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TO 



THE MEMORY 



OF 



CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, 



THE ABLEST AND MOST RENOWNED NAVIGATOR THIS OR 

 ANY COUNTRY HATH PRODUCED. 



He raised himself, solely by his merit, from a very obscure 

 birth, to the rank of Post-Captain in the royal navy, and was 

 unfortunately killed by the savages of the island Owhyhee 

 on the 14th of February, 1779; which island he had not 

 long before discovered, when prosecuting his third voyage 

 round the globe. 



He possessed, in an eminent degree, all the qualifications 

 requisite for his profession and great undertakings; together 

 with the amiable and worthy qualities of the best men. 



Cool and deliberate in judging : sagacious in determining: 

 active in executing: steady and persevering in enterprising 

 from vigilance and unremitting caution : unsubdued by la- 

 bour, difficulties, and disappointments : fertile in expedients : 

 never wanting presence of mind: always possessing himself, 

 and the full use of a sound understanding. 



Mild, just, but exact in discipline, he was a father to his 

 people, who were attached to him from affection, and obe- 

 dient from confidence. 



His knowledge, his experience, his sagacity, rendered him 

 so intirely master of his subject, that the greatest obstacles 

 were surmounted, and the most dangerous navigations be- 

 came easy, and almost safe, under his direction. 



He explored the Southern hemisphere to a much higher 

 latitude than had ever been reached, and with fewer accidents 

 than frequently befall those who navigate the coasts of this 

 island. 



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