Title
Lamentation coming from the Island
Short description
Georg Forster explains the reasons behind their excursion: they wanted to discover the place from which they heard this kind of lamentation every morning, imagining that it might be a place of worship. It is located on the eastern point of the bay as he says on page 362.
Text on source
Every morning, at day-break, we heard a slow solemn song or dirge sung on this point, which lasted more than a quarter of an hour. It seemed to be a religious act, and gave us great reason to suspect that some place of worship was concealed in these groves, and the constant endeavours of the natives to keep us from this place, greatly confirmed us in this supposition.
English translation
Folios/Pages
pp. 300-301
Date
1774 08 11
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
Name
Role
Notes
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Cook, James
Viewer
Forster, Johann Reinold
Viewer

Participants
Cook, James participated as Viewer
Forster, Johann Reinold participated as Viewer

How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Lamentation coming from the Island" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 04 05.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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