Progress of the Voyage, after leaving the Society Islands.— 166 Christmas Island discovered, and Station of the Ships there.—Boats sent ashore.—Great Success in catching Turtle.— An Eclipse of the Sun observed.—Distress of two Seamen who had lost their Way.—Inscription left in a Bottle.—Account of the Island.—Its Soil.—Trees and Plants.—Birds.—Its Size.— Form.—Situation.—Anchoring-ground
Some Islands discovered.—Account of the Natives of Atooi, 176 who come off to the Ships, and their Behaviour on going on board.—One of them killed.—Precautions used to prevent Intercourse with the Females.—A Watering-place found.— Reception upon landing.—Excursion into the Country.—A Morai visited and described.—Graves of the Chiefs, and of the human Sacrifices there buried.—Another Island, called Oneehow, visited.—Ceremonies performed by the Natives, who go off to the Ships.—Reasons for believing that they 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
The Situation of the Islands now discovered.—Their Names.— 204 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
Observations made at the Sandwich Islands, on the Longitude, 233 Variation of the Compass and Tides.—Prosecution of the Voyage.—Remarks on the Mildness of the Weather, as far as the Latitude 44° 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 d’Aguillar’s River, and Juan de Fuca’s pretended Strait.—An Inlet discovered, where the Ships anchor.— Behaviour of the Natives
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.