A Voyage Round the World, from 1806 to 1812 In Which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian islands, and the Sandwich Islands were Visited; Including a Narrative of the Author's Shipwreck on the Island of Sannack, and His Subsequent Wreck in the Ship's Long-Boat; with an Account of the Present State of the Sandwich Islands, and a Vocabulary of Their Language.

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APPENDIX.

VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. Departure from Wahoo—Pass Otaheite—Double Cape-Horn—Arrival at Rio Janeiro—Transactions there, during a residence of nearly two years—Voyage home—and from thence to the United States. The ship in which I left the Sandwich islands was called the Duke of Portland, commanded by captain Spence. She had procured a cargo of about one hundred and fifty tons of seal oil, and eleven thousand skins, at the island of Guadaloupe, on the coast of California, and had put into Wahoo for the purpose of procuring refreshments. Every thing being ready, we sailed from Hanaroora on the 4th of March, and stood to the southward with pleasant weather. In the beginning of April we descried the mountains of Otaheite, but did not touch at that island. About a week before we doubled Cape Horn, we saw two large whales, and the boats were hoisted out in the hope of taking them, but it began to blow so hard that the attempt proved unsuccessful. Early in May we passed Cape Horn; the captain stood as far south as the latitude of 60, and we never saw the land. Although the season was far advanced we did not experience the smallest difficulty in this part of the voyage. A few days afterwards we made the Falkland islands; the land is of great height, and seems perfectly barren. Upon the 25th we saw the coast of Brazil, and next day entered the harbour of Rio Janeiro. Being apprehensive of a mortification in my legs, I applied for admission into the English hospital, which is situated in a small island that lies off the harbour. When captain Spence, who took me thither in his boat, mentioned that I had lost my feet in the service of the Americans, he was informed, that since that was the case, I must apply to them to take care of me. I then went on board an American brig, called the Lion, the captain of which directed me to call on Mr. Baulch, the consul for that nation; by his interest I was admitted into the Portuguese hospital, de la miserecorde . During the whole voyage I experienced the utmost attention and kindness from the captain and crew of the Duke of Portland; and when I quitted them they did not leave me unprovided for in a strange country; they raised a subscription, amounting to fifty dollars, which was paid into the hands of the Portuguese agent on my account. I remained in the hospital ten weeks; the Portuguese surgeons, although they could not effect a cure, afforded me considerable relief, and I was dismissed as well as I ever expected to be. I was now in a different situation from what I had been either at Kodiak or the Sandwich islands; I was in a civilized country, in which I must earn my subsistence by my own industry; but here, as well as there, I was under the protection of Divine Providence, and in all my misfortunes, I found friends who were disposed to assist me. Mr. Baulch, the American consul, gave me a jar of the essence of spruce, which I brewed into beer; and having hired a negro with a canoe, I went about the ships, furnishing them with that, and other small articles of refreshment. While engaged in this employment, I went on board the ship Otter, returning from the South Seas, under the command of Mr. Jobelin, whom I had seen in the same vessel at the Sandwich islands. He informed me that he had visited Wahoo a few months after my departure, and found all my friends in good health, except Isaac Davis, who had departed this life after a short illness. In this manner I was not only enabled to support myself, but even to save a little money. I afterwards hired a house at the rent of four milreas a month, and set up a tavern and boarding house for sailors; this undertaking not proving successful, I gave it up for a butcher’s stall, in which I was chiefly employed in supplying the ships with fresh meat. This business proved a very good one, and I was sanguine in my hopes of being able to raise a small sum; but an unfortunate circumstance took place, which damped all my hopes, and reduced me again to a state of poverty. In the night of the 24th July, my home was broken into, and I was robbed of every farthing I had, as well as of all my clothes. As the purchase of carcasses required some capital, I was under the necessity of giving up my stall for the present. I again took myself to my old trade of keeping a bum-boat, till I had saved as much as enabled me to set up the stall again. I was much assisted by the good offices of a gentleman from Edinburgh, of the name of Lawrie, who resided