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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 


VOYAGE 


VOYAGE 

>  IN  SEARCH  OF 

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 


20  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [1793. 

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. 


2?2  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [j  f  ^3* 

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. 

Vol.  IL  C  The 


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 

C  3  Dentre- 


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°. 

C4  Qth. 


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- 

fet. 


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 

yards 


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 

D  2  in 


44  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l793. 

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 

D  3  we 


40        •  VOYAGIi  IN  S.EARCn  [3.7^3.  • 

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 

D  4  ladies. 


48  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 

the 


^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 

diving 


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 

black 


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 

us, 


■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 
Vol.  II.  E  providecj, 


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 

E  2  only 


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 

When 


iii 


c. 


"T 


EV^' 


^^! 


^^l-»'is,-^?<^ 


?  "t?  ■*  '^ 


pi 


^''"f^^" 


Feb.]  •    OF  LA  PEROITSE.  61 

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 

E  3  the 


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- 
hibited 


84  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l  793. 

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 


80  VOYAGE  IN  SEARClt  [1793. 

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. 

In 


8S        '   VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l/QS, 

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 

Vol.  IL  G  rubbing 


90  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l/QS- 

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 

Q2 


Q2  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCtf  [l7Q3. 

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- 

G  3  ference. 


g4  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [1/93. 

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 


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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 

G  4  fom  1^ 


^G  VOYAGE  IN  SJtARrii  [iTO^. 

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 


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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 


08  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l703. 

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 


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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 
^  each 


100  VOYAGE   IN  SEARCH  [iTOS. 

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, 

20th. 


102  VOYAGE  IN  SEAHCir  [l793. 

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, 

as 


March.]  of  la  perouse.   •  i<73 

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 

them, 


104  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [iTQS' 

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 

from 


March.]  of  la  perouse.  joi> 

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 

Vol.  11.  li  a  kind' 


106  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l/QS, 

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 

diftant 


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 

H  2  feveral 


108  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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, 


March.]  of  la  perouse.  log 

/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 

H  3  eagcrneis 


110  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l^QS. 

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 

bQ 


March.]  of  la  perouse.  ill 

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, 

H  4  that 


112  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l7Q3. 

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 

iflanders 


114  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [iTQ^. 

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 

we 


llff  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l  793. 

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- 
ority 


118  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l79^. 

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 

very 


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- 
cult 


120  VOYAGE    IN    SEARCH  [l793* 

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. 

Fceuou, 


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 

YoL.ir.  1  .  places, 


122  -VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH      .  [I/QS. 

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 

1  2  in 


124    '  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l/O^' 

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. 

I  3  Traverfmg 


120  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [1/93. 

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 

I  4  ponds. 


128  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l793, 

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. 

One 


•J3I)  VOYAGE   IN  SEARCH  [l  7^3. 

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 

of 


132  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 

obliged 


134  VOrYAGE  iSr  SEARCH  [1793. 

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, 

forty 


130  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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. 

Vol.  II.  K  by 


138  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH-  £179^^ 

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- 

K  2  ance 


140    -  .^      VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l/QS. 

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 

K3  of 


142  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 

K  4  covered 


144  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [T793, 

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 

to 


J40  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l7(?3. 

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- 

mation 


148  VOYAGE  IN   SEARCH  [l  793. 

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, 

with 


J50  VOYAGE  IK  SEARCH  [l793. 

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- 
amined 


155  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l7Q3, 

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 


■V> 


154  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793 

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- 
L  2  chore  d 


.156  VOYAGE    IN    SEARCH  [I/QS*^ 

• 

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, 

with 


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 


158  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l  793.. 

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 


l60  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l/O^. 

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 

fruits. 


jgi  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l/^Q^. 

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, 

he 


lG4  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  '   [l7Q3- 

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 

hi  J 


1(55  VOYAGE  TI^  SEAJICH  [l79^* 

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. 

The 


lG8  VO^'-AGE  Ilf  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 


^J/77,//OC 


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 

Vol.  II,  M  received 


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 

M  2  him. 


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- 
rity 


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 

M3  iiefti 


174  VOYAGE   IN  SEARCH  [l/QS. 

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 


npKH^KtKl-K^\«-?>^ 


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 

M  4  brought 


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 

toward 


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 

prefents 


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 


1S2  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l^QS, 

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 

N  2  of 


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 

N  3  -  within 


igO  VOTAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l  7QS, 

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 

N  4  xiiider 


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. 

