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ADDITIONAL APPENDIX 



TO THE LIVES OF 



SIR JOSEPH BANKS AND ADAM SMITH. 



CAPT. COOK TO ME. 



""WlLLS's COFFEE-HOUSE, CHARING CROSS, 



" DEAE SlE, " Sunday Morning, [1768.] 



" Your very obliging letter was the first messenger 

 that conveyed to me Lord Sandwich's intentions. Promo- 

 tion, unsolicited, to a man in my situation in life, must 

 convey a satisfaction to the mind that is better conceived 

 than described. I had this morning the honour to wait 

 upon his Lordship, who renewed his promises to me, and in 

 so obliging and polite a manner as convinced me he approved 

 of the voyage. The reputation I may have acquired on this 

 account, by which I shall receive promotion, calls to my 

 mind the very great assistance I received therein from you, 

 which will ever be remembered with most grateful acknow- 

 ledgments by, 



"Dear Sir, 



" Your most obliged humble servant, 

 " JAMES COOK." 



CAPT. COOK TO ME. BA:N~KS. 



" SHEERNESS, 2nd June, 1772. 

 " I received your letter by one of your people, acquaint- 

 ing me that you had ordered everything belonging to you 

 to be removed out of the ship, and desiring my assistance 

 therein. 



" I hope, Sir, you will find this clone to your satisfaction, 

 and with that care the present hurry and confused state of 

 the ship required. Some few articles which were for the 



