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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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on. Two fire-placeswere common in these houses, and, as there was nochimney or hole for the escape of smoke, except the door,which was so low that entrance had to be made bentdouble, they were found by our people intolerably hot, aswell as smoky. The natives seemed fond of warmth,making small fires here and there when they were out ofdoors, just to hover over and warm themselves. Three orfour pointed stones, fixed in the earth outside the houses,served to support the cooking-pot over the fire which waskindled underneath it. The canoes were of the clumsiestmake that Cook had ever seen. They were double ones,made of the trunks of large trees hollowed out—two,about three feet apart, fastened together by cross-piecesof wood, which projected a little over the side. On thesewas laid a heavy wooden deck, on which there wasgenerally a fire burning, with cooking-pot at hand. Thevessel was cither driven by sails made of matting, orsculled, as it is called—-that is, worked along with one oir
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LEAVE THE SOUTH PACIFIC. I43 or paddle. The ropes were made of twisted plantain fibre.These canoes were about thirty feet long, the deck notextending the whole length by some six feet. Theirvarious parts were sewn together, the holes to receive thecord being evidently burnt in the wood; and as noinstrument for the purpose was ever seen, it was con-jectured that the eager demand of these people for suchlarge spikes as they saw on board, in preference to merespike-nails, arose from their desire to possess some moresuitable tool than their own for the purpose. As it was impossible to find out the name of this island,that of New Caledonia was given to it, as descriptive ofits mountainous, sterile character. It is a very large one.more than 400 miles long, and somewhat narrow; inposition it makes a sort of triangle with the northernextremity of New Zealand and the eastern one of Aus-tralia. Useful animals were left on shore here also, andwere thankfully received. After weighing anchor in P

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