Chastity is so eminently the glory of that sex, and, indeed, is so essentially connected with the good order of society, that it must be a satisfaction to reflect, that there is no country, however ignorant or barbarous, in which this virtue is not regarded as an object of moral obligation.
This voyage enabled our commander to gain some farther knowledge concerning the geography of the Society isles; and he found it highly probable, that Otaheite is of greater extent than he had computed it in his former estimation.

The astronomers did not neglect to set up their observatories, and to make observations suited to their purpose.
On the 17th of September, Captain Cook sailed from Ulietea, directing his course to the west, with an inclination to the south.

Land was discovered on the 23rd of the month, to which he gave the name of Harvey's Island.

On the 1st of October, he reached the island of Middleburg.

While he was looking about for a landing place, two canoes, each of them conducted by two or three men, came boldly alongside the ship, and some of the people entered it without hesitation.