VOYAGE 



T O T H E 



PACIFIC OCEAN. 



BOOK I. 



Tranfa^lions from the Beginning of the Voyage 

 till our Departure from New Zealand. 



CHAP. I. 



Various Preparations for the Voyage. — -Omais Behaviour 

 on e77ibarking. — Obfervatio77s for deter jnining the Lon- 

 gitude of Sheernefs.i and the North Foreland. — Pajfage 

 <f the RefolutioT7 fro7n Deptford to Plymouth. — E7nploy~ 

 merits there, — Cample7nents of the Crews of both Ships ^ 

 and Na7nes of the Officers. — Obfervations to fx tha 

 Longitude of Plymouth, — Departure of the Refolution, 



AVING, on the ninth Day of February 1776, re- 1776. 

 ceived a commiflion to command his Majefty's floop 7^^""^ 

 the Refolution, I went on board the next day, Saturday i<»^ 

 hoifted the pendant, and began to enter men. At the fame 

 time, the Difcovery, of three hundred tons burthen, was 

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