Wc 


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 


CWec/71  ,y' f/ie  ,ya  i-^iKie^'  (y^\  leer  Ca/ea(V^t('a  . 

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- 
ing 


200  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  Xr793. 

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- 

VoL.  11.  O  fternation 


202  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [^7Q3. 

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 

O  2  called 


204  VOYAGE    IN    SEARCH  [l793. 

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. 

0  3  It 


206         VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l7  93 

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, 

O  h  and    , 


•    208  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l  703. 

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 

of 


210  VOYAGE  IN   SEARCH  [1/03. 

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 

heads 


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- 
ed 


214  VOYAGE   IN  SEARCH  [l703 

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 

not 


iZl6  '  VOVAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 

Vol.  II.  P  of 


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; 

but 


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 
P2  to 


220  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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. 

P3  We 


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 

that 


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. 

P4  We 


224  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l7Q3. 

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 

a  very 


226  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  r     [1708, 

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. 

It 


2^8  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 

there 


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- 
donini, 

A  very 


232  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l703i 

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 

Vol.  IL  Q  were 


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 

Q  2  Illanders 


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 

Q  3  any 


238  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 
/)  Q  4  attack ;    ' 


240  VOYAGE   IN  SEARCH  [l  793. 

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 

us. 


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 

femi- 


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- 
sion. 


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 
Vol.  JI.  .    R  amongfl 


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- 

R  2  ever. 


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, 

the 


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 

K  3  fouth- 


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 

R  4  they 


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 
.  ^  during 


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. 

Next 


SOO  VOYA.GE  IJ?  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 

equiva- 


262  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793, 

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 

CD  C 

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 

^^OL.  II V  S  formed 


2^  \'OYAGE  IN  3EARCH  [l/O^- 

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 

S  2  voices 


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, 

S  3  We 


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- 

S4  ed 


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 

-  by 


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 

larger 


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 ^ 


II" 


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mw 


ill ''fell' 


■';1      il|i  "[m^m 


'M 


lilllni,      11 '-it 


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 


2/8  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l  793. 

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 

a  long 


280  ^'OVAGE   IN   SEARCH  [l/9^- 

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  ; 

Vol.  IL  T  but 


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- 

T  2  come 


284  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l/QS, 

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 

T  3  efpecially 


286  VOYAGE   IN   SEARCH  ['1793. 

%  '  «  -       . 

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, 

T  4  fome 


288  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793:, 

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 

with 


2gO  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l793. 

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 

brought 


292  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [1/93. 

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, 

Lrli 


2g4  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793 

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 

immediatelv 


296  A'OYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 


300  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCI^  [l  79^ 

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 
U  4  ranged 


304  VOYAGE    IN    SEARCH  [l703* 

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 

tree. 


3O0  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l79^. 

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 

Vol.  II.  X  country 


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 

X  2  enemies. 


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 


318  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH       [l793. 

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 
.    X  4  a  con- 


320  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l793. 

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 


322  VOYAGE  IN  SEARCH  [l7Q3, 

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 

drink. 


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 

Y2  fent 


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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A  new  large  Map  of  the  Country,  from  Thirty  to  Forty  Miles  round 
Manchcfter-     Price,  neatly  coloured,  los,  6d. 


Maps  and  Plans  publi/hed  by  John  Stockdali. 

A  large  Map  of  the  Weft  Indies,  engraved  for  the  Hlftory  of  the  BritHli 
Colonies,  by  Bryan  EdiMards,  Efq.  On  two  large  fheets,  5s  j  or  in  an 
elegant  gilt  frame,  coloured  and  vamifhed,  2I.  12s.  6d. 

A  new  Sheet  Map  of  the  Ifland  of  Jamaica,  as.  6d. 

A  Map  of  the  River  Thames,  from  its  Source  to  Its  Influx,  Neatly 
coloured,  is.  6d. 


