CHAPTER XXII 



THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR 



Logs. 



Cook's lost 

 autograph 

 Journal. 



Rough 

 notes. 



AUTHORITIES : 



1. THE LOGS, (a) One Log, which survives only in two 

 fragments (6th Nov., 1768 8th May, 1769, and I2th Feb. 

 23rd Sept., 1770), is in Cook's own handwriting. The part of it 

 which deals with the Australian coast is printed, as Cook's 

 " Private Log," in the Historical Records of New South Wales, 

 vol. i. part i. p. i. (b) Bladen (Historical Records of New South 

 Wales, vol. i. part i. p. 289) says that the " Palliser Log " also is 

 " beyond any doubt in the handwriting of Cook himself." 

 Wharton, however, says that it is " not autograph." The 

 specimens which Bladen prints are not, in my opinion, in Cook's 

 handwriting, and suggest a clerk's copy of his " Private Log." 



(c) Another Log, left to the British Museum by Sir Joseph Banks, 

 was written by the principal officer, for the time being, of the 

 ship. The Australian part is printed, as Cook's " Official Log," 

 in the Historical Records of New South Wales, vol. i. part i. p. 79. 



(d) Several of the seamen also kept Logs which are of considerable 

 interest. The Australian parts are printed in the Historical 

 Records of Neiv South Wales, vol. i. part i. 



2. COOK'S JOURNALS. In addition to the daily " Log," Cook 

 wrote, during the leisure of the voyage, a fuller account in a 

 Journal. Banks refers to " the Captain's own journals, which 

 the clerk has copied." " The Captain's own journals " have 

 unhappily disappeared. ' ' No autograph j ournal, ' ' wrote Wharton 

 in 1893, " is, so far as is known, in existence." He had therefore 

 to print a copy. There survive, however, a few pages in Cook's 

 handwriting. 



(a) In the Australian Museum, Sydney, there are a few pages 

 in Cook's handwriting, dealing with New Zealand. I can learn 

 nothing of their history, but I am confident that they are authentic. 

 There is a full account of experiences at Poverty Bay on the gth, 

 loth and nth of October. Cook first wrote Endeavour Bay, and 

 then crossed out this name and wrote Poverty Bay. This 

 account is fairly similar to that in the copy of Cook's Journal, 

 though there are differences. One wonders whether this is a 



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