1777 THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 10Q 



in order to refresh your people, and to pass the 

 winter. 



" But, nevertheless, if you find that you cannot 

 procure the necessary refreshments at the said port, 

 you are at liberty to go where you shall judge most pro- 

 per ; taking -care, before you depart, to leave with 

 the governor an account of your intended destination, 

 to be delivered to me upon my arrival: And in the 

 spring of the ensuing year, 1779, you are to repair 

 back to the above mentioned port, endeavouring to 

 be there by the 10th of May, or sooner. 



" If, on your arrival, you receive no orders from, 

 or account of me, so as to justify your pursuing any 

 other measures than what are pointed out in the be- 

 fore-mentioned instructions, your future proceedings 

 are to be governed by them. 



" You are also to comply with such parts of said 

 instructions, as have not been executed, and are not 

 contrary to these orders. And in case of your ina- 

 bility, by sickness or otherwise, to carry these, and 

 the instructions of their lordships, into execution, 

 you are to be careful to leave them with the next 

 officer in command, who is hereby required to exe- 

 cute them in the best manner he can. 



" Given under my hand, on board the Resolution, 

 at Ulietea, the 18th day of November, 1777. 



J. COOK." 



" To Captain Charles Clerke, Commander* of 

 his Majesty 9 s Sloop the Discovery." 



While we lay moored to the shore, we heeled, and 

 scrubbed both sides of the bottoms of the ships. At 

 the same time, we fixed some tin-plates under the 

 binds ; first taking off the old sheathing, and putting 

 in a piece unfilled, over which the plates were nailed. 

 These plates I had from the ingenious Mr. Pelham, 

 secretary to the commissioners for victualling his 

 Majesty's navy ; with a view of trying whether tin 



