A VOYAGE TO 



fcilion. At the conclufion of the war, he was appointed, 

 through the recommendation of Lord Colville and Sir Hugh 

 Pal iifer, to i'urvey the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the coafts 

 of Newfoundland. In this employment he continued till 

 the year 1-/67, when he was fixed on by Sir Edward tlawke, 

 to command an expedition to the South Seas ; for the pur- 

 pofe of oblerving the tranfit of Venus, and profecuting dif- 

 coverics in that part of the globe. 



From this period, as his ferviccs are too well known to 

 require a recital here, fo his reputation has proportionably 

 advanced to a height too great to be affected by my pane- 

 gyrick. Indeed, he appears to have been moft eminently 

 and peculiarly qualified for this fpecies of enterprize. The 

 carlieft habits of his life, the courfe of his fervices, and the 

 conflant application of his mind, all confpired to fit him for 

 it, and gave him a degree of profeflional knowledge, which 

 can fall to the lot of very few. 



The conftitution of his body was robuft, inured to labour, 

 and capable of undergoing the fevered hardfhips. His fto- 

 mach bore, without diflicultv, the coarfelt and moft un- 

 grateful food. Indeed, temperance in hirn was fcarcely a 

 virtue ; fo great was the indifference with which he fub- 

 mitted to every kind of feif-denial. The qualities of his 

 mind were of the fame hardy, vigorous kind with thole of 

 his body. His underilanding was ftrong and perfpicacious. 

 His judgment, in whatever related to the fervices he was 

 engaged in, quick and fure. His defigns were bold and 

 manly ; and both in the conception, and in the mode of 

 execution, bore evident marks of a great original genius. 

 His courage was cool and determined, and accompanied 

 with an admirable prcfencc of mind in the moment of 



<> danger. 



