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This public teftimony of gratitude, reminds the Editor, 

 that there are fimilar calls upon himfelf. He owes much to 

 Captain King for his advice and diredion, in a variety of 

 inllances, where Captain Cook's Journal required explana- 

 tion} for filling up feveral blanks with the proper longitude 

 and latitude ; and for fupplying deficiencies in the tables of 

 aflronomical obfervations. 



Lieutenant Roberts was alfo frequently confulted, and was 

 always found to be a ready and efFe(5lual affiflant, when any 

 nautical difficulties were to be cleared up. 



But particular obligations are due to Mr. Wales, who, be- 

 fides the valuable communications which have been adopted 

 in this Introdu6lion, feconded moll liberally the Editor's 

 views of ferving Mrs. Cook, by cheerfully taking upon him- 

 felf the whole trouble of digelling, from the log books, the 

 tables of the route of the fhips, which add fo greatly to the 

 intrinfic merit of this publication. 



Mr. Wegg, befides fharing in the thanks fo juftly due to 

 the committee of the Hudfon's Bay Company, for their 

 unreferved cominunications, was particularly obliging to 

 the Editor, by giving him repeated opportunities of con- 

 verfing with Governor Hearne, and Captain Chriftopher. 



The Honourable Mr. Daines Barrington had the goodnefs 

 to interefl himfelf, with his ufual zeal for every work of 

 public utility, in procuring fome necefTary information, 

 and fuggefting fome valuable hints which were adopted. 



It would be great injuftice not to exprefs our acknow- 

 ledgments to Mr. Pennant, who, befides enriching the third 

 volume with references to his ArSiic Zoology, the publication 

 of which will be an important acceflion to Natural Hiftory, 



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