Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World
his Native country, where they intend to make a Settlement; 100 Troops
for that purpose were to go out in the same Ship. This account is
confirmed by a French Gentleman we have on board, who has very lately
been at the Maritius.* (* This intention was never carried out.) As I
have no reason to doubt the truth of this account, it leads me to
consider the rout that this Ship must take, which I think can be no other
than that of Tasmans as far as the Coast of New Zeland; and if she fall
in with that Coast to the Southward of Cape Farewell will very probably
put into Admiralty Bay, or Queen Charlotte's sound, as Tasman's track
will in some measure point out to her one or the other of these places. I
think it is not likely she will venture through the Strait, even suppose
she discovers it, but will follow Tasman's Track to the North Cape, where
no doubt she will leave him, and follow the direction of the Coast to the
South-East, as it will not be out of her way; by which means she will
fall in with the most fertile part of that Country, and as they cannot
know anything of the Endeavour's voyage, they will not hesitate a moment
to declare themselves the first discoverers. Indeed, I cannot see how
they can think otherwise, unless the Natives inform them to the contrary,
which they may not choose to understand. The French Officers before spoke
of would not allow that George's Island was first discover'd by the
Dolphin, though no doubt Bougainville did; but it was not for the
Interest of his Country, nor perhaps his own, to own it. Thus this
Island, though of little value, may prove a Bone of Contention between
the 2 Nations, especially if the French make a Settlement upon it, and
the Dolphin's voyage, and this of ours, published by Authority to fix the
prior right of discovery beyond disputes.
Now I am upon the Subject of discoveries, I hope it will not be taken
amiss if I give it as my opinion that the most feasable method of making
further discoveries in the South Sea is to enter it by the way of New
Zeland, first touching and refreshing at the Cape of Good Hope; from
thence proceed to the Southward of New Holland for Queen Charlotte's
Sound, where again refresh Wood and water, taking care to be ready to
leave that place by the latter end of September, or beginning of October
at farthest, when you would have the whole Summer before you, and after
getting through the Strait, might, with the prevailing Westerly Winds,
run to the Eastward in as high a Latitude as you please, and if you meet
with no lands would have time enough to get round Cape Horne before the
Summer was too far spent; but if after meeting with no Continent, and you
had other objects in view, then haul to the Northward, and after visiting
some of the Islands already discovered, after which proceed with the
trade wind back to the Westward in search of those before mentioned--thus
the discoveries in the South Sea would be compleat.* (* This programme
Cook carried out in his second voyage in the most complete manner
possible.)
INDEX.
Admiralty, Letters to, 357, 379.
Agulhas:
Cape, 375.
Current, 373.
Albatrosses, 46, 47, 128.
Anchors, Loss of, 276, 327.
Anchor-stocks eaten by worms, 86.
Arru Islands, 336.
Ascension Island, 387.
AUSTRALIA, EAST COAST OF:
Animals, 318.
Appearance of, 252, 265, 267, 272, 294, 317.
Bedford, Cape, 292.
Birds, 318.
Booby Island, 314.
Botany Bay, 242 to 248.
Bustard Bay, 258, 260.
Canoes, 243, 321.
Capricorn, Cape, 260.
Cleveland Bay, 270.
Cook's Passage, 301.
Cornwall, Cape, 313.
Damage to ship, 280, 281, 284.
Danger Point, 253.
Danger, Ships in, 253, 254, 262, 263, 267, 274, 278, 279, 303, 328.
Dangerous navigation through the reefs, 306 to 310.
Description of, 317.
Dromedary, Mount and Point, 239.
Endeavour Reef, 274, 276.
Endeavour River, 279.
Sail from, 292.
Description of, 293.
Endeavour Strait, 313.
Description of, 314.
Exploration, Remarks on, 305.
First attempts at landing, 242.
Fish, 318.
Flattery, Cape, 297.
Fruits, 318.
Glass houses, 254.
Gloucester, Cape, 269.
Grafton, Cape, 273.
Grenville, Cape, 307.
Hicks Point, 237.
Hillsborough, Cape, 267.
Historical notes, 325.
Hope Islands, 277.
Houses, 321.
Howe, Cape, 238.
Jackson Port, 249.
Jervis Bay, 241.
Kangaroo, 280, 281, 287, 291, 294.
Language, 322.
Lizard island, 298.
Lookout Point, 298.
Magnetic Island, 271.
Moreton Bay, 254.
Natives, 239, 242, 244, 245, 248, 272, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 311, 312,
319, 320, 323.
New South Wales, name bestowed, 312.
Palmerston, Cape, 267.
Pigeon House, 239.
Possession Island, 311.
Providential Channel, 304.
Rays (fish), 247, 291, 295.
Rockingham Bay, 272.
Sandy Cape, 256.
Ship aground, 274 to 276, 279.
Ship beached for repair, 280.
