Sect. I. Passage from Ulietea to the Friendly Islands, with an Account of the Discovery of Hervey’s Island, and the Incidents that happened at Middleburg.
II. The Arrival of the
Ships at Amsterdam; a Description of a Place of
Worship; and an Account of
the Incidents which happened while we
remained at that Island.
III. A Description of
the Islands and their Produce; with the
Cultivation, Houses, Canoes,
Navigation, Manufactures, Weapons,
Customs, Government, Religion,
and Language of the Inhabitants.
IV. Passage from Amsterdam
to Queen Charlotte’s Sound, with an Account
of an Interview with the Inhabitants,
and the final Separation of the
two Ships.
V. Transactions at Queen Charlotte’s Sound; with an Account of the Inhabitants being Cannibals; and various other Incidents.—Departure from the Sound, and our Endeavours to find the Adventure; with some Description of the Coast.
VI. Route of the Ship
from New Zealand in Search of a Continent; with
an Account of the various
Obstructions met with from the Ice, and the
Methods pursued to explore
the Southern Pacific Ocean.
VII. Sequel of the Passage from New Zealand to Easter Island, and Transactions there, with an Account of an Expedition to discover the Inland Part of the Country, and a Description of some of the surprising gigantic Statues found in the Island.
VIII. A Description of
the Island, and its Produce, Situation, and
Inhabitants; their Manners,
and Customs; Conjectures concerning their
Government, Religion, and
other Subjects; with a more particular
Account of the gigantic Statues.
IX. The Passage from
Easter Island to the Marquesas Islands.
Transactions and Incidents
which happened while the Ship lay in Madre
de Dios, or Resolution Bay,
in the Island of St Christina.
X. Departure from the Marquesas;
a Description of the Situation,
Extent, Figure, and Appearance
of the several Islands; with some
Account of the Inhabitants,
their Customs, Dress, Habitations, Food,
Weapons, and Canoes.
XI. A Description of
several Islands discovered, or seen in the
Passage from the Marquesas
to Otaheite; with an Account of a Naval
Review.
XII. Some Account of
a Visit from Otoo, Towha, and several other
Chiefs; also of a Robbery
committed by one of the Natives, and its
Consequences, with general
Observations on the Subject.
XIII. Preparations to
leave the Island. Another Naval Review, and
various other Incidents; with
some Account of the Island, its Naval
Force, and Number of Inhabitants.
XIV. The Arrival of the
Ship at the Island of Huaheine; with an
Account of an Expedition into
the Island, and several other Incidents
which happened while she lay
there.