread-fruit trees, that I had brought from the
Friendly Iflands. I had watered them in the
evening ; but, feeing fome drops of water early
in the morning trickle from the box in which
they were planted, I had no doubt, but fbme one
had watered them long after me. Of this I was
fully convinced, the moment I taft-ed the water,
that filtered through the mould ; for it was fait.
The inquiries I made to difcover the perfon who
had been guilty of this trick, were in vain.

About one in the afternoon we went afliore,
and were foon furrounded by a great number of
the natives, who juft came out of the middle of
the wood, into which we had entered feveral
times, though ftill keeping near the lliorc. We
prefently found a few fcattered huts, three or four
hundred paces diftant from each other, and
overfliadowcd by a few cocoa trees. Soon after
we came to four, which formed a little hamlet,
in one of the gloomieft parts of the foreil. They

were

April.] * of la perouse. 1971:

were all nearly of the fhape of beehives, a toife
and a hall in height, and as much in breadth,
(See Plate XXXVIII, Fig. 28, 29, 3o). • ..

Figure 28 reprefents one of theie huts, fur-
rounded by a palifade a yard and a half high, made
with the limbs of the cocoa tree, arranged pretty
clofe to each other,, and three feet and hiilf from
the borders of the hut. A little walk w^as formed
in the fame manner before the door.

We afterwards faw feveral huts which were not
furrounded by palifades (See Fig. 29). The door,
which was about a yard high, and half a yard wide,
was fometimes clofed by means of a piece of a
limb of the cocoa-tree, the folioles of which were,
interlaced. Several of thefe doors had two pofts,
made of planks, at the upper extremity of each
of which a man's head wasxudely carved. The
lower part of thefe huts was erected perpendi-
cularly to the height of a yard, where they tapered
oft in a pretty regular cone, terminated by the
upper end of a poil that w^as fixed in the centre
of the floor.

Figure 30 reprefents the infide of thefe huts.
The frame ccnfifls of poles, bearing againll the
upper end of the pcfl, which may be feen rifmg
from the middle of the floor, and which is near
three inches in diameter at the bottom. A few
pieces of wood bent to an arch, render thefe little

habitations

igg VdTAGE m sEARcii [1793.

' habitations fufficiently ftrong. They are covered
with ftraw to the thicknefs of two or three inches.-
The floor, on whi.ch the natives are perfe6lly ihel-
tered from the v^reather, is fpread w^ith mats.
But the mofchettoes are fo troublcfome, that they
are obhged to hght fires to drive them away when
they go to llcep ; and as there is no vent for the
• fnioke, except at the door, they muft be extremely
incommoded by it.

In general there is a board w^ithin the hut on
one fide, faflened with cords in a horizontal po-
lition, about a yard from the ground. This fhelfy
however, can iiipport nothing of much weight,
for the cords are very flight.

Near fome of their dwellings we faw little hil-
locks of earth, twelve or fourteen inches highy
•with a very open treillis in the middle, of the
height of two or three yards. The favages called
thefe 7ih<}uety and informed us that they were
graves ; inclining the head on one fide, while
they fiipported it with the hand, and clofing the
eyes, to exprefs the repofe enjoyed by the remains
of thofe who were there depofited.

On returning toward the place w^here we land-
ed, we found more than fevcn hundred natives,
who had run thither from all parts. They afked
■Qs for fluffs and iron in exchange for their efFedis,
ajod fame, of them foon convinced us that the)f

were

April.] of la perouse. igg

were very audacious thieves. Among their dif-
ferent tricks I Ihall relate one which thefe knaves
played nie. One of them offered to fell me a
little bag, which held ftoncs cut into an oval
(hape, and which was faftened to his waifb. He
untied it, and held it out as if ready to deliver
it to me with one hand, while he received the .
price agreed upon with the other ; but at the very
inftant another favage, who haft pofted himfelf
behind me, gave a great fcream, which made me
turn my head round, and immediately the rogue
his comrade ran away with his hag and my things,
endeavouring to conceal himfelf in the crowd.
We were unwilling to punilh him^, though moft.
of ua were armed with firelocks. It was to be
feared, however, that this ad: of forbearance woul^
be confidered as a mark of weaknefs by the na.-
tLves^ and render them ftill more infolent. What
happened, foon after feemcd to confirm this : feve^
ral of them Vv^ere {o bold as to throw ftones at aa
officer, who was not above two hundred paces
from us. We would not yet treat them with
fevcrity ; for Vy'e Vv'ere fo much prejudiced in their
favour, firom the account given of them by For-
fter,,that more fadrs were necefiary to deftroythe-
good opinion we entertained of the gentlenefs of
their difpofitions : but we had foon inconteftable
proofe of their ferodoufiiefs. One of them hav-
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ing In his hand a bone frefh roafted, and devour-
ing the remainder of the flefh ftill adhering to it,
came up to Citizen Piron, and invited him to
fhare his repaft. He, fuppofmg the favage was
offering him a piece of fome quadruped, accepted
the bone, on which nothing but the tendinous
parts were left ; and, having fhow n it to me, I
perceived that it belonged to the pelvis of a child
of fourteen or fifteen years of age. The natives
around us pointed out on a child the fituation
of this bone ; confeffed, without hefitatlon, that
tjie flefh. of it had furnifhed fome one of their
countrymen with a meal ; and even gave us to
tinderfland, that they confidered it as a dainty.

This difcovery made us very uneaf}^ for thofe
of our people, who were flill in the woods : fliortly
after, however, we had the pleafure to find our-
felves all affembled together in the fame fpot, and
no longer feared that fome of us w^ould fall vic-
tims to the barbarity of thefe iflanders.

When we got on board our^fhip, being furprifed
at feeing none of the favages there, we were in-
formed that there had been a great many, but
that they had been driven away becaufe they had
ftolen fevcral things. Moft of them had made
off in their canoes ; and the refi; had jumped into
the fea and fwam afhore : two, however, were
returned on board, not being able to fwim fafl

enough

April.] op la perouse. 201

enough to join the others, whether owing to fome
bodily infirmity, or to their having leaped into
the fea too long after the departure of their boats
to be able to take refuge in them. As, the fun
was already fet, and they were cold, they went to
warm themlelves at the fire in our cook-room.

The moil: part of thofe who belonged to our
expedition, and who had remained on boards
would not give credit to our recital of the bar-
barous talle of thofe ifianders, not being able to
perfuade themfelves that people, of whom Cap-
tains Cook and Forftcr had given fo favourable an
account, could degrade themfelves by fuch a hor-
rible prad:ice ; but it was not very difficult to
convince the moft incredulous. I had brought
with me a bone which had already been picked,
and which our Surgeon-Major faid was the bone
of a child. I prefented it to the two natives whom
we had on board. One of thoie cannibals imme-
diately feized it with avidity, and tore with his
teeth the fmews and ligaments which yet re-
mained. I gave it next to his companion, who
found fomething more to pick from it.

The different figns which our people made,
in order to obtain an avowal of the prad:!ce of
eating human flelh, be^g aukwardly made, oc-
cafioned a very great miftake. An exceffive ccn-

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fternation was inftantly vifible in all their features';
doubtlefs bccaufe they thought that we alio were
men-eaters, and, imagining that their laft hour
was come, they began to weep. We did not fuc-
ceed in convincing them entirely of their miflake,
by -all the figns we could make of our abhorrence
of fo terrible a pradiice. One of them made a
precipitate retreat through a port-hole, and held
faft by one of the ropes of the mizen maft fhrouds,
ready to leap into the fea ; the other jumped into
the water at once, and fwam to the mofl diftant
of the boats aftern of our veffel ; they were not
long, however, before « they recovered from their
fear, and rejoined our company.

The fmall llream, where Captain Cook had
taken in water when he touched at this place,
w^as dry when we vifited it : we found, however,
a fmall watering place to the fouth-weft of our
vefTel, about three hundred paces diftant from
the fea : the water was very good, but it was
rather difficult to be come at, and the refervoir
w^hich furniflied it fcarcely fupplied enough to
iill once in a day cafks fufficient to load the
long-boat of each ftiip^, {a that it was necefl'ary
to wait till next day till more was collctSed to
replenilTi them.

We found very near this w^atering place the

rufty

April.] of la perouse. 2o3

tufty. bottom of an iron candleftick, "which pro-
bably had lain there ever fince 1/74, when Cap-
tain Cook anchored in this road.

23d. The next morning we went on fliore at
the fiearcft landing place, where we found a num-
ber .of favages who were already taking fome re-
frelhment. They invited us to join them in
eating fome meat jufl broiled, which we diftin-
guiflied to be human flcfli. The fkin which yet
remained, preferved its form and even its colour
on feveral parts. They lliewed us they had juft
cut that piece from the middle of the arm, and
they gave us to underftand, by very expreffive
figns, that after having pierced with their darts
the perfon of whofe limbs we faw ■ the remnants
in their hands, they had dilpatched him with
their clubs. They no doubt wiflied to make us
fenfible that they only eat their enemies, and in^
deed it was not poflible that we fhiould have found
fo many inhabitants in this country, if they had
had any other inducement but that of hunger to
make them devour each other. We went to
the fouth-fouth-weft, and foon crolTed a country
which hes rather low, where we favv fome
plantations of yams and potatoes ; we then came
to the foot of fome mountains, where we found
ten of the inhabitants who joined our company.
They foon began to climb up trees of the fpecies

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called hyhjfcus ttliaceus, the youngeil fprouts of
which they pulled off and immediately chewed,
in order to fuck the juice contained in the bark.
Others gathered the fruit of the cord'ia fehejlina,
which they eat even to the kernel. We did not
expe6l to fee cannibals content themfelves with
fo frugal a repaft.

The heat was exceffive, and we had not yet
found any water. We followed a hollow track,
in which we remarked the traces of a torrent of
vyater in the wet feafon. The verdure of the un-
derwood, which we perceived a little farther off
on its borders, gave us hopes of finding a fpring
to quench our thirll ; in fad: we were no fooner
arrived than we faw a very limpid ftream iffuing
from an enormous rock of freeflone, and after-
wards filling a large cavity hollowed out in a
block of the fame fort of ftone. Here we halted,
and the natives, who accompanied us, fat down
by us. We gave them bifcuits, which they
devoured with avidity, though they were very
much worm-eaten, but they would not even taflc
our cheefe, and we had nothing eatable befides to
offer them.

They preferred the water ot the reiervoir to
wine or brandy, and drank it in a manner which
afforded us no fmall entertainment, inclining the
head at about two feet diftance above the furface

of

April.] of la perouse. 205

of the water, they threw it up againft their faces
with their hands, opening their mouths very
wide, and catching as much as they could ; thus
they foon quenched their thirft. It may eafily be
conceived, that even the moft expert at this me-
thod of drinking muil; wet the greateft part of
their bodies. As they difturbed our water, .we
begged them to go lower down to drink, w^hich
requeft they immediately complied with.

Some of them approached the moft robuft
amongfl us, and, at different intervals, prefled
with their fingers the moft mufcular parts of their
arms and legs, pronouncing rapareck with an air
of admiration, and even of longing, which rather
alarmed us, but upon the whole they gave us no
caufe for difTatisfacftion.

I obferved in thefe places a number of plants
belonging to the fame genera with many of thofe
I had collected in New Holland, although the
two countries are at very great diftance from each
other.

We faw with furprize, about a third part of the
afcent up the mountain, fmall walls raifed one
above another, to prevent the rolling down of the
ground which the natives cultivated. I have
found the fame practice extremely general
amongfl the inhabitants of the mountains of Afia
Minor.

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It is not a common pra61:lce amongft the fa-
vagcs of New Caledonia to m'ake an incifion in
the prepuce ; neverthelcfs, out of fix of them,
■whom we perfuaded to fatisfy our curiofity in
that refped;, we found one who had it Hit in a ■
longitudinal direction on the upper fide.

When wc bad reached the middle of the
mountain, the natives who followed would have
perfuaded us not to go any f irther, and informed
us that the inhabitants on the other fide of this
ridge would' eat us, y:c. however, perfilted in
afcending to the top, for we were fuffici-ntly
armed to be under no apprehenfion of danger from
thcfe cannibals. Thofe who accompanied us
were, without doubt, at v\'ar with the others,, for
they would not follow us any farther.

The mountains which we afcended rife in the
form ot an amphitheatre, and are a continuation
of the great chain w^hich runs the whole length
of the ifland. Their perpendicular height is
about 2,500 feet above the level of the fea. We
oblerved them rife gradually to the eaft-fouth-
eall, till they terminated in a very high mountain
about three miles from bur moorings.

The chief component parts of thofe moun-
tains are quartz, mica, and fteatite, of a fofteror
harder qualitv, fchorl of a green colour, granite,
iron ore, &c.

On

April.] of la perouse. 207

On our dcfcent from thefe mountains, we flop-
ped at the bottom in the midft of fcveral famiHes
of favages ailemblcd in the neighbourhood of
their huts, to whom we fignified a defire to
quench our thirft with the water of the cocoa
nuts ; but as this fruit is rather fcarce in that part
of the illand, they confulted together for a conr
fiderable time before they agreed to fell us any.
At laft one of their number went to pull a few
from the top of one of the higheft trees, in order
to bring them to us. We were extremely fur-
prifed at the rapidity with which he afcended,
holding the body of the tree with his hands, he
ran along the whole length of it, almoft with as
much eafe and celerity as if he had been walking
on an horizontal plain, I never before had oc-
cafion to admire fuch agility amongft any of the
other iflanders whom we had vifited.'

The fea water frequently waflied the foot of
the tree irom which our cocoa nuts were taken,
fo that the liquor with which they were filled was
fbmewhat four, but we drank it, being extremely
thirfty. The children o{ thefe favages waited till
we had emptied the water of the cocoa nuts,
when they begged tUem ot us, finding means to
get fomething more from them. They tore with
their teeth the fibrous covering of thefe young
fruits, of Vs'hich the nuts were fcarccly formed,

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and then eat the tender part enclofed in it, which
was much too bitter for our palates.

When we arrived on board, we learned that
two of the ifianders had that morning carried off
from an officer of our veiTfil (Bonvouloir) a uni-
form cap and a fabre, while he was oc<:upied orr
Ihore making fome aftronomical obfervations, al-
though the failors, who had landed with him, had
traced upon the fand a large circle round the
place of' obfervation, which they had forbidden
the favages to enter ; but two thieves having
concerted their enterprife, advanced with preci-
pitation behind the officer who had jufl fat down,
and placed his fabre underneath him. One of
them feized his cap, and the inflant he rofe up to
purfue him, the other ran away with his fabre.
This bold manoeuvre was certainly not their firfl
^attempt.

Night approached, all our boats were; already
alongfide, yet two officers (Dewelle and Wil-
laumez;) w^ere flill on fhore, with two of the
. fliip's ere w, but they foon arrived on the beach,
followed by a great number of the inhabitants.
The General's boat was inftantly difpatched to
bring them on board. They told us that the fa-
vages, w^ho had crowded around thecn, to the
number of above three hundred, upon obferving
that all our boats had cjuitted the fliore, had be-
have d

April.] of la perouse. 200

haved in the moft audacious manner. One of*
them having wrefted his fword from Dewelle, the
latter attempted to purfue tl^e thief, bnt the
others immediately raifed their clubs in his de-
fence. All of our people were robbed with the
greateft effrontery, but when our boat arrived,
tw^o chiefs, who probably had prevented the fa-
vages from proceeding to greater extremities,
be2[;ged leave to embark in it. They carried two
fmall parcels offugar-cane and cocoa-nuts to the
General, who made them in return a prefent of
an axe, and feveral pieces of ftufF. Thofe chiefs,
whom they called Theahouma in their language,
wore on their head bonnets of a cylindrical form^
adorned with feathers, fhells, &c. (See Plate
XXXVII, Fig. 1 ft and 2d.) but as they were open
at top, they were no covermg from the rain.

It was not long before a double canoe, difpatch-
edfrom the fliore, came to convey the chiefs back
again. It w^as night before they departed, and
the favages on fliorc had lighted a fire on a fand-
bank to warm themfelves. We went alhore on
the 25th with thofe of the crew who were ap-
pointed to recruit our ftock of wood, which they
cut at a place 500 yards diltant from where we
had watered.

We did not ftray far from our wood-cutters,
for we w ere but few in number, and the defigns

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of the natives appeared to us very fufpicious.
About nine in the morning they took poileffion
of ourfhallop which was anchored near the coaft,
and only guarded by one man. They Mere al-
ready dragging it towards the ftrand, in order to
carry off the effects tliat were in it with' the
greater eafe, when another boat's crew came to
its relief; but the thieves did not give up their
enterprifc till they were on the point of being
lired upon.

LafTeny having gone on fhore to make fome
aftronomical obfervations, was obliged to re-em-
bark almofl: immediately, being unable to keepf
off a number of favages who feemed inclined to
attempt the feizure of the inftruments, although
he w^as armed and accompanied by 'two affiftants,
befides feveral of the boat's crew.

The mailer gunner of the Efperance, while
'hunting in the foreft, perceived about noon, in a
large open fpace not far from the w^ood- cutters,
above two hundred natives, who were pradifmg
themfelves in throwing their darts, and different
exercifes. He retired unperceived, and haffcned
to relate to us what he had juft witneffed. One
of the officers of our vclfcl immediately went
with four fufilecrs to obfcrve the motions of the
favages ; who, on perceiving them, advanced,- and
obliged them to make a precipitate retreat to-
wards

April.] of la pekouse. 211

wards the wood-cutters. The favages fbon re-
paired thither like wife ; and we were not long
before we difcovered the dcfign they had formed
of feizing our axes, which had been laid in a
heap in the midft of our workmen, who were af-
fctjblcd to take fome rcfrefhment. The com-
. manding officer infiaiitly gave orders for thofb
tools to be carried into the long boat ; but the
failor who attempted it was alTailed by the iflan-
ders, who were on the point of carrying them off,
when feveral mufquet fliots were fired. One of
the moft audacious, who fci] on that occafion, had
ftill ftrengtli enough to crawl as far as the wood.
The others retired immediately, and faluted us
with a fhower of ftones from their flings. The
ftones, which tliey carried in fmall bags fufpended
from their belts, ^vere cut into an oval form ; but
they did not wound any one dangeroufly, on ac-
C(^unt of the great diltance ; befides, moft of .
them were ftoppthd by the branches of the trees,
behind which the natives had taken refuge. This
is not 'always the cafe when they fight among
themlelves ; for being then probably lefs afraid
to advance, they frequently have their eyes bea,t
out in thefc battles, as feveral of the inhabitants,
who had loft one of them, informed us. When
they difcharge the ftones from their flings they
only make' half a turn with them above their

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212 VOYAGE IX SEARCH [j 793.

heads, which is done with as much expedition
as if thrown with the hand. Thefe ftones, cut
from a fteatite of coniiderable hardnefs, are very
fmooth, for which reafon the favages take the
precaution to wet them with their fpittle, to pre-
vent their Aiding from the ^ two fmall cords of
which the bottoms of their flings are formed.

The different movements of thefe favages hav-
ing been perceived from on board the Recherche,
the General ordered two cannon-fliot to be fired
on them, which made them immediately difperfe
acrofs the wood ; but foon after one of their chiefs
advanced towards us alone and unarmed, holding
in his hand a piece of white fluff, made of the
bark of a tree, which the Commanding Officer
received as a token that the good underflanding
between us and the favages fliould not be inter-
rupted. Soon after four other natives came and
fat down in the midfl of us with as much con-
fidence as their chief, behind whom they placed
themfelves ; but he feemed much difpleafed with
feveral others who came to refl themfelves under
the fhade of the neighbouring trees, .whom he
feveral times called robbers (kayaj.

We re-embarked at four o'clock, P. M. and
were already fleering towards our fhips, when we
faw a troop of favages running along the flrand
towards us, loaded with a variety of fruits, which

they

April.] of la perouse. 213

they had brought as a prefent for us. They leaped
into the water feveral times to bring them to us,
but we were driven in a wefterly direction by a
ilirong current, and could not ftop to receive thofe
marks of reconciliation.

I went on fliore next day very near the water-
ing place at the fame time that the General ar^
rived there. The guard was ftronger than the
day before, in order the better to keep the iflanders
in awe. It was feared after what had pafTed the
preceding day, they might attempt to poifon the
water with which we were going to fill our cafks,
and it was thought necelTary, according to the
opinion of our Chief Surgeon, to try the experi-
ment on a goofe ; but it was attended with no
bad efFeds. Indeed, feveral of our, failors would
not wait for the refult of that proof, but, being
very thirfty, had already drank of the water even
before the commencement of the experiment.

The inhabitants having approached our place
of landing, lines were drawn on the fand, the
limits of which they were forbidden to pafs, and
we had the fatisfa<5lion to obferve that they fub-
mitted peaceably to thofe orders. We gave to
moil of them pieces of bifcuit, which they begged
by extending one hand, v/hilfl v/ith the other they
pointed to their bellies, which were naturally
Very flat, but the mufcles of which they contract-
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ed as mucli as pofflble,- to make them look ftill
more empty. I faw, neverthelefs, one man whofe
llomacli was already well lined, but who, in our
prefence, eat a piece of ileatite, which was very
foft, of a greenifh colour, and twice as large as a
man's £ft. We afterwards faw a number of
others eat of the fame earth, which ferves to allay
the fenfation of hunger by filling the {lomach>
and thereby fupporting the vifcera of the dia-
phragm ; although that fubftance affords no nu-
tritive aliment, it is neverthelefs very ufeful to
thefe people, who are often expofed to long pri-
vations from food, becaufe they negled: the cul-
tivation of the foil, which is of itfelf very barren.
It is probable that the natives of New Cale-
donia have made choice of this earth on account
of its being very liable to crum.ble ; it is extremely
eafy of digeftion, and one would never have fuf-
peifled that cannibals would have recourfe to
liich an expedient when preffed by hunger.
• ,•> Three women having joined the other favages
who furrounded Us, gave us no very favourable
idea of their mufic. They fung a trio, keeping
time very exacftly, but the roughnefs and dif-

' Gordant tones ot their voices excited in us very
difagreeable fenfations, which the favages, how-

..ever, feemed to liften to with much pleafure.
Lahaie, the gardener, and myfelf, ventured into

the ■

April.] of la perouse. 2ijJ

the middle -of tlic wood, followed by only two of
the flilp's company ; we went from choice into
thofe places where we thought we had leaft
chance of meeting with the natives, who took
care to conceal thcrafelves behind bullies when,
they perceived us : at other times they hid them-
felves behind large trees, changing their poiition
as we moved ; but one old man, finding us ap-
proaching on both fides of the tree, behind which
he was, fo that he could not conceal himfelf,
came up to us as if abandoning himfelf to our
dlfcretion, but he foon appeared fatisfied he was
fafe when we gave him a few pieces of.bifcuit.

The gardener had already fcattered in the wood
different forts of feeds which he had brought
from Europe ; but as fome flill remained, he
gave them to the favage, requefling him to fow
them.

We foon difcovercd a number of huts (landing
at fome diitancc from each other, and were fur-
prifed at not finding any inhabitants in them.
They were conftruclcd in the fame manner as
that defcribcd in the beginning of this chapter :
further on we perceived a heap of aflies ; pro-
bably one of the habitations liad been recently
confumed by the fire which the favages kindle
to drive away the mufquitoes.

Two tombs which were not far diilant had

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not fuftained any damage. I faw two human
bones, each fiifpended by a cord to a long pole
{fcick in the ground ; the one was a tibia, the
-other a thigh bone.

I obferved, on the hills which I croffed to re-
turn to our landing Dlace, the tree called commer-
Jania echinata, which is very common in the Mo-
luccas. , Amon&;fl the different f^jrts' of fhrubs
which I gathered was a jeffamine remarkable for
the plainnefs of its leaves and its flowers, which
have no*fmell, andare of the colour of marigolds.

Several fires lighted near the ilimmit of the
neighbouring mountain convinced us that it
ferved as a retreat for the natives.

On arriving at Our landing place we found a
great number of favages who had affembled there
fince our departure. They informed us that feve-
ral of the inhabitants had been wounded in the
affair of the preceding evening, and that one had
already expired of his wounds. They did not
manifefl any hoflile difpofitions towards us; but
a boat belonging to the Efperance being at a con-
fiderable diilance from thence towards the eaft,
had. been attacked by another party of favages,
who thought they were in force fufHcient to
make themfeives mailers of it, but fortunately
they failed in the attempt.

We were told on arriving on board that not

a fmgle

April.] of la perouse. 21 ;>

a fingle. canoe had approached our veflels, which
we thought was rather to be attributed to a
fmart gale which had blown the whole day, than
to any fear of our refentment for the hoftlle difpo-
fition manlfefted by them the precedingevening.
We had formed a defign, together with feveral
perfons belonging to the two veffels, to go and
yifit the other fide of the mountains, bearing
fouth of our moorings ; for this purpofe we af-
fembled on the ihore to the number of twenty-
eight, early in the morning of the 20th. We
had all agreed to come armed, that we might Idc

^ able to render mutual affiftance, in cafe the ia-
yages Ihould venture to make an attack upon us.
We, marched for a long while in paths that
were well beaten, accompanied by fome of the
inhabitants, and many of us, in imitation of them,
chewed the young fprouts of the hiblfcus til'iaceusy
and threw them away almoffc immediately ; but
to our great furprife the favages eagerly picked,
them up, and chewed them over again without
the leaft hefitatio'n.

When we had reached the middle of the moun-
tain we found very large blocks of mica, wherein
we perceived granites which had loft their tranf-

V parency, and moft of them larger than a man's

thumb. We found others farther on in the rocks

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21^ VOYAGE IN SEAftCH ['793.

6f frecftonfc, which were very fmall, hlit retained
their luftre.

A fmoke which we obferved to iiTue at inter-
vals from a grove at a fmall dlflance to the S.
S. W. induced us to dire<fl our courfe that way.
We there found two men and a child occupied
in broiling, 6n ^ fire of charcoal, the roots of a
ibrt "of bean, which is known to botanifts by the
name of doUchos tziherofiis, and which the iflandcrs
call yaU. They h^d been but recently dug up,
for the ftalks were Hill hanging to them, and were
covered with flowers and fruits. They partook
of ^ the barrennefs of the foil which produced
them, the fibres were very ftringy, and they were
not not more than three-quarters of an inch in
thicknefs, and about ten or eleven inches in
length. '

We met very near the fame fpot with a fmall
family, which appeared to be alarmed at our ap-
proach. We immediately made each of them a
few prefents, in" hopes of encouraging them,
which had the dcfired effecl: upon the hufband
and two children : but one of our people having
offered a pair of fciffars to the mother ; and w^ilh-
ing to fhew her the ufe of them, by cutting off
a few of her hairs, the poor woman began in-
ftantly tacry ; no doubt giving hcrfclf up for loff;

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April.'] of la perouse. 219

but her fears fubfided as foon as flie was put in
pofTeffion of the inftrument.

The inhabitants of thefe mountains appeared
to us to live in the greatefl wretchednefs. They
•Were all extremely meagre. They fleep in the
open air without being tormented by the muf-^
quitoes ; for thefe infed;s are driven from the high
grounds by the E. S. E. winds, which blow here
almoft inceflantly. The fame winds are fo pre-
judicial to vegetation, that trees v^^hich below
grow to a great height, here wear the appearance
offnrubs. Melaleuca latifoUa, for example, is
fcarcely fourteen inches high, whereas on the
hills it attains the height of twentj-feven or
thirty feet. But flill there are vegetables pecu-
liar to the fummits of thofe mountains, which
appear to agree perfedlly well with the current of
air to which they are thus expofed. I iliall give a
defcrlption of one of the moft remarkable. It
forms a new genus, which I diftinguifh by the
name of dracophyllmn.

The calix is compofed of fix fmall oval leaves,
pointed towards the end.

The corolla is in one piece, and divided {lightly
on the border into fix equal parts. It is furround-
cd with fix fmall fcales at the lower end.

The ftamina, to the number of fix, are attached
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to the corolla by foiall fine threads, nearly of the
fame length with the antheras.

The ovarium is at the top, of a roundilh form,
and furmounted by a ftyle, of which the ftigma
is of a fmiplc form.

The capfule is compofed of fix cells, each con-
taining a number of feeds, moft of which are uh-
produftive.

I ought to obfervc, that one of the parts of
fructification is often wanting.

I have given this plant the name o( dracopJiylhim
vertietllatum, its flowers being difpofed in rings.

Thefe leaves are rough, and Hightly dentated,
or notched, on the edges. They leave their im-
prefEon on the flalk as they feparate from it, as Is
the cafe w4th all forts of dracaena^ with which
that plant has a great analogy, even in the texture
of the wood it -produces. It is therefore of the di-
vifion of mhiocotyledony although it' has a calyxr
and a corolla, and naturally takes the next place
to the fpccies of afparagus.

Explanation of the Figures, Plate XL.

Fig. 1. The plant.
Fisc. 2. Bloflom.

Fig. 3. The corolla magnified and cut ob-
liquely, to fhcw the flamlna.
Fig. 4. The capfule.

In

April..] of la perouse. 221

In examining from the fummit of thefe moun-
tains a great extent of breakers which defend the
approach to this ifland, we obferved another paf-
fage, at a fmall diftance to the weft of that by
which our vefTels had reached their prefent moor-
ings. Towards the fouth we had a profped: of a
delightful valle}-, furrounded with large planta-
tions of cocoa trees, from amongft which we faw
columns of fmoke arifmg, from the fires made by
the favages. Vaft fields^ which appeared to us
to be cultivated, even in the loweft parts, indi-
cated a great population. The valley was tra-
verfed by a canal filled with water, which we
miftook for a river, the different branches of which
came from the foot of the eaftern mountains ;
but we afterwards found that this canal was filled
with ftagnated fea- water. We perceived towards
the fouth-vvcft the fhoal, along which we had
failed the year before ; and we dillinp^uifhed the
fame inlet in it which the violence of the wind
had prevented us from founding. It appeared to -
us a place of fafcty for fuch vclTels as wiihed to
anchor out of the reach of breakers.

We were only followed by three natives, who
no doubt had feen us fail along the weftern coafh
of their ifland laft year ; for before they had
quitted us, they fpokc of two vciTcIs they had {ten
in that dir^iflion.

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222 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q3.

We proceeded for fome time along the tops
of the mountains towards the fouth-weft, then
we defcended into a hollow, where \ye found two
men and a child, who lliow.ed no concern with
refped: to us, and did not quit the rock upon
which they were feated. When we were clofe
by them, they fliewed us a baflvet (fee I'late
XXXVIll. Fig. 24), filled with roots, refembiing
thofe of a kind of fan-flower called helianihus
tuberojus. They called them paoua^ faying that
they were good to eat, and, they w^anted to fell
us a fmall quantity.

Perceiving, at about thirty yards diftance, a
thick fmoke iffuing from the midfc of ^ large
broken rocks, which offered a good fhelter from
the wind, wx directed our courfc towards it, and
found a young favage bufy roalling fome roots,
amongft which we diflinguifhed thofe of the
doUchos tiiherofus. He did not appear furprized
at our vifit, andfmiled at us from the bottom of
his cavern, which was filled with a very black
fmoke, whereby he however did not appear to Le
at all incommoded.

Near this place the fide of the mountain, laid
open by the torrents which defcend in the rainy
fcafon, difcovered to us cluflers of beautiful
pieces of green fchorl in a foft fleatite, and below

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April.] of la perousEc 223

that Tinall fragments of a very tranfparent rock
chryftal.

Ill returnlncr to our velFel v/e came through a
fmali village, the inhabitants of which left their
huts uniirmcd. Tliey allowed us to examine the
infide of them, and one of them, without any hc-
fitatlon, fold us fome humin bones which were
hanging up over one of their tombs.

We foon after arrived on the fea coaft, where
we found a party of the natives who followed us,
begging fbmething to eat, but as all our provi-
iions were confumed, I gave them fome green
ileatite, which I had brought from the fummit
of one of the mountains ; forne of them eat as
much as two pounds weight of it.

Whilll; we wxre embarking in order to return
<Mi board, one of the crew fired his piece in the
air to unload it, w^hich ftruck fuch a panic'k in
moll: of the iiianders who were on the fliore, th^t
they inftantly ran off to conceal themfelves in th^e
'Woods ; but fome of them, confident of our good
intentions towards them, fhewed no Symptoms
of fear, but called back the fugitives^ who foon
rejoined them.

On the 27th I was obliged to remain all day
on board, in order to arrange and write defcrip-
tions of various articles which I h^d college d the
day before.

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We received a vifit from feveral of the natives
who fwam to the veffel. They were at great
pains to affure us that they were not in the num-
ber of thofe who had committed ad:s of hoftihty
againft us, and they told us they had eaten two of
thofe robbers, or kaja, one of whom had received
a ball in the thigh and aaother in the belly in the
engagement with us, but we did not give entire
credit to this flory, fuppofmg they had fabricated
it to fcreen themfelves from fufpicion.

They brought with them an in^rument which
the)'" called nhouet, a name which they likewife
gave to their tombs ; it was formed of a fine piece
of flat Terpentine ftojie, with fliarp edges, and
nearly of an oval form, perfectly well polifhed,
and of the length of nearly feven inches. It was
perforated with two holes, through each of which
pafled two very flexible rods, w^hereby it was fixed
to a wooden handle, to which they were faftened
with bands made of bat's-fkin. This inftrument
was fupported by a pedeftal made of a cocoa-nut
fhell, which was likewife tied with firings of the
fame kind, fome of which were longer (See
Plate XXXVIII, Fig. ig). AVc could not till
then dlfcover the ufe of this inftrument ; thefe
favages told us that it was to cut up the limbs of
their enemies, which they divided amongft them
after a battlq. One of th;:m fiiewed us the man-
ner.

April.] of la perouse. 225

ner, by imitating it on one of the fhip's company,
who, at his defire, lay down on his back. The fa-
vage firft reprefented a combat, in which he in-
dicated by figns that the enemy fell under the
ftrokes of his javelin and club, which he bran-
difhed with great violence. He then performed
a fort of warlike dance, holding in his hand the
inftrument of murder ; he then fhewed us that
they begin by opening the belly with the 7ihoiiet,
throwing away the inteftines, after having torn
them out v/ith an irlftrumcnt (reprefented in
Plate XXXVIII. Fig, 2o), made of two human
cubitus, well polifhed, and fixed to a very llrong
tape. He fhewed us they next cut off the parts
of generation, which fell to the Ihare of the con-
queror. The legs and arms are cut off at the
joints, and difhributed, as well as the other parts,
amongfl: the combatants to carry home to their
families. It is difficult to defcribe the ferocious
avidity with which he reprefented to us the'man-
ner in which the flefh of the unfortunate vidim
is devoured by them, after being broiled on a
fire of charcoal.

The fame cannibal gave us likewife to under-
Hand that the flefh of the arms and legs is cut
into pieces about three inches thick, and that
the mufcular parts arc reckoned by thcfc people

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a very delicious morfcl. It was no longer diffi-
cult for us to conceive why they felt our legs and
arms wkh their fingers in a loncring manner, at
which times they made a flight whiflling nolfe,
produced by fhutting the teeth, and applying
the end of the tongue to them, then opening
their mouths, they gave feveral fmacks with
their lips..

We wxnt on llicre on the 28th, but not being
in fufHcient numbers, durft not venture to go far
beyond our watering place. We no longer faw
in the environs large parties of natives, as on the
jErfl: days after anchoring here, which made us
think that they had returned to their habitations,
probably at a confiderable diftance from this
place : indeed how could fuch a vaft number of
men have found the means of fubfiftence on a
coaft {o extremely barren.

Next day (the 2Qth), we fet ofF early, to the
nurnber of eighteen, all well armed, with the in-
teiition of afcending a very high mountain, fitu-
ated to the fouth-fouth-eaft, and from thence
defcendlng, if the weather fhould prove favour-
able, into a delightful valley, which we had al-
ready perceived at a great diflancc behind the
jnountain.

We marched at firll towards the eaft along the

Ihore,

V

April.] of la perouse. 227

Hiore, and foon entered an extenfive wood, when,
amongft other birds which we killed, there was a
jfpecies of pie, which I named the pie of New Ca-
Jedonta. It is entirely black except the breafl,
flioulders and neck, which are white. The bill is
rather jagged at the extremity of each mandible,
and is of a light black from the root to within
one-third of the point, the remainder is yellowilh.
The feathers of the tail are arranged in rows two
by two, the upper ones being much longer than
the others (See Plate XXXIX, in which the bird
-is reprefented.)

We had already proceeded above a mile, when
we arrived at avilhige compofed of a fmali num-
ber of huts, fufficiently dillant from each other
to prevent the flames from communicating in
cafe of any unfortunate conflagration. Two of
them had been recently confumed. We there
faw women cooking viftuals, compofed of the
bark of trees and a variety of roots,. amongfl: which
I difcerned thofe of the hypoxis, of which 1 have
already made mention, Thcfe different articles
were put dry into a large earthen pot, fupported
over a fire by three large ftones, which fuppiied
the place of a trcvet. We obferved near the
entrance to one of thofe huts a large heap of hu-
man bones, on v.hich the recent effects of fire
were very evident.

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It was probably an inhabitant of this village
who flolc the fabre • of Bonvouloir, as related
above, for here we found the fheath and belt fuf-
pended over one of their tombs, as a kind of
trophy.

Upon leaving this village, we followed a beaten
path to the fouth-eafl, where we were not long
before we faw fome Caribbee cabbages (arum
efculentumj , planted near a rivulet, the ftream of
which the inhabitants of the ifland had turned off
lower down to a plantation of arum macrorrliizon.
Farther on we remarked fome young banana
trees planted at five or fix yards diftance from
each other, as alfo fome fugar canes.

Soon after this we v/ere furrounded by at leaft
forty of the natives, who came out from the ad-
jacent huts, and from fome ftraggling cottages
fcattered in an extenfive plain covered with plants
and fhrubs, above which rofe a fmall number of
eocoa trees ; but we were aftoniflied to fee only
very few men amongft .thefe favages, all of whom
were either old or infirm, and 'mod of them
cripples. The remainder confifted of women
and children, who tcftificd much joy at receiving
fome' prcfents of glafs ware which we gaye them.
We prcfumed that the ftout men were engaged
at a dillance in fome expedition againft their

ncidibour^.

We

A^RIL.] OF LA PEROUSE. 2^9r

We Were about one mile diftant from the firft
village when we difcovercd another twice as large,
lltuated on the borders of a fmall river, along
w hich we went upon*a riiing ground in a fouth-
erly dire^ion. Upwards of thirty natives came
out to meet us, and followed us for fbme time.
We foon perceived three others defccnd from the
mountains, one of whom we *knew, having re-
ceived feveral vifits from him on boa"rd the Re-
cherche. Several amongft the natives pointed
him out to us as a chief of great diflincflion, whom
they called AUki,

We fat down on the borders of the fmall
river to take fome refrcfliment, and to prevent
the danger of any furprize from the favages, we
invited them to fit down. AUkt immediately
complied with our invitation, and his example
was followed by the others. The water being
a few paces below us, the favages filled our bottles
as faft as we emptied them.

After brcakfaft we afcended towards the fbuth,
accompanied by AUkt and three other natives,
w ho tcftified a ftrong defire to follow us. Some
cocoa and banana trees, planted on the leafV rug-
ged of the borders of the hollow formed by the
waters of the fmall river, pointed out to us the
reiidence of fome of the natives. We found

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230 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l 793.

there a hut exa(5lly like thofe which we had feen
before. Aliki iiiid the hut belonged to him. It
was furrounded with feveral of a new fpecies of
fig tree, the fruit of Which thofe people eat, after
having expofed it to the fire for fome time in
earthen vefl'cls, in order to extra(5l its corrofivr.
quality.

Clouds, brought on by a brific gale from the
fouth-eaft, covered the tops of the mountain.s
about ten in the morning, and occasioned a heavy
fhower of rain, of which the favagcs took fcarcely
any notice. They did not even feek for any
fhelter, whilil: we retired underneath the thickeft
trees. As foon as it ceafed we continued our
route, and they followed us with many marks of
friendfhip. One of them, wifliing to relieve a
failor who was loaded -with a large tin-box, filled
with a variety of objects of natural hiftory, car-
ried it for above four hours.

We foon after crolTed over the fmall river, on
the banks of w^hich 1 obferved the acanthus Hid-
folins. We then afcended very rugged rocks for
a confiderable time, and were under great obli-
gations to the favages, who exerted themfelves in
fupporting us by the arms, to prevent our failing.

Each of them carried an axe ^f ferpentine
ftone ; and one of them wishing to fhow us how

they

April.] of la rEiiousE. 231

they made ufe of them to cut wood, hacked off
a branch of the melaleuca lalifoUoy about four
inches thick.

It was not till a:ftcr a number of ftrokes, that
he was able to make a Hight notch in it, then he
broke it by forcibly bending down the end of it ;
they all (hewed the greateft furprize at feeing us
cut down in a fliort time, with a military axe,
fome of the largcft trees in the foreft.

We had juft reached the, fummit of one of the
higheft of thofe mountains, when one of our
people made {igns to the favages that he wifned to
have fome water to drink. Immediately two of
them offered to go and fetch iome from a hol-
low that appeared to be above half a mile dillant.
They fct off, and \\c foon loft fight of them. As
they were a long time before they returned, wc
were afraid they had gone away with the bottles
we had entrufted them with, but at laft they
returned,^and appeared pleafed that they had it in
their power to otter us fome very pure water to
quench our thirft.

After this wc dcfccndcd towards the fouth-eaft
and croiTed a fine valley, where I made a copious
coUc6tion of plants, among which were the acrcf-
tichum mtflrale, and fevcral new fpecies of limp-
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A very heavy rain obliged us to fcek for fhclter
in the hollows of the rocks, where we remained
for fome time. We invited the favages w^ho ac-
companied us to partake of our repaft, but were
much furprifed to find thofe cannibals rcjed: with
difdain the falted pork w'hich was offered them.

The badnefs of the weather having prevented
our continuing all night on the mountains, we re-
turned towards our.veflels, going in a wefterly di ■
redion, in order to follow the declivity into a
large valley, parallel with that w^hich we had juft
croffed. I there obferved many new fpecies of
pajjiflora. The ginger, amojmim ztngiher, grew
there abundantly, but the natives told us they
made no ufe of it. As fbon as we arrived on the
Ihore, where we found our boats in waiting, to
take us on board the fhips, they quitted us, and
w^ent off to the eaftward.

