A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels

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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels

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Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13
Author: Robert Kerr
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A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.
ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER: FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE, BY SEA AND LAND, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY ROBERT KERR; F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.
ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.
VOL. XIII.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: AND T. CADELL, LONDON. MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOL. XIII.
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PART III.--BOOK I.
CHAP. IV.
SECT. XVII.
A particular Description of the Island of Otaheite; its Produce and Inhabitants; their Dress, Habitation, Food, Domestic Life and Amusements.
SECT. XVIII.
Of the Manufactures, Boats, and Navigation of Otaheite.
XIX.
Of the Division of Time at Otaheite; Numeration, Computation of Distance, Language, Diseases, Disposal of the Dead, Religion, War, Weapons, and Government; with some general Observations for the Use of future Navigators.
XX.
Description of the several Islands in the Neighbourhood of Otaheite, with various Incidents; a Dramatic Entertainment; and many Particulars relative to the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants.
XXI.
The Passage from Oteroah to New Zealand; Incidents which happened in going ashore there, and while the Ship lay in Poverty Bay.
SECT. XXII.
A Description of Poverty Bay, and the Face of the adjacent Country. The Range from thence to Cape Turnagain, and back to Tolaga, with some Account of the People and the Country and several Incidents that happened on that Part of the Coast.
XIII.
The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay, with an Account of many Incidents that happened both on board and ashore: A Description of several Views exhibited by the Country, and of the Hippahs, or fortified Villages of the Inhabitants.
XXIV.
The Range from Mercury Bay to the Bay of Islands: An Expedition up the River Thames: Some Account of the Indians who inhabit its Banks, and the fine Timber that grows there: Several Interviews with the Natives on different Parts of the Coast, and a Skirmish with them upon an Island.
XXV.
Range from the Bay of Islands round North Cape to Queen Charlotte's Island; and a Description of that Part of the Coast.
XXVI.
Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound; Passage through the Streight which divides the two Islands, and back to Cape Turnagain: Horrid Custom of the Inhabitants: Remarkable Melody of Birds: A Visit to a Hippah, and many other Particulars.
XXVII.
Range from Cape Turnagain along the eastern Coast of Poenammoo, round Cape South, and back to the Entrance of Cook's Streight, which completed the Circumnavigation of the Country; with a Description of the Coast, and of Admiralty Bay: The Departure from New Zealand, and various Particulars.
XXVIII.
The Run from New Zealand to Botany Bay, on the East Coast of New Holland, now called New South Wales; various Incidents that happened there; with some Account of the Country end its Inhabitants.

SECT. XXIX.
The Range from Botany Bay; with a farther Account of the Country, and its Inhabitants and Productions.
XXX.
Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Bay to Endeavour River.
XXXI.
Transactions while the Ship was refitting in Endeavour River: A Description of the adjacent Country, its Inhabitants and Productions.
XXXII.
Departure from Endeavour River; a particular Description of the Harbour there, in which the Ship was refitted, the adjacent Country, and several Islands near the Coast; the Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country, and the Dangers of that Navigation.
XXXIII.
Departure from New South Wales; a particular Description of the Country, its Products, and People: A Specimen of the Language, and some Observations on the Currents and Tides.
XXXIV.
The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, with an Account of what happened upon landing there.
XXXV.
The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Semau, and the Transactions there.
XXXVI.
A particular Description of the Island of Savu, its Produce, and Inhabitants, with a Specimen of their Language.
XXXVII.
The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, and an Account of the Transactions there while the Ship was refitting.
XXVIII.
Some Account of Batavia, and the adjacent Country; with the Fruits, flowers, and other Productions.
XXXIX.
Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, their Manners, Customs, and Manner of Life.
XL.
The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope, Some Account of Prince's Island