Mr.  Stockdale  begs  leave  to  inform  the  Public,  that  having  purcha&d 
the  remaining  Copies  of  Grofe's,  Antiquities  of  England  and  Wales,  in 
%  vols,  medium  410.  and  alfo  in  Imperial  ?vo.  containing  699  plates,  they 
may  be  fupplied  by  fending  their  ordersaccordingly.  The  plates  are  now,  firft, 
uniformly  printed  on  fine,  thick  wove  paper,  which  renders  the  impreflfion, 
on  fale  by  him,  fuperior  to  the  former  proofs.  Price,  in  ^to.  J7I.  105. 
Svo.  13I.  los. 

of  the  imperial  oftavo  edition  but  very  few  remain  tinfold. 

A  great  Dedu£\ion  to  Merchants,  Traders,  Sec.  for  Ready  Money, 

He  has  alfo  purchafcd  the  few  remaining  copies  of  Dr.  Anderfon'^  Bri- 
tish Poets  (13  vols,  royal  8vo.),  of  the  Affignees  of  Eglin  and  Pepys,  bank- 
rupts ;  and  propofes  to  fell  them,  for  a  limited  time,  at  the  reduced  price  of 
fix  Guineas  in  boards,  inftead  of  eight  guineas,  which  was  the  original 
price — or  elegantly  calf  gilt  for  eight  guineas. — For  the  high  charafter  of 
this  Work  fee  theBritilh  Critic  and  Monthly  Reviews. 

N.  B.  A  deduction  of  20  per  cent,  will  be  made  to  thofe  buying  for  fale, 
or  prefents  ;  to  whom,  on  payment  being  ordered  in  London,  the  Books 
ihall  be  fent  as  defired.— The  difcount  reduces  the  price  to  5I.  j  or  calf, 
gilt,  7J. 


K  )/.: 


Their  'Majejlks  and  the  whole  of  the  Royal  Family  have 
been  gracioujly  pleafed  to  patronize  Mr,  Stochdales 
Puhlicaiion  of 

Chauchard's  Maps  of  Germany,  Italy,  &c. 
On  Twenty-fix  large  Sheets,  15  feet  by  8. 


]Y[R-  STOCKDALE  refpeafully  informs  the  Public,  that  in  confe- 
quence  of  the  numerous  applications,  be  has  been  obliged  to  re-open 
his  Subfcription  to  the  above  Maps  for  a  few  days,   on  the  following 
terms : 

Chauchard's  Maps,  as  firfl:  arrnownced,  with  the  accorhpanying 

Volume,  at  the  original  price  of  -  -,  3     3© 

An  Addition  of  Nine  large  Sheets,  comprehending  the  Southern 

Part  of  Italy,  Sicily,  Corfica,  Sardinia,  &c.  -  i   11     6 

And,  (annexed  to  the  gratuitous  Volume,  Statiftical  Tables  of 
the  whole  of  Europe,  fhowing  at  one  View  the  State  of  each 
Power  (to  Non-Subfcribers,  ll.  is.)  -  0106 

Tiie  moft  convenient  mode  of  having  the  Maps   will  be  half- 

bound  as  an  Atlas,  the  expence  of  which  will  be  •    -  o  1 5     o 

The  Subfcribers,  prior  to  the  firft  inft.  have  the  option  of  taking  thefe 
Additions  or  not,  as  they  think  proper,  at  the  above  prices  :  but  thofe  who 
may  now  favour  Mr.  Stockdale  with  their  Names,  will  pleafe  to  obferve, 
that  the  Subfcription  is  for  the  whole  together.  It  is  not  probable  that  any 
Subfcriber  will  have  To  valuable  a  work  incomplete  for  the  fmall  additional 
amount. 

The  price  to  Non- Subfcribers  to  the  work,  complete  as  above,  wiPl  be 
Eight  Guineas. 

A  third  proof  fpecimen,  with  the  Volume  complete,  may  be  feen  at 
Mr.  Stockdale's. — The  delivery  of  the  Maps,  &c.  will  take  place  on  His 
Majefty's  Birth  Day,  when  payment  for  the  fame  will  be  required.  The 
gratuitous  Volume  will  be  publiflied  to  Non-Subfcribers  on  that  Day,  at 
the  price  of  2I,  12s.  6d.  in  boards. 

A  Liftof  the  Subfcribers,  already  amounting  to  upwards  of  2,500  Ladies 
and  Gentlemen,  and  daily  increafing,  will  be  printed. 

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