I employed the w^hoie of the 30th in defcrib-
ing and aflbrting the numerous collection of ar-
ticles of natural hiftory, which I had made the
day before.

May ift. This day we went towards the fouth-
eafb, and after having penetrated a confiderable
w^ay into the woods, we arrived at a hut iur-
rounded with palifades, behind which wxre a w^o-
man and two children, who appeared frightened

on

May*] of la perouse. 233

on our approach, but they refumed their courag#
upon our prefentlng them with fome pieces of
cloth, and a few glafs beads.

We next went towards two sfreat fires that

o

were kindled bv the favap;es in one of the moft
gloomy parts of the forcft. They difperfed as
foou as they perceived us, leaving two bafkets
filled with the bark of trees.

Soon after we arrived on the borders of fome
marlhes, where we killed feveral beautiful birds of
the genus mufcicnpa : they had been attracted
thither by the fwarms of mufquitoes, which ferved
them for food. Further on Vv e found two young
girls who had juft lighted a fire : they were dref-
fing for their repall different forts of roots,
amongfl whigh I recognized feveral belonging to
plants which I had met with under the fhade of
the large trees in the foreft. The girls left their
provifions for fome time, retiring as we ap-
proached them.

On our quitting the wood, we met with feveral
favages who accompanied us to our landing place.
'They were much amufed with feeing Citizen
Riche's dog purfue fome of the natives who were
at a confiderable diftance, and whom he foon
overtook, though they ran as faft as they could.
As he did them no injury, thofe who were with
us begged us to fet him at fome women who

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234 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l 793.

^ere then coming out of the wood, and were
anticipating their fright, but we would not be
pcrfuaded to comply with their requeft.

We were witnefs, on arriving at the fhorc, to a
faA which proves the great corruption of man-
ners amongfl thefe cannibals. There were two
girls, the oldeft of whom was not more than
eighteen,- who were fhewing to our failors that
part which they are accuflomed to conceal w^ith
the fringed girdle mentioned above, and which
forms the whole of their clothing. A nail, . or
fomething of equal value, was fixed upon as the
price of this favour ; but they took care to make
their curious cuftomers pay beforehand.

Upon returning to the fhip, I found a chief who
had dined at the tabic w^ith the officers. He had
come in his canoe, accompanied by his Wife,
whom he' would never allow to come on board,
notwithftanding our repeated requefts to that
purpofe.

On the 2d we went a fliooting in the great
woods, which we had not explored, to the fouth-
eaft, where we killed a prodigious quantity ot^
birds. We flopped in a fmall village, where
we faw over two tombs pieces of wood rudely
carved: the inhabitants told us that it was forbid-
den to approach them ; but they confented very
readily to fell us in exx:hange for fome pieces of

cloth

May.] Of la PEROtrsfii 235

cloth a human fcuU that was fufpended over
another tomb, th-e coronal bone of which was
fractured on the left fide. They informed us,
that the warrior it belonged to had been killed in
battle by a club.

Next mornlhg early, twenty of us fet off with
an intention to crofs the mountains, and frorii'
thence to defcend into the exteniive valley, where,
in one of our excurfions, we had defcried at a great
diftance a considerable number of cultivated fields.
It was probable that we fhould there meet with
a great number of inhabitants, but we were fuf-
ficiently well armed to be able to repel any attack
which they might venture to make

At firft we followed the coaft, advancing to-
wards the vv^eft, and penetrating from time to
time into the woods, W6 faw a number of inha-
bitants quit their huts, and leave behind them a
fiet which they had fpread oiit to dry. It ap-
peared that that implement of fiiliing is very
tart amongfl thefe favages: its common fize is
about eight yards in length, and eighteen inches
'in breadth. They fliewed us but very few of
them during our whole ll:ay in the Ifland, and
' no price could tempt any of them to part with
one. .

We perceived near this place a great quantity
©f broken fhells of fifh, , which had ferved the

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236 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

Wanders for food. We found feveral of the fpe-
cles known by the name of hemtier, of the length
of twelve or thirteen inches. They ftill bore the
marks of the fire which had ferved to drefs the
animal contained in them.

The women principally are employed in fifhing
for fhell-fifli. We faw fome of them from time
to time, oppofite to where we lay at anchor, w^ho
advanced into the water up to their waifls and
gathered great quantities, which they difcovered.
in the fand, by means of pointed fticks with
which they groped for them.

We had already gone about three miles along
the coall without finding any ftream of water,
when three young favages came to meet us, and
perfuaded us to follow them to their cottage,
not far out of our road. We then found a fpring,
below which they had dug fome trenches to con-
dud: the water to fome plants of the arum tna-
, crorrhhzon, the roots of which they eat.

We were on the flope of a fmall hill, under
the fliade of fome cocoa trees. One of the fa-
vages, w^hom I requefled to . procure us fome of
their fruit, climbed to the top of the tree wuth an
extraordinary degree of agility.

We foon after continued our courfe to the
weft ward. The air was ferene, and the heat

excefHve,

May.] of la perouse. 237

exceffive, and we were attacked by a cloud of
mufquitoes, which tormented us very much, by
flinging every part of the body, not even fparing
our eyes and ears. Fortunately a breeze of wind
Springing up foon after, reheved us from their
perfecutions, by dlfperfmg them.

Soon after this we arrived on the borders of a
deep canal, which went in an inland diredlion
to the foot of a very craggy mountain. This
canal ferved as a harbour for the iflanders, three
of whom we faw enter it in a double canoe,
which they immediately faftened with a rope
tied to the foot of a tree on the fame fide we
were. They then went at a flow pace towards
the fmall hills on the fouth-eaft, pretending not
to have perceived us. Their canoe was the only
one in the harbour. We made ufe of it to crofs
to the other fide, where we found a fmall cottage,
the plantations contiguous to which had been re-
cently laid wafte. We ftill perceived fome re-
mains of Caribee cabbages, and of fiigar canes.
. The tops of all the cocoa trees had been cut off,
and perhaps inhabitants had fallen Ti<5lims to the
voracity of the barbarians who had thus deftroyed
them.

Till then we had never met with any of the
tombs of the favages, except clofe by their huts,
but we now found one at a great dillance from

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any habitation whatever, on the fide of the road
which we purfued. It differed from the others,
being built of ftone from the bafe till about, half
way up.

We halted about noon, under the fhade of fe^
veral cafuarlna equefeUfoUa, and of feveral new
ipecies of cerhera^ which grew on the banks of
a rivulet, where we quenched our thirft, and in
which we found fome fragments of roche dc come,
brought down by the water. We caught two
fea-fnakes fco.liiher laticandotusj, which we broiled
and eat, but found very tough and ill tafted.

We w^ere about eleven miles diftant from our
veffels when frefh marks of devaftation made us
lament the lot of the wretched inhabitants, whom
revenge often prompts to the commiffion of tlie
moft horrible exceffes. They had deftroyed the
principal habitations, and cut off the tops of all
the cocoa-trees about them, having only fpared
two fmall flieds which were covered with fpongy
bark of the melahuca laitfolia,

Prefently after a foreil of cocoa trees, whofe
tops we perceived at the diftance of a mile and a
half to the w^eft, together with feveral columns
of fmoke which rofe in different direclions, were
indications of a great population. We directed
our courfe toward this place for fome time, but
0ie marfhy ground which we rpuft h^vc crolfed

to

May.] of la perouse. 239

to reach it, caufed us to abandon our dcfign ; be- .
iides, the day drew towards a clofe. We then
went fouthward in fearch of a commodious fitua-
tion to pafs the night in, when we foon pitched
on an eminence, the difficult accefs to which fe-
cured us from being furprifed by the favages. We
hghted a fire, for the cold was fharp and piercing
on thefe high grour^s, and we felt it the more
fenfibly, as during the day we had experienced
in the plain a very great degree of heat.

I gave all the birds which 1 did not mean to
preferve to thofe of the fhip's crew who accom-
panied us, and amongft thofe which they broiled
immediately for our fupper were feveral of the
corvus caledonkuSy and fome very large pigeons of
a new fpecies, which I had before met with on
the firft days after our arrival.

We all fupped and then went to fleep, leaving
two of our number to watch by turn, for it was
to be feared that the light of our fire would bring
fome of the iflanders to us. In a very fhort time
we were apprifed that the light of feveral torches,
with v/hich the favages were approaching our re-
treat in an eafterly diredion, was perceived to-
wards the foot of the mountains. In an inftant
we were all on our legs to obferve their motions,
and prepared to give them luch a reception as
circumftai^ces might render neceffary in cafe of
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attack ; but after traverfmg feveral fmall hills,
they defcended towards the coaft, getting farther
from us to the .eaftward. Perhaps thefe canni-
bals were upon forne expedition againfl their ene-
mies. As we did not appear to be the objed: they
were in queft of, we immediately lay down again
to lleep, trufting to the vigilance of our centinels.

4th. At day-break we afcended towards the
fouth-eaft, and were not long before we reached
the fummit of the mountain, from whence we
perceived, toward the wefl-fouth-weft, on the
fea coaft, the great opening of the canal which
traverfes the plain we propofed to viiit.

We foon defcended into a valley, nearly about
the middle of which flood a delightful grove, to
appearance planted by the hand of man, but it
was only the goodnefs of the foil, moiftened by
the water from the neighbouring mountains, that
rendered the bufhes fo ftrong and luxuriant. I
then collected a great number of plants, amongft
which I found a new kind of fern of the myrio'
theca fpecies, the tallefh of which rofe to the
height of twelve feet, although the ftem was not
more than three inches and three quarters in cir-
cumference.

On leaving the grove we perceived two natives
about three hundred yards below us, going towards
the plain, of which we now difcovered the full

extent.

May.} of la pehouse. 241

extent. They looked at us -without iliopping, not-
withftanding the figns of invitation we made
them to come to us. One of them carried on his
Ihoulder, at the end of a^llick, a bafket;, in all pro-
bability filled with roots.

We had only a few more fmall hills to crofs
before we reached the plain, when feveral of our
companions, apprehenfive that we iliould be in
want of victuals if we went much farther, or
perhaps that we fhould meet with numerous
parties of favages, left us and returned to the Ihips
early in the day. Our number was now reduced
to fifteen, upon their departure ; neverthelefs we
continued our journey. We foon found by the
fide of a path w hich feemed much frequented by
the favages, feveral cabbage-palms, and having
refrefhed ourfelves with the tender leaves from
the tops of thofe trees, we defcended into a hol-
low, where feveral fine aleurites added to our rc-
pafl a plentiful deffert of fruit, the kernels of
which w^e found of a very agreeable flavour.

The quartz and mica which were fpread over
a large fpace, formed in that place a foliated rock
of a very brilliant appearance, compofed of a thin
ftrata.

We at length gained the plain, where the me-
lancholy fight of a habitation entirely deflroyed,
and cocoa trees cut up by the roots, furniihed

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242 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

US with frelli proofs of the barbarity of the na-
tives.

Farther on we faw plantations of yams, pota-
toes, &c. We proceeded for fome time towards
the fouth, and were furprifed at not feeing any
©f the favages, when I perceived an old man em-
ployed in pulling up the roots of the dolichos tu-
ber ofus, which he gave to a child to clean. He
did not feem in the leaft intimidated on obferving
us approach him, but every feature of the child
v/as exprefiive of the moft violent apprehenfion.
The old man had loft one eye, which he told us
had been knocked out by a ftone, and we thought
we recognifed him to be one of thofe inhabitants
who had come feveral times to vifit us on board
of our veiTels.

This man accompanied us along the path in a
ibuth-eafterly diredion acrofs the plain, but had
much difficulty in keeping up with us, for he
had been wounded in one leg, where we perceived
two great fears oppofite to each other, as if it had
httn pierced through and through with a dart

On both fides of the road we faw ftraggling
huts at great diftances from each other, fur-
rounded with cocoa trees. Only a few favages
appeared at a diftancc in the middle of the vaft
plain. On our right lay a thick foreft of cocoa
trees extending to the fooc of the mountains, on
c V the

May.] of la perouse. 243

the edge of which we perceived a great number
of huts.

We had gone a little more than a mile with
the favage, when he perfuaded us to ftop Tn the
neighbourhood of a habitation, probably his own,
for he invited us to gather the fruit of the cocoa
trees which furrounded it ourfelves, excuflng
himfelf from climbing the trees on account of his
wounds. I gave him fome pieces of cloth of
different colours, and fome nails, which he fcem-
ed to value highly.

Soon after ' another favage came to us, and
both followed us till we came to the banks of a
branch of the great canal which crolTed the plain ;
it was filled with ftagnant water, equally fait
with that of the fea.

We perceived at a diftance fome women and
children, when our two favages left us, after
' having pointed out the path v/hich conducted us
to the mountains.

At the fame inflant fome other natives fet fire
to the dry grafs at a great diftancc before us on
the fide of the path which we were following,
and immediately difappeared in the woods.

After proceeding about half an h'our, I arrived
on a very agreeable eminence, where the natives
had built themfelves flieds about fix feet in height,
in order to enjoy the frcfli air. They were of a

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244 VOYAGE XJf SEARCH [l793.

femicircular form, and open at bottom all round
to the height of about one foot, to admit a free
circulation of air. We found no favages in either
of two neighbouring huts, which were built near
9. bog, furrounded with the hiblfcus tiliaceus ; but
contiguous to them we faw a large cultivated field,
covered with yams, potatoes, and a fort of hypoxh,
the roots of which thofe people eat, and which
grows fpontaneoully in their forefts.

It was already one hour after dark, when w^e at
laft arrived at the fummit of the mountains ;
from whence, looking in a north-wxfl dirediion,
Twe perceived the lights of our velfels. At fix
or eight hundred paces below were feveral fires,
lighted by the natives. The cold compelled us
likewife to kindle a \&rj large one^ round w^hich
we fat down to refreih ourfelves, after which we
wxnt to ileep, leaving two fentinels to guard two
pafiages by which the iflanders might come to
furprize us, but none of them attempted to dif-
turb our repofe. Only at day-break the fentinel
who w^as to the north-eaft efpied three of them
approaching very flowly, but they returned back
on hearing him cry out to warn us of their
coming.

5th. All our provifions being confumed, we felt
fenfibly the neceffity of returning on board. I
cpuld not, however, refill the defire I had to fpend

a few

May.] of la perouse. 245

a few hours in vifitlng a charming grove of trees,
fituated on the other fide of the mountain, at a
fmall diftance from the place where we had pafTed
the night. I there obferved a great quantity of
plants, which I had not yet found in any of the
excurfions I had made in this ifland. . They be-
longed chiejfly to the clafs of the filver tree and
the trumpet flower.

I will here give a defcription of one of the
finefl flirubs which grows on thefe heights. It
forms a genus which I call antholoma, and which
ought to be placed amongft the fpecies of the
plaqueminiers.

The calyx, compofed of from two to four leaves
of an oval form, often falls ofF w^hen the flower
blows.

The corolla is of one piece in the form of a eup,
and irregularly indented on the edges.

The fl:amina are numerous (about an hundred),
and attached to a flelhy receptacle.

The ovarium is of a pyramidal form, quadran-
gular, flightly funk into the receptacle, and fur-
mounted by a ilyle terminated by a pointed
ftigma.

The fruit has four cells filled with a great num-
ber of feeds ; it was not yet ripe, but I think it
becomes a capfule.

I have diftinguilhed a flirub by the name of

ajithohma

246 VOYAGE IN SEARCIt [l793.

antholotna mo7itana, many plants of which I ob-
ferved fifteen feet in height. Its leaves are alter-
nate, very ftrong, and, as well as the flowers, are
only to be found at the extremity of the branches*

Explanation of the Figures in Plate XLL

Fig. 1 . Branch of the anthohma montana.

Fig. 2. Flower.

Fig. 3. Receptacle, flamina, and ovarium.

Fig. 4. Corolla.

Fig. (5. Stamina magniiied.
; One of the geographers of our company having
left us about this time for the diftance of rather
more than half a mile, in order to afcertain the
pofition of the fhoals which he difcovered from
a high peak, received a vifit from a favage, who
approached him in a threatening manner ; he was
armed v/ith a dart and a club, and we wxre afraid
he intended to attack him, but he contented
himfelf with examining the inilruments which
he w^as ufmg, without giving him the fmallefl
caufe of complaints

We arrived at our vefTels about noon. I obferved
along the coafl a double canoe with two fails. It
was conftru(fledlike thofe of tlie ifianders of New
Caledonia, but the men who wxre in it fpokelhe
language of the natives of the Friendly Iflands.
They were eight in numbef, being feven men and

one

J^l4 tyJ.StrckilaU.J'leeatfiUj, /jA^rfV. ISOO .

May.] of la PEROtrsE. 247

one woman, all very mufciikrly built (See Plate
XXXIV.) They told us that the iiland from
whence they came was a day's fail to the eaft cf
our moorings, and that the name of it was Aou-
vea ; it was doubtlefs the iiland of Beaupre w^hich
they meant.

Thefe inlanders, who were quite naked, had the
end of the prepuce tied to the lower part of the
belly by a cord of the outer covering of the cr'ocoa
nut, which went twice round them. They know
the ufe of iron, and appeared much more intelli-
gent than the natives of New Caledonia.

I was much furprized to lee one of the planks
of their canoes covered with a coat of varniili ;
and it appeared to have belonged to feme Euro-
pean veiTel, which I Vv'as convinced of when I
found that the pov/der of lead formed a great part
in the compofition of the varnifh. Without doubt
the plank had belonged to a veffel of fome civi-
lized nation VvTecked on this coaft. I requeued
the favages to inform us of what they knew con-
cerning the plank ; they fet fail foon after to the
weft, promifmg to return next day to bring us
information ; but they did not keep their word,-
and we never had an opportunity of feeing them
again.

When we returned, wx v/ere informed that the
fame day that we had left the ihip on our excur-
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248 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q3.

-fion, the lavages had attempted to feize the
hatchets of our wood- cutters, whom they had
attacked with ftones, but two mufkct jQiots had
been fufficient to difperle them.

I employed the whole of the 6th to defcribe
and arrange the numerous colIe6lion of articles of
natural hiflory which I had brought with me
from the mountains.

Next day the intelligence of the death of Cap-
tain Huon, which we learnt at day-break, fpread
a general forrow amongft all thofe concerned in
the expedition. This ikilful naval officer had
fallen a facrifice to a hectic fever about one o'clock
in the morning, after an illnefs of feveral months.
He met death with the greatefl coolnefs, and was
interred, according to his particular defire, near
the centre of the ifland of Pudyona, favoured by
the veil of night. He had rcquefted that no kind
of monument might be ere6led for him, appre-
henfive that it n:iight lead to a difcovery of his
burial place by the inhabitants of New Caledonia.

Soon after fun-rife eight of us went afhorc,
and penetrated into the woods in a wefl-fouth-
weft dire^lion. We foon arrived at a cottage,
firoiii whence came a native carrying in his hand
a mafk, which he agreed to fell to me for two
joiner's chilTcls. This malk was cut out of a piece
of the wood of the cocoa tree (See Plate XXXVII.

Fig.

May.] t OF LA PEROUSE. 249

Fig. 10.), but much better carved than the figures
we had feen in other places at the entrance into
their houfes. He covered his face with it feveral
times, peeping through the holes made in the
upper part of it. There was an opening for the
mouth, but there were none for the eyes. They
probably make ufe of thofe mafias to prevent be-
ing known by their enemies when they under-
take any hoftile enterprize*

We then advanced towards two fires lighted
clofe by the huts, wher« we found a man and
woman dreffing figs of a new fpecies, which they
had placed upon the fire in a great earthen pot,
without water, to take away the corrofive qua-
lity. They called thofe figs ouyou.

I remarked two children at the fire, regaling
themfelves with fpiders of a new fpecies, which
I had obferved frequently in the woods, where
they fpread their webs of fuch ftrength, as fre-
quently to incommode us very much in our pro-
grefs. They firft killed them, covering them up
in a great earthen velTel, which they heated on a
brifk fire. They then broiled and eat them. They
fwallowed at leafl one hundred of them in our
prefence. We faw afterwards in the fame illand
feveral other inhabitants eagerly feeking the fame
kind of food.

Such an extravagant and yet fb general a tafle
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25C> VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

amongO: fo many numerous tribes caufed us great
furprize, although we knew that fomc Europeans
eat fpiders, and in preference fuch as are found
in cellars, which they affirm tafte like nuts.

The inhabitants of New Caledonia call this a
fpecies of nougui, which I diflinguiili by the name
of aranea edulis (fpider which the Caledonians
eat.). This fpider is reprefented in Plate XII.
Fi^. A. The fituation of its eyes (See Fig. 5
• and 6.) which are eight in number, tw^o being
near the middle of its back, at a great dlftancc
from the others, make me give it a place in a
new feAion of a black colour. Its back is grey,
and above is covered with filver down ; between
the eyes are four fpots of a brown colour ; below
it is black. The lower part of the belly is of the
fame colour as the upper part of the back, and is
marked with from eight to ten fpots of a brown
colour. On the {ides arc fix greyiili lines in an
oblique direction, and below feveral faun-coloured
fpots. The legs, which are alfo of a faun- colour
.and covered wnth claws ot a fdver grey, are
blackiih towards their extremity.

One of the fuiilecrs who accompanied us had
loft one of his piftols ; wx informed the inha-
bitants of this circumftance, and promifed them
a reward if they would bring it to us. It was
w^ith eonfidcrablc plcafure that wc faw, an hour

after

May.] of la perouse. 251

after we had quitted them, a favage corrle run-
ning towards us with the piftol, which he faid
he had found on the fands. In fad:, the foldier
remembers having left it in the place where we
had dined. A piece of cloth and a waiftcoat
proved a very agreeable recompenfe to the iflander.
He followed us for fome time accompanied by an-
other Caledonian; then bid us adieu, pronouncing
the word alaotie, bowing flightly with his head,
retiring with an appearance of great fatisfadlion.

When we had reached the fliore, one of us fired
his piece as a fignal to the fliip's company, that
a boat might be fent off for us ; the noife of the
explofion colled:cd above eighty of the natives
around us. We invited them to fit down as faft
as they arrived, in order to prevent them from
coming too clofe, and notwithilanding the dif^
proportion of our number, (for we were only
eight,) they all agreed to our requeft. One of
thefe favages had a few tolerably fweet oranges,
which he confented to fell to me for a pair of
fciffars.

We learned, on arriving on board, that feveral
perfons belonging to the Efperance, being in a
canoe, had been affailed this morning with a
ihower of ftoncs by the natives, on which it was
found neccilary to fire feveral rnufket fhot to
make them retire into iho, wood. It muft, how-

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252 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l 7'93.

ever, be allowed, that this conteft was owing to
the imprudence of one of our men, who, wafh-
ing to keep the Caledonians at a diftance, had
pointed his piece at them, which went ofF,
through his aukwardnefs.

8th. General Dentrecafteaux gave the com-
mand of the Efperance to Dauribeau.

I was very bufy during the greater part of the
day, at a work which w^as indifpenfably neceffary
for the prefervation of my colledlions. -In the
afternoon I went on fhore, and foon after I per-
ceived a number of the iflanders who had attacked
bur fifhermen, in order to carry ofF both the not
and the fifh that were caught. We were obliged
to fire at leaft twenty mufket Ihot before they,
could be entirely difperfed. They ilood firm on
the fhore the whole time, returning our muf-
ketry with their flings, a flone from one of which
wounded the mailer-gunner of the Efperance
ferioufly in the arm ; they then gave way, but in
a few feconds returned anew to the attack ; how-
ever, when they perceived two of their number
fall, in confequence of our fire, and wounded fo
as to be fcarcely able to crawl to the neighbour-
ing wood, they were feized witb a general panic,
and fled, nor did any others venture to renew the
attack.

■ At the fame time that this encounter began,

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May.] of la perouse. 253

the Commander in Chief of the expedition left
his vefTel to go on board the Efpcrance ; he im-
mediately directed his boat toward the Ihore, but
the favagcs were entirely difperfed before he ar-
rived there.

Before our fifliermen had been interrupted by
the iflanders, they had caught feveral fpecies of
the fcorpaena, amongft which was that known
by the name oi fcorpaena digit at a pricked one of
our feamen fo acutely in the hand, that for fe-
veral hours he felt a very violent pain through
his whole arm.

Qth. This morning at day break we went afhorc
at the neareft landing place to our fhip, and fix
of us, well armed, penetrated into the woods,
advancing for a long time to the fouth-fouth-weft.
I found on that excurfion many plants which I
had not before met with.

I foon obfcrved a large bread-fruit tree, which
grew^ near the middle of the mountain, being
the fecond I had met with in the ifland. I '
took from it three fuckers, which I planted in
a box in w^hich I had put thofe I had taken in
the Friendly Iflands. Their leaves were not fo
wide apart as thofe of the latter, perhaps they
might not produce fuch excellent fruit. But
after the care which I obferved the natives take
of that which I had feen in a \411age to the

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254 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l/QS.

ibuth-caft of our lliip, I could not doubt but that
they fet a great value on this tree ; it was planted
in a very good foil, and furrounded with ftrong
palifades. Neither of thofe trees yielded fruit at
that time, but had a great number of male
flowers.

We had already advanced a great way up the
mountain, when fome of the people belonging
to our veiTel, who went on fhore, difcharged
their pieces before they returned on board. The
report of the mufketry made us refolve to direft
our courfe toward them immediately, appre-
henfive of their being engaged with the favages.
Night approached, and we went off to go on
board our veffel, but the wind blew from eaft-
fouth-eaft with fuch violence, and the current
was fo ftrong, that they were driven rapidly to
wxftward ; we had even great difficulty in mak-
ing the Efperance, which we left half an hour
fifterwards to go on board the Kecherche, as the
weather had become more favourable.

The natives of New Caledonia are in general
of the middle fize, we however, faw one who
was more than fix feet in height, but very ill
built. Their hair is woolly ; their cuftom of
pulling it up by the roots is very general ; but we
faw fome of them who let their beards grow.
TThe colour of their fkin is as dark as that of thg

inhabitants

Ma^y.] of la. PEROUSE. 255

inhabitants of Dicmcn's land. They do not cover
themfeves Uke the former with charcoal duft,
though we remarked a few amongft them who
had blackened a part of their breails with it,
tracing thereon broad flrokes in an oblique di-
rediion which they call poun, in their language ;
many of them were adorned with necklaces,
like that reprefented in Plate XXXVII, Fig. 4 ;
thefe necklaces w^erc made of twifled threads,
fufpended from which they ufually carried at the
end of a bit of firing, a fmall piece of bone very
indifferently carved, which appeared to be a hu-
man bone. Their arms were fometimes orna-
mented with bracelets cut, fome from fhells,
others of quartz, or very hard flones. (See Plate
XXXVII. Fig. 5 and 6.)

Thefe warlike people devote the greatefl atten-
tion to the manufadiure of their arms, which
they polifh perfectly well. Their clubs are of ,a
great variety of forms, fome of which are to be
feen in Plate XXXVII.

I was much furprifed to find that they were
unacquainted with the ufe of bows.

Their javelins, which are commonly fifteen
feet in length, are not more than two and a half
inches in circumference in the middle. I ad--
mired the ingenious method they had invented
to accelerate th' "notion of thofe javelins when

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256 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

they throw them : For that purpofe they em-
ploy a piece of very elaflic cord, made of the co^
vering of the cocoa nut and fifh fkin, one ex^
tremity of which they fix to the end of the fore-
finger, and the .other which ends in a fort of
round button, is twifted round the end of the
dart, but in fuch a manner as to quit its hold as
foofi as that weapon is thrown into the air. (See
Plate XXXV.)

1 did^ not perceive amongfi: thefe iflanders any
confirmed fymptom of the venereal difeafe, al-
though many of them had a fwelling of con-
fiderable fize on the organs of generation, and
others had obfi:ru(ftions of the feminal glands.

The voracity of which the Caledonians had
given us evident proofs, prevented the General
from giving them the he and ihe goats as he
had intended : they had, doubtlefs, devoured the
hogs and the two dogs, of which Captain Cook
had made a prefent to one of their chiefs. They
fcarcely took any care of their fowls ; I only faw
three hens and one cock during our flay in the
ifland.

We did not perceive amongft them any of the
articles given them by Captain Cook. Perhaps
thefe riches had been the caufe of the misfor-
tunes of the inhabitants of this coaffc, .y exciting
their neighbours to come and plunder them.

Ire-

May.] of la perouse* 2^7

I remarked with aftonifhment that the autho-
rity of their chiefs had always appeared very in-
confiderable in our various dealings vs^ith the fa-
vages ; but I was not lefs furprifed to find that
they exercifcd great power when their own pri-
vate interefl was at flake, for they generally feizcd
upon fuch articles as their fubjed:s had received
from us.

While we were in New Caledonia we enjoyed
a pretty fcrene fky.

The winds varied from the north-eafl to the
fouth, and the ftrongefl were the eafl and the
fouth-cafl.

Our moorings were in lat. 20° 1 /' 29" fouth,
and l02° 16'' 28'' eaft longitude.
' 5^he variation of the needle was 9° 30'' towards
the eafl.

The mercury in the barometer never rofe above
28 inches 2 lines jnd 2-lOths, and never fell be-
low 28 inches 1 line and 4-lOths.

Notwithflanding the exceflive heat which we
felt on the coafl, the thermometer never ex-
ceeded 25°, and on board never rofe above 21°.

The tides were not obfervable above once a
day, when we lay at anchor. The flood took
place at half paft fix, and the waters rofe in per-
pendicuvaiijiicight four fc : feven inches.

We could not gather the leafl intelligence
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258 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l /O^.

during our flay at New Caledonia, concerning
the fate of thofe unfortunate navigators who wxre
the obje(5l of our refearches. It is not, however,
improbable, that this dangerous and almoft inac-
ccffible coaft proved fatal to them. We know
that La Peroufe was to have explored the weftern
coaft of it, and one is chilled with horror in re-
flecting on the fate that would await thofe unfor-
tunate feamen, Ihould a fhipwreck have obliged
them to feek for refuge amongft the cannibals that
inhabit it.

CHAP. XIV.

Departure from New CaIedo7iia — Intervieiv '^^itH
the hihahttants of the I/land of Si. Cr'h.cK- — Their
Treachery — One of thefe Savages flightly pierces
With an Arrow the Forehead of one of our 'Sea-
me?i, who died fo me Time after in Confequence of
the Wound — Singular ConfiruSiion of their Ca-
noes— View of the Southern Part of the Arch'>
peJago of Solomon — Interview) with its Inhabi-
tants— Their Terfdy — The Northern Coaft of
Luijiade reconnoitred — Intei'view with its In-
habitafits — Dangers of that Navigation-^— Sail
through Dampiers Straits in order to reconnoitre
the North Coafi of New Britain — Death of Ge-
neral

Mat.] of la peroitse. 259

neral Detitrecafleanx — The Scurvy makes great
Ravages in both Ships — Death of the Baker of
the Recherche — Cafi Anchor at JVaygioti.

E

ioth Mat.
ARLY in the morning we fet fail from New
Caledonia, but were no fooner in the open
fea than we were becalmed near a long range
of rocks, which we perceived to caftward, aaid
againll: which the fea broke in a tremendous
manner ; we however got clear of them, favoured
by a light breeze from the fouth-eaft : failed by
them in a longitudinal direction on the 1 1th and,
1 2th, and on the ] 3 th defcried beyond that chain
to the weft the ifland of Moulin, at about 1/
mi^-^s diftance, and afterwards the Huon Iflands.

Next Gay our veifel was on the point of being
dafhed to pieces on the rocks with which thefe
iflands are furrounded, when at day-break we
perceived the danger of our fltuation. We im-
mediately tacked about and ftood off from them,
and difcovered before the evehinp:; that thefe
rocks were connecfled with thofe along which
'we had failed the year before.

Soon after we ftcercd for the ifland of Saint
Croix, which, early on the morning of the 20th,
we perceived to the north-weft, at about twenty-
two miles diftance.

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Next day, about four in the afternoon, being
then three miles diflant from the lliore, we ]i.er-
ceived two natives coming towards us in a canoe
with an out-rigger. They kept at a great dif-
tance till five other canoes hadjoined them, when
they eame nearer to our fhip. One only of thefe
canoes carried three favages, the others contained
no more than two. They addrefled their con-
verfation to us, and made figns for us to land
upon their ifland, but none of them would ven-
ture on board our fhip, notwithftanding repeated
invitations to that effedl. The boldeft of them
did not come nearer than about fifty yards. They
were armed with bows and arrows, and their
whole drefs confifted of ri&cklaces and bracelets
ornamented with fhells.

As night approached, our failors worked the
fliip to {land on different tacks, when the favages
left us and returned to the coaffc, but feveral hours
afterwards, notwithftanding the darknefs of the
night, we were vifited by another canoe, the fa-
vages in which certainly thought that we under-
ftood their language, for they fpoke to us for a
long time in a very low tone of voice, but, not
receiving any anfwer, they at length returned
to their ifland. "'

22d. At day-break we approached the coafl,
and foon perceived twehe canoes making towards

us.

May.] of la perouse. 261

us. They haftened alongfide of our veiTel, and
th^ moft of them were loaded with different
kinds of fruit, amongft which I remarked the
bread-fruit, but of a fmaller Hze, and not fo good
in quality as what we had met with at the
Friendly Iflands; it was not, howxver, of the wild
fort, for it only contained a very fmall quantity
of feed.

We were not a little iiirprized to obferve that
thofe iflanders fet very little value on the iron
which we offered them, though we could not
doubt that they knew the ufe of it, for one of
them had a piece of a joiner's chiffel with a
woodea handle, of the fame kind as their ftone
hatchets ; but when we fhowed them fbme
pieces of red cloth, their admiration, expreffed
by the words youU, yoidi, gaves us hopes of
fucceeding better with thefe articles in bar-
tering for their commodities than with our hard-
ware. In fad: they confented to fell us fome of
their arms, but probably fearing, left we fhould
turn them againft themfelves, they took the pre-
caution not to part with any of their bows, and
even to blunt the arrows which they fold us.

Soon after feveral of them gave us proofs of
their difhonefty. With a view to cheat us of our
articles in bartering, they at lirft offered a good

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equivalent, but infifled on having our goods de*
livered to them before hand, which they k(;pt,
rcfufing to give us any thing in return.

About eight o'clock in the morning, the Ge-
neral fent two boats to found a creek, which we
perceived at about a mile dillance to the north-
weft. On a fudden we loft fight of them, and
were under fome apprehenfions refpecling them,
when, about noon they appeared agam at the
mouth of the creek, which they had been to
reconnoitre. Several mufket-fhot fired from
thcfe boats gave us to underftand that they had
been attacked by the favages. At the report,
the canoes which furrounded us made off with
great precipitation. Our boats were not long
before they arrived, and informed us that the
opening which we had taken for a bay, was the
extremity of a channel, which feparates the ifland
of St. Croix from that of New Jerfey. This
channel extends in length N. E. | E. being at
the utmoft not three miles long, and its greateft
breadth does not exceed one mile. It was founded
with great accuracy, and a line of fixty-feven
yards did not find the bottom in any part of it,
not even withiil an hundred yards of the lliorc.

A great number of canoes had followed our
boats, whilft large parties of favages on the lliore
endeavoured to entice our people to them, by

Ihcwing

May.] op la perouse. 263

lihewing their cocoa-nuts, bananas, and jfeveral
other fruits ; at length fome of them fwam off
with thofe produdlions of their ifland in exchange
for fuch pieces of cloth of different colours as
were intended for them.

Our boats on their return, at the entrance into
the channel, and near a fniall yiila,2:e on the
coaft of New Jerfey, were juft leaving thefe
lavages, when one of them was iecn to Hand
up in the middle of his canoe, and prepare to
Ihoot an arrow at a man belonging to the boat
of the Efperance. Every one feized his arms,
but neverthelefs the illander recommenced his
figns of hoftility, whereupon one of our men
prefented his mufket, but the favage, without
being terrified with this menace, bent his bow
very deliberately and let fly an arrow, which
ftruck one of the rowers on the forehead;, although
at the dillance of about eighty yards. This at-
tack v/as inftantly returiked by the difcharge of a
mulTcet and blunderbufs, the latter of which
having fent a ihower of bullets into the canoe,
from w^hich the arrow had been difcharged, the
three iflanders who were in it immediately
jumped overboard. Soon after they returned to
their canoe and paddled haftiiy towards the lliore,
but a ball at length reaching the aggreflbr, all
three again jumped into the water, leaving their

canoe.

254 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [17^3.

tanoe, with their bows and arrows, which fell
into the hands of our boat's crew.

All thefe canoes have out-riggers, and are con-
ftruded as reprefented in Plate XLVI. Fig. 3.
Their bows are placed upon the platform, fitu-
ated between the canoe and the out- rigger, and
formed of clofe wicker work. The body of the
canoes is in general fifteen feet long and fix in
width. It is of a fingle piece cut out of the trunk
of a tree, very light, and almofi; as foft as the
wood of the mapou. There is 'through the
whole length an excavation of five inches wide.
Here the rowers fit with their legs one before the
other, and up to the calf in the hollow. They
are feated on the upper part, which is fmooth.
At each of the extremities, which are formed like
3 heart, we obferved two T's, the one above the
other, cut out, but not very deep, and fometimes
in relievo. The lower part of the canoe is very
well formed for moving through the water.
The out-rigger is always on the left of the rowers.

Thefe ifianders are accufi:omed to chew betel.
They keep the leaves of it with areca-nuts, in
fmall bag's made of mattins:, or of the outer

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covering of the cocoa-nuts. The lime w^hich
they mix with it is carried in bamboo canes, or
in calebaflies.

Thefe people are, in general, of a deep olive

colour

May.] of la I^erouse. 26'5

' colour, arid the expreffion of their Countenances
indicates an intimate conned:ion between them
and the generality of the inhabitants oi the Mo-
luccas ; though we remarked fome who had a
very black ikin, thick lips, and large flat nofes,
and appeared to be of a very different race ; but
all thefe had woolly hair and very large foreheads.
They are in general of a good ftature, but their
legs and thighs are rather fmall, probably owing,
in a great meafure, to their inad:ivity, and the
lensfth of time wdiich thev are confined in their
canoes.

Mofl of them had their nofes and cars bored,
and wore in them rin2;s made of tortoife-flielL

Almofl all were tatoocd, particularly on the
back.

I remarked with furprife that the fafliion of
wearing their hair white was very general among
thefe favages, and formed a ftriking contrail with
the colour of their ik'in. Without doubt, thofe
petifs mattres ufed lime for that purpofe> in the
iame manner as I had obferved amongil the in-
habitants of the PViendly Iflands. They are in
the habit of pulling up their hair by the roots*
Their notions of modefly have not taught thefe
people the ufe of clothes. They generally have
their bellies tied with a cord, which goes two or
three times rotmd them. Their bracelets arc

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formed of matted work, and ornamented with
iliells that have been worn ; thefe are fixed to
different parts of the arm, and even above the
elbow.

The failor, who had been wounded in the head
by the arrow, did not feel much pain from it ;
he might have had it drefied immediately by the
fiirgeon of the Recherche, but he chofe rather to
wait till we fhould get on board the Efperance.
No one would, at that time, have fuppofed that
fo flight a wound would one day prove mortal.

As foon as the boats were hoiiled on board the
veiTels we flood to the fouth-weft, a quarter well,
coafting the iiland gf St. Croix, at the dillance of
about three quarters of a mile, and obferved m.any
ot the favages call to, and invite us to land.
Several amongft them launched their canoes to
come to us, but we failed too fall for them to
overtake us.

We difcovered fome mountains, the higheft of
which were at leafl three hundred yards perpen-
dicular ; they v/cre all covered with large trees,
between v/hich we perceived here and there very
white fpots of ground, which appeared to be laid
out in beds.

From thence, after having failed, along the
coafl about nine miles, we found ourfdves oppo-
site to a large bay, which has, without doubt, a

eood

May'.] of la perouse. 267

good bottom, but it is expofed to the fouth-
call wind, which blew at that time.

Wc loon after perceived at a diftance, to the
Ibuth, feveral canoes making towards the iiland
of St. Croix ; others were feen at a ftill greater
diftance, apparently employed in fifliing in flial-
low water ; at the fame time we defcried to the
fouth another flioal very near us, and which ex-
tended far to the weft ward.

We had jufl: difcovered Volcano Ifland, when
a great number of canoes left Gracious Bay, and
made towards us, and as we had very little wund,
they had fufficient time to come up with us.
^We already counted feventy-four, which had
flopped at the diftance of eight or nine hundred
yards from the veffel, when the clouds, which
had gathered on the mountains, caufed the fa-
"vages, by wdiom thefe perilous veffels were man-
ned, to be apprehenfive for their fafety if they
remained longer at fca. They immediately pad-
dled towards the Ihore, but before they had
reached it a violent fquall, accompanied with a

heavy fliower of rain, very much impeded their
progrefs.

We flood off and on all night. The General
propofed to anchor in Gracious Bay the next day.

Several fires were kindled on the coaft, to
vidiich we were near enough to diftinguiili the

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2GS ^ VOYAGE IN SEARCH [^79^*

voices of the inhabitants, who feemed to be call-
ing to us. We fired feveral mufkets, intending
to give them an agreeable furprize, and imme-
diately cries of admiration were heard from dif-
ferent parts of the coaft, but the moft profound
filence fucceeded to thefe demonftrations of joy,
although feveral other fliot were fired.

23d. We did not perceive during the night,
upon Volcano Illand, any indications that it Hill
contained fubterraneous fire. This fmall ifland
cannot contain a fufficient quantity of combuf-
tible matter to fupply incefi^antly the volcanic
fire, which Captain Carteret had obferved there.
twenty-fix years ago.

The fouth-eaft wind continued all that day, and
even on the next (24th), prevented us from en-
tering the Bay, near which a great number of
cottages were built under the ihade of the cocoa^
trees, that were planted along the beach.

The natives foon made their appearance on
the fhore, when the General fent out two boats,
following them with our veiTels, fo as to cover
them in cafe of an attack from the natives. Th<e
furf was too great to admit of our landing, ne-
verthelefs feveral of the natives fwam to us,
bringing cocoa nuts in exchange for pieces of red
cloth, which they preferred before every other
article we offered them. Some came in their ca-
noes.

