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Title: The story of Captain Cook's three voyages round the world
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Jones, M
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 Voyages around the world
Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Contributing Library: Scott - York University Libraries
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homeward, across the stormy,vexed Indian Ocean, and round the Cape of Good Hope.But the invalids on board soon became worse, so that onthe 5th of January, 1771, they touched at Princes Island,a small well-wooded isiand at the western mouth of theStraits of Sunda, to get fresh provisions for them, as wellas wood and water, which were wanted on board. Turtle,deer—so small that one on which they dined weighed onlyforty pounds—fowl, fish, fruit, and vegetables, were hadhere in plenty, and the natives traded pretty honestly, withthis slight exception, that they asked a great deal more fortheir goods than they meant to take. Well laden with thesegood things, which were, indeed, life to the sickly crew,the Endeavour sailed again on the 15th, direct for theCape. But that was a dreary run; for the sickness onboard, despite the fresh food, increased to such an extentthat, in the course of six weeks, twenty-seven men werelaid in their last resting-place—the depths of the mightyocean. . ...
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THE CAPE. 77 The run from Batavia to the Cape did not furnish muchthat is interesting. A few days after leaving Java Headthose strange birds called boobies were seen about theship. The booby is a large bird, about the size of agoose, brown on the back, and white on the under part ofthe body, and it has its name from the extreme stupiditywith which it allows itself to be taken with the hand, orknocked down with a stick, without making the slightestattempt to get away. It roosts at night on some desolateisland or shore in southern latitudes, so that when seenflying about a ship, or settling on the shrouds, it is alwayssupposed that land is not far off. Off Madagascar greatnumbers of albatrosses were met with. Stewed albatrossthey had already found to be a very satisfactory dish. On, on, through the solitary waters, until the high, nakedmountains of the Cape—stern and desolate-looking afterthe rich scenery that had so long met their eyes—came insight; and on the 15th March the Endeav

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