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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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ccessfully accom-plished, he weighed anchor July 13, 1769, andsailed from Otaheite, after a stay there of three months.He left amid a chorus of lamentations from his simplefriends: lamentations that were well deserved, for hismission was not only a geographical and scientific one,but one of beneficence also; for here, as well as in eachout-of-the-way place visited by him in the course cfthe three voyages round the world that have made hisname famous and honourable, he left behind him usefulanimals—horses, oxen, sheep, poultry, previouly unknownin the island—or planted seeds of equally useful vegetables.Before finally breaking up his camp, not only were largequantities of seeds of water-melons, oranges, and lemons,given to the natives, who were thankful for them, butMr. Banks planted some himself, as well as various treesand plants from Rio, in ground specially prepared neaithe fort. Seeds had been taken out from England, buton opening the cases it was found that nearly the half of
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SOCIETY ISLANDS. 25 their contents had perished ; for it is still one of theproblems of modern times, safely to transmit to and re-produce in one clime the good things of another. It should be mentioned that the name of this island,Otaheite—or, as we now call it, Tahiti—was not knownbefore Cooks visit. It was on the ioth of May that helearned it from the natives. It had before this been knownin England as King George the Thirds Island, so namedby Captain YVallis. But in addition to leaving something behind him, Cookbrought something away from Otaheite. One of thenatives, a man of high rank and considerable intelligence,who had been much with the voyagers during their stay,took it into his head to accompany his new friends ontheir departure, and was willingly received on board the Endeavour. Tears being the order of the day inTahiti, poor Tupia—that was his name—took to weepinglike the rest, as the ship took her slow way from the surf-girt shores; but did his best to hide it. F

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