May.] ^ OF LA PERousE. 26g

noes, and all of them appeared very honeft in
bargaining with us, which was perhaps owing to
their having heard what had paflcd between us
and the inhabitants of the eaft iide of the ifland.
They, however, offered us only the word things
they had ; niofl: of the cocoa nuts they brought
were growing feedy. It w'as not till after fome
time that they would fell us fome bows and ar-
rows, but fearing left we lliould turn thefe arms
againft themfelves, they took the precaution to
carry the bows to one boat and the arrows to an-
other. The latter were not pointed. We ob-
ferved, that by means of a reddifh gum, a fmall
piece of bone or tortoife-fhell," about half an inch
long and well Iharpened, was fixed to the end
of them ; others were pointed with the fame fort
of materials from ten to twelve inches long ; but
many were armed with the bone which is found
next the tail in that ipecies of ray called raia
pafl'inaca.

We obferved feveral hogs on fliore, which they
would not bring to us at any price, but promifed
to fell them if we would come afhore.

I remarked in their polTcffion a necklace of
glafs beads, fome green and others red, which
appeared to me to be of Englifli manufadlure,
and which they agreed to exchange,

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2/6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

We bought from thefe inhabitants a piece of
'^loth, which gave us no very favourable idea of
their induftry : it was co'mpofed of coarfe bark of
trees, and very indifferently joined together.

One of them wore, fufpended upon his breaft,
a fmall flat circular piece of alabaJAcr, which he
parted with to fatisfy us.

" This interview had lafted nearly two hours,
when, at a lignal from one of their chiefs, all the
favages left us ; but, when they faw our boats
preparing to leave the ihore, the women came
clofe to the water's edge to endeavour to perfuade
us to land : we, however, continued fteady to
our purpofe, in a fhort time got on board the
veffels, and foon after fet fail for the Illands of
Arfacides.

On the 26th, about ten A. M. we perceived
the Illands of Deliverance to the weftward. At
noon V7e difcovered the fouthernmoft of them,
between W. 13° S. and W. 19° S. diftant about
twelve miles, and the other bearing W. 27° S.
We found, by obfervation, that our veffel was in
3 0M8'S. lat. and iCo'' 1 8' E. long. Almoft
the whole circumference of thefe two fmall
iflands is very rua'ged, but they do not lie very
high. We perceived inhabitants upon them,
and large plantations of cocoa trees.

We

May.] of lx perouse. 271

We then crowded fail for the Arfacides, the
loftv mountains of which we faw to the weft-
fouth-weft.

27th. We coaftcd along it this day. About
ten A. M. we had jufh pailcd a llioal near two
miles in breadth, when, through the negligence
of the watch, the (liip went over another flioal,
where, however, there was fortunately fufficient
water to prevent her receiving any injury.

At noon we were in lat. 10° 54'' fouth, and
lung. 15 if 41'' tail:, when the land of the A^rfa-
cidcs bore from ealt 2 1"" north, to weft 23° north :
we were then about three miles to the fouth of
the ncarcft fnorc. Thefe coafts were indented,
having fmall hills projedling into the fea, forming
a number of little bays, which atfordcd flielter
from the caft wind. Moft of thefe fmall ^apes
arc each terminated by a pyramidal rock of con-
fidcrable height, crow^ned with a tuft of very
green bullies. Farther in the interior of the coun-
try we faw the fame kind of fmall hills ftanding
on mountains of a moderate height, which ex-
hibited a very pidturefque appearance.

It VN'as generally at the extremity of the fmall
creeks that the inhabitants fixed their reftdence.
Many of them had come upon the beach to en-
joy the novel fpedlacle which our veiTels prefent-

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2/2 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

ed to them. Their cottages were built under the
ihade of numerous plantations of cocoa trees.

"We had not yet feen any canoes on that Coaft,
when, about four in the aiternoon, one came to-
wards us. We were much allonifh-ed that the
iflanders who were in it durft venture out on a
fea greatly agitated in fo frail a veflel, the width
of which was not any where more than two feet,
and they fat in the deepeft part in order to pre-r
ferve a proper equilibrium. (See Plate XLIV.)

After having approached to about two hundred
arid fifty yards of our frigate, they addreffed a
few words to us in a very elevated tone of voice^
pointing to their ifland, and inviting us to go on
fhore. They then came ftill nearer, but a violent
guft of wind compelled them to return to the
fhore.

Thefe iflanders had not more clothins; than
the inhabitants of the ifland of St. Croix, to
whom they bear great refemblance,

28th. This morning at day-break we perceived
that the current had driven us 18^ caft during
the night. Our furprife at this was the greater^
as the eafterly wind, which prevailed at this
time, fliould have countera<5led the force of the
currents. Can the tides occafion this fnigular dit
redion of the currents in thcfe latitudes ?

* About

May.] of la perouse. 273

^bout ten in the morning four canoes came oiF
the lliore and advanced to within about four hun-
dred yards of our fliip, but we could not wait
for their nearer approach, as we were obHged to
continue our courfe to double a cape which
woufd have interrupted fome nautical obferva-
tions we intended to make.

At noon we were in 10° 33^ S. lat. and 158°
^"j' E. long, and we faw the fea breaking with
great violence againft Cape Philip, which is a very-
rugged point. We doubled it about four P. M,
and foon after perceived a large bay, the fhores
oi wdiich appeared to be very populous. Wc
faw feveral flieds under which the inhabitants
had put their canoes to flielter them from the
weather, and obferved cottages in every part even
to the fummits of the higheft mountains.

Soon after the favages launched five canoes,
and failed towards us. They all kept within call
except one man, who, mounted in a catimarron
canoe, came much nearer the ilern.of our vellel,
to receive fome pieces of red cloth w hich we had
thrown into the fea. His behaviour indicated the
greateft miliruft. He kept his eyes fixed on us,
none of our motions cfcaped him, and at the
fame time he had the dexterity to catch every
article that we threw him. The appearance of
this native, featcd upon a few planks, beat about

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274 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [1/03.

b_y the waves, amufcd us for fome feConds. Our
mufician wanted to entertain thole illanders with
fome tunes on the violin, but jufi: as he was
tuning his inftrument, they went oi^"^ towards the
Efperance.

Soon after five other canoes came alongfide our
veffel, teftifying the greateft confidence in us.
The natives by which they were manned were
certainly acquainted with the ufe of iron, for
they expreffed great joy upon receiving fomc
nails which we offered them. We could not
learn whether thefe people are ufed to barter
their commodities : at leaft we were not able to
obtain any thing from them by this mode of
traffic, although they had javelins, tomahawks,
bows and arrows. They were, however, very
■\villing to accept of any thing that we offered
them by way of prefent, and made us very oblig-
ing propofals if we would land upon their coails ;
vvliilfi:, with their, natural gaiety of manner, they
frequently repeated the word Jbi^Jou (the bofom),
accompanying their difcourfe with very fignifi-
cant geftures, which produced great merriment
among our failors.

At fun-fet the favages returned on fliore and
kindled three large fires.

2Qth. The currents had carried us during the
night into a large channel which runs along this

eafterly

May.] of la perouse. 275

caftcily ifland of the Arfacides,' formerly called
the Ifland of St. Chriilopher, and belonging to
the archipelago of Solomon, difcovcred by Men-
dana. It now bore north, and foon after we dc-
fcried the We des Contrarietes, which about noon
bore E. 14° N. to E. 30° N. at a diftance of
5,130. toifcs, we being in g" 5 3^ S. lat. 359° 8'' E.
long;. This fmail ifland is rather mountainous
and yery woody.

We foon coafted along the fmall iflands called
the Three Siilcrs, after w^hich we plied to wind-
ward, in. order to get to the fouthward, fo as to
pafs the llrait Vvhich feparates the ifland called by
Mendana Guadal- canal from that of St. Chriilo-
pher.

About eight in the evening the Efperance
came near enough to us to acquaint uS;, by the
fpeaking-trumpet, of a piece of treachery which
had been pra^lifed upon her crew by the iilanders.
She had been farroundcd, during' the preceding
night, by a great number of canoes, from which
only two of the natives came on board. Thefe
favages commended, in very high terms, the fruits
of their ifland, and promifed to give a great quan-
tity of them to our men, if they would come on
fliore : at length they departed about midnight ;
but amongll the number of canoes which remain-
ed near the Efperance, one was obfcrved much

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2^0 VOYAGE IX SEARCH [l /Q3,

larger than the refl, which, about break of day,
rowed feveral times round the ^eilel, and lud-
denly flopping, at leaft twelve arrows were dif-
chars:ed from it, one of which wounded one of
the crew (Defert) in the arm ; the greater part of
the reft, fortunately, fticking in the fides of the
lliip. After making this perfidious attack, they
immediately fled w^ith precipitation, and were al-
ready at a confiderable diftance before a niufket
was fired at them : none of them were wounded :
but a rocket, which was difcharged with a very
good aim, and burft quite clofe to the canoe, ter-
rified them exceedingly.

The other canoes had likewife fled at firfl, but
they foon returned to the vefTel.

This ad: of treachery, and the perfidious con-
dud of the fame favages to Captain Surville, gave
lis reafon to believe that they had been aduated
by the fame motives, w^hen they ufed their ut-
moft endeavours to perfuade us to land upon their
jfland.

30th. Being fcarcely able to govern our vefTel,
on account of the flightnefs of the breeze, which
blew by intervals from N. W. and W. N. W.,
we were very perceptibly carried by the currents
towards the Ifle des Contrarietes. As the fky
was very clear, we had a good view ol the ifland*
of which the engraving publilhed by Surville af-
fords ^

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May.] of la perouse. 277

fords a pretty cxad; reprefentation. We were at
the diftance of 1,500 toifes, when a canoe rowed
from the fliore, and came alongfide of our velTcL
It was manned by fovir of the natives, who were
very thankful for the prefents of ftuffs and hard-
ware which we made them, and immediately
gave us in return fome cocoa-nuts, which, Hkc
moft of the natives of the Soutli Seas, they call
■nmi.

They appeared highly pleafed with the nails
which we 2;ave them ; and continually besrced
for more, frequently repeating the word mate
(death), and endeavouring to intimate to us by
their geftures, that they intended to employ them
againft their enemies. Eight other canoes foon
joined the firft, and approached our veffel with-
out fliewing any figns of fear. We admired the
elegant form of their canoes, which were exa(5lly
fimilar to thole we had feen the preceding days
at the cafterly part of the Arfacides. (Sec Plate
XLIV). They were about twenty-one feet in
length, two in breadth, and fifteen inches in dcDth.
The bottom confiftcd of a fnigle piece cut from
the trunk of a tree, and the iides were formed
of a plank, the whole length of the boat, fup-
ported by beams fixed at equal difiances into the
bottom : at both ends other planks were attached
to the firft, Thefe were ornamented on the

outfide

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outfide with figures of birds, fiflies, &c., rudely
carved. The greater part of the canoes were ter-
minated in front with the head of a bird, under
which was feen a large bunch of fringe, coloured
with a red dye, which appeared to me to have
been made of the leaves of the vacoua. The
other extremity of the boat was like wife orna-
mented with red fringe, and here we frequently
obferved, in the inner fide, the carving of a dog
projeding from the vefTel, which led me to fup-
pofe that the favages poflefs this animal. I was
furprifed to obferve that they had given.it nearly
the form of a blood-hound ; though it is probable
they do not pofTefs that fpecies, but that the
carving was nothing more than an impcrfc6l rc-
prefentc^tion of the dog ufually met with in the
South Sea Mands.

The favages were obliged to remain conflantly
at the bottom of their canoes, in order to jirevcnt
their being overfet by the waves, and, what ren-
dered their lituation ftill more incommodious,
they had to fit in the water which was thrown
in by the furge. They, however, took care to
bale it out from time to time.

Amongft the commodities which ^\ ere obtain-
ed from them, was a long fifliing line attached
to the extremity of a large rod, which appeared
to me Ibmewhat remarkable, as the greater part

of

JU^E.] OF LA PEROUSE. 2^9

of the favages we had hitherto feen, were in the
pradlice of holding their fifhing Hnes in their
hands. The hook was made of tortoife-flielL

Some of thefe natives wore as ornaments, bra-
celets made of various kinds of fhells ; others had
them of the rind of the cocoa nut, befDan2;led
throughout their whole circumference with a
great number of coloured feeds.

It does not appear that they chev/ betel ; at
leaft I never perceived any figns cf their doing it-
After thefe boats had remained feveral hours
about our veifel, one of their chiefs gave them the
fignal for departing, upon which they immedi-
ately row^ed towards the coaft with great fpeed.
One of the boats, however remained a fev/ mo-
ments, to receive fome pieces of red cloth which
we were about to prefcnt to the natives at the
inftant when the iignal was given ; but as foon
as thefe ifianders faw that their companions had
left them behind, they plied their oars with all
the fpeed they v/ere able, in order to overtake
them. We were amazed to fee their canoe ilcim
the waves with fuch rapidity, thcit it m'uft have
run at the rate of at leaft 7,500 toifes an hour.

June l ft. Early in the morning wx began to
range along the fouthern coail of Guadal-canal,
which defcends with a very gentle declivity^ to the
fca, and obferved in the interior part of theiiland

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a long chain of very high mountains, running in
the fame direction. We foon diftinguiflied the
Mount Lama of Shortland. The coaft was bor-^
dered with cocoa trees, under the fhade of which
"wc obferved a great number of huts. The low
grounds rendered a large extent of this coaft in-
acceffible to our vefTels, and we were much in-
commoded by the currents which carried us to
caftward. This unexped:ed diredtion of the cur-
rents furprifed us th^rnore, as the winds that had
prevailed during our ftay in thefe parts 'might
have been exped:ed to direcfl their courfe to the
weftward.

On the morning of the 4th, we doubled Cape
Hunter, difcovcred by Stiortland. About ten
o'clock we palled quite clofe to a fmall ifland
connedled by fome reefs to the coaft, where we
faw feveral groups of the favages feated under ?he
fliade of fine plantations of cocoas, and bananas,
which give this ifland a very pi(51:urefque appear-
ance. A great number of canoes lay upon the
beach, and we expe6led that the natives would put
to fea with fome of them to come to our veftcls ;
but their indifterence aftoniftied us : not one of
them moved from his place, nor even rofe from
his fitting pofturc in order to have a better view
of our fhips.

Thtf^

June.] of la perousjeT.''^ 2¥i^

This fmall illand is iituated in g°"^l^ S. lat'
157° 19^ E. long.

We foon came in fight of the wefternmoft
point of Guadal- canal.

On the /th, about noon, \vc defcried the largeil
of Hammond's iflands, N. 4° W. to E. 0"" N. at
the diftance of 5,130 toifes, -we being in 8° 4Q^
S. lat. 155° 9' E. long. We now left this archi-
pelago, and made fail for the northern coait of
Louifiade.

The furvey which we had taken of the Arfa-
cides, left us no room to doubt of their being the
archipelago of Solomon, difcovercd by Mendana ;
as had been fuppofed upon the fame grounds by
Citizen Fleurieu, in hi^ excellent work upon the
difcoveries of the French.

On the 9th, the Efperance informed us of the
death of an unfortunate man of her crew (Mahol),
who had been wounded in the forehead, feven-
tcen days before, by an arrow from one of the fa-^
Stages of the ifland Sainte Croix. The wound,
however, had cicatrized very well, and, for four-
teen days, the man had felt no troublefome
fymptom whatever ; when he was fuddenly at^
tacked with a violent tetanas, under which he
expired in three days time.

Many of our company fuppofed that the arrow
with which he was wounded had been poifoned ;

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282 VOYAGE IN SEARCH ' [l7Q3.

but this conjed;ure appears to me improvable
as the wound cicatrized, and the man reraained
fourteen days in good heahh. Befides, we found
that the arrows, left in the canoq by the favages,
and afterwards taken poffeffion of by our failors,
were not poifoned ; for feveral birds that we ,
pricked with them experienced no troubiefome
confequences from the pundlure : but it is a cprn-
mon occurrence in hot chmatcs, that the ilighteft
puncture is followed by a general fpafmodic affec-
tiouj, v/hich almoft always terminates fatally.^

On the ] 2th/ about ten in the morning, we
defcried the coafts of Lrouifiajde, and at firft mif-
took the moft caflierly extremity for Cape Deli-
verance, but foon difcovered' that to be 25^ farther
north.

We were afloniilied to find that the rapidity
of the currents had been fo great as to carry us
44'' to the northward in the fpace of twenty-four
'hours. The obferYatioris made on board the
Efperance gave the fame refult.

We now fteered weft, coafting along pretty
high lands, from which, however, we were
obliged to keep at a confiderable diftance, on ac-
count of the great number of fhoals which ex-
tended very far into the fea, and rendered our
navigation extremely dangerous.

On the 1 4th, at day-break, we found ourfelves

furrounded

June.] of la perouse. 283

furrounded with rocks and fhoals, amongfl
which we had been carried during the night by
the currents from W. N. W. In vain we phed
to windward with a very good fouth-eaft breeze,
with a view of extricating ourfelves from this
dangerous fituation ; the currents always pre-
vented us from getting beyond a fmall illand fitu-^
ated to the north-eaft, at the diftance of 2,500
toifes, near which there appeared to*be a pafTage
into the open fea. We were then in 10° 58^ S.
lat. 151° 1 8'' E. long. Our room for beating be-
came more confined, and our fituation the more
hazardous, in proportion as we were carried far-
ther to the weftward ; befidcs, we found no bot-
tom, fo that we were at length obliged to refolve
venturing among th^ fhoals to the N. W. in
hopes of finding there a pafTage for our vefTels ;
but this refolution was "not taken till late in the
evening. It was already night when we found
ourfelves becalmed in a narrow channel, and at
the mercy of a rapid current, which might every
moment prove our deftruftion, by ^driving us upon
the rocl^s with which we were furrounded. How-
ever, at break of day we had the fatisfadiion of
finding ourfelves in the open fea, extricated from
all our dangers. Our fituation had undoubtedly
been a very hazardous one ; but fince we had
already traverfed feas full of Ihoals^ we were be-

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come {o accuftomed to danger, that myfelf, as
well as fevefal others of our company, went to
bed at our ufual hour, and ilept as foundly as if
wc had been in a ftate of the moft perfed; fe-
curity.

1 7th. The coafts, along which we had hitherto
ranged to the northward of the iilands, were in-
tercepted by a great number of channels. We
had feen many habitations in this numerous col-
lection of iflands, but not one of the natives. On
the 29th, being in latitude ] 0° 8^ S. long. 149° 37^
eafl, and failing at a fmall diftance northward of
a clufter of fmall iflands, we obferved fifteen of
the natives coming out of their huts. Three of
them immediately entered a canoe, and made to-
wards us, but we failed fo fall, that they were not
able to come up with our veflels.

Another canoe foon appeared near the weftern-
moft ifland of the group ; it was much larger
than the former, and carried an almoft fquare fail,
which being immediately loofcd, it foon came
very near to us, but all our endeavours to perfuade
the men to come alongfide of our veflel were in
vain. They afterw;ards made towards the Efpc-
rance, and having approached within a fmall dif-
tance of her,, drew in their fail, and would not
come nearer ; our velTels were then lying to,
, Citizen Legrand, being very defirousof an inter-
view

June.] of la pejiouse. 285

view with the natives, threw himfelf into the fea,
and foon fwam up to the canoe. We were in-
formed in the evening that this officer had not
feen any arms amongll them ; and, that though
they were twelve in number, they had Ihewed
fome figns of fear w^hen they faw him approach
them.

It appears that they 'are unacquainted vv^ith
the ufe of iron, as they feemed to fet httle value
upon that which he prefented to them.

Thefe iflanders were of a black colour, not very
deep, and ftark naked. Their woolly hair was
ornamented with tufts of feathers, and they wore
cords bound feveral times round the circum-
ference of their bodies, undoubtedly intended to
afford a fupport to the mufcles of the belly. Many
of them w^ore bracelets made of the rind of the
cocoa tree.

We admired their dexterity in fteering near
the wind w^hen they returned to the Ihore.

On the morning of the 18th, two canoes with
out-riggers and fa.ils, each manned by twelve fa-
vages, failed fwiftly round our veiTel, watching
us with great attention, but at a confiderable dif-
tance. They afterwards kept for a long time to
windward of us. Wc were then in Q^ 53^ S. lat.
14y° lo' E. long, There was every appearance
of great population on the fbuthern coaft, and

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% ' « - .

efpeclally towards the farther erxd of a large bay
that Extends to S. S. W. ' We foon perceived
feveral canoes rowing towards us, each manned by
ten or eleven natives, who kept at the difiiance
of about a hundred yards from our vefTel, till
ibme pieces of cloth, which we threw into the fea
for them, induced them to approach' nearer.
They appeared much furprized at feeing a young
black On board of our vcflel, whom we had
brought with us from Amboyna. They did not
underftand him when he addreiTed them in the
Malay language. Thefe favages had all woolly
hair and olive-coloured fkins ; I obferved, liow-
ever, one amonfl them who. was as black as the
negroes of Mozambique, and refembled them
alfo in other particulars. His lower lip, as is the
cafe with them, proje6ted confiderably beyond the
upper. All thefe iflanders ufed betel ; and they
were all flark naked. They wore bracelets orna-
mented 'with fliells. Many of them had a fmall
piece of bone paffed through the partition be-
tween the noftrils; others wore a ftring of ihells
like a fcarf over their fhouldecs.

They prefented to us roots baked in 'the afhes,
and carefully peeled. We obferved no other
weapons amongft them than fhort javelins,
pointed only at one end.

Their huts were fupported fix or eight (cct

above

June.] of la perouse. '28';

above the ground upon ftakes, like thofe 6f the
Papous.

Thefe favages wilhed us to land upon their
iiland, but obferving that we receded farther
from it, in confequence of the currents which
carried us to the weftward, they left us and re-
turned to their coafts.

Two of the canoes were ftill quite clofe to the
Efperance at half after three o'clock, when we
obferved three mufkets fired from that veflel,
upon which the favages fled, rowing -with atl
their might. We foon learnt that the men in
one of the canoes had thrown ftones at the crew
of the fliip without the leaft provocation having
been given. None of the failors, however, had
been wounded by this aS: of treachery ; and the
mufkets had been fired only to terrify them.

Soon after two boats were difpached in order
to found feveral creeks along the coali, where we
hoped to find good anchorage. — We found our-
felves difappointed ; as it was necelTary to ap-
proach within a hundred yards of the coaft, be-
fore the bottom could be reached with a line of
feventy yards ; and at the diftance of two hundred
yards we could not ftrike the ground' with a line
of lefs than a hundred and fixteen.

Notwithftanding the fright which the mufkets
fired at their companions might have given them,

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fome of the natives came alongfide of our vefTel
from the very place to which the others had made
their efcape. They fhewed themfelves very
•fraudulent in their dealings with -us, bargaining
at any price for the commodities which we had
to barter with them, and as foon as they had got
them in their poffeffion, refufmg to give us asay
thing in return. One of them, however, con-
fented to give up to us a flute and a necklace,
which are reprefented in Plate XXXVIII. Fig.
20 and 27.

I obferved one of the natives who wore, fuf^
pended from his neck by a thin cord, a part ot
a human bone, cut from about the middle of the
cubitus. Whether this might be a trophy of
fome victory gained over an enemy, and thofe
iiatiyes belong to the clafs of the canrdbals, lean-!'
not tell,

' Many of them had their faces fmeared over
-with the powder of charcoal.

They generally cover their natural parts with
large leaves of vacoua, paffing between their
thighs, and faftened to the girdle before and ber
hind by a very tight ligature.

They had with them fome pretty large filhing
nets, to the lower end of which they had faftened
various forts of fhells ; fome of thefe Ihells they
carried in fmall cylindrical bafkets, furnifhed in

the

June,] of la perodse: 28^

the infide with cords feemingly intended to pre-
vent their breaking.

They ufed combs with three diverging teeth,
fome made of bamboo, others of tortoifc-lhell.

The favages left us at the clofe of the evening,
and we pUed to windward during the whole
night.

We had fcarcely advanced more than 10,000
toifes to the N. E. fmce the preceding evening,
when we found ourfelves furrounded with low
illands connected by fhoais, amongfh w'hich we
were obliged to beat even during the night. We
feveral times paffcd over fiats, which we could
diftinguifli by the dim light of the moon, and
often found ourfelves in lefs than ten fathoms
water.

A calm coming on about midnight, left us at
the mercy of the current, which carrfed us to-
w^ards the coaft where the favages had lighted
feveral fires.

At break of day w^e perceived the Efperance at
a great difliance from us, and much nearer to the
land than our vefiel, fo that fhe was obliged to be
towed by the boats.

The favages foon came in great numbers along-
fide of our veiTel, but were not to be prevailed
upon to come on board. An old man, who
had already left his canoe in order to comply

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with our invitation, was prevented by the reft,
who eagerly pulled him back to them, as if they
imagined him to be about to expofe himfelf to
fome great danger.

We thought that we recognized amongft thefe
iflanders fome of thofe whoni we had feen on the
two preceding days. They were very curious to
know the names of the things we gave them ;
but what furprifed us very much was^, that they
enquired with the terms poe nama, which very
much refemble the Malayan words apa namUf
.fignifying '^ what is the name of this ?" They,
however, underftood none of the men in our
fhips, who addreffed them in the Malay language.

Thefe favages brought with them a fort of
pudding, which we found to confift partly of roots
and the flefh of lobfters. They offered us fome
of it, and thofe of us who ate of it, found it very
well tafted.

Moft of thefe iflanders made ufe of a human
cubitus, fcooped out at the extremity, for draw-
ing- the pieces of chalk which they mixed with
their betel, from the bottom of a calabafh.

They fold us an axe ihaped like that reprefented
in Plate XII. Fig. g ; it was made of ferpentine
ftone, very well poliflied, and hafted with a fmgle
piece of wood. The edge of the axe was in the
direction of the length of the handle, as in ours.

Thefe

June.] of la perouse. 291

Thefe iflanders are very fond of perfumes;
moll: of the things we got from them were
fcented. They had pieces of the bark of dif-
ferent aromatic trees, one of which feemed to mc
to belong to the fpecies of laurel, know^n by the
name oiilaurus cuJ'ilabaU, which is very common
among the Molucca iflands.

The calm flill continued, and about one
o'clock the Commander fent the barge to aflaft in
towing the Efperance, a^ the crew might be fup-
pofed already much fatigued with their labour.
At length, about half an hour after four a breeze
fprung up from the fouth-eaft, which enabled
her to get clear of the fhoals. The barge fooii
returned to our veffcl, when we were informed
that the Efperance had been furrounded for a
long time by a great number of the favages ; that
about noon they had pointed out to the crew two
canoes rowing from two fmall iflands to meet
each other, and given them to underfland that
the iflanders in the boats v/ere going to fight a
battle, and that thefe who came off conquerors
intended to devour their enemies. During this
recital, a ferocious expreffion of pleafure was vi-
fible in their countenances, as if they were to par-
take of this horrible banquet. After this com-
miunication, almoft all thofe among our crew who
had eaten of the pudding, which the favages

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brought them in the morning, were feized with
retchings, from the apprehenfion that this food,
which' feemed to be fo highly grateful to the
iflanders, was partly compofed of human llefh.

The two canoes were foon near enough toge-
ther to commence the engagement. The com-
batants were feen mounted upon a platform of
wood, fupport^d by the out- rigger and the ca-
noe, from whence they threw ftones with their
flings,' each of them wearing a buckler upon his
left airm, with which he endeavoured to ward of
the "ftones thrown- by his adverfary. They, how-
ever, feparated after a fight of half a quarter of
an hour, in which none of them appeared to
have 'been dangeroufly wounded, and returned
to the fliore.

The captain of the Elperance fent to the Com-
mander a tomajiawk and a buckler which he had'
obtained from thefe favages.

The tomahawk was very broad, and flat at
one of its extremities. The buckler was the.
firft: defenfive weapon which we had obferved
among the favage nations we had hitherto vifited.
It was made of very hard wood, and of the form
reprefcnted in Plate XII, Fig. 7 and 8. It was
nearly three feet in length, a foot and a quarter
in breadth, and upwa^s of half an inch in thick-
ncfs. The outer fide was llightly convex. About

the

June.] of la perouse. 293.

the middle'of Fig. 8, which reprefents the inner
fide of the buckler, three fmall pieces of cane are
viiible, by which the illanders fix it to the left
arm.

Though the natives had, been in great numbers
about the Efperance, they had attempted no ad;
of hollility, except that one of them appeared to
be preparing to throw a javelin at one of the crew
who was uDon the wale, but fceinjz; himfclfob-
ferved, he defilled from his defign, and the canoe
in which he was rowed away from the veffel with
precipitation.

On the following days we failed by fome very
low fmall iflands, beyond which we faw very high
lands to the fouthward. The prodigious num-
bers of flats which we continuallv encountered,
prevented us from ranging nearer to the coaft.

On the '25th, being in 8^ 7^ fouth latitude, 146''
o(/ eaft longitude, we faw the hish srounds of
New Guinea extending from fouth- weft to north-
weft. After having followed them in their di-
redlion to north- wefl, we arrived on the 27th at
a deep gulph, about 40,000 toifes in extent, and
furrounded by very high mountains, the loftieft
of which are on the north fide, where they unite
with that which forms the Cape of King William.
The calm detained us here till the 20th, when
•we failed for the flraits of Damplcr,

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Oji the 30th, at break of day, we difcovered
to the N. W. W. a very high mountain furrowed
near its fummits by longitudinal excavations of a
great depth. This was the Cape of King Wil-
liam. We afterwards obferved the weftern coaft
of New Britain, for which we fteered under full
fail, in order to get before night to the north-
ward of the ftraits of Dampier. The fun being'
in our face, the man at the maft-head could not
perceive timely enough a flat over which we
p^fled about eight in the morning, the furge run-
ning very high. After getting clear of this, we
tliought ourfelves out of all danger ; but about
three quarters of an hour after, we found our-
felves between two fboals very near to each other,
which inclofcd us in fuch a manner, that it was
impoffible to pafs through with the fouth-fouth-
eaft wind, which drove us farther and farther in.
The Commander gave orders immediately to put
about; but there was not time fufficient to per-
form this manoeuvre, before our veifel drove to-
wards the fhoals to the northward, where we ex-
pected llie would foon be wrecked, when Citizen
Gicquel cried from the maft-hcad that he faw a
paffage between the rocks which, though very
narrow, was yet wide enough for our veflel to
fail through. We immediately fteercd for this
pailage, and were at length extricated from one

of

June.] - of la perouse. 29s

of the mofl hazardous fituations which we expe-
rienced daring the whole courfe of our expedi-
tion. We were, however, not yet out of all dan-
ger, being ftill furrounded for fome time by other
ihoals, which obliged us feveral times to change
our direftion ; but we were at length fortunate
enough to find a paflage through the narrow^
ftraits by which they were feparated from each
other.

About noon we were already very far up the
ftrait, our latitude being 5° 38^ fouth, longitude
140° 24' eaft.

The coaft of New Britain bore from eaft 37°
fouth, to eaft Gl ^ north, we being at the diftance

of 2,500 toifes from the land.

The illand on which Dampier difcovered a
Volcano bore weft 38^ north, at the diftance of
7,0oo toifes. This volcano was then extinguiflied ;
but we faw, at the diftance of 5,130 toifes, weft
28° north, a fmall ifland of a conical form, which
was not obferved by Dampier to exhibit any figns
of fubterraneous fire. A thick fmol^e proceeded
at intervals from the fummit of the mountain ;
and about half an hour after three, a great quan-
tity of burning fubftances were thrown out of
the aperture of the volcano, which lighting upon
the eaftern declivity of the mountain, rolled down
the fides till they fell into the fea, where they

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immediately produced an ebullition in the water,
and raifed it into vapours of a fhining white co-
lour. At the moment of the. eruption, a thick
fmokc;, tinged with different hues, but principally
of a copper colour, was thrown out with fuch
violence, as to afcend above the high eft clouds.

We faw a great number of inhabitants along
the coaft of New Britain, and feveral huts raifed
upon ftones, after the manner of the Papous.

We left the ftrait before clofe of evening.

We now ranged ^long the northern coaft of
New Britain, where we difcovered feveral fmall
illands, very mountainous, and hitherto un-
known. The currents in this paflage were fcarcelv
perceptible, except under the meridian of Port
Montague, where they carried us rapidly to the
northward, which led us to fuppofe that we were
oppofite a channel that divides the lands of New
Britain. AVe left this coaft on the Qth July,
after having been impeded in our furvey of it by
the winds from the fouth-eaft, and the frequent
calm5.

We had been oblisfed for a lona; time to live
upon Vv^orm-eaten bifcuit and falt-meat, which
was already confiderably tainted, in confequence
of which, the fcurvy had begun to make great
ravages amongft us. The greater part of us found
ourfelves compelled to leave off the ufe of coffee,

as

Aug.] of la ^erouse. ^^f

as it occarioned very troublefome fpafmodic af-
fections.

On, the 1 1th we fteered very near the Portland
lilands.

In the afternoon of the 12 th we efpied the
mofl: eafterlyof the Admiralty Ifles.

On the 18th, about fun-fet> we difcovcred the
Anchorites S. W. by W.

About feven o'clock in the evening of the 2l{t
we loft our Commander Dentrecafteaux; he fiink
under the violence of a cholic which had attacked
him two days before. For feme time he ha4
experienced a few flight fymptoms of the fcurvy,
but we were far from imagining ourfelves threat-
ened with fo heavy a lofs.

August 2d. we defcried the Traitors Iflands,
and about noon we faw them at the diflance of
20,000 toifes, from S. 35° W. to S 42° W. we
being in 0' S. lat. 134^ S-'E. long.

On the 8th our baker died of the fcurvy, his
whole body having been previoufly affected with
an emphyfema, which had encreafed with afto*
nifliing rapidity, in confequence of the heats of
the Equator.

On the lith we doubled the Cape of Good
Hope of New Guinea, and on the I Gth caft an-
chor at Wavffiou.

Vol. II. U CHAP.

^9« VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

CHAP. XV.

jihodc at Jfajgiou — Scorbutic Patients are fpeedily
reUeved-—Litervieii's with the Natives — ^?tchor
at Bourou — Paffage through the Straits of Bon-
ton — Ravages produced, by the.Dyfentery — A^i-

' chor at Soiirabaya — Abode at Samarang — My
Detent'toJL i^^t Fort Anke 7iear Batav'ia — Abode at

]. IJle de France— Bet urn to France.

|URING our ftay at Waygiou we were fre-
quently vifited by the natives, who brought
US turtles, feveral of which weighed from 200 to
240 pounds. They had mofhly been taken on
the iilands of Aiou. The foup which we made
of them afforded great relief to our fcorbutic pa-
tients. When the natives perceived that we were
in need of them, they made us pay for them at
ten times their value. Thcfc animals continued
to crawl about feveral hours after their heads had
been cut off. The natives fold us likewife, turtle
efipgs roaftcd and dried ; broiled turtle flefi:i, pul-^
lets, hogs, of w^hich they told as there was great'
abundance in their woods ; oranges, cocoa-nuts,
papayas, gourds of different kind^, rice, purflain
(portidaca quadrtfidci)^ fugar canes, pimento, un-
ripe cars of Turkey corn roafted, and the frefh

iprouts

Aug.] of LAPERousfe. 299

iprouts of the papaya tree. They told us that
the fprouts and unripe fruit of this tree were very
good eating when boiled. They brought us alfo
fago, made into a fort of flat cakes, three inches
broad and fix long, which they ate without any
farther preparation. Some of them brought us
fago made into a fourifh tafted pafte, after having
undergone fermentation.

Moft of thefe illanders were naked all but
their natural parts, which they cover with a coarfe
ftuft", apparently made of the bark of the fig tree.
The heat of the climate renders all other cloatli-
ing unneceflary. Only their chiefs wear very
"wide trow^fers and jackets, made of fluffs which
they buy from the Chinefe, who, as they told us,
came from time to time to anchor where we were.
Some of them wore alfo bracelets of filvcr, which
they had like wife bought of the Chinefe. Al-
mofl all the chiefs of thefe favages had been at
the Molucca Iflands, and fpoke the Malay lan-
guage. Some wore hats made of the leaves of
vacoua, of a conical form, and very like to thofe
of the Chinefe. Others had their heads bound
round wdth a fort of turban. They have all curled
hair, which grows very thick, and to a confider-
able length. The colour of their fkins is not very
black. Some fuffer the beard on the upper lip
to grow, and have their ears and the divifion of

U 'I the

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the nofe bored. Several of them fhewed us their
dexterity in fhooting with the bow at a mark
placed at the diftance of more than forty paces;
and their arrows -always came very near their
aim. Others were armed with very long lances,
pointed with iron or bone. Thefe iflanders un-
doubtedly know how to forge the iron, as they
fet great value upon fome bars of this metal,
which we gave them. Tin was likewife in great
requell with them. But of all our commodities
they gave a decided preference to cloth, particu-
larly fuch as was of a red colour.

The ifland Waygiou, called by the inhabitants
Ouarido, is covered with large trees, and through-
out mountainous, even at a very fmall diftance
from the coaft. The huts were built of bamboo,
raifed upon ftakes, about three yards above the
ground, and covered with reeds.

It is remarkable, that as foon as w^e had landed,
thofe of our crew w^ho were the leafl; affedled
with the fcurvy, or even fliewxd no lymptoms at
all of that diforder, became affedcd with a con-
iiderable degree of fwelling all over the body:
but this fymptom, which had very much alarmed
fome of us, difappeared entirely after w^alking
three or four hours.

During our ftay in this ifland I made very fre-
quent excurfions into the forefts, where I colle<5l-

ed

J'eti ^ iy I S tori-Jolt .Ft'cntAiUy Js^^^priC/SfO.

Aug.] of la I'erouse. 301

ed a great number of new plants, and killed a va-
riety of rare birds, amongll which was that fpe-
cies of the promcrops which Buffon calls the
promerops of New Guinea ; alfo a large pjkaccus
aterrlmus, and a new fpecies of cako, to which I
gave the name of the calao of the ifland Way-
giou. Its beak is bent, of a dirty white colour,
and about fix inches in length. Each mandible
is unequally notched, and the fuperior is fur-
mounted by a hood of a yellow colour, flat at the
top and ridged. The wings and body are black,
the tail white, and the neck of ^ lively red. (See
Plate XI.) This beautiful bird is two feet in
length, from the tip of the beak to the extremity
of the feet.

I faw feveral wild cocks in the woods. I'he
female of this fpecies, which was brought us by
the natives, was fcarcely larger thaii a partridge,
and yet its eggs were as large again as thofe c£
our domeftic hen. This wild fpecies of the dung^
hill-cock is black, that which I had found in the
forefts of Java was grey.

The crow^ned pheafant of India fcohmha coro-
nata) is very common in thcfe thick forefts,
where we found here and there wild c«?ange treeSi
the fruit of which furliiihed our fcorbUti<: patients
with a very wholefome foft of-Ierftoii'ade.

The natives told us, that the road-ftead where
U 3 our

302 VOYAGE IN SEARCH '[l 793.

our veflels rode at anchor was infcfted by alliga-
tors ; but this did not deter feveral of our failors
from bathing in it. We afterwards found fome
of the prints of their feet in the woods. It is
particularly during the night-time that thefe
animals are moft to be feared.

Whilft we lay at anchor we were vifited by
feveral of the chiefs. The chief of Ravak fupped
and flept on board the Efperance the night before
our departure ; but as foon as he faw preparations
for weighing anchor, he threw himfelf into the
fea, from the apprehenfion that we- were going
to carry him away with us. We fhould have
been furprifed at his harbouring fuch a fufpicion,
if we had not been informed, that five months
before the Dutch had carried off his brother, dur-
ing an entertainment which they had made for
him on board of their veilel. This chief v*'ore
trowfers, with a very wide Indian cloak, and a
waiftcoat of fatin. His eaj-rings were of gold.

The inhabitants of this iiland had declared \var
againft the Dutch, and the greater part of them,
with the moft powerful of the chiefs, to whom
they give the title of Sultan, at their head, were
gone to unite with the inhabitants of Ceram, in
order to attack the Goveffior of Amboyna, who
w^as expelled there on his vifit to the Molucca
Iflands. The inhabitants of the huts built ou the

coail

Aug.] of la perouse. ' 303

coaft near our anchoring ftation, had provided for
the fate t J of their women and children, by con
dueling them, before their departure from the
iiland, into the villages in the heart of the coun-
try. The road-llead where our vcffels lay is called
by the natives Boni-Saine. It is diftant about
5,1 30 toifes to the eaftvvard of Ravak, and form-,
ed by the coaft of Waygiou and a fmall ifland
called by the natives Boni, which was eaftward of
our ftation. We were here almoft under the
Equator, our latitude being found by obfervation
38" S. Our longitude was 128° 5 3' E.

We took in our water towards the extremity
of the road-ftead, at a pretty large river, into
which our boats could enter more than 500 toifes
from its mouth at low water, and twice as far at
high water.

The thermometer, as obferved on board, did
not rife higher than 24'-', undoubtedly in confe-
qucnce of the abundant rains.

The barometer varied only from 28 inches 1
line to 28 inches 1| line.

The variation of the magnetic needle w^as i^
14^ E.

The breezes were very flight, and varied only
from S. S. E. to S. W.

On the 28th we failed from Waygiou, and
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ranged along its northern coaft, {landing to the
<weft, in order to weather the wefterly point.
We here met with a flat which is not indicated
upon the charts, where the foundings gave us a
depth of from four to eight fathoms, within* a
fpace of abou: 300 toifes in length, which we
were obliged to crofs. We obferved in different
places, rocks almofl even with the water's edge,
but were fortunate enough to keep clear of them.
The greateft length of this flat is about 1 ,000
toifes from north to fouth.

On the ^th of September we caft anchor in
the road- {lead of Bcurou, at the diftance of l,00O
toifes from the Dutch fettiement, in a depth of 20
fathoms, over a bottom of fand and mud. The
Commander of this flation immediately fent a,
corporal to us, to offer us a fupply of whatever
frelh provifions we might have occafion for. A
few minutes after we, obferved fome mufkets
fired amojigft a herd of buffaloes that were w^alk-
ing along the Ihore, and were informed that the
Refident had ordered two of the fattefl to be killed
for the ufe of our veffels. Well acquainted with
the wants of navigators, he had fent us a great
quantity of fruit, feveral bottles of an agreeable
liquor extraded from the palm-tree, and fome of
the young leaves of a fpecies of fern of the gemis

ajplenium,

Sept.] of la perouse. 305

afplenium, which grows in mo ill: places in t^i-^
fhade ; eaten as fallad they are very tender and
well-tafted.