in my neighbourhood; he took great interest in my welfare, and was of essential service by recommending me to ships, as well as by occasionally advancing a little money to enable me to purchase a carcase. The state of my health, however, prevented me from availing myself of the advantages of my situation; the sores in my legs, although relieved, had never healed, and gradually became so painful as to affect my health, and render me unable to attend to any business. In consequence of this, I determined to return home, in hopes of having the cure effectually performed in my native country. On the 5th of February, 1812, I quitted Rio Janeiro, after a stay of twenty-two months. I came home in the brig Hazard, captain Anderson, and arrived in the Clyde on the 21st of April, after an absence of nearly six years. After residing nearly four years in my native country, and having still a desire to visit the Sandwich islands, I left Scotland, in the American ship Independence, commanded by captain John Thomas, on the 3d of September, 1816, for New-York. We had sixty-three passengers, and after a very tedious voyage of fifty-three days, we arrived in good health at our port of destination. I had been led to believe that I should find no difficulty in getting a passage to the Sandwich islands from New-York; but after a short residence there, I did not see any prospect of obtaining a conveyance thither. My funds growing low, I commenced soliciting subscribers for my work. In this I met with considerable success, and was enabled to publish an edition of one thousand copies. But on account of the ulcers in my legs never healing, and being apprehensive of mortification, I was deterred from proceeding any farther. I therefore applied to the governors of the New-York city hospital for admittance, with the intention of having my legs amputated higher up, so that I might not be troubled with them in future. I was accordingly admitted on the 4th of November, 1817; and on the 20th of the same month, one of my legs was taken off a little below the knee. The second operation was performed on the 17th of January following; and I was enabled to leave the hospital on the 3d of April, 1818. I still wished to return to the Sandwich islands, and having so far recovered as to be able to walk about with considerable ease, and the favourable appearance of my wounds indicating a thorough cure, I therefore made application to several gentlemen in New-York, by whose means my intentions were represented to the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. By their advice I removed to the institution belonging to that body, at Cornwall, Litchfield county, Connecticut, in order that I might there study under the Rev. Herman Daggett, and that I might become acquainted with several young men, in that place from the Sandwich islands; to the end, that if ever it should please Divine Providence to permit me to visit those islands again, I might be able to render them and the cause of religion, all the assistance that lay in my power, and that my influence might be ex erted on the side of virtue; and, above all things, that I might be instrumental in forwarding the introduction of missionaries into those dark and benighted islands of the sea. APPENDIX. VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. APPENDIX No. I. A VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. In pronouncing the words as spelt in the vocabulary, all letters must be sounded , with the exceptions after mentioned. In sounding the vowels, A has always the sound of the initial and final letter in the word Arabia . E, as in the word eloquence , or the final Y in plenty . The double E, as in keep . I, as in the word indolence . O, as in the word form . The double O, as in boot , good . U, as in the word but . The diphthongs Ai, as the vowel sounds in tye , fly , or the I in diameter . Ei, as in the word height . Oi, as in the word oil . Ow, as in the word cow . All other combinations of vowels are to be sounded separately; thus, oe , you , and roa , distant , are dissyllables. In sounding the consonants, H is always aspirated; the letters K and T, L and R, B and P, are frequently substituted for each other. Thus, kanaka , tanata , people; ooroo , ooloo , bread-fruit; boa , poa , a hog. Where the words are separated by a comma, they are synonymous, and either may be used; but where there is no comma, both must be used. Example. Taate , Keike tanne , a boy. It frequently happens that the same word is repeated twice, in which case it is connected with a hyphen; thus leepe-leepe , an axe. A Above Aroona Adze Toe Afraid Macaoo After me, come Mamooraao , peemaio Afterwards Mamoore Agreable Nawee-nawee American, an Tanata , Merikana Angry Hoohoo Arm, the Poheva Arrow Eeoome Ashore Ayooka At Eia Avaricious Peepere Aunt Titooa waheine Axe Leepe-leepe Apple Oheea B Back, the Tooata Back, to carry on Eoaha Bad Eeno , heva , nooe-nooe heva