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were exactly suited to the work he contemplated, 

 which had been built at Whitby by the builder 

 from whose yard the Endeavour had been 

 launched. 



The first and biggest of these ships, of 462 

 tons measurement, was called the Resolution, 

 and the second, of 336 tons, the Adventure. On 

 November 28th, 1771, Cook was appointed to 

 the command of the Resolution, and a famous 

 naval officer, Tobias Furneaux, was about the 

 same time appointed to the Adventure. Lieuten- 

 ants Palliser Cooper, Clerke and Pickersgill 

 were allotted to Cook. The two last, as well as 

 the Lieutenant of Marines and several other 

 officers and members of the crew, had accom- 

 panied Cook on his former voyage. They had 

 all begged to be allowed to go with the leader 

 whom they admired and loved. The Resolution 

 carried a complement of 112 officers and men 

 and twenty-four guns, the Adventure eighty-one 

 officers and men and twenty guns. The two 

 ships were victualled for two years and a half. 



This matter of provisioning occupied Cook's 

 particular care. He was determined to employ 

 every means of overcoming scurvy. He ordered 

 to be put on board a large quantity of every 

 remedy and every sort of food which he consid- 

 ered useful against this terrible disease, such as 

 malt, pickled and salted cabbages, tablets of 



