The Cannibal Islands

This book describes some of the voyages of Captain Cook to Tahiti and
other islands in the Pacific. Tahiti had been previously discovered by
a Captain Wallis, and Cook was sent out there in order to make some
astronomical observations that could not be done in Europe. The island
was very verdant, and it was scarcely necessary for its people to work
at all, so that they were very indolent. They were also inclined to
steal, although they realised that it was wrong to do so.

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