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APPENDIX. 



I. 



CAPT. COOK TO MR. BANKS. 



" DEAR SIR, 



" 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." 



Dr. Solander, 



