Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . i 1 the music lasted about an hour and a half. The meaningof the play was not apparent to the English, except that vtabounded in local allusions,—the name of Cook c6nst;viitly re- o !. N* MAN UPON THE SEA. 437 curring. The dancing-dress of the lady was very elegant, beingornamented with long tassels made of feathers, hanging fromthe waist downwards. Cook left Tahiti early in September, taking with him ayoung savage named Poreo, who was smitten with a desire tovis
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . i 1 the music lasted about an hour and a half. The meaningof the play was not apparent to the English, except that vtabounded in local allusions,—the name of Cook c6nst;viitly re- o !. N* MAN UPON THE SEA. 437 curring. The dancing-dress of the lady was very elegant, beingornamented with long tassels made of feathers, hanging fromthe waist downwards. Cook left Tahiti early in September, taking with him ayoung savage named Poreo, who was smitten with a desire tovisit foreign parts. At the neighboring island of Huaheine, anative named Omai, belonging to the middle class, was alsotaken on board. Cook thus speaks of him two years later:—aOmai has most certainly a good understanding, quick parts,and honest principles: he has a natural good behavior, whichrenders him acceptable to the best company, and a proper de-gree of pride, which teaches him to avoid the society of personsof inferior rank. He has passions of the same kind as otheryoung men, but has judgment enough not to indulge them to animproper excess. Omai was taken back to Huaheine by Cookwhen he started upon his third voyage of discovery, in shall have occasion hereafter to chronicle the incidents ofth
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