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who had been second lieutenant on the former voyage. 

 Nearly the same complement of men and officers was 

 assigned to each as before. The following is the list of the 

 principal officers appointed to the two ships : 



" RESOLUTION." 



John Gore, James King, John Williamson, lieutenants. 

 William Bligh, master. 

 William Anderson, surgeon. 

 Molesworth Philips, lieutenant, royal marines. 



" DISCOVERY." 



James Burney, John Rickman, lieutenants. 

 Thomas Edgar, master. 

 John Law, surgeon. 



Several months were spent in the equipment and pre- 

 paration of the ships, that the health of the seamen, and 

 the success of the expedition might have every advantage 

 which a liberal and enlightened attention could bestow. 

 In order that the inhabitants of Otaheite, and other islands 

 in the South Seas where the English had been treated with 

 so much hospitality, might be benefited by the voyage, his 

 Majesty was graciously pleased to order some of the most 

 useful European animals to be put on board for those 

 countries. 



Besides these, Captain Cook was furnished with a 

 quantity of garden seeds, and the Board of Admiralty 

 added such articles of commerce as were most likely to 

 promote a friendly intercourse with the natives and to 

 induce them to open a traffic with the English. 



Omai, who has been mentioned in the preceding voyage, 

 was likewise to be carried back to his native country. He 

 left his friends in London with a mixture of regret and 

 satisfaction. When he reflected on the kindnesses he had 

 received, he could not refrain from tears ; but the pleasing 

 idea of revisiting his original connections, soon made his 

 eyes sparkle with joy. 



As the original voyage, from which this historical account 

 is abstracted, is written in the words of Captain Cook, till 

 his lamented death, and afterwards in those of Captain 

 King, who published the whole, we have preferred giving 

 the narrative in the same person, with occasional remarks ; 

 the propriety and advantage of which will be obvious to 

 our readers. Some of the general descriptions were 

 furnished by Mr. Anderson, the surgeon of the Resolution ; 

 a man of distinguished abilities, and to whose talents 



