94 cook's voyage to june, 



with their protection or friendship, I could observe 

 that his spirits were sensibly affected, and that it was 

 with difficulty he could refrain from tears. But, the 

 instant the conversation turned to his own islands, 

 his eyes began to sparkle with joy. He was deeply 

 impressed with a sense of the good treatment he had 

 met with in England, and entertained the highest 

 ideas of the country and of the people. But the 

 pleasing prospect he now had before him of return- 

 ing home, loaded with what he well knew would 

 be esteemed invaluable treasures there, and the flat- 

 tering hope which the possession of these gave him, 

 of attaining to a distinguished superiority amongst 

 his countrymen, were considerations which operated 

 by degrees to suppress every uneasy sensation ; and 

 he seemed to be quite happy when he got on board 

 the ship. 



He was furnished, by his Majesty, with an ample 

 provision of every article which, during our inter- 

 course with his country, we had observed to be in 

 any estimation there, either as useful or as orna- 

 mental. He had, besides, received many presents 

 of the same nature from Lord Sandwich, Mr. Banks*, 

 and several other gentlemen and ladies of his ac- 

 quaintance. In short, every method had been em- 

 ployed, both during his abode in England, and at 

 his departure, to make him the instrument of con- 

 veying to the inhabitants of the islands of the Pacific 

 Ocean, the most exalted opinion of the greatness 

 and generosity of the British nation. 



While the Resolution lay at the Nore, Mr. King 

 made several observations for finding the longitude 

 by the watch. The mean of them all gave 44/ 0", 

 for the longitude of the ship. This, reduced to 

 Sheerness, by the bearing and estimated distance, 

 will make that place to be 37' 0" east of Green- 

 wich ; which is more by seven miles than Mr. Lyons 

 made it, by the watch which Lord Mulgrave had 



* The late Sir Joseph. 