The Kefident, Henry Commans, was a man
of great fimpHcity of manners, and very much
beloved by the inhabitants. It was he whofe
happinefs the Dutch of Amboyna defcribed, by
telling us that he might ileep as much as he
pleafed. We met with feveral perfons in his
houfe who had feen Admiral Bougainville during
his flay at Bourou, and who mentioned the name
of that celebrated navigator with enthufiaftic ad-
miration.

This and the following day were employed by
me in furveying the t.ifFerent diftridls of this
illand, which prelents every where a very varied
and pidiurefque appearance. The fago tree grows
here in great abundance : it forms the principal
fource of fubilffcence to the inhabitants, and af-
fords even an article of exportation. Large plan-
tations of it were feen near the Dutch eftablifh-
ment, in marllies which render this place very
unhealthy, particularly in the beginning of the
fpring. The cayou pouti of the Malays ffncJa-
lenca laufol'ia), grows in great abundance upon
the hills. The llefident fhowed us a large alem-
bic, which he ufes for diftllling the leaves of this

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tree, from which he procures every year a great
quantity of the oil of cajeput.

The iiland of Bourou produces feveral kjnds of
wood proper for inlaid work, which arc in great
requeft among the Chinefe ; and others ufeful in
dyeing. Two Chinefe vcffels were run aground
in the mud to the N. E. of the Dutch fort. The
village near which the fort is built is called
Cayeli, in the Malay language. Thofe of the na-
tives who follow the Mahometan religion have
a mofque, whofe roofs diminifhing in regular gra-*
dation as they .rife one above the other, prefent a
very agreeable appearance. (See Plate XLII.
which feprefents a part of this village.)

The coaft to the eaft of the village is watered
only by very fmall ftreams, but about 2,500, toifes
to the N. W. we went up a very confiderable
river, called by the inhabitants Aer-Beflar, which
difcharges itfelf into the road-ftead. This river
is very deep, and for the length of about 2,ooo
toifes, as far as we went up it, more than 70 feet
broad. The ifland of Bourou undoubtedly owes
its pofTeffmg fo confiderable a ftrcam to the great
elevation of its mountains. On the borders of
the river 1 frequently found the beautiful fhrub
known by the name of portlandia grand'tfiora.
The pebbles rolled from the mountains, which

I found

A.

Sept.] of la perouse, 307

I found on the banks of feveral rivulets, were
fragments of rocks of quartz mixed with mica,
and frequently of a fort of free fhone, w^hich like-
wife confiftcd of quartzofe particles.

Birds, efpecially parrots, are fo numerous in
this illand, that it probably derives from this cir-
cumllance its name, which fignifies in the Ma-
layan language, a bird.

The woods afforiifuch abundance of deer, goats
and wild boars, that the natives can furnifh the
Refident with as many as he has occalion for, at
the rate of two mufket fhots fired at each. The
fpecies of boar called babi-rouiTa fjiis babyntjjaj,
is alio found here.

The natives fcemed to be much afraid of feve-
ral kinds of fnakes, which they told us were very
numerous in their ifland ; but during the whole
.of our ftay in this place, which I fpent almoft en-
tirely i,n rambling through the woods, I never met
with one of thefe reptiles.

Although the rainy feafon had not yet fet in,
violent llorms blew almofl every night from the
high mountains.

Upon founding the bay, we difcovered at its
entrance, a little on this fide of the eafl: point,
called Point Rouba, a Ihelf of rocks, at a depth of
not more than a fathom throughout an extent of
^bout 2,000 toifes ; but the rell of this fpacious

outle^

308 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [1/93.

outlet very deep, and that even at a fmall diftance
from the M^eftern point, or Point LeiTatcUo, called
by the natives Tangit'tou Corhau (Buffalo Point).

According to aftronomical obfervations made
at the village of Cayeli, its latitude was 3° 21^
54^' S. long. 125^^ 1' 0" E.

The dip of the magnetic needle wd.s 20" 30^.

Its variation, as obferved on board, was O" 54'' E.

The higeft point indicated by the thermometer
on board was 23°/ and on fliore 25° 3-lOths.

The mercury in the barometer varied only
from 28 inches 1 line to 28 inches 2 lines.

The time of high v/ater on the full and change
days was three quarters after eleven ; it then rofe
to fix feet perpendicular height.

On the i6th we failed from Bourou, fleering
for the Strait of Bouton, which we entered on the
afternoon of the 22d.

1 /th. On the following day, about fun-fet, we
caft anchor 5 1 3 toifes from the coaft, oppofite to
the outlet of the channel which feparates Pan-
gefani from Celebes. Roifel, who, in confequence
of Dauribeau's being indifpofed, had now the
command of the expedition, formed the projed:
of failing out through this channel. Early in the
morning of the 24th, he difpatched a pinnace,
which reconnoitred the channel to the extent of
iOjGOO toifes. A great number of fmall iflands

were

Oct.] of la perouse. 309

were fcattered throughout the Strait, particularly
towards the coaft of Celebes ; and both coafts were
almoft every where bordered with marfhes. After
this report many of our feamen thought there
was reafon to apprehend that we might not be
able to find a fufficient depth of water in every
'part of the channel for our veil'els to pafs through
it ; however we failed into it on the following
day, and, after having proceeded about 10,000
toifes eafi, anchored at the clofe of the evening.

20th. The following day another pinnace was
fent out to found throughout the whole of this
paiTage. She returned on the 29th in the after-
noon, with the intelligence that flie had found a
great number of fand-banks and fome flats, very
difficult to be difcovercd on account of their
black colour, which rendered the paffage ex-
tremely dangerous. It was therefore determined
to return to the Strait of Bouton ; and after hav-
ing been obliged to caft anchor, often feveral
times in the courfe of a fmgle day, we at length
arrived, on the 7th October, at its fouthern ex-
tremity, and anchored near the village of Bouton,
at the diftance of 1,000 toifes from the neareft
coaft.

We had fpent a confiderable fpace of time in
paffing through this Strait, as we were obliged to.
lie at anchor during the whole night time, and in

the

310 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l 7QS,

the day to wait till the tide was favourable to our
intended courfe, before we could fet fail.
' During our pafTage the natives brought us va-
rious forts of fruits common in the Moluccas.
Some of their boats had a cargo of wild bread-
fruit, the kernels of which, thofe who eat of
them, found very indigeilible, even when roaft-
ed. They brought usiikewife a great number of
pullets, goats, dried and- fometimes frelh fifli.
Moft of thefe natives would not exchange any
of their commodities with us, before they had
afked permiflion of the Commander of our vefTel,
to whom they generally made a prefent. They
informed us that a year ago they had feen four
European vefTels failing through this Strait^
namely, tw^o from Ternate, the others from Banda
and Amboyna. Thefe people trade w4th the
Dutch. They preferred money to any other com-
modity we offered them. Moft of them, how-
ever, were very deiirous to procure pow^der and
ball from us ; but when they found that we
w^ouid not give them any, one of them offered us
two llaves in exchange for a fmall quantity of
ammunition, and appeared extremely furprifed
that we did not accept of his propofal.

Thefe iflanders brought us a great number of
parrots, of the {pccics ^Ilacus alexaiidri and ^l-
lacus cr'tftatus.

We

Oct.] of la perous^. 311

We were much furprifed to fee them bring
Ibme cotton fluffs, and thread made of the agave
vhlpara, which, they told us, were of their own
manufa<fture.

I made ufe of the opportunities afforded me by
our detention in the Strait to go on fhore. I
found a great number of plants which I had never
met with before : among others, the uviform
nutmeg tree: defcribed by Citizen Lamark ; Its-
fruit has no aromatic quality. I likewife colie<5ted
the cynometra ramiftora the gyr'inocarfms of Gasrt-
ner, and various fpecics oi calamus ^ which, after
railing themfelves to the fammit of the talleft
trees, delcend again to the ground, from whence
they climb up others trees of equal height, their"
ftalks frequently growing to the length of feveral"
hundred yards.

The fruit of the homhax ce'iha, and that of fe-
veral new fpecies of the fame genus, affords
abundant nouriiliment to the numerous troops of
apes that are found here, fom.e of which we killed-
in order to prefer ve their ikins.

The moift ground exhibited almoft every where
marks of the feet of deer, wild boars, and buffa-
loes. We frequently found numerous herds of
the laft-mentioned animals lying upon^ the wet
ground; but they ahvays betook themfelves to

Iheht

312 VOYAGE IN SEARCIf [l7Q$t

flight as foon as they faw us, and it was impoffible
to purfue them through the mire.

In the iiland of Pangefani I frequently tra-^
verfed thick forefts of the palm, known by the
name of corypha umhracuTifera, where I found
fqui'rrels of the fpecies called fc'iuru^ palntarumi
which always fled at the approach of a man.
- The natives had ere6led feveral fheds near the
fliore, where they kept the bamboo hurdles, upon
which they place their fifli when they dry them
at the fire in order to preferve them.

The iflanders, aware of the danger of living
near the morafles, which render the northern
coaft of Pangefani very unhealthy, have built no
villages in that part of the country. It was in
the .mid ft of thefe morafles that our crew became
firft infected with a dyfentery of a vexy contagious
nature,, which produced the greater ravages
amongfl: us, as we were already much debilitated
by the long ufe of bad provifions, which had be-
come fl:ill more unwholefome during the courie
of our voyage. I was alfo infe6led with this
diforder which proved fatal to great numbers of
our crew.

8th. This morning at fun-rife, four chiefs, who
bore the title of Oran-kai, came on board to no-
tify to us, that we were not permitted to land,

before

Oct.] of la perouse. 313

before the Sultana, who refided at Bouton, and
was an ally of the Dutch Company, had been
previoufly informed of our defign. We told them
that we were very defirous of viewing this part of
the ifland, and one of them went immediately to
fignify our wifh to that petty fovereign.

We wevQ foon vifited by two Dutch foldiers,
who offered to procure us an interview with the
Sultan, affuring us that without his permiffion
the natives durft not fell us any proviiions. They
then conducted us to their own dwelling, where
we were informed that the Sultan would not be
vifible till very late in the afternoon. Upon this
intelligence a confiderable number of us took an
excurfion into the interior of the ifland, diredling
our route to the eaftward. The natives did not
appear furprifed at feeing us, and fhewed no in-
clination to follow us.

After having walked for more than two hours
along the banks of a fmall river, covered wrth
a great number of boats, fome of v/hich had
come from the flrait laden with fifh, we forded
the ftream with a view of proceeding to the
northward. We went up very fteep afcents,
where I colle^ed a great number of plants;
among others, the harleria prionitis, and fevera]
new fpecies of the croton,

Moft of the habitations in this part of the

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314 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q^*

country were built upon the fummits of delight-
ful hills, with which this fide of the illand
abounds. We met with a very friendly reception
from the inhabitants, who prefented to us fruits
of different kinds. One of them, who went to
gather fome cocoa-nuts for us, climbed very
qtiickly to the top of the tree, by means of an
expedient which to me appeared fmgular. He
tied his legs together near the ancle with a ftripe
of cloth, by which he was enabled to grafp the
trunk of the tree with his feet fo ftrongly as to
fupport the whole weight of his body ; and, as
the ilem was not very thick, by thus clafping it
alternately with his feet and his arms, he very
foon reached the top.

We remarked fome forts built on the moft in-
acceffible heights amongft thefe hills, which ferve
the inhabitants for a place of refuge when their
habitations are invaded by an enemy. Thefe for-
tifications confifi: of ftone walls of confiderable
thicknefs, and about ten or twelve feet high, in-
clofing a plot of ground from fixty to eighty feet
fquare.

The natives who fold us ftufFs a few days be-
fore, had not deceived us when they told us that
they had been manufadlured in the iiland of Bou-
ton. We faw to-day, in fcveral of the houfes,
looms for manufaduring fimilar fluffs; the

workmen

Oct.] of la perouse. 315

workmen performing their operations in a man-
ner very like our linen weavers. They ufe cotton
threads of various colours ; but red and blue ap-
pear to be the moft in requeft among the natives.

About four o'clock in the afternoon we went
to the village of Bouton to fee the Sultan. We
had not been informed that it was neceflary to
bring fome prefents with us, in order to be admit-
ted to an audience. As we had nothing to offer
him, he was not to be fpoken with ; but his fon
and nephew received us at the fort where he re-
fides. They frequently repeated to us, with great
emphafis, that the whole ifland was under his
dominion ; that he was an ally of the Dutch
Company, and that their enemies were his ene-
mies. They then told us that the natives of
Geram having lately invaded their'coaffs, four of
them were taken and delivered up to the King,
who immediately ordered them to be beheaded.
They then deiired us to ftep a few paces further,
and fliewed us, with an air of great fatisfadlion,
the heads of thefe unfortunate illanders, expofed
upon long poles planted on the walls of the fort.

The village of Bouton is built upon an emi-
nence with a very fteep declivity to the north-
weft, and furrounded with thick walls which le-
cure the inhabitants from the incurfions of their

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3l6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l793.

enemies. The houfes are built of bamboo, and
their roofs covered with pahn-trefis, Hke thofe-
of the other inhabitants of the Moluccas.

The Sultan refides in a fort built of ftone. It
appeared to us that this chief fhews grqat diftruft
of the agents of the Dutch Company, though
they are his allies ; for the three Dutch foldiers^
who were the only inhabitants of the Company's
houfe, were not permitted to live in the village
where he refides. They were obliged to remain
in an inconvenient, ifolated dwelling, more than
1 000 toifes diftant from his refidencc. They were
foon to leave the iiland, and go to Macaffar ; but
were ftill detained by the apprehenfion of meeting
wdth the vellels of the natives of Ceram, which
had been cruifmg for fome time in thefe feas.

It was already night when we returned to the
fhore in order to go on board. As it was then
low water, we were obliged to wade in the fea
up to our waifls, though the greater part of us had
laboured under the dyfentery for feveral days,
which was very much aggravated in confequence.

During the day the natives had brought, for
the ufe of our veiFels, rice, maize, fugar canes,
pullets, eggs, ducks and goats. In exchange for
thefe provifions they had been offered hardware
commodities, but they preferred the money cur-
rent

Oct.] of la perouse. 317

rent in the Moluccas, efpecially the fmall fil-
vered coin which they call konpan per a, and which
is brought over by the Dutch from Europe.

The time of high water in this bay at full and
change days, is about one o'clock in the after-,
noon, the tide riiing fix feet perpendicular height.

Our anchoring ftation was 5° 2"/ 8" S. lat.
120° 27' E. long.

On the Qth in the afternoon w^e weighed an-
chor, and fleering under full fails to get out of
the ftrait of Bouton, we foon reached the open
fca.

On the ] 1 th we paffed the ftrait of Salayer.
A great number of canoes and natives wxre feen
upon the beach, others were failing towards
Celebes.

We caft anchor feveral times along the coaft
of Madura, and on the afternoon of the 1 Qth, in
a bottom -of reddifh m.ud, at the depth of five
fathoms, not far diftant from the north-weft point
of the ifland, and at the entrance of the channel
that leads to Sourabaya, one of the princlp^al
eftablifliments of the Dutch in the ifland of Java.
As we intended to come to anchor there, a pin-
nace had been difpatched, about nine o'clock
in the morning, to the village of Grifse, by the
Efperance, to demand a pilot who could conduct
us through the channel.

X 3 Five

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Five days elapfed without our receiving any
news of our pinnace. We were apprehenfive that
Ihe had fallen in with pirates ; and, on the 23d,
another was fent out, upon the fuppofition that
the former had not arrived at the place of her
deftination ; for we could not have imagined that
file had been detained by the Dutch, who were
well acquainted with the purpofe of our expedi-
tion : but on the 25 th, we received a letter from
the officer who had the command of the pinnace,
acquainting us that he was detained prifoner by
the Dutch, who were then at war with France.
Soon, howxver, a meflage was brought us from
the Council of Sourabaya, informing us that in
purfuance of the in{lru<5lions which they had juft
received from Batavia, they were willing to af-
ford us every affiftance in their power ; and on
the 20th two pilots were fent us. We were
obliged to cafl anchor feveral times before we
could get into the roads of Sourabaya, where we
call anchor on the 28th, about 1,000 toifes north-
ward of the river that runs through the town ;
the flag of the fort bearing S. 2° E. and the village
of Grifse W. 30^ N.

The dyfentery had already carried off -fix of our
crew fmce our departure from Bouton.

3 ifti, We foon obtained permifiion to refide in
the town of Sourabaya, where I procured a lodg-
ing

Nov.] OF LA PEROUSE. 31Q

ing in the houfe of MeiTrs. Bawer and Stagh,
who received me with the greateft cordiaUty.

November loth. The council revoked the
permiffion they had granted us, and all our com-
pany were immediately obliged to return on
board, with the exception of our invalids, to which
number I belonged, the dyfentery having left mc
in a ftate of extreme debility. Being now re-
moved from the reft of my fcllow-fufferers in this
contagious malady, I was very much relieved by
the ufe of purgatives, fago, and fkimmed milk ;
and in a fliort time completely recovered.

It was high time that this captivity Ihould have
an end ; for the number of lick perfons on board
increafed with alarming rapidity.' Almoft one
half of the crew were attacked with dyfentery
and contagious fevers, which did not abate of
their violence till they had carried off feveral of
our men. At length the Council again granted
the permiffion which they had revoked a few days
before, and we had the fatisfaclion of meeting
again together in the town.

The heat was exceffive during- the firft days of
our ftay at Sourabaya. I was aftonifhed to fee
Reaumur's thermometer rife to 27^; but thefe
burning heats vvxre but of fhort duration ; for
the change of the monfoon, which took place
about the beginning of November, caufcd for
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a confiderable time, efpecially in the afternoon,
abundant falls of rain, which cooled the atmof-
phere to fuch a degree, that the thermometer
did not ftand higher than 22" or 23^, in the hot-
teft part of the day.

As foon as my health was a little re-eftabliflied,
I made frequent excurfions in the environs of the
town, and as far into the country as my ftrength
permitted me. I had the pleafure of feeing my
colle<5lions of natural hiflory encreafe with a great
number of fpecimens which I had never before
met with.

Moil of the roads to a confiderable diflancc
frorn Sourabaya are fhaded by hedges of bamboo.
Others were inclofed between long avenues of
mhnufops eleng't, gutllandlna morlnga, nauclea ori-
ent alls, hyhifcus t'lliaceus, &c. the fliade of which
produces a very falutary efFed: in this fervid cli-
mate. 1 was much furprifed to fee the laft men-
tioned tree fend out branches from the whole
length of its trunk, as far down as the root ; dif-
fering in this refped from all of the fame fpecies,
that I had feen in other places, but I foon ob-
ferved fome of the Javanefe employed in making
inciiions very clofe to'each other in the bark of the
trees with a largq knife, and was informed that
this operation has been pra^lifed here from time
immemorial for the purpofe of caufing young

fhoots

Pec] of la perouse. 321

flioots to fprout from the places cut in this man-
ner. They always choofe the rainy feafon for per-
forming this operation, as it fucceeds with moft
certainty at that period. Vegetation is then fo
rapid in this climate, that a very fhort time after
the incifions had been made, I faw them filled
with a vail number of young buds. The inha-
bitants of this ifland are, however, in general, but
little {killed in the agricultural arts.

On the 12th of December, thofe of us who
w^ere engaged in the purfuit of natural hiflory,
obtained permiffion from the Governor of Soura-
baya to vifit the mountains of Prau, iituated at
the diftance of about 30,000 toifes wefl-fouth-
wefl of the town.

On the following day we fet out for the village
of Poron, fituated near'the foot of the mountains.
The Javanefe who carried our baggage, fufpended
it to long poles of bamboo, each borne between
the flioulders of two men.

Having proceeded about 20,000 toifes, we ar-
rived at Sonde Kari, where we dined after the Ja-
vanefe fafhion with the chief of the village, who
had ordered a fumptuous repaft to be prepared for
us. It confifted of feveral difhes of broiled fifh,
and the flefh of buffaloes and horfes that had been
preferved, as we were told, for fix months, by
being cut into thin llices, and dried in the fun.

All

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All the difhes were feafoned very highly with pep-
per, pimento and ginger. Rice ferved ns in the
place of bread, and the entertainment concluded
with a plentiful defert of excellent fruit.

We foon fet forward on our journey, and were
overtaken by a heavv rain, which put us to great
inconvenience. A ferjeant of the Dutch troop
gave us a proof of his authority over the Java-
nefe, who returned to the village we had left, by-
taking out of their hands the umbrellas which
they had brought with them ; none of them dar-
in2; to refift. We did not know what he intended
to do with them, till he came up and offered
them to us, faying, that he thought it very pre-
sumptuous in thefe men to fhelter themfelves
from the rain, while they faw us expofed to it;
but to his great furprife, none of us would make
ufe of the umbrellas, but delired him to return
them to the owners. ^

At length we arrived at the village of Poron,
where we were received by the chief, who bears
the title of Deman. His principal office is to ap-
portion to the natives their daily tafks of labour.

The country through which we had paffed is a
v^ft plain, in which rice is principally cultivated.
The plantations were already covered with fix or
eight inches of water, retained by the earthen
mounds with which they w^ere furrounded.

Before

Dec] of la perouse. 323

Before we arrived at Sonda Karl, we had ob-
ferved large plantations of indigo. This article
is principally cultivated in Java by the Chineie,
who have a much more extenfive acquaintance
with the arts than the natives. _

We faw likewife fevcral fields in which the
rtchius commums was cultivated^, from the feeds of
which the Javanefe extracfl a kind of lamp-oil.

This plam contains alfo a few plantations of
maize, fugar canes, and the holcus forghum.

We ipent the night in a very neat houfc, built
of bamboo, which ftood clofe by that of the De-
man.

14th. On the following day we baited at the
weft extremity of tiie fame village upon lands un-
der thejurifdi(l;tion of the Tomogon of Bangui!,
who, though he refided at the diftance of more
than 7>500 toifes from thence, came eady in the
morning to give orders to the inhabitants to pro-
vide for our fafety, and furnifh us with whatever
eatables we might want.

The Tomogon was a man of much good fenle,
fpoke the Dutch language very well, and had a
competent knowledge of the affairs of Europe.
He was a Chinefe by birth, but had embraced
the Mahometan religion in order to obtain the
title of Tomogon.

We were extremely fatigued with the journey

we

324 VOYAGE IIS" SEARCH [17Q3.

we had made the preceding day upon the fmall
horfes common in this iiland. Their very hard
trot galled us the more, as the faddles we were
obliged to make ufe of were not ftufFed, but con-
fined of a very hard kind of wood, with a thick
piece of fkin glued on for their only covering.
Befidcs, the Javanefe ftirrups were too fhort for
us, -and could not be lowered, which rendered our
pofture extremely uneafy. We therefore went
very little from our habitation during this day,
but on the following (l5th), we pafled over a
plain about 2,500 toifes in length, and for the
greater part already covered with water, before
we arrived at the mountains of Prau. The To-
magon of Banguil came to this place dn horfe-
back,' accompanied by upwards of a hundred at-
tendants, very well mounted. We found him
in the forefl, where he waited for us ; but, having
probably very little idea of the fimpl^ mode in
which naturalifls choofe to travel, he had made
his men bring chairs with them for us to fit down
upon at the top of one of the rhountains, from
whence we had a view through the trees of a
great extent of country, which he told us was all
in his dependency ; and, to imprefs it the more
ftrongly upon our minds, he immediately ordered
the tops of feveral tek-trees to be ftruck off; but
we faw with regret more than ahundred feet of

the

Dec] of la perouse.- 325

the trunks of thefe beautiful trees deftroyed and
facrlficed to fuch a momentary gratification.

Peacocks were very common in thefe forefts

through which we rambled in every dire<5lion, and

we fhot feveral of them. Amongft other plants,

I collected feveral beautiful fpecies of uvar'my he-

Je^ieres and hauhhila.

The natives were employed in clearing a fine
piece of ground at the foot of the eaftern moun-
tains. The fmaller trees they cut down with
axes ; the larger they only Gripped of their bark
near the root, in order to make them decay.

In the afternoon a diftant found of thunder
ulhered in a violent fall of rain, as is ufual at this
feafon, w^bich compelled us to hafiien back to our
habitation. The Tomagon, before he returned
to Banguil, repeated the orders he had already
given to the natives, to provide for our fafety and
our wants.

On the following days we vifited the moun-
tains of Panangounan, penetrating into the terri-
tory of the Emperor of Solo through vafi: forefts
of tek- trees, under the fhade of which^the paji-
crathitn amhoine?i/e grew in abundance. Our
guides often exprefied their fear of meeting with
tigers, which, they told us, were very common
in the thickets on the banks of the rivers, where
they lie in wait for the animals that come to

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326 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q3-

drink. We, however, met with none of thefe
beafts of prey.

The Javanefe who accompanied us were aI-»
moft continually on horfeback, and did not dif*
mount even in the moft inacceffibie parts of the
foreft ; but whenever they faw the plant, called
in their language ladiaPankru they immediately
threw themfelves on their feet, and ran as faft as
they were able to gather it, trying to outftrip
each other. Their eagernefs raifmg our curiofity
to know the caufe of their valuing this plant fo
highly, we were informed that the knobs of its
roots, dried and reduced to powder, were a power-
ful aphrodiiiac. It appears that thefe auxiliary
medicines are much efteemed amongft this peo-
ple, as, indeed, they generally are amongft the in-
habitants of hot climates. This paraiite plant is
only to be foiind upon the trunks of large trees.
It was not yet at its period of fru£lification ;
however, it appeared to me to be a new fpecies
of the pothos.

During thefe excurfions I killed feveral wild
cocks, whofe plumage was diverfified with a va-
riety of colours of admirable brilliancy. Their
crowing, which we often heard in the midfl of
the woods, led us at firft to imagine that we were
in the vicinity of fome habitation, but we fbon
learnt to diflinguifh their note perfectly well

from

Dec] of la perouse. 327

from that of the domeflic cock. The comb of
the wild cock is not red, but of a whitifli colour,
with a flight tinge of violet, which grows fome-
what deeper towards the edges. The greater part
of the fwamps in the neighbourhood of our dwell-
ing were covered with very large leaves of the
nymphea nelunibo, upon which we frequently ob-
ferved a fpecies of bird fimilar to that called
parra Jtnenjis ; and admired the lightnefs with
which it walked over the furface of the w^ater,
ftepping with its long legs from one leaf to the
other.

At a fmall diflance weftward of the village of
Porou, we faw two coloflal ftatues, called by the
Javanefe reSiio, and in high veneration amongft
them. They were both hewn out of blocks of
ftone eleven feet high ; their drapery was very
wide, and the phyfiognomy of the tw^o heads bore
a Moorifh chara(5ler. To me . it appeared pro-
bable that thcfe ftatues had been ereded in ho-
nour of fome of the Moorifli conquerors of the
Moluccas ; but the natives could give us no in-
formation upon this head.

The Dutch fcrjeant who accompanied us was
a paffionate admirer of the mufic of the Javanefe.
Soon after our arrival at Porou, he fent for a fe-
male fmger, whofe fhrill voice was accompanied
by two muficians, who played every evening upon

inftruments, -

328 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q3'

initruments, one of which refembled a dulci-
mer, and the other a mandolin. Whilft we were
employed in preparing and defcribing our collec-
tions, we were obliged to hear, for feveral hours
together, this difcordant mufic, which, however,
had always charms fufficient to attract a great
concourfe of the. natives round the performers.

All the airs W^re fung in the Javanefe lan-
guage. They generally turned upon the fubjedl
of love, as our ferjeant, who underftood the Ja-
vanefe language perfe^ly well, interpreted them
to us. He told us that thefe airs were jail im*
fromptii as thofe fung by the fmging-women of
Java generally are. Ours accompanied her voice
with a variety of geftures appropriate to the fub-
jecfl, and efpecially with certain movements of
her fingers of very difficult execution, which
were much applauded by the natives. If report
does not do them injuftice, thefe iinging-wornen
are not diftinguiilied by any extraordinary rigidity
of virtue.

On the 20th we returned to Sourabaya.

Citizen Riche and I had formed a plan of
Ipending fome time among the mountains of
Paffervan, to which we had approached, very near
during our laft excurfion. They are very high,
and we had often heard their fertility much
ipoken of. Grain is cultivated there with great

iuccefs.

Feb.] of la perouse. 320

fuccefs. Many European fruit-trees likewife fuc-
ceed very well upon thofe heights, on account of
the mild temperature of their atmoiphere. It
Was neceflary for us to procure a new order from
the Governor before wx could undertake this ex-
pedition ; but Dauribeau, who had offered to re-
queft it for us, brought us information that the
Governor had Ihortly received new in{trud:ions
from the Council at Batavia, according to which
he could not permit us to go to any great diftance
from the town ; a walk of three or four hours,
being all that was allowed us. ' I went feveral
times to fee a fpring fituated at the diftance of
about 7,500 toifes to the weft ward. A great
quantity of petroleum rifes to the furface of its
water, and is carefully collected by the inhabi-
tants, who mix it with pitch. Abundance of
pumice-ftone is found in the furrounding country.

Citizen Riche and I lodged in the fame houfe^
We generally went out together to purfue our
refearches, and returned in the evening to Sou-
rabaya with the new fpecimens we had colledled.
It was always with regret that we found our la-
bours fufpended by the approach of night. But
on the igth of February 1 794, about four o'clock
in the morning, Chateauvieux, the commandant
of the place, came with a troop of thirty foldicrs
under arms, to inform us, in the name of Dauri-

VoL.IL y beau

^30 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l 794.

beau and the principal officers of our expedition,
-jthat we were under arrefl. Shortly after we
learnt that feveral others of our companions had
Ihared the fame fate, without being able to di-
vine the caufe of fo arbitrary an a6l of autho-
rity ; but we were foon informed that intelligence
which Dauribeau had received from Europe, had
determined him to hoift the white flag, and put
himfelf under the protection of the Dutch, who
were then at war with France. He had un-
doubtedly already then formed the projed;, which
he afterwards carried into execution, of felling
the veiTels of our expedition. To infure his fuc-
cefs, it was neceflary for him to get rid of all
thofe perfons under . him who he knew would
ftrongly difapprove of fuch a meafure. We were
therefore delivered into the hands of the Dutch
as prifoners of war, to the number of feven,
namely, Legrand, Laignel, Willaumez, Riche,
Ventenat, Piron, and myfelf, and conduced to
Samarang by a march of 200,000 toifes, over
roads bad in the extreme, and in the rainy feafon.
We- wefe obliged to ufe boats to crofs feveral
large plains, inundated by the torrents defcending
from the mountains fituated to the fouthward,
and which form a part of the great chain which
runs through the whole iiland of Java from eaft
to weft. • »

Michel

March.] of la perouse. 331

Michel Sirot and Pierre Creno, fervants on
board the Efperance, followed us in our profcrip-
tion.

Dauribeau had robbed me of all my collections.
When we left Sourabaya, I had intrufted to the
care of Lahaie, the gardener, eleven bread-fruit
trees, and an equal number of the roots and
ftems of this valuable plant, kept in clay in per-
fect prefervation, and fit to produce as many
young trees. He promifed to take the beft care
of them, and gave me a receipt for the depoiit.

The greater part of the crews were thrown into
the prifons of the Tomagon of Sourabaya, from
whence they were taken out fome time after,
part to be fent into thofe of Batavia, and .part to
remain with Dauribeau.

We left Sourabaya on the 24th of February.

This town is fituated in' 7° 14^ 28" fouth lat.
110° 35^ 43'' eaft long.

The variation of the magnetic needle was
2° 31^ 14'' weft, and the diftance 25°.

After a long courfe of fatigue we at length ar-
rived at Samarang, on the morning of the ] ith
March.

The, Commandant of the place immediately
condud:ed us to Governor Ovcrllraaten. The
Governor told us that the firft furgeon of the
hofpital had got a lodging prepared for us, and

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332 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q4.

fent us to take poiTeflion of it ; but what was
our furprife, when, having been introduced to
the furgeon, he led us into one of the wards
of his hofpital, where he fhewed us feven beds,
which he faid had juft been made ready for us.
There was neither table nor chairs in this place.
It was in vain that we reprefented to him that
we were not fick, and did not wifh to become
fo by living in an hofpital : his anfwer always
was, that, according to the orders of his Excel-
lency the Governor, he had no other lodging to
offer us.

We were obliged at laft to appeal to the Go-
vernor, and to make him fenfible, if poffible, of
the harflmefs of fuch a mode of proceeding with
refpe<5l to men, who, upon their return from a
long and toilibme expedition, undertaken for the
advancement of the arts and fciences, had a right
to exped: a better reception from a civilized na-
tion. It was not, however, till after parleying
for feveral hours, that the order for our impri-
ibnment in an hofpital was reverfed. We were
now^ permitted to live in the centre of the town,
and this was our prifon.

Some time after we obtained permiffion to go
to the diftance of about 2,500 toifes from Sama-
rang, but with the reftridion that we fhould not
approach the fea-coaft.

During

March.] of la perouse. 333

During our march from Sourabaja to Sama-
rang, I had been furprifed to obfervc in the
market places of feveral villages, fhops where
fmall flat fquares of a reddifti clay, called by the
inhabitants tmia ampo, were expofed for fale. At
firft I imagined that they might be employed for
fulling cloths ; but I foon obferved the inhabitants
chewing fmall quantities of this clay, and they
affured me that this was all the ufe they made of
it.

Whilft we were paffing through the extenfivc
rice plantations at the foot of the mountains, the
natives had frequently pointed out to us, fields of
rice upon declivities too fteep to be able to retain
the water. The rice cultivated in thefe places
was of a fpecies, that does not require an inun-
dated foil to fuccced perfectly well ; but they only
cultivate it in the feafon when the land is daily
drenched with copious rains.

I had already remarked upon feveral hills in
the illand of Java, a great number of cocoa-trees
which were ftripped of their leaves and dead at
the root. It had appeared very lingular to me'^to
find fo great a number within fo fmall a fpace ;
but I was at length informed, by feveral of the
inhabitants of the hills fituated at a little diftance
north-weft of Samarang, where I faw many co-
coa-trees in the fame condition, that they had

Y 3 been

334 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l794.

been ftruck by lightning, and they informed me
that the fame circumftance frequently happens
upon many other hills in the ifland. In facft,
thefe high trees are particularly expofed by their
fituation, to the terrible effecfls of the lightning ;
befides, the fap, with which they abound, con-
tributes in a great degree to attrad; the ele(ftric
matter.

On the 5th of April, we were informed that a
packet was fhortly to fail from Batavia for Eu-
rope. The Governor of Samarang was willing
that two of us fhould go to Batavia, to folicit
permiffion of the Regency for themfelves to re-
turn in this veiTel. As we were all animated by
the fame defire of revisiting our native country,
we agreed to cafh lots. The fortunate perfons
were Citizens Riche and Legrand, and on the
0th of May they fet out for Batavia.

Twelve days after we received orders, from the
Governor of Samarang, to go to the fame place,
and there. to wait for another opportunity of re-
turning to France, than that of the packet above
mentioned ; for it was even very uncertain, whe-
ther or not Riche and Legrand would find a place
in it.

Some of the Dutch who were interefted about
us, informed us that the fleet, upon which our
hopes of returning to Europe depended, was not

to

May.] of la perouse. 555

to fet fail in lefs than fix or feven months, and
theyalTured us, that before that period it wds not
probable we fhoiild meet with any other oppor-
tunity of returning to our native country. The
dyfentery which I had (taught among the marfhes
of Strait Bouton, made me apprelierif vc that a
relapfe wotild be produced by thofe of Batavia,-
tvhere the exhalations are ftill more noxious.
Befides, the fituation of Batavia is fo pernicious

to Europeans, particularly during the firfl: year of

, jj.
their abode there, that out of everv hundred fol-'

diers who arrive there from Europe, twenty-
four generally die in the firft year, and thofe who
become fomewhat accuftomed to the climate,
fiiill remain in a languifliing ftate of health.
Other Europeans who have all the conveniencies
of life at their command, do not die in lb terri-
fying a proportion : but from the fmall allowance
tTiat was granted us as prifoners of war, we could
not hope to be able to procure ourfelves any
thing beyond the mere neceifaries of life.

Citizen Piron and myfelf obtained permiffion
to delay our departure for Batavia till the Dutch
fleet was juft about to fail. Our companions in
misfortune, Laigncl, Ventenat, and Willaumez,
fet off for that place; and as foon as they arrived
there they were fent to Fort Tangaran* more'
than 7,500 toifcs dillant from the town. Riche

Y 4 and

336 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l / Q4

and Legrand, inftead of procuring a paffage in
the packet, which was immediately to fet fail,
had been exiled to Fort Anke. However, about
two months afterwards, they had the good for-
tune to embark for Ifle de France, on board of
a vefTel in which fome prifoners taken from our
privateers were conveyed to that place.

Dauribeau, not fatisfied with having taken
away my coUecElions, requefled of the Governor
of Samarang, that the manufcript which con-
tained the obfervations I had made during the
voyage in fearch of Peroufe might likewife be
taken from me. In vain I protefted againft this
violation of the moft facred fpecies of property :
Governor Overftraaten gave orders, on the 28th
of July, that my efFeds, to which the feal had
been applied a month before, fhould be fearchcd ;
but fortunately my journal was not found.

Dauribeau fhortly after his arrival at Sama-
rang, for the purpofe of treating with the Go-
vernor concerning the fale of the veflels, died
there on the 22d of Auguft.

As the time appointed or the failing of the
Dutch fleet was at hand, Citizen Piron and my-
felf fet out for Batavia on the 31 ft. On board
of the veflel which conveyed us thither were feve-
ral Javanefe, one of whom was in irons. His
unfortunate wife fat befide him, having volun-
tarily

May.] of la perouse. 337

tarily chofcn to follow him in his banifliment.
We were penetrated with compaffion, when wc
heard from the mouth of this unhappy man the
occafion of his ruin. His name, he told us, was
Piromongolo ; he was of the village of Calibon-
gou, in the dependency of the Government of Sa-
marang. He had paid 350 rix dollars to become
a freeman of that place, but was fupplanted by
another perfon, who offered a ftill larger fum for
the fame privilege; and thofe who had received
his money, inftead of returning it to him, thought
iit to put him out of their way by banifhing him to
Ceylon, where he was to be in the fame confine-
ment with many others of the inhabitants of the
Moluccas, who are facrificed by the Dutch to
their revengeful difpofition, or pretended politi-
cal interefls. Amongft the injuries that had been
heaped upon him, he had been accufed, he faid,
of being a Ibrccrer. Though he aflured us, with
a great deal of fimplicity, that if he was one, he
had never known any thing about it ; but at any
rate he was fure that thofe who had robbed him
of his three hundred and fifty dollars, were a
much more dangerous kind of ibrcerers than he.
The falary which the different Governors of
the Ifland of Java receive from the Dutch Com-
pany very moderate ; but then the abuies arc
connived at, which refult from the very ample

indemni-

iS8 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l794.

indemnification, which the greater part make
themfelves, by raiding contributions upon the na-
tives to a much greater amount than what they
have to deliver into the magazines of the Com-
pany, the furplus of which they appropriate to
their own profit.

The Chinefe are almoft the only perfons em-
ployed here in the cultivation of fugar. They
fcarcely make any other than fugar-candy, which
they are not allowed to fell, except to the Gover-
nor, whopurchafes it on the Company's account;
but frequently he compels thefe unfortunate Chi-
nefe to fell it him at half the price which he
makes the Company pay for it, though even they
buy it at a comparatively low rate.

The contributions w^hich the Governors re-
ceive in fpecie, are likewife a great fource of profit
to them, as they keep this money in their own
hands, and pay the amount to the Company in
paper. During my flay in Java, their emolu-
ments in this way amounted to twenty per cent.

The nomination of the natives to different of-
fices, is likewife a fource from whence the Go-
vernors and Refidents derive great profits. ^

On the 2d of September we anchored in the
roadflead of Batavia.

4th. After we had remanied two days on board,
the Commandant of the roadflead condudled us

on

May.] of la perouse. 339

on fliore, and we were immediately conveyed to
Fort Anke, diftant not more than about 2,500
toifes from the town. The fame chamber was
allotted us, which our companions in misfortune,
Riche and Legrand, had formerly occupied.

We were furrounded on ail fides by marfhes,
which render this fituation very unhealthy : it is,
however, much lefs fo than that of the town,
where, at low water, the black mud collected in
a great number of canals, is expofed to the heat
of the fun, and exhales the moll peflilential ef-
fluvia. The marllies of Anke, on the contrary,
were covered with a variety of plants, fo clofe to
each other, that they prefented the appearance of
fine meadows in fall vegetation. A great num-
ber of diiferent kinds of gralTes, rufhes, nelumbo,
&c. grew forth from the bottom of the ftagnant
water, and the interftices between thefe plants
were covered with large quantities ot the pt'ijia
Jlrattotes, which, floating on the furface of the
water by means of the fmall air-bladders, with
which its leaves are provided at their bafes, ab-
forb a great quantity of the noxious vapours as
fafl: as they are exhaled from the mud, and change
them, with the aid of the folar rays, as vvc know,
into refpirable air. ill is tranfmutation is atfecTted
by the pt'tjia more than by any other plant ; for
it is known by experiment to be fo powerful a

preventive

340 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l79^'

preventive of the decompofition of ftagnant v^a-
ter, that if filhes b*e put into a fmall quantity
of water, in w^hich they v^^ould otherwife perifh
in the courfe of a few days they may be prefer ved
alive for a long time, by covering its furface with
thefe fmgular plants, every one of which occu-
pies a fpace of about nine fquare inches.

Thefe raarflies are haunted by the enormous
ferpent known by the name of boa cotiftriclor.
One of thefe fnakes came regularly every five or
fix days, and ftole one of the fowls from a hen-
coop belonging to a publican in the neighbour-
l¥Ood of Fort Anke, with whom we were allowed
to take our meals. This publican was a very fe-
vere mailer ; for, v/henever he mifl'ed one of his
fowls he always taxed an old flave, who had the
care of his hen-coop, with diflionefty ; and for
every one that difappeared, he ordered fifty flrokes
of a ratan to be infli(5led without mercy upon the
unfortunate wretch ; but one day the thief having
fwallowed a very large hen, found himfelf {o
fluffed with his meal, that he could not get out
of the coop by the hole through which he had
entered ; and the ilave revenged himfelf for the
chaftifement he had received by cutting the ani-
mal in pieces. The fowl, v^hich was taken out
of his ftomach, had been fwallowed down head-
foremoft, and had as yet undergone no change in

its

May.] of la perouse. 341

its fubftance. This ferpcnt was but of a middling
fize, being only twelve feet in length ; but a few
days afterwards the natives killed one at a fmall
diftance from this place, which meafured forty
feet. It appeared that this animal did not ufe to
prey upon fowls ; for they found in his ftomach
a kid that weighed thirty pounds.