Bad man Kanaka poopoota Bald Oopoboota Bamboo Ohe Bark Hohore Battle Emutta Bed Moena Beard Oome-oome Beat a drum, to Erokoo Bee Narro Bees wax Tootai narro Begone Hiere piero oe Behind Temoore Belly Manaoo , opoe Belch Erooee Below Deerro Between Feropoo Bird Mannoo Biscuit Bikete Bitter Ava-ava Black Ere-ere Bladder Toa-meeme Blind Muka pa Block, pully Pockaka Blood Toto Board, or plank to swim on Papa Board, on Aroona Bone Oohe Bonetta, a fish so called Pehe rera Bottom Okoree Bowl, wooden Apoina Boy Taate , keike tannee Boy, a familiar way of speaking Heimanne Bracelet of shells Teepoo Bread-fruit Ooroo-ooloo Break, to Anaha Breast Ooma Blue Ooree-ooree Bring me Peemai Broken Motoo Brother Keike tanee Brown Aoora oora Bucket Tabahoo Button Opeehee , booboo Buttons, string of Poreema Buy, to Tooai C Cabbage Tabete Calabash Areepo Calm Maneeno Cannon Poo nooee Canoe, single Evaha Canoe, double Makarooa Captain of a ship Eree te motoo Care, to take Malamma Carry, to Famo Cat Bobokee Cheerful Warra-warra Cheeks Papareena Chief Eree Chest Pahe Chicken Moa tina Child Keike , kumaree Child-bearing Hemo te keike Cider Wyoheea Clean Ooama Cloak, or upper garment Teaboota , tapa Cloth, also clothes Tapa Cloth-plant Eaootee Circumcision Poohe Cock Moa tannee Cockroach Patte-patte Cocoa nut Caneeo Cold Anoo Come Here Come here Here mai Come with me Peemai taroo Contempt, a term of Poopoota , poopooka Conversation Para paroo Cooked, or baked Oomoaroa Coyness in a woman Nonoa Cough, to Ehapoo Country, the Ayooca Country, foreign, generally applied to Britain Caheite Cow Peepe-nooe Crab Pappee Crab, particular kinds of Epootoo , pehoo Cray fish Pehe oora Crimson Oora-oora Cry, to, or weep Taee Cured, it is Oraroa Cut, to Hakee-hakee D Dance, to Ehoora-hoora Dark Poa rere Day Poa Day, to Aeea poa Dead Makeroa Delicious Honnoo onnoo Demon, or devil Etooa heva Dig, to Maiai Dirt Totai , erepo Distant Roa , maroa Dive, to Eehopoo-poo Dog Edea cao Dolphin Oona Door Poola Done, or finished Poaroa Drink, to Aeeno Drunk Honnoo Drum Pahoo Duck Mora Dusk, or twilight Hoi-hoi te poa Dwell, to Enoho E Earth Ehonooa Ears Pepeaoo , tareea Eat, to Eeai Eels, or sea-snakes Hoohe Egg Ehooeero Egg, sea Neeootai England Pritane , Kaheite Englishman Kanaka Pritane , Kanaka Kaheite Enough Maoona Enter, to Marokonai Evening Ahee-ahee European Ehoorei Eyes Maka Eyebrow Tooa maka Excrement Tootai F False Waha he , heva Fan, a Taheina Fan, to Taharee Father Mokooa tanne Fathom Anana Farewell Aroho-oe Fat Peea Fear Matao Feathers Hooroo , hooroo manno Feather necklace Araia Feeble Faeera Feet Wawye Female Waheine Fetch hither Heire mai , peemai Fin of a fish Tirra pehe Fine Eahe Fingers Tereema Fish Pehe Fish, a particular kind of Ava Flying fish Pehe orera Fish, to Ehootee Fist Amootoo Flat Papa Flea Ookoo rere Flower, a Pooa mono Fly, to Arere Fly, a Enarra Forgot Ooaro Fowl Moa Fresh Onoo Friend Heitanne, poonarooa Fruit Hooero G Garment worn by the women Paoo Generous Horoa Girdle Tatooa Girdle worn by the men Maro Girl Keike waheina Give, to Mukunna Go Heire Goat Peepe Koa God Etooa Good Meitei Good morning Myty kakee aka Good night Myty ahee ahee Grandfather Poopooa tanne Grandmother Topooa waheine Gray Aheena heena Grass Moo Grass, broad leaved, of which lines and nets are made Oorana Grasshopper Pepe rera Great Nooe-nooe Green Omomoo Gun Poo H Hair Lavo hoo Handkerchief Haneeka Hands Reema Handsome Meitei Harbour Aeeva , too-too Hard How Haste, make Weete-weete Has, past time Roa Hat Paparee Have Havee Head Po He or she Oera Hearing Faro Heart Ehottoo , teate Heat, or hot Mahanna Heat of the sun Mahanna ke Laoo Helmet Mayoree Hen Moa waheine Herb, used by white people for tea Nehe Here Mai Hermaphrodite Mahoo Hide, to Ehoona High Roehee Hill Parei Hog Poa , boa Hold your tongue Koore-koore oe Hole Pooka Hook for fishing Mattoo Hook, made of ivory, worn as an ornament Palava Horse Edea nooee House Harree , eharee House (sleeping) Harre , moe House (eating) Harre eai How are you Arohooe Hungry Porore Husband Tanne I I, my, or me Waoo , tawa Jacket Teakete Interjection of grief Aroha eenoo Interjection of admiration Taa ha ha Iron How Island Motoo Itch, to Mairo K Keep Vaihee Kill Papahee , matte-matte make-roa King Eree nooee Knife Okee-okee , kanee-kanee Know Nono , eete L Lame O-opa Land Ayooka Land cultivated Aiena Laugh Attaha Lazy Moolawa Lean, not fat Amapoo Legs Wawye Let me see Meene-meene , nanna Lie, to tell a Poone-poone Light, not heavy Eamma Lightning Heaweetoh Lines Towra Lips Lehe-lehe Little Pekene , oo ookoo Lizard Moo Look Meere-meere Looking-glass Anee-anee Loss Moomooka Lost Ooreiro Louse Ookoo M Male Tanee Man Tanata , tanee Man that eats with women Tanata inoa Many Maoona Married, to be Noho te Waheina Marshmallow Etooa rere Mat Ahoo , moena Melon Ipoopeena Mine, my own Maooa , mao Month Malama Moon Maheina Moon, new Maheina erimai Moon, full Maheina nooee Morrow, to Apopo Morning