Double Canoe of the Friendly Islands
V O Y A G E
IN SEARCH OF
LA PÉROUSE.
PERFORMED BY ORDER OF
THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY,
DURING THE
YEARS 1791, 1792, 1793, AND 1794,
AND DRAWN UP
BY M. LABILLARDIERE,
CORRESPONDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT
PARIS, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL
HISTORY, AND ONE OF THE NATURALISTS
ATTACHED TO THE EXPEDITION.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY-SIX PLATES.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
London:
PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, PICCADILLY.
1800.
CONTENTS
of
THE SECOND VOLUME.
Stay in Rocky Bay—Various Excursions into the Country—Goodness of the Soil—Singular Organization of the Bark of several Trees peculiar to New Holland—Difficulty of penetrating into the Woods—The Trees within land are not hollowed by Fire like those near the Sea—Pit Coal to the North West of South Cape—Interview with the Savages—Their Conduct towards us very peaceable—One of them came to take a View of us at Night while we were asleep—Several of them accompany us through the Woods—Various other Interviews with the Inhabitants—They broil Shell Fish, to eat them—Polygamy established among these People—Their Manner of fishing—The Women search for Shell Fish, sometimes by diving to a great Depth—One of the Savages visits us on Board—Their Knowledge of Botany
page 9
Departure from Rocky Bay to pass through Dentrecasteaux Strait—The Ships run aground in this Strait —Various Excursions into the neighbouring Country—Interview with the Natives—They had left their Weapons in the Woods, and resumed them on their Return—We anchor in Adventure Bay page 68
Departure from Adventure Bay—We pass close by the North End of New Zealand—Interview with the Inhabitants—Discovery of several Islands hitherto unknown—Anchor at Tongataboo, one of the Friendly Islands—Eagerness of the Natives to come on board and furnish us with fresh Provision—We salt a great Number of Hogs—The Islanders greatly addicted to Theft—One of our Sentinels knocked down in the Night by a Native, who stole his Musket—The Assassin delivered to General Dentrecasteaux by King Toobou, who restores the Musket that had been stolen—Queen Tiné comes on board—Toobou gives a Feast to the General—Queen Tiné also does the same—The Smith of the Recherche is knocked down with Clubs by the Natives, who afterwards strip him, in open Day, in Sight of our Vessels—Some young Bread-Fruit Trees are taken on board to enrich our Colonies with this valuable Production page 85
Departure from Tongataboo—We get Sight of the Southern Part of the Archipelago of the Tierra del Espiritu Santo, (New Hebrides)—Discovery of the Island of Beaupré—We Anchor at New Caledonia —Interviews with the Natives—Description of their Huts—These Savages are Cannibals—Their Impudence toward us—They eat great Pieces of Steatite, to appease their Hunger—Their Attempts to seize upon our Boats—Different Excursions into the interior Part of the Island—Death of Captain Huon—New Species of Spider, on which the Savages of New Caledonia feedpage 186
Departure from New Caledonia—Interview with the Inhabitants of the Island of St. Croix—Their Treachery—One of these Savages slightly pierces with an Arrow the Forehead of one of our Seamen, who died some Time after in Consequence of the Wound—Singular Construction of their Canoes—View of the Southern Part of the Archipelago of Solomon—Interview with its Inhabitants—Their Perfidy—The Northern Coast of Louisiade reconnoitred—Interview with its Inhabitants—Dangers of that Navigation—Sail through Dampier's Straits in order to reconnoitre the North Coast of New Britain—Death of General Dentrecasteaux—The Scurvy makes great Ravages in both Ships—Death of the Baker of the Recherche—Cast anchor at Waygioupage 258
Abode at Waygiou—Scorbutic Patients are speedily relieved—Interviews with the Natives—Anchor at Bourou—Passage through the Straits of Bouton—- Ravages produced by by the Dysentery—Anchor at Sourabaya—Abode at Samarang—My Detention at Fort Anké, near Batavia—Abode at Isle de France—Return to France page 298
APPENDIX.
| Vocabulary of the Malay Language | 1 | |
| Language of the Savages of Diemen's Land | 43 | |
| Language of the Natives of New Caledonia | 58 | |
| Language of the Natives of Waygiou | 68 | |
| Tables of the Rout of the Esperance | 73 | |