A Voyage Round The World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 by Georg Forster, F. R. S. in two volumes (vol.1) / Georg Forster
Travel of Georg Forster

56. Twittering of birds and cooing doves

'Eua - Tonga (Middleburg island, Eaoowe)
Title
Twittering of birds and cooing doves
Short description
Georg Forster recounts what his father, Johann Reinold, and Mr Hodges told him when they went to visit 'Eua.
Text on source
We breathed the most delicious air in the world, fraught with odours which might have revived a dying man; the sea-breeze played with our hair and gently cooled us; a number of small birds twittered on all sides, and many amorous doves cooed harmoniously in the deepest shade of the tree under which we were seated.
English translation
Folios/Pages
pp. 441-442
Date
1773 10 02
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
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Forster, Johann Reinold
Teller
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Forster, Johann Reinold participated as Teller
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How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Twittering of birds and cooing doves" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 20.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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