The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South SeasIn this rich and stylish description by New Zealand scholar Salmond, Cook's voyages take on a peculiar, dreamlike quality. Salmond's claim is that Cook was far more affected by his exposure to the Polynesian world than historians have thought. The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas is fascinating as an incomparable travelogue filled with amazing stories the sexual paradise of Tahiti, the 'discovery' of Hawaii, close relations