A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels
Volume 16
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People.
Visit from Koah, a Priest and Warrior. The Morai at Kakooa
described. Ceremonies at the Landing of Captain Cook.
Observatories erected. Powerful Operation of the Taboo. Method
of Salting Pork in Tropical Climates. Society of Priests
discovered. Their Hospitality and Munificence. Reception of
Captain Cook. Artifice of Koah. Arrival of Terreeoboo, King of
the Island. Returned by Captain Cook, 421
II. Farther Account of Transactions with the Natives. Their Hospitality. Propensity to Theft. Description of a Boxing Match. Death of one of our Seamen. Behaviour of the Priests at his Funeral. The Wood Work and Images on the Morai purchased. The Natives inquisitive about our Departure. Their Opinion about the Design of our Voyage. Magnificent Presents of Terreeoboo to Captain Cook. The Ships leave the Island. The Resolution damaged in a Gale, and obliged to return, 434
III. Suspicious Behaviour of the Natives, on our Return to Karakakooa
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