Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER XLIV.--Cook's Second Voyage--A Storm--Separation of the

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Ships--Aurora Australis--New Zealand--Six Water-Spouts at once--Tahiti again--Petty Thefts of the Natives--Cook visits the Tahitian Theatre--Omai--Arrival at the Friendly Islands--The Fleet witness a Feast of Human Flesh--The New Hebrides--New Caledonia--Return Home--Honors bestowed upon Cook 451