Aheea pa Mother Makooa waheine Mountain Parei , parei nooee Mouth Waha Music Heeva Musket Poo Mustard Totai Kumaree N Nail How Naked Tatarra Name Einoa Native of the islands Kanaka mowree Nasty Ereporepo Navel Petto Net Oopaka Night, this Aheeapo , arere No, not Aoaree Noon Akeia Nose Eehoo Nut, used to give light Tootooee O Oar, or paddle Hoe Ocean Tai Of Te Old Emotoo , baheeoo Otaheitan Kanaka boolla-boolla Oven, or pit for cooking Eomoo P Painting, printing, drawing, or writing Purra-purra Palm of the hand Apooreema Parent Makooa Pearl Mummee Pearl-river Wai mummee People Kanaka , tanata Perhaps (affirmatively) Ai pa ---- (negatively) Ooree pa Pig Poa Pigeon Eroope Pinch, to Ooma Place of worship Morai Plank Papa Plantain Maio Plantation Aina Play, to Ehanne Pleasant Nawee-nawee Plenty Aroo-aroo , Maoona Pluck, to Hootee-hootee Potatoes, sweet Oowarra Prayer Poore , anana Priest Kahoona Present, or gift Makunna Presently Areea , mamoore Pressing with the hand when tired Rorome Prohibition Taboo Puncturation Tattoo Putrid Peea-peea Q Quickly Weete-weete R Rain Eooa Rat Eoree Red Oora-oora Remember, to No-no Ringworm, a disease Enooa Ripe Purra Ropes Toura Rotten Purra roa Row, to Ehoe Rum Lumma Rushes Anonoho Russian Tonata Lokeene S Sailor Kanaka hanna-hanna te motoo Salt Pakai Salute, by joining noses Hone-hone Satisfied Maoona Saw, a Pahe oroo Scissors Oopa Sea Tai , wai tai Sea-snake Poohe Sea-egg Neeootai See, to Meene-meene Shark Manno Sheep Peepe Show me Meere-meere Ship Motoo Shine Peenoo-peenoo Shoot, to Mackeroa Shore Ayookee Shortly Mamooree Shut Oopa Sickness, or sore Mai , Poonine Sit, to, or squat Noho Sky Heiranei Sleep Moe-moe Small Ete Soldier Kanaka etooa Song Heeva Spade, wooden Maiai Speak, to Nummee-nummee Speech, or harangue Oraro Spear Pahoo , pahe Spit, to Too harre Spread, to Hohora Star Ehetoo Stay, wait a little Areea Steal, to Ei hooee Stink Peero-peero Stockings Tokeine Stone Pohakoo keeva Stool, to lay the head on when asleep Papa rooa Storm Teeooe-teoo Stranger Tanata howree Stop Marrea Sugar-cane To , ko Sun Laoo Surf of the sea Horoo tai Surgeon Nai Sweet Lea-lea , onno Swim Eaoo T Tallow Oila Take, to Laiva , ooleva Take off, to Hemo Take care Malamma Tall Hoa Taro pudding Poe Teeth Neehoo Tell Eetee , nummee-nummee That Mao The Te , he , ke Thief Tanata ihooee Think, to No-no This Aeia , Aheea Tongue Alaloo Twins Teetee Twisting, in dancing, Amee-amee V Very Nooee-nooee U Uncle Titooa tannee Understand Eetee Understanding Nono Undress, to Hemo tapa W Warm Mahanna Water Wai Water (fresh) Wai onnoo Water (salt) Wai tai Water, to make Meeme Weak Faeera We Taooa Wet Purra What Ehara What is your name Owhyt oe einoa Where Awaya Where have you been Yahea oee White Keeo-keeoo White people Tanata howree Why Tehala Wind Matanee Wish Mukee-mukee Within Maro koo With me Ta wa Woman Waheine Woman (married) Waheine mow Wont, I Aoohee Wood Tooheihe Work, to Hanna-hanna Wounded Tooitahe Wrong, you are Waha hai Y Yam Oohee Yawn Poowha Year Makaheite Yellow O peeta-peeta Yes Ai You Oe Your Kow NUMERALS. One Atahee Two Arooa Three Akoroo Four Ahaa Five Areema Six Ahonoo Seven Aheitoo Eight Awarroo Nine Ivee Ten Oome Eleven Oome toome atahee Twelve Oome toome arooa Thirteen Oome toome akoroo Fourteen Oome toome ahaa Fifteen Oome toome areema Sixteen Oome toome ahonoo Seventeen Oome toome aheitoo Eighteen Oome toome awarroo Nineteen Oome toome ivee Twenty Kanna roa Thirty Kanna koroo Forty Atahee kannaha Eighty Arooa kannaha &c. &c. 1600 or 40 x 40 Ataha manno 3200 Arooa manno, &c. DIALOGUES. Where are you going Awaya heire oe I am going on board the ship Heire waoo aroona te metoo I am going ashore Heir waoo ayooka I wish you to go Mukee-mukee heire waoo Very well, can you go with me Meitei, heire oe tawa No, the captain will not let me go Oaree pa, eree te motoo oaree mukee-mukee waoo heire There will be no work on board to-morrow Apopo taboo, oaree hanna-hanna aroona te motoo Very well, will you go to-morrow Meitei, heire oe apopo I cannot tell Oaree pa eetee waoo Where is the king Awaya te eree nooee He is gone on board the ship Heire roa aroona te motoo Has he taken any hogs on board Oolava poa aroona te motoo No; but he will take plenty when he goes ashore Oaree, mamooree peemai ayooka lavee nooee-nooee te poa The captain wishes to purchase a great many hogs Eree te motoo mukee-mukee tooai nooee te poa The ship sails to-morrow Apopo heire te motoo Where is she bound to Heire awaya She is bound for England Heire Kaheite , or Heire Pritane Will you go ashore, and sleep at my house Heire oe ayooka moe-moe to hare waoo I will see in a little Mamooree meene-meene waoo Come hither. Go on shore, and tell the king that the captain wishes to purchase a great many pearls Peemai oe, heire ayooka numme-numme te eree nooee, eree te motoo mukee tooai maoona te mummee I will go soon Mamooree heire waoo Mind that you remember Malamma kow no-no Do you know where