An historical account of all the voyages round the world : performed by English navigators ; including those lately undertaken by order of His present Majesty ; the whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers ; Drake, undertaken in 1577-80 ; Cavendish, 1586-88 ; Cowley, 1683-86 ; Dampier, 1689-96 ; Cooke, 1708-11 ; Rogers, 1708-11 ; Clipperton and Shelvocke, 1719-22 ; Anson, undertaken in 1740-44 ; Byron, 1764-66 ; Wallis, 1766-68 ; Carteret, 1766-69 ; and Cook, 1768-71 ; together with that of Sydney Parkinson ..and the voyage of MonsBougainville ..to which is added, an append
An historical account of all the voyages round the world : performed by English navigators ; including those lately undertaken by order of His present Majesty ; the whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers ; Drake, undertaken in 1577-80 ; Cavendish, 1586-88 ; Cowley, 1683-86 ; Dampier, 1689-96 ; Cooke, 1708-11 ; Rogers, 1708-11 ; Clipperton and Shelvocke, 1719-22 ; Anson, undertaken in 1740-44 ; Byron, 1764-66 ; Wallis, 1766-68 ; Carteret, 1766-69 ; and Cook, 1768-71 ; together with that of Sydney Parkinson ..and the voyage of MonsBougainville ..to which is added, an appendix ; containing the journal of a voyage to the North pole, by the HonCommodore Phipps, and Captain Lutwidge . cribe acircle with the top of his wicker cap, and fome-times throwing it fo near the faces of the bye-ftanders, as to make tlem jump back ; thisthey confidered as an excellent piece of humour,and it always produced a hearty laugh, whenprafticed upon any of the Englilh gentlemen. On Thurfday the 3d, as Mr. Banks and theDodor were 2:oino; along the fliore to the north-ward, with a defign to purchafe flock, theymet with a company of dancers, who retardedthe progrefs of their excurfion near two hours, andafforded them much diverfion. The companywas compofed of fix men and two women dan-cers, with three drums. They were informed,that thefe dancers were fome of the principalpeople of the ifland, and though they werean itinerant troop, they did not, like the ftroll-5ng parties of Otaheite, receive any gratuityfrom the by-ftandcrs. The women wore a con-fiderable quantity of Tamou, or plaited hair,ornamented wi-h the flowers of the cape jefTa-mine, which were Ituck in with talte, and made an J. ROUND THE WORLD. 299 an elegant head drefs. The womens necks,breads and arms were naked j the other partsof the body were covered with black cloth,which was fattened clofe round them; and bythe fide of each breafl, next the arms, was afmall plume of black feathers, worn like a nofe. gay.
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