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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  de  microreproductions  historiques 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Nctas  tachniques  at  bibliographiquas 


Tha  Instituta  has  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  bast 
original  copy  availabia  for  filming.  Faaturas  of  this 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographically  uniqua. 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagas  in  tha 
raproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


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Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I    Covers  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommagte 

□    Covers  restored  ai>d/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restauria  et/ou  pelliculie 

□    Cover  title  missing/ 
Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

□    Coloured  maps/ 
Cartas  g^ographiquas  en  couleur 

□    Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

□   Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  an  couleur 

□    Bound  with  other  material/ 
Relii  avac  d'autres  documents 


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D 


Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  re  liura  serr^e  paut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  le  long  de  la  marge  interleure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajoutias 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte. 
mais,  lorsqua  cela  6tait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  iti  filmtes. 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  axamplaira 
qu'il  lui  a  iti  possible  de  se  procurer.  Las  details 
de  cet  exemplaira  qui  sont  peut-Atre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modiflef 
una  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  una 
modification  dans  la  mithoda  normala  de  fiimage 
sont  indiquAs  ci-dessous. 


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Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  andommagias 

Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restaur^es  et/ou  pelliculies 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
Pages  dicolories,  tachetdes  ou  piqudes 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  ddtachias 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  inigala  de  I'imprassion 

Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprand  du  material  suppl^mantaira 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  bean  refilmad  to 
ensure  the  bast  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiallement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  una  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  6t6  filmies  d  nouvaau  de  fapon  A 
obtenir  la  mailleure  image  possible. 


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Additional  comments:/ 
Commentairas  suppl^mentairas; 


1  sheet  (verto  blank) 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmi  au  taux  de  reduction  indiqu«  ci-dessous. 


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The  copy  filmed  here  has  been  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

National  Library  of  Canada 


The  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — »•  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


L'exemplaire  film6  fut  reproduit  grAce  k  la 
gAn^rositi  de: 

Bibliothdque  nationale  du  Canada 


Les  images  suivantes  ont  ttS  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettet«  de  l'exemplaire  film6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprim6e  sont  film6s  en  commenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmte  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaftra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  dtre 
film6s  d  des  taux  de  reduction  diffirents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seui  clichi,  il  est  film6  d  partir 
de  I'angle  supdrieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n6cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mdthode. 


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CAPT.   COOK. 


THE  obscure  village  of  Marton,  in  Yorkshire,  gave  birth  to  this  fa- 
mous circumnavigator,  Oilober  z7,  1728.  His  father  was  a  common 
liusbandnian;  and  his  education  nothing  more  than  reading,  writing, 
and  the  first  rules  of  arithmetick.  At  thirteen,  he  went  apfirentice  to 
a  shopkeeper;  but,  obtaining  his  discharge,  bound  himself  for  seven 
ytars  to  a  Whitby  vessel  employed  in  the  coal  trade. 

In  T7S5,  when  hostilities  commenced  with  France,  the  dread  of  being 
pressed,  induced  him  voluntarily  to  enter  on  board  the  Eagle,  a  sixt)  - 
gun  ship,  commanded  by  Sir  Hugh  Palliser }  where  his  diligence  and 
ability  soon  attracted  the  notice  of  this  excellent  officer:  and,  in  1759, 
Sir  Hugh  pronouncing  him  qualified,  he  was  appointed  master  ot  tlie 
Mercury,  and  joined  the  fleet  under  Sir  Charles  Saunders,  at  the  memora- 
ble siege  of  Quebec.  On  this  occasion,  though  he  had  scarcely  ever  betorc 
used  a  pencil,  he  contrived,  partly  in  the  face  of  the  enemy,  to  make  a 
chart  of  the  channel  and  soundings  of  the  River  St.  Lawrence,  which  is 
esteemed  so  accurate,  that  no  other  has  ever  been  published. 

December  ai,  1762,  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Uatts,  of  Barking,  in 
Essex :  and,  from  1763  to  1767,  was  chiefly  employed,  by  government, 
as  marine  surveyor  of  Newfoundland  and  Labradorej  where  he  made 
such  progress  in  science,  that  his  ingenious  Observation  of  an  Eclipse  of 
the  Sun,  at  Newfoundland,  August  e,  1766,  communicated  to  the  Royal 
Society,  was  printed  in  the  Philosophical  Transaflions. 

In  July  1768,  he  sailed  with  Sir  Joseph  Banks  and  Dr.  Solander,  under 
the  patronage  of  the  king,  to  make  observations,  in  a  southern  latitude, 
on  the  transit  ot  Venus  over  the  Sun,  and  to  explore  the  Pacifick  Ocean. 

How  ably  he  fulfilled  this  commission,  is  known  to  all  the  world  :  and 
such  was  his  majesty's  approbation,  that  in  April  1772,  he  was  engaged 
to  make  his  second  celebrated  voyage,withCapt.Furneauxj  for  the  par- 
ticulars of  which  the  Narrative  of  his  Voyages  must  be  resorted  to. 

_Theobje6l  of  his  third,  and  unfortunately  his  last  voyage,  was  to  deter- 
mine the  pra^licability  of  anorthern  passage  to  the  PacifickOcean,accom- 
panied  by  Capt.  Gierke:  when  sufhcient  evidence  appeared,  to  demon- 
sirate  thatno  such  passage  exists:  and  the  western  boundaries  of  the  great 
continent  of  America  were  compieatly  ascertained.  On  his  return,  how- 
ever, in  a  sudden  affray  with  the  natives,  at  Owhyec,  one  of  theSandwich 
islands,  Capt,  Cook  was  killed,  February  14,  1779.  Thus  perislred,  by 
the  hand  of  a  savage,  this  able  man  j  whose  vigorous  mind,  and  undaunt- 
ed resolution,  had  conduced  him  through  innumeiabie  enterprizes  of 
the  most  imminent  danger,  and  whose  distinguished  services  can  never 
cease  to  be  remembered  by  a  grateful  and  a  generous  nation. 