the king is Eetee oe awaya te eree nooee He is gone to the Morai Ooheire marokoo te Morai William Stevenson, literally Lean William Willama Amapoo John Young Alhanna Isaac Davis Itseeke John Hairbottle literally Lame John Keone o-opa William Wordsworth, literally Hardbottom Willama Okoree how James Stow, literally James Large Brow Keeme Laoo Nooee James Beatty, literally the Block maker Keeme Hanna Pockaka The Author’s name, literally Loss of the Feet Moomooka te Wawyee APPENDIX No. II. STATEMENT OF THE CASE OF ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL. BY DR. NORDGOORST, IN THE SERVICE OF THE RUSSIAN AMERICAN COMPANY. [Translated from the Russian.] STATEMENT OF THE CASE OF ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL. The bearer hereof, named Archibald Macbrait, has had the misfortune to have both of his feet frostbitten in so dreadful a manner, that nothing remained but to endeavour to save his life, as there were no hopes whatever of preserving his feet, although every attempt was made to that effect. For the information of the humane and benevolent, I subjoin a short statement of my proceedings in his case, fearless of any compunctions of conscience; being sensible of the hard fate of this poor fellow creature, and how much he stands in need of assistance to support his existence. This Englishman sailed from Kodiak in the winter time, in the ship’s cutter, for the island of Sannack. On their passage a storm came on, in which the boat was wrecked. The crew saved their lives on shore; but this man had both his feet frozen, and not having stripped off his clothes for twenty-seven days, he was not aware of the extent of his calamity, and did not apprehend the destruction of his feet. The overseer of the district of Karlutzki brought him to Kodiak, at eight o’clock in the evening, to the hospital called the Chief District College of Counsellor and Chevalier Baranoff. In the first place, I had his feet cleaned and dried; they were both in a state of mortification ( gangrena sicca .) The mortified parts having separated from the sound to the distance of a finger’s breadth, where either amputation might take place or a cure be performed, as the patient himself hoped. I dressed the mortified, or frostbitten parts with oil of turpentine, and the unaffected parts with olive oil, and continued these applications for about five days, after which I used charcoal, gas, and other chimical applications; but as there appeared no chance of saving his feet, I began to consider that there was no resourse left but amputation. That the patient might not be alarmed, I talked over the matter with him as is usual in such cases, and endeavoured to persuade him to submit to the operation, as the only means of effecting a cure. But at first I was not successful, and could not get him to agree to it. I was therefore obliged to continue my former mode of treatment. At the end of three days, however, he gave his consent, and I fixed a time for the operations, which I performed satisfactorily. On the third day after the operation, the wound appeared to be in a good state, and I continued to dress it daily as it required. The other foot remained to undergo a similar operation. I suffered three weeks to elapse, when it also took place. The wounds are now in a good state, and evidently healing up. It is not in my power to complete the cure, being obliged to return to Russia; but I have left the directions with the assistant surgeon how to proceed in the treatment. The illness of Archibald Macbrait, this Englishman, commenced on the 22d of January, 1808. The first opera tion took place on the 15th of March, and the second on the 15th of April. He is twenty years of age, and well made. He was cured by Dr. Nordgoorst, actually in the service of the Russian American Company. This statement should support the petition of this Englishman, who may seek an asylum in Greenwich hospital, where the unfortunate of this kind obtain relief and comfort. N. B. This is an accurate description of the case and treatment; but the true christian name and surname of the patient, is Archibald Campbell. [30] APPENDIX No. III. NOTICE OF ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, AUTHOR OF THE VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. NOTICE OF ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL. [From Blackwood’s Magazine.] Our readers cannot have forgotten the name of Archibald Campbell, the poor Scottish seaman, whose account of his voyage round the world was, three or four years ago, noticed at considerable length in the Quarterly Review. This unhappy adventurer’s narrative was, in every way, well deserving of the interest which it created at the time of its publication. It was modest and unassuming in its manner, and, in its matter, free to a great extent, from the many species of blunders and inaccuracies which are commonly so abundant in the productions of persons in