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of the Island of Cracatoa. Prince's Island. Effects of the Climate of Java.
Run to the Cape of Good Hope. Transactions there. Description of
False Bay. Passage to the Orkneys. General Reflections.
Vocabulary of the Language of Nootka, or King George's Sound. April,
1778.
Table to shew the Affinity between the Languages Spoken at
Oonalashka and Norton Sound, and those of the Greenlanders and
Esquimaux.
APPENDIX, No. I. BYRON'S NARRATIVE.
The Author's Preface.
Chapter I.

Account of the Wager and her Equipment. Captain Kid's Death.
Succeeded by Captain Cheap. Our Disasters commence with our
Voyage. We lose Sight of our Squadron in a Gale of Wind. Dreadful
Storm. Ship strikes.
II. We land on a wild Shore. No Appearance of Inhabitants. One of our
Lieutenants dies. Conduct of a Part of the Crew who remained on the
Wreck. We name the Place of our Residence Mount Misery. Narrative
of Transactions there. Indians appear in Canoes off the Coast.
Description of them. Discontents amongst our People.
III. Unfortunate Death of Mr Cozens. Improper Conduct of Captain
Cheap. The Indians join us in a friendly Manner, but depart presently
on account of the Misconduct of our Men. Our Number dreadfully
reduced by Famine. Description of the various Contrivances used for
procuring Food. Further Transactions. Departure from the Island.
IV. Occurrences on our Voyage. We encounter bad Weather and
various Dangers and Distresses. Leave a Part of our Crew behind on a
desert Shore. A strange Cemetry discovered. Narrow Escape from
Wreck. Return to Mount Misery. We are visited by a Chanos Indian
Cacique, who talks Spanish, with whom we again take our Departure
from the Island.
V. Navigation of the River. One of our Men dies from Fatigue.
Inhumanity of the Captain. Description of our Passage through a
horrible and desolate Country. Our Conductor leaves us, and a Party of
our Men desert with the Boat. Dreadful Situation of the Remainder.
The Cacique returns. Account of our Journey Overland. Kindness of
two Indian Women. Description of the Indian Mode of Fishing. Cruel
Treatment of my Indian Benefactress by her Husband.
VI. The Cacique's Conduct changes. Description of the Indian Mode of
Bird-fowling. Their Religion. Mr Elliot, our Surgeon, dies.
Transactions on our Journey. Miserable Situation to which we are
reduced.
VII. We land on the Island of Chiloe. To our great Joy we at length

discover Something having the Appearance of a House. Kindness of the
Natives. We are delivered to the Custody of a Spanish Guard.
Transactions with the Spanish Residents. Arrival at Chaco. Manners of
the Inhabitants.
VIII. Adventure with the Niece of an old Priest at Castro. Superstition
of the People. The Lima Ship arrives, in which we depart for
Valparaiso, January 1743. Arrival at and Treatment there. Journey to
Chili. Arrival at St. Jago. Generous Conduct of a Scotch Physician.
Description of the City and of the People.
IX. Account of the Bull Feasts and other Amusements. Occurrences
during nearly two Years Residence. In December, 1744, we embark for
Europe in the Lys French Frigate. The Vessel leaky. Dangerous
Voyage. Narrow Escape from English Cruizers. Arrival in England.
Conclusion
APPENDIX, No. II. BULKELEY'S NARRATIVE.

A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND
TRAVELS.

PART III. BOOK III. (CONTINUED.)

CHAPTER V.
CONTINUED.
CAPTAIN KING'S JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS ON
RETURNING TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

SECTION VI.
General Account of the Sandwich Islands.--Their Number, Names, and
Situation.--OWHYHEE.--Its Extent, and Division into
Districts.--Account of its Coasts, and the adjacent Country.--Volcanic
Appearances.--Snowy Mountains.--Their Height determined.--Account
of a Journey into the Interior Parts of the
Country.--MOWEE.--TAHOOROWA.--MOROTOI.--RANAI.--
WOAHOO.--ATOOI.--ONEEHEOW.--OBEEHOUA.--TAHOORA.--
Climate.--Winds.-- Currents.--Tides.--Animals and
Vegetables.--Astronomical Observations.[1]
As we are now about to take our final leave of the Sandwich Islands, it
will not be improper to introduce here some general account of their
situation and natural history, and of the manners and customs of the
inhabitants.
This subject has indeed been, in some measure, preoccupied by persons
far more capable of doing it justice than I can pretend to be. Had
Captain Cook and Mr Anderson lived to avail themselves of the
advantages which we enjoyed by a return to these islands, it cannot be
questioned, that the public would have derived much additional
information from the skill and diligence of two such accurate observers.
The reader will therefore lament with me our common misfortune,
which hath deprived him of the labours of such superior abilities, and
imposed on me the task of presenting him with the best supplementary
account the various duties of my station permitted me to furnish.
This group consists of eleven islands, extending in latitude from 18° 54'
to 22° 15' N., and in longitude from 199° 36' to 205° 06' E. They are
called by the natives, 1. Owhyhee. 2. Mowee. 3. Ranai, or Oranai. 4.
Morotinnee, or Morokinnee. 5. Kahowrowee, or Tahoorowa.