The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. VII. Being the Third of the Third Voyage

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. VII. Being the Third of the Third Voyage

DESCRIPTION OF KARAKAKOOA BAY.VAST CONCOURSE OF THE NATIVES.POWER OF THE CHIEFS OVER THE INFERIOR PEOPLE.VISIT FROM KOAH, A PRIEST AND WARRIOR.THE MORAI AT KAKOOA DESCRIBED.CEREMONIES AT THE LANDING OF CAPTAIN COOK.OBSERVATORIES ERECTED.POWERFUL OPERATION OF THE TABOO.METHOD OF SALTING PORK IN TROPICAL CLIMATES.SOCIETY OF PRIESTS DISCOVERED.THEIR HOSPITALITY AND MUNIFICENCE.RECEPTION OF CAPTAIN COOK.ARTIFICE OF KOAH.ARRIVAL OF TERREEOBOO, KING OF THE ISLAND.SINGULAR CEREMONY.VISIT FROM THE KING.RETURNED BY CAPTAIN COOK. Karakakooa Bay is situated on the west side of the island of Owhyhee, in a district called Akona. It is about a mile in depth, and bounded by two low points of land, at the distance of half a league, and bearing south south-east and north north-west from each other. On the north point, which is flat and barren, stands the village of Kowrowa; and in the bottom of the bay, near a grove of tall cocoa-nut trees, there is 4another village of a more considerable size, called Kakooa: between them, runs a high rocky cliff, inaccessible from the sea shore. On the south side, the coast, for about a mile inland, has a rugged appearance; beyond which the country rises with a gradual ascent, and is overspread with cultivated inclosures and groves of cocoa-nut trees, where the habitations of the natives are scattered in great numbers. The shore, all around the bay, is covered with a black coral rock, which makes the landing very dangerous in rough weather; except at the village of Kakooa, where there is a fine sandy beach, with a Morai, or burying-place, at one extremity, and a small well of fresh water at the other. This bay appearing to Captain Cook a proper place to refit the ships, and lay in an additional supply of water and provisions, we moored on the north side, about a quarter of a mile from the shore, Kowrowa bearing north-west. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 62659
Author: King, James
Release Date: Jul 15, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English