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