VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. S3 



ing the third volume with references to his Arctic 

 Zoology y the publication of which will be an impor- 

 tant accession to Natural History, also communicated 

 some very authentic and satisfactory manuscript ac- 

 counts of the Russian discoveries. 



The vocabularies of the Friendly and Sandwich 

 Islands, and of the natives of Nootka, had been fur- 

 nished to Captain Cook, by his most useful associate 

 in the voyage, Mr. Anderson ; and a fourth, in which 

 the language of the Esquimaux is compared with that 

 of the Americans on the opposite side of the con- 

 tinent, had been prepared by the Captain himself. 

 But the comparative Table of Numerals, which is 

 marked No. 2 in the Appendix, was very obligingly 

 drawn up, at the request of the editor, by Mr. Bryant, 

 who, in his study, has followed Captain Cook, and, 

 indeed, every traveller and historian, of every age, 

 into every part of the globe. The public will con- 

 sider this table as a very striking illustration of the 

 wonderful migrations of a nation, about whom so 

 much additional information has been gained by our 

 voyages, and be ready to acknowledge it as a very 

 useful communication. 



One more communication remains to be not only 

 acknowledged, but to be inserted at the close of this 

 Introduction. The testimonies of learned contem- 

 poraries, in commendation of a deceased author, are 

 frequently displayed in the front of his book. It is 

 with the greatest propriety, therefore, that we prefix 

 to this posthumous work of Captain Cook the testi- 

 mo?iy of one of his own profession, not more distin- 

 guished by the elevation of rank, than by the dignity 

 of private virtues. As he wishes to remain concealed, 

 perhaps this allusion, for which we intreat his indul- 

 gence, may have given too exact direction to the 

 eyes of the public where to look for such a character. 

 Let us, however, rest satisfied with the intrinsic 

 merit of a composition, conveyed under the injunc- 

 tion of secrecy ; and conclude our long preliminary 



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