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form, with such observations as the officer
keeping it may feel inclined to insert.
The ship's Log Book of the Endeavour is in the British Museum. Mr.
R.M. Hudson of Sunderland possesses Cook's own log, not autograph
however, presented by Cook to Sir Hugh Palliser, the ancestor of his
wife.
The Journals of all the officers of the Endeavour are preserved at the
Public Record Office. There is, however, nothing to be got out of them,
as they are mainly copies one of the other, founded on the ship's log.
The portion of Mr. Molineux's, the Master's, Log that exists (at the
Admiralty) is a most beautifully kept and written document, enriched
with charts and sketches that attest the accuracy of Cook's remark, that
he was a "young man of good parts."
The log kept by Mr. Green, however, does contain a few original
remarks, some of which have been made use of. This book contains a
mass of astronomical observations, and witnesses to the zeal of this
gentleman in his especial duty.
He records in one place, when far away from land, his disgust that the
officers were unwilling to aid him in lunar observations. No doubt they
saw no particular use in them when there was no coast to fix; but there
is ample proof that he received every aid when Cook thought it
necessary.
Sufficient charts have been placed in this book to enable the reader to
follow the more interesting parts of the voyage; some being

reproductions of Cook's own charts, others modern publications. In the
case of the coast of East Australia, the coast-line as laid down by Cook,
and as now known, are given side by side for comparison.
It must be understood, that although this book is styled CAPTAIN
COOK'S JOURNAL, he was on this voyage only a Lieutenant in
Command, and therefore only Captain by courtesy.
W.J.L. WHARTON.
FLORYS, WIMBLEDON PARK,
April 7th, 1893.

CONTENTS.
SKETCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LIFE.
LIST OF PERSONS WHO LEFT ENGLAND IN H.M.S.
ENDEAVOUR, 26TH AUGUST, 1768.


CHAPTER 1.
ENGLAND TO RIO JANEIRO.


CHAPTER 2.
RIO JANEIRO TO TAHITI.


CHAPTER 3.
TAHITI.


CHAPTER 4.
TAHITI TO NEW ZEALAND.

CHAPTER 5.
EXPLORATION OF NEW ZEALAND.


CHAPTER 6.
EXPLORATION OF MIDDLE ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.


CHAPTER 7.
PASSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND TO NEW HOLLAND.


CHAPTER 8.
EXPLORATION OF EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA.


CHAPTER 9.
FROM TORRES STRAIT TO BATAVIA.


CHAPTER 10.
BATAVIA TO CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.


CHAPTER 11.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO ENGLAND.
INDEX.
[ILLUSTRATIONS.
1. PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK WITH A FACSIMILE

OF HIS SIGNATURE. COLLOTYPE, WATERLOW & SONS LTD.
2. MODERN CHART OF SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN SHOWING
TRACK OF H.M.S. ENDEAVOUR, 1769 TO 1770.
3. FACSIMILE OF SATURDAY, 3RD JUNE, 1769.
4. CHART OF THE ISLAND OTAHEITE, BY LIEUTENANT
JAMES COOK, 1769. REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL
PUBLISHED CHART.
5. TAHITI: TYPES OF CANOES.
6. CHART OF THE SOCIETY ISLES, DISCOVERED BY
LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK, 1769. REPRODUCTION OF THE
ORIGINAL PUBLISHED CHART.
7. WAR CANOE OF NEW ZEALAND.
8. TRACK OF ENDEAVOUR FROM TORRES STRAIT TO JAVA.
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1770.
9. FACSIMILE OF TUESDAY, 23RD OCTOBER, 1770.
10. CHART OF NEW ZEALAND, EXPLORED IN 1769 AND 1770,
BY LIEUTENANT I: COOK, COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S
BARK ENDEAVOUR, ENGRAVED BY I. BAYLY.
REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED CHART.
11. PRINTERS' PLATE: Owl on books, distant town, hills, tree and
moon. "REST, PRAY, SLEEP." Elliott Stock, 62, Paternoster Row.]

SKETCH OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LIFE.
CAPTAIN COOK'S life, or the account of so much of it as is
recoverable, has been so often recounted that there is no occasion to
insert more in this publication than is necessary as a reference to the
reader, to enable him to realise the career and character of the man.
Cook's first biographer, Andrew Kippis, wrote in 1788, and his work
has recently been republished.* (* "A Narrative of the Voyage round
the World, performed by Captain James Cook, with an Account of His
Life" by A. Kippis, D.D., F.R.S. London: Bickers & Son 1889.)
The latest and best life is by Walter Besant,* (* "Captain Cook" by
Walter Besant: "English Men of Action" London, Macmillan & Co.
1890.) whose graceful pen has given us a fascinating, interesting, and,
as far as is possible, complete picture of this great Englishman. Many
details of Cook's private life are lost, but enough has been collected by
Mr. Besant to place our hero vividly before us, and a perusal of his

work is strongly recommended.
Many things in the following sketch are taken from Mr. Besant, to
whom I wish to tender my acknowledgments.
James Cook rose from nearly the lowest ranks. The second son of