orough Island. Wood and
Water procured. Visits from the Natives. Their Persons and
Habitations. Produce of the Country. Marks that the Peninsula
had formerly been surrounded by the Sea. Lieutenant King's
Report. Norton Sound. Lunar Observations there. Staehlin's Map
proved to be erroneous. Plan of future Operations, 353
XI. Discoveries after leaving Norton Sound. Stuart's Island.
Cape Stephens. Point Shallow-Water. Shoals on the American
Coast. Clerke's Island. Gore's Island. Pinnacle Island.
Arrival at Oonalashka. Intercourse with the Natives
and Russian Traders. Charts of the Russian Discoveries,
communicated by Mr Ismyloff. Their Errors pointed out.
Situation of the Islands visited by the Russians. Account of
their Settlement at Oonalashka. Of the Natives of the Island.
Their Persons. Dress. Ornaments. Food. Houses and domestic
Utensils. Manufactures. Manner of producing Fire. Canoes.
Fishing and Hunting Implements. Fishes, and Sea Animals. Sea
and Water Fowls, and Land Birds. Land Animals and Vegetables.
Manner of burying the Dead. Resemblance of the Natives on
this Side of America to the Greenlanders and Esquimaux. Tides.
Observations for determining the Longitude of Oonalashka. 369
XII. Departure from Oonalashka, and future Views. The Island
Amoghta. Situation of a remarkable Rock. Strait between
Oonalashka and Oonella repassed. Progress to the South.
Melancholy Accident on board the Discovery. Mowee, one of the
Sandwich Islands, discovered. Intercourse with the Natives.
Visit from Terreeoboo. Another Island, called Owhyhee,
discovered. The Ships ply to Windward to get round it.
An Eclipse of the Moon observed. The Crew refuse to drink
Sugar-cane Beer. Cordage deficient in Strength. Commendation
of the Natives of Owhyhee. The Resolution gets to Windward of
the Island. Her Progress down the South-East Coast. Views of
the Country, and Visits from the Natives. The Discovery joins.
Slow Progress Westward. Karakakooa Bay examined by Mr Bligh.
Vast Concourse of the Natives. The Ships anchor in the Bay,
402
CHAP. V. Captain King's Journal of the Transactions on Returning to
the Sandwich Islands, 421
SECT.
I. Description of Karakakooa Bay. Vast Concourse of the
Natives. Power of the Chiefs over the Inferior People.
Visit from Koah, a Priest and Warrior. T
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