A 



VOYAGE 



TOWARDS 



THE SOUTH POLE, 



AND 



ROUND THE WORLD, 



in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. 



BOOK I. 



FROM OUR DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND, TO LEAVING 

 THE SOCIETY ISLES, THE FIRST TIME. 



CHAP. I. 



PASSAGE FROM DEPTFORD TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 

 WITH AN ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS THAT HAP- 

 PENED BY THE WAY, AND TRANSACTIONS THERE. 



1 sailed from Deptford, April 9th, 177^> hut got 

 no farther than Woolwich ; where I was detained by 

 easterly winds till the 22d, when the ship fell down 

 to Long Reach, and the next day was joined by the 

 Adventure. Here both ships received on board their 

 powder, guns, gunner's -stores, and marines. 



On the 10th of May we left Long Reach with 

 orders to touch at Plymouth ; but in plying down 

 the river, the Resolution was found to be very crank, 

 which made it necessary to put into Sheerness, in 

 order to remove this evil, by making some alterations 

 in her upper works. These the officers of the yard 

 were ordered to take in hand immediately \ and 



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