CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PACK 



EARLY YEARS ... 3 



CHAPTER II 

 ROUND THE WORLD WITH CAPTAIN COOK . . .14 



CHAPTER III 

 VISIT TO ICELAND. COOK'S SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES 32 



CHAPTER IV 

 PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY . . 55 



CHAPTER V 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY continued . . 69 



CHAPTER VI 

 KEW GARDENSGEORGE III . . . 93 



CHAPTER VII 

 PLANT COLLECTORS . . . . . . in 



CHAPTER VIII 

 BLIGH'S VOYAGES IN THE "BOUNTY" AND "PROVIDENCE" 126 



CHAPTER IX 

 VARIOUS ADVENTURERS . . . . . 139 



CHAPTER X 



MAECENAS AND HIS HAPPENINGS . . . . 156 



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