Note 21 — ELEGY ON CAPTAIN COOK.
Reading edition
l. 5. The olive branch.—“To carry a green branch in the hand on landing, is a pacific signal, universally understood by all the islanders in the South Seas.”
Reading edition
l. 5. The olive branch.—“To carry a green branch in the hand on landing, is a pacific signal, universally understood by all the islanders in the South Seas.”