374 SIK JOSEPH BANKS. 



APPENDIX. 



I. 



CAPT. COOK TO ME. BANKS. 

 " DEAE SIE, 



<: I received a note from Mr. Marsh, of the Victual- 

 ling Office, wherein he desires that we will call upon him on 

 Friday morn, as he is obliged to attend at the Admiralty on 

 Thursday. I left a line at your house yesterday, desiring 

 to know your sentiments concerning a stove for the cabin, 

 it being necessary the officers of Deptford Yard should know 

 how to act. If you approve of a green baize floor-cloth for 

 the great cabin, I will demand as much cloth from the Yard 

 as will make one. As you mean to furnish the cabin well, 

 I think you should have brass locks and hinges to the doors, 

 &c., this, however, will be a private affair of your own, as 

 nothing of this kind is allowed ; the round-house will be 

 fitted in this manner at my expense. Thus far I had got 

 with this letter when your note arrived : I think it a good 

 thought to take Mr. Buzagio's stove with you, as it may 

 be very useful on many occasions. I shall go to Deptford 

 to-morrow to give directions about the other. Whenever 

 it is certain that Dr. Lynd goes with us, I beg you will 

 let me know by the penny post. My respects to the Dr.,* 

 and am, 



" Dear Sir, 



" Your very humble servant, 

 " JAMES COOK. 



"Monday Evening, Six o'clock." 



DE. PEIESTLET TO ME, 



" DEAE SlE, " LEEDS, December 10, 1771. 



" After the letter which I received about a fortnight 

 ago from Mr. Eden, who informed me that he wrote at your 



* Dr. Solander. f See ' Life of Priestley.' 



