A particular Description of the Island; its Produce and 184 Inhabitants; their Dress, Habitations, Food, Domestic Life and Amusements CHAP. XVIII. Of the Manufactures, Boats, and Navigation of Otaheite 209 CHAP. XIX. Of the Division of Time in Otaheite; Numeration, Computation of 225 Distance, Language, Diseases, Disposal of the Dead, Religion, War, Weapons, and Government; with some general Observations for the Use of future Navigators CHAP. XX. A Description of several other Islands in the Neighbourhood of 245 Otaheite, with various Incidents; a Dramatic Entertainment; and many Particulars relative to the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants BOOK II. CHAP. I. The Passage from Oteroah to New Zealand; Incidents which happened 274 on going ashore there, and while the Ship lay in Poverty Bay CHAP. II. A Description of Poverty Bay, and the Face of the adjacent 289 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 CHAP. III. The Range from Tolaga to Mercury Bay, with an Account of many 314 Incidents that happened both on board and ashore.—A Description of several Views exhibited by the Country, and of the Heppahs, or fortified Villages of the Inhabitants CHAP. IV. The Range from Mercury Bay to the Bay of Islands.—An Expedition 339 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 CHAP. V. Range from the Bay of Islands round North Cape to Queen 360 Charlotte’s Sound; and a Description of that part of the Coast CHAP. VI. Transactions in Queen Charlotte’s Sound.—Passage through the 374 Strait which divides the two Islands, and back to Cape Turnagain.—Horrid Custom of the Inhabitants.—Remarkable Melody of Birds.—A Visit to a Heppah, and many other Particulars DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES. -------------- VOL. I. Portrait _to face the Title_. Map of the World _Page_ 1 Island of Otaheite 84 Harbour of Oopoa 254