the humble situation of life of Archibald Campbell. At that time, however, its merits could not be quite so fully appreciated as now. Although the apparent candour of the mariner was well qualified to lend credit to all his statements, yet even his benevolent editor abstained from expressing himself in any very decided manner respecting their authority, and the same diffidence was, of course, shared by his reviewer. But in the years which have now intervened, the narratives of succeeding voyages have given perfect confirmation to all the assertions of Campbell; and his story may, therefore, be considered as forming an au thentic link in the history of the Sandwich Islands, with regard to which, for several years previous to his arrival there, we had received no certain or direct intelligence. We refer to Campbell’s book itself, and the review of it already mentioned, for any information which our readers may require in order to restore them to a perfect acquaintance with the early and important incidents in his various life. At the time when his book was published, it will be recollected, the sores upon his legs were still in a very distressing condition, owing to the unskilful manner in which they had been amputated below the ankle, by the Russian Surgeon, into whose hands he fell immediately after they were frostbitten. The period of tranquil existence which he had spent in the Sandwich islands, the voyage homewards, and a residence of many months in his native country, had all been found insufficient to remove the irritation of his wounds; and he was still not only a cripple, but an acute sufferer, when he attracted the attention of Mr. Smith, in the Clyde steam-boat. The kindness of that excellent person soon enabled him to lay the story of his afflictions before the public, and the success of the book was such, as to furnish a sum far beyond the expectations of Archibald Campbell. Had he remained in this country during the time when the public impression was strongly in his favour, there is reason to believe that something might probably have been done to provide the means of comfortable retirement to one whose errors, in themselves venial, had been so severely punished in the person of the offender, and had furnished a lesson so capable of doing good to others. Neither Campbell nor his friends, however, entertained, at the moment, any expectations of such a nature, and the poor man, whose patience was quite ex hausted, resolved, as soon as he got a little money into his hands, to seek in it the means of being once more transported to the friendly territories of king Tamaahmaah, and his own comfortable farm on the banks of the Wymumme. In the midst of all his distresses, he found leisure for courtship, so he set sail with his wife, in the autumn of 1816, for New-York, in the hope of finding a passage to Owhyhee, on board of some of the American ships, which have, of late years, been almost the only visitors of these islands. On the 23d of December following, he writes as follows, to a medical gentleman in Glasgow, who had shown him much kindness while in that city:—“I am very sorry to inform you that we shall have no opportunity of going to the Sandwich Islands this season, the vessels having all left Boston for the northwest coast before our arrival, and it is very likely that there will be no more ships going that way until they return again, which will not be these two years; therefore I am at a loss what to do. There is nothing at all doing here in my line, and times are much worse here than at home, and a great many of the passengers that came out with us have gone home again, not being able to find work of any kind.” He then states his intention to procure, if possible, a passage to the Brazils, where he had before been. In the meantime, however, it was announced that some person was about to publish an American edition of his book, which unhandsome procedure Archibald forthwith took the most effectual method of preventing, by publishing an American edition of it himself. Of this edition he sold 700 copies in a month, and cleared about 300 dollars on the speculation. His legs continued all this time to be as troublesome as ever; and Campbell determined to give himself a chance of being a sound cripple, by having them amputated over again above the ankle. This resolution he carried into effect last winter with the most perfect fortitude. His right leg was amputated on the 20th of November, 1817, and the bursting of an artery a few hours after the operation, threw him into a brain fever, from which he escaped with difficulty. “My whole leg,” says he, “began from the end of the stump to be inflamed with erysipalas, combined with phlegmatic inflammation, which, luckily for me, turned into a suppuration. I am happy to inform you, that ever since, I have been mending so fast, that I was able to go home all last week, and it is only yesterday, (January 13, 1818) that