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. XVII.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:

AND T. CADELL, LONDON.

MDCCCXXIV.

BODLEI

21 JAN 1964

LIBRARY

CONTENTS

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VOL. XVII.

Page,

CHAP. V. Continued. Captain King's Journal of the Tran-
sactions on returning to the Sandwich Islands,
SECT. VI. General Account of the Sandwich Islands.

Their Number, Names, and Situation.
OWHYHEE. Its Extent, and Division
into Districts. Account of its Coasts,
and the adjacent Country. Volcanic
Appearances. Snowy Mountains. Their
Height determined. Account of a Jour-
ney into the Interior Parts of the Coun-
try. MowEE. TAHOOROWA. MORO-
TOI. RANAI. WOAHOO. ATOOI.
ONEEHEOW. OREEHOUA. TAAOORA.
Climate. Winds. Currents. Tides.
Animals and Vegetables. Astronomi-
cal Observations,

1

ib.

VII. General Account of the Sandwich Islands

continued. Of the Inhabitants. Their

Origin. Persons. Pernicious effects

of the Ava. Numbers. Disposition

and Manners. Reasons for supposing

them not Cannibals. Dress and Orna-

ments. Villages and Houses. Food.

Occupations and Amusements. Ad-

dicted to Gaming. Their extraordina-

ry Dexterity in Swimming. Arts and

Manufactures. Curious Specimens of

their Sculpture. Kipparee, or Method

of Painting Cloth. Mats. Fishing

Hooks. Cordage. Salt Pans. War-

like Instruments,
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