Sighted, 237.
Smoky Cape, 251.
Stephens Port, 250.
Thirsty Sound, 264.
Tides, Observations on, 267, 268, 312, 324.
Timber, 318.
Torres Straits, Doubts of existence of, 301, 302, 306, 314, 335.
Townshend, Cape, 263.
Tribulation, Cape, 274.
Upstart, Cape, 270.
Weapons, 320.
Weymouth, Cape, 306.
Whitsunday Passage, 269.
York, Cape, 310.
Banks, Mr., 2, 19, 38, 61, 63, 65, 72, 75, 76, 79, 81, 82, 87, 88, 111,
114, 115, 128, 130, 140, 165, 167, 184, 186, 200, 217, 225, 242, 245,
247, 259, 285, 288, 298, 311, 329, 332, 362, 377, 382.
Batavia, 353 to 364:
Description of, 363.
Sickly climate of, 359, 362, 364, 372.
Boats, Preservation of, 74.
Bolabola:
Description of, 117.
Passed, 113.
Boobies, 257, 314, 336, 378.
Boot-topping, 19.
Bougainville, 314:
His visit to Tahiti, 72, 76, 101, 314, 395.
Bow island, 56.
Buchan, Mr., Artist, Death of, 64.
Canoes:
Australian, 243, 321.
New Zealand, 221, 222.
Society Islands, 118.
Tahiti, 97.
Voyages in, 119, 121.
Cape Colony, Remarks on, 382.
Cape Pigeons. See Pintado Birds.
Capetown, 376, 383.
Celery, Wild, 141, 154, 166, 190.
Chain Island, 58.
Chart-making, Remarks on, 337.
Clerke, Master's Mate, 76, 390.
Cockles (Tridacna), 284, 295, 306.
Cook, Captain:
Character, xlv.
Death of, xliii.
Early life, xiii.
Survey of Newfoundland, xv.
First voyage, xxi.
Second, xxix.
Third, xxxvii.
Cook, Mrs., xv., xliv.
Damage to ship, 280, 281, 284, 353, 359.
Danger, Ship in, 169, 192, 204, 253, 254, 262, 263, 267, 274, 278, 279,
303, 308, 328, 330.
Dipping Needle, 13, 44.
Dolphin, H.M.S., Voyages of, xvii.
Downs, Return to, 394.
Dutch:
regulations for ships, 351.
Home Fleet, 357.
Dispute with, 362.
Dysentery:
Deaths from, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372.
Remarks on, 377.
Egg-birds, 53.
Fleet, Indian, 386.
Flogging, 20, 22, 64, 76, 77, 79, 107, 108, 155, 166, 167, 371.
Fothering the ship, 276, 277.
Fuegian natives, 37.
Funchal, 6.
Good Hope, Cape of, 375.
Gore, Lieutenant, 76, 120, 198, 245, 282, 285, 341.
Green, the Astronomer, 31, 35, 68, 76, 131, 150, 305, 316, 354, 368.
Hicks, Lieutenant, 20, 69, 76, 85, 145, 160, 240, 244, 304, 349, 350,
354, 356, 388, 389.
Horn, Cape, 41:
Longitude of, 45.
Passage round, 48.
Huaheine:
visited, 109.
Description of, 110.
Islands, List of, 229.
Journal, Copy of, sent home, 356, 357.
Kangaroos, 280, 281, 287, 291, 294, 318.
King George's Island. See Tahiti.
Krakatoa (Cracatoa), 349.
Lagoon Island, 55.
Language of New Zealand and Tahiti identical, 131, 225.
Le Maire Strait, 34 to 39:
Description of, 42.
Directions for, 42.
Lightning conductors, 354.
Line, Crossing the, 13.
Local attraction, 264.
Lunars, Cook's remarks on, 316.
Lunars, xxii.
Magra, Midshipman, 258, 278.
Molineux, Mr., Master, 67, 107, 285, 287, 290, 298, 300, 385.
Monkhouse, Midshipman, 277, 369.
Monkhouse, Surgeon, 59, 64, 109, 359.
Mories or Temples, 83, 104, 118.
Natal, Coast of, 373.
Natives:
See Tahiti.
See East Coast of Australia.
See New Zealand.
New Guinea:
Coast of, 330, 334.
Land in, 333.
Weapons, 333.
New South Wales:
See Australia, East Coast.
Remarks on, 317.
NEW ZEALAND:
Account of, 214.
Admiralty Bay, 213.
Animals, 217.
Attempt to seize a boy, 137.
Banks Peninsula, 197.
Brett, Cape, 163.
Burial, 224.
Camel, Mount, 171, 176, 177.
Campbell, Cape, 194.
Canoes, 221, 222.
Cannibalism, 156, 183, 184, 221.
Chart of, Accuracy of, 215.
Clothing, 219.