The river that runs at the foot of Fort Anke
is frequented by alligators. One day I faw a very
large one advance towards a company of boys
who were fwimming in the river. He immedi-
ately feized one of them and difappearcd under
the water : neverthclefs, a few days after another
company of boys came to bathe in the fame place.

During the lafl: months of our flay at Anke,
four officers of the French privateer Le Modefte
were confined in the fame fortrefs, and alleviated
the tedioufnefs of our captivity by their company.
They had been made prifoners of war on board
of a Dutch vefTel, fhortly after they had made
prize of her.

The Major of the place, who vlfited us yctj
frequently, informed us of the death of Giradrin,
purfer to the Recherche, who was difcovered to
be a \voman, as we had fufpedled from the be-
ginning of the voyage. An impulfe of curiofity
feems to have been her principal motive for em-
barking

342 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l7Q4.

barking in this expedition. She had left a very
young child behind her in France.

The corvette lua. Nathalie, having Citizen
Riche on board, had been difpatched from Ille
de France to Batavia in order to demand our
veflels from the Regency ; but, after fhe had ar-
rived in the roads, Ihe was detained for five
months under the cannon of two Dutch fhips of
war, and ail that fhe could obtain was to fail back
with thofe perfons belonging to our expedition
who were in confinement, and fome other French
prifoners of war.

At length, on the 29th of March 1 795, we
fet fail for the Ifle de France.
. It was high time for me to be releafed from
my confinem.ent amongfi: the marflies of Fort
Anke, as I had laboured already more than a
month under a dyfentery, which was making a
very rapid progrefs. But as foon as I was removed
into a purer air, my malady diminifhed from day
to day.

On the 18th of May we arrived at Me de
France, I made frequent excurfions among the
mountains, where I obferved a great variety of
natural productions.

I had long been waiting for an opportunity of
returning to my native country, when at length

General

May.] of la perouse. 343

General Malartic difpatched the Minerva to
France, under the command of Citizen Laignel,
one of my companions in misfortune. I embarked
in this veffel, which failed from Ifle de France on
the 20th of November. •

It is remarkable, that during a run of upwards
of 600,000 toifes weft-north-weft, from 25° N.
lat. and 31*^ W. long, we found the fea covered
with a prodigious quantity oifuciis natwis, which
indicate the exigence of fome very extenfive
tanks upon which this fea-weed is produced.
This is a fubjed; well worthy of the inveftigation
of navigators.

On the 12th of March 1796, we caft anchor
at the Ifle of Bar, from whence I foon returned
to Paris.

Soon after I arrived in that city, I was inform-
ed that my colledions of natural hiftory had
been fent to England. The French Government
immediately put in their claim for them, which,
being fupported by Sir Jofeph Banks, Prefident
of the Royal Society of London, with all the ex-
ertions that were to have been expe<5ted from his
known love for the fciences, I foon had the fa-
tisfa^lion of finding myfelf again in poileiTion of
the requifite materials, for making known to the
world the natural produdlions which I had dif-

covered

344 VOYAGE IN SEARCH [l794.

covered in the different countries we had viiited
daring the courfe of our expedition.

The bread-fruit plants which I left in the cuf-
tody of the gardener Lahalc, were transported,
with feveral others which he had cultivated, to
Ifle de France ; from whence fome have been fent
to Cayenne, and others to Paris, where they are
depofited in the hot-houfes of the Botanical Gar-
den.

APPENDIX.

APPENDIX.

VOCABULARY

OF THE

LANGUAGE OF THE MALAYS.

A.

ACCOMPANY (to)

- Touroutfama

Accuftom (to)

- BialTa

Adieu, farewel

- Tabe

Adultery

- Gendach

jEfchinomenegrandiflora

- Malafui

Age -

- Houmour

Agreeable

- Soucagnia

Air, wind

- Anging

Aloes

- Lida boaya

Allum

- Tauouafs

Ananas

- Ananas, nanas

Animal, quadruped

- Binatan

Anchor

- Sao, baffi

Anona miiricata

- Anona

Appetite

Lapar

Apply (to)

- Taro

Approach (to)

- Decat

After

- Commedian, diblacan

Areca

- Pinang

Army

- BarifTan

Aromatic

Vannni bahe

Arrack

- Zopi

Arrange (to)

- Ator •

Arrive (to)

- Datan, poulan

Vol. U.

a

2

APPENDIX.

AfTaffin

Attach (to)

Attention (to pay)

Any body

Alfo

Around

Another

Azederac (aielia)

AlTuredly

At

Already

At length

Above

Afterwards

Attempt (to)

Awake (to)

Awakened (to be)

Angry (to be)

Ant (an)

Adorn one's felf (to)

Amongft

Able (to be)

Almoft

Although

Anfwer (to)

Awake (to)

Alone

Ape (an)

As foon as

Always

All

Afterwards

- Bounou oran.

- Jcat

- Dgiaga

- Trada oran

- Itou lagui, lagui
Bound re

Lain

Foula mourgati
Fafti, fongou
Sam a
Souda, abis

- Lama lama
Tingui, diyatas
Commedent

- Tchouba-tchouba

- Kredgia bangon
Sonda bangon

- Mara, gueguen

- Smouth
Pake bagous

- Sama fama

- Bole
Ampcr

- Mefki

- Megniaot
Bangon

- Candiri
Mougniet

- Kalo

Sela manguia

- Samougnia

- Lacafs

APPENDIX.

B.

Bee

Bark (to)

Buy (to)

Bring (to)

Brought to bed (to be)

Beloved

Bitter

Bow

Behind (from)

Bathe (to)

Before (from)

Blind

Before

Bathe (to go to)

Begone

Broom (a)

Bamboo

Bamboo (very young fhoots

of the) for pickling
Banana
Beard
Below
Bafella rubra
Beat (to)
Beak (bill)
Betel

Bilimbi (averrhoa)
Blue
Box

Borafllis fiabellifoimis
Brothel
Buckles

Taoun madou

Gongonh

Bli

Kiary

Branan, clouaranac

Soudatchinta

Pait

Pana

Di blacan

Siram

Di mouca

Bouta

Dolo

Mandi, cloardiaet

Sourby

Sappou

Pring, bambou

Ribbon

Piifang

Coudek

Dibaoua

Gandula

Pocol

Molou

Siri

Blimbing

Birou

Peti

Lontor

Poporket

Kandging

a 2

APPENDIX.

Buckles (knee)

Boil (to)

Broth

Bowl

Buttons -

Brave

Bridle

Brick

Break (to)

Brufh (a)

Buffalo

Burn -one's felf (to)'

Brains

Bat (a)

Bell

Baiket

Body

Blow (a)

Believe (to)

Begin (to)

Bargain (a cheap)

Bura, die (to)

Breakfaft (to)

Behind

Beneath

Before

Back

Borrow (to)

Bev/itch (to)

Building (to be in).

Be (to)

Brittle

Brother

Bet, lav a wager (to)

Canibau

- Bdidi
^ Caldc

Kegue

- Kantging karn

- "Biani, oran brani:

- Kandali
Batou Keddon

- Pitchia, pikiat

- Sicat, fica
Coibau
Bauar

- Outac
Bouroii-ticoulTe

- Londgin

- Kranguian

- Badan

- Tampelin
Cokira, perkia'ia,

- Molai

- Moura

- Mampoul
Makan pagtii-
Diblacan
Dibaona

Di mouca
-~ Blackagrtia

- Pegnieni
Tauver
Natchiam

- Ada

~ Lacas pitchia-
Soudara.

- Pefaro

APPENDIX.

Boy

Bell (a little)

Broil (to)

Briftling

Bacon

Bed

Book

But - -

Beggar

Bite (to)

Blow one's nofe (to)

Born (to be)

Bird's neft

Black

Bird

Bufy (to be)

Bone

Bread fruit

Bread fruit (wild)

Bread

Butterfly

Bafket

Buffoon

Bet (to)

Butterfly (a fpecies of)

Bruife (to)

Boat (Indian)

Breaft (the)

Blackguard (a)

Bridge (a)

Behave well (to)

Bug

Breathe (to)

Break (to)

- Boudgian

-^ Loudgin kitkii

- Panghan, bakar

- Bagnia rambout

- Gommock babi

- Tambat tidor
Boucou, quitape

- Tape

- Oran minta

- Guigui

- Bouan ignus
Datandi donia
Sarong bourou

- Itan

- Bourou

- Fontouli

- Toulan

- Boa fuccou

- Boa timbol

- Roti

Koupou, kopokopa

- Tampat
Caflan

- Betaro
Koupou malani

- Toumbok

- Prau

- Dada
Oran adiar

- Djanbatan

- Ada bai

- Coutou tampat tidor

- Napas

- Pata

^3 .

APPENDIX.

BelcTi (to)

-

Ato

Beehive (a) -

-

Romataoun

Bleed (to)

-

Sangara

Blood

-

Dara

Boar (a wild)

-

Tcheleng

Bofom (the)

-

Soufou, tetc

Blow (to)

-

Tihope

Box (to)

f

Cambeling

Beneath

'"

Baoua

Barren

-

Trada patana

Bark, for tanning

-

Cayou bounko

By and by

-

Sabentar

Bull

-

Lombou

Betray (to)

-

Camblanghan

Barter (to) - .

-

Toukar fama

Blow (to)

-

Anguin

Belly

-

Prot

Bladder (the)

-

Tampat kinkin

c.

CoUea (to)

-

Pungot

Call (to)

-

Panguil

Clay

-

Lambac

Certainly

-

Sacali

Confefs (to)

-

Menauo

Chatterer

-

Bagna tcherita

Corn, wheat

-

Bras blanda, gandoum

■Cable

-

Tali fao

Chaife (a)

-

Creta fiafs

CofFee - -

~

Coffi

Calamus aromaticus

-

Dringho

Cinnamon '•

■-

Cayou manis

Cannon

-

Marian

Cardamum (the little)

-

Gardamoungo

APPENDIX.

"Carefs (to)

Chariot (>)

Cards, for playing

Cafuarina

Cinders, afhes

Circle

Chair !a.) -'

Chalcas camuniing

Candle, light (a)

Change, exchange (to)

Coal

Chinefe

Choofe (to)

Coco

Coition

Cucumber

Contrary (on the)

Cord, rope

Corypha umbraculifera

Cotton

Colour

Cut

Crooked

Culhion

Cover (a)

Chalk

Cry out (toj - .

Cook (to) - , -r

Copper - -

Cynometra cauliflora

Chagrin - =^-

Cat

Caftrate (to)

Comprehend (to) -

Gonb

Greta toutoup
Cartou

Cayou famara
Abou
Bonder
Croffi
Kamouni
Lilen
Toucar
Arenh
Orankina
Pili, tchioba
Kalapa, klapa
Tiouki
Timon
Lain
Tali
Saribou
Benan
Roupa

Poton, tadgiani
Bcnko
Bantal
Combar
Kappor blanda
Batreia
MalTac
Toinbaga
Nam nam
Saketati

Koutchi£:n, toulTa
Kabiri

Tau, menart!
a4 . '

8

APPENDIX.

Count, reckon (to)

Conduft fto)

Contrary wind

Cover, enclofe (to)

Crufh to pieces (to)

Cup

Church

Catch cold (to)

Carelefs

Call for (to)

Cunning

Cold

Cheefe

Clove tree

Clutches (fignifying hands]

Cricket (a fpecies of)
Climb (to)

Coarfe

Clock (a)

Conflagration

Cheek (a)

Cowardice

Chin

Coin, value 2|d.

Cloud (a)

Comb (a)

Comb one's head (to)

Coward

Carry (to)

Chicken

Crawl (to)

Chafing difh

Come back (to) ^

Cold (a) rheum

- Iton

- Baoua

- Tchenela
Toutoup

- Toumbo

- Manco

- Gredgia

- Pilic

- Sarfar, guila

- Sourou panguil

- Pinter

- Dinguin, dignin

- Kediou

- Kenke
Tangan

- Yankrek

- Naik

- Kaflar

- Lontchin

- Beflar api

- Pipi
Leffou

~ Djiangot

- Koupan pera, ouan barou

- Mega

- CiO'er

- Ciflfer rambout

- Trada brani

- Picol

- Ayammouda

- Dgialan caia oular

- Kren

- Balai, combali datan

- Patoc

APPENDIX.

9

Cuttle f](h

Compadl

Century

Cup

Corkfcrew

Cork (to draw a)

Cloth

Cough (to)

Cough (a)

Cow (a)

Come (to)

Drink (to)

Dirt

Dear, high priced

Dog

Dance (to)

Difccver (to)

Defend 'to)

Defcend (to)

Debt

Diamond

Diarrhea

Difficult

Diligent

Dine (to)

Dolichos luberofus

Domeftic

Demand (to)

Debauch (to)

Dried up

Do (to)

Do that

- lean pougniabatou

- Jcat crafs

- Serafus ta un

- Tchanger
Poutar, ouler

- Tchiabou

- Cagui

- Batou

- Batou

- Sampi paranpouan

- Datan, mari, poulan

D.

- Minum

- Lumpor, cotor

- Mahal
Andgin

- Tandac

- Bouca
La ran

- Touron

- Outan
Inten

Saket bouanaer
SoulTa

- Naguin

- Comp, makan ftin^a art
Bongouan

Oupas, boudac

- Minta, tagni§

- Ambel praoen loller

- , Krain, kring

- Kredgta

- Kredgia itou

10

APPENDIX.

Ditch (a)

-

Eentin

Drop ^a)

-

Teres

Drefs (to)

-

Packian, pake

Drefs

-

Packian

Difhoneft

-

leng tracafli ormat

Damp

-

BalTa

Drunk

-

Mabou

Day

All, paguiara

Daylight (it is)

-

Souda fiam

Day (every)

-

Sari ari

Dull

-

Brat

Death

-

Mati

Die (to)

-

Mati

Dumb

-

Tra biffa cata

Deny (to)

-

Trada menauo

Dare (to)

-

Brani

Depart (to)

-

Pigui

Depart

-

Souibay

Dream (to)

-

Mnimpi

Dollar (a)

-

Real compani

Dew-

-

Oumboung

Dry ' -

-

Souda cring

Dry (to)

-

Cring

Dream

-

Menimbi

Deaf

-

Oran touli

Darknefs

-

Glap, glap

Deceive (to)

-

Kamblau

Drefs (to)

E

Pake

Expert

-

Biffa

Elfewhcre

-

Lain, di lain tampat

Eafily, with eafe

-

Ganpan

Engaged with (to be) :

. -

Oudgiou

APPENDIX.

11

Enough

-

Souda

Ear- picker

-

Gorep copeng

Eb'^ny

-

ayouaram

Equal

Sama-fama

Elephant

-

Gadia

Etnperor

Sulfunan

Enemy

-

Mouffo

Entry

-

MafToc

Enter (to)

-

Mairocdi dalam

Envciopc (to)

-

Bonkou

Epidendum

-

Angrec

Eaft

-

Veran

Eternity

-

Porflaraagnia

Examine (to)

-

Tagnia

Excrement

-

TaV

Excufe

-

Cafli ampon

Efteera (to)

-

Eagnia tchinta

Eafy

-

Trada folifla

End

-

Abis

Eat (to)

-

Makan

Eye

-

Mata

Egg

-

Talor

Ear

-

Kopeng, koplne

Eyelid

-

Ourat

Ear-rings

-

Crabou

Efcape (to)

-

Lari

Evening

-

Sori

Eyebrow

-

HaliiTe

Execute (to)

-

Oucoum

Earth

-

Tana

Earth (the)

-

Interrodonia

Empty

-

Coifou

Empty water out of a boat

(inftrument to)

-

Timba

Eyes

-

Mata

i-2

APPENDIX.

Fine (a)

Friend

Friend (female]

Fathoni (a)

Flefh

Fight (to)

Finger

Flay (to)

Frighten (to)

Filled up

Fly (to)

Faggot

Fault

Falfe (it is)

Falfehood

Female, woman

Feftival

Fire
Fever

Figure

Fifhing-line

Flame

Flower

Fountain ,

Fool.

Forehead

Fruit

Flour

Flagellaria judica

Flower (to)

Frefti

Flog (to) -

F.

• Denda

Sobat

Sobat paranpouan

Sato deppa

Daguin

Bacalaye

Gredgy, yari

Clouar kbulet

Caguet

Penou

Lari, ilan

Bon koulian
Sala

Djol^fia

Djoufta

Paranpouan

Ari beffar

Api

Deman

Mouka

Dgiolon

Mniala

Comban, bounga

Summur

Bodo, oran guila, guendan

Alis

Boua-boua ,

Debon

Rotan outan

Comban

Dinguin

Pocol

APPENDIX.

la

Flee (to)

-

Lari, bourou

Fufil

-

Pedel, fuapan

Fat (fubft.)

-

Gommock

Fat (adj.)

-

Gomraok

Frog

-

Codoc

Fortunate

-

Slamat, beronton

Fifh-hook

-

Pantchien

Formerly

-

Dolo

Farthing (a)

-

■ Keppen

Free

-

Merdica

Far

-

Dgiau

Fly (a)

-

Lalar

Forget (to)

-

Loupa

Fifli (to)

_-

Ambel ican

Father

Papa

Fear

-

Caguet, tacot

Foot

-

Kaki

Flat

-

Samarata

Full

-

Penan

Fold a napkin (to)

-

Lipa ferbetta

Feather (a)

-

Penant, boiilou, boulongouia

Frying' pan

--

Ouadjan

Fifli

-

Ican

Firft

Lebi daulon

Flea (a)

-

Coutou andgin

Fetch (to)

-

Kredgia bait

Fillfto)

-

Kredgia penou

Field of rice (a)

. -

Sava

Filthinefs

-

Cotor

Foolifh

- -

Guila, bodo

Follow (to)

-

Tchinda, tourout

Fall (to)

-

Guiatou

Flock (a)

-

Bagnia binatan. fama fama

Find (to) -

-

Dapat

14

APPENDIX.

Friday

- -

-

Ari diemat

Food

_

-

Djguin

Face (the)

-

-

Mouka

Fly (to)

- ,

-

Minkiourri

G.

Grieve fto)

-

-

Saqnetati

Garlic

-

-

Baouan pouti

Go (to)

-

Dialan, pigui

Good

-

-

Bahe, tailloi), etiac

Gourd (a)

-

-

Labau p-'.ndang

Goat

-

-_

Cambing

God

-

-

Touanala, toueran alle

Give (to)

-

-

CafTi ■

Gain (to)

-

-

Onton

Gay

-

-

Enac ati

Gallop (to)

-

-

Dialan tell

Guard (to mount)

-

Djaga

Guard (tp)

-

-

Simpan

Generous

-

-

Pa fa ran

Gefture

-

-

Tinkagnia

Glutton

-

-

Bagnia makan

Goave

-

-

Goryave

Great

-

-

BeflTar, tingui

Gratis

-

-

Trabole trima, perkioums

Grimace

- ' - ■

-

Tinka

Guide

-

-

Toniou dialan

Genteel

-

-

Halus

Gold lace

-

-

Pafmin

Green turf

-

-

Ron m pot

Gums (the)

.-

-

Icanguigui

Gipfum

-

-

Taufou

Gouramier

(a fifh thus

named )

-

-

lean gourami

APPENDIX.

15

Growl (to)

-

Marat

Grafs

-

Roumpot

Garden

-

Kabon

Greens

-

Sayor

Grind (to)

-

Tumbok, toumbo

Gall-nut

-

Madia cane

Gold

-

Mafs

Gate (a)

*-

Pintou

Gunpowder

-

Obat pafTan

Gather (to) - •

-

Ambel

Gird (to)

-

Icatcras tali prot

Grafshopper

-

Balang

Green

-

Idgiau, ougou

Glafs

-

Kermine

H.

Have (I)

^

Ako ad a

Hunchbacked

-

Pounco

Heat

-

Panas

Hot

-

, Panas

Hunting (to go a)

Pigui palFan

Heat (to)

-

Maifac

Horfe

-

Kouda

Hair

-

Rambout

Hat -

-

Top pi

Flardwareman

-

Toucanclinton

Heart

-

Yanton

How much

-

Barapa

How-

-

Saya

Horn

-

Tandou

Hog

-

Babi

Hook (a)

-

Tiantolan

Half

-

Stinga

Hard

-

Cras

i6

APPENDIX,

Hear (to)

-

Dingher

Hell

-

Nourakka

Hufband

-

Penanten laks

Hope

-

Kira

Hungry (to be)

-

Lappar

Hole (a)

-

Potoia

Hatchet (a)

-

Camba

Hafli (to)

-

Kinkian

Hate (to)

-

Benki, mara? /

Harem

-

Seller

High

Tingui

Helideres ifora

-

Boa radja

Hernandia ovigera

-

Cayou radjs

Hour's walk (an)

-

Sato djaum

Hour (an)

-

Pocol

Hibifcus tiliaceus

-

Ouarou

Hiftory

-

Kirita

Honed

-

Caffi ormat

Honour

-

Ormat

Howl (to)

-

Boubouni

Here

-

Di fmi

Hire a coach (to)

-

Sewan^creta

He

-

Dia

Hand

-

Tangan, gueare

Houfe

-

Rouma

Hammer (a)

-

Pocol befli

Honey

-

Madou

Handkerchief

-

Sapo tangan, linfo

Hang (to)

-

Ganton

HairdreiTer

-

Toucanciffer

Heavy

-

Brat

Hair

-

Boulou

Hen (a)

'-

Ayam

However

-

Moufti

-i

APPENDIX.

17

Horferadiih

-

Loba

Health - - .

-

Slamat

His

-

Pougnia

Hold (to)

-

Pegandi tangan

Head

-

Capala ^

Hole

-

Louka, loban

Hole (to make a)

-

Kredgia loban

Here

-

Ada

Ifinglafs

I

Andiour

Immediately

-

Secaran

In, within

-.

Diadalm

Itch (to)

-

Krechia, main main

Inkftand

-

Tampat toulifs

Ink - - •

-

Tinta

Infant, male or female

-

Anak

Intoxicate (to)

-

Mabou

Inter (to)

.

Tanam

Intirely

-

Bafti

Iron

-

Beffi

Itch (the)

-

Garo ,

Inhabit (to)

-

Tingal

Inherit (to)

-

Depat poflaca

Idea

-

Pekiran

Ignorant

-

Bodock

Ifland

-

Poulou

Imitate (to)

-

Tourotan

Immoveable

-

Trada goian

Impatient

-

Tranata

Impertinent

-

Brani

Impodible

-

Traboule

Impotent

-

Tra bole kredgia apapa

Inconvenient

-

Soufifo ' \

l^

APPENDIX.

Innmodeft

Indigo

Infamous

Infeded

Injury

Innocent

Inundation

Inundate (to)

Infers

Infipid

Inftrutl (to)

Invent (to)

Irritate (to)

III

Iron clothes, (to)

If

In cojifequence of

Ivory

Jealous

Join (to)

Joined together

Jew

Juft ^ -

Jaw (the)

Kifs (to)
Kifs my a — c
Key

Know (to)
Knife
Kitchen
Knees
KFiock (to)

- Trada malou
>' Nila

- Trada raalougna

- Bouflfouc bagnia

- Maki

- Trada fala

- Banguir

- Banguir

- Taoun, mahemahc

- Tra enack

- Adiar

- Dapat

- Kredgia mala

- lahat

- Streka

- Kalo

- Saya

- Toulan gadia

- Getrtbourouan

- Kredgia fama fama

- Diadi

- Chemaos

- Betol

- Daguin guigui

K.

- Cadi tioum, tioum

- Guilapantat

- Kounki

- Kenaille

- Piflbu

- Dapor

- Loutou

- Tendi fs

APPENDIX.

19

King

- Sultan, radja

Kingdom

- Rami

Kicking

- Seppa

Know (to)

- Larac

Knit (to)

- Mindgeail caufs

Kill (to)

- Touflbu

i

L.

Lean on one's elbow (to)

- Soungouan

Love (to)

- T chinta, fouca

Love

- Tchinta

Lean, reft upon (to)

- Taro tyaga

Leafe (a)

- Bea

Leafe (to let on)

- Malas, anghop

Lame

- Pintchan

Lime

- Kappor

Limeftone

- Batou kapper

Lemon

- Dierro aflam

Lie down (to)

- Tidoran

Like that

- Beguitou, beguini

Lightning

- Biglap

Light (to) - .

- Tran

Leaf (a)

- Daun, blaye

Liver (the)

- Ati

Left (the)

- Kiri

Leg . ..

- Coeto

Labour (to)

- Patchiol

Lake

- Aer beflar

Leave (to)

- Lapafs

Large

- Lebar

Light

- Trada brat

Letter (a)

- Sourat

Lip

- Biber

b2

20

APPENDIX.

Lizard

Libertine

Limonia trifoliata

Linen

Lion

Long

Light

Lick (to)

Let for hire (to)

Lye (to tell a)

Looking-glafs

Lefs

Lofe ^to)

Lofe at play (to)

Little

Little (a)

Lead

Lay eggs (to)

Loufe (a)

Lungs (the)

Lend (to)

Line (a)

Liquorice

Loins (the)

Lift up (to)

Laugh (to)

Leech (a)

Learned

Leap (to)

Lord

Like

Lock (a)

Lockfmith

- Kikia

- Brani fama paran pouan

- Mekantkil ou dierre kilkil

- Baran

- Singo '

- Paguian

- Tran, fiam

- Quilet

- Tero

- Djoufta

- Katchia, kiarmine

- Kouran

- Ilan

- Kala

- Kitkil, penkek
Sidiquet

- Tima itaa
Betalor

- Coutou

- Parou

- Piundjoun, pignlan

- lean pare

- Cayou manis blanda

- Blacan
■- Ancat

- Tetaoua

- Lynta

- Oran pinder

- Bloundgiat, blumpat

- Touan beffar

- Sama roupa

- Ma coundgy

- Toucan coundgy

APPENDIX.

21

Lukewarm

-

^ Sangat

Life

-

-

Idop

Live (to)

-

-

Idop

M.

Money

• -

-

Ouan

Magnificent

-

-

Bagous

Much

-

-

Segala, bagnia-talalo

Mouth

-

-

Monlot, moulou

Mallard (a)

-

Bebe

Mufhroom

-

-

Diamour

Marry (to)

-

-

Caven

Muft (it)

-

-

Mifti

Man (a)

-

-

Oran, ourang, lakilaki

Mongrel Indi

ian

-

Leplap

Milk

-

-

Aer rouffou

Monday

-

-

Ari finen

Moon (the)

-

-

Boulan

Mace

-

-

Combang pala

Mafon (a)

-

-

Toucan baton

Madam

-

-

Gnien, Gnognia

Mifs

-

-

Ana dara

Mafter

-

-

Ton an

Malay

-

-

Malayo tabale

Male-

-

-

Laki laki

Ma ngou dan

-

-

Mangouftan

Merchant

-

-

Orandjoual merdika

Mix (to)

-

-

Chiamper

Member

-

-

Badan

Mercury, quickfilver

-

Aer pera

Mother

-

-

Mai, ma, mama

Meflenger

~

-

Kirriman

Meafure (to)

•

.

Oukor

Metal

-

-

Tambaga
b3

22

APPENDIX.

Michelia champaca

My

Middle

Miracle

Mifery

Manner

Me - -

Month

Moment

Monoculus polyphemus

Mountain

Mount (to)

Mock (to)

Morinda citrifolia

Muftard

Mufcle

Mufic

Meagre

Misfortune

Malicious

Manage (to)

Mark (a)

Mattrefs (a)

Marrow

Mould

Mortar for rice (a wooden)

Mulatto

Mat (a)

Marriage

Marriageable

More

Maidenhead

Mend (to)

Move (to)

- Cananghan

- Pougnia

- Ditingan

- Eran

- Kaflieu

- Patout

- Goa, ako, beta

- Boulan

- Sabantar

- Mimi

- Gounon

- Naik

- Kredgia malo

- Bancoudon

- Savi

- Ourat

- Mainan

- Kourous

- Kielaka

- Trada bahe

- Pegan

- Tan da

- Combefs

- Gommok pougnia toulain

- BoufTouc

- Loumpan

- Groubiak

- Ticker

- Kaven

- Souda biraie

- Lebi

- Praocn

- Kredgia betol

- Goi'an

-

APPENDIX. i

Midwife

-

Paranpouan brana

Moufe (a)

-

Ticoufle peti

Milk (to)

-

Deppo

Miftaken (to be)

-

Souda fala, trada betol

N.

Needle

-

Dgiarum

Nofegay

-

Comban

Noife

-

Glouadagan

Neck

-

Leber

Never

-

Pougnia homour

Now

-

Secaran

Notwithftanding

-

Mafqui

Net (a)

*

Sombou

Noon

-

Doua plas pocol, ftinga ari

Nails

-

Pakou

Nutmeg, long

-

Pala laki laki

r>^mrv%t^n

Pala laHrnn

Nauclea orientalis

.

Bancal

Neceflfary (it is)

-

Mifki kredgia

(it is not)

-

TraoufiTa

Negligent

-

Malafs

Neglea (to)

-

Loupa

Nofe

-

I don

Niecd

-

Tchiou tchiou

Name (to)

-

Panguil, pouranama

Not

-

Boucan, trada tida

Nourifti (to)

-

Cafli makan

News

-

Kerita

Nut

-

Btgui

Naked

-

Tlangnian

Ki ight

-

Malam

Navigate (to)

-

Blayer

Nail (of the fingers)

-

Koukou

23

b4

24

APPENDIX.

Near this place

Nine-pins

Nothing

North

Neighbouring

Ox (an)

One-eyed

Of, of the

Once

Oil

Oyfter

Odd (not even)

Obey (to)

Obliged (much)

Obfcure

Obtain

Odor

Officer

Offer (to)

Onion

Opium

Orange

Ordinary

Order (to)

Ornament

Or

Open (to)

Oxalis

Overthrow (to)

Only

Often

Old man

- Dec at fmi

- Ana kegue

- Trada

- Nalor

- Decat

O.

- Sampi

- Bouta fato

- Di, deri

- Sakali

- Miniac

- Tiram

- Benko

- Dinguer

- Tremacafll

- Kouran tran

- Dapat

" V Vangni, bau

- Alferus

- Mao cafli

- Baouan, baouan mera
-, Amphion, madat

- Djerro manis, guiroh

- Slamagna

- Souro
-, Beda

- Ke ,

- Bouca

- Galing galing tana

- Thutan

- Kiouma

- Bagni kali

- Oran toua

APPENDIX.

!2S

Old Woman

Old

Oppofite

Paffion (to be in a)

Pickles

Preferve (to)

Prawn

Parte

Poifon (to)

Pregnant woman

Pierce (to)

Pin (a)

Pewter

Paint

Pofteriors (the)

Pride

Pomegranate

Play

Play (to)

at cards

Place (a)
Paps

Phyfician
Phyfic
Put (to)
' Piece (a)
Plane (a) a joiner's tool
Proud
Pair (a)
Pair of fhoes
Peace
Pale, wan

- Meme toua

- Toua

- Dimouka, decat

P.

- Mara

- Manifang

- Simpan

- Oudan di laot
Kantging

- Radgiun

- Bonting

- Tindifs

- Fenitti

- Tima

- Borrei

- Pantat

- Pfarati

- Delima

- Meinan

- Mim, main

- Main carton

- Tampat
Soufou

- Toucanobat, miflris baflar

- Oba-t

- Terro, taro

- Saparo

- Konting lelen

- Beffarun

- PafTan

- Sato palTan fapadou

- Abis pram

- Poutchiac

25

APPENDIX.

Peacock

Pardon

Part (fome)

Partake (toj

Pace

Pafs (to)

Paved with brick

Poor

Pay (to)

Peafant - ■

Pierce (to)

Pearl

Permiffion

Perroquet
Perfuade (to)

People

Perhaps

Piaftre

Pigeon

Pimento

Pimento and onions (a mix-
ture of)

Pinch (to)

Pipe (for fmoking)

Plain (a)

Pleafe (to)

Pleafure

Plank

Plant (a) -

Plunge (to)

Poignard

Poinciania pulcherima

Pepper

Poner (a)

Boorou merac

Ampon

Di mana, mana

Bagui-bagui

Petcha

Guiabran, piko

Batou bin

Mefquin

Baiar

Oran di gounori

Kredgia lobau

Moudiara

Amet

Lori

Befankal

Bagnlaoran

Brancali

Real bato«

Bourou dara

Tchiabe

Sambai

Tchoubet

Kioupa

Lappan

Souca

Souca ati

Pa pan

Taneraan

Sloroup

Crifs

Bougnia merac

Merikia lada

Bator

APPENDIX.

27

PoflTefs (to)
Poffible
Pot (a)
Pufli (to)
Preach (to)
Precious
Predia (to)
Prefer (to)
Prince
Profound
Promife (to)
Prudent
Powerful
PuniOi (to)
Purgative

Pure

Phyfic (to take)
Paint (to)
Pare (to)
Petrolium
Peftle (a)

11 fed for rice

Pickaxe (a)

Prick (to)

Porcupine

Port (a)

Pulfe (the)

Purflain

Putrid

Proper

Pufh back (to)

Path

Piaure (a)

Pougnia

Brancali

Coali

Tola

Mantcho

Bagnia rega

Soulap

Candati

Pneran

Dalam

Dgingi

Oran diam

Bai diam

Tchelaka

Obat clouar, obat cardgia

perfi prot
Nana

Minum obat bouan aer
Tchet
Koupas
Miniac taua
Ana, ana toumbok
Ana loumpan
Brodjol

Touflb, paco paco
Landap
Moara
Gurat
Guelang

Bouffouc •

Perfi
Mundor
Dialemkitkil
Gambar

28

APPENDIX.

Potatoes
Pour (to)

- Kanilaan

- Taro

Quickly
Quarter (a)
Quarrel (a)
Quit (to)
Queen
Quick

Ring (a)
Road, way
Rafcal
Run (to)
Right

Right-hand
Rcleafe (to)
Rely on (to)
Rogue
Rub (to)
Rude

Relax (to)
Rife (to)
Road (lo) '
Rather
Ripe

Relative (a)
Rain (to)
Rain

Requeft (to)
Root (a)
Relate (to)

Lacafs

Prapat

Stori

Tra tingal

Ratou

Lacafs

R.

Tchintchin, tchinkien

Dialan

Bank fat

Lari

Betol

Kanan

Kredgia bcffar

Pfetcha'ia

Oran menkiotiri

Goffo

KalTar

Lapafs

Bangon

Bou

Lebi babe

Matan

Sanna

Oudgian

Oudgian

Minta

Acar

Dongnie

APPENDIX.

29

Rare
Rat

• — (muflc)
Receive (to)
Relate (to)
Refufe (to)
Regard (to)
Reign (to)
Rejoice (to)
Religion
Remedy
Repair (to)
Regret Qo)
Repent (to)
Reft (to)
Reproach (to)
Refift (to)
Refpea (to)
Recolledt (to)
Remainder
Remain (to)
Retard (to)
Retain (to)
Refound (to)
Return (to)
Refpea
Rhinoceros
Rhubarb
Rich

Ridiculous
River (a)
Rice (drelTed)
Rice (in ftraw)
Rice (the grain)

larang

- TicoufTe
SI oil rout

- Dapat

- Taou darilouar

- Tra maanna
Liat, tengoa

- Printa

- Guiran

- AflTal

- Obat

- Kredgia betol

- Sa'ian

- Geton
,,- Tidoran

- Core

- Lavan

- OriTiat

- Eignet

- Lt. bignan

- Tingal, nanti

- Nanti

- Pegan

- Boubouni

- Bleca

- Slaraat

- Badoc

- Calamba
Kaia

- Eni bole tetaoua

- Aer kali, kali

- Nafi

- Padi

- Brafs

m

APPENDIX.

Rock

Round
Rofe (a)

Rotang (the fruit of the ca-
lamus)
Roaft (to)
Red

blood

Redden (to)

Rupee -

Route -

Ribband

Ruby (a)

Rivulet -^

Row (to)

Rancid

Rafp (a)

Rafp (to)

Reftore (to)

Repaft (a)

Rofin

Refpea (to)

Refemble(to)

Rofe-tree (a)

Ruft

Roll (to)

Refide (to)

Remember (to)

Rafh

Roof

Rod (iron)

Sliorten (to).

Batou beflkr
Bonder
. Combang maou^r

Boa falac

■ Goring, backar

. Mera

. Treva toua

- Kredgia mera
. Roupia

- Dialun

- Fita

- Mcera

. Kali kitkil

- Daion

- Cras

- Proudan

- Parot

- Caffi combali

- Makan

- Damar

- Ormat

- Sama roupa

- Pohon maouer

- Cotor beffi

- Goulon
. Tengai

- Ingat

- Brani

- Roma tingui
-^ Sica

S.

- Kredgia prendec

APPENDIX,

31

Sour

-

Podes ,

Sharp, morofe

-

Aflam

Soul

-

Dgiva

Spider

-

Laoua-laoua

Silver

-

Pera

Sit down (to)

-

Doudou

Swallow (to)

-

Talan

Seize, fnatch (to)

-

Tchabout

Sweep (to)

-

Sappou

Ship (a)

-

Prau

Stick (a)

-

Rotan, touca

Stammer (to)

-

Kago

Soon

*

Chanbentar, bloum

Shut (to)

-

Toutoup

Shine, glitter (to)

-

Tran

Sheep

-

Domba

Stag(aj - ,

-

RouiTa

Song (a)

-

Mingnlagni

Sing (to)

-

Migriiagni

Seek (to)

-

Kiari

Scar

-

Louca

Shirt

■ -

Kmedia

Sky

-

Laoughit

Sciflars

-

Gounting

Spit (to)

-

Botian louda, louda

Spitting-bafm

>

Tampat louda

Shell (a)

-

Kran, bia

Shoemaker

-

Toucan fpadou

Short

-

Pendec

Sew (to)

-

Myndgeait

Spoon

-

Sendock

Since

-

Sila magna

Since yefterday

-

Dari kalamaren

Sunday

-

Ari mingo

,32

APPENDIX.

Say (to)

-

Bilin, kata, dekata

Sleep (to)

-

Tidor

Softly

-

Palan palan

Sweet

--

Manis

Scale

-

Tiram

Squirrel (flying) fciurus fagitta

Velio

She

-

Coe

Scratch (to)

-

Garo

Span (a)

-

Qiiilan

Send (to) - \

-

Tirem, kirin

Shoulder

.

Ponda

Sword

-

Pedan

Shilling (Dutch)

-

Satali

Slave

-

Lafcar

Sort, kind

-

Roupa

Sneeze (to)

-

Quain

Spark (a)

-

Mniala

SilkftufF" -

-

-Kainfoutra

Star (a)

-

Bindan, bintam

Strangle (to)

-

Ganton

Study (to) -,

'-

Adiar

Stirrups

-

Songo veddi

Stra'it, narrow

-

Tefak

Split (to)

-

Poton

Slender

-

Alos

Stroke (to) as one would a

cat

Poutre koutchien

Strong

-

Koat, eras

Smoke .

-

Acep

Slip (to)

-

Leitchin

Skilful

-

Biflbu

Swallow (a)

.

Bourou fasapi

Shame

-

Malou

Swear (to)

-

Sounopan

Spear (a)

-

Tomba
J

APPENDIX.

32

Slowly

-

'-

Plan plan

Sick

-

Saket

Stake (to)

-

-

Paha

Sailor

-

■-

Golo golo

Same (the)

-

-

Itou djouga

Spare (to)

-•

-

Simpan

Sea

-■'

^ -

Laot

Snotty

-'

-

Ignus

Soft

-

-

Lembec

Sheep

-

-

Kambing blanda

Swim (to)

-

-

Brenan, tourou

Shipwreck

■ -

Pitchia kappal

Smell

-

-

Baugnia

Storm

.

-

Omba

Shade

- •

-

Baiam fombar

Sorrel

-

.

Souri

Slothful

»

-

Malafs

Speak (to)

-

-

Cata, bilan

Skin

-

-

Coulet

Shovel (a)

-

-

Patiol

Stone (a)

-

-

Batou gounon

Several

-

•-

Bagnian

Smooth

-

-

Litchen

Sermon (a)

-

-

Santri

Slink (to)

- ■

-'

Bouffuc, baflin

Since

-

-

Kalo

Some

-

-

Apapa

Sometimes

-

.

Barankali

Somebody

-

-

Oran

Shave (to)

-

-

Tchioucour, atchia

Shut up (to)

■ -

-

Toutoup

Shark (a)

-

'

lean, kiou-kiou

Succeed (to)

-

-

Bole kredgia

ea-fliorc (the)

-

c

Pinguer laot

.34

APPENDIX.

Scurf -

-

Coring

Steep

-

Bagous eras

Snore (to)

-

Mongoro

Street

"

Guiabau

Sand

PafTcr, pafsir

Sjbre -r

-

Spadel, pedang

Sack

Caroun

Saltpetre

-

Garam blanda

Salute you (I)

-

Tabea, tabe

Salute (to) '

-

Tabe

Saturday

• -

Ari feptou

Sandal wood

-

Tchindana

Sattin

-

Kain fatiin

Sauce

-

Koa

Savory

-

Enac

Savage

-

Outan

Scorpion

-

Claban

Sculptor

-

Toucan tcheit

Sebeftena (cordia)

-

Daun candal

Second » -

-

Aligna

Secret

-

Diam

Salt - -

-

Garam

Sow (to)

-

Tanam

Senfible

r

Bagnia rpugui

Sepulchre

.-

Cobouran

Serious

-

Alem

Snake

-

Oular

Serpent (boa conftri6lor)

-

Oularfaouan

Signalize (to)

-

Tandagna

Sign (to) .

"-

Toulifs namamo

Silence

-

Diam fadja

Sincere

-

Tradjoufta

Salt (to)

-

Garam

Spittle

-

Louda

APPENDIX.

