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^ '777; You are alfo to comply with fucli parts of faid inflruc- 



November. • ' "^ * 



> — .-V ' tions, as have not been executed, and are not contrary to 



thcfe orders. And in cafe of your inability, by fickncfs or 

 oiherwife, to carry thefe, and the inftru^tions oF their Lord- 

 iliips, into execution, you are to be careful to leave them with 

 the next officer in command, who is hereby required to ex- 

 ecute them in the beft manner he can. 



Given under my hand, on board the Refolution, at 

 Ulietea, the iSth Day of November 1777. 



J. C O O K." 



" To Captain Charles Ckrke, Commander of 

 his Majcjlfs Sloops the Difcovery.''* 



While we lay moored to the fliore, we heeled, and fcrub- 

 bed both fides of the bottoms of the fliips. At the fame 

 time, we fixed fome tin-plates under the binds; firfl taking 

 off the old fhcathing, and putting in a piece unfilled, over 

 which the plates were nailed. Thcfe plates I had from the 

 ingenious Mr. Pelham, Secretary to the Commiffioners for 

 VifTtualling his Majefty's Navy; with a view of trying 

 whether tin would anfwcr the fame end as copper, on the 

 bottoms of fhips. 



Monday 24. On the 24th in the morning, I was informed that a mid- 

 fhipman, and a feaman, both belonging to the Difcovery, 

 were mifling. Soon after, we learnt from the natives, that 

 they went away in a canoe the preceding evening, and 

 were, at this time, at the other end of the ifland. As the 

 niidfliipman was known to have expreffed a dcfire to remain 

 at thefe iflands, it fcemed pretty certain, that he and his 

 companion had gone off with this intention; and Captain 

 Gierke fct out in quell of them with two armed boats, and 

 a party of marines. His expedition proved fruitlefs ; for he 

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