A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 - Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History - of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and - Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the - Present T by Robert Kerr
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Tahoorowa 20 38 203 27
Kanai. South point 20 46 203 8 Morotoi. West point 21 10 202 46 Woahoo. Anchoring-place. 21 43 202 9 Atooi. Wymoa Bay 21 57 200 20 Oneeheow. Anchoring-place. 21 50 199 45 Oreehoua 22 2 199 52 Tahoora 21 43 199 56 [1] The general account of the Sandwich Islands given by Captain King, has been substantially confirmed by subsequent voyagers. Some additional particulars, not by any means very important, have resulted from their enquiries, from which, of course, it had been easy to have enlarged the present and two following sections, by supplementary notes. But no good end would be answered by such a practice in the present case, as the description in the text is abundantly complete for every important purpose, and as it is probable, that, in the course of this work, there will occur opportunities of communicating whatever is valuable in the narratives of more recent voyagers.--E. [2] It is to be observed, that, among the windward islands, the _k_ is used instead of the _t_, as _Morokoi_ instead of _Morotoi_, &c. [3] _Modoo_ signifies island; _papapa_, flat. This island is called _Tammatapappa_ by Captain Cook. [4] Both the sweet potatoes, and the tarrow, are here planted four feet from each other; the former was earthed up almost to the top of the |
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