A.D VER 1.1 Ss EM. EON A, 
our great navigator, publifhed (under the aufpices of the Lords 
of the Admiralty) in a manner which refleéts honor on our 
country in general, and will prove a moft lafting monument 
to the memory of the great Officer who fo unfortunately pe- 
rifhed by favage hands, and his two able conforts, who at 
length funk beneath the preflure of fatigue, in carrying the 
glory of difcovery far beyond the attempts of every preceding 
adventurer. 
DowninNG, 
February 1, 1785. 
THOMAS PENNANT. 
PL Ay? Eis, 
