A tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed Henry IV The discontent amongst the black

The discontent amongst the black population had been fuelled by the intervention and agitation of the Baptist ministers who had promoted the view that distress and poverty amongst the workers was due to the misgovernment of the island's rulers

'The Death of Boney by Sir Wm Biscuit

View showing the laying down of the Mortimer wood pavement

This represents the typical middle-class family

A tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed Henry IV The discontent amongst the blackA tupapow (tupapau), or burial shed, and a Tahitian priest, observed by Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour, Tahiti, 1769. In the tupapow, 'posts are set up to support the bier And here the body remains to putrify till the flesh is wholly wasted from the bones.' Illustration from An account of the voyages for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, by John Hawkesworth (London, 1773). Original: engraving. 1773