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then passed into the Trustees' possession, to be placed with the 

 general collection. On examination I found these documents to 

 be of the greatest interest, and to consist of : — 



1. Draft of a letter from Capt. Cook, to Phillip Stephens, 

 Secretary to the Admiralty, informing the Lords Commissioners of 

 his treatment at Rio by the Spanish Vice-Roy. It is undated, 

 but the occurrences are given in 'Cook's Journal ' between Nov. 

 14-28, 1768.-1 



Cook refers to his letter in his "Journal," under date, Dec. 2, 

 1768. He says : — " This morning sent a Packet for the Secretary 

 of the Admiralty on board the Spanish Pacquet, containing copies 

 of all the Memorials and Letters that have passed between the 

 Vice-Roy and me, and likewise another Packet containing Dupli- 

 cates thereof I left with the Vice-Roy to be forwarded to 

 Lisbon.''" 



2. Draft of a letter from Capt. Cook, to the Lords Commissioners 

 of the Admiralty, dated H.M.S. Bark "Endeavour," Rio Janeiro, 

 28th Nov., 1768, informing the Board that he had drawn on 

 them for certain moneys for provisions, in favour of Messrs. 

 Scott and Pringle. 



3. Draft of " Rules to be observed by every person belonging 

 to His Majesty's Bark the Endeavour for the better establishing 

 a regular and uniform trade for Provisions, etc., with the 

 Inhabitants of George's Island, and to prevent frauds and disputes 

 as well on the one side as the other.""' 



4. Draft MS. of " Journal " of a portion of the occurrences 

 between Oct. 9th, 1769, at Poverty Bay, to Nov. 27th, 1769, at 

 Cape Brett, N.Z. (with omissions)."^ Much of this is written in 

 a very disjointed manner, and is, evidently, only intended as a 

 memorandum. 



5. Names of the Islands surrounding Otaheite, with their 

 bearings. 



6. Draft of a letter to his Excellency Petrus Albertus van 

 der Parra, Governor-General, "dated on board his Brittannic 

 Majesty's Ship Endeavor, in Batavia Road, the 16th Octr., 

 1770," informing His Excellency that he was in want of funds.^' 



7. Draft of a letter to Phillip Stephens, Secretary to the 

 Admiralty, reporting to the Lords Commissioners his proceedings 

 in brief between leaving Rio, on Dec. 8th, 1768, to arrival at 



21 See Wharton— Capt. James Cook's Journal, 1893, pp. 18-22. 



22 Ibid, p. 22. 



23 Ibid, p. 61. 



24 Ibid, pp. 131-163. 



25 Ibid, p. 335. 



