Jacques Labillardière

“ HISTORY, AND ONE OF THE NATURALISTS
ATTACHED TO THE EXPEDITION.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FORTY-SIX PLATES.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
London:
PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, PICCADILLY.
1800. ”

“ Departure from Tongataboo—We get Sight of the Southern Part of the Archipelago of the Tierra del Espiritu Santo, (New Hebrides) —Discovery of the Island of Beaupré—We Anchor at New Caledonia —Interviews with the Natives—Description of their Huts—These Savages are Cannibals—Their Impudence toward us—They eat great Pieces of Steatite, to appease their Hunger—Their Attempts to seize upon our Boats—Different Excursions into the interior Part of the Island—Death of Captain Huon—New Species of Spider, on which the Savages of New Caledonia feedpage 186 ”