35*

Shoe (an old)

- Qiienela

Savour, tafte , -

- Enac

Soap

- Sabon

Saw (a)

- Gradgic, gregadgi

Saw wood (to)

Gradgic cayou

Saddle (a)

- Ababa

(to)

- Ababa kouda

Smell (to)

- Vangui

Squeeze (to)

- Pegan bahe bahe

Syrup

- Tetefs

Sober

- Oran pendiam

Social

- Souca fobat

Sifter

- Soudarenia, foud

Silk

- Soutra

Soldier

- Saragny

Sun

- Man tare

Solid

- Cras

Solitary

- Souca candiri

Sleep

- Enac tidor

Slumber (to) r.

- Tidor

Sound

»- Baboni

Sulphur

- Beleran

Shoe

- Spadou, gulapaou

Sup (to)

- Makan fori

Sigh (to)

- Tari napafs

Source

- Pandjouran

Sphinx

Koupou fori

Skeleton of a man

- Pougnia toulan oran m

ate

Statue

- Deos

Stupid

- Oran bodo

Suddenly

- Secaram

Subfift (to)

- Tahan

Subtle

- Alos

Succulem

- Enac
C 2

35

APPENDIX.

Suck (to)
Sugar-cane
Sugar (palm)

white

Sugar-candy

Sweet

South

Sweat (to)

Sweat

Soot

Suet

Sultan

Superb

Supplicate (to)

Suppurate (to)

Sure

Surely

Surprifing

Sufpedled

Sorcerer

Set oiF (to)

Solder (to)

Sweet fcent

Silent -,

Silent (to be)

Slow

Stain (to)

Suck (to)

Shear (to)

Sharjp

Sorrowful ^

Sow (a)

Sell (to)

Sale

See fome thing (to)

Tioup

Toubou

Goula itan

Goula paflir;

Goula batou

Raffagnia manis

Kidol

Cringat

Criegnote

Affap

Gommok cambing

Suldan

Bagnia, bagous

Mindanbon

Lucat talalo cotor

Souda pafti

Songou

Talalo Iran

Trada fobat, blum can alam

Bankfat, pagnoulo

Calouar, clouar

Patri

Crafvangni

Tida tcherita

Pandiam

Talalo lama

Tcheit

Minum tete, miflbp

Konting rambout

Talalo tadgiam '

Oran foulTa

Babi paranpouan

Djoual

Djoual

Liat apapa

APPENDIX,

»7

Tree

To-day

This, that,

Tickle (to)

Thing, any thing

Toad

Thigh

Tub

To-morrow

■— (the day after)

Tooth

Therefore

Together

Thorn

Twice

Tun (a)

Tremble (to)

Taint (to)

Tafte

Tafte for (to have a)

Throw (to)

Twins

Till .

to-morrow

Tongue

Tear (a)

Tired

Tire (to) - -

Tie (to)

Trunk, box

Tuefday

Threaten (to)

Thin

T.

- Pohon

- Arreini

- Itou

- Gil

- Apapa

- Codoc

- Paha

- Bale

- Belfo

- LoufTa

- Guigui

- Commeden

- Sama fama

- Douri

- Doua kali

- Gontor

- Kaguet

- Bouflbuc

- Rafla

- RafTagnia

- Lempar

- Anac combar

- Sampe

- Sampe beffo

- Lida

- Nanguic

- Leflbu

- Leflbu

- Icat

- Peti

- ArL flafla

- Kredgia tacot

- L itch in

^3

38

APPENDIX.

Take away [to)

Throughout

Think (to)

Thumb

Take (to)

Tail

Thank (to)

Tuck up (to)

Turmerick

Thirfly (to be)

Tobacco

Table

Taylor

Tamarinds

Tanner (a)

Tempeft

Time

Time (long)

Tender

Termes fatale

Terror

Tea

Tiger

Timid

Thou, thee

Tomb

Thy

Thunder (to)

Thunder

Torrent

Total

Touch (to)

Torment

Tarn (to)

- Picoulbaoua

- Di fana fini, kouli leng
1 Piker

Dgenpol

- Ambel, pegan

- Bountol, ekor

- Trema cafli

- Goulon, ancat
- - 'SafFran

- Ahofs

- Tambaco

- Meguia, media

- Toucan mindgeait

- Airam, boa a^ram

- Toucan coulet

- Omba beflar
Sam pa

- Lama

- Laumaefs ^

- Soumouth poetri

- Tacot

- Daun the

- Makian"

- Trada bran

- Ofle, koe, lou, dla

- Coubouran
Koe pougnia

- Bekilap

- Goundor

- Erofs

- Samougnia, Iton

- Tolac

- Cleyling bounder

APPENDIX.

3f)

Turtle-dove

-

Pourcoutout

Traffic (to)

-

Daganghen, djoual

Tranquil

-

Diam leren

Tranrcribe(to)

-

Toulis combaly

Tranfparent

-

Katchia

Tranfpire (to)

-

Aer cringat clouar

Tranfport (to)

-

Kiari

Tremble (to)

-

Guementar

Trefpafs (to)

-

Souda mate

Treafure

-

Tanan mafs

Tribute

-

Bea

Triumph (to)

-

Slamal depatonton

Too much

-

Tulalo bagnia

Too little

-

Talalo fidiquet

Tumult

-

Gueguer

Temples

-

Pilingam

Terminate (to)

-

Abis

Tortoife (a)

■-

Pignou, koura koura

(river)

-

Voulous

Tipple (to)

-

Slamat minum ,

Trot (to)

-

Dgiatou

Tile (a)

-

Guenden, batou guenden

Tube (a)

-

Becacas

Town (a)

-

Cota, negri

True

U

Betol

r. '

Untie (to)

-

Lapafs

Ungrateful

•

Trada trima

Unjuft

-

Trada patout

Ufelefs

-

Tra houUa

Unfortunate ^

-

Kielakakan

Undoubtedly

-

Pafti

Uniform

-

Sama roupa

C4

40 A]

PPE

NDIX.

tJrine

»

Kinkin

Ugly

-

Yatel

V.

Vanifh (to)

_

latouflaii

Villain (a)

-

Bankfat

Very

-

Baghia, talalo

Veffel, (hip

-

Capal

VefTel, utenfil -

-

Tampat

Vine

-

Pohonangor

Village

-

Negri

Vinegar

-

Thiouka

Violet

-

Mera mouda

Violin

-

Viola

•Vifit (to pay a)

•

Liatoran

Voice

•>■

Sonara

Volcanic ftone

-

Batou timbou

Vomit (to)

-

Mouta

Vomitive

-

Obatmouta

w.

Wait (to)

-

Nanti

With

-

Sama

Well (adverb)

-

Bahe, bay

White

-

Pouti

Wound (to)

-

ToufFo

Wood

-

Cayou

— - — , a kind of black

vein-

-

ed, in great eftimation

•with the Javanefe

-

Cayou pelei

Wax

-

Irouan

Without (from)

• -

Dilour

Wifli (to)

-

Kepegne

Water

-

Aer

APPENDIX,

41

Write (to)
Wife
Window-
Weak
Whip (a)
Wafp '
War
Weak
Wool
Wadi (to)
Who, which
When _ -

Want (to)
Walk (to)
Wicked

Wicked thing (a)
Waggifti
Water melon
Wednefday
World (the)
Word (a)
Wet (to)
Whifkers
Whifpcr (in a)
We
Where
Weft

Workman
Weigh (to)
Weep (to)
Why?

Walk (to take a)
Whore (a)
When

Toulifs

Penanten

Tzendela

Trada koat

Dgemetey '

Taoun

Pram

Trabrani, trabifTjt

Kappas blanda

Touki

Sapa

Kapan, kalo

Sala

Dialan, koulelen

Yahat, mara

BouITouc

Nacal

Pafteka

Ari ribbon

Donia, interredonia

Percataan

Kredgia bafla

Cornis

Bifibifi

Kita

Di mana, mana

Coulon

Toucan

Kredgia brat

Manangnis

Manapa

Pigui cldin

Sondel

Kapan^ kalo

42.

APPENDIX.

What is it ?

-

Apa coraa

Who

-

Sap a

Who is there ?

-

Sapada

What

-

Apa

V/rinkle (a)

-

Kiffot

Week

-

Sato dimingo

Whiftle (to)

-

Ploit]

Whilft

-

Kalo -^

Witnefs

-

Oran faxi

Work (to)

-

Kredgia apapa, ancat kredgia

Water (to make)

-

Koutchieng

Watch

-

Bangan

Wind '

-

Anguin

Wine

-

Angor

(palm)

-

Sacaver

Willing (to be)

-

Mao

•

Y.

Year

-

Taun

Yet ,

-

Lagui

Yefterday

-

Kalamaren

. -^ (the day before) -

Kalamaren daulou

Yellow

-

Couning »

Young

-

Mouda

Yes

-

Bai

Your

-

Pougnia

You

,

Koe, lou

Numerical Terms.

One

- Sato

Two

- Doua

Three

- Tiga

Four

- Am pat

Five

- , Lima

APPENDIX.

43

Six

-

A nam

Seven

-

Toudion

Eight

-

Delapan

Nine

-

Sambilan

Ten

-

Sapoulou

Eleven - ■

-

Sapoulou fato, or fablas

Twelve

^-

Sapoulou doua, or douablas

Thirteen

-

Sapoulou tiga, or tigablas

Fourteen

-

Sapoulou ampat, or ampatblas

Fifteen

-

Sapoulou lima, or limablas

Sixteen

-

Sapoulou anam, oranamblas

Seventeen

-

Sapoulou toudiou, or toiidioublas

Eighteen

-

Sapoulou delapan, or delapan bias

Nineteen

-

Sapoulou faml)ilan, or fambilan bias

Twenty

-

Doua fapoulou, or doua poulou

Twenty-one

-

Doua fapoulou fato, or doua poulou
fato, &;c.

Thirty

-

Tiga poulou, or tiga fapoulou

Thirty-one

-

. Tiga poulou faro, &c.

Hundred

-

Saratous

Two hundred

-

Doua raious

Thoufand

-

CeriboLi

Ten thoufand

-

Cequcty

Hundred ihoufand

~

Celaxa

VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE

OF THE

SAVAGES OF DIEMEN'S LAND.
-ARMS (the) - Gouna lia

B.
Beard - - Conc;uine

Branch of the eucalyptus

wi;h its leaves - - Poroqui

44

APPENDIX.

Bark of a tree

Bird

Baflcet

Breafl: of a man

of a woman

- Toline

- Mouta mouta

- Terre

- Ladine

- here

Here, as in many other inftances, lia placed at the end oft
word indicates the plural number.

c.

Charcoal, reduced to pow-
der, with which they cover

their bodies « - Loira

Cut (to) - - Rogueri, toidi

Crown of Ihells - Canlaride

Chin •> - - Onaba

D.

Drink j(to)

- Laina

Death, to die

- Mata

Diftance (at a)

- Renaue

E.

Eat (I will)

- Made guera

Ears

- Cuegni lia

Eyes (the)

- Nubru nubere

F.

Fingers

- Lori lori

Eamily (my)

- Tagari lia

Fire

- Une

Fly (a)

- Oelle

Fifh (fmall) of the fpecies

of

gadus

' - Pounerala

G.

Go and eat

- Mat guera

APPENDIX,.

Give me - - Noki

'Greafe (to) the hair - Lane poere

49

GraCs

Hair

Hands

I will go

- Poene

H.

- Pelilogueni

- Riz lia

I.

- Ronda

K.

Knees - - Ragua lia

Kernel of the eucalyptus re-

finifera

- Manouadra

Kangarou's Ikin

- Boira

L.

Let us go

- Tangari

Lobfter

- Nuele

Lips

- Mogude lia

M.

Me

- Mana

Me (for)

- Paouai

Mortal fthat is)

- Mata enigo

Mufcle (fea)

- Mire

N.

Nofe

- Muguiz

Nanne of a man

- Mara

. Name (another) for a man

- Mera

Navel (the)

- Lue

No

- Neudi

Nails of the toes

- Pere lia

■ of the fingers

- Toni lia

46 APPENDIX.

O.

Oyfler-fhell

- Louba

Ochre

- Mallaue

P-

Polleriors

- Nune

Pillow (a fmall) on which

the men lean - -r Roe re

Parrot - - Mola

Plunge (to) - Bugurc

FoliChing (the ail of) with a

fliell - - Rina

S.
Sit down - - Medi

Sleep (to) - - Malougna

Sclerya (a fpecies of very large) Leni

Sun (the) .

-

-

Panumere

Stone (a)

-

Loi'ne

Sea weed, (a

fpecies of)

fucus ciliatus

-

Roman inou

See (I)

-

-

Quendera

•

T.

That belongs to me

-

Patourana

Tree of the fpecies eucalyptus

Tangara

That

-

-

Avere

Teeth

-'

-

Pegui

Throw (to)

r

Pegara

Tongue

-

-

Mene

Tatooing

-

-

Pal ere

Trunk of the

euca

lyptus

Perebe

This way

-

-

Lomi

APPENDIX.

W.

Woman

- Qiiani

Will you come .

- Qiiangloa

Y.

You

- Nina

47

^W'JSr.*.'-

VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE

OF THS.

FRIENDLY ISLANDS.

A.

Agreeable (that is very)

Mariche

Armpit (the)

-

Ifae fine

Arms (the)

-

Nima

Arrow (an)

-

Houloumata

Afraid (to be)

-

Feitama manavaee

Applaufe (a term denoting)

after a fong

-

Mali

Awaken (to)

-

Haha

Arife (to)

-

Tohou

B

1,

Begone

. -

Hale atou

Bring me that

- ■ -

Tougue maie

Banana

-

Foudgi, aoba

Beat (to)

-

Taha

Bulla ovum (a

(hell thus

named)

-

Koepoule

Broken

-

Foa

Bed (to go to)

-

Togoda

Brother (my)

-

Foenna, fanao

48

APPENDIX.

Boy (a)

-■

Tama

Blow one's nofe (to)

•i»

Fangouyou

Black, blue

-

Ouly

Birds

-

Manou

Balket (a)

-

Cato

Bread (the)

-

Fatta

Bofom

-

Houhou

Bladder of a pig, blown

-

Monou manou

Bring (to)

-

Tohague

Bow (a)

-

Fana

Beard

.

Koumou, kava

Breakers

-

Cacaho

Brother's younger brother

-

Teina

Burial place

-

Tano

Back (the)

-

Toua

Bread fruit

-

Mei

Beads (glafs)

-

Kahoa

Bad

-

Kovi

Bone

.

Houi

Bread-fruit tree

■-

Toya

Butterfly

'

Pepe, bebe

Breathe

-

Malava

Blood

-

Totto

'

C.

Call (to) a chief, or a man i

of

the clafs of Moua

-

Maliou mai

Call that (what do you)

-

koi-koa, koai hoinghoa

Cerbera mangas (a garland

of

flowers of the) ,

-

Kodgi ale

Cocoa-nuts

-

Niou

Cut (a)

-

Lave^

Cry out (to)

-

Yhoo

Cold

-

Modgia

APPENDIX.

'^9

Club (a)

Canoe

Carry on one's back (to)

Clay

Come hither

Call (to) a man of the lower

clafs, or a toua
Called (that is)
Chief (a)
Caterpillar (a)
Cut (to)

Cut (to) with fciflbrs
Child (a male)
Cheeks (the)
Columba aenea (a fpecies of

pigeon)
Chicken (a)
Cough fto) -

Cloaths (our)

Akao

Vaka

Fafa

Oummca

Haele ma'i, hale mai

Fogui mai

Koi

Egui

Noufe

TafFa

Pipi

Tahine

Koae

Touhou
Moa
Olea
Papa langui

D.

Depart (to)
Drive away (to)
Drefs vidluals (to)
Day after to-morrow
Drefs one's felf (to)
Die (to)
Drink (to)
Dog (a)
Dance (to)
Defcend (to)
Day (the)
Dart (a)

Hael atou

Halo, halo

Moho

Anoya

Poulou pouloir

Mate

Inou

Kouli

Iva

Halonifs

Ao

Tau

4

60

APPENDIX

E.

Eldeft fon

Eldeft daughter

Eaft wind

Excrement

Evening (this)

Earthen vefTel to hold water

Exchange (to)

Equal

Eat (to)

Ear

Earth (the)

Eyes (the)

Toagucde

Tofi, fine

Mantangui, meelaa

Meokovi

Apou

Coulo

Fokatau

Tata, oupc

Hala

Telinga

Tongoutou

Mata

F.

:'j

Friend (a)

-

-

OfFa

Friendfhip for (to have

a)

Cahou

Fingers

-

-

Touau

Female

-

-

Nafa

Feaft (a)

-

/

.

Mee

Fire

.

.

Afi

Flute (a)

-

-

Fangou, fangou

Fruit of the

inocarpus

edulis

Mahoa

eugenia

-

Mafanga

Fifli (a)

-

-

Ika

Fine

-

-

Lelley, lelleyi

Forbidden

-

-

Tabou

Fan (a)

-

-

Toito

made o

f a Jeaf of the

corypha

-

-

Biou

Another kind of

Aye

(to)

-

-

Hallo, halo

Fifli-hook

-

-

Ipa

Father

.

>

Tamai

Feet (the)

-

-

Afouivao, afevae

APPENDIX.

51

G.

Go (to) walk.

- Hael

Girl (a young)

- Mamadgie

Great

- Lai

Great chief

- Egui lai'

Give (to)

- Mahi

Give me fomething

- Mamaco, omi, omea,

magou

Gain one's point (to)

•^ Tahou
H.

-

Have not (I)

- Ongouikaie

Hats (our)

- Poulonga

Hatchet

- Toki

,

Hibifcus rofa finenfis

- Kaouttc

Hibifcus (another fpecies of) Yabau

Hufband

- Mocoe

•*

Head

- HouloUj

Hair

- Oulou

'■■ ■• '■■'

How mucli

- Afeya

Here, there

- Hini, hine

He, or her

- Hana

Hand

- Afenima

Hole (to make a)

- Fauto
I.

.. f

Iron

- Oukamea

Ifland

- Cau
K.

Knock down (to)

- Lave

Knife (a)

- Hails
L.

Lie down (to)

- Fanao

. • ■'-

Love (to)

• Mamana
d2

52

APPENDIX.

Lizard

.

Fokai

Lean

-

Cauno

Little

-

Tchi

Leap (to)

-

Hobau

Look at that

-

Tchiana

Legs (the)

-

Fouivae, vaee

Lips

-

Longoutou

Linen, as handkerchief,

&c.

Holoholo

Looking-glafs

.

Tchioata, tchiautta

Lice

-

Lohi

Let me fee

-

Maumata, mai'mata

M.

Mouth

_

Moudoii

Moon (the)

-

Maheina

Mark (a) on the cheek, <

Dcca-

fioned by a blow

.

Fouki

Me -

-

Ogou

Mother of pearl

.

Laoulahou

Man (a)

.

Tongata

Mifs one's aim (to)

.

Hala

Mother

-

Nafa

Mount (to)

.

Kaka

Mufic

-

Hangui

Mat (common)

-

Nafi, nafi

Mat (a) fine fort, ufed

for

cloalhing

■'

Kil

N

•

Now

.

Ini, Hene

Needle, for fewing

..

Itoui, Heoui

Neck (the)

-

Guya

Navel

-

Hingoa

No

•

Hoa

APPENDIX.

53

North wind

-

Matangui toguelao

North-eaft wind

-

Fonga fouloifoua

North-weft wind

-

Fagatohiou.

Nail (a)

-

Fau

Nutmeg (large) not aromatic

Cotone

Nofe (the)

-

Eou

Night

-

Paolli

Not

-

Ikai, kai

Name

-

Hingoa

Natives of the loweft

clafs

but one

-

Moua

Natives of the loweft clafs

.

Toua

o.

Ornament of red feathers worn

on the head

- Poulao

Orange

- Moly

Open

- Tatanha

Open that cocoa-nut

- Oyou

Old

- Moudona

P.

Pig fa)

- Boakka

Parroquet (blue headed)

- Haingha

Prefent (I make you a)

- Adoupe

Peel fruit (to)

- Fohi

Poflefs fomething (to)

- Amou

R.

Ring (a) "

- Mama

Rudder

- Foeouli

Rough play

- Leagui

^3

54

APPENDIX.

Rub (to) a piece of wood
againft a larger one, to pro-
duce fire - - Tollo

Relations (near) - - Anaoua

^{

Sit down

-

Nofe-

Sew together (to)

-

Filou

Stick (a)

-

Taha

Sugar-cane

'-

To

Scar on the belly, from a

wound by a javelin

-

Ta, obitouagui

Shell (a)

-

Fighota

Seize (to)

-

Faghi

Side (on the others

-

Ahoue

Sleep (to)

"

Moe

Scratch (to)

-

Ivagou

Shoulder (the)

-

Ouma

Sneeze (to)

-

Ifangou

Stuff (a) made with the

bark

of the mulberry tree

-

Gnatou

Shave (to)

-

Fafaya kava

Sandal-wood

-

Kai fidgi

Sifter's younger brother

-

Toughane

Sing (to) or a fong

-

Oube

Sky

-

Laghi

Sciflars (a pair of)

-

Pipi

Side (on the other)

-

Aliki

Spoon (a)

-

Hebou

Spoon (a great)

-

Lahihe, lahihebou

- (a fmall)

-

Tchie, tchiebou

Salute (to) by touching

with

the nofe-end, that oj

f the

perfon faluted

-

Houma

Star. (a)

-

Fidau

APPENDIX.

55

Son {a)

-

Oulou kalala

Shut (to)

-

Tabouni

Screech-owl

-

Loulou

Shed (a large)

-

Alto

Shew me

-

Behangue

Shark

-

Netoufi

South witid

-

Matangui^ tonguf

South-weft wind

-

Coeoulou

Sore (a)

-

Pala

Sieve (made of coarfe

ftufF

, for draining kava

-

Faou

Sea (the)

-

Tahe, tahi

Straw colour

-

Kao

Skin

-

Coquili

Sifter

-

Fae

South-eaft wind

-

Alagnlfannoua

Sweat (to)

-

Ikacava

Sail (a)

-

Boulou boulou

T.

To (prep.)

-

Hi

This, that

-

He

Thigh

-

Tainga

Tortoifeftiell

-

Ouno

Throat (the)

-

Houa

Tongue (the)

-

Ileo, leo

Tail of a bird

-

Mou'i moi

Tatooing

-

Male, tatau

in large rings round

the waift

-

Alia peka

' the thighs

■ -

Foui

the

arms and (houlders

Ita'i

To-day

-

Ana'i

d4

56.

APPENDIX.

Timber- work of a houfe

- Fata

Teeth

- Nifo

That is

- Anga

Throw (to)

- Ilafou, lafou

Toe (the great)

- Moudoua vahe

Tacca pinnatifida (fruit of the

plant of that name

- Maia

Tatooing, in the form

of

large worms

-. Kafa

Term of approbation

- Coia

- TflTah

** A.ii6m

Thunder

- Paoulou

Turtle-dove (red headed) <

co-

lumba fanguinolenta

- Koulou koulou

Twift (to)

- Tatao

Thief (a)

- Kaya

Tell me your name

- Eyoeia

u. ■

Uncover your head

- Codchi nolele

W,

Wing

- Cabacao

White

- Ina, maha

Warm

- Mafanna

Woman (a)

- Vifine

Wife (to have a)

- Hoanna

Weft wind

- Matangui- l.oulougha

Weep (to)

- Tangui

Whiftle (to)

- Mabou

What is that

- Koaia

Wood

- Lahoubaba

Water

- Ovai

Wicked •

- Kino

APPENDIX,

57

We

- Yta

We two

- Yta oua

Walk

- Momiho

Wind (the)

- Matangui

Y.

Yawn (to)

- Mamao, mamaoya

Yellow

- • Melo

You

- Coe, hae, he

Yefterday

- Aneafi

Yes

- loj hio

One
Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Numerical Terms.

- Taha

- Oua

- Tolou

- Fa

- Nima

- Ono

- Fidou

- Valou

- Hiva

- Ongofoulou

To count 20 they repeat the numbers from i to 9 inclu-
five ; and when they come to 20 they exprefs it by oua fou-
lou (twice 10); to count 30, after having reckoned 20 in
the manner juft mentioned, they begin again at i and count
to 9: thus, tatra, oua, tolou, fanima, ono, fidou, valou,
hiva ; and to exprefs 30 they fay, tolou ongofoulou (three
limes 10) ; to reckon 40 they repeat i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9 ; and to exprefs 40 they fay faongo foulou (four times
10) ; thus 50, nima ongofoulou ; 60, ono ongofoulou ; 70,
fidou ongofoulou ; 80, valou ongofoulou 5 90, hivo ongofou-

58

APPENDIX.

lou; 100, tehaou ; 2oo, ona tehaou ; 300> tolou tehaou j

400, fa tehaou ; 500, nima tehaou ^ 600, ono tehaou ;

^00, fidou tehaou ; 800, valou tehaou ; 900, hiva tehaou ;

1000, afey; 10,000, kilou afey ; 100,000, manoi 1,000,000,

panou ; 10,000,000, laouale ; 100,000,000, laounoua ;

1,000,000,000, liagui ; io,oco,ooo,ooo, tolo;

100,000,000,000, tafe ; 1,0.0,000,000,000, lingha j

10,000,000,000,000, nava ;

100,000,000,000,000, ka'imaau ;

1,000,000,000,000,000, talomaguitaugha kaVmaau ;

an infinite number, oki.

i>iS>3e«9«Si

VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE

OF THE

NATIVES OF NEW CALEDONIA.

A.

Armpits

- Hanbeigha

Arms (the)

- Hingue

Alk him

- Hia

Ant (an)

- Hinki

Afcend

- Tamihiou

Are you well ?

- Alaoue

Awaking • .

- Noda

B.

Begone

- Boeno

Belongs (that) to me

» Quine

Bread-fruit tree

- Yen

Banana tree

• Pouaignait

Beard (the)

• Poupouangue

Back (the)

- Donnha

ri

APPENDIX,

59

Bark of the hibifcus lilia-
ceus, from -which they
extract a nutritious juice
by chewing

Breech (the)

Bird (a)

Birds

Baflcet (a little)

Bad (that is)

Bread (the)

Breathe (to)

Blood

Bofom rthe)

Belly (the)

Blow (to) with one's mouth -

Paoui

Pouckhouenguee

Manou

Mani mani

Tolam

Qiiedenl

Guiengue

Kniana

Houda

Tingue

Kiguienguq

Oubedou

c.

Called (that is)

Cap (a)

Chief (a)

Chief (a) above the abouma -

Cocoa nuts

Cocoa tree

Cholic

Cock

Cord

Cord (a fmall) which they

ufe in throwing their ja

velins
Cord (a piece of) which they

■wear round the neck,

from which is fufpended

a piece of hard well po-

iiihed ferpentine ftone - Peigha

Anan

Tanene poulou, mouea

Theabouma

Aliki

Niou

Nou

Yahick

Ho nemo

Mouep, maho

- Ounep

60

APPENDIX.

Child (a)

-

Neyne

Cold

-

Guiaen

Cheeks the)

-

Foangue

Comb (a)

-

Gau, baliga

Club (a)

-

Boulai'bi

Chin (the)

•

Pouangue

Canoe

-

Wa, oacka

Chicken

.

Hali

Cultivated land

-

Maniep

Cough (to)

-

Poupe

Come hither

.

Ame

Dance (to)
Death

Di

- Pilou

- Mackie

E.

Enough
Eyelafhes (the)
Elbow

Exchange (to)
Ear (the)
Eat (to)
Eyelids

Hongui

Poutchibanghie

Bouanguelen

Oubin

Guening

Houyou, abou

Banguinghe

In the laft word the fyllable gum is pronounced in the
throat, after the manner of the Arabs.

Earth (the)
Ear-holes
Eyes (the)

Guioute
Ktiogueningue
Ti wangue

APPENDIX.

61

F.

Friend (a) >«•

Fine (that is)

Forbidden (a thing)

Fingers (the)

Fan (a) ■

Fire

Figs, which they eat drefled

Forehead (the),

Fifh-hook

Foot (the)

Fly (a)

Fall (to)

Abanga

King king king, fpoken

quick
Tabou
Badonchigha
Bahoula
Afi, nap, hiepp
Ouyou
Bouaridaguan
Pouaye

Bakatiengue, adegha
Nan, ignan, about
Telouch

G.

Good (that is)
Give
Give me
Glafs beads
Great
Granates

Kapareck

Padeck, oumi, name name

Nanhi, hambaling

Baoui', pino

Amboida, pagoula

Pagui

H.

Hut (a).

-

Moi

Hair

>

Poubanghie

Hungry (I am)

-

Aouab

Hatchet

-

Togui

Hedge (a)

-

Baubeigh

Hand (the)

-

Adeliegha

Head (the)

-

Bangue

62

APPENDIX.

Horizontal beam, at the
height of about two yards
in their cottages - PaVto

Hole (to make a) - Keigui

I.

Itching (an)

- Hion

Iron

- Pitiou

Ifland (an)

- Gniati

I have none

- Adigna

I will not

- Boudou

I will carry you on

my

back Tabouneys, moteraaneyo

Immediately

- Guiot
J.

Javelin (a)

- Nta

Knees (the)

- Banguiligha
L.

Lie down (to)

- Guiahoura

Leaf a tree

- Cata

I-eg

)

- Popiguiengue, boudagnasr

Let me fee that

- Melekia

Little

- Anneba

Linesof a black colour made

on the breafl:

- Poun

Laugh (to)

- Eck
M.

Mouth (the)

- Wangue '

Mallard (a)

- Oubane

APPENDIX.

63

More

-

Magn

Man

-

Abanguia, tchiau

Moon (the)

-

Manoc, ndan

Magnificent (that is]

-

Boukaie boukaie

Maft (a)

-

Kniep

Mother

-

Moubreba

Me (that is for)

-

Aoutou

Mountain (a)

-

Bandouc

Mat (a)

Kam, abono
N.

Nail (a)

-

Dobiou

Neck (the)

-

Nouheigha

Nofe

-

Wanding

Navel

.

Koanbougha

No

-

Nda

Nails (the)

-

Pihingue

o.

Ornament of mother of

pearl, with which they

adorn their heads - Tanden

Opening (the) which ferves

as an entrance into their

huts - - Ouenema

P.

Path (a)
Potatoe
Parroquet
Prefent (that is a)
Poft (a) placed in the mid-
dle of their cottages - Aguyotte

- Taca, ouandanc

- Tani

- Pidip

- Tanhouate

^>4

Pledge (a)
Poultry

APPENDIX.

- Malabou

- Ho

Quartz

- Nette

R.

Run away (to)

- Keremoi

Rain

- Oda

Root of the dolichos tube-

rofus

- Yale

Red

- Miha

s.

Spider (which' the favages

of New Caledonia eat) -

Nongui

Shrub (of the fpecies lepto-

fpermum

Poap

Stop (to)

Guioute

Sit down (to)

Tamo

Sugar-cane r

Kout, ounguep

Sing (to)

Hote

Scar of a wound from a dart-

Do

Sky (the)

Ndaoe

Shell, called bulla ovum

Bout

Shells

Palile

Spit (to)

Kioutma

Salute (to) by touching

■with the end of the nofe

that of theperfon faluted,

asat Tongataboo

Bangoming

Shoulders (the)

Bouheigha

Sneeze (to)

Tibouaie

APPENDIX.

65

Stuff (a coarfe) refembling
that made of the bark of
the mulberry tree

Strike (to)

Sleep (to)

Sling (a)

Scratch (toj

Sling (to) a ftone

Sea (the)

Swim (to)

Stones prepared for flinging

Sole of the foot

Sack of ftones for flinging •

Sun (the)

Spider's web

Sail (a)

Tree (a)

To day

That

Thigh (the)

To-morrow

Teeth (the)

There is none

There is no more

T<^gue (the)

Tie (to)

Thumb (the)

Take

Tails (falfe) which they

wear
Tatooing
Tomb

Wangui

Tamaet

Kingo anoulen

Ouendat

Mangaitte

Ole

Dene

Hat

Oudip

- Adagueigha

- Qiienoulippe

- Nianghat

- Donhete

- Mouangha

T.

- Gniaouni

- Heigna

- Hi, hehine

- Hengue paan

- Padoua

- Paou wangue

- Hadipat

- Mai

- Koupe wangue

- Tighing
Kanohingue

- Pone pone

- Bouligha, neguv

- Nap

- Nbouavt
c

66 APPENDIX.

Thunder - - Highou

Tie (to) a cord to any thing Houadine
Thief (a) - - Kaya

U.

Untie (to) - " Tibic

V/ell (that is)
Wood
Warm (it is)

Way (that is the)
Wound from an arrow-
Water - !
Woman, or girl
Wife (my)
Went away (he)
Walk (to)
Weep (to)
What is that
Whiftle (loj
Water (to make)
Wind (the)

Yawn (to)

One

Two

Three
Four
Five
Six

W.

- Flo

- Kiantie

- Qudoa

- Taga

- Undip
. Oe

- Tamomo, tama,
^ Yabaguenne

- Tatao

- Tanan

- Ngot
Beta, anda'i

- Whaou

- Nima

- Oudou

Y.

- Obalam

Numerical Terms,

- Ouanait
. - Ouadou

- Ouatguien

- Ouatbait

- Ouannaim

- Ouanaimgnik

APPENDIX,

67

Seveii

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-one

Twenty-two

Twenty-three

Twenty-four

Twenty-five

Twenty-fix

Twenty-feven

Twenty-eight

Twenty-nine

Thirty

Thirty-one

Thirty-two

Thirty-three

Thirty-four

Thirty -five

Thirty fix

Thirty- feven

Thirty-eight

Thirty-nine

Forty

- Ouanaimdou

- Ouanaimgueen

- Ouanaimbait

- Ouadoun hie

- Baroupahinck

- Baroukarou

- Bafou kat gueiu
>- Barou kat bait

- Barou kat naim

- Kaneimguick

- Kafteim dou

- Kaneim guein
Kaneim bait

- Kadoun hie

- Kaningma

- Karou

- Kat guein

- Kat bait

- Kanneim

- Kanneim guick

- Kanneim dou

- Kanneim guein

- Kanneim bait
KaJoum lick

- Barekalininck

- Bare karou
Kat guien
Kat bait

- Kanneim
Kanneim guick

- Kanneim dou

- Kanneim guein
Kanneim bait

- Kadounhink ounguln

62

68

APPENDIX.

VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE

OE THE

NATIVES OF Vv^AYGIOU.

Arms (the)

- Bramine

Arrow (an)

- Mariai

B.

Bow (a) - •

- Copamme coufFe

Bananas

- Imbieffe

Bracelets of tortoifefhell

- MifTe

Bofom (the)

- Soufife

Belly (the)

- Sneouaran

Boat (a large)

- Cadourefle

(afmall)

- Houahy

c.

Cocoa-nut

- Scrail

Cord

- Camoutou

Cotton fluff

- Sanfounne

Chin

- Bourou bourOtJ

Canoe

-' Cambafene

Crab (a)

- Coaffe

D,

Drink (to)

- Quinemme

Dog (a)

- Dofane

E.

Embrace (to)

- Cofroec

Eat (to)

- Aenne, yacanne

APPENDIX.

69

Eye

Ear (the)
Earth

Fifli hook

Fifhing-line

Father

Feet (the)

Fifh

Forehead

Go (to)

Go away (to]

Go

Give me

Hair (the)

Harpoon (a)

Hand (a)

Hen (a)

Head of an harpoon'

- Mocammoro

- Q^ienany

- Soupe

F.

Sarfedinne

Farfere

Mama

Effouebaem

Icanne, hienne

Audary

G.

Combraenne
Orofuperre
Combran elfo
Bouguemen, orbouqman

H.

Enombraem

Ambobere

Brampinne

Mafanquienne

Enacandenne

Iron

I am going

Knife (a)
Knees (the)
Knot fto tie a)

Moncormme

- Yaborefle

K.

- Moi
Fonierenne

- Cocafe/fe

70

Lemon (a)

Ltg

Lobrter (a large J

APPENDIX.
L.

- - Innecrail

Anemine
- Saraoire

M.

Mouth (the)
Mafl (a)
Mother
Me

Mat

Souadonne

Padarenrie

Naine

Aia

Yaerenne

Needle
Neck (the)
Nofe

New-Guinea
Nails (the)

N.

- Mari iffou carmora

- Sacecaeran

- Nony

- Mari, or mare

- Brampinne bey

Oar (ati)

o.

CaborefTc.

Potatoes
Packthread
Pavilion (a]
Pledge (a)

- Randzio.

- Ribbc

- Barbaran

- . Decaenne

Sugar-cane - - Camaenne

Straw hat of a conical form - Saraou

APPENDIX.

71

Sleep (to)

-

'

Qiieneffe

Soft water

-

-

Houaerenne

Scoop (a) for a

boat

-

Canarenne

Stuff made of i

the bari

: of

trees

-

-

Maran

Stuffs (our)

which

they

demand in exchange

for

their commodities

-

Decaille, cami

Switch (a)

-

-

Aye

Sea (the)

-

-

Mafainne

Ship (a)

-

-

Capara

Speak (to) the

Papou

lan-

guage

-

-

Papoua doberea

Sciurus palmarum

-

Ranbabe, couchou

Saffron (Indian)

-

Inaerenne

Sago

-

-

Qiiioumi

Sail (a)

T

Caouenne

That is

^

_

Omi

*rhumb (the)

-

-

Brapoucre

Thigh (the)

-

-

Hoiieffope

Teeth (the)

-

-

Nacoerenne

Tin

-

-

Saraca, faiuca

Tongue (the)

-

-

Damaran

W.

Walk (to)

-

-

Coreffe

What is that

-

-

Aziarofa

Numerical Terms.

One

~

_

Sai"

Two

-

-

Dou'ij foro

72 APPENDIX.

Three - - Quioro

Four - - Fiaque

Five - . - Rima

Six - - Onem

Seven - - Fique

Eight - - Ouaran

Nine . • - - Siou

Ten - - Sarapourou

Hundied - - Caim

APPENDIX, 73

. - TABLES

OF THE

ROUTE OP THE ESPERANCE,

DURING THE YEARS

1791, 1792, 1/93, and 1794,

^ROM THE TIME OP HER LEAVING EUROPE TILL HER
ARRIVAL AT SURABAYA.

N. B. Thefe tables fhew the pofition of the velTel at noon .
the variation of the needle diilinguifhed hy fr.^ when obferved at
the horizon at fun-rife ; hy Jf., when obferved at the horizon at
fun-fet ; and by 02., when it is the refult of an azimuth obferva-
tion; the degree of the thermometer according to Reaumur's fcale
(it was a thermometer with mercury), the height of the barometer
at noon; the diredion of the wind and the Hate of the weather.

u

APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date.

1791.

September, ir
30
Odtober.

3
4
6
8
so

12

At Teneilffe. 1 3

25
26
27

28

November.

24

Latitude

North by

Obfcrvation.

4-7 4.1 20
4.7 7 30

45 46,36
45 36 38
42 49 58
38 23 29

34 8
29 26 iS

28 29 55

25 22 9

23 31 59
21 32 45

19 58 47

17 5^
14 56 49
13 6 19

10 23 49

9 ^ 36

9 7

9 I

8 23

49 38

I 36

45 29

9 34

00 46

5i 54
32 56

5 3 ^9

4 42 26
4 30 3
4 28 39

3 49 00
3 16 55

Latitude

North by

Computation.

47 43 00

47 2 00

46 46 30
46 35 10

45 59 20
45 38 00
43 3 18
38 27 00

34 4 14
i-9 32 38

25 21 36
23 41 20
21 24 38

20 3 19

17 53 00
14 52 00

13 5 44

12 8 18

10 26 2

9 6 19

8 55 36

8 59 38
8 22 00
7 43 H

7 9 4

6 47 3

53 38
19 25
56 26

44 34

31 19

13 40

3 46

4 4^ 58

4 4^^ ^9
4 =3 38

4 17 39

3 30 46
2 59 00

Longitude

Weft by

Obfcrvation.

Longitude

Wert by

Computation.

—

—

10

^3

00

II

14

24

n

58

00

17

25

00

18

53

10

18

3S

12

20

16

36

20

59

46

21

55

30

22

24

12

23

»9

54

22

35

43

21

28

00

21

6

00

20

53

45

20

38

10

"

19

49

50

19

46

12

19

49

10

19

47

14

19

46

24

20

6

18

—

20

12

45

10

26

36

18

38

24

18

56

18

20

49

13

9 36 40

10 24 18

10 59 30

10 56 18

10 38 00

11 17 10

13 47 36

16 24 12

17 48 14

18 36 36

19 24 32

19 59 36

20 44 10

21 71;
21 29 38

21 37 40

21 25 38

21 12 19

20 10 00

9 iS 19
9 24 36
9 15 18
8 49 30
8 23 12

S 19 17

8 6 34

8 4 18
8 6 12
8 8 37
8 14 50
8 27 36
8 59
974

8 47

8 34 10
8 8 37

8 7 12

8 45 10

9 56 00

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

22 36 00

fr.

21 39 00

ff.

19 59 00

fT. 18 56 00

fr. 18 9 9

fr. 17 38 10

fr. 16 44 GO

ff.
ff.

15

»4

19
32

oo
00

—

—

(T.

12

43

00

fr.

12

39

20

ff. 14 38 00

fr. 14 20 20

fr.
ff.

13 34 00

I? 36 32

13 39 18

13 59 4

fr. X3 42 36
fr. 14 36 3

APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

75

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

September. 29

30
Oftober.

2

3
4
6
S

JO

J 2

»3

25
26
8.7

^8

30
I

2
3
4-
5
6

7

S

Z2

J3
»4
»5

18

»9

10
21

az. 21 10 57

az. 21 26 ou

az. 19 29 00

az. x6 38 00

az. 16 49 37
az. 14 47 34

Therm.

az. 14 15 35

az. 14 37 z4
az. J4 49 36

az. 14 26 30

16,0
16,0
16,1
16,2

14.4
16,5
16,0
17.1

Barometer.

1.

2,9
3.7

3.9

4,2

3.6
1,0
3.6
2,9
2,9
3.8

28 2,0

19,0

19. 5
19,5

19,0

19,8
21,0

22, 0
21,8
22,2
22,8
22,8
22,5
22,3
22,5

2J,7

21,9

22,9
22,9

23,0
22,5
22,9
22,5
22,0

22,0

22,0
21,3

22,0
21,6

28

3.0
2,8

8 3,0
,8 2,5

28

3.0
2,6

2.5
2,9
2,9

2,4

2,3
2,8

2,2
2,4

28 2,8

28 3,0

Wind and State of the Weather.

