V.
Vereva _Flag which is carried before the king and the principal people._ _I know no words beginning with the letters U, X, Y, Z._
_Names of different parts of the body._ Auopo _The crown of the head._ Boho _The skull._ Eouttou _The face._ Mata _The eyes._ Taria _The ears._ Etaa _The jaw._ Eiou _The nose._ Lamolou _The lips._ Ourou _The hairs._ Allelo _The tongue._ Eniou _Teeth._ Eniaou. _Tooth-picks, they make them of wood._ Oumi _The beard._ Papaourou _The cheeks._ Arapoa _The throat._ Taah _Chin._ Eou _Teats, nipples._ Asao _The heart._ Erima _The hand._ Apourima _The inside of the hand._ Eaiou _The nails._ Etoua _The back._ Etapono _The shoulders._ Obou _The bowels._ Tinai _The belly._ Pito _The navel._ Toutaba _The glands of the groin._ Etoe _Buttocks._ Aoua _Thighs._ Eanai _Legs._ Etapoué _The foot._ Eoua _Testicles._ Eoure _The male parts._ Erao _The female parts._ Eomo _The clitoris._
_Numerals._
Atai _One._ Aroua. _Two._ Atorou _Three._ Aheho _Four._ Erima _Five._ Aouno _Six._ Ahitou _Seven._ Awarou _Eight._ Ahiva _Nine._ Aourou _Ten._
_They have no words to express eleven, twelve, &c. They repeat_ Atai, Aroua, _&c. till to twenty, which they call_ ataitao.
Ataitao-mala-atai _Twenty, more one, or twenty-one, &c._ Ataitao-mala-aurou _Thirty, i. e. 20 more 10._ Aroua-tao _Forty._ Aroua-tao mala _Forty-three, &c._ atorou Aroua-tao mala _Fifty, or 40 more 10._ aourou
_I could not make Aotourou count beyond his last number._
_Names of Plants._
Amiami _Raisins._ Oporo-maa _Pepper._ Pouraou _Cayenne-rose._ Toroire _Heliotropium, or tournesol._
They have a kind of article answering to our articles _of_ and _to_ (_de & à_). This is the word _te_. Thus they say _parouai te Aotourou_; the clothes of or (belonging) to Aotourou; _maa-te-eri_, the eating of kings.
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Footnote 133:
Diego Rays. F.
Footnote 134:
Equal to our midshipman. F.
Footnote 135:
We are very ready to do justice to Mr. Bougainville, when he presents us with a new and interesting observation; but when he, without the least necessity, becomes the advocate of tyranny and oppression, we cannot let these sentiments pass unnoticed. It would have appeared to us impossible, that such an idea as this could enter into any man’s head who is in his right senses: he wrote down this strange assertion, either being carried away by the itch to say something extraordinary and paradoxical, or in order to make slavery more tolerable to his fellow Frenchmen—Slavery endeavours to extirpate and to smother all sentiments of honour, which only can operate in the breast of a really free man; true honour, therefore, and slavery, are in direct opposition, and can be combined as little as fire and water. If Mr. B. threw this sentence out, in order to alleviate the yoke of tyranny his country groans under, we think we could excuse it in some measure, as he would then act from principles of humanity. But if the irresistible desire of saying something new was the prevalent motive with him, it has much the appearance as if he were willing to insult the poor victims of despotism. The generous and amiable character which M. B. from other instances appears in, prompts us to wish, that this sentence had been omitted by him. F.
Footnote 136:
I must here observe, that I have not altered the spelling of the words at all; and the reader will therefore take notice, that they should be pronounced according to the rules of the French language. F.
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Page 2, line last, _for_ main-yards, _read_ lower-yards—p. 9. l. 3, _for_ one quarter, _read_ by—ib. l. ib. _for_ one quarter, _read_ by—ib. l. 6. _for_ one quarter, _read_ by—p. 17. l. 16. _for_ the river of Plate, _read_ Rio de la Plata—p. 33. l. 15. _for_ top-masts handed, and main-yards lowered, _read_ yards and top-masts struck—ib. l. 19. _for_ main-sails _read_ courses and top-sails—p. 34. l. 12. _for_ one quarter, _read_ by—p. 245. note, l. 1. _for_ cooes nutisera, _read_ cocos nucifera—ib. l. 2. _for_ parasidiaca, _read_ paradisiaca.
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Transcriber’s Note
The Taitian Vocabulary at the end of the text was printed in two columns, which are presented here as a single continuous table, interspersed with notes.
Given the age of the text, any corrections to spelling is problematic. Corrections have only been made when there are ample examples of our modern spelling.
In the quotation from Virgil at the opening of Part II on p. 199, the English word ‘and’ was (no doubt) mistakenly used rather than the Latin ‘et’. It is given correctly in the French original.
The name of the marquis de Buccarelli (appearing as such ten times) is given three times (pp. 113-117) as ‘Bucarelli’. These have been corrected to facilitate text searches.
On p. 429, the translation is missing the word ‘time’, which has been established based on the French original. See below.
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original.
10.5 the varia[tia]tions N. which we met with. Removed. 14.18 is insuf[fi]cient to encourage Inserted. 43.25 the wars of king Will[i]am> Inserted. 46.12 The map w[h]ich> we give Inserted. 91.6 Navigation from Montevid[e]o to Baragan. Inserted. 92.17 goes to be repa[ri/ired there Transposed. 98.11 upon this [carrier/career] Mistranslation. 113.17 the marquis de Buc[c]arelli Inserted. 113.22 upon the Ur[a/u]guay Replaced. 115.6 the marquis de Buc[c]arelli Inserted. 117.7 Don Francisco Buc[c]arelli y Ursua Inserted. 135.25 to a[ ]void the rocks Removed. 155.20 to go in my pinna[n]ce Removed. 173.22 Two other p[a/e]riaguas followed Replaced. 179.1 and mistrust amongst them[,/.] Replaced. 180.2 our chaplain administ[e]red Inserted. 190.10 bears E. 9[°] N. and W. 9° S. Restored. 199.9 errantes terris [and/et] fluctibus æstas Replaced. 199.18 make good astronomi[-/ical]observations Completed. 201.25 Mr. Bou[n]gainville writes Removed. 207.19 as the inhabi[bi]tants of the first island Removed. 235.16 [w/W]e then weighed the stream-anchor Replaced. 272.7 is soft, harmoni[o]us, and easy Inserted. 293.14 extended on the south[.] side Removed. 317.22 to assist us in stem[m]ing the tide Inserted. 358.20 The currents ceased set[t]ing us Inserted. 386.8 the isle of Pang[e/a]sani Replaced. 429.2 very little at a [time] from each person Added. 437.8 to get to the anchor[a]ge Inserted. 449.2 the isles of Amsterdam and Midd[le/le]burg Transposed. 463.22 I[s/t] is not without reason Replaced.