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He explored the Southern hem'ifphere to a much higher latitude than 

 had ever been reached^ and "with fewer accidents than frequently befal 

 thofe ivho navigate the coafls of this if and. 



By his benevolent , and unabating attention to the welfare of his 

 f^ifs company^ he difcovered and introduced a fyf em for the preferva- 

 tion of the health of fame n in long voyages, which has proved wonder- 

 fully eficacious : for in his fecond voyage round the world, which con- 

 tinued upwards of three years, he lof only one man by difemper, of otic 

 hundred and eighteen, of which his company conffed. 



The death of this eminent and valuable man was a lofs to mankind in 

 general ; and particularly to be deplored by every nation that refpecis 

 tfefnl accowplifmcnts, that honours fcicnce, and loves the benevolent 

 and amiable affcBious of the heart. It is fill more to be deplored by this 

 country, which may jufly hoaf of having produced a man hitherto 

 unequalled for nautical talents ; arid that furrow is farther aggra- 

 vated by the refetiion, that his country was deprived of this ornament 

 by the enmity of a people, from vohom, indeed, it might have been dread' 

 ed, but from whom it was not deferved. For, a£luated always by the 

 viof attentive care and tender companion for the favagcs in general, this 

 excellent man was ever affidnoufy endcavoui-ing, by kind treatment^ 

 to dijjipate their fears, and court their fricndfip ; overlooki?/g their 

 thefts and treacheries, and frequently interpofng, at the hazard of bis 

 life, to protect them from the fndden rcfentment of his own injured 

 people. 



"The objcB of his laf mijion was to difcover and afcertain the bounda- 

 ries of Jfa and America, and to penetrate into the Northern Oceai* by 

 the North Eaf Cape of Afia. 



Traveller I contemplate, admire^ revere, and onulate this great 

 mafer in his profejfion ; whofe fill and labours have enlarged natural 

 philofphy ; have extended 7iautical fcience \ and have difclofed the long 

 concealed and admirable arrangements of the Almighty in the f:>rmatio7i 



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