I returned to have the other leg cut; and the surgeon says I shall have a better chance of recovery, as my habit is not so full.” The second operation was accordingly performed in a few days after this, and his recovery was even more easy than he had been led to expect. “As soon as I got out of the hospital,” says he, “I made myself a pair of artificial legs, with which I already begin to walk pretty tolerably, and am going to Albany, Baltimore, &c. to get subscriptions for the second edition of my book.” But during his stay in New-York, Campbell has not been an author, publisher, and patient only. He has also been carrying on various little species of traffic, in globe glass mirrors, plaster of Paris casts, Scots Almanacks, &c. &c. with various, but, on the whole, not very flattering success. As soon as he shall have sufficiently supplied the transatlantic reading public with his voyage round the world, Archy, who is a Jack of many trades, purposes to turn another of his talents to a little advantage, and to make a voyage to the Clyde “to see his friends,” in the capacity of a cook to a merchantman. He still, however, has a hankering after his “steading” in Owhyhee; and it is probable that ere long we shall have it in our power to inform our readers that he has come to “his ain again.” We might quote some farther passages from his letters to his friend in Glasgow; but although they are all highly interesting to those who have seen any thing of the man, we are apprehensive of trespassing too far on the patience of the general reader. The letters are written in a clear, distinct style, and in a very good penmanship; and his account of the state of things in America, so far as it goes, shows that Archibald has been in his youth no inattentive or unworthy member of some of the “literary and commercial” clubs, so common in the west of Scotland. The letters are all concluded in a very polite manner, as thus:—“Be pleased, Sir, to give our best respects to your father and sisters, and our compliments to your servant maids; meantime, we remain, Sir, your most obedient and very humble servants, Archb. & Isabella Campbell. ” We trust our readers will pardon us for detaining them so long with the history of this poor countryman of ours.—Those of them who have read his book will, we are quite sure, be happy in this renewal of their acquaintance with him; for our own parts, we hope he will, on his arrival, forthwith publish a full account of his adventures during this last voyage. He must now be pretty well initiated into the ways of the booksellers, and we do not see why Mr. Campbell should not succeed as well in his transactions with that slippery generation, as many other authors of greater pretension. APPENDIX, No. IV. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. When captain Cook discovered the Sandwich islands, in 1778, Tereoboo was king of Owhyhee; Titeree, of Moratai; and Pereoranne, of Wahoo, and the islands to leeward. The sovereignty of Mowee was contested by Tereoboo and Titeree; the former claimed it for his son, who had married the daughter of the deceased king; the latter claimed it as heir male to the former sovereign. In consequence of this dispute, these chiefs were engaged in war at the above mentioned period; but captain King understood, before he quitted the islands, that an arrangement had taken place, by which Titeree retained Ranai Taharoora, whilst Mowee was ceded to Tewarro, the son of Tereoboo. Tamaahmaah, the present king, is known in Cook’s Voyage by the name of Maiha-Maiha, and was present at the death of that illustrious navigator. He was the eldest son of Kaihooa, only brother to Tereoboo, and after his son, Tewarro, next heir to the succession. After the departure of the Resolution and Discovery, no ships touched at the Sandwich islands till the year 1787. During the interval that had elapsed, considerable revolutions had taken place. Tereoboo was dead, and his do minions shared between his sons, Tewarro and Tamaahmaah; and Titeree had conquered the islands of Mowee and Wahoo. The accounts of these transactions, owing to the few opportunities of inquiry which the navigators who touched at these islands enjoyed, and their ignorance of the language, are extremely contradictory. By one account, Tereoboo is said to have been put to death by Tamaahmaah; by another, that he fell in battle; and by a third, that he died a natural death. The causes of the division of his territory between his son and nephew are involved in equal obscurity. The ship Iphigenia, commanded by captain Douglas, arrived at Owhyhee in 1788, being the first which touched at that island after the death of captain Cook. There was on board of her a chief of Atooi, named Tianna, who had the preceding year accompanied captain Meares to Canton, and had been enriched by the kindness of his English friends, with a valuable assortment of European articles, arms, and ammunition. Tianna