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alfo enriched with confiderable communications from Mr. 

 Anderfon, Surgeon of the Rcfolution. The confefTed abi- 

 lities, and great afliduity, of Mr. Anderfon, in obfcrving 

 every thing that related cither to natural hillory, or to man- 

 ners and language ; and the defire which, it is well known. 

 Captain Cook, on all occafions, fhewed to have the affiftance 

 of that gentleman, ftamped a great value on his coUeflions. 

 That nothing, therefore, might be wanting to convey to 

 the Public the befl polTible account of the tranfadtions of 

 the Voyage, his journal, by the order of Lord Sandv>^ich, 

 was alio put into the hands of the Editor, who was autho- 

 rized and diredled to avail himfelf of the information it 

 might be found to contain, about matters imperfeflly touch- 

 ed, or altogether omitted, in Captain Cook's manufcript. 

 This tafk has been executed in fuch a manner, that the 

 reader will fcarcely ever be at a lofs to diftinguifli in what 

 inflanGes recourfe has been had to Mr. Anderfon. To pre- 

 clude, if poffible, any miftake, the copy of the firll and 

 fecond volumes, before it went to the printer, was fub- 

 mitted to Captain King; and after it had been read over 

 and corrected by one fo well qualified to point out any inac- 

 curacies, the Earl of Sandv/ich had ilie goodnefs to give it 

 a perufal. As to the third volume, nothing more need be 

 faid, than that it was completely prepared for the prefs by 

 Captain King himfelf. All that the Editor of the work has 

 to anfwcr for, are the notes occafionally introduced in the 

 conrfe of the two volumes, contributed by Captain Cook ; 

 and this introdudlion, which was intended as a kind of 

 epilogue to our Voyages of difcovery. He muft be per- 

 mitted, however, to fay, that he confiders himfelf as in- 

 titled to no inconfiderable Ihare of candid indulgence fjom 

 ilie Public ; having engaged in a very tedious and trouble- 



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