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took on board, on the 10th, a bull, two cows with 

 their calves, and some sheep, with hay and corn for 

 their subsistence ; intending to add to these, other 

 useful animals, when I should arrive at the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



I was also, from the same laudable motives, fur- 

 nished with a sufficient quantity of such of our Eu- 

 ropean garden seeds, as could not fail to be a valu- 

 able present to our newly-discovered islands, by 

 adding fresh supplies of food to their own vegetable 

 productions. 



Many other articles, calculated to improve the 

 condition of our friends in the other hemisphere in 

 various ways, were, at the same time, delivered to us 

 by order of the Board of Admiralty. And both ships 

 were provided with a proper assortment of iron tools 

 and trinkets, as the means of enabling us to traffic 

 and to cultivate a friendly intercourse with the inha- 

 bitants of such new countries as we might be for- 

 tunate enough to meet with. 



The same humane attention was extended to our 

 own wants. Some additional clothing, adapted to a 

 cold climate, was ordered for our crews : and nothing 

 was denied to us, that could be supposed in the least 

 conducive to health, or even to convenience. 



Nor did the extraordinary care of those at the 

 head of the naval department stop here. They were 

 equally solicitous to afford us every assistance to- 

 wards rendering our voyage of public utility. Ac- 

 cordingly, we received on board, next day, several 

 astronomical and nautical instruments, which the 

 Board of Longitude intrusted to me, and to Mr. 

 King, my second lieutenant; we having engaged 

 to that board to make all the necessary observations 

 during the voyage, for the improvement of astro- 

 nomy and navigation ; and, by our joint labours, 

 to supply the place of a professed observator. Such 

 a person had been originally intended to be sent out 

 in my ship. 



