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Excerpt from The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World, Vol. 2 The Range from Botany Bay to Trinity Bay; with a farther Account of the Country, its Inhabitants, and Productions; Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Bay to Endeavour River; Transactions while the Ship was refitting in Endeavour River. - A Description of the adjacent Country, its Inhabitants, and Productions; Departure from Endeavour River. - A particular Description of the Harbour there, in which the Ship was refitted, the adjacent Country, and several Islands near the Coast. - The Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country, and the Dangers of that Navigation; Departure from New South Wales. - A particular Description of the Country, its Products and People. - A Specimen of the Language, and some Observations upon the Currents and Tides; The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, with an Account of what happened upon landing there; The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Savu, and the Transactions there; A particular Description of the Island of Savu, its Produce and Inhabitants, with a Specimen of their Language; The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, and an Account of the Transactions there while the Ship was refitting About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.