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CHAPTER XVII. | Interest felt in Cook's arrival. Honours conferred on him. New Voyage projected. Letters to Mr. Walker. Notices of Omai—his trip to York, Scarborough—Mulgrave, &c. Cook's Father. Lord Mulgrave, the navigator. Cook's honours as a scholar;—his merits as an author. Equipment of the Resolution and Discovery. Presents to Omai, &c. Letter to Commodore Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XVIII. | Cook proceeds on his third voyage. Teneriffe. Cape of G. Hope. Kerguelen's Land. Van Diemen's Land. New Zealand. Kahoora the murderer. New Zealand youths taken on board, to accompany Omai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XIX. | Discovery of Mangeea—of Wateeoo. Omai meets three of his countrymen. Hervey Island. Palmerston Island. Komango. Annamooka. Feenou, and other chiefs. Hapaee Isles. Festivities and exhibitions there. King Poulaho. Tongataboo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XX. | Festivities at Tongataboo. The natche, &c. Eaooa. Observations on the Friendly Isles. Toobonai discovered. Arrival at Oaitipiha in Otaheite. Visit of the Spaniards. Omai's imprudence. Matavai—Otoo—Oedidee. War with Eimeo. Human sacrifices. Peace restored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XXI. | Eimeo. Maheine's dishonesty. Severe measures for recovering stolen goats. Huaheine: Omai's settlement there. His history. Notices of Oedidee. Ulietea. Deserters; trouble in recovering them. Bolabola. Christmas Island. Sandwich Islands discovered—Atooi—Oneeheow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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CHAPTER XXII. | American Coast. Nootka Sound. Prince William's Sound. Cook's River. Oonalashka. The Tschutski. Behring's Straits. Progress stopped by ice. Return southward. Norton's Sound. Russian traders at Oonalashka. Return to the Sandwich Islands—Mowee—Owhyhee—Karakakooa Bay. Close of Captain Cook's Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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