VOYAGE 



TO 



THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



BOOK I. 



TRANSACTIONS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE VOYAGE 

 TILL OUR DEPARTURE FROM NEW ZEALAND. 



CHAP. I. 



VARIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR THE VOYAGE. OMAl'S BEHA- 

 VIOUR ON EMBARKING. OBSERVATIONS FOR DETERMINING 



THE LONGITUDE OF SHEERNESS, AND THE NORTH FORE- 

 LAND. PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION FROM DEPTFORD TO 



PLYMOUTH. EMPLOYMENTS THERE. COMPLEMENTS OF 



THE CREWS OF BOTH SHIPS, AND NAMES OF THE OFFICERS. 



OBSERVATIONS TO FIX THE LONGITUDE OF PLYMOUTH. DE- 

 PARTURE OF THE RESOLUTION. 



.Having, on the ninth day of February, 1776, re- 

 ceived a commission to command his Majesty's sloop 

 the Resolution, I went on board the next day, hoisted 

 the pendant, and began to enter men. At the same 

 time, the Discovery, of three hundred tons' burthen, 

 was purchased into the service, and the command of 

 her given to Captain Clerke, who had been my 

 second Lieutenant on board the Resolution, in my 

 second voyage round the world, from which we 

 had lately returned. 



