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mere sailor, whose knowledge scarcely goes beyond 

 the narrow limits of his own profession, and whose 

 inquiries are not directed by philosophical discern- 

 ment, it will be unfortunate indeed, if something 

 hath not been remarked, by which the scholar may 

 profit, and useful accessions be made to our old stock 

 of information. And if this be the case in general, 

 how much more must be gained by the particular 

 voyages now under consideration ? Besides naval 

 officers equally skilled to examine the coasts they 

 might approach, as to delineate them accurately 

 upon their charts, artists* were engaged, who, by 

 their drawings, might illustrate what could only be 

 imperfectly described ; mathematicianst who might 

 treasure up an extensive series of scientific observ- 

 ations ; and persons versed in the various departments 

 of the history of nature, who might collect, or re- 

 cord, all that they should find new and valuable, 

 throughout the wide extent of their researches. But 

 while most of these associates of our naval dis- 

 coverers were liberally rewarded by the public, there 

 was one gentleman, who thinking it the noblest re- 

 ward he could receive, to have an opportunity of 

 making the ample fortune he inherited from his an- 

 cestors subservient to the improvement of science, 

 stepped forward of his own accord, and, submitting 

 to the hardships and dangers of a circumnavigation 

 of the globe, accompanied Captain Cook in the 

 Endeavour. The learned world, I may also say the 



* Messrs. Hodges and Webber. 



j- Mr. Green, in the Endeavour ; Messrs. Wales and Bayly, in 

 the Resolution and Adventure; Mr. Bayly, a second time, jointly 

 with Captains Cook and King in this voyage ; and Mr. Lyons, 

 who accompanied Lord Mulgrave. The observations of Messrs. 

 Wales and Bayly during Captain Cook's second voyage are al- 

 ready in the hands of the public, by the favour of the Board of 

 Longitude; and those of Captains Cook and King, and Mr. 

 Bayly, during this last, will appear immediately after our pub- 

 lication, [First Edit.] 