1.9
2,0

1.9
2,0

2.5

2,0

1.9
2,0
1,8

I.I

o,S
1.2

E. Pretty briflc, cloudy

E.S.E. Calm, overcaft

N. Variable, calm, overcaft

W.S.W. Calm, overcaft

N.W. Very little wind, overcaft

W.N.W. Brifk, overcaft, hail

N.N.E. A fine breeze, cloudy

N.E. Briflc, hail

N.N.E. Brifk, overcaft, bail

N, A fine breeze, fair

C N. A fine breeze, dear, after-

l wards cloudy.
N.E. Rather brifk, cloudy
N.E. A fine breeze, fair weather
E.N.E, A frcfb breeze, very fine

k E.N.E. A frefh breeze, cloudy,

i afterwards clear
N.E. Little wind, fair
N.E^ N. Light breeze, clear
N.E.^ N. Fine breeze, cloudy
E. Variable, overcaft, Iformy
N.E JN. Brifk, cloudy
N.E. Brifk wind, cloudy
Calm, cloudy, Itorroy
Calm, ftormy

N.E| E. Very little wind, ftormy
E.NE. A light breeze, ftormy

C E.S.E.Brifk, variable, cloudy,

I rain

CE N. E. Very little wind,

X cloudy, afterwards fercne
Calm, ratlier cloudy
E.S.E. Little wind, fair

8.E. Very little wind, fair

!?.£. Hail, calm, overcalf, rain

S.S.E. Little wind, cloudy

S.S E. Little wind, rain

Calm, rain

5 S.S. W. Little wind, fair; af-

l terwards rain

S S.V/. Variable,brlfk, very wet

S.S-W. Guitsof wmd, hail, rain
C E.S.E. Nearly calm, overcaft,
I rain

^.S.E. Moderate breeze, hail

S.S.E. fine breeze, hail

f2

76

APPENDIX.

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date,

Latitude

Lati'tude

Longitude

Longitude

Variation of the

17,91-

North by

North by

Weft by

Weft by

Needle Weft.

Obfervation. (

IJomputation.

Obfervation. Computation.

0 / "

0 t It

0 ' "

0 ' /'

0 ' "

November. 25

2 58 00

a 53 34

22 6 12

20 54 00

ff.

14 28 36

z6

* 5 37

2 I 55

23 19 36

21 33 4

ff.

12 29 00

27

I 20 19

T 17 57

24 19 20

22 14 7

ff.

M 42 00

28

■

0 30 55
UATITUDt.

■ fouth.

0 36 35
LATITUDE,
fouth.

25 17 13

22 38 49

Ir.

II 18 00

29

0 39 12

0 26 12

26 19 36

23 19 3c

ff.

10 44 51

30

I 3^ 49

I 34 19

27 12 18

24 6 IC

do.

8 46 00

December. i

2 34- 49

2 34 20

28 12 17

24 36 10

do.

8 19 24

2

3 5^ 25

3 49 35

29 4 lo

24 59 38

do.

S 58 47

3

5 10 26

5 4 26

30 8 3

25 29 37

do.

7 49 iS

4-

6 28 35

6 15 54-

30 42 36

25 56 14

do.

7 14 5^5

5

7 34- 31

7 24 34

30 58 14

26 a 6

do.

6 56 18

6

9 2 36

8 57 19

31 19 26

26 S "

do.

5 24 48

7

10 34- 26

10 24 25

31 43 40

26 24 36

do.

5 26 30

8

II 43 12

II 38 56

31 38 17

^5 59 38

do.

3 49 19

9

12 46 33

12 33 18

31 8 14

25 28 34

do.

4 16 56

3 0

14 14 24

14 4 25

,30 29 38

24 38 39

do.

3 58 00

11

15 4* 46

15 41 26

29 43 12

23 43 39

do.

4 8 54

' V ' 3 2

16 56 13

16 47 48

29 6 38

23 6 32

do.

5 13 36

13

18 6 20

17 56 28

28 38 40

22 39 42

do.

5 00 00

'4

19 9 36

19 6 34

28 19 34

23 26 10

do.

5 17 26

20 32 19

28 26 12

22 26 18

do.

4 46 00

15

36

22 16 27

22 3 59

28 38 44

22 27 12

do.

5 18 17

?7

23 48 14

23 27 13

29 15 36

2 2 54 10

do.

4 18 4&

38

25 20 32

25 9 24

29 27 18

23 19 4

ir.

I 56 39

39

26 35 17

26 32 27

29 29 4

23 7 14

do.

2 54 00

2C

27 28 25

27 18 59

28 18 3S

22 8 3

do.

3 36 00

28 6 44

25 43 10

19 48 2

ff.

4 46 34

21

28 49 48

28 32 59
28 33 36

24 6 36

22 44 34

iS 9 4
16 49 3

%1

23

27 49 58

27 57 2?

28 19 3-:
- ,29 16 3C

22 9 36
22 26 iS

1623 6

16 44 7

17 22 18
17 16 j8

24

*5
26

29 33 54

22 54 iC
. -^ 3« 17

27

30 44 45

30 42 5^

2S

31 16 2J

- 30 5^ 5^

- 21 56 14

16 26 ig

ff.

5 3^ 30

as

31--32 5^

" 31 23 2^
31 38 44

r 19 49 38

14 34 17

12 46 14

fr.

6 14 49

3"^

31 49 3;

I- 17 45 ^7

3'

32 6 \',

32 4 3 =

- 15 44 ^2

10 58 J1

fr.

5 54 ^2

APPENDIX,

71

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date,

1791.

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

Wind and State of the Weather.

November. 2 5
a 6
27
a8

December.

az. 12 16 56
az. II 33 19
az. II 23 14

az. 8 39 5

21,9

21,5
21,7

21,2

21,3
21,2

fr. 7 22 54. 21,3

az. 7 36 j8j 21,4

fr. 6 -^9 49 21,5

az- 5 24 55 2x,5

fr. 5 18 17! 21,6

3 44 i^
3 58 36

3 48 00

II

Ir.

.4

5

00

12

az.

5

18

12

13

az.

5

49

54

14

az.

5

3 5

1 1

24

25
26

,-,1

az. 5 i8 36

az. 4 65

az. 2 36 44|

az- 3 33 39

az. 4 i8 53

az. 5 52 36

az. 5 49 32

28 az. 6 46

az. 6 ^5 o(

6 i(

21,0

20,7

20,5
20,5

20,5

20,3
20,2

20,3

20,4

19. 5
19,0

i9'4
19=4
19,0

19 = 3

iS,o
17,6
18,6

i",7

17.8
17.8
17,6

Us

i>3

2,1

1,8
^>3

.6 2,0

8 2,1

.8 2,3

.8 2,7

,8 2,7

:8 2,8

I '8
ii8

2>5
2,8
3'5
3>6

28

3.9

18

4,0

28

4,2

i8

2.,9

28

5>-

i8

-^-o

z8

4.5

3 5

3,^

5.3

4.0

, o

4>5
3.9
3>9
3 9
c.o

S.S.E. A moderate breeze, hazy

Ditto

S.E. A light breeze, hazy

S.EJ S. Moderate breeze, fair

Ditto

il^. Moderate breeze, hazy
C S.E. MoJerate breeze, hazj'',
\ atterwards clear
CS. EJ E. Moderate breeze,
\ hazy, fair
Ditto

E.S.E. Light breeze, hazy, fair
E| S.E. Light breeze, hazy, fair
El S.E. Fine breeze, hazj', fair
E. Moderate breeze, hazy, fair
^ E| N. E. Moderate breeze,
\ hazy, fair

e E.N.E. Moderate breeze, fair,
\ a little rain

N.E;: E. Fine breeze, hazy, fair
Ditto

5 From N.E. to E. Fine breeze,
}_ hazy, fair

£5 N.E. Moderate, hazy, fair
£. Light breeze, fair
5Ei S.E. Guftsof wind, fhow-
i ers of hail

E|: S.E. Mod. breeze, hazy, fair
£' S.E. P'ine breeze, hazy, fair.
Ditto

R. Moderate breeze, overcaft
5 From E. to N. Moderate br.
i fair, rather hazy
CN. N.W. Moderate breeze,
\ fair, rather hazy
<. N. W.W.N.W. Light breeze,
2 cloudy, rain
W.S.S E. Briflc, cloudy
b.S.E. E.S.E. Briikgale, cloudy
S.E. Fine breeze, cloudy, r:iin
I'.Eg: E. Moderate breeze, cloudy
K. Moderate, cloudy, fair
N.E.N. Little wind, fair
N'iN.E. Moderate, fair
M. Moderate, fair
ln'.N.E, Moderate, fair

78 APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Datz,

179 a.

Latitude

South by

Obfervativin.

Latitude

South by

Computation

Longitude

Weft by

Obfervacion.

Longitude

Weft by

Computaiion

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

0 ' "

0 '•'

0 / //

0 ' "

0 ' '/

January,

3

2

3* '9 55

31 22 34

3* x8 38

32 35 44
3a 42 24

n 34 39

9 35 17

9 8 49

7 12 17

9 4 8

Tr. 5 49 18
do. 7 57 19

do. 10 55 24

• 3
4

3* 4-2 43
32 49 34

7 9 *3

4 59 J2
3 14 8

S

34 55 46

32 51 38

5 59 14

2 14 7

ff. 13 37 28

.-r...

6
7

3* 56 40
3* J5 40

32 52 37
32 48 12

4 17 12

I II 10

tONGITODE

ealt.

0 39 18

LONGITUDE

eaft.
2 z6 19

do. 14 44 00
do. 16 3 29

8

3i 58 17

S* S6 34

I 53 36

5 23 36

9

3« 57 3«

32 3 24

4 3 18

7 2 34

do. J 7 49 00

JO

33 00 *4

32 58 56

4 46 19

7 35 39

fr. 20 14 00

•

12

3« 47 36
3* 55 »4

30 z 14
33 3 24

5 i7 34
7 14 19

8 14 36

9 49 H

ff. 21 54 49

33

32 52 J2

32 59 12

8 53 48

11 34 42

fr. 21 46 00

'

34
15

33 14 54
33 36 30

33 23 26
33 40 10

10 44 17
12 6 16

13 12 48

H 32 H

fl". 22 17 2%
fr. 22 54 36

26

34 3 29

34 S 18

15 37 10

17 3 12

fr. 24 14 16

At the Capt
of Gooc
Hope.

February.

17
18

J 9

20
ai

34 8 54

34 17 4
34 12 3

34 38 44

35 52 42
35 9 »^

J7 24 36
19 27 48

16 8 34

15 33 10

16 24 18

18 14 36

19 38 47

ff. 24 19 34

fi". 23 10 49
(i\ 25 14 19

34 46 19
34 59 16

»^.

34 55 54

34 54 14

20 8 45

20 19 58

ff. 26 19 5

-

13
»4

34 35 19
34 l5 12.

34 4^ 50
34 17 52

22 12 4
24 42 10

22 17 54

25 26 12

fr. 25 42 10
fl". 27 25 00

25
i7

34 12 00

33 55 »2

35 9 14

35 5 10

24 18 13

26 4 20
27. 3 3^

25 16 4

24 48 00
27 24 00

fr. 27 14 00

ff. 28 10 TO
fr. 28 12 14

35 24 10

38

35 18 46

35 22 4

28 22 34

28 8 14

a: 28 6 14

29

r

3 5 35 43

29 46 32

do. 28 J 2 00

Marcli.

I

35 J6 36

3 5 22 5+

32 59 4

32 37 34

do. 28 34 3

2

34 45 34

34 59 26

35 43 36

36 13 34

do. 28 46 00

APPENDIX. 7^

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OP THE ESPERANCE.

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

az. 6 6 55

az, 6 56 00
az. 9 59 z5
az. 13 34 59

az. 13 4.6 18

az. 15 18 49

56

at. 16 39

az. 17 31

az. 19 19

az. 10 2^9

az. 21 59 44

az. 22 14. 32

fl'. 23 i3 4.S

17,7

az. 15 38 39 18,0 28 x,7 Nf N.W. Brifk, fai

2S

28

4,0

4.9

Wind and State of the Weather.

rN.N.E. N^N.E. Moderate,

I hazy, fair
Ditto

NJ N.R.N. Breeze, hazy, fair
NJ N.E.N. Moderate, fair

CN.N.N.E. Little wind, clou-

1 dy, fair
N. Moderate, fair

az.

24 iS 55

az.

24 t2 36

az.

Z3 16 10

az.

24. 59 12

az.

26 39 8

a:

25 4.8 00

az.

£7 1 5 00

az.

28 17 59

az.

28 9 36

az.

28 18 36

az.

28 58 00

az

28 24 36

i>5

1,9

N.N.W. Fine breeze, clear,

afterwards hazy
H. N.W. N^ N.E, Little

wind, fome rain, fair
N.W. Little wind, afterward*

calm, fair
W.N.W. Very little wind,
. fair, afterwards foggy
W. Very little wind, fair, hazy
f W.S.W. W. Moderate, hazy,
I afterwards clear
VV. Mod. hazy, afterwards clear
W.N.W. Moderate, haz^, fair
N.N.W. N. Fine bi^eze,
cloudy, fome rain

S.S.E. Squally, cloudy, rain
S. S.S.W. Moderate breeze, hazv
3.S.W. W.S.W. Mod. br.hazjr
W. N.N.W. Erifk, cloudy
N.W. Fine breeze, cloudy

f W.S.W. N.N.W. Light br,

I tolerably fair
W.N. W.W.Bn(k,tolerablyfine
W.S.W. A fnurt gale, fair, hail

VEIrN.E. Smart gaic> aftei

l_ v/ards iioht breeze, clear
E N E. N.E^ Smart pale, fine
N.W. Light breeze, fair

f S.W. Liitle wind, aftciw.-.rdi

I ca m, fair
N.E. Mod.br f.ur,afterw, cloudy

yW. W.N.W. Bnfk, rtoriny,

I then fair
N.W. Fuie \n\ fair, rather cloudy

$0

APPENDIX.

TABLES OE THE ROUTE OF THE ESPEB.ANCE.

Date.

I79--

■'4

Latitude

South by

Obfervatioii.

31

34- 32 00
34- 35 37

34- 4-1 52

35 23 1^5
34- 54 14
g

35 4'-

36 2a
36 44

36 43 34

37 16 49

3<5 13 44

36 53 5i

37 57 55

38 a 47
38 12 38

38 30 37

38- 20 42

35 9 45
37 15 44

36 49 36

37 4 49

36 48 50

37 33 <>
3S 45 34

39 23 34

39 54 49

40 42 26
40 56 18

3 40 45 10

41 3 36

41 34 00

42- 5 18

42 15 :6

Latitude

South by

Computation;

34 32 H

34 38 44

34 40 54

34 4^ 34

34 41 36

35 29 M
35 6 2

35 54 34

36 8 14
36 44 52

36 48 34

37 II 39

36 18 4

36 49 34

37 46 ^4

38 4 36
38 6 27
38 9 4
38 ^4 3

38 28 14

38 22 45

37 14 36

36 5+ 33

37 18 49

36 54 12

37 33 48

39 -4 12

39 30 58

40 7 55

41 2 26
41 9 18

40 34. oc

41 19 26

41 46 II

42 18 14

42 17 10
42 32 16

Longitude

Lift by

Obfeivation.

Longitude

Eaft by

Ci/tTiputation

V.iriation of the
Needle Weft.

38 14 18

42 22 12

43 36 4'}-

44 3 35
44 54 18

47 4 34
49 25 32
5^ 54 38

53 13 19

53 33 46

54 5 43

54 3:9 24

55 53 52

59 12

60 18

34
20

61 54

36

64 16

12

68 4

68 43
70 48
72 8

18

47
10
10

74 24

18

80 4

32

82 23.

36

84 59

H

88 14

^9

90 26

18

93 59
96 58

4
38

lOo 25

19

106 35

36

38 x6,54

40

42

43 T4

8 3

44 8 13

44 58 4

46 22 2,

46 58 3

49 14 J 3

52 44 36

52

^6 12

53 34- 6

54 9 34
54 38 34

56 8 52

57 49 12

58 45 10

60 4 8

61 33 16

64 18 oc

66 34 20

67 59 32

68 38 44
70 58 10
7' 59 4
74 8 19
77 51 4
79 48 2

82 14 49

85 3 40
87 4S lO

90 22 14

93 5 4
'96 41 38

100 18 8

104 7 3
106 49 39

fr. 30 36 52

{T.

27 34 19

fT. 26

Ir. 26

ff. 26

fr. 26

ff. s6

fC. 24

fl". 24

49 50
30 00

34 38

24 00

13 15

49 39
26 00

fT. 24
I'r. 25

fr. 23

ff. 24
ir. 23

59 00
32 19

19 48

46 38
48 15

fr. 23 14 52

fr. 20
fl". 20

a. 17

6 19
15 12

43 39

fl- i5 4 53

fr. 18 16 10
(T. 19 8 10

fT. 13 14 11

APPENDIX 8:

tAtlES OP THE BOUTE OF THE SSPERANCE,

,

Date,

VariiDon ot thi

179^-

Needle Weft.

rhtn.

') 11

oir.eu

0 ' "

0

1.

ATarch.

3

zz 30 4.S s

18,5

8

3.0

4

18 0

, 0

3=3

5

17.'

-g

2,4

6

?z. 28 56 20

IS, 7

■s

3.0

1

az. 27 14 14

17 0

zi

4>o

%

_^

iS

-.8

39

9

>5:

iS

5>"

10

16,.

8

6,-

i\

az. 26 54. 19

17,0

%%

3 0

Ja

'7,0

1 8

2,9

13

az. 26 4.5 3^;

16,^

z%

5 -^

14

az. 26 39 00

16,0

18

5.0

15

i5.<»,

zS

63

i5

az. 24 5z II

J4,8

^8

70

x;'

az. 24. 37 4

15 0

28

5.9

18

az. 25 41 00

16,0

8

5.0

^9

az. 24 26 0.

160

28

6 0

ao

az. 25 36 24

16 0

z%

6.5

ai

az. 25 36 00

15.0

28

5 5

aa

15.0

28

3:8

23

13.9

28

36

■24

_

ISO

28

56

25

13 3

28

6 0

26

az. 79 3*. 54

14 0

28

5 0,

27

«3.s

8

58

28

fr. 18 44 56

15Q

28

1 0

29

—

15 0

zS

11,1

30

.

13 0

V

10,0

31

—

JO,C

27

'».9

April.

J

az. 13 24 jc

io,c

28

7 0

2

^

I0,O

27

9.0

?

az. 17 44 4S

85

28

2.5

4

12,1

28

2>3

5

az. 17 59 16

12 5

28

3.0

6

13.0

28

3.^

:r

•■-^ ■

11. 0

28

».7

i

fr. 14 5? 52'

io,S

28

3.0

Wliul jnd State ot L.he Weather.

N. Pretty Virlrtc, fa'r
f N E. iN. Biik, afterwards
i liftlc vv.'ii;!, vcrv cloudy
iSI.El- N. M(J: br. cloutiv, raia
V'L\.W. Modcjiite, artiwards
X caim, 'air, laihercl u 'v
..S E. S. Liglu breeze, cloudy
E.S.E N N.S. Lir'ht fcr.ciouay
Fio;nN.W.,(,S d W. 'ir. cloudy
5 E.S.E. E.N.F. Fine biecze,
I cloudy a lutle rain
.^.E. -!'•,. N N 1£ Finebr.clcvidy
N.N.i{. Fine bretrze, cloudy
CNN.E. Little wind, then
X calm, cloudy, afterwards fine
5E.6E. E.N E. Very light
I brwere, dark
:-: S.E. S.S-E. Mod br. darh
S E. E. Modciatc breeze, dark
£ N E Moderate breere, dark
N.F. N.N. W. Mud. br. dark
VV.N VV. N. W L ght br. t.ifr
N N E N.E. Vciy light br. fair
fl-.N.E. N.N.E. 'Moder>tc,
X Very fine

N N.l'.N N.W.Briik-vind fair
W.S. Brifk, fair, then cloudy
S'. S.> E. Brilk, cloudy
S.' S S '»V. Light breeze, fair
W S. Miderate Sreeze, fair
i>.W S.E Light breeze, fair
N.N.VV. i.-:rifk. h.-zy
N'.N.W. Biiflc, afinebr. hazy
C W. N. SquaKy, cioujy, ahttie

C N.W S. W. Hail, brilk wind,
I hazy, h.iil

5 W.b.W. N. N.W. Strong br.
X lia7y, hai!

cN.N.V/. S.S.W. Strong br.
X ha-'V. much hail
C S.S.W. Strong br. hazy, much
\ haii .

S.W. N W. Finebr. h-.zy, fair
W.N.W i* ):.e '^reeiej huzy, fair
CW.N.W. N.W. strong br.
I c oucy, fair
cN.v^'. Brifk. W.S.W. Mo-
l derate, cloudy, na^y, rain
W.S.W. W. A tine br. hazy

g

82:

APPENDIX.

TABLES OF TH2 ROUTE OF THE ESPEUANCE.

_—*————'

L.ititude

South oy

Obfrvation

Latitude

bouth by

0 >mpatatio ..

L'Jilgitude

E..ft by

Obfcrv.dlio'i.

Longitude

Eft by

Comput tioi'

Datf,

179a.

V<.;ia'J',n oF the
Needle VVttt.

0 ' "

0 ' //

0 ' "

0 > "

0 ' "■

April.

S

10

It

42 36 34

42 59 32

43 '4 43

110 8 12

114 35 J.L

ir.

14 18 30

116 59 18

4-i 54 33

12

42 42 46

41 36 12

42 3 10
42 18 19

42 42 15
44 7 5+

119 36 2

120 51 4

123 32 :;
127 27 3
129 41 4
131 32 li

ff.

8 14 19

17

41 2 5C

4^ 5 i&

42 24 25

123 48 I ?

128 42 11

IT.

1 54 00
E.iit.

18

44 32 35

136 14 4 135 i3 i&

(T.

294

19

43 3a 53

44 33 24

138 22 3 139 5 19

Ir.

1 59 3^

At Dieman's

Laud.

May.

so

14
16

25
26

27

43 48 55^

43 3^ 19

43 30 53

44 8 32

141 59 32

144 48 4

141 59 30

144 48 2

145 14 4
145 18 2

145 22 I

145 24. 2

146 57 19

150 3 8

ff.

5 56 40

43 33 36
43 21 13

43 5 a
43 36
42 35 3a
40 55 4

43 10 5£

43 38 23

746 54 19

2y
30

31

39 12 34

39 18 2

152 4 1

June.

I
2
3

37 »& 4'

35 '^4 3"
34 43 57

37 14 36
35 28 14
34 5'- 3^

153 48 13

155 38 14
■ 156 12 18

154 20 19

155 5^ S°

156 28 4

fT.

ir.

10 50 4
10 8 00

4

34 35 4/

34 26 4

158 4 8

157 46 2

ff.

n 22 4»

,

5
6

• 34 5^ i£

34 33 48

34 -54 12
32 42 48

-9 3S' 54
2S ' is 4z

-7 38 5

■ 27 '9 It:
25 48 44
24 42 2 .

159 42 54

16 1 18 24

162 52 14

163 13 4

164 23 10
16^ 13 4

165 28 46

159 IS 3

159 10 2

161 18 54

162 29 6

163 i{ 36
163 3s 34
1 54 14 8
165 8 10
165 1} 46

165- 24 6

Jr.

" 5S 34-

34 45 52

32 3^ 3'?
29 5a 54
2S 21 46

/

V
8

9

10
1 1
12

13

Ir.
fl"
if.
Ir.
fl;
fl.

12 38 50
II 54 5»
II 23 34.

It 18 IX

I I 42 09
II 58 14.

27 10 40
25 51 25
24 42 II

24 18 oc

H

24 12 4.;.

15

16

23 57 43
23 6 J4

23 57 31
23 8 24

165 18 oc
^65 13 00

165 24 oc
164 59 oc

fl"

II 19 3»

10 40 %9

: APPENDIX. 83

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

D Alt,

1792

April.

18

v'iirution ot u
Needle Weft. ih.rni | BaroTi.

Wind and State of the Weather.

14
j6

3 34- 4

Eali.
2 34.

5 51 I

11,8

" 5
to,/

9-0
9,2

«.5
10,0

12,0

12,5

I2;0
^1.5

28

^7

Ji,6

0;5
3.0
7 5

N.W. A fine bree7e, hizy, fair '
N'.W. Bi ilk p,. cl')udy,a artlerain '
N W. W. Moderate br. cloudy
'S,W. S. Moderate breeze,

ftjually, c'oud.y, fleet

£. S S.E. Verv (q. cl. fleet

S.E. W S.W. Biiflc, tair, fleet

27 1.0,0 S.W. S.nartp-. fqually, ha7y,llcet
■'^8 3,1 ^V.S-W.Fineb,.f:ur,ratherhazy

tS

4j7

4>5

28 ij

v'.S.W. Smart gale, cloudy, fleet

C W.S.W. W. Fine breeze,
C cloudy, fume riin
5 VV. Fine hr, cloudy, a little
d rain at night
VV. Fine br. cloudy, much rain

^z- 7 38 42 \-

az. 8 26 37

az

-7

4.S

' 0

—

—

az

9

56

59

az

1 1

38

3

az.

II

48

00

a^.

11

53

39

ir.

13

8

12

.1Z.

1 1

8

4 "5

az.

1 1

38

5'

az.

10

45

19

8,0

10,0

10,2

9 °

9,0

9>^

12,0

,12,5

13,0

14 8

■ 27

27

.28

18

60
94
■')'j
30

2'7

27 11,0

103
7,5

27 ii;5

28 0,5
28 30
i8 4.0

14,8 jzS 3,5
15,0 J28 0,3

140

15,0

15 o

J5;5

16 o
16 4

17,0
J 8,0

18,0

■ 7 no

28

xo o

0.5

2 5

3>o
2.3

-»9

3 •-

3 4

3.5
3)6

S.W.. Squally, rain, fleet
N. M 'derate breeze, fair
N. Mod. breeze, hazy
W. Little wind, fair
Calm, c'oudy, fome rain
Amjita cea-l ca m, fair
f Caim, a-br ft: N. wmd, ftrene,
i atterwards h izy
i^.VV. S.\f\\ Crilk, cl. foaie rain
S.vV.S.S.vV Smii-tg. cl. fleet
CS.S.E. ;.Mna;t ^aie, very un-
i ravoiiiabk weath-r ' ,

ii. S.S.E. Mod br. cl. tlnn clear
.^. Mod. br. t.iv

S.W. N.W. Light br. fair
5N.N.W Littii vvinl, after-
t wards nio .. br. tar hazv
tN.N.W. N.N.E. Gulh of
t wmd, ci. rain m the nigut
i N. W. Very varia'tue, 1i tie
I wind, fliormy, cio idj, r in ,

J VV. S. Moc. br. haz), fl«.et

^.W, Fme br. hdzy

S. W.^Mod. br. hazy

S.W. LioJK br thtn calm, cloudy

W.N. W.N.N ^V.Ligntbr.fair

i\.W. VV. .Mod. br. ta..

\V. W.S.W. Light b'. hazy
4 W.-^.W. W.N.W Li^;htbr.

I atcciwa <is cai::i, ci'udy

-. Vv . Vt:ry lit' e win '. cloudy

W.S.W. Light or; lerene

S^

^^ APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPI:RA.K'C^.

Dhts.

1792.

At New
J;tland,

Siiu;h by
Obferva-i .r..

LatHuJc
Sputh by
li>fr. utaiion

0

,

//

■zz

4-9

3B

23

4 4^

zz

4.2

i3

22

6

42

21

49

34

21

3^

i^

21

45

27

21

3«

19

21

^2

5S

21

20

4f

20

s8

00

20

6

^

?9

26

49

18

47

54

i2

9

16

17

21

18

16

46

5i

15

45

48

14

27

39

'2

48

16

10

52

34

S

51

14

7

26

43

6

59

32

6

13

24

5

43

14

5

5

53

4

5«

£

4 40

5S

1

2

51

39

2

43

45'

2

^Ir

22 56 2

22 59 4

23 4 4^

2i 39 00

22 9 34
21 44 36

3^ 34
3/ a;^
30 4S

32 44-
24 26
29 44

9 14

19 27 54

18 57 00

iS 5 52

17 32 46

16 45 48

15 54 48

14 17 59
12 48 46

10 56 19

8 47 17
7 31 4
6 58 44

6 37 26

6 24 52

5 44 34
5 22 4

5 5 30

4 4S Oc

4 41 P'

4 4 31

3 4^ 00

a 53 1.5
a 29. 36

Longituue
. Enft by
. 'bfVrvati

164 4-^. oc
i-!4 35 3J
164 7 4+

164 7 9
163 36 52

162 49 38

iSz 46 2 0

162 39 28

162 36 39

162 22 2^

161 27 30

Longitodt

Eai\ by

Cornputition

V>riatio • jl the
JNCtdlc Eaft.

i6i

9 48

i6o

34 6

^59

56 44

159

32 36

^57

38 2

155

59 ^

154

34 7

152

54 9

15^

18 12

15-

9 4^

152

5 li''

152

6 0

15J

8 4.

150

J7 3

148

18 43

147

9 7

145

44 52

65 3 oc (T. 10 34 54
64 24 37 ciJ. 10 17 46

64 16 41 vio. 10 38 12

63 24 50

63 29 3^
63 00 00

62 49 }2
62 38

6z 29
62 14
61 43

01 >2
61 19

60 40
00 48

JO IT.
60 22

'o 33
I a 26
10 34

10-54
io 00

1 u 'J

9 45

q 6

?o

24

S

7

00

48
38

5^

59 34 40

58 54 8

57 49 !<>
36 18 44

55 17 14

54 34
53 8 17

52 46 18

52 30 4

S"' 5 44
52 2 54
5152 8
51 35

SO 33

150 24 00
149 36 4

148 48 40

147 S

146 36 22

(10. 9 14 19

do. 8 17 4S

(.io. 8 9 38

Uo. 8 34 00

do., 3 ]+ CO

fri 6 44 26

do. 6 19 38
fl". 6 4^ 38

AFPENDIX.

TABLES QP THjE i^OVTE QP THE ESPERANCE.

D.lTE,

"— --r

V-iriirii-.n ot th

'

1:92-

Nepdle Eiift.

Tnerni.

B.iromcier.

Wind and State of the Weather.

June,

17

0 ' "
fr. II 59 ?,

0

i8,o

p. 1.

i8 2 6

S.W. Very little wln(^, dark

iS

1.. 11 4 37

18,0

iS 2,0

S.W. Light Hieeze, very fine
Cb.S.W. W.S.W. Ligiu br.
I lair, theu ha/y.

19

fr. 10 52 39

17,0

i8 1,9

JS. S.3.W. Light br. briflc,
^ h.izyi tail -

20

— " — '

16 <

zS 1,9

21

IV. 10 8 CO

17,0

18 3.3

$.3 W.S.S.E.Mod.br.ha2y,fair

^

22

....

17 7

^■i 3.3

!j.E. Ligiu breeze, hazy

25

,_ «__^

18,0

•8 1,0

*:. N.eI^ N. Lig-.t br. hazy, f ir

w

fr. 10 8 00

18,0

8 !i,o

KiMmv^.VV. oS.W'. Mod.br. lair

25

az. 10 4 3c

18, c

^8 3.U

^.W. S S.W. Md- br. ttir

26

fr. 9 53 38

18,0

8 2,3

S.W. Mod. br. lighibr. hazy

»7

17,9

'.8 3»5

S-S W. Li':;h'- bieeze, hazy

2g

,

17,0

■-3 4.0

5.S.I5. i^ine breeze, lleet

iS 0

■8 4.0
^3 4'0

l3 2;9

^ E. E.S.fc. Fiiu br. bnflc, hazy

Ji;..S.E, .4o... b: . hizy, licet, ram
ci.S.E. E. Mod. br. cu rain

29

18,3

19,0

J«5y.

30

J

20 0

'8 5,5

E. Mo *. br. c uudy

3

-

2 1,0

28 ^-;3

f£.N.E. N.E. Light br. cloudy
CE.N'.E. N.E. Light br, ci.
I a'ti-rwar 's I'erene

4

fr. 9 $ 00

22, c

.8 *,Q

cN £ S.b.E. S E. Light br.
I clouoy, ih n lerene

5

fr. 9 4. 00

io,4

3,8 Jji

6

20,0

28 i>i

6.E. $.S E. Mud. br. hazy

7

20,0

28 ^>6

S.E. h.S.F^. Mod. br. hazy, rain
fS.S.E. Mod. br. rain, after-
l w.irds lertne

8

20,5

aS ijS

9

37, ? 23 15

21,0

23 Jj4

i.S.E. Mod. br. tloudy, hazy

10

21 0

2,^ i>o

b.S E. Mod. i->r. clouJy, hazy

11

21,6

iS o>5

5 S.E. Bnlk gale, cloudy, v/ith
l fiiowtis of rain

^ S.E. E.S.E. Bri^ gS'f* c5.
I with fhowers of rain

17

22,0

23 i>o

53

15

210

^;^ 1-4
. >j 1 .0

"i.e. E.S E. Fair breeze, cloudy
S.E. E.S.E. Fine br. rather ci.

2Z 0

az. 4 48 7

22;0

'0 * 5^

i8 I50

E.S.E. S.S.E. Finpbr. fair

j6

22,0

28 I'O

j S E. S. F ne br. rain, after-

l wards fair

17

,

22,0

28 1.3

S.S.E. Fine br. cloudy

24.

2 2 0

8 1-4

SS E, Mod. br. violent rain

»5

21,.-'

'.3 i,S

J. S.E. Med. hr. cloudy, fleet

26

21, C

'.S 0,9

. E.S.E. S.E. Fine br. cloudy.

I pretty fair

■'

' 21 ^

28 06

c S.E. Fine breeze, ftonny, af.
\ terwards fair, variable

27

IV 1.

21,2

a8

5 24 49

22,0

i3 0,4

S.E. Mod. breeze, fair

86' APPENDIX.-

TABLES' OF THE ROUTE OF THE . ESPERANCK.

Liti'uJe I Lititjdc:
South hy I Somh .y

25
30

3'

X

2
3
41

5
6

7
S

13

14

-'5
16

jS

19
20
21

22
23

2 19 5.
I 45 oc

J 56 00

252

I 32 o
I 37 17

I 36 5
I 18 00

o 45 39

o 17 24

o 3 19

N rth.
o 9 oc

o 17 5?.

o 26 39

0

ro

37

South

0

5

3

0

N

6

01 th

34

0

7

29

0

14

12

0

9

4

Sc

uth

0

'7

30

0

13

46

0

12

37

0

2S

46

0

46

i4

s iS 3^

2 6 34

2 912

s 10 '5

I 35 3
I 4y 47

I 49 5
1 I 3 4 J

P 53 39

o 26 34

o 7 47

o 1 00

North.

Loogiiu^e.

i,Jlt by -

Ob(erv.i'.i6n,

145 44 4(_
145 28 43
144 59 46
,143 4i 3^

142 34 10
141 I a.

0

10

£2

0

i2

43

So

iitli

.

0

I

32

0

17

3!^

0

17

34-

0

6

^^

Nc

jrtii

0

2

14

So

uth

.

6

8

38

c

18

14

0

19

29

0

^9

14-

0

15

37

0

33

59

0

55

19

i-S

P 58 44

I

!9 25 j6

I

7 46. 30

i^

6 38 12

^35 59 43

135 16 54

134 38 12

133 32 oc

133 3s 26

13

3 13 46

13- 19 12

i3'i 57 36

331 45 ic

130 54 3

J 30 24 46

130 6 15

1-9 35 34

128 56 33

Longi ude

La It by

C 'tDpur;! ion

145 49 46

145 18 4c

144 5Z 46

144 13 36

141 ^3 18
141 49 4

141 22 12
139 24 56

137 59 -6

136 36 8
135 55 46

^5 19 44

134 36 8
134 9 38

133 36 38

133 ^a 54
'32 39 56

132 18 I

132 2 2:

131 48 3'

Vai lacion o tne

u . 6 629-
00. 6 4 00

do. 5 59 CO

do.

5 12 14

; fr. 4 8 36

ff. 3 17 45

do. 4 iQ 30

■do. 4 6 18

do. 4 5 4

do. 2 54 16

do. 2 i3 26

do. 3 4 36

do. 2 6 16

do., 2 24 17

do. 2 28 46

do. 2 6

44

131 i3 17 do. 1 43 36

130 55 2

130 24 48

130 12 15

129 39 35

do. I 36 24

cio. I 14 6

do. o 49 4

129 2 34 do. o 48 54

APPENDIX. 87

TABLES OP THE EOUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

/ariafiOn of .h
NeeJie Eait

-f

az. 6 4-? 4.8

Jr. 6 24 36

az. 4 36 49

4| az. 3 49 8

5I fr. 4 8 4A
)

6'j Tr. ' 3 22

fr* 3 9 5S

fr. 3 8 45

fr. 2 36 6
ir. 2 58 36

az. 2 14 4
az. ,2 36 54

az. 2 36 I

16 fr. 2 16 48

J7 az. 2 16 38
18

20 az. I 18 34

ai f. . I 58

fr. 1 1 9 1 1

£3] ..z. p 42 5

rh

22,3
2 1,2

22:4

22 5
22,6

2Z,5

22. <;

i3>3

23,8

23,2

24,1
*3>3

23

28
28
28-

28

S,8

28

1.
0,6

0,8

1.2

1 3
Ij3

1 2

1^4-

^8

28 1,6

1.7

23,0

'3>'

28

i;4-

17

Wind and St.^, c ofthe Weather.

1 3

i>4

S.E. Mod br. fair

^S.S E. S.E Mod.br. cloudy,

I (liowtTi or rain ai intervals
i).E. Mo J. l-.r. cl.Midy

5 S.E. S.S.E. Light br. br'dk,

I hazy

S.E. S.S.E. Mod. br. hazy
Di to

^ VV.S.W. S E. GuTsofwiiid,

i r::iii :i:rcr a'lls very 'air
E.S.E. Md. br. h'zy, tair

CE.S.E. E.N.E. Mod. breeae,

I \lg\n ! r hazy, fair'

tS.S.h.. S.E. Very light br.

I Very fine

D.E. E. Vtry light br. very fair

.E. E. Very light br. very fair

i E.S.E. E.N.E. Very light br.
t very ftiir

cS-S.E. Mod. br. afterwards
I c;i'm, very fine

CN.E. N.W. W. Gufls of

t wind, fair

C W.N.W. W. W.S.W.Guffs

1 of wind, fair, fleet

j.VV, S.S.V/. S.S.E. Cuds of

VA ind, cloudy
S.S.E. V3riable> liitle wind, d.

^ S.S.E. E. Very little wind,

2 cloudy, atterwaids ierene

^S.E. N.N.E. Light br. fair,

1 atcervvards ra-n

C S.E. N.E. Variable, light br.
C clciidy, rai.i

CE N.E. W.S.W. Li'-'htbr.

2 c;din, cl. aiterwards clear

S. E.N.E Vrrylittie wind, clear
C S E. N.E. LiUL wind, lior-
l ry, then tair, very variahie
cN.E. S.V7. b.E. Little wind,
I hi.fk, lair

5. S.J.E.Mvd. br. fair

S3

Al'?&Nt)i:5L

^A&LfiS d£ tHE ROUtE OF trfL ftsf fefatf^E.

Date.

Latitude

Latitude Longitude

Longiiudc

Viriarioii of th:

1791.

South by

South by

Lift by

Lil\ by

Kecdic Eaft,

0';f::rvdrion

Computarion

Oblervation

Jomputition

0 ' "

0 ' /'

0 ' /'

0 ' '

0 f 1,

Auguft.

24
^5

0 53 4S

1 19 36

d 56 i<

I 29 3.

) 128 24 i(
) 127 45 li

128 28 J<
127 41 I J

iff. 0 49 53

26

I 43 i«

I 39 4^

> 127 26 3^

127 2S lr>| do. 0 28 32

w.rt.

»7

* 59 56

i 4 16

127 2 35

127 13 3i

do. 0 26 ?

Eaft.

28

2 S2 34

a 28 3S

127 12 6

127 6 ;

do. 0 4 13

29

2 28 38

- 39 15

127 13 5:

127 I 4S

clo. 0 54 58

30

■ 2 39 48

2 42 38

127 4. 52

126 56 54

. do. I 9 36

31

2 40 81

2 46 11

126 49 46

126 42 46

do. I 4S 38

September.

1

2 46 37

2 52 47

126 28 54

126 24 52

do. 1 34 10

••

* 52 34

2 45 38

126 4 48

126 8 44

do. I 8 54

3

3 14 6

2 10 34

' i25 35 g

125 48 32

do. J 19 3

4

3 35 46

3 28 6

'25 49 3

125 40 24

-

5
6

3 43 36
3 40 39

3 55 35

^25 52 15
126 9 54

125 2 2S

i do. 0 47 29

At Amboyn

a.

Oaober.

14

3 48 46

3 48 3

125 57 4

125 55 8

Weft.

1*5

4 29 00

4 33 43

125 14 8

125 36 2

do, 0 37 8
Eafi. •

16

5 24 54

5 26 19

124 36 g

124 38 49

do. 0 16 00

.

57

6 12 13

6 26 23

123 52 6

124 3 2

do. 0 4 19
Weft.

18

7 a 24

7 4 44

^23 9 34

»23 35 9

do. 0 34 36
Eaft.

-

'9

7 25 36

7 18 24

123 3. 46

123 2 46

do. 0 29 34

Weft.

20

8 15 27

8 9 29

123 29 IC

123 23 10

do. 0 58 54

21

8 44. 38

8 29 36I

122 56 6

123 28 36!

do. 0 26 3

22

9 3 li

8 56 44

122 34 8

122 44 7

do. 0 28 56

33

9 17 49

9 8 29

122 17 12

122 19 19

do. I 33 12

24

9 18 48

9 16 19

121 39 34.

122 4 8

ff. 1 48 54

\

25

9 44 48

9 22 42

120 58 46 r

121 36 47

it, I 14 11

26

lo 6 00

9 55 37

120 23 12:

I20 46 12

do. 1 17 26

»7

10 23 54

10 14 00

119 52 14

120 15 18

do. 0 56 34.

