PUBLISHERS' NOTE 



AFTER this book had been printed off, a letter was. received" 

 from the author to the effect that his colleague Professor 

 W. J. Woodhouse r of the University of Sydney, had recently 

 ascertained that the autograph of Cook's Journal, and also 

 of the Instructions and Secret Instructions issued to him, 

 are in the possession of Mr. H. W. F. Bolckow, of Marton 

 Hall, Marton-in-Cleveland. Following Admiral Wharton. 

 and other previous writers,. Professor Wood has in the 

 present volume referred to these documents as being no 

 longer extant, and has used what is known as the Corner 

 copy of the Journal (now in Sydney),, which has hitherto 

 been regarded as the best authority, and is believed to be 

 an exact copy of the original 



It is unfortunate that this information reached Professor 

 Wood too late to be made use of in his book, though it is 

 not likely that his narrative of The Discovery of Australia 

 would be materially affected by the documents in question. 



June, 1922. 



