A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged in systematic order by R. Kerr. Vol.12 (ch.3, sect.5) -vol.17, Issue 241814 |
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... Banks and Dr Solander had an opportunity of observing many marine animals , of which no naturalist has hitherto taken notice ; particularly a new species of the oniscus , which was found adhering to the me- dusa pelagica ; and an animal ...
... Banks and Dr Solander had an opportunity of observing many marine animals , of which no naturalist has hitherto taken notice ; particularly a new species of the oniscus , which was found adhering to the me- dusa pelagica ; and an animal ...
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... Banks and Dr Solander to search the island for such natural curiosi- ties as they should think worth their notice ; employed persons to take fish and gather shells , which time would not have permitted them to collect for themselves ...
... Banks and Dr Solander to search the island for such natural curiosi- ties as they should think worth their notice ; employed persons to take fish and gather shells , which time would not have permitted them to collect for themselves ...
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... Banks went out in the boat , and took what the seamen call a Portuguese man of war ; it is the Holuthuria Physalis of Linnĉus , and a species of the Mol- lusca . It consisted of a small bladder about seven inches long , very much ...
... Banks went out in the boat , and took what the seamen call a Portuguese man of war ; it is the Holuthuria Physalis of Linnĉus , and a species of the Mol- lusca . It consisted of a small bladder about seven inches long , very much ...
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... Banks and Dr Solander went on board this vessel , in which they found eleven men , nine of whom were blacks ; they all fished with lines , and their fresh cargo , the chief part of which Mr Banks bought , consisted of dolphins , large ...
... Banks and Dr Solander went on board this vessel , in which they found eleven men , nine of whom were blacks ; they all fished with lines , and their fresh cargo , the chief part of which Mr Banks bought , consisted of dolphins , large ...
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... Banks and Dr Solander , who made no doubt but that a fair account of us having been given by the officers who had been on board the evening before in their paper called a Practica , and every scruple of the viceroy removed in my ...
... Banks and Dr Solander , who made no doubt but that a fair account of us having been given by the officers who had been on board the evening before in their paper called a Practica , and every scruple of the viceroy removed in my ...
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a-head anchor appeared ashore Banks and Dr Batavia beach boat bore Botany Bay bottom Bougainville bread-fruit breeze brought called canoes Cape Cape Horn Cape Palliser Cape Saunders chief cloth coast cocoa-nut colour discovered distance Dr Solander Dutch east eight Endeavour River Etoa fathom water feet fire fish four leagues gave half harbour hills hogs Indians inhabitants kind land in sight lies in latitude longitude low island miles morning natives night noon northermost northward o'clock Oberea observed Otaheitans Otaheite piece pinnace plantains Portuguese procured reef returned river rocks round sail scarcely seemed seen Semau sent ship shoals shore side small islands soon south point southward stood streight thing thought three leagues tion told took Tootahah trees Tubourai Tamaide Tupia voyage westward whole wind women wood yawl
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Page 47 - An universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds Perverse all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire," — this would doubtless have been noble writing.
Page 55 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnising nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 276 - In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider : God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Page 413 - E. As the weather was frequently calm, Mr. Banks went out in a small boat to shoot birds, among which were some albatrosses and sheerwaters. The albatrosses were observed to be larger than those which had been taken northward of the...
Page 15 - ... a tree: the tree which produces it does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations as the natives of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the summer's heat, as often as these seasons return ; even if, after he has procured bread for his present household, he should convert a surplus into money, and lay...
Page 256 - WERNER'S NOMENCLATURE OF COLOURS. With Additions, arranged so as to render it highly useful to the Arts and Sciences, particularly Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Morbid Anatomy. Annexed to which are Examples selected from Well-known Objects in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms.
Page 218 - A prospect more rude and craggy is rarely to be met with ; for inland appears nothing but the summits of mountains of a stupendous height, and consisting of rocks that are totally barren and naked, except where they are covered with snow.
Page 106 - I was now prompted, by my desire to avoid further hostilities, to get some of them on board, as the only method left of convincing them that we intended them no harm, and had it in our power to contribute to their gratification and convenience. Thus far my intentions certainly were not criminal ; and though in the contest, which I had not the least reason to expect, our victory might have been complete without so great an expense of life, yet in such situations, when the command to fire has been...
Page 431 - ... and such things as seemed to be most acceptable. As in my excursion to the westward, I had not found any more convenient harbour than that in which we lay, I determined to go on shore and fix upon some spot, commanded by the ship's guns, where I might throw up a small fort for our defence, and prepare for making our astronomical observation. I therefore took a party of men, and landed without delay, accompanied by Mr. Banks, Dr. Solander, and the astronomer, Mr. Green. We soon fixed upon a part...
Page 12 - ... with which they are covered; from the house, therefore, the inhabitant steps immediately under the shade, which is the most delightful that can be imagined. It consists of groves of bread-fruit and cocoa-nuts, without underwood, which are intersected, in all directions, by the paths that lead from one house to the other. Nothing can be more grateful than this shade in so warm a climate, nor any thing more beautiful than these walks. As there is no underwood, the shade cools without impeding the...