28

10 42 00

10 42 47

118 49 18

119 19 34

do. 0 54 36

29

10 50 48

10 58 38

it8 7231

ri8 34 23

I'r. I 14 48

30I

1138

II 3 00

117 >9 54

117 48 28

ff. I 26 8

APPENDIX 89

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OP THE ESPERANCE.

24
^5
26

27

28
29

30

3'

I
2
3
4
5

6

J4

15
16

17

24

26

27
28
29

3t'

Variation of the

Needle E.ift,

fr. I 2
Weft

8 8

Therm. Barometer.

Ir.

0 40 24
Eaft.

fr.
fr.

0 22 54

1 28 34

fr.

0 56 28

fr.
fr.

I 23 54
I 8 36

Wtft.

az.

I 14 26

fr.

Eaft.
0 18 44

Weft.

fr.

0 38 36

Eaft.

az.

0 24 59
Weft.

az.
fr.
fr.

0 32 56
0 26 54
0 33 56

fr.

0 24 22

az.

I 26 12

az.

I 9 11

fr.

0 29 38

az. o 52 36

fr. I 56 44

21,6
21,1

21,7

Wind and State of the Weather.

1,8

2,0

•8 1,7

22,6
22,2

1,2
2,2

22,628

22,oU8
22)0 I28
22,0 28

22,0

I,S

1 = 5
Ij7
2.1

28 2,2

22;4l2!

1.5

2,1

S.S.E. Mod. br. calm, brifk, fair
CS.S.E. S. Mod. breeze, little
C wind, fair

CE. S.E. S. Light br. fair, fome
I fleet

S.W. Variable, light br. fair

E. N. S.E. Variab. light br, fair
E. N. Var. very little wind, fair'

CE.N.E. S.E. S.S.W. Very

t little wind, fair

I E.N.E. S.S.E. Light breeze,

i afterwards calm, dark
S.E. N.R.N. Brifk, light br, fair
S.S.E. W.N.W. Light br. fair
S.S.W. E. Light breeze, fair
S.S.W. S.E.E. Little wind, fair
S.S.E. E.S.E. Mod. br. hazy

E, N.E. S.S.E. Light br. hazy

E.S.E. Light br. fair

E.S.E. S.S.E. Light br. cloudy

E.S.E. S.S.E. Mod. br. cloudy

E.S.E. S.E. Mod. br. cloudy

: E.S.E. S.S.W. Mod. br.
'. light br. cloudy

Calm, E. N.E. light br. cloudy

E.S.E. E.E. N.E. Light br. cl.
S.E. N.W. Light br. very fine
S.S.E. N.N.W. Light br. fog
S.S.E, N.N.W. Very little
wind, foggy

Ditto

^From S.W. to N.W. Very

i little wind, foggy

CW.S.W. S.S.W. Very little

I wind, foggy
S.S E. Veiy little wind, foggy
S.E. Very light br. foggy
S. E. S. S.E, Light br, ferene
S.S.E. S.S.W, Light br. ferene

go APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date,

i79i.

Oaober.

November.

December.

Latitude

South ov

Obfervation.

V

9

10

II

12

13
14-
15
i6

17
i8

'9

20
21

aa

23
24

25
26

27

29
30

I

2

3
4
5
6

Latitude

South by

Computation.

ir 24. 16

11' 4.5 38

n 14- 54-
12 35 28

12 36 33

13 28 44

14 58 00

15 59 00

16 45 34

17 15

17 46 12

^8 5

18 7

18 38

19 42 34

20 42 44

21 26 34

22 28 38

23 34 26

24 42 00

25 47 38

26 24 00

30 4 00

31 4 47
30 48 24

30 48 23

30 59 37

31 4 12

31 24

32 29 54

32 56 16

33 23 54

34 16 14
34 10.34
34 45 36

38

39 14
23 46

Longitude

Eaft by
Obi'ervation.

11 36 6
iz 19 33

12 46 54

i^ 55 43

13 28 42

14 45 33

15 5
16

17

17 5^ 34

18 15 26
18 15-24

18 38 52

19 41 34

20 42 II

21 46 42

22 30 46

23 33 26

24 49 00

25 46 54

26 18 19

27 18 4

28 23 6

29 32 7

30 44 49
30 49 36

30 52 53

31 2
31 9 17

31 24

32 26 30

33 8 16

33 28 19

34 32 4
24 26 8

34 34 36

117
116

"5

114
113
113

1 12
1 1 1
no
109
107
106
106
105
105
104
102

lOI

lOI
ICO

99
99
98

Longitude

Eali by

Computation

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

6 38

19 32

28 4
36 12

48 48
3 56

5 28

29 36
34 4?
15 4?

49 27
59 34
26 38
56 12
15 24
26 32

44 II

45 34

6 16
15 8
26 34
36 8
29 34

117 19

116 42

115 39
114 52
114
113 26
112 26
III 39
no 54
109 24

96 56 7

98 8 46

99 I i 54
99 46

100 26 54

loi 28 36
103 14 54

105 00 t6

i05 53 14
108 58 38

112 2 3

113 38 56

54

34

6 12

56

34
36
46

48 (T.

108
107

106 34

106 5

105 22

104 25

103 16

loi 54

100 58

100 29

99 26

99 28

98 39

97 44

97 36

97 8

97 35

95 14 54

99 49 54

100 9 54

loi 24 32

103 14 54

104 2 18

105 23 34
108 19 18
III 36 3

"3 4 56

(T.

do.

do.
fr.
do.
do.
do.

do.

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

48 3S

34 19
45 3^
36 18

39 49

44 36
52 30

52 00
34 26
18 14

39 9

54 16

26 24

3 9

T2 14

22 36

38 24

42 36

28 17

do. 8 32 2

do. 9 36 54

do. 10 4 9

do. 9 22 3

do. 9 38 5+

do. 9 38 S3

do. 9 36 44

do. 9 36 12

do. 7 38 14

APPENDIX. 91

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date.

1792.

Oaober.

November.

Decsmber.

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

31

3
4
5
6

?
8

9
10
n

32

13
14

I <;
16

17
ig

19
ao
21
22

23

24

^5
26

29

I 23 36

Therm

1 28 4.6
I 6 8

2 59 49

1 19 36

2 59 56

3 18 14

3 36 52

6 23 54

■ ■■

7 46 34

8 8 12

8 9 6

9 58 19

9 4 7

8 48 52

10 26 J 6

9 38 36
9 5^ 54
JO 14 2

19.4

19'

i8,4

Barometer.

28

Wind and State of the Weather.

28 2,6

3>i

28

19.

14,2

J35O
14,0

4>i

a. 3

h2

C S.S.W. S.S.E. Moderate br.
2 rather hazy
S.S.E. S. Light breeze, hazy
S.S.E. S.E. Light br. hazy
S.E. S. Light br. hazy
S. E. S.E. Very little wind, hazy
E. E.S.E. Light br. rather hazy
E. E.S.E. Mod. br.hazy
|£. S.E.E. Mod. br. hazy
E.S.E. S. Moderate, fereiie
S.S.E. S^'S.E, Fine br. very fair
S.E. S.E. I S. Fine br, cloudy
Si S.E. S.E.iE.Mod. br. cK

S.W. S.E. Light br. cloudy.
ti.S.E. E.S.E. Light br. cloudy
S.Ei E. S.E. Moderate br. cl.
S.E. S.S.E. Mod. br. cloudy
S.S.E. E.S.E. Mod. br. cloudy
S.E. Fine br. cloudy
Ditto

S.E. E.S.E. Violent fqualls, cl.
S.Ei E. S.E| S. Mod. br, fair
S. S.E|: S. Mod. br. cloudy, fair
E.S.E. S.Ei S. Fine br. clondy
S.E. E.S.E. Mod. br. cloudy
S.EJ S. El N.E. Mod. br. d.
V E.N.E. S.S.E. Variable, little
I wind, cloudy, and feme rain
C S.S.E. S.W. Little wind,
i rather cloudy
C S.S.W. Si S.E. Light breeze,
I very fine

CS.S.W.S. S.E.N. Little wi35\!,
\ very fine

X N.N. W. W. Little wind, very
I fine

W. N.N.W. Moderate, very fine
CN.W. S.W. Mod. br. fair,
I afterwards a little rain
S.W. Light br. very fine
N.W. S.W. Light br. very fine
W.N.W. W.S.W. Finebr. hazy
W.S.W. Fine breeze, hazy
c W.S.W. W.N.W. fine br.
i hazy

92 APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE llOUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date,

179a.

Latitude

Soutli by

Obfervation.

Latitude

South by

Computation.

Longitude

Eaft by

Obfervation.-

Longitude

Eaft by

Computation

Variation of the
Needle Weft.

0 / "

0 ' "

0 t ' />

0 / '/

0

/ //

December.

7

35 i6 46

35 a 36

115 10 14

114 48 46

"""'

8

9

10

34- 48 34
34 9 36
34 I ^^

34 5^ 45
34 14 19
34 9 42

116 51 28

118 21 48

119 26 34

116 59 24

117 46 26

118 54 8

fr.

7
5
7

52 36
47 6

8 00

^

II

33 55 16

33 54 5^

119 32 19

118 56 34

do.

' 6

i§^ 18

At the Bay
Legrand

of

J8
19

zo

34 ^2 54
34 16 18

34 26 16

35 12 00

35 4 34

34 i^ 54
34 J 8 49

34 32 16

35 9 ^8

34 59 14

119 21 30
119 30 14
119 33 6

3i8 49 36
119 8 45
119 4 4
119 35 2
119 28 36

"do.
do.

5
6

36 52
4 16

2Z

119 54 36

do.

5

19 34

as

34 ^4 53

34 28 54

120 22 36

120 3 38

24.

34 13 42

34 14 42

123 1 3

120 55 2

do.

5

8 2

25
26

33 40 46
33 3 58

33 48 46
33 J2 54

322 4 8

122 35 7

3 22 84
122 35 38

do.
do.

4

4

58 00
18 3

27

32 33 19

3^ 3^ 34

123 23 46

123 16 44

,

28

32 17 5a

32 a4 38

124 52 16

324 45 16

do.

4

8 58

S9

31 59 00

32 4 36

X26 4 7

125 58 14

do.

3

58 19

30

32 16 40

32 9 18

126 39 46

126 48 46

31

32 9 34

32 5 4

127 2 38

127 4 14

do.

a

58 3

January,
1793.

a

31 53 8
31 47 4

31 S9 17
31 48 19

127 20 54
127 58 46

127 29 52
127 58 54

fr.
,do.

a

3

47 38
38 44

3

3T 42 00

31 44 52

128 54 32

128 53 36

do.

3

39 a8

4
5
6

7
8

9

31 52 00

32 52 46

34 28 54

35 31 48

36 33 32

37 00 8

31 55 44

32 59 15

34 24 52

35 32 46

36 16 12
36 48 34

129 9 48

128 8 4
127 44 52
127 18 54
126 22 2

129 34 42
128 18 36
128 6 54
127 38 8
326 46 58
127 12 16

do.

do:

do.

I

2

3
a

49 2
16 39
38 6

14 6

30

37 16 36

37 36 48

128 34 44

128 45 19

fr.

3

28 7

■II

37 12 34

37 34' 36

329 6 54

129 8 54

do.

2

48 36

32

37 36 15

37 38 34

129 38 36

129 28 34

fl".

2

6 19

13
14

38 S3 16

39 18 24

38 44 16

39 28 46

131 32 54
131 56 8

131 34 5:

132 4 36

do.

I

29 54

15

40 iS 3S

40 9 00

132 az 28

332 32 58

APPENDIX. 93

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

27

Variation of the
Needle Weft. Therm.

9 8 44

8 18 29
8 19 16
6 49 1 8

5 4^ 52

az. 5 58 54
az.i 6 34 I

a; 5 36

32. 5 18

az. 4 5

az. 4 34

ff. 3 36

az. 2 42

az. 2 58

az. 2 36

az. 2 19

az. 2 53

az. 2 17

az. I 24

az. o 34

az. o 36

az. 2. 28

^7.. 3 37

az. 2 47

az. I 58

az. I 48

Eart.
fr. o 16

14,0

14 2

13-5
14,0

14,2

15.5

'5>2
16,0
15,6
15,0

15,0

Barom.

p. I.

28 2,5

28 1,8

28 2,7

28 0,5

28 2,4

28 3,0
28 3,0

28 1,5

28 1,5

28 0,5

27 11,9

28 2,3
8 1,0

18 0,3

16,0
16,0

16,9

17,0

i7>o

15,0
14,5

13,4

13.0

28 3,0

8 2,0

8 0:0

28 1,8

28 0>I

iS 1,0

^-8 4,2

i8 5,0

28

3.0

2>3

I J, 4

Wind and State of the Weather.

5 W.N.W. W.S.W. A fmart

I gale, rain, afterwards fair
W.N.W. Mod. br. cloudy
W.S.W. Finehr. mod. br. ferene
W. W.S.W. Moderate br. hazy

fV/.S.W. S.W. Smart gale,

I brifk, cloudy

E. E.N.E. Mod. br. fair

E. S. Mud. br. fair

S.E. S.S.W Light br. fair, hazy '

S.S.E.E. E.N.E. Mod.br. cL

CE. S. Brifk, then very little

i wind, fair
S.E. E. Mod. br. cloudy, foggy

5E.S.E. N.E. N.W. S.W.

i Biifk, foggy, afterwards clear
S.W. W.S.W. Smart gale fair
E. E.S.E. Mod. br. fair

5 E.S.E. S.S.E. S.S.W. Mod.

I br. hazy

5 S.S.W. Very brilk, after-

\ wards little wind, hazy

C S. E. N. W. S.W. Light br.

\ very fine

E. E.N.E. Fine breeze, very fair

< E. E.N.E. Mod. br. light br.

\ very fine

cE. N. W.S.V/. Light br.

I ftorniy, afterwards foggy
W. N. E. Little wind,ltormy,fog

5 S.E, E. N.E. Pretty brilk,

I tempeltuous, afterwards foggy
S.E.S.Mod br. temp, then foggy
S.S.E. E.S.E. Mod. br. hazV
E . S . E. E . E . N .E . Mod . br. hazy
Ei N.E. S.E. Pretty briik, hazy
S.E.E. Light br. cloudy ~
E. N. W. S.W. Little wind, cl.

.; W. S. W. S. S.S.E. Light'

I br. a little rain, then fair
S.S.E. Little wind, then ca. fair

5 S.E. E.N.E. Very little wind,

1 light br. fair

N.E. N. N.W. Brifk, little w. fair
N.W. S. W. S.E. iMod. br. hazy

5 E.S.E. N.W. Light br. then
^'^ \\ calm, brilk, hazy, fleet

94

APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THS ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date,

■ ■i793-

Latitude

South by

Obfcrvation.

Latitude

South by

Computation.

Longitude

Eall by

Oufervation.

Longitude

Eall by

Computation.

VariatJosi of the
Needle Eaft.

\

0 ' >>

0 ' 1'

0 / '/

0 ' /'

0 ' "

Janitary.

-1 6

40 58, 34

41 12 4

135 4 18

J35 18 34

17

4-1 39 37

41 48 19

137 44 37

'37 38 17

fr.

3 54 37

18
J9

42' 3,8 52
42 51 -19

42 52 36
4^ 56 5?-

141 6 46

142 49 i8

141 8 56

142 32 46

2C

43 22 34

43 28 24

143 29 6

143 14 4

ff.

6 53 4

SI

. 43 44 48

43 4S 36

144 16 52

144 2 6

22

43 3S 1

144 46, 3,

fr.

7 24 5^

At Pieman'
Land.
Febriiaiy.
March,.

5

28
I

a

43 22 2S

-42 56 52

42 32 34

145 40 00

147 55 8
151 13 8

Ir.

4^ 59 4
42 25 8

T47 57 6
151 I 8

6 4 32
9 16 8

3

42 21 38

42 12 49

153 14 16

153 21 38

ff,

10 44 46

4
5
6

42 10 54
; 40 23 8

42 24
41 42 8

4Q 2 I 54

15 1 s

155 42 3.6
157 35 8
159 26 4

ft-.

11 38 00

7
8

9

i, 3.9 2.7 19

\ 37 S3 43
1 36 24 36

39, ,26 28

37 44 46
36 28 56

161 7 53
163 33 56
165 48 19

160 38 2

163 27 26
165 35 19

fr.

13 8 00

3 0

35 36 li

35 43 3

166 52 59

166 43 19

fT.

13 19 00

n

12
13
14

34 26 18

; 34 23 36

, 34 7 46

33 15 54

34 22 29
34 12 26
34 '2 36

33 5 54

168 35 s^

170 18 32

171 54 26
174 13 52

168 17 56

170 2 34

171 26 34

174 8 38

ff.

12 48 54

'5

16

32 38 44

32 28 52
31 41 32

176 26 14
178 34 53

176 12 17
178 29 34

V

ff.

II 23 23

31 55 19

17

30 19 17

30 18 27

179 49 27

179 42 24

ff.

II 46 4

j8

29 34 36

29 22 36

J 79 54 26
Weft.

Weft.
179 59 28

fr.

II 49 34

19

28 T 8 49

28 28 18

179 9 19

179 18 36

fT.

10 56 54

20

27 9 4
25 53 36

178 7 14
176 18 4

178 38 44

178 32 46
176 5 3

ft".

11 17 36

25 58 36

24 19 26

21

22

24 9 34

'

23

22 8 39

22 9 48

176 26 7

176 aa 8

IT.

9 48 16

APPENDIX. gs

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OP THE ESPERANCE.

Date, Variation of ihc

1793. Needle Eatt

January. 1 6

Febraary.
March o

17

19

20 az.

21 az.

22 fr.

28

0 34 5?

1 52 14

8 9 17

7 5» 56
€ 13 19

Therm,

az. 7 28 z8

37. 9 17 00

fr. 12 44. 00

4-
5

az.

12 38 00

6

7

az.

J 3 19 00

9

az.

13 4.4. 00

10

az.

12 46 19

11
12

»3

az.

12 59 00

14

az.

n 43 56

'^.5

az.

10 49 26

16

'7

az.

10 36 26

18

az.

10 44 30

J9

fr.

10 13 19

20

21

22

fr.

10 33 46

asj

az.

8 4/5 54

10,3

12,5

12,7

14,0

14,4

15. 1

16,1
17,2

16,8

17,0

i8,6

Barometer,

Wind and State of the V/esther.

28

z8

i»4
3)0

2,4

5 W.S. W. W. W.N. W. Mod.

I br. hazy.

W. W.N.W. Mod. br. haxy,

a little rain

N.W. W. S.W. Flnebr.ha. fleet

S.W.S.S.W.S.Finebr.hazyjfleet

5 S.W. Mod. br. afterwards

I calm. W. S.W. Briik, ha. fair

N.W. Bri(k, then calm. W.

Li gilt br. fair
E. N. Little wind, mod, br,
very fine

23 1,6

28

0,2

0,2

28

S.S.W. Mod. breeze, hazy, fair
0,4 JN.N.W. Mo.br. light br.veryfair
N.W. W. S.W. Fine br. ha. fair
W.S.W. N.N.W. Light br.
mod. br. fair
N.N.W. Fine breeze, hazy
N.N.W. N.W. Fine br. cl. fo?.

( W.S.W. S.S.W. S.S.E. Fine

i breeze, fos:2;y
S.S.E. S.V/. W. Mod.br. dark
N. W. W. 8- W. Fine br. cloudy
S.S.E. S.S.W. Mod. hr. fair

SS. W.N.W. Light br. mod.

I br. very fine
W. W.N.W. Mod. br. very fine

W. W.N.W, Mod, br. fo^ray

W.N.W. Light br. foggy "^
N.W. Mod, br. fog2;y
C N.W. N.N.W. Light breezev
I mod. breeze, fosjgy
r N.W. IN. S. W.^Smart gale*
1 mod. br. fome rain
C W.S.W. S.W. S, S.W. Mod.
C br. hazy

S.S.E. S, S.S.W, Light br.haty

^S. S.S E. S.E. E.S.E. Light
C br. fair, rather hazy
f S.E. E.S.E. E.E.iN.E. Lt.
i br, fair, afterwards cl. rain
5N.E. N.W. Light br. mod.
I br, cloudy, rain, then fair
S.S.W. S. Fiiiebr. hazy, fair
f S.S.E. S,E. E.S.E. Mod. bf.
i rather hizy, fair

3>5

95

APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCS.

Date,
1793-

Cal-edonia.
May.

24

March.
At Tongata
boo.
April. I o

14
16

18

19

20

June.

I

17
18

»9

22

33
24

as
26

.27
28

Latitude

South by

Oblcivation.

2055 23
20 12 38

19 37 50
19 52 16

19 53 8

Latitude

South by

Computation

J-orgituje I 1-ongitude

V\'ell by Weil by

Obfcrvation. [Computaiion,

20

22

35

20

9

B''^

20

16

46

20

10

48

19

50

24

18

53

33

18

31

13

17

38

59

16

3J?

00

14-

42

59

IZ

55

54

II

3S

17

II

15

4R

10

55

54

10

39

38

10

3»

25

10

48

19

10

53

42

10

33

10

9

53

34

9

58

56

10

7

16

0

/

//

21

10

32

20

52

23

■io

18

54

20

16

6

20

8

16

20

9

.4

20

9

34

20

15

2

20

28

54

20

39

?6

20

16

56

177 26 40
179 34 40

Eaih
172 4 2
169 43 10

167 54 30

165 4^ 19
162 55 4
161 58 53

20 12 3S
19 54 i4

19 13 6

18 38 54
17 56 29
16 38 56

14 47 54

13 52 li

12 58 44

II 39 54
II 12 39

10 56 49

10 47 17
10 36 34
10 32 54

10 5S 36

11 , 8 47
10 58 34

ID 18 47

9 58 54
ip 12 52
10 32 56
10 12 18

Variation of the

Needle Er.lL

177 i6 9 ff. 9 44 17

162

15

18

162

2

52

161

25

12

161

i6i

6
6

26
55

163

4

15

162

39

15

163

13

52

163

32

25

163

39

3'

163
163

32
21

35
10

160

159
158

J7
40

57

35

30

5

159

7

40

158
158

45

50
"6

J

177 25 56

179 42 24

Ealh

177 45 46

175 37 16

172 48 33

169 48 16

167 44 18

165 58 i6

163 9 z

162 4 53

102 33 46
162 36 49

161 42 54

161 38 8

161 34 6

162 14 36

163 18 34

163 24 36

163 14 46
163 38 54
163 39 37

163 52 14

163 45 54
163 48 34
J63 34 46
»62 14 6

160 52- 34

159 43 17
158 52 8

158 54 56

159 4 50
158 3 56
157 52 26

do.

9 14 00

do. 9 47 14
do. n 26 14
do, II 16 19

ir. II 19 4
00, 8 34 10

fl'.

9 44 5'

do. 8 38 56

do. 10 4 32
do. 9 32 24
fr. 9 58 36.

do. 9 54 36

do.

ir.

9 43 40
2 18 46

do. 10 12 16

fr.

9 14 45

do. 9 45 36
do, 8 54 la

APPENDIX. gr

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OP THE ESPERANCE.

Variation of the
Needle Eaft.

az. 9 46 36

az. 9 16 54

9 ^4- 5^
9 4.6 12

9 38 16

9 14 36

10 12 54.

9 ^5 ^6

az- 9 44- 5+

fr.

fr.

fr.
fr.

9 24. 14
9 36 16

az. 9 36 16

9 42 17
8 49 36
7 54- 36

8 52 18

Therm

20,8

20,7

20,0
2.0,3
20,4

20.1

10,4

20,7

23,0

22,5
23,0
22,0
22,0
22.5
22,8
22,6

22,5

22,2

22)0
22, f

Barometer.

3.2

2,7

28

2>3

28 1,2

28 2,0
28 2,2
28 2,5

28

^.3

28 2,6

28

28

3>5
2,4

1,0

i.o
0,0
0,8
I.I

0.5
0.2
0,2

0,5

»,^
1,0

D>6

Wind and State of the Weather.

M.E. S.E. Mod. br. hazy, fair

E. E.S.E. Mod. br. hazy, fair
E, Fine br. hazy, fair

E. E.S.E. Fine br. hazy, fair
E.S.E. Fine br. cloudy, fomerain

E. E. S.E. Fine br.cl. then ferene
E. Ei S.E. Mod. br. ha7y, fair
fEi S.E. S.E.i E. Mod. br.
1 hazy, fair

5.E. Mod. hr. afterw. finebr.fair
E.S.E. E. Fine breeze, cloudy
Ditto
Ditto

E.S.E. S.SE. light br. fair
f NE. S.E. Variable, very little
i wind, fair

CS.S.E. Light br. afterwards
I fmart gale, fair
S.E. Very litt'e wind, fair
S.E. Littlewind, then light br.fair
E.S.E. Bvilk, thtn fine br, hazy
E.S.E. Fine breeze, hazy
C S.E.E. N.E. Gutts of wind,
I tcmpeltuous, cloudy, rain
f E.N.E. E. E.S.E. Mod. br.
X hazy, afterwards fertne
E. E. S.E. Mod.br. hazy
C E.S.E. N.E. N.W. Little w.
I tempeftuoiis, rain, aft. ferene
C E. N. S.E, Little wind, fair,
I fome rain, fair
E.S.E. N.E. N. Little w. hazy
i,. S.E. Little wind', hazy
^S.Ei Light breeze, hazy, rain
R. Fine br. cloudy,-rain \

E.S.E. Fine breeze^ hazy
\L. Fine breeze, hazy
E. Fine breeze, hazy
^ E. Mod. hr. afterwards calm,
l|i W. little wind, hazy
W. Squally, hazy, fleet, rain
■N. N.E. E.NE. Light br. hazy
E.N.E. Mod. br. hazy

g[S APPENDIX.

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OP THE ESPERANCE*

Date.

1793-

June.

July.

9

JO

J I

12

13

H

15
i6

17
J8

'9
ai

22
»3

24
25

a6

27

28

29

Latitude

South by

Obfervation.

3 6

9 27 43

9 6 39

8 56 54

8 49 56

9 18 45

10 8 19

11 29 54.
II 6 46
II 00 00
II 14 34

10 58 32

10 36 32

10 24 29

10 12 56

9 54 39

9 42 44

9 46 6

8 53 29
8 14 48

8 16 9

8 16 38
8 8 17
7 36 38

6 54 42

7 8 48

7 8 43

5 39 36

5 15 16

49 56

47 ^4

4 38

51 14

38 36

4 42 ]8
4 22 44
3 46 39
3 13 36

2 42 54

Latitude

South by

Computation

9 52 ^4

9 59 4

9 32- 14

9 ^■^ 37

9 2 34

8 48 16

9 14 46

10 4

11 9 36
II 24 52
II 43 36
II i6 38

II 18 14

10 38 6

10 39 47
IP 12 56

4 59

55 24
52 36,

10

9 6 34.
8 36 54
8 26 46

8 28 9

8 tS 42

7 41 37

7 3^ 18

7 13 44
6

5

5

4

4 51 34

4 54

25 14
18 36

J2 58

47 36

4 42 8
4 38 36

4 i^ 54
3 48 18

3 16 34

a 52 33

Longitude

Eaftby
Oblervation.

158 7 32

57 15 10
56 35 45

55 9

55 12 30

54 49 5

54 37 42

53 33 15

52 14 50

51 54 *5
'51 18 32

50 18 35

52 20 10

49 42- 36
4^ 14 22

49 7 55

49 2* 30
49 18 24
48 59 40

48 17 15

47 22 54
46 37 25

46 13 44
45 31 35
45 47 10

51 45
26 20

31 55
15 30
53 36
57 40
36 15
55 50

49 9 -5

19 34
18 35
49 10

Longitude

Eaft by

Coniputation

47 a 46

57 53

57 36

55 44

56 54
55 56
55 33

36

55 12 i^

54 49
54 38
53 44
52 28
5^ 5

51 29 37

51 4

50 19
49 56
49 13

49 8 34

49 i^
49 8
49 8

48 24 42

47 33
46 47
46 19

45 33 3*^
45 45 ^9

45 36 34

45 56 37

46 54 58

47 12 18

47 48 56

48 9 52
48 28 19
48 43 36

48 54 19
6 18
8 36

17

49
49 8
49 43

47 59 6

Variation of the
Needle Eaft.

ff. 8 00 00

do.
do.
do.

do.

do.
do.
do.

8 12 47
8 14 18

8 38 54

7 48 35

7 19 36

7 14 3<S
7 26 44

7 34 5*
7 -8 19

7 36 44

6 54 48

7 38 44

fr. 6 34 00

do.
do.
do.
do.
do.

do.

do.
do.
do.

6 42 46
6 38 44

6 14 55
6 42 38
6 37 36
6 8 36

6 22 54

6 42 34

6 34 3
6 38 44

APPENDIX yg

CABLES GP THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANGB.

Wind and State of the Weather.

From S. to E. light br. cl. rain
CFrom S. to E. Gufts ct wind,
I light br. cloudy, ftoimy
E.S.E. Mod. br. hazy
S.E. Fine breeze, hazy
S.E. Fine br. haiy, rain, fleet
Ditto

V S.E.N.E.N.W.S.W.S.Light
1 br. hazy, raia, afterwards fair
S.E. E.S.E. Mod. br. hazy, rain
E. E.N.E. Lt. br. fair, rain, fleet
S.E.S.W. Lt.br. fair, rain, fleet
S.E. Light br. fair, fome fleet
S.E. Light br. fair, then rain
f E.S.E. S.S.E. Light br. fair,
t afterwards rain
S.E. Light br. fair
E.S.E. S.E. Light br. fair
S.E. S.S.E. Light br. fair
S.E. S.S.E. Light br. very fair
C E.S.E. Little wind, afterwards

1 calm, very fine
Ditto

S.E. Mod. br. very fine
S.E. S.S.E. Mod. br. very fine

C S.S.E. S.E. Gulfs of wind,

2 fleet, hazy, rain
S.E. Mod, br. hazy
S.E. Mod.br. then light br, hazy
S.E. Light br. hazy

c E.S.E. S.E. Light br. then

t fine br. ileet, rain

CW.N.W. N.W. Light br.

i hazy, fleet, rain

5 S. S.S.E. Light br. hazy, rain,

I then fair

S. S.S.E. Mo.br. then finebr.Iia.
'S.S.E. Mod. br. var. then ca. fine
S.E. E.S.E. Mod. br. fair
S. S.E. Brifkj very little w. fair
Calm, S, light br. fair
Ditto
S.E. Stormy, light br. fair

5 N.W. Light br. then calm.,

I cl. flormy, rain, then lerene
S.S.E. Light br. fair
Ditto
Ditto

5 S.E. Light br. fqually, hazy,

Z rain, then fair

100 APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OP THE ESPERANCE.

Date,
1793.

Latitude

South by

Obfervation.

Latitude

South by

Computation.

Longitude

Eaft by

Obfervation.

Longitude

Eart by

Computation.

Variation of the
Needle Eaft.

0 / "

0 ' //

0 ' "

0 ' "

of"

July.

J2

13

2 31 36

2 38 14

2 12 47
I 12 j8

0 52 48
0 49 18

147 4 zp
146 30 55

145 42 3c
144 5 6
144 35 40

147 5 48
146 24 54

145 54 48
145 3 43
144 26 38

fr.

6 17 54

2 9 49

I 5 36
6 53 39
0 52 18

14
16

17
18

0 36 54
0 39 lO

0 33 14
0 26 8

144 5 15
143 23 52

143 54 li
143 7 Sf>

do.

5 24 18

.

19

0 31 19

142 46 48

(T.

4 54 37

20
21
22

23

0 38 54
0 4a 18

0 43 34
0 14 18
North.

0 22 26
0 27 44
0 26 39
0 13 24
North.

143 9 26
143 a 12
142 53 36
142 25 35

142 38 46
142 39 36
142 26 16
142 4 12

fr.
fl-.
fr.
ff.

4 18 19

3 38 19

4 18 17

4 32 54

24

0 2 34
South.

0 I 43

141 22 45

141 13 46

fr.

4 54 18

t

•a5

0 8 39

0 1 38
South.

140 36 ac

140 28 38

ff.

4 18 47

26

0126

North.

0 7 46
North.

139 12 50

139 54 32

fr.

4 18 00

«7
»8

29
30
31

I
2
3
4

0 8 54

0 2Z 14

South. /
0 8 58
0 8 14

0 3 58
0 16 36
South.

0 5 54
0 14 4z
0 23 6
0 25 47
0 8 24

0 5 41

0 15 36

139 32 30
139 14 51

138 9 40

138 43 15

^35 56 50
134 51 25
134 30 00

138 59 8
138 34 36

138 38 7
138 8 34
137 19 17

135 14 19
134 38 12
134 9 46
133 56 34

fr.
ff.
do.

do.
do.
fr.

4 17 18

3 4 36
3 22 37
3 38 19

2 28 00
2 48 9
2 44 36

Anguft.

0 8 46

0 5 34
0 5 42

5
6

■■■■"-■"

0 9 18
0 6 34
0 I 38

133 44 52

ff.

a 38 16

0 13 23
North.

0 18 34

133 22 1 2

132 2 8

7

132 30 20

3
9

0 18 58
0 9 26

North.

0 15 37
South.

0 3 5

132 36 55
131 56 30

igz 4 36

131 38 34
131 4 36
130 38 24

do.
do.

1 36 44

2 38 14

ro

033

0 5 10
0 8 29

131 ^5 5

1 1

0 1 32

*

12

0 15 5*

0 5 18

129 18 5

130 12 14

fr.

I 44 xS

APPENDIX. 101

TABLES OP, THE EOUTE OP THE ESPERANCE.

Variation of the
Needle Eaft.

Therm.

0 ' 1'

az.

5 4^ oo

az.

4 37 oo

az. 4- 38 00
az. 3 59 00
fr. 4 14. 00

fr. 4 8

az. 3 33 00

az. 2184!
az. 2 24 5!

az. 2 49 36

az. I J9 46

^3,2

13,2

22,8
^3>4

25,6
22,8

24,1

23,8

H.o

23»7
23,2

24,2

21,9

Barometer.

p. 1.

28 0,6
28 0,9

28 1,0
28 0,7

'.% 0,9
^8 1,1

28 1,3

2S 1,4

25 1,2

28 1,3

^% 0,6

28 0,9

Wind and State of the Weatlicr.

fE. S.S.E. Gufts of wind,

t hazy, rain, then fine

5 S.E. Gults, light br. hazy,

\ rain, then fair
S.E. Gufts, light br. hazy
E. Very light br. hazy

CN. N.V/. S.S.E. Light br,

\ hazy, rain, cloudy
Ditto
E. N. Gufts, hazy, rain, cloudy

fS.E. E. N. N.W. Gufts,

\ hazy, rain, cloudy
W. S. S.E. Very little wind, hazy
S. S.E. Little wind, very fine
Ditto
E.S.E. Light br. very fine

Ditto

E. E.N.E. Light br. haiy

E. S.E. Little wind, ftormy

E. S. Gufts of wind, ftormy
S. W.N.W. Guits, fleet, rain

W. S.W. Mod. br. hazy
S. E. Little wind, mod. br. hazy
S. E. N. Gufts, cloudy, rain
5. S.E. E. Mod. br. hazy
E. N. Light br. then calm, hazy
N. W. S.W. N. Little wind, fair
W. W.S.W. Light br.hazy,rain
CW.S.W. W.N.W. Light br.
1 hazy, rain

W. S. W. S. Light br. hazy, rain

C S. S.W. Fine br. light br,
\ hazy, rain

S.W. S.S.E. Bi ilk gale, fair

ii. S. Light br. hazy

CS. S.W. W.S.W. Light br.

\ then fine br. rain
W.S.W. S. S.E. Light br. rain

CS. S.W. S.S.E. Light br.

t hazy, fair

I0:i

APPENDIX.

TABLES OP THS route OF THE ESPERAlSrCE.

Date,

1793-

Latitude
North by
)bfcrvatJon.

Auguft:

At Waygiou.

September.

AtBourou.

13

j6
28

30
31

^3
*5

In the Strait
of Bouton.

Oaober.

Latitude

North by

Computation.

o 12 39
South

o 2 36
North

o I 27

o 3 44-
South,

o 6 56

o 33 38

0 56 16

1 38 29

2 14. 42

2 4S 43

3 i8 24

2 48 54

2 51 52

3 28 00

3 28 46

4 14 37
4 18 14

4 18 56

4 22 4

4 3^ 38

4 38 34

4 36 3^'

4 38 36

4 43 14

4 47 22

Longitude

£..(1 by

Obfervaiion.

064

o 00 49,

O 00 36
South

o 00 39

o 14 16
o 38 19

0 58 14

1 29 37

2 3 42

2 38 00

3 8 32

346

2 58 32

3 25 36

3 33 3

4 8 36
4 28 34

4 32 46
4 28 16

129 48 2
129 34 3

Longitudfe

Eaft by

Computation.

Variation of the
Needle Eaft.

129 15 2

128 33 8
127 24 16
127 14 6
127 2 36
126 28 36

125 46
125 22

124 52 16
124 8 36

122 54

123 19 43

122 36 48
122 3 16

121 38 46

121 8 16

129 32 16
129 26 j6

129 8 19

129 2 4

129 14 54

128 37 44

127 52 16

127 16 19

127 8 4

126 52 24

126 14
125 48 4

124 54 16
124 42 36

ff. I 18 39

fl'. I 48 36

(T. I 38 44

ff. o 44 48

fT.

8 7

iT. o 44 12

fr. o 34 18

ff. o 46 8

Wett.

fr. o 8 48

ff. o 8 44

120 46 2

122
122

48 34

8 26

121

32 46

121

18 16

fr.
ff.

ff.
ff

.''r.
ff.

ff.

I 36 18
o 17 42

Eait.
o 13 19
o 36 38

Welt,
o 4 38
o 43 48

o 41 39

ff. o 34 42

120 59 4

fr.

0

46

35

ff

0

26

18

fr.

0

46

54

APPENDIX.

TABLES OP THE ROUTE OF THE ESPEE4NQE.

103

Date,
1793-

Auguft.

September.

Oclober.

13

16

28

29
30

3^

Variation of the
Needle Eaft

az,, o 24. I

az. o 48 14.
az. o 14 4

Weft,
az. o 6 44

o 18 44

Eaft.

o 18 47
o 22 10

Weft,

o 18 36

o 12 16

az. o 16 36

az. o 6 29

az. o 48 3^
az. o 34 53

Therm. I Barom. Wind and State of the Weather.

22,4

22=3

21,9

22,6

22,4

22,5

22;!

22,3

22,0
22,4

22,6

22,8

22,7
22.5
22,7
23,0

p. 1.
28 1,3
28 06

2S 1,0

28 1,1

8 1,4

28

1.3

8 1,6

2.Z

28

I;7

1.5
2,0

1.7
0.7

28

z8

1,6

1.7
1.3
1.5

S.W. S.E. Little wind, rain
S.W. S.E. Little wind, cloudy

N.W. W. Gufts of wind,
i light br. rain

S.W. Gufts, fair

S.W. Light breeze, hazy

S. S.S.E. Fine br. hazy
S. S.S.E. Mod. br. hazy
S. S.S.E. Lis;htbr. hazy
S. S.S.E. Mod br. h.tzy
S.E. W. Light br. hazy

E.S. Light br. then calm, hazy
S.E. Mod. br. hazy

E.S.E. Mod. br. then calm, fair
E.S.E. Very little wind, fair

S S E. Mod. br. fair
Ditto

S.SE. S.E. Mod.br. fair
S.S.E Light breeze, fair

f S.S.E. E.S.E. Very little

I wind, fair
S. 8. S.W. Very little wind, fair

C From N. to E. Gufts of wind,

I inh-

CFrom E.S.E. to W.S.W.

i Moderate br. fair

S.E. Mod. br, fair

E.S. E.N.E. Mod. br, fair

E. Lioht br. fair

104 APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

Date,

1793-

Latitude

South by

Obfervation.

Latitude

South by

[Computation.

Longitude

Eaft by

Obfervation.

Longitude

Eart by

Computation.

Variation of the
NeedleWel^.

Oflober,

3
4
5
6

7
S

9

lO

11

12

J3

14

15
j6
17
18

0 ' "

0 ' "

0 ' '1

0 ' '1

fT.
do.

do.

do.

do.

do,
do.
do.
do.
fr.

do.
do.
do.

0

/ /'

0
0

c

0

34 10
38 7
j8 37
29 44

5 ^8 4
■ 5 47 56

5 45 43

6 5 34
6 16 38
5 53 36

5 44 5*

6 18 34
6 52 36
6 52 16

6 55 4
6 56 44
6 58 00

120 44 8

"9 38 34
118 43 56
117 25 14

116 2 36
114 54 16
113 42 34
112 45 34
III 56 5^-

111 28 12

110 59 54
no 48 46
no 54 38

119 42 38
n8 46 38
117 32 7

"6 4 35

114 53 38
113 44 56
n2 58 37
n2 2 45
III 28 12
no 59 18
no 52 7

e

5 54 56

5 52 44

6 12 8

6 12 38

5 56 48

5 53 54

6 26 34
6 53 46
6 52 28
6 56 4
6 58 32

1

0

0
I

G
0

1

37 46
18 36
3 6
36 24
5^ 6
18 46

I

I
Z

34 J8
26 48

as 00

At Surabaya

APPENDIX.

TABLES OF THE ROUTE OF THE ESPERANCE.

105

Date,

1793-

Oaober.

3
4
5
6

7
9

TO
1 I
12
13
14
15
16

17

Variation of the
Needle Weft. .

Their

fr.

fr.

fr.
Ir.
fr.
ir.

» 9 34

58 52

56 38

56 44.

23 47

4.8 9

23>3

22,2

22,3

22,1

22,4.

22,0

22,8
22,5

=13.5

23,0
23,0
23,6

a3>7
23,6

Barometer

Wind and State of the Weather,

S.S.E.E.S.E. Mod. br. fair
S.S.E.E.S.E Gufls of wind, fair

CFrom S. to W.S.W. Mod.

I br. fair
S.E. Mod. br. fair

iFrom E. to S.E. Mod. br,

i very fair

E.S.E. S.E. Mod.br. fair
E.S.E. Mod. br. fair
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

N.E. Mod. br. fair
N.W. Mod. br. fair
N.N.W. N. Mod. br. fair
N.E. S.W. Fair

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