No Probability of a Southern Continent
| English |
New Zealand |
South Sea Islands |
| No. |
Kaoura |
Oure |
| Number 1 |
Tahai |
Tahai |
| 2 |
Rua |
Rua |
| 3 |
Torow |
Torow |
| 4 |
Ha |
Heo |
| 5 |
Rema |
Remo |
| 6 |
Ons |
Ono |
| 7 |
Etu |
Hetu |
| 8 |
Wharow |
Wharow |
| 9 |
Toa |
Hyva |
| 10 |
Angahourow |
Ahourow |
What do you call
this or that } O.Y terrer
These are some small differences in the Language spoke by the Aehi[?]
nomouwears & those of Tovy poenammu but this difference seem'd
seem'd to me to be only in the pronunciation & is no more than what we
find between one part of England & another what is here inserted is
as Specimen is that spoke by the People of Achunomouwe, what is meant
by the S° Sea Islands are those Islands we ourselves Touched at, but I
gave it that Title because we have always been told that the same
Language is universally spoke by all the Islanders & that this is a suffi-
cient proof that both they & the New Zealanders have had one Origin or Source
but where this is even [time?] perhaps may never discover, it certainly is
neither to the Southward nor Eastward for I am of [persuaide?] myself
that ever they came from America & as to a Southern Continent I do not
believe any such thing exist unless in a high Latitude, but as the contrary
opinion hath for many years prevailed & may yet prevail it is neccesary
I should say something in support of [mine?] more than what will be
directly pointed out by the Track of [?Kinship] in those Seas, for [foom?] that alone
it will evidently appear that there is a large space extend of quite to the
Tropick in w[?] we were [...?...} any others before us that we can ever learn
for certain in our[reret? ] to the northern, after doubling Cape Horn when in
the Lat'de of 40°, we were in the Long'de of 110° - & on our return to the South w @
after leaving Ulactea when in the same Lat'de we were in the Longitude
of 145°, the difference in this Lat'de is 95°, for the Latitue of 30° the difference of