Colville, Cape, 158, 161.
Cook's Strait, 181, 186, 193.
Customs of mourning, 188.
Description of, 214.
Dusky Bay, 207.
Egmont, Mount, 180.
Farewell, Cape, 211.
First landing in, 130.
Food, 222.
Hauraki Gulf, 160.
Hawkes' Bay, 137.
Hemp or flax, 217.
Hippas, or Pahs, 147, 152, 153, 156, 164, 167, 169, 186, 192.
Houses, 223.
Iron sand, 156.
Islands, Bay of, 165, 169.
Jackson, Cape, 214.
Kaipara Harbour, 177.
Kairoura Mountain, 193, 196.
Left, 213.
Massacre or Murderers (Murtherers) Bay, 183, 214.
Mercury Bay, 148, 155.
Middle Island, Description of, 210.
Musical Instruments, 224.
Native, Name of, 189, 214.
Natives, Conflicts with, 131, 135, 136, 146, 147, 148, 151, 163, 164,
165, 166, 182, 187, 221.
Description of, 218.
Fearlessness of, 139, 221.
Notes on, 230.
Three captured, 132.
Traditions of, 191.
Traffic with, 134, 137, 141, 143, 145, 149, 151, 159, 160, 182, 192,
195.
North, Cape, 173.
Palliser (Pallisser), Cape, 193, 195.
Pattoo Pattoas, 154.
Places recommended for settling, 218.
Plenty, Bay of, 146.
Portland Island, 134.
Poverty Bay, 130.
Produce of, 216.
Queen Charlotte's Sound, 182, 191.
Religion, 224.
Ruapuke Island, 203.
Runaway, Cape, 145.
Saunders, Cape, 201.
Sighted, 129.
South Cape, 205.
Stephens Island, 188, 212.
Stewart Island, 205.
Tegadoo Bay, 141.
Thames, Frith of, 158, 161.
Three Kings, 174.
Timber, 159, 217.
Tolaga Bay, 142.
Tools, 223.
Traps, 204.
Turnagain, Cape, 130, 195.
Weapons, 154.
Ohetiroa, 120.
Ohwarrhe Harbour, 110.
Onrust, the Dutch dockyard, 354, 356.
Otaha, 112:
Excursion to, 116.
Description of, 117.
Otaheite. See Tahiti.
Oree, King of Huaheine, 109, 110.
Orton, Mr., 258.
Osnaburg Island, 58.
Oysters, 153, 156, 248, 260, 266, 318.
Pacific:
Exploration of, xv.
Explorers of, xvi.
Parkinson, Mr., 368.
Paumotu Archipelago, 55 to 58.
Pepys' Island, 33.
Perry, Mr., Surgeon's Mate, 359.
Pintado Birds, 122.
Port Egmont Hens, 129, 200.
Poverty Bay, Incidents at, 130.
Princes Island, Sunda Strait, 366.
Quiros, 213, 226, 301.
Raiatea. See Ulietea.
Rays (fish), 247, 291, 295.
Repairs effected, 360.
Rio Janeiro:
Arrival at, 18.
Viceroy of, 19 to 22.
Description of, 24.
Roggeween, 227.
Rotte, 340.
Rurutu. See Ohetiroa.
St. Helena, 386.
Savu, 341 to 347.
Scurvy, xvi., xvii:
Conquered, xxviii., xxx., xxxvi., xlvi.
Prevention against, xxiv., 59.
Seals, 128, 203, 217.
Society Islands, Description of, 116.
Solander, Dr., 65, 131, 166, 167, 184, 186, 242, 245, 288, 311, 332, 342.
Sour krout, 59.
Southern Continent, 51, 125, 226, 228.
Stranding of ship, 169, 274 to 276, 279.
Success Bay, 36, 42.
Suicide of a Marine, 54.
Sumatra Strait, 349, 366.
Swallow, H.M.S.:
Safety of, 350.
Voyage of, xix.
Table Bay, 376 to 381, 383, 384.
Tahaa. See Otaha.
TAHITI:
Arreoys Society, 95.
Arrival at, 59.
Breadfruit, 84.
Canoes, 97.
Chastity, Want of, 96.
Climate, 103.
Cloth manufacture, 99.
Clothing of natives, 93.
Cooking, Method of, 79.
Dead, Disposal of, 65, 81.
Description of, 88.
Desertion at, 80, 84,
Dogs as food, 79.
Emblems of peace, 64.
Expedition round, 81.
Fort erected at, 64, 68.
Funeral ceremonies, 102.
Government, 100.
History, Notes on, 105.
Houses, 96.
Images, 83.
Leave island, 87.
Manners and Customs, 94.
Mories (Morai) or temples, 83, 101.
Music, 94.
Natives of:
Description of, 91.
Rules for traffic with, 60.
Oamo or Amo, Chief, 80, 83, 105, 106.