ey are Cannibals.
A Party sent ashore, who remain two Nights. Account of what
passed on landing. The Ships leave the Islands, and proceed to
the North, 148

XII. The Situation of the Islands now discovered. Their
Names. Called the Sandwich Islands. Atooi described. The Soil.
Climate. Vegetable Productions. Birds. Fish. Domestic
Animals. Persons of the Inhabitants. Their Disposition.
Dress. Ornaments. Habitations. Food. Cookery. Amusements.
Manufactures. Working-tools. Knowledge of Iron accounted for.
Canoes. Agriculture. Account of one of their Chiefs. Weapons.
Customs agreeing with those of Tongataboo and Otaheite.
Their Language the same. Extent of this Nation throughout
the Pacific Ocean. Reflections on the useful Situation of the
Sandwich Islands, 172

XIII. Observations made at the Sandwich Islands, on the
Longitude, Variation of the Compass and Tides. Prosecution of
the Voyage. Remarks on the Mildness of the Weather, as far as
the Latitude 44 deg. North. Paucity of Sea Birds, in the Northern
Hemisphere. Small Sea Animals described. Arrival on the Coast
of America. Appearance of the Country. Unfavourable Winds and
boisterous Weather. Remarks on Martin de Aguilar's River, and
Juan de Fuca's pretended Strait. An Inlet discovered, where
the Ship's anchor. Behaviour of the Natives, 195

CHAP. IV. Transactions, amongst the Natives of North America;
Discoveries along that Coast and the Eastern Extremity of Asia,
Northward to Icy Cape; and return Southward to the Sandwich Islands,
207

SECT.

I. The Ships enter the Sound, and moor in a Harbour.
Intercourse with the Natives. Articles brought to barter.
Thefts committed. The Observatories erected, and Carpenters
set to work. Jealousy of the Inhabitants of the Sound to
prevent other Tribes having Intercourse with the Ships. Stormy
and rainy Weather. Progress round the Sound. Behaviour of the
Natives at their Villages. Their Manner of drying Fish, &c.
Remarkable Visit from Strangers, and introductory Ceremonies.
A second Visit to one of the Villages. Leave to cut Grass,
purchased. The Ships sail. Presents given and received at
parting, 207

II. The Name of the Sound, and Directions for Sailing into
it. Account of the adjacent Country. Weather. Climate. Trees.
Other Vegetable Productions. Quadrupeds, whose Skins were