Chapter 5

CAPTAIN COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE.

I.

Search for lands discovered by the French--Stay in Van Diemen's land--Queen Charlotte's Strait--Palmerston Island--Grand fetes at the Tonga Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

II.

Discovery of the Sandwich Islands--Exploration of the Western Coast of America--From thence to Behring Straits--Return to the Hawaian Archipelago--History of Rono--Cook's death--Return of the Expedition to England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

SECOND PART.