was a man of great activity and ambition, and a distinguished warrior. These qualities, and his wealth, particularly in fire-arms, rendered him an acquisition of much consequence to an enterprising chief like Tamaahmaah; and he induced him to settle upon Owhyhee, by conferring upon him high rank and extensive tracts of land. Captain Douglas had with him a small tender, built upon the northwest coast of America. When Tamaahmaah learned this, the idea of having a similar one built, immediately occurred to him; and he pressed that gentleman with so much urgency to allow him the assistance of his carpenter, that he was obliged to give a conditional promise. Although the promise was never fulfilled, Tamaahmaah did not abandon the project; and soon afterwards he prevailed upon an Englishman of the name of Boyd, who had been bred a ship-carpenter, to undertake the construction of a vessel. About the same time, two other Englishmen, named Young and Davis, of whom some account is given in the work, became resident upon Owhyhee, and with their assistance he determined to build a vessel. Fortunately for the attainment of this object, captain Vancouver arrived, and with the aid of his carpenters, he was enabled to accomplish his favourite object, by the completion of his first decked vessel, the Britannia. It ought to be mentioned, to his honour, that whilst thus anxious to lay the foundation of a navy, he had in his possession a small schooner, which had been seized by a chief called Tamahmotoo, and which he had carefully preserved, in the hopes of restoring it to her owners. In 1791 he attacked Titeree, and captured the islands of Mowee, Morotai, and Ranai. Whilst engaged in this expedition, he received information that his own dominions were attacked by Tewarro, [31] and he was, in consequence, obliged to abandon his conquest and return. By the energy of his operations he soon vanquished his opponent, who was slain by Tianna, and the whole island of Owhyhee was reduced under his dominion. In the mean time, Titeree, availing himself of his absence, recovered the islands he had lost. Affairs were in this situation when Vancouver arrived, in March, 1792. He found the islands in a most wretched state, from the long wars that had taken place; and he endeavoured, but without effect, to establish a peace between Titeree and Tamaahmaah. Tamaahmaah was so sensible of the advantages which would result from a closer connexion with a civilized power, that he made a formal surrender of the sovereignty of the island to the king of Great Britain, with the reservation, that there should be no interference in their religion, internal government, or domestic economy. Soon after the departure of captain Vancouver, Titeree died, leaving the island of Wahoo to his son Tritoboorie, and Mowee to his son Korkoranee. A dispute arose between Tritoboorie and his uncle Tahaio, king of Atooi, who laid claim to Wahoo; but Tritoboorie, supported by Mr. Brown, and the crew of the ship Butterworth, not only repelled Tahaio, but even invaded Atooi. Tamaahmaah, availing himself of these dissensions, invaded and conquered Mowee, Morotai, and Ranai. Next year, 1795, he invaded Wahoo with one detatchment of his force, leaving Tianna to follow him with the other. Whilst waiting the arrival of that chief, he received the unexpected intelligence that he had gone over to the enemy; while, at the same time, an insurrection had broke out in Owhyhee, headed by Nomataha, brother to Tianna. Instead of being overwhelmed by this unexpected intelligence, he took the resolution of instantly attacking his enemies. The war was decided by a sanguinary battle, fought near the village of Whyteete, in which Tamaahmaah was completely victorious. Young and Davis accompanied him upon this expedition, and were of essential service to him from their knowledge of fire-arms. Tianna lost his life in the battle, while the sons of Titeree found refuge in Atooi. Tamaahmaah immediately returned to Owhyhee, and soon quelled the insurrection in that island. He remained there about a twelvemonth; but either with a view of consolidating the conquests he had already made, or of extending them farther, he proceeded to Laheina, in Mowee, where he resided a few years, and afterwards removed to Wahoo, where he was during the whole time of our author’s stay, in 1809 and 1810. Of the history of Atooi and Onehow, the only islands in the groupe independent of Tamaahmaah, little is known with certainty. Captain King says, that in 1779, they were governed by the grandsons of Perioranne, king of Wahoo. It is probable, that upon the conquest of that island by Titeree, they were also conquered; for it appears that Tahaio, or Taio, brother of that chief, was king of these islands when captain Vancouver visited them in 1798. He was succeeded by his son Tamoree, or Comaree, who was king of these islands in 1810.

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