One day, some boys of the island having gotten behind thickets, and thrown two or three stones at our people, who were cutting wood, they were fired at by the petty officers on duty.
Captain Cook, who was then on shore, was alarmed at the report of the muskets; and, when he was informed of the cause, was much displeased that so wanton a use should be made of our fire-arms.

Proper measures were taken by him to prevent such conduct for the future.
In the island of Tanna was a volcano, which sometimes made a dreadful noise, and, at each explosion, which happened every three or four minutes, threw up fire and smoke in prodigious columns.

At one time, great stones were seen high in the air.

At the foot of the hill were several hot springs; and on the side of it Mr.Forster found some places whence smoke of a sulphureous smell issued, through cracks or fissures of the earth.

A thermometer that was placed in a little hole made in one of them, and which in the open air stood only at eighty, rose to a hundred and seventy.